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DROUGHT 2021
Soggy
stretch
could
relieve
drought
Taking a look at the aftermath of this year’s unprecedented weather
Wheat lines the edge of a field on
June 23, 2021, as a combine harvester
harvests at Starvation Farms outside
of Lexington. The farm produced a
harvest of 60-70% of average in the
wake of this summer’s heat wave
and drought. The U.S. Department
of Agriculture in September
reported Oregon wheat farmers have
experienced lower yields for three
straight years.
FALL 2021
AN EO MEDIA GROUP PUBLICATION
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INSIDE TODAY:
By JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
24-page special section
examines the effects on
farms and ranches in
Northeastern Oregon of
a year marked by severe
drought and record-
setting heat.
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A special good day to
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BRIEFING
BHS senior class
planning party
The Baker High School
senior class is raising
money for its drug- and
alcohol-free party. Find
more information at bhs-
seniorclass.com.
Woodland owners
planning fi eld tour
The newly revitalized
Northeast Oregon chapter
of the Oregon Small
Woodlands Association is
planning a free fi eld tour
at the Defrees Ranch in
Sumpter Valley on Oct.
30 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Although admission and
lunch are free, participants
are required to register
online at https://beav.es/
UYC. The link also includes
directions to the Defrees
ranch and other details.
WEATHER
Today
66 / 48
Mostly sunny
Friday
56 / 34
Rain showers
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CUSTOM
Creations
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
This pangolin took about
8 hours to fi nish on the
3D printer.
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
Patrons can use two 3D printers at the Baker
County Library to make a variety of items
A 3D printer uses melted
plastic fi lament and a
heated plate to build
creations like this octopus.
the printer’s area, and total print time
Instructions are located near the
can’t exceed 10 or 11 hours. The rea-
machines, secure in a book-shaped
son for this, Spry said, is she wants
The machines are so quiet they’re container created on the 3D printer.
to print when the library is open and
There are several options to fi nd
easy to overlook.
staff are available in case the printer
But on any given day, chances are designs.
has a problem.
The website thingiverse.com has
the pair of new 3D printers at the
“I don’t want to get halfway
hundreds of free designs. Simply fi nd
Baker County Public Library are
through someone’s print and have it
the one you want and jot down the
building something — an octopus, a
not work out,” she said.
number.
ghost, maybe even a dragon.
Signs warning people to not touch
For those who want to create an
Earlier this month, the library
the printers are due to the heat, she
original design, Spry suggests the
opened its new 3D printing service.
said. The fi lament melts at nearly 400
website tinkercad.com — a free 3D
The printers, which cost about $160
modeling program that has tutorials degrees Fahrenheit, she said, and the
each, were funded from the Maker’s
printer bed is about 140 degrees.
to help users learn the process.
Club budget, said Heather Spry.
She’s ordered several colors of
Files need to be in the STL format
“This is a big thing that a lot of
and submitted on a USB drive at the fi lament. Right now, one printer has a
libraries are offering now,” she said.
bronze-colored plastic, and the other
library or by email to 3D@bakerlib.
The service is free to patrons.
is rainbow.
A 3D printer works by using mol- org.
For more information about the
The library also has a form to fi ll
ten plastic fi lament to draw an image
3D printer, stop by the library, 2400
out for each submission.
on a heated plate. It builds layer
Resort St., or call 541-523-6419.
The size of a project is limited by
upon layer to create a shell and a
honeycomb-like infi ll to lend strength
to the structure.
Prior to opening the printers for
public use, Spry experimented with
projects to familiarize herself with the
machines.
She’s made a ghost-themed chess
set, a pangolin that rolls into a ball,
and a dragon with a long tail and
wings stretched in fl ight.
But 3D printing isn’t just for
decorations.
When the library ran short on
plastic hangers to secure the collec-
tion of DVD sleeves, Spry made some
on the 3D printer.
“I designed my own and printed
them,” she said. “It took a lot of trial
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
and error.”
Library patrons can browse ready-made designs or create their own on
So far she’s only had four patrons
the 3D printers at the Baker County Library. For details, visit the library
submit images to be printed.
at 2400 Resort St. in Baker City.
By LISA BRITTON
lbritton@bakercityherald.com
Baker County’s weath-
er forecast for the next
several days is loaded with
four-letter words.
One word in particular.
And it’s a word typi-
cally more conspicuous
by its absence in the local
forecast than by its preva-
lence.
Rain.
Starting Thursday
afternoon, Oct. 21, and
continuing through at
least Tuesday, Oct. 26,
there’s a chance of rain
each day and night in the
forecast from the National
Weather Service.
And for several of those
periods it’s a pretty good
chance, at 70% or 80%.
The Weather Service is
calling for slightly more
than one inch of rain in
Baker City from Thursday
through Tuesday, with
higher amounts in the
mountains.
For farmers and ranch-
ers, a damp conclusion to
October would be a most
welcome interruption in
the severe drought that
plagues Baker County and
all of Eastern Oregon.
One storm, even an un-
usually soggy storm, won’t
end the drought, said Jay
Breidenbach, warning
coordination meteorologist
at the Weather Service’s
Boise offi ce, which issues
forecasts for Baker County.
See, Rain/Page A3
Bi-Mart
pharmacist
refl ects on
21 years at
Baker store
By JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Helen Loennig was there
the day the pharmacy in the
Baker City Bi-Mart store
opened.
And she’ll be there when
it closes, more than 21 years
later.
Loennig, a pharmacist
and the pharmacy manager,
said the store opened in
August 2000.
See, Pharmacy/Page A3
Student singers return to the stage
Choirs performed
Wednesday, and
BHS band has
concert set Oct. 28
By SAMANTHA O’CONNER
soconner@bakercityherald.com
Some of Baker City’s best
young singers have returned
to the stage for the fi rst time
TODAY
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in more than a year and
a half.
And their instrument-
playing classmates will be
performing soon as well.
With the pandemic
having a major effect
on choirs and bands in
Baker schools, a concert on
Wednesday evening, Oct.
20 featuring both the Bak-
er High School and Baker
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Middle School choirs, the
fi rst such performance
since March 2020, brought
a welcome sense of nor-
mality, said choir teacher
Tanner Denne.
The students were also
entertaining their families
and friends without don-
ning masks while on stage
at the Baker High School
auditorium.
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“We’ve been rehearsing
wearing masks all along
and this is one of those
exceptions that OHA and
OSAA has made and, for the
moment, when they’re up
there singing on stage they
can have their masks off
and we can see all those —
hopefully — smiling faces,”
Denne said.
Audience members were
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required to wear masks.
Denne said the student
singers have been able to
perform at graduation and
smaller school events, but
Wednesday’s concert was
the fi rst in which students
were encouraged to invite
their family and friends.
The BHS band also has a
concert scheduled for Oct. 28
at 7 p.m. in the auditorium.
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