2 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2015
Local
— Community Calendar —
OSU GARDEN SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, May 2, Tools to Grow By. Starting at 8
a.m., ending at 4 p.m. Registration before April 22
is $50, after that date is $60. Call 541-523-6418 for
information.
LEGISLATIVE HOTLINE
Wednesday, May 6th at 7:00 a.m. Rep. Cliff
Bentz and Sen. Ted Ferrioli will hold a “Legislative
Hotline” (video conference) call once per month at
the OSU Extension Office in Baker City.
POWDER BASIN WATERSHED COUNCIL
Wednesday, May 6th is the monthly meeting and
a guest speaker on Wednesday, May 6th from 6:00
– 7:30 p.m. at the 5J School District Building on
4th and Broadway in Baker City. Jon Unger, the
Water Supply Development Coordinator for the Or-
egon Water Resources Department, will be giving a
presentation on Senate Bill 839. For more informa-
tion, contact the Council Office at (541) 523-7288.
TIP A COP!
Thursday, May 7th. Officers from the Baker City
Police Department will wait tables for tips at Barley
Brown’s, 5-8 p.m. Proceeds go to fund local Special
Olympics. Come Support our Local athletes
Any questions email isodo@q.com, Stephanie
Tweit, treasurer/ fundraiser.
FRIENDS OF NRA BANQUET
Saturday, May 9, 4:00 p.m. at the Baker Events
Center. Have a great time while supporting the
2nd Amendment and promoting shooting sports in
Oregon. We provide fantastic food, family atmo-
sphere, and more than 50 raffles and auctions where
you can win terrific prizes while supporting a great
cause! Learn more at www.prfnra.org. Buy tick-
ets at Grumpy’s Auto, Tom van Diepen’s Farmers
Insurance, or Powder River Precision. Proceeds go
to local scholarships.
BRIAN SORENSON CAR RALLY
Wednesday, May 13 with registration is at 7:15
a.m. at the BHS student parking lot. $5 for students
and $10 for community members. To enter please
pick up an application in the office at BHS.
BAKER VALLEY SWCD MEETING
Thursday, May 14, noon at the USDA Service
Center at 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
meeting agenda.
FOREST ACCESS FOR ALL BANQUET
Saturday, May 16, 5 p.m. at the Sunridge Inn.
Tickets are $25 each for either a tri-tip or chicken
cordon bleu meal. Call Ramona Creighton at 541.
523.1160 for tickets.
FRIENDS OF HAINES
FIREWORKS FUNDRAISER
Saturday, May 16, at the Frontier Saloon in
Haines, 5 p.m. Call Alita at 541.403.2142 or Garla
at 541.403.0969. See the ad with full information
on the back page.
EAGLE VALLEY SWCD MEETING
Monday, May 18th, noon at the Shorthorn Café
in Richland. 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.
KEATING SWCD MEETING
Tuesday, May 26th, 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.
— News of Record —
JAIL ROSTER
FOX, Kelly
DARNELL, Jason
LOGSDON, James
VOGEL, Daniel
O’QUINN, Jessey
PETERSON, Linda
DWYER, Brenden
LOTT, Aaron
GILDA, Jeremy
SIMONIS, Dyllan
LARKIN JR, Robert
CANADA, Rick
OSTERKAMP, Laura
HAMILTON, Theresa
CASSIDY, Marvin
CULLEY, Andrew
EDISON, Marsan
KOLACZ, James
PREVO, Loren
STEVENS, Cynthia
CROGHAN, Clint
GRIGGS, Corey
SCHLAHT, Nathan
HUNTER, Jeffery
MYERS, Andrew
NEWMAN, Richard
BURNINGHAM, Tyson
GROVE, James
PREVO, Mary
PADILLA-ALBRADO, Jose
KEYES, Bryan
MYERS-GABIOLA, Michael
MUNSELL, Emily
HELLMAN, Kenny
COMBS, Brian
PAULSEN, Nathan
BOWMAN, Chad
FREEMAN, David
POLICE LOG
Bicknell, Christopher Allen. 4.24.
Failure to Pay Fines.
Wehl, Michelle Lynn. 4.24. Assault
IV Domestic and Menacing.
Gagnon, Roderick Joseph. 4.25.
Contempt of Court.
Weiss, Jamie Joseph. 4.25. Criminal
Trespass 1st Degree.
O’Quinn, Jessey James Thomas.
4.25. Contempt of Court.
Edison, Marsan Kay. 4.27. Failure
to Appear.
Logsdon, James Dean. 4.27. Fail to
Appear, DUII, Open Container, and
Refuse Breath Test.
Culley, Andrew Jay. 4.27. Failure to
Pay Fines.
Vogel, Daniel Ryan. 4.27. Criminal
Trespass 1st Degree.
FUNERAL NOTICES
Brigita “Brixie” Huey, 66, of Rich-
land, Oregon died on Sunday, April
26, 2015 at St. Alphonsus Hospital in
Baker City. Arrangements are under
the direction of Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Cremation Services.
Bruce Valentine died on November
23, 2014. Interment and Graveside
Service with Military Honors will be
held on Friday, May 1, 2015 ~ 4:00
p.m. at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Family
members suggest memorial dona-
tions to the OHSU Cardiac Transplant
Unit, where Bruce experienced many
miracles through Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Cremation Services
PO Box 543 Halfway, Oregon 97834.
Velma K. Semingson, 91, formerly
of Haines died at St. Alphonsus Medi-
cal Center in Boise, Idaho April 27,
2015. Her memorial service will be
held at Haines Methodist Church
Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 1:00 p.m.
with Sally Wiens officiating. Inter-
ment of cremated remains will follow
at Haines Cemetery. Friends are
invited to join the family for a recep-
tion at the Haines Methodist Church
following the interment. Memorial
contributions may be made to St.
Jude’s Children’s Hospital through
Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel,
1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR
97814.
— Obituaries —
Felix “Val” Valenzuela
Baker City, 1930-2015
Felix “Val”
Valenzuela
died in Baker
City on April
21st sur-
rounded in
love.
Born in
Val
1930 and
Valenzuela
the youngest
of three siblings, Val was
born in Los Angeles back
when Los Angeles was sur-
rounded by orange groves.
Raised in Southern
California, he entered the
Navy in 1950. Val was in
the Navy for more than 20
years, serving on many dif-
ferent ships including the
USS Columbus (CA-74),
USS Somers (DD-947),
USS Coucal (ASR-8) and
the USS Prairie (AD-15).
Val served in the Korean
and Vietnam Wars and
during that time, while
stationed in London, he
served on the Board of
Translators and Interpret-
ers for his Command and
the US Embassy.
Val met Victoria (Vickie)
Barnes of Haines, Oregon
in 1965, and three days
later they married.
While in the Navy, they
adopted their son John and
daughter Suzan. After retir-
ing from the Navy in 1975,
Val and Vickie moved back
to Baker City to raise their
family. They added to the
family with the birth of
their youngest son, David.
Val built their home to-
gether on Madison Street,
turning a two-bedroom
home into a five-bedroom
home. Working together,
Val and Vickie rocked,
sided and wired the home,
an experience Val enjoyed
and treasured.
Val retired after 17 years
from the Oregon Transpor-
tation Department in 1993.
Val was an excellent cook
and known for making the
hottest salsa around; if you
gave him a jar of preserves
he returned that jar filled
with his “famous” salsa.
He enjoyed vintage
cars and owned several
throughout his adult life.
Val was a member of the
St. Francis DeSales Ca-
thedral, the Fleet Reserve
Association and the Elks.
Though Val had traveled
and lived around the world,
he felt most at home in the
Baker Valley and in the
community of Baker City.
Val believed that all people
deserved to be safe, cared
for and heard.
For years, Val volun-
teered his time to translate
at different agencies and
locations in Baker City
and LaGrande. Countless
times, Val brought family’s
home that were stranded
on the road to ensure they
were safe and had a good
meal. And when he would
learn that a family was in
need of food or shelter he
would take food or volun-
teer to fix their homes to
make them more comfort-
able.
Val was a generous and
loving soul. He was very
sensitive and kind. He
could tell a good joke and
laugh deeply. He ended
every conversation with
“God Bless You” and
meant it. He would help
a stranger, give a hand to
someone others might pass
by and talk with everyone,
whether at the bank, the
grocery, the post office, Val
was a friendly and genuine
guy. Val is survived by his
wife Vickie and his three
children and their spouses,
John and Kimberly Valen-
zuela of McFarland, Wis-
consin, Suzan and Brian
Huntington of Portland,
Oregon, David and Gokce
Valenzuela of Augusta,
Georgia and two grandchil-
dren, Addyson and Riven
Valenzuela.
The family would like
to share their deepest and
most sincere appreciation
of the nursing staff at St.
Alphonsus in Baker City.
The nurses and CNAs were
kind, caring and compas-
sionate, giving special
attention to Val’s needs and
providing the best comfort
care possible while reas-
suring and supporting the
family. We will be forever
grateful.
A celebration of life
for Val will be held this
summer. In Val’s memory
donations may be made to
St. Francis DeSales or the
Wounded Warrior Project
at woundedwarriorproject.
org.
Stan Brooks
Baker City, 1928-2015
Stan
Brooks, 86,
longtime
Richland,
Oregon
resident,
died on April
20, 2015 at
Stan
Meadow-
Brooks
brook in
Baker City. At his request
there will be no services.
Stanley Wayne was born
at his Grandparents home,
on December 11, 1928 in
Halfway, Oregon to Paul
and Olga LaRue (Miller)
Brooks. The oldest of three
boys; brothers Dwight and
Charles. He was raised in
Richland, Oregon attend-
ing Richland Elementary,
then graduating from Eagle
Valley High School in
1947.
After high school grad-
uation he went to work for
his dad on the ranch and
for a short time worked on
the Brownlee dam.
Stan married LaRue
Colton on June 1, 1952 at
her Aunts home, Wallace
and Bess Richardson (The
old Fort Moody Place) in
Richland. They had three
children; Gail, Steve and
Rod. He started milking
cows in 1962 and later
joined his brother Charles
and sister-in-law, Mary Lee
in the dairy business. He
worked at the Pine Eagle
Coop; First making butter
before going into the dairy
business and later as the
accountant before retiring.
He loved fly fishing,
hunting, camping, play-
ing cards and hunting for
mushrooms in the spring.
Stan used his carpentry
skills for home remodel-
ing projects and building
picnic tables.
Hobbies were leather
work, making billfolds,
purses and belts for family
members and after retiring
he tied flies for fishing. He
enjoyed family gatherings
and playing pinochle.
He was preceded in
death by his parents, broth-
er Charles, grandsons Matt
Halley and Rory Huff.
Stan is survived by
his wife LaRue; children
Gail and her husband
Mark Halley of Sisters,
Oregon; Steve and his wife
Gerri of Richland, Oregon;
Rod and his wife Kelli
Brooks of Addison, Texas;
grandchildren Paul, Ace,
Miranda, David, Christo-
pher and Carla and 8 great
grandchildren.
For those who would
like to make a memorial
donation in memory of
Stan, the family suggests
the Eagle Valley Am-
bulance/EMT’s through
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & Cremation Ser-
vices PO Box 543 Half-
way, Oregon 97834. On
line condolences may be
shared at www.tamispine-
valleyfuneralhome.com.
Beverly Gail Reitz
Cove, 1928-2015
Beverly “Gail” Reitz,
died peacefully at home in
Hayward at the beginning
of the Sabbath on April 10,
2015. A Graveside Service
was held on Monday, April
27, 2015 - 10 a.m. at the
Cove, Cemetery in Cove,
Oregon.
Beverly grew up in the
town of Cove, Oregon, in
the foothills of the Wal-
lowa Mountains in Eastern
Oregon. She loved the out-
doors, the Wallowa’s, and
Baker County areas. Her
active life covered student
days at Gem State Acad-
emy in Caldwell, Idaho; an
X-ray technician’s career
in Portland, Oregon; office
manager of her husband’s
law office in Hayward;
active membership at the
Hayward Seventh-day Ad-
ventist Church; and many
overseas mission trips to
conduct health training and
Christian Evangelism. She
traveled for Christian ser-
vice to Poland, Armenia,
India, Kenya, the Philip-
pines and China and many
other countries.
Her bright smile could
lighten up any room she
entered. She was kind
to all and loved by all.
Children waited for her
hugs. Adults will miss her
welcoming presence.
Beverly is survived by
her husband Norman, to
whom she was married
for 32 years, her stepson
Daniel Reitz of Centennial,
Colorado, grandchildren
Avery and Connor, and
stepdaughter Kristina
Reitz. She also leaves
her sisters Gay Wilson of
Northern California and
Gina Lasher of Hawaii.
For those who wish
to make a memorial
donation in memory of
Gail, the family suggests
the Bayside Adventist
Christian School through
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & CS PO Box 543
Halfway, Oregon 97834.
Online condolences may
be shared at www.tamispi-
nevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Patricia Lynn Cartmell
Baker City, 1954-2015
Patricia
Lynn Cart-
mell, 60, of
Baker City,
died on April
21, 2015 at
St. Alphon-
sus Regional Patricia
Medical Cen- Cartmell
ter. A family
gathering will be held at a
later date.
Patricia Lynn was
born on April 25, 1954 in
Mapleton, Iowa to John
and Bernice (Bollig) Vir-
tue. Pat was the 8th of 12
children. She was raised in
Iowa where she attended
school in Castana through
the 8th grade before mov-
ing to California with
her family. While living
in Washington, Pat met
Bill Cartmell, they were
married from 1984 - 2006.
After suffering a stroke in
2005, Pat moved to Baker
City to be closer to her
family.
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