50YEARS AGO

from the Democrat-Herald

February 21, 1968

Plans are well underway for the annual Sports Show April 5-6 sponsored by the Powder River Sportsmen’s Club, committee chairman Fred Carlson told members Monday at their regular monthly meeting.

25YEARS AGO

from the Baker City Herald

February 22, 1993

A Bend architect has been selected to work on the Halfway Lions Club renovation project.

Peter Baer of the Pinnacle Architect firm was selected by the community development block grant group renovating the Lions Club Hall into a youth center.

10YEARS AGO

from the Baker City Herald

February 21, 2008

A landmark decision affecting endangered gray wolves in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming probably won’t have a noticeable effect, at least for the next few years, on wolves that wander in Oregon.

That’s bad news for livestock owners who fear wolves will maraud their herds, said a Union County rancher.

ONEYEAR AGO

from the Baker City Herald

February 22, 2017

Few of the children who were warned that they’d have to stay home on Feb. 15 if their immunization records were not up to date actually missed class that day, according to school staff throughout Baker County.

The Baker County Health Department sent out just two letters to Baker High School students on Feb. 1. One student complied with the immunization requirements before the exclusion deadline and the other stayed home for the day, said Robin Mawhinney, Special Services secretary.

Like other schools throughout the Baker 5J District, Mawhinney said the BHS staff works to help families meet immunization deadlines throughout the year. New students are checked upon entry to the school to determine whether they need additional immunizations. Those coming from other states might need shots that weren’t required where they attended school before, she said.