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Samantha O’Conner/Baker City Herald
Organizers of a free self defense training course April 2, 2022, in Baker City, left to right: Matt Rosin,
Ben Klecker, Dakotah Keys, Leanna Gautney, Kyle Ebeling, Alesia Wilson and Angie Davis.
A special good day to
Herald subscriber Jack
Wilson of Baker City.
BRIEFING
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Raffl e, auction raising
money for BHS Class of
2022 senior party
The Baker High School
seniors are selling Bare
Necessities raffl e tickets and
running an online auction to
raise money for the Class of
2022 drug- and alcohol-free
party. Tickets for the raffl e,
which includes more than
40 prizes, are available from
any BHS senior, at Kicks
Sportswear, 1801 Main St.,
Maurice’s, 1090 Campbell
St., or by calling 541-403-
1480. The online auction
runs through April 15. Items
include 80 pounds of ground
beef, a Bulldog hope chest
package, a wine and cheese
basket, Seattle Mariners
basketball tickets, a date
night package at Wildhorse
Resort, and many more
items. To access the auction,
go to https://www.32auc-
tions.com/BHS2022.
Local students on Blue
Mountain CC honor roll
PENDLETON — Baker
County students are among
those named to the honor
roll for the winter term at
Blue Mountain Community
College.
President’s List: 3.75 to
4.0 GPA
Lexie Flanagan, Emma
Lowe, Naomi Potter, Makayla
Rabourne, Olivia Sappe,
Maya Smith, Sara Waldrop,
Chey Watkins
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Bacteria levels
exceeded permit
limits during
part of March
Baker City Herald

MayDay, police team up for self defense training
BY SAMANTHA O’CONNER
soconner@bakercityherald.com

But the purpose for this gathering was absolutely seri-
ous.
MayDay, the Baker County nonprofit that helps victims
of domestic violence and sexual assault, worked with two
state police agencies to put on the inaugural survivor’s self
defense training.
Ben Klecker, the Eastern Oregon regional training coor-
dinator for the Department of Public Safety Standards and
Training, and Oregon State Police Trooper Dakotah Keys
covered fundamental concepts designed to give women
confidence in a potentially dangerous situation.
“Like if they found themselves in a bad position where
they ended up on the ground and somebody was on top of
them,” Klecker said. “Trying to give them ways and con-
cepts that they could potentially get away, disengage, and
keep themselves safe.”
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The treated wastewater that
Baker City pipes into the Pow-
der River north of town is no
longer exceeding state limits for
bacteria concentrations.
The city issued a notice on
March 17 urging people to
avoid entering the Powder
River or drinking untreated wa-
ter from the river north of the
city’s sewer treatment lagoons,
which are near Imnaha Road
about a mile north of town.
The warning did not affect
the reach of the river through
Baker City, which is upstream
from the treatment lagoons.
Wastewater from the four la-
goons, which is released into
the river, contained higher than
usual levels of E. coli bacteria,
some types of which can make
people ill.
The river runs through pri-
vate property north of the la-
goons, so there is little, if any,
public access to or use of the
river in that area.
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Mostly sunny
OTEC awards
lineman,
trade school
scholarships
Baker City Herald
Samantha O’Conner/Baker City Herald
Instructor Ben Klecker, right, discusses self
defense tactics while Matt Rosin, top, and Kyle
Ebeling demonstrate a technique during a class on
Saturday, April 2, 2022, in Baker City.
Full forecast on the back
of the B section.
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for issues that are mailed.
Baker City
wastewater
back in
compliance
Three Baker City residents have
received $5,000 scholarships from
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative
to pursue careers as linemen.
OTEC and its Member Founda-
tion announced the awards to Elijah
Banister, Justin Eskew and Shawn
Rasmussen.
Ronald Borello of Baker City is
one of five people who received a
$2,500 scholarship from OTEC to
attend a trade school.
See, OTEC/Page A2
Easter egg hunt, kids rodeo return
Both events set for
Saturday, April 16 at
Geiser-Pollman Park
S. John Collins/Baker City Herald, File
It didn’t take long for youngsters, including
Makena Hawkins, center, to scoop up 10,000
Easter eggs and other gifts at the annual egg
hunt at Geiser-Pollman Park in April 2019.
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donate to the event at the store.
Also, Bailey said monetary dona-
tions are welcome to help fund next
year’s event. Donations can be taken
to Old West Federal Credit Union in
BY LISA BRITTON
Baker City, or mailed to Baker City
Rotary Club, P.O. Box 1011, Baker
lbritton@bakercityherald.com
Geiser-Pollman Park will once
City, OR 97814.
again be filled with plastic eggs and
Baker County Parole and Proba-
a crowd of kids as the annual Easter tion also assists with the Easter egg
egg hunt returns from a two-year hi- hunt.
atus due to the pandemic.
As an addition this year, the Baker
And not only is it back, but the
City Christian Church will provide
event will be joined by the Shriners coffee and breakfast burritos in the
All Kids Rodeo.
park from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
It all happens on the morning of
Saturday, April 16.
Kids Rodeo
The Baker City Rotary Club is in
The 21st All Kids Rodeo, pre-
charge of the hunt, which officially
sented by the Baker County Shrine
starts at 10 a.m. with a siren pro-
Club, returns this year for children
vided by the Baker City Police De-
ages 4 to 14.
partment.
Events will be at Geiser-Pollman
But participants should be there
Park, rather than the fairgrounds as
early — the eggs go fast as kids
in past years.
“The Shrine Club would like to
scramble in their designated zones
associate the kids rodeo more closely
arranged by age.
Rotarian Anthony Bailey said The with the Easter egg hunt in the park,”
said Jeff Higgins, club president.
Dollar Tree is supporting the hunt
There is no fee to participate, but
with donations, and customers can
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registration (including a signature by
a parent or guardian) is required.
Registration forms are available in
advance at the Baker County Cham-
ber, 490 Campbell St., and Guyer &
Associates, 2790 Main St.
Registration on April 16 starts at
9 a.m. at the park.
Rodeo activities will immediately
follow the Easter egg hunt, with or-
ganized events starting at 10:30 a.m.
Events include a cow hide pull,
dummy roping, stick horse races,
balloon scramble, sack races, trac-
tor pull, bouncy bull riding and an
egg toss.
Volunteers from the Haines Stam-
pede Rodeo Association, and the
Stampede’s rodeo court, will join the
Shriners in running the events.
A lunch of hot dogs, chips and a
drink is provided free for partici-
pating children, and costs $5 for all
others.
Proceeds from the event support
the Baker County Shrine Club.
For information about the ro-
deo, call Guyer & Associates at
541-523-4471.
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