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9/11 Remembrance Ceremony At Baker City Fire Department
Good Day Wish
To A Subscriber
A special good day to
Herald subscriber Jan Kerns
of Haines.
Local, 5A
Whit Deschner really
wants salt licks.
And not just any old salt
licks, but ones sculpted
into artistic forms for the
13th-annual Great Salt Lick
contest and auction.
This year’s event will be
held at Churchill School,
a location change from
previous years to accom-
modate the crowd.
BRIEFING
Blood drive set
for Sept. 16 at
Nazarene Church
The American Red Cross
has scheduled a blood
drive for Sept. 16 at the
Nazarene Church, 1250
Hughes Lane. Please call
Myrna Evans at 541-523-
5368 to make an appoint-
ment. Please note the
change in venue to the
Nazarene Church.
Natural Resource
Committee to meet
Baker County’s Natural
Resource Advisory Com-
mittee will meet Tuesday,
Sept. 17 at 3 p.m. at the
Courthouse, 1995 Third
St. Agenda items include
reclaiming the Sumpter
dredge tailings and the
Baker City watershed.
WEATHER
Today
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Mostly sunny
Saturday
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
Baker City Fire Department and law enforcement personnel pay respect and observance to the fallen heroes of September 11, 2001.
Memories That Linger
By Chris Collins
ccollins@bakercityherald.com
A giant American fl ag suspended from a ladder truck
at the Baker City Fire Department fl uttered in the cool
wind of a late summer morning Wednesday as people
gathered to pay their respects.
They recalled, many in amazement at how quickly
the years had passed, that 18 years ago — on Sept. 11,
2001 — terrorists launched a deadly attack on the United
States of America.
About 75 people, including nearly 20 representing vari-
ous law enforcement and fi re service agencies, attended
the 9/11 observance.
Cellphones and other cameras and recording devices
were visible in the audience, which was made up of
people who’d traveled from their homes and workplaces
to gather along Second Street in front of the fi re station.
They were there to recognize those who serve their com-
munity and to remember those who lost their lives across
the country on that September day 18 years earlier.
Baker City Fire Department Lt. Casey Johnson, 40,
was a 22-year-old serving in the Marine Corps Reserves
and working in construction when he learned of the disas-
ter that had befallen the country on that day.
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
See Memories/Page 5A
A calm yet steady breeze moves Old Glory high above the 9/11 remembrance ceremony
Wednesday morning in front of the Baker City Fire Department.
83 / 46
Partly sunny
Sunday
2015 RULE EXPANDED FEDERAL REGULATION OF WATERWAYS
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Walden praises water rule repeal
Showers late
By Jayson Jacoby
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jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Congressman Greg Walden and a lo-
cal rancher and county commissioners
are among those applauding federal
offi cials for repealing a rule enacted
during the Obama administration that
critics contend could deprive farmers
and ranchers of irrigation water.
At issue is the Waters of the United
States rule, and specifi cally how that
term is defi ned.
That defi nition affects how far
the federal government’s authority
extends in enforcing the 1972 Clean
Water Act.
In 2015 the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and Army Corps
of Engineers enacted a rule that
broadened the defi nition of Waters of
the United States to include not just
navigable waterways, but also their
tributaries and some other adjacent
waterways, including ones that don’t
hold water year round.
In a statement Thursday, Walden
said that since 2015 he has heard from
farmers and ranchers across Oregon
who fear the federal government,
using the expanded defi nition, could
restrict how they use water, potentially
including water diverted into irriga-
tion ditches and stock ponds, common
practices throughout the state.
Klecker says the Baker
City training will prepare
responders to deal with
incidents they might
encounter in an industrial
workplace setting, shopping
area or other large-scale
situations.
Most recently, 22 people
died and 24 were injured
in a mass shooting on Aug.
3 at a Walmart store in El
Paso, Texas.
A former Baker City
Council member who
pleaded guilty to criminal
mischief in November 2017
after he was cited that sum-
mer at the abandoned lime
plant near Huntington has
fi led a civil rights lawsuit
against Baker County and
Sheriff Travis Ash, seeking
$1.3 million in damages.
Adam David Nilsson, 48,
fi led the suit in August in
U.S. District Court in Pend-
leton. He is demanding a
jury trial.
Nilsson, who is repre-
senting himself, contends
the county and Sheriff Ash
violated his constitutional
rights.
See Drill/Page 3A
See Lawsuit/Page 2A
See Water/Page 5A
Active threat drill planned at school
scope, said Ben Klecker.
He’s the Eastern Oregon
A training aimed at
regional training coordina-
improving police and emer- tor for the Department of
gency medical response to Public Safety Standards
an “active threat” in the
and Training (also known
community will take place as the Oregon Police Acad-
Sept. 27 and 28, a Friday
emy).
and Saturday, at Brooklyn
“From situations around
Primary School.
Oregon, people associate ac-
Even though the train-
tive shooters with schools,”
ing is taking place at a
he said.
school, the skills that will
But Klecker pointed to
be taught and refi ned are
other incidents such as
aimed at broadening the
the 2008 bank bombing at
ccollins@bakercityherald.com
TODAY
Issue 54, 14 pages
Calendar ....................2A
Classified ............. 4B-7B
Comics ....................... 3B
Woodburn in which two po-
lice offi cers were killed and
two other people were in-
jured; the Clackamas Town
Center shooting in 2012 in
which three people, includ-
ing the perpetrator, were
killed and one person was
injured; and the Umpqua
Community College shoot-
ing at Roseburg in October
2015 in which 10 people,
including the perpetra-
tor, were killed, and eight
people were injured.
Community News ....3A
Crossword ........5B & 7B
Dear Abby ................. 8B
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
EVENT SCHEDULED FOR SEPT. 27-28
By Chris Collins
Former
councilor
suing
county,
sheriff
Horoscope ........5B & 7B
Jayson Jacoby ..........4A
News of Record ........2A
Obituaries ..................2A
Opinion ......................4A
Outdoors ..........1B & 2B
Senior Menus ...........2A
Sports ........................6A
Weather ..................... 8B
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