60YEARS AGO

from the Democrat-Herald

July 12, 1957

Polio shots were administered to members of the Lions club and some of their wives at the weekly luncheon meeting today at Hotel Baker.

25YEARS AGO

from the Democrat-Herald

July 13, 1992

An Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative buyout of a contract for wholesale power will save the utility money but consumers won’t see an immediate change in their electric bills, according to General Manager George King.

10YEARS AGO

from the Baker City Herald

July 12, 2007

PENDLETON — The Baker Barracudas Swim Team had a successful experience last weekend at the three-day Pendleton Invitational. The 20-member team, coached by Sally Bachman, competed against 16 other teams from Oregon, Idaho and Washington.

Tanya O’Neal and Makenna Bachman were the highest scoring Baker swimmers with 32 and 28 points, respectively.

ONEYEAR AGO

from the Baker City Herald

July 13, 2016

Koby Hansen and Blake Stone weren’t even supposed to compete together at the 2016 National Leadership Conference.

But their decision to put their heads together for the Future Business Leaders of America’s Global Business contest was a good one.

The two returned home as national champions from the June 29-July 2 event in Atlanta.

Toni Zikmund, their FBLA adviser, said the young men’s champion win at the national conference is the first she’s aware of at Baker High School, at least in the past 16 years.

“While I was so excited to hear that they had made finals and even taken first place, it really didn’t surprise me too much,” Zikmund wrote in an email to the Herald.