COMMUNITY
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020
OBITUARIES
COMMUNITY
Briefs
Wallowology reopens
Saturday
JOSEPH — The Wal-
lowology Discovery Center,
508 N. Main St., Joseph, is
reopening Saturday, June
27. During the summer, the
center will be open Fridays
and Saturdays from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. C.O.D.E. Green
(Children Outdoors Dis-
covering & Exploring) and
Preschool Science Playtime
activities are on hold but the
center’s website offers online
activities.
Discovery Walks are
planned for Saturdays
throughout the summer. The
two-hour, family-friendly
walks are led by Judy Swank
and range from easy strolls
to diffi cult hikes. The June 27
walk is moderately diffi cult
and will follow the East
Moraine Trail. Registration
is required, with each walk
limited to no more than 10
people. To register, call 509-
923-1965. For more informa-
tion go to www.wallowolo-
gy.org.
Glenn ‘Dale’ Clark
1929-2020 • Elgin
Glenn “Dale” Clark, 91,
of Elgin, died June 11 at his
residence. At his request,
there will not be a service.
Known as
Dale, he was
born May
24, 1929, to
Thomas “TB”
Butler and
Flora Clark.
He was raised alongside
his two sisters, Deva and
Helen, in Elgin. In 1947 he
graduated from Elgin High
School.
Dale married Julianne
Dunn in 1949. In 1957, they
moved to a ranch on Cricket
Flat where they raised
their four children: Vickie,
Galen, Valerie and Jodi.
In addition to being a
lifelong rancher and farmer,
Dale was a tractor salesman
at Baileys Farm Equipment.
He and Julianne owned the
Volunteer opportunities
available
LA GRANDE — According
to the Northeast Oregon
Joint Information Center,
many individuals are inter-
ested in volunteer opportuni-
ties to assist the community
through the COVID-19 pan-
demic. A variety of options
are available through the
American Red Cross. To ap-
ply, go to www.redcross.org/
local/oregon.html. Questions
can be emailed to heather.
stanhope@redcross.org or
you may leave a message at
the local offi ce at 541-962-
0952.
Locally, Union County
Community Connection is
in dire need of volunteers to
assist with the food bank and
in the kitchen for a variety of
duties. For details on volun-
teering in Union County, call
541-963-7532; for volunteer-
ing in Wallowa County, call
541-426-3840.
Behavioral health webi-
nars held weekly
PORTLAND — The Oregon
Health Authority’s Offi ce
of Consumer Activities is
hosting one-hour webinars
for behavioral health con-
sumers and family members
every Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.
Join OCA Director Brandy
Hemsley, along with other
members of the OHA team,
to hear updates and ask your
questions.
If you registered before
June 2, you will need to
re-register and use a new link
to access the presentations.
Sign up at https://attendee.
gotowebinar.com/regis-
ter/1862763319982022158.
After registering, you will get
an email with information
about how to join using
your computer, tablet, or
telephone.
For questions or addition-
al support, email bran-
dy.l.hemsley@dhsoha.state.
or.us.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
7:34 a.m. — The Union Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Offi ce responded to
a burglar alarm at 10300 S. D St,
Island City, and found workers
in the building.
1:32 p.m. — A La Grande-ar-
ea resident reported receiving
harassing phone calls. A Union
County sheriff’s deputy ex-
plained options to the person.
6:43 p.m. — A loud motor-
cycle on the 1200 block of Hall
Street, La Grande, drew a noise
complaint, but the machine was
gone before police arrived.
10:21 p.m. — La Grande
police and fi re responded to the
Foley Building, 206 Chestnut
St., on a fi re call. Firefi ghters
checked the building and made
sure it was safe.
7:52 a.m. — La Grande police
responded to the 2100 block of
Second Street on a complaint
about vandalism to a vehicle.
Police took a report.
11:31 a.m. — A caller reported
ongoing issues with people
living in a travel trailer and mo-
torhome blocking the alley at
Lane Avenue and Cedar Street,
La Grande.
1:26 p.m. — The Union Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Offi ce received a
report about juveniles jumping
from a bridge at Hu-Na-Ha RV
Park, Elgin. A deputy responded
and talked to the youth.
8:06 p.m. — La Grande police
responded to the 1800 block
of 26th Street for a person
suffering a mental health crisis.
Salmon Cakes $8
Cheese and Veggie Plate $5
Baker Valley man
digs up handmade
beer bottle while
excavating stump
By Jayson Jacoby
EO Media Group
PINE CREEK — Phil
Reindl was maybe one
shovel thrust away from
transforming an interesting
artifact into a pile of pretty,
colored glass shards.
But the sound the blade
made on his previous blow
prompted him to pause in
his excavation.
Reindl, who lives near
Pine Creek, at the base of
the Elkhorn Mountains
about a dozen miles north-
west of Baker City, was
digging out the stump of a
thick old maple tree on June
15.
“It’s a plot I’m making
into a garden spot,” Reindl
said.
The site is beside Spring
Creek, a small tributary of
Pine Creek.
He was about 2 feet
down when his shovel
struck something he ini-
tially thought was a rock.
There were plenty of
those mixed into the soil
caked around the tree’s
roots.
But before he raised the
tool for another whack,
Reindl, still curious about
the timbre his shovel had
made, recognized the object
as glass.
But not the fl awless glass
of a modern container.
This was a bottle.
And after Reindl had
prised the bottle from the
dirt and washed it off with
water, he could tell, from
the air bubbles and some
apparent stretch lines on its
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June 26 — ELAINE
BAUM: 2 p.m. graveside
service, Hillcrest Ceme-
tery, La Grande.
June 27 — EUNICE
SKILLINGS: 11 a.m. fu-
neral, Bramlett Cemetery,
Wallowa; 1 p.m. potluck,
Wallowa Lions Park.
— Calendar
courtesy of Loveland
Funeral Chapel, La
Grande
camp, which he continued
doing into his mid-80s.
His grandchildren will
Offi cers provided assistance.
8:58 p.m. — A 911 hangup
prompted law enforcement to
respond to a possible domestic
disturbance on the 3000 block
of Q Avenue, La Grande. Union
County sheriff’s deputies
separated the parties and
determined the circumstances
did not warrant a mandatory
arrest.
Recent Oregon State Police
citations and arrests:
Travis Hugh Hickman, 28,
of Brogan, on accusations of
felony failure to report change
of residence as a sex offender,
failure to report employment
status as a sex offender and
failure to provide report on
annual basis as a sex offender.
Submitted photo
Phil Reindl of Pine Creek
found this old beer bottle
while digging out a stump.
The air bubbles are typical
of handmade glass.
neck, that this was a hand-
made item, crafted before
machines churned out per-
fect clones of such con-
tainers by the thousands
every day.
He was fascinated.
“I thought, ‘holy cow,
that’s been there as long as
that tree’s been growing,’”
Reindl said. “It was
amazing it was in such
good condition.”
Particularly after he
banged it with his shovel.
“It’s really stout,” Reindl
said.
He and his partner,
Cindy Birko, went online to
do some sleuthing.
They were not without
clues.
The base of the blu-
ish-green bottle is embla-
zoned with “A.B.G.M. Co.”
arrayed in a rainbow shape
around the numbers “4” and
“5.”
Reindl and Birko quickly
learned that the bottle was
likely made by the Adol-
phus Busch Glass Manufac-
turing Company, and prob-
ably in the late 1800s or
early in the 1900s.
Busch was a co-founder,
with his father-in-law, Eber-
hard Anheuser, of per-
haps the most famous beer-
brewing outfi t in history.
Anheuser-Busch created
the Budweiser brand, and
the bottle’s original contents
might well have been about
a pint of that very beer.
“It’s really fascinating,”
Birko said. “We think it’s
tied into the mining history
of the area.”
Birko said the fi rst struc-
ture on the 5-acre prop-
erty where she and Reindl
have lived since 2017 was
a miners’ cabin, although
they don’t have any detailed
information about the cabin
or when it was built.
Reindl said he has found
one other artifact, a rusty
gold pan, in the creek.
Reindl said he’s thankful
the blow that revealed the
bottle was made with the
shovel rather than with the
other tool with which he
was battling the roots.
That’s a pulaski — a
fi refi ghting tool that has an
axe on one side of its head
and an adze on the other.
Either implement would
have been more likely to
shatter the bottle.
Reindl and Birko plan to
keep the bottle, at least for
now. They said they might
consider donating it to a
museum, such as the Baker
Heritage Museum.
FAMILY
OWNED
remember him for his
sweet nature, big hugs and
his never-ending love and
support.
Dale had many friends
and rarely knew a stranger.
He was loved by many in
the community who felt
he was like one of their
own. He never struggled to
strike up a conversation or
put a smile on someone’s
face.
Dale was always giving
people a hard time and
making jokes and will be
remembered for his ornery
behavior. He loved to give
people nicknames and once
he came up with one, he
never forgot it.
Surviving relatives
include his wife, Juli-
anne; sisters, Deva Spikes
and Helen Hargett; daugh-
ters and sons-in-law, Val-
erie and Mike Koller
and Jodi and Randy Bur-
gess; 15 grandchildren; 19
great-grandchildren and
one great-great-grandchild;
and numerous nieces and
nephews.
He was preceded in
death by his parents,
Thomas and Flora, and his
children, Vickie Clark and
Galen Clark.
In lieu of fl owers, dona-
tions may be made to Dale’s
church, which was very
important to him, Home-
stead County Gathering,
in care of Tracy Cook,
P.O. Box 1237, La Grande
97850.
Online condolences
may be made to the family
at www.lovelandfuneral-
chapel.com.
Amanda Smith
La Grande
Amanda Smith, 37, of La
Grande, died June 23 at her
residence. Arrangements
are by Loveland Funeral
Chapel & Crematory.
Wallowa fi fth-grader
wins state essay contest
EO Media Group
WALLOWA — Jacob
Journigan, a fi fth-grader
in Jennifer Gibbs’ class
at Wallowa Elementary,
not only won the Daugh-
ters of the American Rev-
olution essay contest at
the local level (Lone Pine
Tree Chapter), but went
on to win at the very chal-
lenging state level.
The contest topic was
to imagine if you were
a pilgrim sailing on the
Mayfl ower. For his win-
ning essay, “The Voyage
of the Mayfl ower: The
Journey,” Jacob received
Submitted photo
$50 and a medal.
Had the COVID-19
pandemic not intervened,
he would have been
invited to attend the state
conference.
EOU graduation draws
thousands of views
EOMG staff
LA GRANDE —
Eastern Oregon University
held a virtual graduation
on June 13. Pre-recorded
speeches were edited
together and viewed on a
livestream by 700 people.
Since then the stream has
been watched over 7,000
times, according to the
university.
“This was our fi rst time
attempting something like
this and our staff went
above and beyond to put
it together over the last
couple of months,“ EOU
president Tom Insko said
in a press release.
The university awarded
343 degrees with more
to be given as faculty
review graduation appli-
cations. If all applications
are approved, the univer-
sity will award 641 under-
graduate degrees and 87
master degrees.
EOU anticipates that
students will return in
the fall for classes and an
in-person ceremony is in
the works.
MILESTONE
Charlotte Rankin — 90th birthday
Submitted photo
Charlotte Rankin, of Island City, will celebrate her 90th
birthday June 28.
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D/J restaurant for 20 years
and then owned the Sears
store in Elgin. Later in life,
he worked at RC Liquida-
tors until he was in his late
80s.
Family was very
important to Dale. He loved
following his grandchildren
in all their sports and activ-
ities as they were growing
up. Baseball was his
favorite sport, both playing
and watching. He espe-
cially loved family base-
ball games and watching
the World Series. He also
enjoyed playing card games
such as poker, pinochle,
tripoley and Shanghai
rummy.
Family gatherings
happened often. Dale’s
favorites included yearly
branding, holiday get-to-
gethers and fried chicken
dinner on Sundays. He
looked forward to his
annual family/friend elk
PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT
Recommended Phase 1
guidelines outlined on
county website
LA GRANDE — The
Union County Board of
Commissioners voted last
week to recommend citizens
voluntarily return to Phase
1 guidelines. This is not a
mandate, but a recommen-
dation that the community
implement mitigation
measures consistent with
Phase 1. This decision was
made due to the signifi cant
rise in confi rmed COVID-19
case numbers, concerns
for the protection of the
community, and concerns
for impacts to Grande Ronde
Hospital. Voluntary adher-
ence by citizens will apply to
individuals, businesses and
organizations. The guideline
specifi cs can be found at
www.union-county.org/vol-
untary-return-to-phase-1.
The commissioners also
passed a recommendation to
urge Union County citizens
to adhere to Oregon Health
Authority guidance that cloth
face coverings or masks
should be worn when phys-
ical distancing guidelines
cannot be observed.
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