60YEARS AGO

from the Democrat-Herald

June 24, 1957

Next week will be a busy one in Baker with a number of Fourth of July activities on the docket.

Highlight of the events here is expected to be a big rodeo show on which the Baker County Sheriff’s Posse has been working since the first of the year.

25YEARS AGO

from the Democrat-Herald

June 23, 1992

An Ontario man was arrested early this morning after a Monday night dispute in Baker City erupted in a fight that left the man’s brother hospitalized with a head injury, according to Baker City Police.

10YEARS AGO

from the Baker City Herald

June 25, 2007

Whit Deschner thinks there’s art everywhere — even out on the range, among the salt licks.

Deschner’s idea is this: Ask local cattlemen to bring him the best-looking, most finely sculpted salt licks their cattle can create. He plans to show the best of the bovines’ tongue-created works at the Crossroads Art Center in October.

ONEYEAR AGO

from the Baker City Herald

June 24, 2016

Nathan Hobson paid his entry fee for the 2016 Baker City Cycling Classic and will make the trip from Milwaukee as he has every June for the past 15 years.

Hobson, who grew up in Baker City, founded the stage race. It was originally named the Elkhorn Classic.

He’s not the promoter anymore — Brian Vegter now has that role.

But Hobson still comes with his group of 14 family and friends.

“This will be our 15th year — it’s something we all look forward to,” he said. “Sometimes we race, sometimes we don’t. We stay in hotels and we eat out every meal.”

And this — infusing the local economy with money from outside the area — is one of the reasons Hobson started the race.