50YEARS AGO

from the Democrat-Herald

July 15, 1969

The Baker Senior High School swimming pool was scheduled to reopen today, following a report by the Swimming Pool Committee to the Baker 5-J Board last night.

25YEARS AGO

from the Baker City Herald

July 15, 1994

City Manager Art Reiff is planning to begin using sick leave Oct. 1 and retire when he’s used it all, probably sometime early in 1995.

10YEARS AGO

from the Baker City Herald

July 15, 2009

A proposal by Baker City Councilor Milo Pope to offer former City Manager Steve Brocato a forum to respond to the charges that led to his firing June 9 went nowhere Tuesday night.

ONEYEAR AGO

from the Baker City Herald

July 16, 2018

Thirteen motorcycles took to the flat track at the Baker County Fairgrounds Friday night for the second-annual race as part of the Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally.

Fans filled the stands and lined the fences to watch riders, on machines ranging from Harleys to vintage dirt bikes to a scooter, take spill after spill as their two-wheelers lost traction on the dirt around the tight turns.

Organizer Steve Folkestad called the event “organized chaos.”

Kiley Yee, competitor and race organizer with High Desert Harley-Davidson, said, “We’re just out here to have a good time. We’re here to promote motorcycling and flat tracking.”

The Baker Elks Lodge Drum and Bugle Corps opened the race to cheers before turning over the arena to the motorcycles.

The winner of the Run What you Brung class won a $500 gift card.

Although Folkestad said nothing changed about this second iteration of the race, Yee and other racers had fun racing their motorcycles under a vivid sunset.