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🌱 Why John Day’s 9-1-1 dispatchers are called the “first” first responders
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- Why John Day’s 9-1-1 dispatchers are called the “first” first responders
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 54 and low of 31 degrees.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 64, low: 39.
- Sunday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 70 and low of 42 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Grant County 9-1-1 Director shares appreciation for her dispatch team (elkhornmediagroup.com) — John Day’s 9-1-1 dispatchers are being spotlighted this week as Director Cammie DeRosier publicly thanks her small, tight-knit team during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. She highlights how local dispatchers support friends, neighbors, and family during emergencies, calling them the “first” first responders and the heart of Grant County’s emergency system. 
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Celebration of Swick Old-Growth Site Trail- Grant County, OR
Swick Old Growth Interpretive Site, US-395, Canyon City
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Thursday April 23
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April 17th Brad Parson w/ Shem Carlson at Churchill School
Churchill School , 3451 Broadway St , Baker City
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Pokemon Saturday All Ages
Harney County Library , 80 W D St , Burns
12:00 pm -
Youth Cooking Class
Baker County YMCA Fitness & Family Center , 3715 Pocahontas Rd , Baker City
5:30 pm -
Sensory Class with Amavi Cellars
Geiser Grand Hotel , 1996 Main St , Baker City
6:00 pm -
Oregon Rural/Urban Project Town Hall – Fossil
Wheeler High School , 600 E B St , Fossil
1:00 pm -
Amavi Cellars Wine Dinner
Geiser Grand Hotel , 1996 Main St , Baker City
6:30 pm -
Fossil Mealsite
Wheeler County Fairgrounds , 720 E 3rd St , Fossil
12:00 pm -
Mitchell PlayGroup - Child Directed Play With Their Adults
Mitchell School , 340 SE High St , Mitchell
2:30 pm -
Death by Chocolate Murder Mystery Dinner
Geiser Grand Hotel , 1996 Main St , Baker City
6:00 pm -
Parent-Tot Swim Lesson - May
Baker County YMCA - Sam-O-Swim Center , 580 Baker St , Baker City
5:30 pm -
Parent-Tot Swim Lessons
Baker County YMCA - Sam-O-Swim Center , 580 Baker St , Baker City
5:30 pm
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🗞 Nearby News
Baker City
- Baker City native, the late Bobb McKittrick, to be awarded by Pro Football Hall of Fame (bakercityherald.com)
- Baker County to receive over $922K in 2025 SRS payments (elkhornmediagroup.com)
- Former investment advisor from Baker City charged with fraud (bakercityherald.com)
La Grande
- EOU moves to community-based health care for students (lagrandeobserver.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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