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Sour name, sweet view

Vinegar Hill, the highest peak in the Greenhorn Mountains between Baker City and John Day, deserves a more dignified title — but the name doesn’t mar the view from its summit

Whoever named Vinegar Hill must have hated the place.

Or else loved it.

Some strong emotion, anyway, seems to have influenced the responsible party.

I can think of no more likely explanation, at any rate, for why this eminence on Grant County’s topography came to be saddled with such a ill-suited moniker.

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A grand tour from a history buff

Denny Grosse, 78, is one of the docents who gives weekly tours of the Geiser Grand Hotel

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Meet Denny Grosse, one of the volunteer docents who leads tours of the Geiser Grand Hotel. (Baker City Herald/Kathy Orr)
This is a story about a grand hotel, and a woman whose enthusiasm for history is contagious.

Denny Grosse, 78, a Baker City resident since 2006, is one of several docents who leads a tour of the Geiser Grand Hotel every Saturday afternoon.

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ENGAGEMENT: Penland-Stagnaro

Emily Penland and Samuel Stagnaro will be married June 28, 2009, at Crossroads Carnegie Art Center in Baker City.

The bride-to-be is the daughter of Jim and Cheryl Penland. The groom is the son of Frank Stagnaro and Christine Kafka.

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ANNIVERSARY: The Woodworths

Laurie and Cora Woodworth of Baker City celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 19. They were married in Sunnyside, Wash., in 1949.
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Fine weekend for fishing

This is free fishing weekend throughout Oregon

Snow continues to clog alpine trails and lakes in Northeastern Oregon, but anglers who prefer prey larger than mountain trout have more options than usual.

Fishing for hatchery-raised chinook salmon is open now on the Snake River below Hells Canyon Dam, and in the Powder River between Mason Dam and the Hughes Lane Bridge in Baker City.

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