6A — BAKER CITY HERALD
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2020
PAVILION
Continued from Page 1A
Pac-12 athletes
can resume
workouts on
campus June 15
By Tim Booth
AP Sports Writer
The Pac-12 Conference will
allow voluntary workouts on
campus for all sports begin-
ning June 15, subject to the
decision of each individual
school and where allowed by
local and state guidelines,
the conference announced
Tuesday.
The decision was made by
the presidents and chancel-
lors of the conference schools
and followed the announce-
ment last week by the NCAA
that schools can reopen for
voluntary activities beginning
next Monday. The Pac-12’s
COVID-19 medical advisory
committee created a series of
guidelines and protocols for
schools to follow once they
decide to open for individual
workouts.
“As states have either
already opened or begin to
open up access to parks, gyms
and other training facilities,
student-athletes should have
the option at this time to be in,
what for many, will be a much
safer environment on campus,
where they can have access to
the best available health, well-
being and training support,”
Pac-12 Commissioner Larry
Scott said.
It’s unlikely all 12 schools
will open their doors at the
same time. States with schools
in the conference are reopen-
ing at difference paces and
that will affect when ath-
letes can return to campus
for workouts. Arizona has
reopened many of its services
and said professional sports
can resume, while California,
Washington and Oregon have
been slower and more restric-
tive in allowing the resump-
tion of small gatherings.
The biggest impact will be
on the fall sports, most notably
football. Several Pac-12
football coaches have said they
would like six to eight weeks
of preseason training and
practice to be ready should
the season begin as sched-
uled in late August and early
September.
The guidelines created
by the conference’s medical
advisory committee cover re-
turning to campus; returning
to an athletic facility; facility
specifi c considerations; return
to exercise and response to
infection or presumed infec-
tion. The conference said each
school will develop its own
health and safety plan consis-
tent with local public health
guidance.
“As educational institu-
tions, our highest obligation
is to the health and welfare
of our students, faculty, and
staff,” said Colorado chancellor
Philip DiStefano, the chair of
the Pac-12 CEO Group. “As we
considered the pros and cons
of taking steps that can pave a
path to returning to play, those
considerations were foremost,
guided by the advice of our
own medical experts along
with public health offi cials.”
“We’ve already had a
couple, two or three, plaques
have been replaced already
in another incident and now
we have several broken ones
again,” Shollenberger said.
“Some of them look like
they were actually hit with
a hammer or something
because the same corner on
every plaque was broken.”
Councilor Lynette
Perry, who started Baker
City Events and was a
member of the committee
that worked to build the
$250,000 pavilion, said the
12-inch tiles were sold for
Jayson Jacoby / Baker City Herald
$1,000, large bricks for $300
A damaged 12-inch commemorative tile at the Powder River Pavilion in Geiser-
and smaller bricks for $60.
Pollman Park.
Many of the bricks and
plaques bear the names of
“My goal is to educate businesses
people who have died, Shollenberger
open, and my phone only went off four
on the requirements and recom-
said.
times, so that was amazing.”
mendations set up by their industry,”
There is no security system at the
In other matters before the Council
Nelson told councilors. “So, whether
pavilion.
Tuesday:
Police Chief Ray Duman said cam- it’s a restaurant or a tattoo artist or a
• Arthur Sappington suggested
eras “help tremendously,” by poten-
retail shop, each one of them has dif- the City Council consider pursuing a
tially helping police identify vandals. ferent requirements and I work with certifi cation as a Bee City USA — a
them individually.”
Mayor Loran Joseph said he and
city that promotes the health of bees
Nelson conveys concerns and ques- and other pollinating insects.
City Manager Fred Warner Jr. have
discussed installing motion-activated tions from businesses to county and
“As I was looking around during the
state leaders, as well as taking con-
cameras and lights at the pavilion.
fl owering season this year and doing
cerns from citizens on businesses with an inventory on the potential pollina-
Warner said Joyce Bornstedt,
openings and businesses that might
the city’s technical administrative
tion, we have more than abundant
not be following guidelines such as
supervisor who oversees city parks,
trees to support any and all recre-
will look at options for solar-powered for social distancing and employees
ational beekeepers that would choose
lights and cameras.
wearing face masks.
to be within this area,” Sappington
Nelson has also helped businesses said.
“They only come on at night,”
apply for fi nancial aid through federal
Warner said. “We believe that those
According to a handout Sappington
programs such as the Paycheck Pro- provided, cities that are certifi ed can
plaques hit with a baseball or golf
club or a hammer are done at night.” tection Act.
improve their city or county’s environ-
“Right now I think I’ve calculated
Shollenberger said she’s also
ment, eating habits, and economy
almost three million dollars that have by helping “to ensure the survival of
concerned about what happens at
the pavilion during the day. She said come in to Baker County,” Nelson
vital animal species — hundreds of
lights and cameras could potentially said. “That’ll help us at least get
thousands of species of pollinators —
through this time, hopefully through crucial to our planet’s complex food
be turned off during concerts and
other events to avoid having the cam- June until we can really open up for
web.”
business.”
era take unnecessary photos.
Certifi ed cities can also “raise
Nelson said a county task force is
Joseph said city offi cials will con-
community awareness of the dan-
tinue looking into options for improv- working on recommendations to send gers of non-native invasive plants to
to state offi cials regarding further
ing security around the pavilion.
the local ecosystem and least toxic
easing of restrictions during phase
ways to deal with landscaping pest
Economic recovery update
two of the reopening process, which
problems,” according to the handout,
Jeff Nelson, Baker County business Baker County could potentially start and “raise community awareness of
adviser with Blue Mountain Commu- June 5.
how our food grows and improve local
nity College’s Small Business Devel-
“Overall it has been a nice reopen- food production through expanded
opment Center, is working as Baker
ing,” Nelson said. “It was kind of rocky pollination.”
County’s liaison with businesses as
at fi rst. I was worried about (Memo-
• Councilors appointed Brian
they reopen during the coronavirus
rial Day) weekend because we had
Vegter to the city’s Public Arts Com-
pandemic.
some tourists in, businesses were
mission.
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