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50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
September 29, 1972
The Huntington branch library will remain open at least
until after a public meeting can be held involving Huntington
residents and the Baker County library board.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
September 29, 1997
The wind is gusting to hair-ruining velocities at the Baker
City Municipal Airport and Brian Moody is smiling as he
contemplates the fl ight to La Grande he’ll begin in a few
minutes.
“I actually like turbulence,” says Moody, who, along with
his wife, Carey, is the new owner of Baker Aircraft Inc.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
September 28, 2012
The Family YMCA of Baker County has agreed to pur-
chase the building that used to be the site of Wilson’s Food
Town.
Relocating to the 15,600-square-foot building in the
3500 block of Pocahontas Road will be the fi tness center,
preschool and youth program.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
September 28, 2021
The Baker football team broke out of its early season
doldrums, and the Bulldogs only had to drive halfway across
Oregon, arriving home a few hours before dawn, to do it.
Baker’s 41-0 romp over Newport on Saturday evening,
Sept. 25 at Sisters High School more than doubled the Bull-
dogs’ offensive output in its three losses to open the season.
But neither the opponent, nor the neutral fi eld venue, was
what Baker had been expecting.
The Bulldogs (1-3) were supposed to open Greater Oregon
League play on Friday, Sept. 24 by traveling to Milton-Freewa-
ter to take on Mac-Hi.
But the Pioneers, due to a positive COVID-19 case on their
roster, had to cancel the game.
Baker coach Jason Ramos said that after learning about
the cancellation, Buell Gonzales Jr., athletic director for the
Baker School District, scrambled to fi nd an opponent.
Gonzales found a willing team in Newport, which had its
own scheduling travails when its Sept. 24 game at Marshfi eld
was canceled.
Ramos said Gonzales set up the game against Newport —
at Sisters, so that neither Baker nor Newport had to make a
cross-state trip — last weekend. That made it possible for the
two teams to exchange fi lm of their previous games, the cus-
tomary practice that allows coaches to get a sense for their
upcoming opponent and design practices accordingly.
Ramos said that although he had hoped for a Friday night
game rather than a Saturday evening kickoff, he was gratifi ed
that Gonzales made the arrangements.
“We’re ready to go if it means the chance to play a game,”
Ramos said.
The Saturday kickoff gave Baker an extra day of practice,
and the Bulldogs took advantage.
After leaving Baker City about 10 a.m. on Saturday and
driving the 240 miles or so to Sisters, the Bulldogs moved the
ball down the fi eld almost as rapidly as their bus had traveled.
“We want to establish a running game, and we did that
right from the start,” Ramos said.
Senior running back Gauge Bloomer had a breakout game,
rushing 14 times for 195 yards and four touchdowns.
Ramos said Baker’s young offensive line blocked well,
creating gaps in the Cubs’ defense that Bloomer exploited.
“Gauge was getting big chunks of yardage,” Ramos said.
“We’re getting better, week by week, as expected. It’s a
process.”
OREGON LOTTERY
State council approves
site certificate for B2H
SALEM — The proposed
Boardman to Hemingway
transmission line has taken an-
other step forward.
Oregon’s Energy Facility Sit-
ing Council on Tuesday, Sept.
27, approved a site certificate
for the project and the permit,
once finalized, will authorize
construction of the 290-mile,
500-kilovolt line across five
Eastern Oregon counties, in-
cluding Union County. Federal
agencies have already granted
permission for the line to cross
land they manage.
The transmission line will
connect a new station near
Boardman to an existing sub-
station in southwest Idaho near
Melba. Supporters of the proj-
ect say the transmission line
will provide a crucial link to
move energy, much of it from
hydroelectric, wind and other
clean sources, between the Pa-
cific Northwest, where energy
use peaks in the winter, and the
Intermountain West, where en-
ergy use peaks in the summer.
“This is one of the biggest
steps in the history of the proj-
ect,’’ said Sven Berg, a commu-
nications specialist with Idaho
Power.
Idaho Power, a Boise-based
utility, is a major funder of
the proposed B2H project.
The company began working
on the project about 15 years
ago, according to Berg. Idaho
Power and Portland-based
PacifiCorp plan to jointly own
B2H.
The transmission line would
cost between $1 billion and
$1.2 billion. Towers along the
line would be as high as 180
feet. In comparison, standard
towers are 75 to 90 feet tall.
The proposed route near
Baker City would roughly fol-
low the route of an existing line
that runs along the east side
of Baker Valley, between the
valley and the Oregon Trail
Interpretive Center. That line
crosses Highway 86 on Flag-
staff Hill, about 3 miles east of
Interstate 84. The existing line
would remain if the B2H line is
built, Berg said.
Support for B2H
Construction is expected
to start in 2023, according to
a press release from Idaho
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Angela Denise Mawhinney: 56, of
Baker City, died Sept. 19, 2022, at her
residence. Her memorial service will be
Friday, Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. at the Baker
City Christian Church, 675 Highway 7,
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Voices against B2H
The B2H line has faced
staunch opposition from some
Eastern Oregon residents.
Members of the Stop B2H Coa-
lition, a grassroots effort of 900
individuals and organizations
who oppose the transmission
line through the area, were dis-
appointed by the Sept. 27 rul-
ing.
Whit Deschner of Baker City,
a longtime opponent of B2H,
described the state council’s de-
cision as a “rubber stamp.”
“I’ve been fighting this for
13 years,” Deschner said on
Wednesday, Sept. 28. “Baker
County’s getting nothing from
this power line. There’s no
substations. They’re putting it
right in front of the Interpre-
tive Center. It’s going to ruin the
viewscape. Idaho Power has no
real plan for fighting the fires
that their power lines start. I
just hope everybody wakes up
against what they’re doing be-
cause there will be a permanent
change to Baker County, our
lifestyle.”
“We’ve got so much time
into this thing, over hundreds
of hours fighting it,” Joe
Horst, owner of La Grande
Auto Repair and opponent
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FOURTH-DEGREE ASSAULT (domestic
violence), STRANGULATION (domestic
Grounds upon which B2H
may file appeals include the
decibel level of the noise B2H’s
lines. Gilbert said the noise level
of B2H’s powerline would ex-
ceed state noise standards.
An appeal also might be filed
with regard to the land Idaho
Power would have to condemn
in Union County to build the
B2H line. Gilbert said that be-
tween 200 and 300 acres of
this land has been designated
as agricultural land in the site
plan but she believes this land,
under state law, should be clas-
sified as forest land. This is sig-
nificant since the money Idaho
Power would have to pay land-
owners for forest land that has
been condemned, would be
much more that what would be
charged for land designated as
agricultural, Gilbert said.
Should Stop B2H choose to
appeal, it would have to state its
intent to do so within 30 days of
the publication of the Oregon
Department of Energy’s Siting
Council site plan.
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Friday, Oct. 14 at 10 a.m. at Coles Tribute
Center, 1950 Place St. in Baker City.
Contributions in Jean’s memory can be
made to the Orpheum Theater project
or Best Friends of Baker, through Coles
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violence), INTERFERING WITH MAKING
A 911 REPORT: Dakota James Valentine,
24, Baker City, 6:43 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.
26 in the 1800 block of Estes Street;
jailed.
CONTEMPT OF COURT (3 Baker County
Justice Court warrants): Markus Michael
Dethloff, 23, transient, 5:09 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 27 at Resort Street and
Valley Avenue; cited and released.
THIRD-DEGREE THEFT: Coty Daniel-
Duane Hanson, 26, Baker City, 10:57 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 26 in the 1700 block of
Main St.; cited and released.
HARASSMENT: Shelley Layne Horton,
43, Baker City, 9:19 a.m. Monday, Sept.
26 in the 2800 block of 12th Street; cited
and released.
Baker County Sheriff’s Office
Arrests, citations
DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED: Delbert
Lee Morris, 59, Baker City, 11:45 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 26 on Highway 7 near the
weigh station; cited and released.
of B2H, said.
Horst first learned of the pro-
posed power line in 2016 when
he received a letter from Idaho
Power wanting to survey his
land. Over the years, Horst said
he was told multiple times the
proposed line through his land
was not going to be used, only
to later find out it was still the
preferred route.
“Going through this roller
coaster, they aren’t going to use
it, they are,” he said.
Jim Kreider, who is the co-
chair of the Stop B2H Coali-
tion, along with Irene Gilbert,
said his group may appeal the
siting council’s decision to the
Oregon State Supreme Court.
The decision will be made af-
ter a review of the Oregon En-
ergy Siting Council’s final de-
cision, which will be published
in about two days and a dis-
cussion with Stop B2H’s legal
counsel.
“We want to make sure that
our chances are favorable,’’
Kreider said.
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before construction of the B2H
line can begin.
“It is not entirely finished by
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This work includes getting
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