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November 5, 2009 Front Page |
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Public Announcement
Baker City Council Executive Session
The Baker City Council will be conducting interviews of the top four selected candidates for the position of City Manager. The format of these interviews will be in executive session pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(a). These interviews will be held on Monday, November 9, at 8:30 a.m.; 10:30
a.m.; and 2:30 p.m. and on Thursday, November 12, at 9 a.m.
5J Introduces Doug Dalton As Chief Financial Officer
By Eden Taylor
Doug Dalton has recently taken over duties as the new Baker 5J School District Chief Financial Officer and Business Manager. He replaces Ed Hayhurst who retired in October after 17 years in those positions.
Dalton grew up in the area. He recently returned to Baker County to a ranch that was homesteaded by his family in the 1800s. Dalton spent the past 18 years in Boise.
Dalton was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for IDACOMM, Inc., a telecommunications company based in Boise, Idaho. He was responsible for business development, finance, human resources, strategic planning and acquisitions. Superintendent Don Ulrey disclosed that, “With Doug’s leadership, IDACOMM, Inc., became the largest telecommunications company in Idaho and rapidly expanded throughout the Western United States.”
Cole Cited For Furnishing Alcohol To A Minor
Former Baker County Commission Chair Brian Cole, 47, of Baker City was cited and released Oct. 31 for furnishing alcohol to a minor.
Baker County Sheriff Mitch Southwick said at about 8:30 p.m., while on patrol, Deputy Gabe Maldonado spotted a vehicle parked at the Pocahontas Fire Station. Maldonado stopped to check things out and found Cole and a 17-year-old female, not related to Cole, in the vehicle. Southwick said Maldonado noted that there was alcohol in the vehicle. Along with Cole’s citation, the juvenile was issued a citation for minor in possession and released to her parents.
Although the incident took place at the Pocahontas Fire Station, there was no Fire Department related event taking place there, and Cole and the female juvenile were the only ones found at the scene.
Joel Awaits Lung Transplant In Seattle
By Mark Bogart
“The waiting is the hardest part,” said Joel Cummings from his temporary home in Seattle where he awaits a double lung transplant. Joel was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, or CF, as an infant and has coped as well as possible with the life-threatening condition. Now, with his lungs functioning at about 13 percent, he is in desperate need of a transplant.
Joel is on oxygen and relies on a wheel chair to get around most of the time. While physical challenges like loss of sleep, aching muscles, and a sore back have been difficult, Joel says the emotional toll of waiting is his greatest obstacle right now.
After gaining enough weight to meet the requirements for the surgery, Joel and his wife Saundra, had to move from Baker City to Seattle in order to be close enough to the University of Washington Medical Center when a donor becomes available. Now they wait in their small apartment. In the meantime, they focus on maintaining Joel’s health, weight and spirits.
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