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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019 BAKER CITY HERALD — 3A L OCAL B RIEFING Methodist Church bazaar Saturday ■ Cat Odell, who spoke to preschoolers at Head Start, is also a downhill skateboarder The Baker United Methodist Church has scheduled its annual autumn bazaar for Saturday, Oct. 5. The event will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church at 1919 Second St. The bazaar will offer houseplants, second-time- around items, baked goods and preserves, holiday gifts and decorations and several collectibles includ- ing Avon and railroad items. A homemade cinnamon roll and coffee are $2. By Lisa Britton Salmon fi shing changes on Snake River Author rolls out a bunny tale For the Baker City Herald The preschoolers were all eyes and ears until she drew the tree. When Cat Odell sketched a roundish shape in red marker — a stylistic tree in the fall — one little girl spoke up: “That’s not a tree.” The comment elicited a smile from Odell, author of the children’s book “Pepper and Frannie.” Then she told students they would have a chance to draw their version of a tree on the sketch pad. Odell lives in Portland and is in Baker City this week to prepare her art show at Churchill School. It opens today during the First Friday art walk. She will have copies of the book in addition to other artwork, note cards, and a small “skateable” section (she has a board with softer wheels suitable for inside). Odell is a downhill skate- boarder. On Wednesday she visited Eastern Oregon Head Start to read “Pepper and Frannie” to the preschoolers and demon- strate her drawing process. “I love skateboarding and I love drawing,” she told the students as she settled into story time. Pepper and Frannie is about two bunnies who are best friends. Pepper is practi- cal; Frannie is “fancy and free.” Echoing Odell’s passion for skateboarding, Frannie skateboards and talks Pepper Starting Saturday, salmon anglers on the Snake River in Hells Canyon will no longer be allowed to keep any wild chinook they catch. Harvest of hatchery fall chinook will remain legal. The closure was prompted by high harvest rates of wild chinook, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Through Oct. 31, or until further notice, the Snake from the deadline below Hells Canyon Dam to the Oregon-Washington border will be open to fall chi- nook fi shing, with a daily bag limit of 6 adult hatch- ery chinook per day. There are no limits on unmarked jack salmon (24 inches long or less), but anglers who reach the 6-chinook limit must stop fi shing that day. COUNTY Continued from Page 1A Lisa Britton / For the Baker City Herald Cat Odell, author of “Pepper and Frannie,” talks with preschoolers at the Baker City Head Start on Wednesday. “Things don’t come out per- fectly the fi rst time — it’s like skateboarding,” she said. The youngsters decided Frannie should be riding a — Author Cat Odell bike, so Odell quickly drew the into giving it a try. After quite requested image. a few tumbles, Pepper realizes “What should we put on that skateboarding is actually her?” she asked. fun. “A helmet!” came from Kas- “When Pepper fell down, sandra Grey. what did she do? She tried Once she’d fi nished the again,” Odell said to the bunny on a bicycle — Frannie students. from her book — Odell tore After fi nishing the book, off the sheet and let the kids Odell pulled out a sketch pad color it. and markers. Her fi rst faint Several took it upon them- marks didn’t much resemble selves to add their version of what would become Frannie. a tree to the drawing, which “Things don’t come out perfectly the fi rst time — it’s like skateboarding.” drew more smiles from the artist. An art-fi lled weekend Art shows open during First Friday include Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Churchill School, Peterson’s Gallery, The Trailhead, The Royal Artisan, The Cheese Fairy/Copper Belt, and Broderick Gallery (now located at 1940 Valley Ave. above Kicks). Several galleries will also have maps for the Open Stu- dios Tour, which takes place Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and features 15 stops and 30 artists. BTI launching Esports program The Baker Technical Institute is starting an ESports program and plans to have a team of Baker School District students competing in a national league beginning in January. Esports involves teams competing in computer gaming. Tryouts for the local team will start later this month at the BTI campus at Baker High School, 2500 E St. Dates and times will be announced later. “We currently have nearly 70 inter- ested players with many more inquir- ing,” said Chris Wittich, the ESports coach and program facilitator. “This is a program that a whole new group of stu- dents have clearly been waiting for and now we plan to harness that enthusiasm into student engagement and success.” BTI President Doug Dalton said many of the students interested in competing for the ESports team are also involved in BTI’s three-year computer science program. BTI is partnering with Boise State University’s College of Innovation and Design on the local ESports program. More information about ESports and other BTI programs is available at www. bakerti.org “It’s a real asset to plowing snow, it’s kind of a must,” Perkins said. Commission Chairman BIll Harvey said the snow wing is “something that is built for this purpose, it’s not something you can manufacture yourselves and just stick on a grader.” Perkins said the snow wing’s warranty, of 5,000 hours or fi ve years, will transfer to the grader once it’s attached. He told commission- ers the county received a 15% discount on the wing through a federal bidding process. In other business Wednesday commission- ers heard updates from Baker County Fair man- ager Angie Turner, and from Holly Kerns, director of the Baker City/County Planning Department. Turner said the livestock auction at this year’s fair had about 290 animals sold, for a total of $301,288.09. Sales included 80 hogs, about 48 steers and more than 30 sheep. Turner told commis- sioners that fair offi cials are looking for additional space to accommodate a growing number of animals being shown at the Fair. The Fair Board has also applied for a Leo Adler grant to fi nish the exterior of the Event Center. Kerns said the planning department has worked with Haines, Sumpter, Halfway, Richland, Sumpter and Baker City on an economic opportu- nity analysis. The analysis looks at the economic conditions in each city and issues that need to be addressed to make a community more “ready for an economic opportunity.” This is a multi-year project, Kerns said. She said both the city and county are updating their zoning ordinances, with public hearings planned this fall and winter. Kerns said she worked this summer with the Federal Emergency Man- agement Agency (FEMA) on a possible update of fl oodplain maps. “It will be countywide if we do it,” Kerns said. “We’re looking at data, we’re looking at concerns, we know that our maps are outdated, and we know a lot of the assump- tions made to the maps were problematic.” H EART TO H EART Baker City does itself proud with blood donations without all the technology we have today. Wow! I had to respond to her as my The Baker City community thoughts turned to the fact should be very proud of itself that humans are more than for the support they give their toys. My letter to her to the American Red Cross follows. blood drive that happens here The video: fi ve times a year. Donors https://m.youtube. range from high-school comwatch?v=R6bHs8Vm3EQ fi rst-timers to retirees who One thing we seem to have given literally gallons forget is that for each genera- of blood. Last year the Red tion there is amazement at Cross issued a Certifi cate of how folks got by with so little Appreciation to the Baker in the past. The truth is, each City Community for 324 generation has the most units collected from donors in recent ideas and technology this area in 2018. We are on in their time. Let’s look back course to exceed that number for a moment . . . this year. Transportation can Donors are, and have been, advance in the ability to supported by several local move people. Remember, businesses and organiza- the fi rst big advance was tions over the years. Free fi nding a way to travel faster food is provided by Paizano’s, than walking or running. In Subway, Pizza Hut, and Alb- some cultures the people are ertson’s. The Haines Mutual capable of running for long Improvement Association and distances, the Tarahumara the ladies from the Methodist tribe of Mexico is one such Church in Haines take turns Appreciating how example. Once you can reach donating homemade cookies. much things have outside your own physicality, The Cowbelles have tradition- changed say by climbing upon an ani- Recently I wrote my grand- mal such as a camel, horse, ally provided beef broth but daughter and included a link or perhaps an elephant, the recently Deanna Davis has personally taken over that re- to a look back videos to show concept of travel suddenly sponsibility. Deanna heads up her the world as I knew it changes. the kitchen crew that makes as a 9-year old boy. She was Once animals were a reli- sure donors and support staff amazed by how much the able source of energy for car- world had changed and said rying one person it was not get beverages and snacks. how grateful she was for The Red Cross provides long before vehicles were at- all we have today. She said bottled water and bagged tached to the beasts so more she couldn’t imagine living snacks. Every drive needs could ride at the same time. volunteers to help donors get signed in and informed about procedures; these volunteers are knowledgeable, cheerful, helpful, and generous with their time. Cavalry Baptist has hosted the drive for a number of years with the Nazarene Church stepping in occasion- ally. The September drive just wrapped up and the drive coming up on November 11 were both scheduled at the Nazarene Church. These drives create a lot of gar- bage which Baker Sanitary Services disposes of with no charge to the churches or the Red Cross with next day service. Colleen Brooks was the blood drive coordinator for about 30 years but retired two years ago and handed the reins over to me. Myrna Evans Baker City “Youʼll love the work we do. 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This is inescapable since each of us have a frame of refer- ence defi ned by all we know of our time, our early years up to our present moment. To experience a change similar to my early years you might try this: use your telephone only to make and receive calls, no texting or messaging or voice mail. Scary! Then leave it at home. That was how our phones worked. If someone called and we weren’t home — we didn’t answer so we didn’t talk. There were no answering machines so no left messages and defi nitely no such thing as Best Friends of Baker Saturday Market Open EVERY Saturday 8 AM - 2 PM COME IN COSTUME AND RECEIVE 10% OFF! 2950 Church St, Baker City (fi rst left after Broadway turns into 10th) We accept debit, credit, cash & checks! Donations accepted Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays 9-1 (All proceeds benefi t the animals of Baker County) cellular. The phone had a wire connected to it. It was a fairly short wire so the phone lived in one place, such as the living room. 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