60YEARS AGO

from the Democrat-Herald

June 5, 1957

K.F. Jacobsen of Portland was awarded the contract for Baker’s $300,000 street paving program at Tuesday’s city council meeting.

25YEARS AGO

from the Democrat-Herald

June 5, 1992

Baker school administrators kept children indoors the last day of school Thursday because of aerial spraying earlier in the day to kill mosquitoes.

Pat Braswell, principal at North Baker Elementary School, said “a parent came to me expressing concern about the kids being on the school grounds.”

10YEARS AGO

from the Baker City Herald

June 5, 2007

A pesky bug might again blight one of the brightest parts of the fall foliage performance in Northeastern Oregon’s forests.

Fortunately, the insect that transforms the tamarack’s normally blaze-orange needles into brown, desiccated husks rarely kills the tree.

ONEYEAR AGO

from the Baker City Herald

June 6, 2016

A 6-year-old North Powder girl is recovering in a Seattle hospital after her left leg was amputated just above the knee following a lawnmower accident Friday afternoon at her home.

Chelsie Thompson, the daughter of Colby and Erin Thompson, had a second surgery this morning at Harborview Hospital, said her aunt, Kristin Wilson, who is Colby Thompson’s sister.

The accident happened around 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Thompsons’ home on Bagwell Road, east of Interstate 84 about two miles north of North Powder.

Wilson declined to talk about the details of the accident.

The North Powder Quick Response Team responded to the 911 call, and the La Grande Fire Department took Chelsie by ambulance to Grande Ronde Hospital.