50YEARS AGO

from the Democrat-Herald

October 27, 1967

The Lower Powder Livestock Club together with Nifty Stitchers and Stewers held an Achievement meeting Oct. 17 at the Keating Grange.

25YEARS AGO

from the Baker City Herald

October 27, 1992

Supporters of Ross Perot will be holding meetings through Thursday at 2250 10th St. in Baker City.

The one hour meetings begin at 7 p.m. and are geared toward getting at least 1,000 Baker citizens to an old fashioned potluck picnic and rally at Geiser-Pollman Park Saturday.

10YEARS AGO

from the Baker City Herald

October 27, 2007

Thursday’s meeting of the House Interim Committee on Rural Policy was, one member said, like preaching to the choir.

“But there’s real value in preaching to the choir,” said Rep. Jean Cowan, D-Newport. “We are a group with empathy for the issues of rural Oregon and are searching for answers about what we can proactively support.”

ONEYEAR AGO

from the Baker City Herald

October 28, 2016

Tests done at a south Baker City house, which police designated as an illegal drug lab site in February 2015, show methamphetamine residue of up to 500 times the rate the state allows to deem the structure safe to occupy.

“Levels in this house rank as one of the highest that contractor has seen in our 15 years’ experience,” Larry Stone, of the Portland firm A Best Environmental LLC, wrote in his report to Baker City Police Chief Wyn Lohner.

The city has been attempting to get the property owner, David Baggerly, to clean up the former meth lab site at 301 Second St. without success for the past year and a half, Lohner said.

Since Baggerly did not respond, the Baker City Police hired Stone’s company to begin the process by testing the house for methamphetamine contamination.