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Council Holds Work Session On Golf Course And Burning Ordinance
By Joni Lea Linscott
Billy Cunningham of Quail Ridge Golf Course and Golf Board members discussed an Economic Impact Study in regard to Quail Ridge Golf Course during a Baker City Council Work Session on June 22.
Cunningham said, “We want the City Councilors to be involved in what’s going on at the golf course.” He also invited the council to visit the golf course in an effort to include them in what’s going on.
Regarding the Economic Impact Study, Cunningham said they had been doing property tax evaluations, now have a greens committee, designed a new website, www.QuailRidgeGreens.com, and also have been communicating with members of the course, the community, and outside of the community.
Mayor Dennis Dorrah asked Cunningham, “Here in Baker City what do you think it’s going to take to increase playership at the course?”
Wyden To Hold Town Halls In Eastern Oregon
Portland — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden will host town hall meetings on Friday, July 8, in Baker and Grant counties and on July 9, 2011, in Burns and Ontario. Senator Wyden has been holding town halls in each Oregon county every year since 1996
Baker County Town Hall Meeting
Date: July 8, 2011
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: Baker City City Hall, 1655 First
Street, Baker City
Grant County Town Hall Meeting
Date: July 8, 2011
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Grant County Regional Airport
720 Airport Road, John Day
Harney County Town Hall Meeting
Date: July 9, 2011
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: Harney County, Senior
Center, 17 S. Alder, Burns
Malheur County Town Hall Meeting
Date: July 9, 2011
Time: 4:30 p.m. (Mountain Time)
Location: Four Rivers Cultural Center
676 SW Fifth Avenue, Ontario
Miners’ Jubilee July 15, 16 and 17
This 29 year tradition of celebrating our mining heritage in Baker County brings alumni from all over the country back home, visitors from as far as Montana, and new friends from all over the west.
Baker County comes to life with Vendors in the park, a huge food court, Art in the Park featuring local artists with no velvet Elvis’s in the area.
The Eastern Oregon Mining Association is featured in the park as well with the Oregon State Gold Panning and Hand Steeling Championships, gold panning for the kids, a silent auction with rock specimens and gold nuggets, tool to find your treasure, and even an antiques table. EOMA will be raffling off a Pro-Line 3” dredge/Highbanker, Keene Super Concentrator, ten ounce bar of silver and a gold panning kit. Every ticket you buy also makes you eligible for a later drawing for ½ pound of GOLD and gives you $5 off on an EOMA once ounce silver medallion.
Other activities will include the Ruger Truck Load Sale at Thatcher’s Ace Hardware, Quail Ridge Golf Course Tournament, Lions Club Breakfast both Saturday and Sunday, Blue Mountain Baptist Church Family Fun area, Yo-yo contest, Downtown Sidewalk Sales, 4H Petting Zoo, Baker City Bronc and Bull Riding, Quilt Show, Live music on stage downtown, Saturday morning parade and Melodramas brought to you by Eastern Oregon Regional Theater all weekend long.
Rand McNally-USA TODAY Judges To Visit Baker City July 8-9 As City Vies For Most Beautiful Small Town In The US
The small Northeast Oregon town of Baker City is among the top six most beautiful small towns in the US at the end of online voting in a national contest sponsored by Rand McNally and USA TODAY. The Best of the Road Rally team that will make the final decision is scheduled to visit Baker City as part of the three week Best of the Road Rally is scheduled to visit baker City on July 8 and 9.
Baker County Tourism submitted the nomination in early May and Baker City quickly took a commanding lead in the first few days and remained in the number one spot for the first 3 weeks of the online competition. As voting heated up in the final week of the contest baker City was out paced by the well known beach resort communities of Pacifica, CA. and Coral Gables, FL. but still managed to hang onto third place finishing among the top five communities in the category for most beautiful town. 632 communities were nominated, including 302 in the category for most beautiful town. Baker City received the 3rd highest number of votes in the most beautiful town category and the 5th highest votes of any community in all categories.
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