By Chris Collins

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A 12-year-old Baker City boy who suffered a severe skull fracture when he fell from a rope swing into the Powder River Saturday is making what has been termed a “miracle recovery.”

Josiah Potter was moved from intensive care to the pediatric floor of St. Luke’s Medical Center in Boise Monday, his mother, Tovah Potter said in a telephone interview today.

She said her husband, David,was at the river near the D Street bridge with their three sons when the accident happened. Josiah was not breathing after the fall and his father resuscitated him with rescue breathing before dialing 9-1-1, she said. 

“He saved his life,” she said.

By Terri Harber

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Baker City Police Officer Craig Davidson, who handles code enforcement and school resource responsibilities, has a different overall emphasis than the officer who covered those same beats previously.

Along with assisting with patrolling and investigations, code enforcement takes up 75 percent of Davidson’s time while the remaining 25 percent is spent as the schools resource officer, said Police Chief Wyn Lohner.

It used to be that more time was spent working at school campuses and less energy spent on code enforcement, which includes rules on such things as tall grass and weeds, roaming dogs and unmaintained properties.

City councilors wanted more time devoted to code enforcement so the change was made, Lohner said.