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MONDAY BAKER BOYS HOOPS SPLIT 2, WRESTLERS 9TH AT BEST OF THE WEST: PAGE 8A In SPORTS, 7A Serving Baker County since 1870 • bakercityherald.com December 23, 2019 IN THIS EDITION: Local • Home & Living • Sports Monday $1.50 QUICK HITS Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscribers Dave and Joyce Hunsaker of Baker City. Sports, 7A LA GRANDE — Baker’s Brianna Stadler won two races, setting meet records in both, and helped lead the Bulldogs to a third-place fi nish in the La Grande Invitational Saturday. The Baker boys also fi nished third in the team standings. Stadler, a sophomore, won the 100 butterfl y and 100 backstroke events. She set a state record in the lat- ter event at the state meet last February. Her time of 1:00.86 at La Grande set a meet record. Feral cats saved Haines Students Visit Assisted Living Homes To Spread Christmas Cheer Heartwarming By Jayson Jacoby jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Karen Skeen knows that her noble task will never be completely fi nished but she’s also comforted, on these cold winter nights, in the knowledge that 19 feral cats are not starving or freezing. Skeen, one of the found- ers of New Hope for East- ern Oregon Animals, is cel- ebrating a nearly 3-month campaign to capture the 19 cats from a property near North Powder and fi nd safe places for them to live. Although Skeen, who has been helping feral cats for more than two decades, said she has seen larger colonies of feral cats in Bak- er City, the North Powder situation was challenging because the site, about two miles outside the town in southern Union County, is isolated with few places for the cats to shelter. “They would never have survived” the winter, Skeen said. “This is one of the big- gest campaigns I’ve been involved in.” BRIEFING Christmas Eve services planned in Baker City COMMUNITY SERVICE Baker City churches are sponsoring a community Christmas Eve service from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the auditorium at Baker High School, 2500 E St. BAKER CITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH The Baker City Christian Church will have a candle- light service on Christmas Eve at 5 p.m. Everyone is invited to the church at 675 Highway 7. WEATHER Today 39 / 21 Partly cloudy Tuesday 38 / 23 Partly cloudy Full forecast on the back of the B section. 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. Girls win tourney S. John Collins/ Baker City Herald Haines Elementary School student council members, including Ruby Heriza, distribute blankets to residents at Meadowbrook Place during a Christmas-time event. Receiving cozy lap blankets made by Haines stu- dents are, from left, Betty Swensen, 90, Bob Cummings, 98, his wife Marilyn, 87, and Ruth Payton 81. By Lisa Britton For the Baker City Herald Students stream through the door of Settlers Park until all 140 youngsters are lined up — some- what straight — in the dining room. With a strum of his guitar, music teacher Russell Carpenter leads the students in Christmas carols — kindergarten performing one with sign language and older students singing songs in French, German, and Spanish. S. John Collins/ Baker City Herald The entire student Haines music teacher Russ Carpenter plays and directs his young students through body from Haines the Christmas songs they prepared for the event at Meadowbrook Thursday. Elementary School spread holiday cheer at Baker City’s two assisted living caroling. who attended the mini concert homes during their last day of school, The Haines Parent-Teacher- received theirs from student council Dec. 19. Community Organization (PTCO) members. The remaining blankets Songs weren’t their only treat. purchased fl eece with the money put and scarves were delivered by each This year the students decided to aside for the Christmas party. Par- facility’s staff. forgo their annual Christmas party ents helped during an intense day “They loved doing the project,” Col- and instead make scarves and blan- and a half as the students created lier said of the students. kets for residents of Settlers Park and more than 100 gifts. She said Haines focuses on six Meadowbrook Place. “They’ve been really busy,” Collier different character traits during the The idea stemmed from the school’s said. school year. current character trait: selfl essness. Preschool students drew cards for “I’m having them come up with a “This was our service project,” Katy each blanket or scarf. Grades kinder- project for every trait,” she said. Collier, Haines principal, said. garten and fi rst cut the fringe that After their cheerful rounds in The student council — called FLY the older students (grades 2 through Baker City, the students returned for Fostering Leadership in our Youth 6) tied to complete each item. to school for hot cocoa and cookies —led the project and handed out the They delivered 59 to Settlers Park, before Christmas break offi cially blankets and scarves at the end of and 54 to Meadowbrook. Residents started. See Cats/Page 2A Two tales highlight spirit of the season By Jayson Jacoby jjacoby@bakercityherald.com The woman who enriched Bob Parrish’s Christmas disappeared so quickly it was almost as though she had never been there at all. But Parrish had only to look at his most unexpected gift to remind himself of how real she was. It happened a week or so ago inside Safeway. Parrish, 71, who is partially disabled, was shopping. He accidentally knocked some items from a display rack, and when he hun- kered down to replace them he made the problem worse rather than better. See Spirit/Page 2A Halfway woman opens salon in Baker By Samantha O’Conner soconner@bakercityherald.com Let R’ Cut Salon has closed its doors in Halfway and re-opened them in Baker City at 2013 First St. “I loved it here,” said owner Jaycee Clasen. “So once I fi nished with school and college, I wanted to TODAY Issue 107, 18 pages move here.” Her parents, Donald and Kelly Higgins, live in Halfway. Kelly is president of Higgins & Associates CPA Inc and Donald owns Smokey Creek Barn Co. Clasen, 27, is currently only doing haircuts but she plans to either Calendar ....................2A Classified ............. 5B-8B Comics ....................... 9B Community News ....3A Crossword ................. 5B Dear Abby ............... 10B have someone rent booth space for nails and a room for aesthetics — waxing and facials — or she will do those herself. Clasen, who is licensed in cosme- tology, previously divided her time between her salon in Halfway and working at her mom’s accounting Home ................... 1B-4B Horoscope ................. 5B Lottery Results ..........2A fi rm. “My space there was a bit smaller too, so I was excited at the opportu- nity to come in here and have more space and more people working with me eventually,” Clasen said. News of Record ........2A Opinion ......................4A Senior Menus ...........2A See Salon/Page 3A Sports .................. 5A-8A Turning Backs ...........2A Weather ................... 10B MONDAY, DEC. 30 — SPECIAL 14-PAGE SECTION LOOKING BACK AT 2019
