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Good Day Wish
To A Subscriber
A special good day to
Herald subscriber Bonnie
Paullus of Sumpter.
BRIEFING
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Bike for the Health of It
starts June 15
The Trailhead and Baker
School District are again or-
ganizing Bike for the Health
of It this summer.
The fi rst event is Wednes-
day, June 15, at 6 p.m.
in Central Park. A family
barbecue will be provided.
Youth are invited to bring
their own bike or borrow
one at no cost. Drop-ins are
welcome, but registration is
encouraged by calling The
Trailhead at 541-523-1668
or emailing Heidi Stocks at
heidi.stocks@bakersd.org.
Additional events are
planned for 6 p.m. July 20
at Baker Early Learning
Center, 2725 Seventh St.,
and Saturday, Aug. 8, from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Union
Creek near Phillips Reservoir
(bus leaves the Baker Sports
Complex at 8:45 a.m. and
lunch is provided).
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Bracing for
battle
TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2022 • $1.50
BLM’s budding
firefighters train
at Burnt River
School in Unity
Firefighter trainees march
to lunch during training at
Burnt River School in Unity on
June 9, 2022.
ODFW killed 8 wolves
from pack in 2021, but a
new breeding male joined
the pack in January 2022
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
BY IAN CRAWFORD
icrawford@bakercityherald.com
U
NITY — Driving the 46
miles from Baker City
to Unity over Dooley
Mountain is a winding route
that for miles passes through the
remnants of a scorched forest that
offers little shade.
This is the aftermath of two
major lightning-sparked wildfires
— the 1989 Dooley Mountain fire,
which burned 20,000 acres, and
Payton Shirtcliff named
to U of Idaho dean’s list
MOSCOW, Idaho — Payton
M. Shirtcliff, a business major
from Baker City, was named
to the dean’s list for the
spring 2022 semester at the
University of Idaho. To qualify,
students must maintain a
GPA of at least 3.5 with a min-
imum of 12 graded credits.
BCU rally set for June 16
Baker County United’s
monthly freedom rally is
Thursday, June 16 at 6 p.m.
at the Baker County Library,
2400 Resort St. Discussion
topics will include statutory
home rule as it pertains to the
county, and possibly the Bak-
er School District’s budget.
WEATHER
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Wolves from the Lookout Mountain
pack, which state officials pared last year
by killing eight wolves, injured three
calves in the Daly Creek area in eastern
Baker County in late May.
That’s the conclusion in an Ore-
gon Department of Fish and Wildlife
(ODFW) report from a June 6 investi-
gation.
The three calves, which ranged in
weight from about 150 pounds to 250
pounds, survived, although two had in-
fected wounds, said Brian Ratliff, district
wildlife biologist at ODFW’s Baker City
office. Ratliff examined the three injured
calves on June 6.
The attacks are the first attributed to
the Lookout Mountain pack since Oc-
tober 2021, and the farthest northeast
within the Lookout Mountain unit, Rat-
liff said.
the 104,000-acre Cornet-Windy
Ridge blaze, which swept through
in August 2015.
This year the fire season hasn’t
started thanks to the consistently
wet spring.
But elsewhere, fire season pretty
much never ends.
See, Wolves / Page A3
Pedal Power:
Baker City
Cycling Classic
starts Friday
And that’s one reason Tom Cuellar was in
Unity last week, training a crew of about 40
firefighters near the Burnt River School.
Cuellar is the crew coordinator for the Bu-
reau of Land Management’s Vale District,
which includes public land the agency man-
ages in Baker County.
“We’ve had crews come
back from California on
Christmas day, Thanksgiv-
ing,” Cuellar said on Thurs-
day, June 9.
He was helping prepare
a new batch of Type 2 fire-
fighters, running intensive
training in the open fields
adjacent to the school at the
north end of Unity, popula-
tion about 70.
Cuellar has been involved
in firefighting for 27 years.
BY LISA BRITTON
lbritton@bakercityherald.com
The Baker City Cycling Classic will
take place June 17-19 and motorists can
expect a few delays during the three-day
event.
The race is presented by Scott’s Cycle
and Sports.
The weekend begins Friday, June
17, with a road race that starts at Baker
High School at 10:30 a.m.
Traffic will be affected on Highway 30
from Baker City to North Powder, High-
way 237 from North Powder to Union,
and Highway 203 through the Catherine
Creek area and Medical Springs.
Racers finish on Highway 203 about a
half mile east of Interstate 84.
This stage concludes around 4:30 p.m.
See, Firefighters / Page A3
Photos by Ian Crawford/Baker City Herald
Mostly sunny
Vale District crew coordinator Tom Cuellar instructing recruits on
building fire lines outside the Burnt River School in Unity on June
9, 2022.
Wednesday
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Lookout
Mountain
wolves hurt
3 calves
Welcoming home a gold medal winner
Saturday: Two races, and a kids race
Saturday features two stages.
The first, a time trial, starts at 8:30 a.m.
at the Church of the Nazarene, 1250
Hughes Lane. Riders will head out High-
way 30 to follow Davenport Road, Chan-
dler Lane and Old Oregon Trail Road.
Photos by IAN CRAWFORD • Baker City Herald
See, Cycling / Page A3
BELOW: Caitlyn Calaway rode in a procession down Main Street on Monday, June
13, 2022, waving at well-wishers congratulating her on winning gold and silver
medals at the Special Olympics USA Games last week in Orlando, Florida.
4 of 7 City
Council spots
on fall ballot
Baker City Herald
ABOVE: Baker
swimmer
Caitlyn Calaway
meets with
local residents
who turned out
Monday, June
13, 2022, to
congratulate her
for winning gold
and silver medals
at the Special
Olympics last
week in Orlando,
Florida.
TODAY
Issue 15
14 pages
Classified ....................B3-B6
Comics ..............................B7
Community News.............A2
Crossword ...............B4 & B5
Dear Abby .........................B8
Home & Living ........B1 & B2
Horoscope ..............B4 & B5
Lottery Results .................A2
Nation ..................... A5 & A6
Four of the seven positions on the
Baker City Council will be up for elec-
tion this November.
The top three candidates in the No-
vember election will be elected to four-
year terms starting in January 2023. The
fourth-place candidate will be elected to
a two-year term. The deadline to apply
as a candidate is 5 p.m. on Aug. 19.
Anyone interested in running for
a seat can pick up an elections packet
from City Recorder Dallas Brockett at
City Hall, 1655 First St. Brockett can also
email packets on request, or call him at
541-524-2033 for more information.
News of Record ................A2
Opinion .............................A4
Senior Menus ...................A2
See, Council / Page A3
Sudoku..............................B7
Turning Backs ..................A2
Weather ............................B7