2 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2015
Local
— News of Record —
— Community Calendar —
Scenic snowshoe tour
Saturday, January 31, join Eastern Oregon Univer-
sity’s Outdoor Program on a scenic snowshoe tour
of Hoffer Lakes Basin from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call
EOU for information.
Burnt River SWCD meeting
Thursday, February 5th at 6 p.m. at the USDA
Service Center 3990 Midway Drive in Baker City.
The public is welcome, and meals will be available
for those who RSVP for the meeting. Please contact
Tara at (541) 523-7121 x 100 for a copy of the meet-
ing agenda.
FFA’s BBQ fundraiser
Friday, February 6, 2015, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the
U-shaped driveway by the southern entrance of
Baker High School. Tickets, available for purchase
prior to or at the fundraiser, are $12 each, and the
meal will include tri-tip, baked potato, garlic bread,
green beans and a brownie.
JAIL ROSTER
HATFIELD, Amy
EDISON, Marsan
NORDBYE, Jessica
O’DONNELL, Michael
STRAWN, Keri
BUCHANAN, Bryson
GENTRY, Arthur
OTNES, Buddy
HORN, Shawn
MERO, David
EPLER, Brenda
FISCHER, Jacob
SKINNER, Nicole
HANSON, Coty
SCOTT II, Arthur
COOK, Kristopher
DEMARIS, Cody
CAMPBELL, Casey
ELKSHOULDER, Ida
MUNSELL, Emily
CULLEY, Andrew
HELLMAN, Kenny
FINE, Tamara
Annual National Turkey Federation
banquet
Saturday, February 7, 5 p.m. at the Baker Elks
Lodge. Call Bob Reedy at 541.403.1352 for tickets
and information.
Skills USA Club competition
Monday, February 9, 9:00 a.m. in the Baker High
School Auditorium with a presentation by Sherry
Cole, Technical Advisor for Eastern Oregon. 80
participants are expected with teams expected from
Vale, Elgin, Halfway and Baker.
Pesticide applicator pre-exam
training
Tuesday, February 10 at the Baker County OSU
Extension Office, 9:45 a.m. -3 p.m. Call Janice at
541.523.6418 to RSVP or for more information. The
class is free.
Baker Valley SWCD meeting
Thursday, February 12th at noon at the USDA
Service Center 3990 Midway Drive in Baker City.
The public is welcome, and meals will be available
for those who RSVP for the meeting. Please contact
Tara at (541) 523-7121 x 100 for a copy of the meet-
ing agenda.
Building an Eldercare Toolkit
Thursday, February 12, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. at Baker
County Community Connection. This is a monthly
discussion/meeting, with this month’s topic: Long-
Term Care Insurance: How to Pick the Best Policy
and Mistakes to Avoid.
Keating SWCD monthly meeting
Tuesday, February 17th at 12 noon at the USDA
Service Center; 3990 Midway Drive in Baker City,
OR. The public is welcome, and meals will be avail-
able for those who RSVP for the meeting. Please
contact Tara at (541) 523-7121 x 100 for a copy of
the meeting agenda.
Eagle Valley SWCD meeting
Monday, February 23rd at 12 noon at the Grange
Hall in Richland, OR. The public is welcome, and
meals will be available for those who RSVP for the
meeting. Please contact Tara at (541) 523-7121 x
100 for a copy of the meeting agenda.
Forest tax workshop
Tuesday, February 24 at the Baker County
OSU Extension Office, 6:30 p.m. -9 p.m. Call
541.523.6418 to register. Legal options to woodland
owners for reducing their overall tax burden.
A Night at Old Auburn
Saturday, February 28. The Friends of the Mu-
seum 6th annual Casino Night Fund raiser are now
available for sale at the museum. At only $28, tick-
ets to this fun event make great holiday gifts! You
can also get museum membership gift certificates for
the 2015 season.
SYPHERD, Crystol
DUNLEAVY, Chance
WHITLOW, Jonathon
KITCH, Roberto
COMBS, Brian
HAMM, Todd
TREANOR, Kevin
BRINEY, Justin
LEWIS, Neil
PAULSEN, Nathan
RICCI, Devin
PARKAY, Samantha
SCHISLER, Chet
BROMLIE, Scott
BOWMAN, Chad
SCOTT, Chancy
MACK, Dale
FREEMAN, David
POLICE LOG
Vowell, Alicia Marie. 1/23. Theft I.
Nordbye, Jessica Faye. 1/26. Vio-
lation of Release Agreement.
Johnson, Kayla Marie Ruth. 1/26.
PCS Meth, Theft by Receiving, Un-
lawful Poss of Oxycodone.
Dean Volz, Wiley Alexander. 1/26.
PCS Meth, Theft by Receiving, Un-
lawful Poss of Oxycodone.
Hatfield, Amy Marie. 1/27. DUII.
Coscorrosa, Carrie Lynn. 1/27.
Contempt of Court.
FUNERALS PENDING
Margaret “Midge” Nale, 83, former
Richland, Oregon resident, died on
Sunday, January 25, 2015 at St.
Alphonsus Hospital in Baker City.
There will not be a service. Arrange-
ments are under the direction of
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home &
Cremation Services. On line con-
dolences may be shared at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
— Obituaries —
William Dean Holcomb
Baker City, 1947-2015
William Dean Holcomb,
67, passed
away on
Tuesday,
January
20, 2015 in
Boise, ID
from respira-
tory failure.
Bill
A Memo- Holcomb
rial Service ~
Celebration of Bill’s Life
will be held on Saturday,
January 31, 2015 at 1:00
p.m. at the Richland Chris-
tian Church in Richland,
Oregon. Interment at
Eagle Valley Cemetery.
Friends are invited to join
the family for a potluck
reception to be held imme-
diately following the inter-
ment in the fellowship hall
at the Richland Christian
Church.
William “Bill” Hol-
comb was born in Baker
City, Oregon on Decem-
ber 5, 1947 to George
and Wadean (Rohner)
Holcomb. Bill grew up in
Richland, Oregon where he
attended Richland Elemen-
tary and graduated from
Eagle Valley High School
in 1966. After high school
Bill enlisted in the Army
and served in Korea for 3
years.
After his stint in the
service Bill married
Marti Davis and had three
daughters. He pursued an
Associate’s degree from
Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College in Animal
and Agricultural manage-
ment. During these years,
Bill worked in Richland
and also at the feed lot in
Boardman. He and Marti
divorced in the early 80’s.
Bill later married Wanda
(McAfee-Draze) on No-
vember 5, 1990 in Naknek,
Alaska. They made their
home in Basque, Oregon
where Bill was employed
by ODOT for 19 years,
he retired in 2012. Bill
and Wanda moved back to
Richland in 2012.
Bill enjoyed many
things in life including
the outdoors, animals,
team roping, ranch and
farm work. He especially
enjoyed hunting with his
wife Wanda and his cousin
Noble Keist. Bill had a
great smile and big laugh;
he always enjoyed a good
party.
He was preceded in
death by his father George
Holcomb and brother John
Holcomb.
Bill is survived by his
wife Wanda; children;
Shannon (Marin) Miller
and children Louden,
Aislynn and Liam of
Tacoma, WA; Gloria (Car-
los) Montes and children
Davis, Saxon and Teague
of Canby, Oregon; and
Christy Holcomb of Port-
land, Oregon; Step Chil-
dren: Ken (Trish) Draze of
Ontario Oregon; Darlene
Draze and children Brit-
tani, Courtney, Christopher
and Jordan of Fairbanks,
Alaska; Joe (Jen) Draze
and daughter Sarah of
Meridian, Idaho; and Kris
(Tim) Hank and children
Jamie and Timothy of An-
chorage, Alaska; one great
grandson Aden; his mother
Wadean Holcomb of Baker
City, Oregon and favorite
Aunt Gloria Linebaugh of
Bend, Oregon; and numer-
ous cousins.
For those who would
like to make a memorial
donation in memory of
Bill, the family suggests
either the VFW Post #7847
or Eagle Valley EMT’s
through Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Crema-
tion Services PO Box 543
Halfway, Oregon 97834.
On line condolences may
be shared at www.tamispi-
nevalleyfuneralhome.com
Leonard Oster
Baker City, 1937-2015
Leonard E. Oster passed
away January 8, 2015, at
Park Forest Care Center in
Portland, Oregon.
Leonard was the young-
est son of L.E. “Red” and
Fannie Oster, born May 16,
1937 in Madras, Oregon.
He attended school at the
one-room school in French
Glen, Oregon. He spent his
younger years in the Burns
area before the family relo-
cated to the Dayville area
where he graduated from
Dayville High School.
It was there he met and
married his high school
sweetheart, Kathleen Cant.
Leonard and Kathy lived
in the John Day area for
many years; during that
time they had two daugh-
ters. The young family re-
located to Baker City, and
raised their family here.
Leonard was proud of his
family and especially so
of the professional careers
both daughters achieved.
Leonard retired from
Ellingson Timber Com-
pany after supervising the
construction of miles of
logging roads. He also had
a saddle shop for over 35
years catering to the work-
ing cowboy with saddles
in the United States and
Australia.
Leonard is survived by
wife Kathleen; daughters
Luann (Ed) Cook, Linda
(Brian) Oster-Bainnson;
granddaughters Brynne
and Elyah Oster-Bainnson
all of Portland; and a
brother, Clarence Oster of
Richland, Wash. He is also
survived by many brothers
and sisters-in-law, in addi-
tion to nieces and neph-
ews. His parents and two
brothers, Arlie and Jess,
preceded him in death.
No services will be
held, but in lieu of flowe ,
donations may be made to
the Grant County Ranch
and Rodeo Museum, 241
E. Main Street, John Day,
Oregon.
Forest Service issues final
policy on snowmobile use
WASHINGTON, Jan.
27, 2015 – The U.S. Forest
Service today released the
final policy for mana -
ing snowmobile and other
"over-snow" vehicle use on
national forests and grass-
lands. As directed by court
order, the policy requires
that roads, trails and areas
where over-snow vehicle
use can occur be specifi-
cally designated by local
Forest Service mangers.
Previously, managers had
the discretion to decide
whether to designate spe-
cific areas for ove -snow
vehicle use.
"The Forest Service
always seeks to provide a
wide range of motorized
and non-motorized recre-
ational opportunities," said
U.S. Forest Service Chief
Tom Tidwell. "This policy
maintains community input
and local decision-making
so that those with knowl-
edge of local areas can
decide how to best balance
natural resource issues
with legitimate recreational
uses of national forest
land."
Many forests and grass-
lands currently have over-
snow designations—more
than 40 percent of national
forests where snow depths
can accommodate over-
snow vehicles have guid-
ance consistent with the fi-
nal policy—and the agency
has directed all remaining
forest supervisors where
the policy applies to make
the providing local guid-
ance a priority. The policy
maintains the requirement
that all designations must
be made with public input
as well as ensure protec-
tion of natural resources,
such as water and soils and
wildlife, while continuing
appropriate recreational
opportunities for over-
snow and other recreation-
al uses.
The court's order en-
sures that the final policy
also provides consis-
tency across all forests and
grasslands by requiring
designation of areas where
over-snow use is allowed.
The policy, scheduled to be
published on Wednesday,
Jan. 28 in the Federal Reg-
ister, is formalized in 30
days. The Forest Service
reviewed more than 20,000
comments on the proposed
guidelines, which were
published in June, 2014.
The best-known use
of over-snow vehicles is
recreation. However, over
snow vehicles are also
used for other purposes
such as gathering firewood
and subsistence hunting.
Nationally, the U.S. Forest
Service manages more than
200,000 miles of roads and
47,000 miles of trails that
are open to motor-vehicle
use. These roads and trails
vary from single-track
trails used by motorcycles
to roads designed for high-
clearance vehicles such as
logging trucks.
The final policy will
preserve existing deci-
sions governing over-snow
vehicle use that were made
under previous authorities
with public involvement;
allow decisions for over-
snow vehicle use to be
made independently or in
conjunction with decisions
for other types of mo-
tor vehicle use; and local
units will create over-snow
vehicle use maps separate
from use maps for other
kinds of motor vehicles.
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