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Bunk Bed Kits Assembled In Baker City For Sleep In Heavenly Peace Project
INSIDE
TODAY
Special section profi les
high school athletes from
around the region who are
adjusting to sports being
canceled due to the corona-
virus pandemic. Baker High
School students Sydney
Keller and Gabe Gambleton
are among those whose
stories are included in the
section in today’s issue.
Volunteers Give
the Gift of Sleep
Parents
invited
to ask
about
school
plans
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
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A special good day to
Herald subscriber Jim
Karman of Baker City.
BRIEFING
Baker County
Garden Club to
meet Oct. 7
The Baker County
Garden Club will meet
on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at
10:30 a.m. at Oregon Trail
Nursery, 600 Elm St. in
Baker City.
People planning to at-
tend should bring a chair
and a lunch. Distancing
will be observed. New
members are welcome.
Desserts
that defy
calories
Samantha O’Conner/Baker City Herald
Rachelle McClarin, left, uses a drill press Saturday morning to prepare wooden pieces that will be assem-
bled into a bunk bed. McClarin, who works for Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative (OTEC), gathered with other
volunteers to help build the beds for the Sleep in Heavenly Peace project.
By Samantha O’Conner
Parents of Baker School
District students will have
a chance to ask Superinten-
dent Mark Witty during a
Zoom meeting Wednesday
evening about plans to
possibly resume in-person
classes for younger students
on Oct. 12.
Witty also encourages
parents to outline their prob-
lems regarding the online
classes that started Sept. 8.
“I want to hear concerns
or questions parents may
have about how things are
going and the decisions we
are making as we work our
way back to in-person learn-
ing,” Witty said.
A link to the Zoom
meeting, which starts at
6:30 p.m., is available on
the Baker City Herald’s
Facebook page and at www.
bakercityherald.com
During a Baker School
Board meeting Sept. 23,
Witty said the District’s goal
is to welcome students from
preschool to sixth-grade back
to classrooms on Oct. 12.
See Schools/Page 3A
soconner@bakercityherald.com
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Volunteers were busy buzzing
around work benches Saturday
morning in a work bay at Oregon
Trail Electric Cooperative’s head-
quarters in Baker City.
Almost literally buzzing.
Sanders were spinning and other
tools whirring as about two dozen
volunteers assembled bunk beds for
the nonprofi t philanthropic organiza-
tion, Sleep in Heavenly Peace, which
provides beds to families.
The nonprofi t was started in 2012
in Twin Falls, Idaho. Its nearest
chapter is in John Day, said Susie V.
Brown, who is the president of that
chapter and organized Saturday’s
build day at OTEC.
“We cover Grant County, Malheur
County, Baker County, and Harney
County and provide beds for these
kids,” Brown said.
County’s
lone virus
outbreak
has ended
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Her daughter-in-law, Christa Barr,
who operates the business, said Kris
did get to see the brand-new building
the week before it opened for business.
Baker County’s only
outbreak of COVID-19, at
Meadowbrook Place assisted
living community in Baker
City, has ended, according to
a statement from the facility
where 27 cases were re-
ported during the summer.
In a press release that
Baker County distributed on
Friday, Meadowbrook stated
that “After much effort in
the building from staff,
Baker County and the State,
we are happy to report that
all residents and staff have
tested negative multiple
times over the course of fi ve
weeks.”
See Coffee/Page 3A
See Virus/Page 3A
Samantha O’Conner/Baker City Herald
Volunteers from the Liberty Brothers Motorcycle Club helped assemble
bed frames Saturday morning at Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative.
About two dozen people gathered to build bunk beds that will be do-
nated to children in the area by the nonprofi t Sleep in Heavenly Peace
See Beds/Page 3A organization, which has a chapter in John Day.
Coffee shop’s bittersweet opening
tion, at Campbell and Oak streets on
Aug. 24 without the presence of the
A happy occasion for the employees woman who made it possible.
of Coffee Corral in Baker City was
Owner Kris Barr, who started Cof-
also tinged with sadness.
fee Corral in 2003, died just 2 days
The business opened its new loca- later at age 70.
By Samantha O’Conner
soconner@bakercityherald.com
Golf tournament will benefit BHS Letterman’s Club
By Corey Kirk
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
Members of the Baker
athletic community will
head to Quail Ridge Golf
Course on Saturday, Oct. 10
with their golf bags slung
over their shoulders, ready
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to test their skills for a great
cause.
“Complete and Putter
Madness” is a 4-person
scramble tournament
where competitors will be
traversing the 18 holes at
Quail Ridge, competing for a
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variety of prizes and raising
money for the Baker High
School Letterman’s Club.
All proceeds from the
tournament will go to the
club.
“I have been a part of
these before and was plan-
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ning on doing one this fall
anyway,” said Buell Gonza-
les Jr., Baker School District
athletic director. “With Quail
Ridge willing and having the
ability to do this within the
(social distancing) guide-
lines, it was actually pretty
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easy to set up.”
Gonzales, who was hired
as the district’s athletic
director in 2019, is working
to revitalize the Letterman’s
Club.
See Tourney/Page 2A
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