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FRIDAY BAKER VOLLEYBALL FALLS TO FRUITLAND, LOSES KEY PLAYER TO INJURY: 5A In OUTDOORS, 1B Serving Baker County since 1870 • bakercityherald.com October 4, 2019 IN THIS EDITION: QUICK HITS Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscriber Susan Wickert of Baker City. BRIEFING Flu shot fundraiser for local schools, other partners Bi-Mart is once again supporting local organiza- tions while also promoting fl u shots. Anyone who gets a fl u shot at Bi-Mart in Baker City can choose a community partner to receive $1. Partners are: Brooklyn Primary, South Baker Intermediate, Baker Middle School, Baker High School, Keating Elemen- tary, Haines Elementary, Community Connection of Baker County, Powder Val- ley Schools, New Bridge Grange, Pine-Eagle Clinic, and Prairie City School. Local • Health & Fitness • Outdoors • TV $1.50 Crews ‘stumped’ in hunter search By Jayson Jacoby jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Dennis A comprehensive search that since Sunday has involved people hiking dozens of miles, and a pair of helicopters fl ying for more than 10 hours, hasn’t turned up a single sign of a Haines man who failed to return from a planned one-day deer-hunting trip in the Wallowa Mountains. “We’re all kind of stumped right now,” Baker County Sheriff Travis Ash said Thursday morning. See Search/Page 6A Submitted photo A searcher hikes a trail looking for signs of Andy Dennis of Haines. A National Guard helicopter is at the upper right. Pam Hall-Brisk Of Halfway Was Infected With West Nile Virus This Summer Road to Recovery Maker’s Clubs at Baker Library Two Maker’s Clubs, free events for third- through eighth-graders, are planned this month at the Baker County Library, 2400 Resort St. Both will be from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. No registration is required. The Oct. 9 club will focus on making a duct tape message board. On Oct. 23 participants will make paper circuit jack o’lanterns. soconner@bakercityherald.com Today Partly sunny Submitted photo Pam Hall-Brisk of Halfway has been recovering at a Boise rehabilitation hospital since mid September from effects of West Nile virus. She contracted the virus from a mosquito bite and later developed encephalitis and other severe symptoms. Saturday 60 / 25 By Jayson Jacoby Partly sunny When Pam Hall-Brisk couldn’t get out of bed or even wiggle her left leg, her daughter knew this wasn’t the sort of illness easily treated with aspirin and a bowl of chicken soup. But Anna Brisk didn’t even think about mosquitoes and West Nile virus. Not then. On that afternoon of Sept. 5, Anna was focused on making sure her 73-year-old mother was driven as quickly as possible from her farm near Halfway to Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Baker City, 53 miles to the west. “She’s a very, very strong person,” Anna said of her mother, who has Submitted photo lived in the Pine Valley with her Pam Hall-Brisk of Halfway holds hands with her husband, Marvin, husband, Marvin, for 19 years. while she recovers from the West Nile virus at the Saint Alphonsus “When she couldn’t move her left Rehabilitation Hospital in Boise. leg at all, that’s when we started worrying that it was more than just the fl u.” Pam had been feeling poorly, suffering from nausea and vomiting, for the previous few days. But when her condition declined so drastically on Sept. 5 it was frightening, said Anna, 32, who lives near her parents. She called 911 and an ambulance arrived soon after. Anna said her mother was so dehydrated that emergency responders couldn’t start an IV in her fl accid veins. Sunday 64 / 32 Partly sunny The space below will be blank on issues delivered or sold from boxes. The space is for a postage label for issues that are mailed. County buys grinder, snow wing By Samantha O’Conner WEATHER 53 / 29 Get in one more day-hike jjacoby@bakercityherald.com See West Nile/Page 6A Submitted photo Pam Hall-Brisk, left and her daughter, Anna Brisk, at the Saint Alphonsus Reha- bilitation Hospital in Boise on Thursday. TODAY Issue 63, 14 pages Calendar ....................2A Classified ............. 3B-6B Comics ....................... 7B Community News ....3A Crossword ........4B & 5B Dear Abby ................. 8B Horoscope ........4B & 5B Jayson Jacoby ..........4A News of Record ........2A Baker County Com- missioners on Wednesday agreed to buy two pieces of equipment, one that will help keep roads smooth and another designed to keep roads clear of snow. Commissioners approved the purchase of a used $35,000 asphalt grinder from the Oregon Depart- ment of Transportation. Roadmaster Noodle Perkins suggested the purchase to commissioners last month, saying both the city and county had rented the grinder in the past. Commissioners also approved the purchase of a snow wing for $18,379 from Western States Cat Equipment. The 12-foot- long wing is attached to a grader and pushes snow farther from the road. See County/Page 3A Taste of Baker earns honor Baker City Downtown’s annual Taste of Baker event was honored as the best special event at the Oregon Main Street program’s Excellence in Downtown Revitalization awards ceremony Wednes- day evening at Tillamook. During the annual event, restaurants and other businesses offer special dishes downtown, and diners stroll the streets and redeem $1 wooden tokens to sample the foods. This year’s Taste of Bak- er is set for this Saturday, Oct. 5, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. throughout the historic downtown district. Obituaries ..................2A Opinion ......................4A Outdoors ..........1B & 2B MONDAY — RECAP OF BAKER’S FIRST HOME FOOTBALL GAME Sports ........................5A Senior Menus ...........2A Weather ..................... 8B
