FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015
Local
— Obituaries —
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Betty Vanderwall
Betty followed Bert
as he worked construc-
tion in Washington, Idaho
and Oregon, coming back
to North Powder “ev-
ery” weekend to work at
Anthony Lakes. Later she
worked at Anthony Lakes
Resort at the Ski Shop and
cooked. Betty sacrificed so
much for her family.
Betty was famous for
her homemade pies and
fantastic potato salad.
People drove for miles just
to enjoy her wonderful pies
at Anthony Lakes during
the summer.
Betty loved her garden,
flowers and canning. She
won Grand Champion at
the Baker County Fair with
her Gladiolas (even though
Bert made her take them).
She also loved to play
cards.
Betty loved her church
family, where she was a
member of the Haines First
Baptist Church for over 60
years. Betty was Sunday
School Superintendent and
taught for years. Betty had
an incredible voice and
sang.
Betty will be missed
by so many. She loved
the staff at Settler’s Park,
they became her extended
family.
Betty is preceded in
death by the love of her
life, Bert, her parents, Em-
ery and Ollie Cox, Brother
Edward Cox and nieces
Cathy & Lucinda Cox,
Anita Geraldine “Geri”
Riggs and Grandson-in-
law Mike Osborn.
She is survived by her
sister Donna Marie Bab-
bitt, her brother-in- law
Coy Riggs, daughters:
Rhea (Jim) Patton, Hilda
(Bill) Knight, Roberta
Vanderwall /Paul Paine.
Her grandchildren: Kristie
Patton Osborn, Bert (To-
bey) Huddleston, Wendy
(Kelly) Haufle Secl,
Amanda (Travis) Haufle
Bowman, Miryka (Bill)
Huddleston Donovan and
Riley Huddleston, and
grandchildren: Drew &
Emrie Osborn, Teague and
Kellen Huddleston, Peyton
and Cooper Secl, Tyler,
Kason and Kodi Lynn
Bowman, and Owen and
Madison Donovan.
Those wishing to make
memorial contributions in
Betty’s memory may direct
them to Doernbechers
Children Hospital or the
Haines Baptist Church, this
may be done through the
Coles Tribute Center, 1950
Place St. Baker City, OR
97814.
Anita Geraldine “Geri”
Riggs
Baker City, 1932-2015
THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 7
Anita
Geraldine
“Geri”
Riggs, 83,
of Baker
City Or-
egon, died
Thursday
Geri
Riggs
June 18
at The
Wildflower Lodge Assisted
Living and Memory Care
in La Grande Oregon.
A Graveside Memorial
Service was held at Mount
Hope Cemetery at 11
a.m. on Wednesday, June
24, 2014 in Baker City,
Oregon.
Geri was born April 4,
1932 to Emery and Ollie
(Young) Cox in Hermiston
Oregon. She was raised
in Haines and attended
the Muddy Creek School
and graduated from North
Powder High School.
Geri went to work for
Jones Truck Line as a
bookkeeper. It was there
that she met her future hus-
band Coy, when he came
in to apply for a job. They
were married June 3, 1961
in Boise, Idaho.
Coy’s job took them all
over the United States,
from Hawaii to Missis-
sippi, as he was building
roads, dams, and airports,
Coy and Geri bought
their first travel trailer in
1974 and at one point they
lived in a 35-foot space
for five years. They never
took for granted a moment
and spent their days off
together exploring the area
they were living in at the
time, be it the Carlsbad
Caverns in New Mexico
to, Luckenbach, Texas.
Gerri especially loved
the outdoors, mountains,
traveling, and sightseeing.
She enjoyed gardening and
loved spring and country
western music, especially
Reba McEntire.
She was preceded in
death by her parents,
brother Edward Cox, sister
Betty Vanderwall who
passed only five hours
before her on June 18,
Niece’s Cindy Higley, and
Cathy Peplinski.
Geri leaves behind loving
husband Coy and sister
Donna Babbit. She will
always be remembered for
her beautiful smile.
Donations in Memory of
Geri may be made to Heart
and Home Hospice through
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & CS-PO Box 543
Halfway, Oregon 97834.
On line Condolences may
be shared at www.tamispi-
nevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Lavone Millicent
George
Baker City, 1919-2015
Lavone Millicent (Mil-
lie) George, 96, a lifetime
Baker County resident,
passed away June 19, 2015
in Hermiston, Oregon.
A grave-
side service
for
Millie is
scheduled
for 9:00
a.m. , Sat-
urday, June
Millie
George
27, 2015 at
Mt. Hope
Cemetery.
Pastor Jesse Whitford
from Baker City Christian
Church will officiate. Visi-
tation for Millie is sched-
uled for Friday between
4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at
Coles Tribute Center, 1950
Place Street.
A reception in her mem-
ory will follow the service
at the Sunridge Room at
the Sunridge Inn.
Millie was born and
raised in the Keating Val-
ley with her two brothers
and parents. She attended
the Keating school until
her high school years when
she transferred into Baker
City where she graduated
in 1936.
Millie married her high
school sweetheart Roland
George that same year.
Roland and Millie were
married for over 70 years
at the time of his death in
2007.
The two spent most of
their years in the dairy
business and in their later
years a cow calf operation
in the Wingville area.
In addition to being an
active partner in the dairy
and ranching business,
Millie also worked for
many years at Power’s
Shoe Store and Neuberger
and Heilner Department
Store where she had a large
following of loyal custom-
ers.
Millie was involved with
local 4-H clubs and activi-
ties for over 43 years.
In 1997 she was recog-
nized as Legacy Woman of
the Year by the Baker
Chamber of Commerce.
Millie is preceded in
death by her husband,
Roland, parents, brothers,
two infant sons, grandsons
Bryan Craner and great
grandson Carson Kaem-
ming, sons-in-law Ray
Jones and David Craner.
She is survived by
daughters Annette and
her husband Greg Swaim
and Linda Jones, a grand
daughter, Sherri Kaem-
ming and her husband
Gary, great-grandsons,
Chris and Sean Kaemming
and his wife Carlee, and
Jamieson and wife Allison
Livengood.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the 4-H of
Baker County or the Baker
City Christian Church and
this may be done through
Coles Tribute Center,
1950 Place Street, Baker
City, OR. 97814
Baker Valley Vector Control D.A. clarifies
District set to battle mosquitos marijuana law
BY BRIAN ADDISON
Brian@TheBakerCountyPress.com
It’s business as usual
this summer for Baker
Valley Vector Control as
they prepare to battle the
bane of human existence,
the pesky and sometimes
disease carrying mosquito.
Vector control crews
are out testing the waters
sources in Baker County,
including lands that are
flood irrigated, for the
presence of mosquitoes.
To detect mosquito con-
centrations, Vector Control
sets traps throughout
district. The traps provide
information on mosquito
numbers and whether or
not West Nile virus is
detected.
Once the concentration
of mosquitoes in a certain
area reaches a threshold
Vector Control targets that
area and brings out the big
guns spraying pesticides
to kill off mosquitoes and
mosquito larvae.
Already this year, the
Vector Control crews have
treated areas with pesti-
cides applied by aerial
spraying between Haines
and North Powder, be-
tween Chandler Lane and
the DXL Ranch lands, and
near Keating.
Vector Control no longer
uses aerial spraying over
Baker City.
Instead, crews use a
barrier treatment strategy
targeting specific areas
concentrating on the spots,
such as bushes, where the
mosquito hide during the
heat of the day.
Aerial spraying would
only be used over Baker
City in the case of espe-
cially high numbers of
mosquitoes or if West Nile
virus was detected in local
mosquito populations.
If West Nile virus is de-
tected, Vector Control puts
out public notifications
and provides the informa-
tion to the Baker County
Health Department, the
Oregon State Extension
Service office, and to the
local veterinarian offices
advising them to be on the
lookout for sick animals
and humans.
There has been no
evidence of West Nile
virus detected in mosquito
populations this summer,
according to Matt Hutchin-
son, manager of Baker Val-
ley Vector Control District.
People concerned over
safety threats presented by
the use of pesticides may
call the Baker Valley Vec-
tor Control District to be
placed on the no-spray list.
The local vector control
office may be reached at
phone number 541-523-
1151.
“We would like to re-
mind everyone to change
bird bath water every cou-
ple days and to clean rain
gutters. Anything holding
water for more than a week
can begin to breed mos-
quitoes,” Hutchinson said.
“Also, report mosquito
problems and dead birds
to Baker Valley Vector
Control.”
Robinette grads make a visit
BY CARMELITA HOLLAND
News@TheBakerCountyPress.com
Friends and fam-
ily gathered at the Senior
Citizen Center in Baker
City, at noon on June 14th,
to enjoy a big birthday
dinner, courtesy of Donna
Kanyid, and help Grace
(Fields) Bend and Louis
Kanyid celebrate their 89th
birthdays.
Grace, who lives at
Glenns Ferry, Idaho, was
89 years young that day.
Kanyid lives in Hun-
tington.
These were students of
the Robinette Grade school
during the 1930s.
The old townsite of
Robinette went under the
Brownlee Reservoir in
1959.
Robinette may be gone,
but is far from forgotten,
anyway the old one-room,
one teacher school is well
remembered.
Grace Bend, Louis
Kanyid and Phillip Gause,
who came from Mt. Ver-
non that day, all told about
Carmelita Holland / The Baker County Press
Phllip Gause and Grace Bend, graduates of a grade school now beneath
Brownlee Reservoir.
“Mrs. Huntsaker and
“I graduated from Robi-
attending the school at
Mrs. (Nora) Lamb were
nette Grade School, then
Robinette.
our teachers.
took a course at the Weiser
“I lived on the Idaho
“One day I came in
College working with sheet
side, and I had to cross
metal,” said Grace.
Snake River on the ferry to the school house and Mrs.
Lamb said, ‘You are five
Pictured above are Phil-
get to school,” said Grace.
minutes late!”
lip Gause, standing, and
“Sometimes I was alone.
“I said, ‘You are going
Grace, holding a doll she
I learned how to run the
by the school clock. I go
received for Mother’s Day.
ferry across the river by
by radio time!’ She never
“I call him Johnny,” she
myself. The passengers
answered.”
said.
usually run it.
In preparation for July 1st, Baker County District At-
torney Matt Shirtcliff had this to say about marijuana:
“On July 1st, Oregon will join Washington and Colo-
rado in legalizing marijuana in certain limited situations.
July 1st is not the day that marijuana becomes legal all
the time. Marijuana will remain illegal in many circum-
stances, and it’s important for the public to know that law
enforcement will continue to enforce laws prohibiting the
illegal use of marijuana.”
On July 1, 2015, and every day after, the following
will be illegal in Oregon:
• Possession of more than eight ounces of marijuana in
private and/or four plants per residence.
• Possession of more than 1 ounce of marijuana in
public.
• Possession of any amount of marijuana by those less
than 21 years of age.
• Use of any amount of marijuana in public.
• Transporting any amount of marijuana out of state.
• Driving a vehicle while impaired by marijuana, or by
a combination of marijuana and another drug.
In conclusion, D.A. Shirtcliff said, “We will work
with the new legalization law, including people’s right to
legally possess and consume marijuana, but if the law is
broken and kids and the public are put at risk, my office
will not hesitate to hold offenders accountable.”
Huntington
man assaults
neighbor
On June 23, at about 00:48 hours, Paula Ware called
911 to report that Robert Brodahl had forced his way into
her residence at 160 East Monroe Street in Huntington
and assaulted her.
Ware and Brodahl were friends and he does not reside
at her residence.
As a result of the assault, Ware had severe bruising and
swelling to her face.
Ware was able to get away from Brodahl and ran to a
neighbor’s residence to call 911.
Ware reported that Brodahl also stole items from her
residence.
Baker County Sheriff's Deputies responded and spent
most of the day searching for Brodahl. He was subse-
quently arrested around 23:30 hours on June 23.
Brodahl was transported and lodged in the Baker
County Jail on the charges of Assault, Burglary, Theft,
Interfering with a 911 call and Menacing.
This case is still under investigation and additional
charges may be pending.
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