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February 23, 2021
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A special good day to
Herald subscribers Jerry
and Mary Kincaid of Baker
City.
Local, 2A
LA GRANDE — East-
ern Oregon University
students will have a new
degree option in the fall.
The computer science
department at EOU has
added a bachelor’s degree
in cybersecurity. Students
in the program will be
able to earn a degree on
campus or online.
Sports, 5A
PORTLAND — Rus-
sell Westbrook had 27
points, 13 assists and 11
rebounds, and the Wash-
ington Wizards snapped
Portland’s six-game win
streak with a 118-111 vic-
tory over Damian Lillard
and the Trail Blazers on
Saturday night.
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Risk
Bullish on the Beer
level
Business in Baker
likely
to stay
lowest
Baker City Man Preparing To Open Brewery, Tap House
■ Baker County, by a margin
of two COVID-19 cases,
stayed below the threshold
that would have pushed it to
the moderate-risk category
Sports, 5A
EUGENE (AP) — Chris
Duarte and LJ Figueroa
scored 15 points apiece
and Oregon beat Utah
67-64 on Saturday night
for the Ducks’ fi fth straight
win.
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Baker County should stay in the lowest
risk category under the state’s COVID-19
guidelines through at least the second week
of March, County Commissioner Mark Ben-
nett said on Saturday, Feb. 20.
But it was a very near thing.
The county has been at the
lowest risk level since Feb. 12.
While the county is in that
category, restaurants and bars
can have indoor dining up to
Bennett
50% of capacity, and the same
limit applies to gyms and fi t-
ness centers, theaters and museums.
Local, 6A
Baker County Sheriff’s
deputies arrested two
Baker County men on
charges related to two
separate fi ghts with family
members Saturday night
— one at Haines and one
at Huntington.
Both men were lodged
at the Baker County Jail, a
press release stated.
See COVID-19/Page 3A
WEATHER
Today
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Chance of snow late
Wednesday
Jayson Jacoby/Baker City Herald
Kevin Multop watches over his latest batch of homebrewed beer in the garage behind his
Baker City home. Multop plans to open his North Seven Brewing Co. this spring.
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Beavers
upset
Bruins
BHS, BMS
will have new
principals
By Jayson Jacoby
By Chris Collins
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
ccollins@bakercityherald.com
K
evin Multop is stand-
ing in the garage
behind his Baker City
home, peering into a cauldron
in which an aromatic liquid is
bubbling.
The odor is rich and a bit
sweet.
Malty.
But even if you didn’t recog-
nize the scent you would need
the briefest of glances at the ga-
rage’s fi berboard walls to offer a
confi dent guess at what Multop
is up to on this snowy February
morning.
There is a poster-size photo
of Multop and his wife, Jessica,
each clutching a one-liter mug
at a Munich beer garden.
On the opposite wall hangs a
chart listing beer styles, a docu-
ment modeled on the periodic
table of elements.
Multop taps the button on
a digital display and uncoils a
length of garden hose.
The contents of the stainless
steel container, burbling along
at a rolling boil, are the begin-
nings of Multop’s latest batch
of beer.
See Brewing/Page 3A
TODAY
Issue 122, 14 pages
Superintendent Mark Witty announced
Friday, Feb. 19, that the Baker School Dis-
trict will undergo an administrative musical
chairs of sorts later this year.
Beginning July 1, Skye Flanagan will
move from his position as Baker Middle
School principal to take the helm as Baker
High School principal.
Greg Mitchell, current BHS principal,
will move to the District Offi ce to take the
position of director of federal programs, cur-
riculum and professional development. Jodi
Thew has served in that role for the past
year. Thew will replace Flanagan as BMS
principal.
See Principals/Page 2A
Council to talk
lodging taxes
By Samantha O’Conner
soconner@bakercityherald.com
Jayson Jacoby/Baker City Herald
Kevin Multop pours a sample of a dry stout, one of his latest
home-brewed creations.
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At Mayor Kerry McQuisten’s request, the
Baker City Council when it meets tonight
will discuss the possibility of ending a nearly
15-year-old agreement with Baker County re-
garding collection of lodging taxes that guests
at motels, bed and breakfasts and vacation
rental homes pay.
See Council/Page 2A
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