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District Playoffs 7-1A Basketball 2020
Kathy Oster Hopes To Donate Scottish Clothing to National Monument
Powder Valley Badgers rejoice after their championship win against
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Of Kilts and Kin
INSIDE TODAY:
Your guide to the
District 7-1A boys
and girls basketball
tournaments,
which start
Thursday at Baker
High School
QUICK HITS
County
to pick
visitor
services
operator
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
The Baker County commissioners are
scheduled to decide Wednesday whether to
choose a new contractor to operate a local
visitors center using money paid by guests
in motels, bed and breakfasts and other
lodging businesses.
The Baker County Chamber of Com-
merce currently receives about $76,000
annually from the lodging tax.
The Transient Lodging Tax Committee
voted 5-1 on Jan. 30 to recommend com-
missioners award the contract to Anthony
Lakes Mountain Resort. It would take effect
March 1.
Although the contract is specifi cally for
operating the visitors center, Shelly Cutler,
the Chamber’s executive director, said the
money also enables the Chamber to main-
tain two full-time employees — herself and
Diane Wroe.
And that staffi ng level makes it possible
for the Chamber to also coordinate events,
most notably the annual Miners Jubilee
celebration in July, Cutler said.
Good Day Wish
To A Subscriber
A special good day to
Herald subscriber Walter
Jensen of Baker City.
Sports, 3A
MOLALLA — Two
Baker swimmers, and two
four-person relay teams,
qualifi ed for the state meet
during the district qualify-
ing meet last weekend.
BRIEFING
Merkley plans
town hall Thursday
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.
See County/Page 3A
WEATHER
Today
38 / 13
Mostly sunny
Lisa Britton / For the Baker City Herald
Kathy Oster of Baker City hopes to donate this Scottish kilt, which belonged to her father,
James Cant Jr., to the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument’s headquarters.
Wednesday
42 / 17
By Lisa Britton
Mostly sunny
Kathy Oster lives in Baker
City, but she still has a heart
for a colorful landscape in
Central Oregon.
She grew up in what is now
known as the John Day Fossil
Beds National Monument, one
unit of which is known as the
Painted Hills.
“We still own our folks’
Full forecast on the back
of the B section.
The space below is for
a postage label for issues
that are mailed.
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house in the middle of the
park,” said Oster, 80.
Now she’s hoping to gift a
piece of her family’s history to
the Monument — her father’s
full Scottish attire she discov-
ered in a cedar chest. The kilt
and accompanying clothing is
now preserved inside a frame
thanks to Kate Reid at Royal
Artisan in Baker City.
Reid spent countless hours
hand sewing the outfi t onto
a backing, then building a
custom frame.
“I was excited to do an
extensive project,” Reid said.
“It was a lot of sewing, a lot of
layers.”
The piece is currently on
display at Royal Artisan, 1912
Main St.
See Scottish/Page 3A
Lisa Britton / For the Baker City Herald
School Board
to discuss
starting clay
shooting club
By Chris Collins
ccollins@bakercityherald.com
Athletic Director Buell Gonzales Jr. will
present information about establishing a
Clay Shooting Club to the Baker School
Board Thursday night.
The board will meet at 6 p.m. in the
Council Chambers at City Hall, 1655 First
St.
The club would be for students in Grades
6-12 with a spring league beginning in
April, a state tournament in June and the
National Trap Shooting Championship in
July, a list of frequently asked questions in-
cluded in the board’s meeting packet states.
The program is for boys and girls who
have a league-approved fi rearm safety
certifi cate, the information states. It is orga-
nized through the State High School Clay
Target League.
Team members practice weekly at a
shooting range. Individual and team scores
are then submitted and compared online
with other schools in their conference to
qualify for state and national competition.
More information is available at usaclay
target.com
Other presentations during Thursday
night’s session include recognition of the
“National Association of Teachers Singing
Competition” award to Jordan Remien.
Principal Phil Anderson will speak about
the third-grade Leadership program at
Brooklyn Primary School and members of
the freshmen class will discuss their science
curriculum proposal.
Kathy Oster’s grandparents came to America from Scotland and settled in Grant County
where they raised sheep.
TODAY
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Comics ....................... 7B
Community News ....3A
Crossword ........4B & 6B
Dear Abby ................. 8B
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