2 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2015
Local
— News of Record —
— Community Calendar —
HERITAGE MUSEUM PHOTOS WITH
SANTA CLAUS
Friday, November 27 and Saturday, November 28
at the Museum in Baker City. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. with
store sale and Santa photos.
FAMILY FUN DAY
Friday, November 27 at the Oregon Trail In-
terpretive Center, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Crafts will
include making bird feeders, ornaments, paper quilt
blocks and family tree paintings. Activities include a
pioneer costume photo booth, a wildlife “skulls and
scat” table and a variety of Junior Explorer work-
books.
MOUNTED POSSE GUN SHOW
Friday, November 27, Saturday, November 28 and
Sunday, November 29. Entrance Fee $5 * Children
under 12 are free (Shall be accompanied by an adult)
50 Cents off if you bring a firearm or are an NRA
Member Buy * Sell * Trade. Booth space now 8-feet
table $45 each. Call Dave McCoy 541-379-4748. All
proceeds fund Youth Trail Ride.
TWILIGHT PARADE AND CHRISTMAS
TREE LIGHTING
Saturday, December 5, starting at 5 p.m. Tree
lighting will occur after the parade.
COMMUNITY / PARENT INPUT NIGHT
Monday, December 7 at the South Baker School
Library at 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, December 9 at
the Baker High School Commons. Parents and Com-
munity members are invited to participate in Baker
School District 5J Community/Parent Input Nights.
Each district leader has organized a meeting to elicit
input on two basic questions: 1) what areas/programs
do you see having success and 2) what areas/pro-
grams would you like to see with additional focus.
This is the beginning steps in developing priorities
for the district which will be reflected in the district
budget. Please join us at the time and place listed for
each building. If you have further questions regard-
ing this event please contact your building principal
or Mark Witty at 541-524-2262.
BURNT RIVER SCHOOL
WINTER PROGRAM
Friday, December 11 at 5 p.m. The Missoula
Children’s theater will direct the production in Unity
at the Burnt River School.
SOROPTIMISTS VEGAS GLITZ
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Wednesday, December 16, beginning at 5 p.m.
at the Baker City Elks Lodge, 1896 2nd Street, in
Baker City. Tickets are $25 and need to be “pre-
purchased,” please. No sales at the door. Contact
any Soroptimist or Gregg Hinrichsen State Farm
Office. No-host cocktails begin at 5 p.m., dinner at 6
p.m., and the Live Auction at 7:30 p.m. Glam dress
encouraged!
JAIL ROSTER
CASSIDY, Marvin
EDISON, Marsan
PIERCE, Caleb
ROGERS, William
DOYLE, James
JOHNSON, Ricky
WINTERS, Lucinda
WEISS, Jamie
LANDRETH, Sean
MADER, Casey
PURKEY, Danielle
STEELE, Zachary
WITTER, Robert
BORK, Julia
FISCHER, Jacob
BAIRD, Richard
POST, Todd
BURNINGHAM, Tyson
NELSON, Benjamin
GUILLIAMS, Timothy
PFAFF, Buddy
SEIDEL, Lawrence
HODEL, Cody
ECKSTEIN, Joseph
MCBRIDE, Steven
CULLEY, Andrew
MYERS, Anthon
RICCI, Devin
TREANOR, Kevin
PREVO, Mary
DOUGHERTY, Dustine
TUGMAN, Michael
SYPHERD, Crystol
SHELTON, Adam
SICKLER, Bobby
SCHLAHT, Nathan
ELKSHOULDER, Ida
DOWNING, Devin
GRAMMON, Jacob
SPRAGUE, Travis
TURNER, Darren
CORNETT, Jeremy
STEELE, Tiffany
Peterson, Linda Diane. 11/19. Crim-
inal Tresspass 2nd Degree.
Purkey, Danielle Christine. 11/19.
Cite and Release Warrant for Failure
to Appear.
Gwin, Lucas Buddy Lee. 11/21.
Criminal Trespass 2nd Degree.
Johnson, Ricky. 11/23. Assault 4
Domestic and Strangulation.
Doyle, James Donald. 11/23. Three
Baker Circuit Court warrants for pro-
bation violation.
Leblanc, Jesse Pierre. 11/23. Un-
lawful Possession of Meth.
Rogers, William Gabriel. 11/24.
Probation violation original charge
Burglary 1.
Pierce, Caleb Leon Elmer. 11/24.
Statewide Felony Warrant out of
Multnomah County for Parole Viola-
tion.
POLICE LOG
Weiss, Jamie Joseph. 11/19. Disor-
derly Conduct I.
— Obituaries —
Merton Dale Taylor
La Grande, 1928 - 2015
Merton
Dale Taylor,
age 87, died
peacefully
at home
with family
and friends
Merton
at his side
Taylor
on Thurs-
day, November 19, 2015.
A Graveside Service with
Military Honors was held
on Wednesday, November
25, 2015 ~ 2:00 p.m. at the
Island City Cemetery in La
Grande.
Friends were invited to
join the family for a recep-
tion to be held immediately
following the interment
(approximately 3 p.m.)
at the Fort Union Grange
Hall 63161 Gekeler Lane,
La Grande.
Mert was an accom-
plished pie baker and at his
request pie and coffee will
be served. Please bring
your favorite pie if you
wish to share.
Mert was born October
5, 1928 in La Grande to
George and Laura Hamann
Taylor. He grew up on a
farm on the Cove highway
attending a countryside
one-room school and then
graduating in 1946 from
La Grande High School.
In 1950 he graduated
from Oregon State Uni-
versity with a degree in
Mechanical Engineering.
Drafted for the Korean
War, he served in the US
Army from 1951-1953 at
Fort Bliss Texas and the
White Sands test range
as a member of the 2nd
Guided Missile Group
working with the first US
intercontinental ballistic
missiles and captured Ger-
man rockets.
He married Carol Joyce
Peeples of Baker City in
1956. In 1957 the new-
lyweds moved to Los
Angeles where he worked
for Northrop and Douglas
Aircraft.
Joyce worked as a
teacher and they enjoyed
showing Afghan Hounds
in their spare time. Return-
ing to Island City in 1960,
he farmed for the next 25
years.
Mert enjoyed his family,
Borzoi dogs, cooking, col-
lecting antiques, hunting,
motor homing and any-
thing mechanical. A long
time admirer of antique
clocks, he opened his clock
repair shop in La Grande
in 1987 and continued until
last year.
Merton is survived by
his wife of 59 years, Joyce
Taylor of La Grande,
daughter Lynne Smith and
husband Doug of Sher-
wood, Oregon, son Dave
Taylor and wife Laurann
of Boise, Idaho, son-in-law
Jonathan Williams of El
Dorado Hills, California,
brother Richard Taylor and
wife Phyllis of La Grande
and seven grandchildren.
He was preceded in
death by daughter Nicole
Williams of El Dorado
Hills, California, parents
George and Laura Taylor
and brother Beryl Taylor.
His family would like to
extend their heartfelt grati-
tude to the Dialysis Center
team, Heart ’n Home
Hospice, many caregivers,
medical professionals and
dear friends whose won-
derful care allowed Mert
to remain home during his
final days.
Those who would like to
make a memorial donation
in memory of Mert, may
do so to Heart n Home
Hospice through Tami’s
Pine Valley Funeral Home
& Cremation Services P.O.
Box 543 Halfway, Oregon
97834. Online Condolenc-
es may be shared at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneral-
home.com.
Charles Herbert
Chandler
Baker City, 1919 - 2015
Charles
Herbert
Chan-
dler, 96, a
life long
resident of
Baker Val-
Charles
ley died
Chandler
November
18, 2015
at Settler’s Park in Baker
City.
A visitation will be held
at Gray’s West & Company
Pioneer Chapel Friday,
Nov. 27 from 2 to 6 p.m.
His graveside service will
be at Mt. Hope Cemetery
Saturday, Nov. 28 at 11:00
am with his friend Pastor
Chuck Buchanan from
the Durkee Community
Church officiating. Friends
are invited to join the fam-
ily for a reception at the
Baker National Guard
Armory following the
service.
Charles was born Sept. 4,
1919 at the Chandler home
on Valley and Clark
Street in Baker City to
Linda (Bodmer) and Her-
bert Chandler. He married
Maribeth Gragg in 1941
and they had two sons,
George and Charlie.
Charles raised prize
purebred Hereford cattle,
having bred national cham-
pions and some of the fin-
est animals to ever be led
into the show ring.
Charles and his father,
Herbert, successfully
showed cattle all over
North America.
He also judged many of
the national shows. Charles
loved horses and was a
very accomplished horse-
man using his skills daily
on the Chandler
Hereford Ranch.
Charles was a past Presi-
dent of the American Her-
eford Association, Baker
County Cattleman’s As-
sociation, member of the
Historical Society, Oregon
Cattleman’s Association,
and Life Member of the
Baker Elks Lodge. There
are too many other awards
and honors to list, but the
latest honor was the
American Hereford Asso-
ciation Hall of Fame given
in October 2015 in Kansas
City, Missouri.
Charles loved the cattle
and the ranch. He saw
many changes from horse-
drawn implements to
computers and GPS guided
equipment, being very
forward thinking he started
using computers back in
the DOS operating system
era and was self taught. He
was an intelligent man and
was the first of three gen-
erations to graduate from
Oregon State University.
George and grandson
Duane are also graduates.
Charles loved his family
dearly and would do any-
thing for them. He enjoyed
watching his grandchildren
grow up on the ranch as
well as his great grand-
children. He enjoyed fly
fishing and camping in
the Eagle Caps and loved
Boulder Park Resort when
it was in operation.
Charles is survived by
son, George Chandler
and wife Janet grandson
Duane Chandler, grand-
daughters Patti Hall and
husband Cliff, and Kelli
Bullington and husband
Rodney, great granddaugh-
ters McKenzie and Morgan
Hall, great grandson Tru-
man Bullington, daughter-
in-law Margaret “Meg”
Moore, great granddaugh-
ters Maddee and Lacey
Moore.
Charles was preceded in
death by his parents Her-
bert and Linda Chandler,
wife Maribeth Chandler,
sister Herberta Chandler,
and son Charlie Chandler.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Baker
County Livestock Produc-
ers Scholarship Fund or
charity of choice through
Gray’s West & Co., 1500
Dewey Ave., Baker City,
OR 97814.
Ann Dean
Baker City, 1937 - 2015
Ann Dean, age 78, of
Baker City, OR, formerly
of California passed away
in a local hospital on Mon-
day, Nov. 16, 2015, after a
lengthy illness.
She is preceded in death
by her parents; two broth-
ers and two sisters. Sur-
vived by four children, two
sons of Michigan and two
daughters of California, 10
grandchildren, seven great-
grandchildren, three sisters
and two brothers of Texas.
Ann was born on Septem-
ber 24, 1937, Oak Cliff,
Dallas County, TX.
She graduated from
Quinlan High School in
1955, in Quinlan, TX.
Ann continued her studies
in various
genres;
medical,
cosmetol-
ogy, carpen-
try, comput-
er science,
Ann
natural
Dean
alternative-
complementary medicines,
graduating from Shasta
Community College, in
2000, with a degree in
Building Construction.
Working as a factory
seamstress, press person in
her parents’ dry cleaning
business.
She worked alongside
her husband as a cement
mason. A military wife, as
well as owning/operating
her taxi business & Driver
for her Mt. Shasta
Ambulance Service. Capa-
ble of doing most anything
she set her mind to do.
Possessing the greatest
level of tenacity. A strongly
principled woman, ‘right
is right.’ Her faith in God
was steadfast. As well as
having the ability & tal-
ent for all domestic type
crafts. Ann enjoyed young
people, helping others,
gardening, a tender heart
for the needy/misfortunate
ones.
Ann loved her family
and friends and she will be
greatly missed.
Online condolences may
be shared at www.tamispi-
nevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Rita Tylka
Baker City, 1938-2015
Rita Tylka,
77, of Baker
City, died
of heart
disease on
November
21 at St.
Rita
Alphonsus
Tylka
Medical
Center in Boise.
A Memorial Mass will
be held Friday, December
4, 2015 at 11:00 am in St.
Francis de Sales Cathedral,
Baker City, OR. Rever-
end Robert Irwin of St.
Jermoe’s Catholic Church,
Jerome, ID will celebrate
the Mass.
A reception will follow
the Mass in the Parish Hall
of St. Francis.
Rita was born in Chi-
cago, IL on July 28, 1938
to Stephen & Bernice
Baranowski. There, along
with her younger brother
Raymond, she grew to
adulthood, thriving in their
Polish-American neighbor-
hood.
When Rita was a high
school freshman in 1952,
she met the love of her life,
Richard Tylka. They began
dating as seniors in high
school and married on June
21, 1958.
Two children quickly
followed: Russell in 1959
and Barbara in 1960.
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