A2 BAKER CITY HERALD • THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2022
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TURNING BACK THE PAGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
January 20, 1972
District 5-J school board and budget board members
tentatively last night approved a salary schedule for school
administrators.
The board met to consider fi ve possible salary plans
that would reorganize the salary schedule at the request of
the administrators.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
January 20, 1997
Baker sent a message to the rest of the Greater Oregon
League girls basketball teams Saturday. The Bulldogs
served notice that any hopes of vying for the league title
will have to go through them.
Baker squared off with Ontario, both sporting a 4-0 GOL
record, Saturday. And, when the dust had cleared, Baker
had marched away with a 70-43 victory.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
January 20, 2012
Almost a foot of snow has fallen over the past day at
Anthony Lakes Ski Area.
And that was the quietest day all week.
One of the snowier series of storms in the past two
decades has bestowed better than three and a half feet of
powder on Anthony Lakes since Saturday.
On Thursday morning, dozens of skiers and
snowboarders convened at the triple chairlift, aiming to get
up the hill and make the fi rst tracks in the fl uffy new layer.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
January 21, 2021
Baker County has recovered most of the jobs it
lost early in the COVID-19 pandemic, but the county’s
unemployment rate, driven by continuing struggles in the
restaurant and hospitality industry, remains higher than it
was for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019.
That three-year period marked the lowest jobless rates
for the county since the Oregon Employment Department
started tracking that statistic in 1990.
The annual seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for
the county was 5.5% in 2017, 5.3% in 2018 and 4.6% — a
record low annual rate — in 2019.
In December 2019 the monthly jobless rate reached an
all-time low of 3.8%.
The rate rose slightly, to 4.1%, for the fi rst three months
of 2020.
Then the pandemic started.
Its effects were almost immediate.
In April the county’s jobless rate more than tripled,
to 13%. That was higher than in any month during the
national recession that started in 2008 and persisted in
Baker County for four years.
The county’s annual jobless rate ranged from 10.3% to
10.9% for the period 2009-12.
Starting in 2013 the county’s jobless rate declined for
each of the next seven years, reaching the record-low of
4.6% in 2019.
As the spring of 2020 progressed, with many local
businesses remaining closed or subject to state-mandated
restrictions, Baker County’s jobless rate peaked in May at
13.2%.
The county’s number of private, nonfarm jobs followed
a similar trajectory.
There were 4,210 private, nonfarm jobs in March 2020
— the most ever during that month, according to Oregon
Employment Department records.
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SENIOR MENUS
FRIDAY: Barbecued ribs, baked beans, corn, rolls, coleslaw,
brownie
MONDAY (Jan. 24): Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes
with gravy, corn, rolls, broccoli-and-bacon salad, apple crisp
TUESDAY (Jan. 25): Ground beef steak with onions,
scalloped potatoes, peas-and-carrots salad, rolls, green salad,
cookies
WEDNESDAY (Jan. 26): Hot turkey sandwich, mashed
potatoes with gravy, mixed vegetables, macaroni salad,
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THURSDAY (Jan. 27): Pork roast, baby red potatoes, carrots,
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Public luncheon at the Senior Center, 2810 Cedar St., from
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for those under 60.
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Herald wants to hear what readers
want to know about governor’s race
News organizations and
nonprofit groups in Ore-
gon have teamed up to learn
what voters want candidates
for governor to be talking
about as they compete for
votes. They seek Oregonians
to participate in a “Let’s
Talk” 90-minute virtual lis-
tening session soon to share
their understanding of the
race through the media.
There is no cost to join in
this nonpartisan event.
Voters would join others
via the Zoom platform to
discuss off the record what
information they want to
know about the candidates
– and what they don’t want
to hear. The intent is for
news organizations to pro-
vide reporting in the coming
months that serves the in-
terests and needs of Orego-
nians instead of candidates
and their campaigns.
The governor’s race prom-
ises to be one of the most
important in recent Ore-
gon history with several
high-profile candidates and
a state reeling from the pan-
demic and political divides.
The effort is led by the
Oregon Capital Chronicle, a
nonprofit digital news ser-
vice focused on state gov-
ernment and politics; Rural
Development Initiatives, a
nonprofit focused on com-
munity vitality in rural Or-
egon; and the Agora Jour-
nalism Center, part of the
University of Oregon School
of Journalism and Commu-
nication in Portland.
The Baker City Herald is
participating as a host.
“We’re keenly interested
in having voters help frame
news coverage, to provide
reporting beyond the usual
polls and campaign financ-
ing reporting,” said Les
Zaitz, editor of Oregon Cap-
ital Chronicle.
“We look forward to hear-
ing from diverse groups rep-
resenting small communities
throughout Oregon, to make
sure we understand what’s
important to people as we
consider who the next gov-
ernor should be,” said Jenni-
fer Groth, director of Policy
and Partnerships at Rural
Development Initiatives.
“Understanding and ful-
filling the public’s informa-
tion needs to inform their
decision at the ballot box
is a critical democratic role
for the media. Listening is a
key first step,” said Andrew
DeVigal, director of the Ag-
ora Journalism Center.
Sessions with voters
grouped in their region will
take place by the end of Feb-
ruary.
To participate, Orego-
nians can go to https://
www.surveymonkey.com/r/
8JV25WF to submit their
interest.
For more information:
• Les Zaitz, Oregon Cap-
ital Chronicle, lzaitz@ore-
goncapitalchronicle.com
• Jennifer Groth, Rural
Development Initiatives,
jgroth@rdiinc.org
• Andrew DeVigal, Agora
Journalism Center, adevi-
gal@uoregon.edu
Local Briefing
Soroptimists offering
two scholarships
eral arts college, enrolls 1,543
students.
The Soroptimists of Baker
County are offering two
$1,000 scholarships to a grad-
uating senior girl from Baker
County high schools and
Powder Valley High Schools,
or those who have graduated
in the past five years from any
of these schools. Scholarship
information can be found at
your school, or email Barbara
Stiff at stiffbarbara7@gmail.
com for application forms.
Baker City veterinarian
nominated to continue
on state board
Seth Butler named to
dean’s list at Wartburg
WAVERLY, Iowa — Seth
Butler, a Pine Eagle High
School graduate from Oxbow,
was named to the fall term
dean’s list at Wartburg College.
To qualify, students must
earn a cumulative GPA or 3.5
or higher.
Wartburg, a four-year lib-
News of
Record
Deaths
Luis Manuel Torres-Rivera: 44, of
Lynnwood, Washington, and formerly
of New York City, died Jan. 16, 2022,
near Baker City. To leave an online
condolence for Luis’ family, go to
www.grayswestco.com.
Brett Hamilton, Baker City
veterinarian, has been nom-
inated by Oregon Gov. Kate
Brown to serve another four-
year term on the Oregon State
Veterinary Medical Examin-
ing Board. Hamilton, who was
originally appointed to the
board on March 1, 2018, will
serve another four-year term
starting March 1, 2022.
Brown submitted a list of
board and commissioner
appointments on Tuesday,
Jan. 11. The Senate Rules
Committee is scheduled to
consider the nominations in
February.
According to its website,
the state Veterinary Medical
Examining Board was estab-
lished in 1903 to test, license,
monitor and regulate prac-
titioners of veterinary medi-
cine in the state.
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