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Adventist Church
planning food drive
The Baker City Seventh-day
Adventist Church is holding a
food drive to help fi ll Thanksgiv-
ing baskets.
The church will distribute
bags around Baker City 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.
S. John Collins/Baker City Herald, File
Baker City Manager Jonathan Can-
non says costs for city services, includ-
ing the police department, are rising
faster than the property tax revenue
that helps pay for the police and fire
departments, among others in the
city’s general fund.
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.
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald Photos
Brandon Unrein, left, and Hailey Horn sort through donations at Marla’s Mall on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.
Marla’s Mall,
two other
businesses
operate on
campus
BHS students
gain skills, help
community
Reading features
‘High Contrast’
BY LISA BRITTON
lbritton@bakercityherald.com
A book reading featuring An-
drew Kaza and his book “High
Contrast: A Story of Basketball,
Race and Politics in Oregon
1972,” is set for Thursday,
Nov. 17, 6 p.m. at Crossroads
Carnegie Art Center, 2020
Auburn Ave.
The event is sponsored by
Betty’s Books.
Hailey Horn never knows what she’ll find in
a bag of donated clothes.
“I found a steak in the donations once,” Horn
said.
“It was marinating,” adds Susan Myers.
Myers coordinates three Baker High School
businesses — Marla’s Mall, Bulldog Bubbles and
Bulldog Blender.
The clothing donations Horn mentioned are
for Marla’s Mall, a secondhand shop that offers
items free to the community.
The store is named in honor of Marla Cavallo,
a Baker High School teacher who died of cancer
in 2007 at the age of 45. Her classroom provided
a space to store clothing for students in need,
and it has grown into a full-fledged thrift store.
And it provides student opportunities, too.
“We needed a way to give transition skills to
the students,” Myers said.
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Marla’s Mall is now located just west of Baker High School.
Open House
Planned
Marla’s Mall will
have an open house
for the community
on Thursday,
Nov. 17, from 4 p.m.
to 7 p.m. To prepare
for the evening
event, the store will
be closed during
the day.
400
number of visitors Marla’s Mall
gets a month
“I found a steak in the
donations once.”
— Hailey Horn, student
“It was marinating.”
Open house
Marla’s Mall will have an open house for the
community on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 4 p.m.
to 7 p.m.
“It’s a chance for people to come and see what
we have,” Myers said.
See Marla’s / A3
— Susan Myers, coordinator
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Budget
board
discusses
troubling
trends
City manager says costs for
police, fire are rising faster
than revenue comes in
BY SAMANTHA O’CONNER
soconner@bakercityherald.com
Baker City’s budget board con-
vened for a rare fall meeting on
Wednesday, Nov. 9 to discuss
what City Manager Jonathan Can-
non called a challenging future in
maintaining public safety service
levels.
“I think the discussion tonight
will begin the process of stabiliz-
ing us financially hopefully for at
least a decade as a city,” Cannon
said.
The main challenge, he said, is
to deal with costs for police and
fire service that are rising faster
than the property tax revenue that
is a major source of money for the
city’s general fund, which includes
both public safety departments.
Wednesday’s meeting didn’t deal
with the city’s “enterprise” funds,
such as water, wastewater and
streets.
The water and wastewater depart-
ments are funded primarily through
the monthly bills that residents and
businesses pay.
See Trends / A3
Festival of Trees
returns Dec. 3
County to
update vote
totals Nov. 30
A family day will replace the formal gala
BY LISA BRITTON
lbritton@bakercityherald.com
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Close to 200 ballots from Baker County vot-
ers could be counted and added to the prelim-
inary totals for the Nov. 8 election before the
final results are certified, likely on Nov. 30.
County Clerk Stefanie Kirby said she won’t
publish the final, updated results until that day.
There are three categories of ballots that
could still be counted:
• Ballots postmarked by Nov. 8 but that ar-
rive within seven calendar days after the elec-
tion.
Through the weekend, not counting ballots
that arrived Monday, Nov. 14 or Tuesday, Nov.
15 (the latter being the deadline), the county
had received 69 postmarked ballots, Kirby
said.
See Totals / A2
TODAY
Issue 80
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Community News.............A2
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald, File
Santa Claus will be on hand for photos during the Saint
Alphonsus Festival of Trees on Dec. 3 at the Event Cen-
ter, 2600 East St. The festival returns after a two-year hi-
atus, and will be scaled down to one day with miniature
trees, photos with Santa and art projects for children.
Crossword ...............B2 & B4
Dear Abby .........................B6
Home & Living ........B1 & B2
Horoscope ..............B2 & B4
Lottery Results .................A2
News of Record ................A2
After a two-year break, the Saint Alphonsus Festival of Trees
is making a small-scale return.
Instead of a formal gala, this year’s festival will be a family day
event on Saturday, Dec. 3.
“The plan is to bring the community together. We’re going to
keep it simple,” said Jill Aldape, liaison between Saint Alphon-
sus Medical Center and the Saint Alphonsus Foundation. This
“mini” Festival of Trees is a partnership between the Founda-
tion, the Baker City Kiwanis Club and Crossroads Carnegie Art
Center. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Baker
Event Center, 2600 East St. Admission is free.
In the past, Family Day admission was an item of nonperish-
able food or an unwrapped toy. If people do this again — out
of habit — Aldape said they will collect the donations and give
them to local organizations.
“If people want to bring contributions, we will honor that
intent,” she said.
See Festival / A3
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