LOCAL A2
SPORTS A6
HOME B1
Foes object to
proposed power line
Badgers lose in
state semifi nal
Ideas for leftover
Thanksgiving turkey
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SERIOUS PLAY
A ‘traffic garden’ at the
Baker Early Learning Center
will help kids learn to
ride bikes and walk safely
BRIEFING
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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.
Pet supply drive
through Dec. 16
Bisnett Insurance is hosting a
pet supply drive for Best Friends
of Baker through Dec. 16. You
can drop off donations at Bis-
nett, at 2001 Main St. (corner
of Washington Avenue and
Main Street). Needs include
kitten and adult cat food (dry or
wet), dog food (large and small
breeds), kitten milk replace-
ment powder, and monetary
donations for medical needs
will be accepted as well.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2022 • $1.50
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
The traffic garden at the Baker Early Learning Center will be striped to simulate a road and includes curves, straight sections and a
round-about.
BY LISA BRITTON
lbritton@bakercityherald.com
O
n a day not long before a
significant snow storm hit
Baker City, a crew from
Baker County laid down lines that
will eventually be a traffic garden at
the Baker Early Learning Center.
“A traffic garden, sometimes called a
traffic playground, is a network of con-
nected streets with traffic features that is
free of motorized vehicles,” said Billie-Jo
Nickens, traffic safety coordinator with
the Oregon Department of Transpor-
tation. “The scope of the project is to
enhance bike and pedestrian safety pro-
gramming in Baker County for children
and families.”
On Friday, Oct. 29, Dan McQuisten,
Jeff Martin and Eli Witham used a ma-
chine to paint stripes on the blacktop
north of the BELC building, the former
North Baker School at 2725 Seventh St.
They followed dots laid down by An-
derson Perry and Associates, a civil en-
gineering and survey firm in La Grande.
Due to falling temperatures, McQuis-
ten said it was likely the last possible day
this year to stripe the pattern.
See Traffic / A3
The proposed
design for a
traffic garden at
the Baker Early
Learning Center.
The Baker City Council will
have its regular meeting Tues-
day, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. at City
Hall, 1655 First St.
Agenda items include the
introduction of a new fi refi ghter,
Chris Graves, who will receive
the oath of offi ce, along with
the newly appointed fi re chief,
David Blair.
WEATHER
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Today
Increasing clouds
Wednesday
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Partly cloudy
Full forecast on the back
of the B section.
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Dry spell
dashes
hopes for
early ski
season
Weather shift next week
could allow Anthony
Lakes to open Dec. 3
Baker City Council
meets Tuesday night
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ANTHONY LAKES
Hunter ‘sick’
about theft of
bull elk trophy
Someone stole the skull
and antlers from Taylor
Gyllenberg
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Taylor Gyllenberg did all
the hard work and someone
who never got bloody hands
or a sore back took it all away.
Gyllenberg pulled the trig-
ger.
She helped haul the heavy
carcass.
She wielded the skinning
knife.
And she boiled and
bleached the skull from the
trophy bull elk, the first she
ever killed.
That skull, and the ant-
lers attached to it, were sup-
posed to decorate Gyllenberg’s
home.
Now it’s all gone.
“I don’t see how someone
could take something that
they didn’t work on them-
selves,” Gyllenberg, 18, of
Baker City, said on Friday,
Nov. 18. “It was a nice bull —
my first one.”
Gyllenberg, who earned
her high school diploma this
summer, killed the bull in the
Sumpter unit on Oct. 27.
“It was a fun hunt,” she said.
See Ski / A3
Contributed Photo
Taylor Gyllenberg of Baker City with the trophy bull elk she killed
Oct. 27 in the Sumpter unit.
And although the toil that
follows a well-aimed rifle shot
wasn’t necessarily as thrill-
ing as that moment when the
bull went down, Gyllenberg
said the effort was part of
the experience for her and
the friends and family who
helped her.
See Elk / A3
CASA’s gingerbread house contest returns
Baker City Herald
CASA’s gingerbread house
decorating event for kids re-
turns this year.
Houses are to be con-
structed at home on a base no
larger than 12 inches by 15
inches. The house and all dec-
orations must be edible. Please
TODAY
Issue 83
12 pages
include the child’s name and
age.
Decorated houses can be
submitted Friday, Dec. 2, be-
tween 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the
CASA office, 2024 Main St.
Winning entries will be dis-
played after 4 p.m. on Dec. 2.
Special prizes will be awarded
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The weather, which had been
so generous to skiers and snow-
boarders waiting to make their
first powder turns in several
months, has turned into a skin-
flint.
But a transition back to win-
try conditions is in the forecast.
The past two weeks of dry
weather, and with the trend
forecast to persist through
much of the Thanksgiving
weekend, wrecked hopes that
the ski season would start this
Saturday, Nov. 26, at Anthony
Lakes Mountain Resort, said
Chelsea Judy, the ski area’s mar-
keting director.
But there is still ample reason
for skiers and boarders to be op-
timistic.
For one thing, although the
weather has been dry — no
measurable precipitation has
been measured at the Baker
City Airport since Nov. 6 — it’s
also been relatively cold.
That means the solid 20-inch
snow base that accumulated on
the slopes during storms in late
October and early November
remains.
“We haven’t lost anything,”
Judy said on Monday morning,
Nov. 21. “We’re sitting in a re-
ally, really good spot when we
see the next significant snow-
fall.”
And although that storm
won’t happen before this week-
end, the post-holiday period
looks quite different.
The National Weather Ser-
vice office in Boise is forecasting
a potentially strong storm for
early next week, the final three
days of November.
If that forecast proves accu-
rate, it’s possible that Anthony
Lakes could open for the sea-
son on Saturday, Dec. 3, Judy
said.
“We’ll just be watching and
hoping,” she said. “We’re ready.”
Nordic skiers can already take
advantage of the previous snow
storms, as several ski trails have
been groomed.
Skiers are welcome to use
those trails for free, although
visitors do need to have an Ore-
gon Sno-Park permit, Judy said.
to these age groups: 2-4; 5-7;
8-10; 11-15; and 15-18.
Gingerbread houses can be
picked up on Friday, Dec. 9,
between 9 a.m. and noon. Any
that are not claimed will be
thrown away.
For more information, call
Sue Richard at 541-519-7227.
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Dear Abby .........................B6
Home & Living ............B1-B2
CASA stands for Court
Appointed Special Advocate.
These trained volunteers ad-
vocate for the best interests of
abused and neglected children
in foster care. To learn more,
visit casaeo.org or check the
Facebook page for CASA of
Eastern Oregon.
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Thanksgiving
publication schedule
In observance of the
Thanksgiving holiday, the
Baker City Herald will not
publish a print edition
on Thursday, Nov. 24. An
e-edition only paper will be
published on Thanksgiving
and will be available to
paid subscribers through
the Herald’s website,
bakercityherald.com.
The Thanksgiving e-edition
will include local stories, an
opinion page and sports. To
make sure you are subscribed
to the e-edition, call the EO
Media Group customer ser-
vice line at 800-781-3214.
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Turning back .....................A2
Weather ............................B6