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MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2019 BAKER CITY HERALD — 3A Verizon appeals tower denial Verizon Wireless has denied the Baker City Planning Commission’s Dec. 4 decision to deny the company’s applica- tion for a conditional use permit to build a 70-foot cell tower in north Baker City. The City Council will hear the company’s ap- peal during a public hear- “I grew up around cattle, ranches and farming. It wasn’t much of a culture shock or anything.” — Jaycee Clasen, owner of the Let R’ Cut Salon, talking about moving from Northern California to Halfway in 2012 SALON L OCAL B RIEFING Continued from Page 1A She offers men’s and women’s haircuts, coloring, and hair treatments. Clasen also sells a variety of haircare products for men and women. She is also able to order skin products if a customer expresses interest. “Right now I’m not carry- ing it because I’m just doing hair,” Clasen said. The inspiration for the name of her salon is the Pendleton Round Up’s slo- gan, “Let ’er Buck.” “We’re a country family and love going to Pendleton Round Up, so the Let R’ Buck kind of just connected with me,” Clasen said. Clasen attended college in Northern California, intend- ing to become a pediatric nurse. She went into cosme- tology school at night to work through school and fell in love with it. “So I just stuck with it,” said Clasen, who grew up in Northern California and moved to Halfway in 2012. “I grew up around cattle, ranches, and farming. It S. John Collins / Baker City Herald wasn’t much of a culture shock or anything,” she said. Jaycee Clasen's Let R' Cut Salon is open for business in Baker City with haircuts for both women and men. Judge revokes grazing permits for Hammonds PORTLAND (AP) — A judge on Friday revoked the grazing permit of two ranch- ers who were pardoned last year by President Donald Trump on an arson convic- tion for setting fi re to federal lands. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon ruled in the long-run- ning case after hearing argu- ments from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which granted a 10-year grazing permit to Dwight and Steven Hammond after Trump’s July 2018 pardon. The renewal prompted a coalition of envi- ronmental groups to sue. Simon in July limited where the Hammonds could graze their cattle, but let them continue to use other portions of the public allot- ments for their ranching operation in remote south- eastern Oregon while the environmental groups contin- ued with their legal challenge. In his ruling, Simon said then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s decision to restore the Hammonds’ permits was “’arbitrary and capricious, an abuse of discretion, not ratio- nally connected to the facts.’’ The Hammonds, a father and son who raise cattle near Diamond, Oregon, were con- victed of arson in 2012 for set- ting a fi re on federal land that burned about 140 acres. They were initially sentenced to minimal terms and released. But the Hammonds were sent back to prison in 2016 af- ter the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that they complete the federal manda- tory minimum sentence of fi ve years for arson. Their rearrest sparked a protest that developed into a 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wild- life Refuge in Oregon in 2016, led by two sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy. The standoff got international attention and ended shortly after authorities fatally shot the protesters’ spokesman as a small group of the occupiers drove to a meeting. The Western Watersheds Project, the Center for Biolog- ical Diversity and Wildearth Guardians fi led a motion earlier this year to revoke the Hammonds’ grazing permits. They said that former Inte- rior Secretary Ryan Zinke should not have granted the permits because of the Ham- monds’ conviction. “When ranchers break the law and abuse public lands, they should lose their graz- ing permit every time,” Erik Molvar, executive director of Western Watersheds Project, said in a statement. During their 2012 arson trial, the Hammonds said they burned the federal lands to destroy invasive weeds. Prosecutors said they burned the land to cover up the fact that they had illegally killed a herd of deer. Baker City Herald Holiday Hours DEC 20-26 ELTRYM HISTORIC THEATER 1809 1st Street, Baker City www.eltrym.com STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWAKER PG-13 FRI-SUN: (12:30) (3:30) 6:30, 9:30 MON-THURS: (3:30) 6:30, 9:30 no late show Christmas Eve JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL PG-13 FRI-SUN: (1:00) (4:00) 7:00, 9:40 MON-THURS: (4:00) 7:00, 9:40 no late show Christmas Eve LITTLE WOMEN PG OPENS CHRISTMAS DAY WED & THURS: (3:45) 6:45, 9:35 ( )Bargain Matinee Show Times: 541-523-2522 Offi ce: 541-523-5439 ing Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St. The city’s zoning rules allow the company to build a tower of up to 50 feet on the site, just north of Leo Adler Field, but company offi cials say the 70-foot height is the minimum needed to meet its needs for capacity and coverage. Christmas Eve: CLOSE at 3 PM Christmas Day: CLOSED There will be NO PAPER published on Wednesday, December 25th We will reopen for business Thursday, December 26th • 8 AM - 5 PM New Years Day: OFFICE CLOSED There WILL BE a paper published January 1st Prime rib lunch Dec. 27 at Senior Center The Senior Center will be serving a special prime rib luncheon on Friday, Dec. 27. The meal, sponsored by Paul Bennett, will be served at the regular lunchtime of 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., but the suggested donation will be increased and tickets must be purchased in advance. Seniors will be asked to make a suggested dona- tion of $8 each and the cost for nonseniors will be $10. Tickets must be purchased from the offi ce because of limited availability, a fl ier advertising the special meal states. The luncheon will include prime rib, baked pota- toes, green beans, a roll, green salad and carrot cake. The center and bus service will be closed for the holidays on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) and on Christ- mas Day (Dec. 25). More information is available by calling Commu- nity Connection at 541-523-6591. Applicants sought for City Council Baker City residents interested in serving on the City Council have until 4 p.m. on Jan. 6 to submit an application. To be eligible, applicants must be reg- istered to vote in Oregon, and have lived within the Baker City limits for at least 12 months prior to being appointed. The vacancy on the seven-member City Council results from Councilor Ken Gross resigning at the end of this month due to his job being moved. The remaining six councilors plan to meet with ap- plicants during a work session on Jan. 8, and then to appoint Gross’ replacement on Jan. 14. To apply, go to www.bakercity.com and download the City Councilor application. Submit the application and a letter of interest to Katie LaFavor at City Hall, 1655 First St. The person appointed will serve through December 2020, and would be eligible to run for a four-year term in November 2020. “Youʼll love the work we do. I guarantee it.” - JR 225 H Street • East of I-84 • 541-523-3200 • grumpysrepair.com
