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EUGENE — Coming
from behind to win is
nothing new for Oregon.
The 17th-ranked Ducks
had already rallied from
double-fi gure defi cits
to win four games this sea-
son. They did it a fi fth time
Thursday night to overtake
No. 16 Colorado 68-60 and
move into a tie for the Pac-
12 lead at 8-4. Both teams
are also 19-6 overall.
Vending Machine At Brooklyn Primary School Dispenses Books
Story Snacking
Robert Livingston Corn
Sailor’s
final
honor
Sports, 5A
CORVALLIS — Oregon
State has something to
build on following a 70-51
rout of Utah on Thursday
night.
Kylor Kelley scored 16
points and grabbed nine
rebounds to lead Oregon
State (15-9, 5-7 Pac-12) to
its most lopsided confer-
ence win of the season.
BRIEFING
■ The remains of Robert
Livingston Corn, a 1935
Baker High School graduate,
were officially identified by
DNA analysis last year
Merkley plans
town hall Feb. 20
in Baker City
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley,
D-Ore., has scheduled a
town hall in Baker City
on Thursday, Feb. 20. The
event will start at 4:30 p.m.
at the Community Connec-
tion Senior Center, 2810
Cedar St.
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
WEATHER
Today
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
Third-grade student Liam Dougherty takes a look at the books offered at the vending machine
inside the front door at Brooklyn Primary School.
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The remains of a sailor from Baker City
who was killed in the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, have been
identifi ed through DNA analysis and will
be reinterred May 1 at the National Memo-
rial Cemetery of the Pacifi c in Honolulu.
Robert Livingston Corn, a 1935 Baker
High School graduate, was on the battle-
ship USS Oklahoma on the day of the
infamous attack that thrust the U.S. into
World War II.
The Oklahoma, which was moored at
Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, was struck by
several torpedoes. The ship rapidly cap-
sized, and 429 crewmen, including Corn,
were killed, according to the Defense
Department.
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S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
Wolf committee
members
frustrated with
state program
Teala Morris just discovered
what free book she'll get
with her token.
By Chris Collins
ccollins@bakercityherald.com
R
eading skills are being
dispensed at Brooklyn
Primary School one
book at a time.
And some of those books
are coming to students from
a recently unveiled vending
machine in the school’s front
hallway.
The machine is specially
designed to deliver books from
its bottom hatch when num-
bers and letters are punched
matching those connected to
the desired book choice.
“It’s been a huge hit,” said
principal Phil Anderson.
Just as if it were a bag of
chips, a candy bar or a can
of soda, the chosen book falls
within reach of the reader’s
hands after the system is set
in motion by a special gold coin
bearing the inscription “I Love
Books” that students insert in a
slot in the vending machine.
TODAY
Issue 129, 14 pages
By Samantha O’Conner
soconner@bakercityherald.com
erty, 9, a third-grader in teacher
Lindsey Rogers’ class, earned
a coin by reading with expres-
sion.
“I kept on trying,” Liam said.
“If I didn’t get the expression
right, I’d go back and try again.”
Finally, after reading to his
teacher and following her sug-
gested strategies, Liam met
his goal and had built a new
reading skill.
A member of the Baker County com-
mittee that reviews ranchers’ requests for
compensation for livestock killed by wolves
told county commissioners Thursday that
he believes the system is broken.
Martin Arritola, one of seven members
of the Wolf Depredation Compensation
Committee, said he believes the system,
administered through the Oregon Depart-
ment of Agriculture, is failing.
Some other committee members agreed
with Arritola, who told commissioners “the
process of the wolf compensation committee
has always frustrated me since the begin-
ning.”
Since 2012 the state has distrib-
uted $155,000 to Baker County ranchers
through the program.
See Books/Page 6A
See Wolves/Page 2A
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
Students earn free book tickets, which put gold-colored
tokens in hand to operate the vending machine.
No other coins can be used to
activate the system, a warn-
ing near the coin slot advises
students.
And the golden coin that
delivers the books can only be
obtained by students who meet
certain requirements, Anderson
said.
One way is for students to
demonstrate to their teachers
that they have mastered spe-
cifi c reading skills, he said.
For example, Liam Dough-
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