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Good Day Wish
To A Subscriber
A special good day to
Herald subscriber Susan
Yen of Baker City.
BRIEFING
Reno Hammond
receives Saint
Alphonsus
Auxiliary
scholarship
Reno Hammond of
Baker City has received
a $1,500 health care
scholarship from the Saint
Alphonsus Baker Auxiliary.
Hammond, 20, is a 2019
Baker High School gradu-
ate studying
chemistry at
Oregon State
University
with a pre-
medicine
option.
Hammond
“It is my
hope that I will have the
opportunity to give back to
Baker County by receiving
a doctorate degree and re-
turning to the community
as a general physician,”
Hammond said.
The Scholarship Com-
mittee members are Mari-
lyn Bloom, Marilyn Delfatti
and Peggy Payton.
The Auxiliary supports
Saint Alphonsus Medical
Center with proceeds from
its gift shop and provides
volunteers. Those inter-
ested in joining should
email Laura Huggins for
more information at laura.
huggins@saintalphonsus.
org
Legal
Paying Tribute case
back to
judge
Memorial Day Ceremony At Mount Hope Cemetery
■ Oregon Supreme Court
gives Judge Matt Shirtcliff
deadline today to respond in
the lawsuit challenging Gov.
Kate Brown’s legal authority
during COVID-19 pandemic
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
WEATHER
Today
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Partly sunny
Wednesday
Volunteers Bill Nordquist, front, and Jerry Hunter, background, placed American fl ags along
the west side of Mount Hope Cemetery just after sunrise Monday. Other volunteers were
Craig Tweney, Christine Menolascina and Jerry Endicott.
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Partly sunny
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Full forecast on the back
of the B section.
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Athlete’s
lost
season
Summer Curry’s voice faltered for just a
moment as she talked about those who didn’t
make it home.
“They gave the ultimate sacrifi ce,” Curry said
as about 100 people listened in silence under
the warm May sunshine Monday morning at
Mount Hope Cemetery.
See Lawsuit/Page 3A
City Council
to get update
on economic
recovery
See Tribute/Page 3A
Baker City Council members will hear
about the local economic recovery when
they meet this evening.
Some councilors will attend in person at
City Hall, 1655 First St., and others will
participate via Zoom. The public can attend,
subject to limits to ensure social distancing.
The meeting starts at 7 p.m.
Jeff Nelson, whom the county hired to
help local businesses during the reopen-
ing phases, will give councilors an update
on how businesses have fared since Baker
County started phase one on May 15, and
answer questions.
Jayson Jacoby/Baker City Herald
Summer Curry of Baker City, right, who
served with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan
and Iraq, was guest speaker at a Memorial
Day ceremony at Mount Hope Cemetery.
TODAY
Issue 7, 14 pages
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Comics ....................... 7B
A week after Baker County Circuit Court
Judge Matt Shirtcliff ruled that Oregon
Gov. Kate Brown’s executive
orders related to the pandemic
exceeded her legal authority,
the legal spotlight is cast again
on Shirtcliff’s chambers.
Shirtcliff, the former long-
Shirtcliff
time Baker County district
attorney whom Brown ap-
pointed as Circuit Court judge effective Nov.
1, 2019, on May 18 granted a preliminary
injunction to the plaintiffs in a lawsuit chal-
lenging Brown’s executive orders that have
restricted businesses and other activities
since mid March.
The governor’s attorneys appealed to the
Oregon Supreme Court, which later on May
18 issued a temporary stay that blocked
Shirtcliff’s order and kept Brown’s execu-
tive orders in effect.
Last week, attorneys for the plaintiffs,
which include Elkhorn Baptist Church in
Baker City, and the governor submitted
briefs to the Oregon Supreme Court in the
matter of the preliminary injunction.
On Saturday the Supreme Court re-
turned the issue to Shirtcliff.
The state’s highest court issued an
alternative writ of mandamus, which asks
Shirtcliff to either vacate his May 18 order
for the preliminary injunction, or submit
a written opinion for why the injunction
should be reinstated.
The state Supreme Court gave Shirtcliff a
deadline of 5 p.m. today to respond.
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