2 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2015
Local
— News of Record —
— Community Calendar —
JAIL ROSTER
BHS Pink Night
Friday, February 6. T-shirts are $12 from the
cheerleaders. Baker Bulldogs vs. La Grande Ti-
gers, girls varsity is at 6 p.m. and boys varsity is at
7:30 p.m.
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.
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.
Forest Access for All meeting
Saturday, February 7, 3 p.m. at the Sunridge Inn
in Baker City.
Valentine’s crafting at library
Saturday, February 7th at 10:30 a.m. at Baker
County Public Library. Staff will share the book
“Somebody loves you, Mr. Hatch” and lead a free
Valentine craft activity. Parents and kids invited.
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 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.
Baker County Livestock Associa-
tion monthly meeting
Thursday, February 12. There will be an infor-
mational meeting at 3 p.m., with Andrew Martin
of Yturri Rose LLP of Baker, and Martha Tagel of
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt of Portland, to give
a water rights presentation; there will be an FFA
presentation; and local veterinarian Dr. Tom Hill of
Baker Veterinary Hospital will give a presentation
about calving issues. Immediately following that
meeting, probably around 5 p.m., the group will
order dinner and have the regular BCLA business
meeting. The meetings are at the Sunridge.
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 available 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 wood-
land owners for reducing their overall tax burden.
Chili and potato feed
Friday, February 27, 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Haines
Community PTCO, all you can eat. Adults $5,
Children $3.50.
A Night at Old Auburn
Saturday, February 28. The Friends of the
Museum 6th annual Casino Night Fund raiser are
now available for sale at the museum. At only
$28, tickets to this fun event make great holiday
gifts! You can also get museum membership gift
certificates for the 2015 season
WEISENBURGH, Michael
KEYES, Bryan
DARNELL, Jason
GAZARIAN, David
MYERS-GABIOLA, Michael
HARDING, Jestin
PETERSON, Linda
NORDBYE, Jessica
O’DONNELL, Michael
STRAWN, Keri
BUCHANAN, Bryson
GENTRY, Arthur
OTNES, Buddy
MERO, David
EPLER, Brenda
FISCHER, Jacob
SKINNER, Nicole
KEEFE, Timothy
COOK, Kristopher
DEMARIS, Cody
CAMPBELL, Casey
ELKSHOULDER, Ida
MUNSELL, Emily
CULLEY, Andrew
HELLMAN, Kenny
SYPHERD, Crystol
DUNLEAVY, Chance
WHITLOW, Jonathon
COMBS, Brian
HAMM, Todd
Violation.
Clayborn, Nickolos Jay. 2/3. Con-
tempt of Court.
Keyes, Bryan C. 2/3. Probation
Violation.
Weisenburgh, Michael Shawn. 2/4.
DUII.
Street, Kenneth Roy. 2/4. Posses-
sion of Meth.
BRINEY, Justin
LEWIS, Neil
PAULSEN, Nathan
RICCI, Devin
PARKAY, Samantha
SCHISLER, Chet
BROMLIE, Scott
BOWMAN, Chad
SCOTT, Chancy
MACK, Dale
FREEMAN, David
FUNERALS PENDING
POLICE LOG
Limbaugh, Heather. 1/29. Disor-
derly Conduct II and PCS Metham-
phetamine.
Gray, Edward James. 1/29. Disor-
derly Conduct II and PCS Metham-
phetamine.
Harding, Jestin Lee. 1/29. PCS
Meth also a Baker County warrant
for Probation Violation and a Umatilla
County warrant for Probation Viola-
tion.
Miller, Roger Ray. 1/29. Unauthor-
ized Entry of a Motor Vehicle and
Theft II.
Gazarian, David Lloyd. 2/3. Proba-
tion Violation and Theft.
Culley, Scott Wade. 2/3. Probation
Samuel Newell Campo, 82, of
Union, OR died at Angeline Senior
Living Center in La Grande Jan. 30,
2015. His memorial service will be
Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 2:00
pm at Echos of Praise church, 1520
X Ave., La Grande with Pastor Zan
Coen officiating. Memorial contrib -
tions may be made to Gray’s West &
Company, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker
City, OR 97814 for the Sam Campo
Memorial.
Tonya Marie (Carpenter) Holland,
34, formerly of Richland and Baker
City, died on February 2, 2015 at St.
Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise,
Idaho. Arrangements are under the
direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Fu-
neral Home & Cremation Services.
— Obituaries —
Leonard Buster (Bus)
Pohl
Baker City, 1919-2014
Leonard Buster (Bus)
Pohl, 94,
passed away
in his home
in Baker
City, Oregon,
November
10, 2014. He
Leonard
was born in
Pohl
Pendleton,
Oregon No-
vember 23, 1919 to Frank
Martin Pohl and Tena
Elena Ulrich Pohl.
Bus began working to
help support his family at
a young age. He worked
in the fields driving tractor
and in the CCC’s around
Oregon and began weld-
ing training in Portland
that ended when he was
drafted for WWII. His
tour of duty took him to
Iceland, Germany and
France where he landed the
first day of the Normandy
Beachhead, D-Day. He
could recall vividly upon
landing, that the only way
to know where the shore
was and escape in the pitch
black off the landing craft
in the water, was to go
away from the color of the
firing from the enem . Bus
drove a tank throughout
the war and used his expe-
rience of driving to save
his troops several times
putting the tank in reverse
quickly just as red hot am-
munition flew b . To the
surprise of his fellow com-
rades, Bus spotted some
of the first U.S. propless
war aircraft while out on
one of his early excursions.
Bus was always an early
riser and was credited with
his prowess for setting
“booby traps” and catch-
ing the enemy as well as
protecting his group.
Upon returning from the
war, he knew he needed a
trade and began working
at McConnel Electric in
Pendleton as an apprentice,
eventually becoming a
journeyman in his profes-
sion. He was instrumental
in electrifying the area
during the Rural Electri-
cian Act. Many homes at
the time had only one light
bulb for the entire house.
He married Sharon
Nadine Wooley in La
Grande, OR in 1952. They
went to Alaska on their
honeymoon and decided
to stay, work and settle
in Anchorage where he
worked for City Electric.
They had one daughter,
Sherry in Alaska and a
second, Cheryl, in Pend-
leton. Alaska was not a
state until 1959 and plenty
of work was available. He
put in the first tower light
at Merrill Field, directing
a helicopter to place the
light and, as he said, “It
was the only way to get it
up there.”
Bus retired at Sterling,
Alaska Standard Oil
Fields n 1978.
He traveled all over from
the North Pole to the South
Pacific.
Bus was very creative
and had an accurate
photographic memory
throughout his lifetime
and as a valued electrician,
his knowledge was sought
after to work on many
challenging projects. He
was an avid hunter and
fisherman and also taught
his daughters how to be
successful in fishing and
included them on many
hunting and fishing trips as
a family watching grizzly
bears roll and tumble and
taking the family to Castle
Mountain while picking
blueberries all the while
on guard protecting his
family.
He enjoyed climbing
Castle Mountain and was a
successful hunter, bagging
a full curl Dall Sheep dur-
ing the last year a person
could go unaccompanied
by a guide.
After his retirement,
he moved to Milwaukie,
Oregon with Mary, eventu-
ally settled in Baker City
to be near his brother Bud
and carry on his love of the
outdoors. He wanted to
be closer to hunting in the
mountains and continued
to hunt with his brother
until about two months
before passing.
Bus was a loving father,
brother and husband. He
was an adventurer and an
observant, patient, quiet
man who spoke only the
truth. He walked the walk
and talked the talk and
was able to enjoy “all the
important things of life”.
Leonard had an infectious
smile and was very proud
he had all of his own teeth.
Being a man of strong eth-
ics, he practiced dedication
and honesty without a fault
throughout his lifetime.
He is survived by his
daughter Sherry Swaf-
ford of Baker City, Cheryl
Conner and her husband
William of Lake St. Louis,
Missouri, a brother Lloyd
“Bud” Pohl and his wife
Donna of The Dalles,
Oregon, sister; Frances
Sauer grandsons Cyrus
Leonard Swafford and
Tyler Holloway Swafford,
great grand daughters,
Frances and Penelope and
their mother Jeni.
He is preceded in death
by his parents, his first
wife Sharon who died
in 1974 and second wife
Mary who passed away in
2009.
Memorial contribu-
tions may be made to Best
Friends of Baker City
through Coles Tribute
Center, 1950 Place Street,
Baker City OR. 97814.
Margaret Viola Nale
Baker City,
1931-2015
Margaret
(Midge) Vi-
ola Nale, 83,
died January
25, 2015 in
Baker City,
Midge
Oregon.
Nale
Midge was
born on Oc-
tober 25, 1931 in Tongan-
oxie, Kansas to Walter and
Viola McNulty. She joined
sister Nora. When Midge
was a toddler her family
moved to Western Oregon
and lived in a log cabin.
During Midge’s childhood
her family moved several
more times in order to get
work during the years of
the Great Depression.
Midge often spoke of
picking berries with her
sister Nora to earn money
for their school clothes,
recalling that they would
catch a ride with fishe -
men out to an island on
the Columbia River. They
would spend the day pick-
ing and then later catch
another ride over to the
Washington side where
they would sell their ber-
ries.
During World War II
Midge and her family lived
in San Diego, California.
She told of her family
having all the windows of
their home blacked out and
no cars could have their
headlights on. San Diego
was under strict blackout
policies for fear the enemy
would strike the naval
bases.
Midge attended Hoover
High School in San Diego
where she was a member
of the drum corp. They
marched in the Rose Bowl
parade. She then trans-
ferred to Central Union
High School in El Centro,
California where she met
the love of her life Jack
Nale, Jr. Jack and Midge
were married June 19,
1948.
Midge was a hard worker
and a good helpmate to
Jack. She accompanied
him to numerous locations
where they could find work
to support their young
family.
Midge worked in a sur-
prising number of occupa-
tions, following the crops
working in the packing
sheds where she packed
lettuce, potatoes, picked
tomatoes out in the fields
and whatever crops were
being harvested.
She was a secretary for a
lawyer as well as for other
business. She did waitress
work and was even a car
hop on roller skates. Jack
and Midge ran a fruit stand
called the Date Ranch.
She raised a huge garden
and canned nine deer while
ranching in Mitchell, Or-
egon as well as hiring out
as cook for neighboring
ranches during harvest.
Midge loved her home
and loved to provide for
her family. She also loved
to dance and sing with her
children or even with a
broom while cleaning.
Midge was a believer in
the Lord. Midge volun-
teered to play the piano,
lead the song service, sing
in the church choir, and
taught Sunday School.
While Jack was a
minister she performed
the duties of a minister’s
wife, including leading the
Women’s group whose pri-
mary focus was to support
missionaries.
Midge and the ladies of
the group would gather to
hand sew quilts and would
hold numerous fund rais-
ers.
One favorite being mak-
ing and selling homemade
donuts.
See OBITUARIES / Page 9
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