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BOISE — Airport
offi cials facing jet fuel
shortages are concerned
they’ll have to wave off
planes and helicopters that
drop fi re retardants during
what could be a ferocious
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Senior lunches resume July 20
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
A favorite gathering place for
Baker County senior citizens will
reopen Tuesday, July 20, after a
16-month closure.
The last lunch served at the
Baker City Senior Center was on
St. Patrick’s Day 2020.
And it was anything but lucky,
despite the traditional menu
featuring corned beef and cab-
bage, said Joe Hayes, manager of
Community Connection of Baker
County.
The next day, March 18, 2020,
when the word “coronavirus”
still felt strange on most people’s
tongues, the Senior Center closed.
And ever since then the weekday
lunches, which often attract more
than 100 diners to the Center at
2810 Cedar St., haven’t happened.
Not that meals weren’t served.
The Senior Center has offered
takeout lunches during the pan-
demic, and Hayes said the Meals
on Wheels program, in which
volunteers deliver lunches to resi-
dents, has grown substantially.
Friends of Baker
County Library
book sale starts
on Friday, July 16
Friends of the Baker
County Library will have
their annual book sale
starting Friday, July 16 at
the Library, 2400 Resort St.
Sale schedule:
• July 16-17: 9 a.m. to
6 p.m.
• July 18: noon to 4 p.m.
• July 19-25: during
regular library hours
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Offi cials from a state agen-
cy have rescinded a proposed
$8,400 fi ne against Baker
County after admitting that
they were wrong in conclud-
ing earlier this year that
County Commission Chair-
man Bill Harvey removed
asbestos-containing fl ooring
from a building without a
required license.
Burn ban enacted
in Haines Fire
District
WEATHER
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Vintage Honey, an “occasional shop” that opened July 9 on Washington Avenue in downtown Baker City,
offers an eclectic selection of new, vintage and antique items.
Shopping Nostalgia
Today
By Joanna Mann
89 / 49
Vintage Honey opened its doors
for the fi rst time on Friday, July 9,
bringing nostalgic vintage and an-
tique items to the downtown Baker
City shoppers.
Tracey Nichols, who has lived in
Baker City for fi ve years, opened the
shop as a memorial to her mother
and stepfather, who passed away
unexpectedly in town a couple of
years ago. They were longtime lovers
of anything antique and vintage, and
the store’s name comes from what
Tracey’s children called their grand-
mother: Grandma Honey.
“I’ve never done anything like this
in my life,” Nichols said.
Sunny
Friday
89 / 48
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that are mailed.
See Lunches/Page A2
DEQ
admits
error in
fining
county
Vintage Honey Opens In Downtown Baker City
BRIEFING
The Haines Fire District
board of directors has
determined that the fi re
threat level is so extreme
that no burning of any kind
is to be allowed within
the district until this fall,
when the fi re chief has
determined conditions are
safe enough to resume
burning.
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■ Caleb James
Mansuetti accused
of pointing a 9 mm
handgun at couple
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
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Vintage Honey will be open during Miners Jubilee.
Commissioners discuss Greater Idaho
By Samantha O’Conner
soconner@bakercityherald.com
Baker County Commissioners had
a discussion Wednesday, July 14 with
Mike McCarter, president of Move Or-
egon’s Border and the chief proponent
of a proposal to add most of Eastern Or-
egon, including Baker County, to Idaho.
In the May election, Baker County
voters, with about 57.5% in favor,
approved a measure that requires com-
missioners to meet at least three times
per year to discuss the Greater Idaho
proposal.
McCarter told commissioners
Wednesday that the process, which he
initiated in January 2020, is in its early
stages. Voters in Union and Jefferson
counties approved similar measures in
November 2020. Five others — Baker,
Grant, Lake, Malheur and Sherman —
followed suit in May.
See Border/Page A3
Health Dept. Wellness Event July 27-29
By Lisa Britton
lbritton@bakercityherald.com
The 2021 Wellness Event
— which includes sports
physicals — is happening
July 27, 28 and 29.
TODAY
Issue 28, 34 pages
Man, 19,
arrested
in case of
road rage
This is by appointment
only, a change that started
in 2020.
The sessions are 5:30 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m. each night at St.
Luke’s Clinic, 3950 17th St.
Business ...............B1-B3
Classified ............. B4-B6
Comics ....................... B7
To make an appoint-
ment, call the Baker County
Health Department at 541-
523-8211.
Sports physicals are re-
quired for athletes entered
Community News ....A3
Crossword ........B4 & B6
Dear Abby ................. B8
grades 7, 9, and 11. How-
ever, this wellness event is
open to all youth ages 12
to 21.
See Wellness/Page A3
Horoscope ........B4 & B6
Lottery Results ..........A2
News of Record ........A2
Obituaries ..................A2
Opinion ......................A4
Senior Menus ...........A2
A Baker City man is ac-
cused of pointing a handgun
at a couple and
then recklessly
driving away
from what police
described as a
“road rage” in-
Mansuetti
cident Monday
afternoon, July
12 in Baker City.
Caleb James Mansuetti,
19, of 315 Highway 7, was
arrested on multiple charges,
including unlawful use of
a weapon, a Class C felony,
and multiple misdemeanor
charges including unlawful
possession of a fi rearm, fi ve
counts of menacing, and reck-
less driving.
Mansuetti was taken to
the Baker County Jail about
4:30 p.m. Monday. Bail was
set at $30,000, and he could
be released by posting $3,000.
Mansuetti was arraigned
Tuesday, July 13 in Baker
County Circuit Court. He is
scheduled to enter a plea on
July 19.
See Arrest/Page A3
Sports ........................A6
Turning Backs ...........A2
Weather ..................... B8
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