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GO! INSERT ELECTION A5 SPORTS A6 ‘Beauty and the Beast’ opens Results from Oregon races Badgers put perfect record on the line Serving Baker County since 1870 • bakercityherald.com IN THIS EDITION: BUSINESS & AG LIFE • SPORTS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2022 • $1.50 QUICK HITS ————— Good Day Wish To A Subscriber BAKER COUNTY RESULTS Alderson elected county commission chairman A special good day to Herald subscriber Suzanne Fouty of Baker City. BRIEFING ————— CORRECTION A story in the Nov. 8 issue about the Baker volleyball team misstated that the Bulldogs’ 5th-place fi nish at the Class 4A state tournament was the highest in school history. The Bulldog squad in 2006 placed third at the state tournament, the best ever for the school. Cliff Bentz reelected to Congress, Mark Owens to state legislature Kids coat drive Saturday Residents can get a free cup of coffee from Sorbenots on Saturday morning, Nov. 12, if they donate a new or slightly used coat for distribution to local children. The event, spon- sored by the Baker City Rotary Club and Sorbenots, will be from 9 a.m. to noon at Sorben- ots, 1270 Campbell St. BY JAYSON JACOBY jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Contributed Photo Snow amounts are unusually high in the mountains of Northeastern Oregon this November, including at Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort. The ski area reported a base of 20 inches on Nov. 7, raising hopes that it will open for the season on Nov. 26, the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Free Thanksgiving meal at Calvary Baptist Church Calvary Baptist Church will have a free Thanksgiving Day meal on Thursday, Nov. 24 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Browning Hall at the church, 2130 Fourth St. in Baker City. The menu includes turkey with all the trimmings, stuffi ng, potatoes, gravy, yams, veggie trays, deviled eggs, green bean casserole, pickles, dinner rolls and desserts. Browning Hall is also the site for the church’s weekly free community dinners, each Thursday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. WEATHER ————— Today 37/11 Mostly sunny Friday 33/20 Sunny Full forecast on the back of the B section. The space below is for a postage label for issues that are mailed. Early accumulations set records in some places Baker County voters have elected Shane Al- derson as chairman of the Baker County Board of Commissioners, the one full-time spot on the three-member board. Alderson, who is currently a member of the Baker City Coun- cil, defeated Dan Garrick in the Tuesday, Nov. 8 election. Alderson had 4,235 votes (56.2%) in preliminary, unofficial results from the Baker County Alderson Clerk’s office. Garrick had 3,249 votes, 43.1%. “I thought it would be a lot closer,” Alderson said on Wednesday morning, Nov. 9. “I am really pleased with how it turned out, and I am honored and humbled by the support people have given me. I’m really excited to get to work.” See Alderson / A3 BAKER CITY ELECTION RESULTS BY JAYSON JACOBY jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Mark Bennett was, in his own words, “plodding along” through the latest in a series of early snow- storms Wednesday morning, Nov. 9 near Bridgeport. But Bennett was happy to be driving slowly along Highway 245 in southern Baker County. Better blizzards than drought, in Bennett’s estima- tion. The flakes were falling thickly, with about 4 inches on the ground at the southern base of Dooley Moun- tain, said Bennett, who’s a Baker County commissioner Diaz, Guyer, Waggoner, Calder are in line to earn council seats and the owner of a cattle ranch near Unity. “We’re still way below what we need, but it’s mois- ture, and it’s great,” Bennett said. Prodigious early storms Snow often whitens the mountain peaks across Northeastern Oregon during October and early No- vember, but rarely in the past 40 years have early storms been so potent as in 2022. A few long-term snow-measuring sites had set all- time records for snowpack as of Nov. 8. Voters approve ban on psilocybin businesses See Snow / A3 Man living at homeless camp accused of attempted murder BY JAYSON JACOBY jjacoby@bakercityherald.com A man who told police he had been living in a homeless camp in Baker City for about a month is accused of attempted second-de- gree murder after he allegedly tried to drive his car over another man who was living at the same camp on Saturday, Nov. 5. Brian Kidd Kallio, 26, was arrested Saturday evening. He is also charged with attempted first-degree assault and driving under the influence of intoxi- cants. His bail was set at $400,000. He could be released by posting 10% of that amount, $40,000. Kallio is scheduled to attend a preliminary hearing in Baker County Circuit Court on Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. Baker City Police officer Wil- liam Mercado described the in- vestigation in a probable cause affidavit. Mercado wrote that he re- sponded to a report of a motor vehicle accident about 7:02 p.m. Saturday at Settler’s Loop, the street that connects 17th Street and Pocahontas Road. The paved street runs through the Elkhorn View Industrial Park. Baker City Herald Two incumbents and one for- mer council member are among the four candidates who would be elected to the Baker City Council based on unofficial pre- liminary results from the Tues- day, Nov. 8 election. The top four among the eight Diaz candidates will be elected. The top three will serve four-year terms, while the fourth-place finisher will serve a two-year term on the seven-member council. In unofficial results, which don’t include mailed ballots postmarked by election day, Matthew Diaz had the most votes, with 2,357. Diaz is neither an incumbent nor a former councilor. In the May 2022 primary, the first election in which postmarked ballots were counted if they ar- rived within seven calendar days of the election, the county clerk’s office received 61 such ballots. See Accused / A3 See Council / A3 Blair named as Dotty & Myron Miles honored Powder couple full-time fire chief North named 2022 valuable leader in the Baker City Fire Baker City Fire De- Chief David Blair no partment,” Cannon long has “interim” as wrote in a press re- part of his title. lease. “I am confident City Manager Jon- he has the demeanor athan Cannon an- and ability to lead nounced Monday the Baker City Fire Blair afternoon, Nov. 6 that Department into the Blair, who has served as interim future.” chief since Oct. 1, will continue Blair replaces Sean Lee, who as chief. resigned Sept. 30. Blair is a 31-year veteran Over the past month or so, of the department, starting in the city has recruited for Lee’s 1991 as a volunteer. He was replacement, advertising the hired as a full-time professional opening nationwide with a fo- firefighter in 2004. cus on the West, Cannon wrote. See Blair / A2 “Chief David Blair will be a Baker City Herald TODAY Issue 78 34 pages Business .................B1 & B2 Classified ....................B2-B4 Comics ..............................B5 Agriculturists of the Year BY GEORGE PLAVEN Capital Press Sustainable grazing and top- notch genetics are key for beef cattle raised at Miles Ranch in North Powder. It was here Myron Miles grew up before meeting Dotty, from Klamath Falls, while they were attending Oregon State College — now Oregon State University. The couple, both in their early 80s, married in 1962 and spent years hopscotching Community News.............A2 Crossword ...............B2 & B4 Dear Abby .........................B6 Oregon Aglink/Contributed Photo Myron and Dotty Miles, of Miles Ranch in North Powder, have been named 2022 Agriculturists of the Year by Oregon Aglink. around the state for work. My- ron was a county extension agent in Josephine County, operated a small feedlot in Horoscope ..............B3 & B4 Lottery Results .................A2 News of Record ................A2 Opinion .............................A4 Senior Menus ...................A2 Sports ...............................A6 Klamath Falls, and even found his way back to Baker County as a dairyman. See Award / A3 Sudoku..............................B5 Turning Backs ..................A2 Weather ............................B6