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2A — BAKER CITY HERALD TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021 City plans virtual meeting Jan. 27 to discuss N. Baker transportation plan By Samantha O’Conner B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR THURSDAY, JAN. 21 ■ Baker School Board: Work session, 4:30 p.m.; regular meeting, 6 p.m.; via Zoom computer app. For more information about how to join the meeting, call the District Offi ce at 541-524-2260 or visit the District website baker5j. org T URNING B ACK THE P AGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald January 19, 1971 A persistent disagreement was reached in teacher salary consultation last Friday in Pine-Eagle District 61. Under Oregon Revised Statutes, an impasse was declared. 25 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald January 19, 1996 The Baker County Education Service District Board has no intention of giving up control of the ESD building at Main and Broadway streets when the district is merged with Union County. The board Thursday night directed Superintendent Arnold Coe to prepare proposals that would keep control and ownership of the building with the 5J school district to use for educational purposes. soconner@bakercityherald.com Baker City has scheduled a virtual public meeting for Jan. 27 to discuss possible transportation improvements to sections of 10th Street, Hughes Lane and Cedar Street. The Northern Baker Trans- portation Improvement Plan started last fall, and the city’s schedule calls for work to be fi nished by the fall of 2021. The virtual meeting will run from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., with the online link opening at 5:45 p.m. To join the meeting, use the link on the city’s website, www.bakercity.com/2289/ NBTIP City offi cials are looking at potential improvements designed to improve driving, walking and biking on sec- tions of four streets: • 10th Street from Hughes S. John Collins/Baker City Herald File Photo Baker City offi cials are inviting residents to attend a virtual public meeting Jan. 27 to discuss possible transportation improvements to 10th Street. Lane to Broadway Street • Cedar Street from Hughes Lane to Campbell Street • Hughes Lane from 10th Street to Cedar Street • Pocahontas Road from ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald January 20, 2020 The Baker City Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday evening to consider Verizon Wireless’ appeal of the denial of its application to build a 70-foot cell tower. The hearing is set for 6 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St. Verizon appealed the city Planning Commission’s 5-2 vote on Dec. 4 to deny an application to build a tower near Leo Adler Field in North Baker City. The original appeal was scheduled for Jan. 7, but it was postponed after an attorney representing Verizon was un- able to attend due to an issue with an airline fl ight. The city’s zoning rules allow a tower of up to 50 feet tall on the property, which is just north of D Street near East Street. But Verizon offi cials contend that the company’s engi- neers determined a 70-foot tower is the minimum height needed to meet the company’s goals. Verizon has offered to add green “branches” to the single-pole tower, in an attempt to make it look more like a tree and thus reduce its visual effects. Several residents who testifi ed before the Planning Commission last fall said they believe a 70-foot tower would mar their views. 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Meals must be picked up; no dining on site. C ONTACT THE H ERALD 1668 Resort St. Open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone: 541-523-3673 Fax: 541-833-6414 Publisher Karrine Brogoitti kbrogoitti@lagrandeobserver. com Jayson Jacoby, editor jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Advertising email ads@bakercityherald.com Classifi ed email classified@bakercityherald.com Circulation email circ@bakercityherald.com ISSN-8756-6419 Serving Baker County since 1870 Published Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays except Christmas Day by the Baker Publishing Co., a part of EO Media Group, at 1668 Resort St. (P.O. Box 807), Baker City, OR 97814. Subscription rates per month are $10.75 for print only. Digital-only rates are $8.25. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Baker City Herald, P.O. Box 807, Baker City, OR 97814. Periodicals Postage Paid at Pendleton, Oregon 97801 Copyright © 2021 safety and connections for these users. The plan will also address traffi c safety and fl ow and freight mobility,” accord- ing to a project overview from the city. Baker School Board to talk about bond By Chris Collins 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald January 19, 2011 The fl ood threat eased in Baker City Tuesday, but problems persisted to the north as the ice that clotted the Powder River in town Monday morning continued its tumultuous downstream journey. The ice dam that formed before dawn Monday at the Hughes Lane bridge, Baker City’s northern boundary, caused the river to overfl ow into the backyards of homes on the west side of Kirkway Drive and into a Ward Farms fi eld. 10th Street to 17th Street/ Chico Street “This area has seen an increase in people walking and biking, and the plan will seek to improve facilities, ccollins@bakercityherald.com The Baker School Board will con- tinue studying the issue of whether to seek voter approval in May of a $4 million bond measure when it meets Thursday night. The regular meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., will be preceded by a work session set to start at 4:30 p.m. Both meetings will be via Zoom computer app. More information is available by calling the District Of- fi ce at 541-524-2260 or by visiting the District’s website at baker5j.org The work session will include an audit report presented by Royce Townsend and Kirtan Shah of the Eide Bailly accounting fi rm. Bryan Tweit, Baker County Eco- nomic Development director, will pres- ent an economic forecast and directors will review results of a survey of staff and community residents designed to help gauge support for the bond measure. Cassie Hibbert, project coordinator with the Wenaha Group, which has an offi ce in Pendleton, will provide an update on the cost of bond items and bond rates and opportunity cost com- parisons will be considered. During the regular meeting, Superin- tendent Mark Witty is expected to pro- vide an update on plans for the second semester of classes, beginning Jan. 25. The District will work closely with the state Department of Education and the Baker County Health Department as it plans to extend in-person instruction to students in Grades 7-12 to two days a week in the new semester. Younger students in preschool through sixth-grade all returned to in-person classes on Oct. 14. That was possible because children that age spend most of their day in one classroom. The older students, who have been held to a 50-person class group attending school on site one day a week since Nov. 9 by state guidelines, rotate through dif- ferent classes during the day. Under revised guidelines, the District would be able to expand the middle school and high school cohorts to groups of 100 people and send them to in-person classes twice a week, Witty told the Her- ald earlier this month. The superintendent also is scheduled to present updates on these topics: • Information from the Baker County Health Department and the public health offi cer, Dr. Eric Lamb. • The child care collaborative being established at the Baker Early Learning Center. • The Eastern Oregon Education Summit 2021 that took place Jan. 7. • The upcoming budget process. • Plans for a work session to update the District’s vision and goals. • Superintendent evaluation. • Refl ections on the District’s K-6 program. • The team designated to negotiate staff contracts. • Driver education. Also during the regular meeting, the Board will recognize Lance Downing of Haines Elementary School as a Promise Student of the Month along with Antonio Washington of Baker Middle School. The Baker County Health Department will be recognized as an outstanding com- munity partner. District staff also will recognize school board members for their contribution to the schools and the community. January is designated as School Board Recognition Month in Oregon. O BITUARY 1971, at Halfway where they lived along with their three Kathy Edmondson, 68, children. formerly of Halfway, died on Kathy worked in several Jan. 6, 2021, at her home in fi elds of employment through- Ontario with her family at out her life. She worked as a her side. cook at Stockman’s Café, a Kathy Jean retail supervisor at Walmart was born on in Ontario, she was in ac- July 22, 1952, counting, and also ran a home in Portland, day care for six years. Oregon. She She loved to go hunting was raised and camping with her family. Kathy in Newport, In the summer she enjoyed Edmondson fi shing and boating, crafting Oregon, and attended To- and making her homes, fl ower ledo High School. The family gardens, and yards beautiful. moved to Yellow Pine, Idaho, One of her favorite things in 1969 where she enjoyed was camping with the day learning what real life was care kids and their families. like living without everyday She hoped they would all conveniences like phone, TV, remember her and Terry Sr. radio and electric heat. There joking about feeding them she met her husband, Terry G. monkey or alligator meat Edmondson, in the spring of while they ate venison with 1970. They married on Feb. 6, our family. What she will be Kathy Edmondson Formerly of Halfway, 1952-2021 Baker City Police CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker County Justice Court warrant): Todd Post, 57, of Baker City, 1:45 a.m. Saturday, at Spring Garden Avenue near East Street; cited and released. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLU- ENCE OF INTOXICANTS: Charles Gosuk Forbes, 41, of Baker City, 7:37 p.m. Saturday, at Grove and Campbell streets; cited and released. CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker County Justice Court warrants): Michael Steven Myers-Gabiola, 29, of Baker City, 10:15 p.m. Friday, at Myrtle and Elm streets; cited and released. Baker County Sheriff’s Offi ce POST-PRISON SUPERVISION VIOLATION (Oregon State Parole Board): Martha Rodriguez, 22, of Umatilla County, 1:30 p.m. Friday, at the Sheriff’s Offi ce; booked and released. CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker County Justice Court warrant): by both of her parents; her sister, Nancy; her brother, Richard; and her son, Terry Jr. For those who would like to make a donation in memory of Kathy, the family suggests Community Connection through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Crema- tion Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. 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