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6A — BAKER CITY HERALD WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2019 LOCAL & STATE WHISTLES ings, the same number as in Baker City. Quiet Zone proponents say that elimi- Continued from Page 1A nating train whistles would improve safety “I have also had customers call the offi ce due to the upgrades at crossings. and ask if we are located near the tracks,” In other business Tuesday, County Folkman wrote. “While we are located over Commissioner Chairman Bill Harvey told half a mile from the rail line, the horns councilors about the county’s plan to hire blow in such a manner that we might as an employee to coordinate economic devel- well be. This face has negatively impacted opment efforts in the city and county. my business.” The coordinator’s primary function will Others attending Tuesday’s meet- be “to focus on the establishment, imple- ing voiced concerns about train whistles mentation and follow through of business harming South Baker students’ health and development efforts designed to increase interfering with their ability to learn. the number of family wage jobs in Baker Baker School District Superintendent County.” Mark Witty and school board member Julie Commissioners this summer ended the Huntington wrote a letter to the Council county’s contract with economic developer supporting the Quiet Zone proposal. Greg Smith. Councilor Ken Gross said he wants to Councilors on Tuesday also: see closer to a majority of people support- • Recommended the Oregon Liquor ing the Quiet Zone. He also would like to Control Commission approve a liquor see citizens help raise money to make a license for a brewery that John Coop and Quiet Zone possible. Twila Lavery plan to open next spring To qualify for a Quiet Zone, the city in the basement of the Ison House, 1790 would have to install new equipment at Washington Ave. railroad crossings to ensure vehicles can’t • Tabled a discussion about asking get to the tracks. La Grande, which re- voters to make changes to the city charter cently received a Quiet Zone designation, is related to the requirement that voters ap- spending about $200,000 for its fi ve cross- prove the sale of city property. COUNCIL Edge Saws and Powder River Precision. Continued from Page 1A Simplot owns a fertilizer Simplot, based in Boise, distribution plant near the will pay $235,620 for the railroad tracks north of property in the northeast Broadway Street. corner of the Industrial Simpson said the com- Park, which is west of 17th pany can “hardly handle the Street and south of Poca- volumes we have.” hontas Road. “Our company is making The price of $16,500 per a commitment to be in this acre is the same as what community and moving the city received for 2.2 forward to building and acres it sold earlier this owning a piece of property year in another section of and operating it long term,” the 64-acre Industrial Park, Simpson said. which the city owns. Councilor Lynette Perry Current businesses in raised concerns about the the area include Behlen new plant emitting odors. Manufacturing, Cutters Simpson said the site won’t produce smells or smoke. “We want to be here, we want to be a good neighbor, and a good steward of this community,” Simpson said. He said workers at the Baker City facility will mix nutrients with fertilizer based on customers’ needs. According to a staff report to the City Council, Simplot will retain its current local workforce and add one or two jobs at the new site in the Industrial Park. City Manager Fred Warner Jr. told councilors Tuesday that the facility will employ six full-time workers and four part-time. Photos courtesy of Idaho State Police Donald B. Jordan’s Chevrolet Tahoe SUV after it plunged off the Kleinschmidt Grade on the Idaho side of Hells Canyon. Photos courtesy of Idaho State Police Jordan’s vehicle is visible in the lower center of the photo (red arrow). Trooper describes car’s plunge off Hells Canyon road ■ Donald Jordan’s SUV went off Kleinschmidt Grade on Nov. 5 ravine the night of Nov. 5. Jordan was rescued early A Portland man who was the next morning by members seriously injured when his ve- of the Baker County Sheriff’s hicle landed in the bottom of a Search and Rescue Team and ravine off Kleinschmidt Grade other volunteers from the on the Idaho side of Hells Halfway and Oxbow areas. Canyon last week has been Members of the Adams County released from St. Alphonsus Sheriff’s Department, ABT Medical Center in Boise, Mark Towing and the Idaho State Snider, hospital spokesman, Police also were involved in the said Tuesday. rescue. Snider had no other details Idaho State Trooper Andrew about the condition of the Fisher, resident trooper at victim, 44-year-old Donald B. Meridian, provided a few more Jordan. details of the crash and rescue He was trapped in his 2011 effort in an email to the Herald. Chevy Tahoe overnight after The rescue effort got under- he drove off the left shoulder of way about 1:30 a.m. PST on the steep winding road, about Nov. 6 when he received a call 75 miles east of Baker City, reporting the single-vehicle and rolled to the bottom of the crash. Fisher said Jordan went off the road about 8:30 p.m. Don’t text and Tuesday about 1.8 miles up the drive... you grade. The unpaved road starts won’t have to at the Snake River Road below and leads to Cuprum, come see us! Oxbow Idaho. Fisher said Jordan was traveling with a friend, whose name was not available in time for this story. 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