January 26, 2015 11:53 am
 Marian Taylor, 71, gets connected to chemotherapy by Riley Hall, RN, during her first treatment at the Bootsma Clinic inside St. Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City. (S. John Collins/Baker City Herald)
By Lisa Britton
For the Baker City Herald
As Marian Taylor settles back in the cushy chair, Jennifer Herrman asks a question totally unrelated to cancer treatment.
“What’s your favorite color?”Herrman asks.
Caught off guard, Taylor pauses, then answers “blue.”
Herrman leaves and soon returns bearing a bundle of blue — a handmade quilt donated by local quilters that Taylor can use throughout her chemotherapy treatments, then take home when she’s finished.
See more in Monday's issue of the Baker City Herald.
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January 26, 2015 11:51 am
By Pat Caldwell
For the Baker City Herald
This summer the men and women who fill out the roster of Eastern Oregon’s largest Army National Guard outfit will once again deploy to a desert location to fulfill their annual training requirement.
This year, though, the 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment will not journey to its usual Annual Training location. Instead of the familiar, high desert landscape south of Boise, the battalion will deploy to another kind of desert — The Mojave.
See more in Monday's issue of the Baker City Herald.
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