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March 27, 2008 Front Page |
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Hawks Become Tangled In Branches
While out for a Saturday morning walk Nancy Sargeant of North Powder heard the cry of hawks. After further investigation, she found two hawks hanging upside down in branches of the trees along Anthony Lakes Highway. Sargeant said apparently the hawks attached claws in mid-air compromising their ability to fly, which caused them to plunge toward the ground and into the branches where they hung upside down unable to free themselves. Sargeant returned with her long handled pruning shears and carefully cut away the small limbs that held the hawks captive noticing that the hawk’s claws of one foot looked like they were tied in knots. She said the hawks were amazingly quiet while she trimmed away the branches and they were both able to fly away.
Annual City Staff And Management Report Emphasizes Developing Economy
By Brian Addison
The city’s annual report spells out the city’s focus and activities over the past year and sets the direction for the future. The introduction of the document states, “This report is intended to be a thorough, frank and factual public document that will address what the City staff has been doing and will be doing.” The document was presented to Baker City Council and the public during the city council meeting on Tuesday evening.
The City’s main goal is stated in paragraph four on the first page of text and is best conveyed through direct quotation beginning with the final sentence of the preceding paragraph: “Our citizens want to improve economically, but have concerns about the final product.”
Keys Left In Ignitions Made Easy Pickings For Car Thieves
By Debby Schoeningh
Four car thefts were reported in Baker City this month, which were slated as crimes of opportunity. Sergeant Beth Yeaton with the Baker City Police Department said the first theft was reported on March 19 when a vehicle was reported missing from the 2100 block of East Street.
Yeaton said it was later recovered on Auburn Street and the second car to be reported missing was taken from that same address on Auburn. That car was later recovered on Birch Street.
An older truck was reported missing the same night as the Auburn Street vehicle from the 2600 block of 3rd Street. The truck was found and recovered by the owner at Baker and Clark Streets.
Cooperative Effort to Restore the Banks of the Powder, Taken On by Kirkway Drive Residents
By Brian Addison
Residents on Kirkway Drive along the eroding eastern banks of the Powder River met with project sponsor Powder Basin Watershed Council on Wednesday, March 19, for the Kirkway Kickoff Meeting to discuss a project aimed at saving their backyards. The meeting is part of an effort to communicate with and to gain cooperation between residents, stakeholders and project directors during a stream bank restoration design project. The design stage of the project is being funded in part by a grant from Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (lottery proceeds) awarded in the amount $37,933.
The engineering firm Anderson Perry and Associates (AP) have been awarded the contract to provide a “practical, sustainable, streambank design-to include surveying, hydrological analysis, concept development and certified professional engineering design.”
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