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SPORTS A6
OUTDOORS B1
Warm water killed
Anthony Lake trout
BHS has new
coaches
Being ready for
rooster pheasants
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Good Day Wish
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A special good day to Herald
subscriber David Spaugh of
Baker City.
BRIEFING
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Red Cross blood drive
set for Nov. 14-15
The American Red Cross
has scheduled a two-day blood
drive in Baker City Nov. 14 and
15, and organizers are looking
to fi ll all the available times
for donors, particularly on the
second day.
The blood drive will be at
the Nazarene Church, 1250
Hughes Lane. Hours on Mon-
day, Nov. 14 are nooon to 6
p.m. On Tuesday, appointments
are available from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Donors can go online at
redcrossblood.org to schedule
an appointment or call Evans at
541-523-5368 for information
or help. Donors are encouraged
to use Rapid Pass to speed up
registration.
Face masks will be required.
Walk-ins will be welcomed at
most times on Tuesday, Nov.
15.
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.
WEATHER
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Today
40/14
Cloudy
Sunday
37/15
Mostly cloudy
Monday
37/15
Mostly cloudy
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Kerri Little, retired Air Force senior master sergeant, gave the Veterans Day address during a ceremony Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, outside the Baker County Courthouse.
ORDINARY PEOPLE, Veterans Day ceremony in Baker City
EXTRAORDINARY
SACRIFICES
Surviving a war,
and a century
swered it. They left their families, their homes,
and their lives, not for recognition or fame or
even the honor we bestow on them today. They
fought to protect our country, to maintain our
way of life.”
Little talked about the origins of Veterans
Day.
The observance began as Armistice Day. The
date, Nov. 11, marked the signing of the armi-
stice that ended World War I in 1918. Famously,
the commemoration takes place, as Friday’s in
Baker City did, at the 11th hour of the 11th day
of the 11th month.
The holiday was renamed Veterans Day in
1954, after World War II and the Korean War.
Little asked attendees to remember not only
retired veterans, but also those who are “cur-
rently fighting for our freedom.”
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Frost still coated the grass and a chill wind
ruffled the American flag, but Kerri Little had
important words to say about men and women
who have endured far worse conditions to de-
fend the United States and the people who shel-
ter in its freedom.
Little, a retired Air Force senior master ser-
geant, spoke to about 75 people during a Veter-
ans Day ceremony Friday morning, Nov. 11 in
front of the war memorial at the Baker County
Courthouse.
“Today we honor all of our veterans, who
unselfishly placed their lives on the line for our
freedom,” said Little, who retired from the Air
Force in 2005 and moved to Baker City in 2009.
“Those men and women were ordinary peo-
ple, until they heard the call of duty and an-
Jim Lampkins, 100, is Baker County’s
oldest living World War II veteran
BY LISA BRITTON
lbritton@bakercityherald.com
Jim Lampkins doesn’t bring up World War
II very often.
Lampkins
His daughter, Linda Noble, said she hadn’t
heard many of his war stories until just a few
years ago. “He didn’t talk about it very much,” Noble said. “I
think this generation didn’t speak of things like this.”
See Sacrifices / A3
See Lampkins / A3
Top 4 Council candidates
are excited to get to work
BY SAMANTHA O’CONNER
soconner@bakercityherald.com
The top four candidates in the Baker City
Council election said they’re excited to work
together with the three other councilors when
the newly constituted group convenes for the
first time in January 2023.
Based on preliminary, unofficial results
from the Baker County Clerk’s office, Matthew
Diaz, incumbents Dean Guyer and Johnny
Waggoner Sr., and former councilor Beverly
Calder will be elected. Mail ballots postmarked
by election day, Nov. 8, will be counted if they
arrive within seven calendar days of the elec-
tion, County Clerk Stefanie Kirby said. Kirby
said there’s no way to say how many ballots will
arrive, but based on the May 2022 primary —
the first election in which postmarked ballots
were counted — the number won’t be large.
See Council / A3
Diaz
Waggoner
Baker City Herald
Calder
Guyer
Sheriff’s Office acquiring Mobile Command Center
BY IAN CRAWFORD
icrawford@bakercityherald.com
The Mobile Com-
mand Center the
sheriff’s department
has filed for will be a
significant resource
during emergen-
cies, a 35-foot trailer
for all purpose re-
sponse.
The Baker County Sheriff’s Office received a
state grant to buy a Mobile Command Center, a
trailer equipped with a power generator and other
items county employees could use during search
and rescue and other emergency situations.
The 35-foot trailer “will be equipped with three
workstations, a conference room and lavatory,”
said Ashley McClay, public information officer
for the sheriff’s office.
Contributed by the Baker
Sheriff’s Department
See Command / A3
TODAY
Issue 79
12 pages
Classified ....................B2-B4
Comics ..............................B5
Community News.............A2
Crossword ...............B2 & B4
Dear Abby .........................B6
Horoscope ..............B2 & B3
Adventist
Church
planning
food drive
Jayson Jacoby ..................A4
Lottery Results .................A2
News of Record ................A2
The Baker City Seventh-day
Adventist Church will again dis-
tribute food boxes this month, and
a food drive is planned to help fill
the baskets.
The church will distribute bags
around town on Thursday, Nov.
17, then return on Saturday, Nov.
19, to collect donations.
Anyone who doesn’t receive a
bag, but would like to donate, can
call Valerie Tachenko, 541-377-
2260, or the church, 541-523-4913.
Suggested donations are a va-
riety of canned goods and dry
goods.
“We do food for a month, not
just a meal,” Tachenko said.
Food boxes will be organized on
Monday and Tuesday, then deliv-
ered Wednesday, Nov. 23.
Opinion .............................A4
Outdoors .................B1 & B2
Senior Menus ...................A2
Sports ...............................A6
Turning Backs ..................A2
Weather ............................B6