2 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2015
Local
— Community Calendar —
CHALK IT UP TO ART
Saturday, July 25, beginning at 9 a.m. and
continuing throughout the day. Visitors can stroll
down Main Street to watch the progress of the art,
seeing the final pieces in the evening. Call Ann
Mehaffy at 541.519.0698 to sign up or for more
information.
NORTH POWDER HUCKLEBERRY
FESTIVAL
Saturday, July 25. Huckleberry Hotrod Show-
n-Shine Registration 9 to 10 a.m.; $15 entry fee.
Poker walk, slow drags, 50/50 draw and prizes in
numerous categories. New this year - shaded seat-
ing! This car show takes place in conjunction with
the North Powder Huckleberry Festival. Contact
Dawn Wells, 208-739-3286.
SUPER SHOOT
Saturday, July 25, and Sunday, July 26 at
Anthony Lakes. Ride the chairlift up 900 feet and
shoot at 80 different 3D targets. Smoker shoot is
Saturday at 4 p.m. For information on entry fees
and prizes call 541-856-3277 or visit www.an-
thonylakes.com. Adults, youth, cubs and families
welcome.
SUMPTER VALLEY RAILROAD
Sunday, July 26. Parents’ Day train rides. De-
partures at 10 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
— News of Record —
JAIL ROSTER
ANDERS, Tyler
CARROLL, Richard
SPRAGUE, Travis
GAGNON, Roderick
FERGUSON, Alicia
RICHARDSON, Sherrie
LOTT, Aaron
TURNER, Darren
GILDA, Jeremy
SCHULTE, Michael
PALMER, Dustin
HENSEN, James
RYAN, James
LOPEZ, Cassandra
CORNETT, Jeremy
BRODAHL, Robert
SYPHERD, Crystol
BLOOD, Daniel
WEISENBURGH, Michael
KAROLSKI, Bryan
KILBORN, Lacey
CHAMBERS JR, David
KELLOGG, Ryan
BORK, Julia
STEELE, Tiffany
CAVYELL, Eric
SMITH, Glen
ROBINSON, Damon
CULLEY, Scott
ROMINE, David
ODEA, Robert
CULLEY, Andrew
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
Tuesday, July 28 through Friday 20th. Vaca-
tion Bible School is scheduled for St. Stephen’s
Episcopal Church, corner of First and Church
streets. “Son Treasure Island” brings three days of
fun music, Bible stories, crafts, snacks and games
from 9 a.m. to noon. All children from grades K-6
are welcome. For more information call 541-519-
3255.
BAKER COUNTY FAIR PIE AUCTION
Tuesday, July 28. Make and donate a home-
made pie call 541-523-7881 to donate...Want to
win a treat that is yummy for your tummy? Come
to the Pie Auction and bid on your favorites. 6
p.m.: Social, 7 p.m.: Dinner in the Event Hall
featuring Dan Warnock, Jr and the Titantic, 8 p.m.:
Pie Auction. Introduction of the 2015 Fair Family.
Dinner will be provided by Friends of the Fair.
EXCHANGE STUDENT
MEET AND GREET
Monday, August 3, 10:30 a.m. at BHS. Get to
know a little about China from a group of ex-
change students visiting from that country.
BABE RUTH REGIONAL
TOURMAMENT
Tuesday, August 4 through August 10. Nation-
ally Televised 13-15 year old Tournament held at
the BHS Sports Complex.
POWDER BASIN WATER
RESOURCES FORUM
Wednesday, August 12 at 6 p.m. at the Sunridge
Inn. Explanation about what the reservations of
water are; how the water may be used, and poten-
tial economic opportunities as well as cultural and
environmental benefits.
MASQUERADE BALL
Saturday, October 31, 7:30 - 11:30 p.m. at the
Geiser Grand. Costumes and ambiance. Car-
riage rides, celebrity book signings, photography,
music, and more! Buy tickets at www.thebaker-
countypress.com or at the front desk of the Geiser
Grand.
POLICE LOG
Ferguson, Alicia Nichole. 7/16. Pos-
session of a Controlled Substance-
Methamphetamine.
Frye, Daniel Kenneth. 7/16. Offen-
sive Littering.
Humphries, Joseph. 7/16. Circuit
Court Warrant Arrest.
Colton, Frank Hugh (DOB 1966).
7/16. DUII.
Gagnon, Roderick Joseph. 7/17.
Probation Violation.
Stuckey, Vincent Charles. 7/17.
Theft 3rd Degree.
Blazier, Hunter Guy. 7/17. 2nd
Degree Criminal Tresspass, Minor in
Possession.
Grove, Aimie Katherine. 7/18. Dis-
orderly Conduct.
Covarrubias-Sandoval, Melissa Re-
nee. 7/18. Possession of a Controlled
Substance-Methamphetamine.
Sprague, Travis James. 7/18. As-
saulting a Public Safety Officer and
Resisting Arrest.
Sullivan, Tonia Lee. 7/19. Burglary
II, Criminal Mischief II and Theft III.
Goodwin, Patrick Leroy. 7/20. Un-
lawful Possession of Heroin.
Hammon, Carol Anne. 7/21. DUII-
Controlled Substance and Reckless
Driving.
Guzman, Miguel Carlos. 7/21. War-
rant Arrest. Contempt of Court.
Doyle, James Donald. 7/21. War-
rant Arrest. Contempt of Court.
Carroll, Richard Wayne. 7/22. As-
sault III, Tampering with a witness,
Menacing, and Harassment.
FUNERAL NOTICES
Donald “Pat” Paterson, Sr. A
Memorial Service with Military honors
will be held on Saturday, August 8,
2015 - 11:00 a.m. at the New Bridge
Nazarene Church in New Bridge,
Oregon. Friends are invited to join
the family for a potluck reception to
be held immediately following the ser-
vice at the New Bridge Grange. For
those who wish to make a memorial
donation in memory of Pat, may do
so to the Eagle Valley EMT Train-
ing fund through Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Cremation Services
PO Box 543 Halfway, Oregon 97834.
— Obituaries —
RALLY DEBRIEF
Tuesday, July 28, 1 p.m. in City Council Cham-
bers at City Hall. A chance for businesses and
stakeholders to debrief this year’s motorcycle rally
and give thoughts for next year’s planning.
PREVO, Loren
GRIGGS, Corey
MYERS, Andrew
PADILLA-ALBRADO, Jose
KEYES, Bryan
MUNSELL, Emily
FREEMAN, David
Nancy Peyron
Baker City, 1952-2015
Nancy
Peyron, 62,
of Baker
City, OR,
died of
pancreatic
cancer in
Nancy
Springfield,
Peyron
OR on July
14, 2015. During the dying
process she was surround-
ed by her loving mother,
Liz Peyron, and sister
friends, Jennell Hoehne
and Sandra Jeffs. At
Nancy’s request she was
cremated and no funeral or
Celebration of Life service
will be held.
Nancy was born in
Baker, one of five children
of Gaston and Elizabeth
Peyron. She grew up in
La Grande, and moved
with her family at age13 to
Portland, OR. She gradu-
ated from Rex Putnam
High School in 1971. Her
bachelor’s degree was
in International Studies
and Peace Studies from
the University of Oregon
in Eugene. Her master’s
degree was in Organiza-
tional Development from
the Leadership Institute of
Seattle.
Nancy had a varied
career; working for the
United Nations in Vienna,
Austria; Department of
Justice Antitrust Division
in Washington, DC, San
Francisco, and Dallas;
President’s Office, Univer-
sity of Oregon, Chemical
Dependency Counselor
Training Program at Lane
Community College, Mi-
cronesia and South Pacific
Program at the University
of Oregon, all in Eugene;
teaching Entrepreneurship
and Economic Develop-
ment for Sirolli Insti-
tute, primarily in Texas,
England, and Scotland, and
Volunteer and Trainer with
Ford Institute Leadership
Program in rural Oregon.
In addition, she managed
and sold the family ranch
and managed other family
properties and assisted
with elder care of her par-
ents since 1999.
Nancy was passionate
about what she believed in
and inspired many people
to get involved in her latest
causes and added value to
their lives. She was active
in the Baker City commu-
nity. She loved connecting
with people and had many
beloved friends all over
the world. She loved cats,
including her last three:
Danny Boy, Bumby, and
Chacho.
She was preceded in
death by her brother,
‘Little’ Henry Peyron,
father, Gaston Peyron, and
uncle, Pete Peyron, and
her grandparents, Esther
and Tom Lashbaugh.
Nancy is survived by her
mother, Elizabeth Peyron,
and three sisters, Rayna
Peyron, Pam Peyron, and
Laurie (Larry) Solisz, all of
Baker City, OR. She is also
survived by two nieces,
Sara Cothren, Baker City,
Teri Cothren, Anchor-
age, AK; two nephews,
Nicolas (Heather) Solisz,
of Stafford, VA, and Phillip
Solisz, Baker City, and
two great nieces, Sylvia
McCleary, Baker City, and
Delilah Solisz, Stafford.
Final arrangements are
being handled by Tami’s
Pine Valley Funeral Home
and Cremation Services,
Halfway, OR. It is Nancy’s
desire that contributions
in her memory be made to
Refuge Point, a non-profit
organization who provides
lasting solutions for the
world’s most vulnerable
refugees. To donate, please
go to: www.refugepoint.
org/donate. You will have
the option to indicate
the donation is honoring
Nancy and notify Nancy’s
family, with a note of
your contribution. Any
level of donation would be
appreciated and Nancy’s
niece, Teri Cothren, will
be receiving donation no-
tifications at tericothren@
hotmail.com.
Online condolences may
be shared at www.tamispi-
nevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Alton L. “Tom” Dennis
Sparta, Died 2015
A lton.
L. “Tom”
Dennis, 81,
longtime
Eagle Val-
ley/Sparta
resident,
Tom
died at his
Dennis
home in
Baker City on July 9, 2015.
A Celebration of Tom’s
Life with Military Honors
will be held on Friday, July
24, 2015 - 2:00 p.m. at the
Veterans Memorial Hall-
2005 Valley Avenue -Baker
City, Oregon.
Tom was born in New
Bridge, Oregon to Lester
Lodd and Bernadine Lillie
(Blank) Dennis and he
grew up in Eagle Val-
ley. He worked at a lot of
different jobs during his
high school years, includ-
ing a carnival, unloading
boxes at Robinette, or for
the Orville/Greener Ranch.
Graduating from Eagle
Valley High School in
1952. He joined the Army
during the Korean War. He
was trained in refrigera-
tion and served overseas
in France. While there
he flew officers around in
helicopter and was on the
rifle team. He received his
pilot’s license before his
drivers permit.
Tom came home on
leave in 1953 and married
Arleta Griffin and they
had five children. They
divorced and he married
Billie Patton.
Tom’s father passed
when he was 1 1/2. His
mother married Bert Den-
nis who raised Tom as his
known. He had a sister
(died at birth) three broth-
ers, Jerry, Melton “Bud”,
and Roscoe “Bimbo.”
Tom was a logger at
heart. But also worked on
the Brownlee and Oxbow
Dams. He sheared sheep
and could sheer 200 sheep
in a day. Tom never had
a spare moment of which
he didn’t take advantage
of, If it be before a shift he
would either shear sheep
or go to Albany airport or
fly. He got his instrument
license and flew folks to
Alaska, California and
Nevada. He went to meat
cutting school in the 60’s
and worked at Fergu-
son’s Market in Halfway,
then later in Corvallis at
Foodland before going to
work at Wah-Chang. He
was buying his own plane
in 1968. He had a stroke
that disabled him but the
stroke didn’t stop him for
long. He tried other jobs.
He worked in a tire shop
with a friend from Rich-
land for a time but it was
more than his body could
do. He moved to Halfway
and tried walking ditch but
by the late 70’s he realized
that he was unable to work.
Tom loved the outdoors,
he always thought of
himself as a logger, miner,
sheep shearer. Tom even
tried commercial fishing
out of Newport, Oregon.
Most of his life he lived in
Baker County; He thought
was of God’s Country ...
home.
In 1979 Tom married
the love of his life, Carol
Sanders.
In the 80s he tore a
house down in Richland
and used the wood to build
a cabin in Sparta in the
early 90s. He was an avid
hunter and fisherman from
the time he was a kid his
70s when he took up paint-
ing, making 1st beer then
went from there to wine
where his huckleberry won
2nd place at the Newport
wine festival. Then he
went on to build his own
still and figured out how
to make the hard stuff. He
wrote poetry, was a gar-
dener and inventor.
Tom loved his family
more than anything but
didn’t always show it until
he got grandchildren and
great grandchildren that
showed and taught him all
about it.
Tom is survived by
his wife Carol, daughter
Arleen (Neal) Longstreet,
Aron (Heidi) Dennis, Andy
(Patty) Dennis, Amos, Tom
and (Opal) Bob (Sherry)
Forsyth and Jackie Harris.
Numerous grandchildren,
great grands and great
great grands, nieces and
nephews.
He was preceded
in death by a son Jack
Dennis, step son Jeremy
Forsyth and brother Bimbo
Dennis.
Those who would like
to make a memorial dona-
tion in memory of Tom
may do so to help defray
funeral expenses through
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & CS PO Box 543
Halfway, Oregon 97834.
Online condolences may
be shared at www.tamispi-
nevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Lyle A. Swain
Payette, Ida, 1940-2015
Lyle A
Swain, 74,
of Payette,
ID died July
16, 2015 in
Sumpter,
OR.
Lyle
Private in-
Swain
terment was
at the Sumpter Cemetery.
Lyle was born on August
13, 1940 in Lapoint, UT to
Robert O. and Donna M.
(Lyman) Swain.
Lyle attended high
school in Roosevelt, Utah
and graduated from St.
George College in 1960.
Lyle then went to work
as a lineman at the Uintah
Power and Light Company
and later worked for Moon
Lake Electric. On April 24,
1988 Lyle married Kay
Swain in Payette, Idaho.
Lyle enjoyed farming,
woodworking, bow hunt-
ing, pheasant hunting and
riding four wheelers as
well as volunteering his
service for others. Most of
all he loved spending time
with his family. Lyle was a
loving father and a devoted
husband.
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