FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
Local & Entertainment
— Obituaries —
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Wayne Ellis Mash
He is preceded in death
by his parents and two sis-
ters, Gladys and Hazel and
a brother, Glen Mash.
Arrangements are being
handled through Gray's
West & Company Pioneer
Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave.
Baker City, Oregon.
Rita Soniavalinda
Mason
Baker, 1980-2015
Rita So-
niavalinda
(Gutierrez)
Mason, 35,
of Baker
City died
September
Rita
19, 2015
Mason
with her
family by her side.
A funeral service is
scheduled for 11:00 a.m.,
September 25, 2015 at
Gray’s West & Company
Pioneer Chapel, 1500
Dewey Ave.
Offi ciating will be Father
Robert Greiner of St.
NRAC
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He referenced his draft
invasive species document,
which includes statements
regarding coordination and
cooperation.
Grammon discussed how
pending litigation is keep-
ing federal agencies from
using effective herbicides,
causing a much bigger
problem in the near future
with invasive species, and
the costs to control them.
“There becomes this huge,
mass-scale problem that
could have been con-
trolled with a little bit of
input, and now, it’s a lot of
herbicide, a lot of expense-
-a lot of herbicide that
could be going down in
the stream and affecting it,
but instead, we’re on this
massive scale now, and it’s
almost beyond the ability
for we, as taxpayers, to
control it, where it could
The
Francis De Sales Cathe-
dral. Interment will be at
Mt. Hope Cemetery with a
reception following at the
VFW Hall following the
interment.
Rita was born on June
12, 1980 in Sacramento,
California to Manuel Huer-
ta Gutierrez and Helen Ra-
mos. She attended school
at McClatch High School
in Sacramento and Baker
High School along with
attending the Job Corp.
She was Valedictorian at
the Job Corp and received
the Presidents Award from
Bill Clinton.
Rita married Charles
Mason on April 1, 2011
in Sacramento and the
two of them raised their
family. Rita loved taking
care of her family and that
was what she did until her
passing.
She loved cosmetics and
was an avid consumer of
the M.A.C. Products. She
also enjoyed shopping and
enriching the activities
with her family.
She was a volunteer for
the Sacramento Neighbor-
hood Housing Project and
the Sacramento START
Program but the great-
est accomplishment was
taking care of a family she
loved so much.
Rita is survived by her
husband, Charles Mason,
children, Aaliyah, Yasmire,
Connor of Baker City
and Manuel, Carlos, Rito,
Blanca, Michelle, Chris of
California, her father
Manny Gutierrez of Baker
City, aunts and uncles,
Donna, Trino, Mary and
Chuck nieces and nephews,
Manuel, Michael, Hillary,
Xochi, Beau, Jackie, Eric,
Tatyana, Sonny, Jason,
Jalena, Isabella and may
others, and her in-laws,
Abe, Mike, Richelle, Lori,
Therman, Chuck and
Chris.
She is preceded in death
by her mother, Helen
Ramos, her grandmother
Connie Gutierrez, Uncles
Rito and Leonard and her
Aunt Lucy.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Heart ‘N
Home Hospice through
Gray’s West & Com-
pany Pioneer Chapel, 1500
Dewey Ave., Baker City,
OR. 97814.
have been, in such a small
scale. I can give you many
examples of this happening
on federal land, and it’s a
shame. It’s a crying shame
when that happens.”
The group further dis-
cussed the invasive species
draft proposal, with some
changes noted, including
some language edits, and
the changes to the Weeds
section were adopted, with
a motion from Justus, and
a second from Ward.
Bruland said that, since
Arvid Andersen was
absent, his Forestry section
proposal would be dis-
cussed at a later date, and
she said that Ken Anderson
had withdrawn his Min-
ing section proposal. She
briefl y mentioned the top-
ics to be discussed at the
next regular NRAC meet-
ing, which will include
general plan edits, possible
Water section adoption,
and an Energy section dis-
cussion. She asked Kerns
to speak briefl y about the
Water and Water Rights
draft proposal, which will
be discussed more thor-
oughly and possibly fi nal-
ized at the next meeting.
Kerns said, “Our com-
mittee spent a lot of time
going through this, and
one of the things we were
trying to do is, anything
that can be looked up in
Oregon water laws, we
took that out of this docu-
ment, because it’s already
available … It’s basically
stating the policy of Baker
County, and noting that,
for example, in Water
Quantity (a subsection,
after Water Rights), that’s
primarily the jurisdic-
tion of the Oregon Water
Resources Department
(ORWD). Water Qual-
ity is primarily under the
jurisdiction of the Oregon
Department of Agriculture
(ODA), however, there are
areas the DEQ (Depart-
ment of Environmental
Quality) has jurisdic-
tion there, and in a lot of
places, there’s overlapping
responsibilities and juris-
dictions …”
SEE NRAC PAGE 12
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Bebe’s word search
This week’s crossword puzzle
Across
1- ___-tac-toe;
4- Franklin D.’s mother;
8- Lessened;
14- Large fl ightless
bird;
15- I smell ___!;
16- Fluent;
17- Spring mo.;
18- Coffee servers;
19- Daniel Webster,
e.g.;
20- Capital of Utah;
23- Zeno of ___;
24- Son of Abraham;
25- Finish fi rst;
28- Work of one who
sews;
30- Mischievous;
33- Sorceress;
36- Mouthlike opening;
40- Possessed;
41- From head ___;
42- Dismay;
45- River in N South
America;
46- Manure;
51- Hanoi holiday;
52- Astrologer Sydney;
55- Supermodel Sas-
tre;
56- Connection;
59- Defi cient in pig-
mentation;
62- ___ fi de;
63- Tropical cuckoo
bird;
64- Privateer;
65- ABA member;
66- Society page word;
67- With a level head;
68- General ___
chicken;
69- Driller’s deg.;
Down
1- Tantalizes;
2- Pierce;
3- Whimbrel;
4- First king of Israel;
5- Censure;
6- Arranges;
7- Baffl ed;
8- Kenyan, Nigerian, or
Congolese;
9- Monetary unit of
Thailand;
10- ___-deucey;
11- ___ for tat;
12- “Evil Woman” grp.;
13- ___ Rosenkavalier;
21- Skater Babilonia;
22- Alberta’s home;
25- Stimulate;
26- Wishing won’t
make ___;
27- AMEX counterpart;
29- Cool!;
31- Say;
32- Miracle-___;
34- Intensity of hue;
35- Solo in space;
36- Highlander;
37- Ripped;
38- Put a lid ___!;
39- AOL alternative;
43- Branch of biology;
44- Capital of Ontario;
47- Put down, in slang;
48- Let go;
49- Checked;
50- Catches sight of;
53- Ready to hit;
54- Mob scenes;
56- Travel on;
57- Hydroxyl com-
pound;
58- Votes against;
59- Horse-like animal,
term of insult;
60- Pasture used for
grazing;
61- Outlaw;