TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2021
BAKER CITY HERALD — A3
LOCAL & STATE
Fishing limits lifted at Malheur Reservoir
 Low water level
prompts temporary
change through Dec.
31, 2021
for a cooler winter, ODFW
believes there is a high likeli-
hood that conditions in the
reservoir will become lethal
for fish this winter.
“I’m not one to take
lightly the liberalization of
Baker City Herald
limits and gear restrictions
Due to low water levels,
but given the current water
the Oregon Department of
levels and past experience
Fish and Wildlife has can-
celed all size limits and daily we expect fish will die dur-
limits for anglers at Malheur ing the winter due to low
Reservoir south of Baker
oxygen levels,” said Dave
City, through Dec. 31, 2021.
Banks, ODFW’s district fish
biologist. “My goal with the
Malheur Reservoir is
removal of limits and gear
south of Bridgeport.
restrictions is to provide op-
The reservoir has very
portunities for anglers to use
limited water due to low
winter and spring precipita- these fish.”
ODFW plans to restock
tion and exceptionally warm
the reservoir next spring to
temperatures. ODFW staff
have observed fish kills dur- begin rebuilding the fish-
ery. Malheur Reservoir is a
ing previous winters when
such conditions exist. Based productive waterbody that
will grow fingerling rainbow
on the developing La Nina
trout, three to four inches
and associated projections
long, stocked in the spring
into eight- to11-inch fish by
the fall. Those same fish will
be 14 to 16 inches by their
second fall in the reservoir.
Low water levels during
the fall and ice in winter
creates a low oxygen level
situation that could be lethal
for fish. When the reservoir
surface freezes, it will trap
any remaining oxygen under
the ice.
“This would give the fish
a very low oxygen supply
to persist throughout the
winter and normally results
in fish dying under the ice,”
Banks said.
ODFW encourages an-
glers to keep any fish that
they catch because this will
improve the likelihood of
survival of fish that remain
in the reservoir through the
winter.
City Council to discuss
railroad quiet zone idea
Baker City Herald
The Baker City Council
will discuss this evening, Oct.
12, a proposal from a local
group that wants the city
to apply for a railroad quiet
zone and has volunteered
to raise the money to make
the required safety improve-
ments to five public cross-
ings.
The Council meeting
starts at 7 o’clock at City
Hall, 1655 First St.
In November 2019 the
City Council, after hearing
from the citizens group,
directed city staff to prepare
a notice of intent to apply for
a quiet zone.
The application goes to
the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration.
The city submitted that
notice in May 2021.
None of the current
councilors was in office in
November 2019.
To qualify for a quiet
zone — as La Grande did
two years ago — a city must
make physical changes to
railroad crossings to make it
more difficult for vehicles to
get to the tracks when a train
is passing.
Train engineers can still
sound their horns at their
discretion, as in an emer-
gency.
Also on the Council’s
agenda Tuesday is a review
of potential resolutions
councilors could approve
regarding Gov. Kate Brown’s
vaccination and mask man-
dates.
The staff report that
City Manager Jon Cannon
prepared includes four draft
resolutions.
One resolution states,
among other things, that “all
employees and agencies of
Baker City shall not par-
ticipate in the enforcement
of directives and mandates
under executive orders of
the Governor relating to
the Coronavirus pandemic,
including state agency man-
dates, directives or guidance,
under such alleged authority,
unless these matters have
received specific authoriza-
tion from this City Council to
do so.”
Another resolution would
amend the resolution coun-
cilors approved in March, de-
claring a local “public health,
mental health and economic”
emergency due to statewide
COVID-19 measures. The
amended resolution would
add to the list of emergen-
cies an “access to healthcare
provider” emergency. The
resolution states that the
governor’s vaccination man-
date has “destabilized the
supply of Healthcare Provid-
ers by mandating healthcare
providers receive healthcare
procedures or risk losing
their employment.”
A third draft resolution
is similar to one that Baker
County commissioners ap-
proved on Sept. 22. It would
declare a local emergency
due to potential shortages in
emergency responders due to
the vaccination mandate, and
requesting state assistance
to deal with emergencies,
specifically firefighting and
ambulance service.
The fourth draft resolu-
tion states that the city can
mitigate the risk of spread-
ing COVID-19, specifically
in ambulance service, by
taking precautious such as
wearing face masks, and that
requiring all firefighter/para-
medics to be vaccinated is not
necessary.
Judge rejects troopers’ effort
to stop vaccination mandate
PORTLAND (AP) — A
judge has rejected a request
by 33 Oregon State Police
troopers to temporarily halt a
mandate that requires them
to get fully vaccinated against
COVID-19 by Oct. 18.
Retired Oregon Supreme
Court Justice Jack Landau
said in a written opinion
Thursday, Oct. 7 that based
Brown is acting within her
legislatively granted author-
ity in issuing the vaccine
mandate.
Brown has mandated
vaccinations for the state’s
executive branch employees,
including the troopers, and
for hundreds of thousands of
health care workers and K-12
educators and volunteers.
on case law “the police power
of the state includes the au-
thority to enact public health
laws that may have the
effect of curtailing individual
rights,” The Oregonian/Or-
egonLive reported.
Landau, who is presiding
over the troopers’ lawsuit
in Jefferson County Circuit
Court, also said Gov. Kate
Kathy Aney/East Oregonian, File
Baker City steer wrestler Jesse Brown competes in the 2019 Pendleton Round-Up.
Brown, who set an event record by bringing down his steer in 3.7 seconds, has
qualified fo the National Finals Rodeo for the second straight year.
That’s because last year’s
event, due to the pandemic,
was moved from Las Vegas
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to Arlington, Texas, the latter
an outdoor venue.
One of his two closest
Brown had a solid debut
competitors was competing
at the National Finals, finish-
in New Jersey, the other in
Rapid City, South Dakota.
ing tied for first on the first
When the results had
of the 10 consecutive daily
been tallied, Brown was in
competitions. He ended up
15th place.
the season ranked 13th in
The margin between him the world, with earnings of
and 16th place was $1,560.
$88,558.
“Last year was a lot more
But Brown said the
stressful,” said Brown, who
prospect of competing on 10
played football at Washing- straight nights, before 18,000
ton State University before fans at an indoor basketball
arena, is a different matter
transferring to Montana
State University and taking altogether.
“I can’t wait,” he said. “It’s
up rodeo full time. “It was
a completely different rodeo.
nice not having to worry
about the end of the season.” I think the electricity in that
This year it was Brown’s building — you’re not going
to be able to match that.”
traveling companion and
Brown expects to have a
fellow steer wrestler, Curtis
Cassidy of Donalda, Alberta, sizeable contingent of fans
Canada, who had to weather rooting for him in Las Vegas.
His parents, Jim and Vicki
the last-minute anxiety.
Cassidy ended up in 15th Brown, plan to attend all 10
place, his margin even tidier nights.
And his younger sister, Al-
than Brown’s from 2020, at
just $183.
lie Brown, a teacher in Baker
Although Brown will
City, hopes to fly to Las Vegas
be competing at the Na-
to watch on the weekends.
“I’ve had a bunch of
tional Finals for the second
time, he said he still thinks friends, from college and high
school, a lot of people have
of himself as a rookie in
reached out,” Brown said.
one sense.
He’ll be in Baker City for
the next few weeks, working
at Lew Brothers Les Schwab
Tires, which his dad and uncle,
Rocky Brown, own.
Around the first of Novem-
ber, Brown plans to travel to
Arizona and then to California
to practice in the warmer
weather.
He intends to compete in a
couple of rodeos, including an
outdoor event in Las Vegas.
“I want to stay sharp,”
Brown said.
He pointed out that unlike
most sports, when the playoffs
immediately follow the regular
season, professional rodeo has
a two-month interval between
the end of the season and the
National Finals.
Practice, then, is vital,
Brown said.
But not all preparations
happen on horseback.
He said he has a gym
workout regimen as well, one
designed to boost his strength
and speed, and reduce the
risk of injury, an inevitability
for people who leap from a
galloping horse and wrestle a
550-pound steer to the ground
hundreds of times per year.
“Any advantage you
can get on the steer helps,”
Brown said.
TREAT
9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29. Self-
guided tours of the decorated
dredge are on Saturday, as well.
The Sumpter Valley
Railroad is running special
“short run” trains during the
weekend, with the orange
diesel engine — The Great
Pumpkin, said depot man-
ager Kim Svaty — leaving
Sumpter Station and going to
the river and back. Trains are
scheduled for 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.
on Friday, Oct. 29. On Sat-
urday, Oct. 30, trains run at
11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m. and
3:30 p.m. The depot will have
Halloween treats, hot bever-
ages, and cookies. To purchase
tickets, go online to www.
sumptervalleyrailroad.org.
RODEO
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Masks are also required
for participants age 5 or
older. Cowan said special rules
this year include no access
to enclosed spaces, such as
tents or truck cabs, and each
participating business or orga-
nization should only have two
people to distribute candy.
Also, the vendors must
place wrapped candy directly
in each child’s bag or pump-
kin.
“To best assure smooth
movement of families along
the street we ask that trick-
or-treaters not be allowed to
select the treat,” Cowan said.
Families will be asked to
stay in their own group, and
foot traffic will move one-way
around downtown.
Those interested in partici-
pating are asked to contact
Poe at 541-403-0483.
News of Record
DEATHS
David Gene Cherry: 75,
of Baker City, died Oct. 8, 2021,
at Saint Alphonsus Medical
Center in Boise. Gray’s West &
Co. Pioneer Chapel is in charge of
arrangements. To leave an online
condolence for David’s family, go
to www.grayswestco.com.
Linda Patton: 73, of Baker
City died Oct. 9, 2021, at Saint
Alphonsus Medical Center in
Boise. Arrangements are under
the direction of Tami’s Pine Val-
ley Funeral Home & Cremation
Services. Online condolences can
be made at www.tamispinevalley-
funeralhome.com.
Betty Hindman: 85, of Baker
City, died Oct. 10, 2021, at Saint
Alphonsus Medical Center in
Boise. Arrangements are under
the direction of Tami’s Pine Val-
ley Funeral Home & Cremation
Services. Online condolences can
be made at www.tamispinevalley-
funeralhome.com.
FUNERALS PENDING
Homer Boutwell: Memo-
rial service with military honors,
Saturday, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. at Pine
Valley Presbyterian Church. Inter-
ment will follow at Pine Haven
Cemetery. Online condolences
can be made at www.tamispine-
valleyfuneralhome.com.
Raymond Howerton: Cele-
bration of life with military honors,
Friday, Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. at the Vet-
erans Memorial Club, 2005 Valley
Ave. in Baker City. Please attend
for food, drinks, a good time and
story sharing. Online condolences
can be made at www.tamispine-
valleyfuneralhome.com.
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Sumpter’s annual trunk-or-
treat is planned for Saturday,
Oct. 30, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
This is an hour earlier than
past years, said organizer
Laramie Shanks, so it doesn’t
overlap with Baker City’s event
on the same day.
She has 30 rigs lined up for
the trunk-or-treat, and already
has 8,000 pieces of candy ready
— purchased by cashing in
donations of cans and bottles.
She said they also have 110
painted rocks to hide, and
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