Male Wolf Radio-Collared, Released In Baker County
A joint effort by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife specialists resulted in the capture, radio-collaring, and release of a male wolf on Sunday morning, May 3, at approximately 7 a.m. The event marks the first radio-collaring of a wolf in Oregon.
The wolf captured and radio-collared was an 87-pound male estimated to be about 2 years old. The track size and a second, smaller wolf seen at the capture site indicate that the wolf is one of two involved in several livestock depredations in the Keating Valley area of Baker County over the past few weeks.
The male wolf was trapped about 2.5 miles from the ranch house where this pair of wolves attacked a calf on April 17. Tissue samples were taken from the wolf for genetic analysis.
Possible Wolf Attack On Horses Reported
By Debby Schoeningh
On Thursday, April 30, another incident possibly involving wolves was reported at the Moore ranch where two wolves had injured a calf about two weeks ago. The calf later died.
Tik Moore said they heard a commotion with their horses and he and his son went outside to investigate. He said he saw what he believed to be three wolves in his pickup headlights, which he hazed from the area.
Four horses in total were injured; one had a body injury, the other three had colic (a condition where their intestines stop working) as a result of stress, and one of the horses aborted a foal.
To Outsource Or Not: City Council Ponders The Question
By Candie Campbell
At the April 14 City Council meeting Councilors asked City Manager Steve Brocato to provide more information on the discussion of outsourcing the City’s planning services vs. hiring actual city employees to fill the position(s). April 28, Brocato brought an action statement and further background on the benefit of hiring Confluence, Don Chance’s company, over the other options available.
The action statement highlights the benefits in hiring Confluence with no opposition. According to the statement there “will be no apparent difference between the past year’s service level and that provided in the coming years.” Also addressed in the statement was the controversial issue of where the Planning Departments personnel will reside, “Prior to January of 2008, there was one Planning Department personnel living in Baker. After outsourcing, if passed, there will be two planners residing here fulltime and one planner residing here part time.’
Wrongful Death Suit Against St. Elizabeth Settled
St. Elizabeth Health Services and its former anesthesia provider, David Loper, have reached a settlement with Baker City resident Bonnie Meinzinger in the lawsuit involving the death of her late husband, Rex Meinzinger. Terms of the settlement include payment of an undisclosed amount of money and the agreement that St. Elizabeth Hospital will dedicate one of its patient safety staff trainings to the events surrounding Rex Meinzinger's death.
"It's important to me and to my husband's memory that the hospital is taking a positive step to improve patient safety," said Bonnie Meinzinger. "I believe the hospital's commitment to this safety training means some good will come from my husband's death."
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