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To A Subscriber
A special good day to
Herald subscriber Allison
Kuehl of Baker City.
BRIEFING
Musicians to
perform at Oregon
Trail Interpretive
Center this week
Baker City’s All-Abilities Playground Opens
■ The playground at Geiser-Pollman Park accommodates all kids
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Baker County confi rmed two new cases of
COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the county’s
total to 15.
See COVID-19/Page 5A
Wildfire
risk rising
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
A fi re season that’s so far been tranquil
in Northeastern Oregon could become more
boisterous later this week.
The National Weather Service is forecast-
ing the recent run of warm temperature to
persist for at least several more days, along
with an increasing chance of thunderstorms
starting Wednesday.
The Sumpter Valley
Railroad’s annual Bandit
Weekend, when the his-
toric narrow-gauge railroad
is held up by horse-riding
“bandits,” is set for Satur-
day and Sunday.
Trains will leave the
McEwen Depot, just off
Highway 7, at 10 a.m. and
1 p.m. on both days. Trains
will run at half the normal
passenger capacity to
ensure social distancing.
Tickets are $24 for adults,
$20 for seniors and military
members, and $14 for kids
3-17. Tickets available at
Sumptervalleyrailroad.org
See Wildfi re/Page 5A
Libraries open,
with restrictions
WEATHER
Sunny
Lisa Britton/For the Baker City Herald
Harley Spriet, 7, front, enjoys a ride on the zip line at the new all-abilities playground at Geiser-
Pollman Park in Baker City. The playground, which has a variety of toys accessible to all
children, opened on Friday. Harley gets a push from his sister, Sulea, 9, to start his ride.
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jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
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Bandit weekend
on Sumpter Valley
Railroad
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COUNTY’S COVID COUNT AT 15
Playing Together 2 new
Buffalo Bill Boycott and
Dr. Jo will be performing
music from “Along the
Oregon Trail” later this
week at the Oregon Trail
Interpretive Center near
Baker City.
Shows are daily at 11
a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m.
Thursday through Sunday,
July 22-26, and also at 6
p.m. Saturday as part of
the After Hours concert
series. The Interpretive
Center is just north of
Highway 86 about 5 miles
east of Baker City.
Today
$1.50
Nothing
comforts
better than
chocolate
Karla Macy was ecstatic to
watch her 4-year-old son, Gus
cavort on Baker City’s newest
playground, but she was per-
haps even happier to hear what
he said while he played.
Gus repeated it over and
over, a simple phrase that could
be the slogan for the nearly
2-year, $300,000 effort that
culminated Friday morning at
Geiser-Pollman Park.
“I can do this.”
By himself.
And that’s just what Gus did.
He was among about a dozen
kids who swung and slid and
spun on toys designed to accom-
modate all children — includ-
ing those, like Gus, who use
wheelchairs.
Gus, who has spina bi-
fi da, played in the warm July
sunshine while his mom sat
nearby and reveled in her boy’s
newfound independence.
The Baker County Library District
reopened its buildings on Monday, but with
limits on the number of patrons and other
restrictions related to COVID-19.
The main library, at 2400 Resort St. in
Baker City, will be open Monday through
Thursday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday from
9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.
The libraries, which had closed on March
18, reopened on June 15 but closed again two
days later following the large outbreak in
Union County and a signifi cant number of
cases in Malheur County.
In a written message on the Library
District’s website — www.bakerlib.org —
Library Director Perry Stokes encouraged
patrons to continue to use the drive-thru
window option at the Baker City library, or
curbside service at libraries in other cities, to
pick up reserved items.
See Playing/Page 3A
See Libraries/Page 3A
YOGA STUDIO REOPENS AFTER 3 1/2-MONTH CLOSURE DUE TO COVID-19
Striving for peace
during a pandemic
businesses, has been affected by the
coronavirus pandemic.
The moment you step into the
Corwin closed her studio on
Mind, Body and Yoga studio, a sense March 15. Over the next 3 months
of calmness is in the air. It might be she missed her regular routine with
the mural of Mount Fuji on one of
her students.
the walls or it might be the period of
“I was going down a rabbit hole, I
relaxation that awaits.
needed a life back,” Corwin said. “I
This has been Baker City resident needed a schedule.”
Mae Corwin’s mission — to be able
After months of teaching sporadic
to teach this craft that helped get
Zoom classes, Corwin felt comfort-
her through some of the biggest tri- able enough to re-open her doors on
als of her life.
June 29.
“I think the main thing you get in
Corwin has been practicing
my studio is the whole experience,
yoga for many years. Formerly an
it’s the most beautiful, tranquil,
avid runner, she used yoga to help
peaceful place,” Corwin said. “When recover from injuries, but yogo also
you walk in that studio, you exhale, played a part in helping her main-
and your shoulders drop down.”
tain sobriety after she struggled
Mind, Body, Yoga, like so many
with drugs and alcohol.
By Corey Kirk
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
TODAY
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Mae Corwin was eager to reopen her Mind, Body and Yoga studio in
Baker City after being closed this spring due to COVID-19.
Yoga had had a powerful positive
effect on Corwin’s life.
“I just found myself more and
more drawn to it,” she said. “When I
was starting my recovery, it was the
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most important thing to me. It was
the most peaceful part of my day.”
Corwin decided to pursue yoga
professionally.
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