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Oregon, 3A
For Oregon’s state
budget, and for Oregon
taxpayers, it appears ev-
erything’s coming up roses
these days. An economic
surge as the coronavirus
pandemic wanes will
produce $1 billion more
for state coffers than state
economists projected just
three months ago.
Friends of Haines Planning Multiple Events On Independence Day
A Fourth of July
Full of Festivities
$1.50
Boundary
beckons
COVID-19
cases
drop 50%
in May
■ No cases reported in
county residents 70 and older
during first 20 days of May
BRIEFING
By Jayson Jacoby
Baker School
District to offer
free summer meals
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Baker County’s rate of COVID-19 cases
has dropped by more than half during May
compared with April.
And the biggest drop has been among
residents 70 and older, who are signifi cantly
more likely to become severely sick or to die
if they’re infected.
Baker School District
will again offer free meals
for youth this summer,
beginning Monday, June
14. Meals will be served in
a drive-thru style at Baker
High School, 2500 E St.,
from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15
p.m. Monday through
Friday. (There will be no
meals on Monday, July 5.)
A sack lunch and break-
fast for the next day will
be offered. These are free
to all youth age 18 and
younger. Parents may eat
for a cost of $4 for lunch
and $2.50 for breakfast.
Adult meal tickets must
be purchased in advance
at the district offi ce, 2090
Fourth St.
For more information,
contact Jessica Dalton at
541-524-2260.
See COVID/Page 3A
South Baker
teacher
honored
Jandy Eskew, a fi fth-grade
teacher at South Baker Inter-
mediate School, was named
the regional teacher of the year
for the InterMountain ESD.
Eskew is one of 16 Oregon
Eskew
teachers to win a regional
award, which makes her a can-
didate for Oregon’s 2022 teacher of the year.
WEATHER
See Teacher/Page 5A
Today
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Kathy Orr/Baker City Herald File, 2016
A fi reworks show is slated to cap a full day of Fourth of July festivities in Haines.
Showers likely
Sunday
63 / 39
Rain showers
Monday
66 / 41
Partly sunny
The space below is for
a postage label for issues
that are mailed.
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
HAINES — The big show
that will brighten the night
sky is about seven weeks away,
but Garla Rowe is already
excited.
Although this year she’s
even more enthusiastic about
what’s slated to happen on
the ground in Haines on the
Fourth of July.
Rowe, who is with Friends
of Haines, the group that
organizes the annual holiday
celebration in the town 10
miles north of Baker City, said
the cowboy breakfast, parade,
arts festival and other events
that for decades have been
part of Haines’ Independence
Day festivities are scheduled to
return this year.
Those events were canceled
due to the pandemic in 2020.
“I’m really excited for the
Fourth this year,” Rowe said
on Tuesday, May 18 inside
her store, Haines Sell-Rite. “I
think the community needs
to have something positive to
celebrate.”
Last year the fi reworks
illuminated the skies above
Haines on the holiday.
The community’s other
signature seasonal event, the
Haines Stampede Rodeo, took
place as well.
Both the fi reworks and the
rodeo are planned this year
as well (the rodeo is a two-day
event, July 3 and 4).
Board OKs
city budget
By Samantha O’Conner
soconner@bakercityherald.com
The Baker City Budget Board approved
the proposed 2021-2022 city budget Tues-
day evening, May 18, during their second
meeting.
The board, which includes the seven city
councilors and seven other city residents,
also met on Monday evening.
See Haines/Page 3A
See Budget/Page 5A
MAY IS NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH:
LAST IN A 3-PART SERIES
Many ways to help
By Lisa Britton
lbritton@bakercityherald.com
There are nearly 6,000 children in foster care across Oregon, and several
programs in Eastern Oregon support those children, and provide ways for the
community to help, too.
Every Child
Every Child Oregon is a statewide initiative that partners with the Oregon
Department of Human Services (DHS) to “aid children in foster care and to
support foster families.”
See Children/Page 2A
Contributed photo
Erin Taggart said CASA Liz Tarrant, pictured here with Taggart’s son
Marshall in 2013, “helped bring Marshall forever home.”
TODAY
Issue 5, 12 pages
Classified ............. 2B-4B
Comics ....................... 5B
Community News ....3A
Crossword ........2B & 4B
Dear Abby ................. 6B
Horoscope ........3B & 4B
Jayson Jacoby ..........4A
News of Record ........2A
Obituaries ..................2A
Opinion ......................4A
Outdoors ..........1B & 2B
Sports .............. 5A & 6A
Senior Menus ...........2A
Turning Backs ...........2A
Weather ..................... 6B
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