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April 17, 2008 Front Page |
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Student Numbers Dropping At Baker School District 5J
By Brian AddisonBaker School District’s student enrollment numbers fell to 1,887 students in the April 7 report. “For the first time in history enrollment is below 1,900,” reported 5J Superintendent Don Ulrey at the School Board meeting Tuesday evening. Ulrey reported that student enrollment numbers are dropping in the other schools districts in Baker County. “It’s about jobs and employment,” Ulrey said of the main cause for the drop in student enrollment. District 5J Financial Director Ed Hayhurst added that student enrollment is down at public schools across Oregon.
Body Of Nyssa Man Found In Brownlee Reservoir
By Debby SchoeninghThe body of a Nyssa man who had been missing since Sunday afternoon following a boating accident was found Tuesday. Steven Bauer, 48, was recovered following an extensive search by the Washington County Sheriff’s office, assisted by the Baker County Sheriff’s Department. Baker County Sheriff Mitch Southwick said the call for assistance came at about 2:49 p.m. on Sunday.
Southwick said Bauer’s body was found in Brownlee Reservoir about halfway between Huntington and Swedes Landing near Mountain Man Lodge on the Idaho side, close to where he and two others went into the water. Bauer had been fishing in his boat with his father Wilbur Bauer, 74 of Dundee, Ore., and his son, John 20, of Nyssa. Southwick said it’s unclear how Wilbur and John ended up in the water, as the boat did not capsize, but apparently Steven jumped in to assist them.
“Someone threw John and Wilbur floatation cushions,” said Southwick. “None of them were wearing lifejackets.”
City Discusses Water, Wastewater And Transportation System Maintenance
By Brian AddisonBaker City Council, the Public Works Advisory Committee (PWAC), City Public Works Director, Michelle Owen, and Technical Services Supervisor, Gary Van Patten, met Monday to discuss the maintenance needs of the water, wastewater and transportation system and to go over a water and wastewater rate review. City Council also made the decision to schedule further discussion on a possible city gas tax.
Baker City is facing two main issues concerning wastewater operations. The project just under way with an inspection of the sewer-line, looks to line the old Terra-Cotta pipe running down the center of the alley between Main St. and 1st St. from Auburn Avenue to Broadway St.
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