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SATURDAY BAKER HIGH SCHOOL MOCK TRIAL TEAM COMPETES, BY ZOOM: PAGE 2A In SPORTS, 5A Serving Baker County since 1870 • bakercityherald.com March 13, 2021 Local • Outdoors • Sports • TV IN THIS EDITION: Spring forward Remember to set your clocks ahead one hour before going to bed Saturday: $1.50 Heritage Museum might house some Center exhibits State Proposing Major Changes To Archery Elk Hunting Season Bowhunters Brace For Limits In 2022 TNS QUICK HITS Good Day Wish To A Subscriber ■ Renovations will close Oregon Trail Interpretive Center for about 2 1/2 years A special good day to Herald subscriber Wayne Chastain of Baker City. BRIEFING By Jayson Jacoby jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Sen. Merkley plans remote town hall on March 16 U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., will have a virtual town hall for Baker County residents on Tuesday, March 16, at 4 p.m. For details about participating in the town hall with video, go to Merkley’s website, https:// www.merkley.senate.gov/ events/town-halls. To participate by phone, call 415-527-5035 and use the access code 199-497- 6937. WEATHER Today 56 / 28 Sunny Sunday Oregon’s two U.S. senators have endorsed a proposal to move some exhibits and staff from the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center to the Baker Heritage Museum while the Interpretive Cen- ter is closed for more than two years, starting next winter, for renovations. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley wrote a letter this week to Barry Bushue, Oregon/Washington director for the Bureau of Land Man- agement, the federal agency that operates the Interpre- tive Center, on Flagstaff Hill about 5 miles east of Baker City. Gary Lewis/Contributed Photos The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is propos- ing signifi cant changes to elk-hunting rules for archers. state’s computer lottery system. In June 2020, ODFW announced A major change to archery elk that the Oregon Fish and Wildlife hunting seasons in most of North- Commission would consider chang- east Oregon could start in 2022. ing the archery season in all units The Oregon Department of Fish east of the Cascades from general to and Wildlife (ODFW) is proposing to controlled hunts, and for elk as well shift the archery season in 13 units as buck deer hunting. and parts of three others from the But in August 2020 the agency current general hunt — meaning said the Commission would decide there’s no limit on the number of on changes to buck deer archery tags sold — to a controlled hunt, with seasons, but that it would delay any a limited number of tags. decision on elk seasons. In a controlled hunt, archers would In September 2020 the Commis- have to apply for a tag through the sion approved the proposal to change By Jayson Jacoby jjacoby@bakercityherald.com buck deer archery hunting from a general season to a controlled season starting in 2021. Oregon has had general archery hunts in Eastern Oregon, for buck deer and for elk, since 1979. Since 1983 the archery season for both species has lasted for one month, starting in late August. ODFW offi cials have cited mul- tiple reasons for proposing the shift from general to controlled archery seasons. See Oregon Trail/Page 6A County has 11th COVID-19 death See Archery/Page 3A 58 / 33 Partly sunny Baker City Resident Worked At COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic In New Jersey Monday Long-distance vaccine helper 43 / 27 By Jayson Jacoby jjacoby@bakercityherald.com An 85-year-old Baker County man who died on March 6 at his home was the 11th county resident to die after testing positive for COVID-19, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported on Thursday, March 11. The man had underlying medical conditions, accord- ing to the OHA. Initially on Thursday the state agency reported that two Baker County residents had died after testing posi- tive for the virus. Rain showers By Lisa Britton Full forecast on the back of the B section. The space below is for a postage label for issues that are mailed. Baker soccer For the Baker City Herald Nick Cripe found himself with some extra time between jobs as a fi refi ghter and paramedic. “I was back in Baker, just killing time,” said Cripe, 28. He grew up in Baker City, and graduated from Baker High School in 2011. He asked at nearby hospitals if he could apply for short-term work, but the paperwork proved to be an obstacle. To fi ll his time, Cripe went to work for Applianc- es & More in Baker City. “I’d like to do something medical, but it might be nice to take a month off,” he remembers thinking. That job lasted one day. When the owner, Jay Wilson, learned about Cripe’s medical back- ground, he suggested Cripe call Chris Arvidson of North Powder. See Helper/Page 3A Nick Cripe/Contributed Photo Nick Cripe of Baker City worked for a month at a “mega site” COVID-19 vaccination clinic in New Jersey. See COVID/Page 6A Several Baker principals shifting schools By Chris Collins ccollins@bakercityherald.com Anderson Bates Just minutes before the Baker School Board’s March meeting got underway Thursday night, March 11, Superintendent Mark Witty issued a press release announcing more administrative leadership changes in the coming year. The latest swap of adminis- trative jobs includes changes at Brooklyn Primary, South Baker TODAY Issue 130, 12 pages Classified ............. 2B-4B Comics ....................... 5B Community News ....3A Intermediate, Haines Elementary and Baker High School, effective July 1. Phil Anderson, principal since 2016 at Brooklyn Primary, which serves students in fi rst through third grade, next year will lead the staff and students in Grades 4-6 at South Baker Intermediate. He will take the place of Geno Bates, South Baker principal since 2018, who will move to BHS as vice principal. Crossword ........2B & 4B Dear Abby ................. 6B Horoscope ................. 4B As Bates moves to the BHS position, Chelsea Hurliman, who has served as vice principal at the high school since Hurliman 2015, will split her schedule as vice principal at the two Baker City elementary schools. Katy Collier will fi ll Anderson’s position at Brooklyn. She will Jayson Jacoby ..........4A News of Record ........2A Obituaries ..................2A move from her job as Haines princi- pal, where she has worked since 2018. Collier will be replaced in her role Collier at Haines by Cassie Moore, who has worked as dean of students at South Baker since 2018. Opinion ......................4A Outdoors ..........1B & 2B Sports ........................5A See Principals/Page 3A Senior Menus ...........2A Turning Backs ...........2A Weather ..................... 6B TUESDAY — BAKER FOOTBALL TEAM SEEKS ITS FIRST WIN OF 2021
