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2 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2016 Local — News of Record — — Community Calendar — JAIL ROSTER CHAMBER AWARDS BANQUET Saturday, January 16, 2016, 5:00 p.m. at the Sun- ridge Inn in Baker City. The Annual Chamber Awards Banquet is an opportunity for the Community to say thank you to all of the volunteers in our community and to name the outstanding people the gave of them- selves in 2015. ANNUAL CATTLEMEN’S WORKSHOP Saturday, January 16, 2016, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Blue Mountain Conference Center, 404 12th Street, La Grande, OR 97850. Contact: Kim DelCurto 541-562- 5129. SWCD ANNUAL DINNER MEETING Friday, January 22. The Baker Valley, Eagle Valley, Keating and Burnt River Soil and Water Conservation Districts will be holding their Annual Dinner Meeting on January 22, 2016 at the Sunridge Inn. There will be a “no-host” social hour beginning at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. We will proudly recognize local landowners and partners and show- case their outstanding contributions to the natural resource conservation effort in Baker County. The cost for the dinner is $15, payable at the SWCD of- fice prior to the event. Please join us for a wonderful evening. Must RSVP by January 15th, 2016 to the District’s office at: 523-7121, ext. 100 or ext. 109. COMMUNITY CELEBRATION Saturday, January 23. Casual attire vintage ski clothing encouraged! Come join us for a fun evening! Tickets: $25/person, $40/couple 5:30 social hour, 6:30 dinner, 7:15 auction, 8:00 live music by Johnny & the Law Breakers. Casual attire. To be held at the Baker County Event Center, 2600 East Street in Baker City. BROOKLYN BOOK FAIR AND TACO FEED Thursday, February 4, 4:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. Baker County Event Center. Raffle tickets are on sale for a variety of prizes that will be awarded in draw- ings during the evening. Tickets are available from students or at the school. For more information, or tickets, call the school at 54-523-2450. BURNT RIVER POKER RUN Saturday, February 6. Run approx. 50 Miles- Unity to Austin Jct. and back. $1,200 pot total plus great raffle prizes. Fuel and food available in Unity and Austin. For information or to get raffle tickets, con- tact: Dan (541) 446-3655 snowridingfool@yahoo. com, Casey (541) 473-2073, Joe (541) 523-5223, or Jeff (208) 739-0733.E-mail:evansn@ortelco.net. Pro- ceeds will help support food banks in Baker, Grant, and Malheur Counties. NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION BANQUET Saturday, February 6. Come join in the fun at the Annual National Wild Turkey Banquet and Auction, Saturday February 6, 2016 at the Baker Elks Lodge. Doors open at 5 p.m. Dinner at 6 p.m. Auction at 7 p.m. For more information contact Bob Reedy at 541-403-1352. SUMPTER BLUE MOUNTAIN POKER RUN Saturday, February 13, 7 a.m. till 2:30 p.m. $3,000 in Prizes. Snowmobiles, cars or walker all welcome Ticket Sales are Friday at the schoolhouse from 6-8 p.m. - $10, and from 7 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets must be turned in by no later than 3:30 p.m. Payout and prizes at 6 p.m. Call Neil for more info: 541-894-2217. HALFWAY PANHANDLE SNOWMOBILE POKER RUN Sunday, February 14, Sign up at 9 a.m. at the Lions Club in Halfway to buy your poker hands. The poker run is 40 miles round trip. Leave your hands at the last station or turn your hands in at the lions hall. Raffle items will be awarded and winner will be announced at 6 p.m. Total of $4,000 in payouts!! For more information call the Blooms at (541)-742-7277. BECK, Sharon WAINSCOTT, Gary ANDERS, Tyler EDISON, Larry BURNINGHAM, Tyson STREET, Kenneth MYERS-GABIOLA, Michael BURKE, Markus IJAMS, Margurite PETERSON, Linda SCOTT, Austin ONCHER-FONTAINE, Jay MYERS, Rodger BRINEY, Justin YATTAW, Anthony DOYLE, James HARSHMAN, Matthew TREANOR, Kevin ROMINE, David BOLANOS, Ann ROMINE, Jonathon HANSON, Coty KEEFE, Timothy WINTERS, Lucinda WEISS, Jamie MADER, Casey WITTER, Robert HODEL, Cody MCBRIDE, Steven MYERS, Anthony SHELTON, Adam SCHLAHT, Nathan ELKSHOULDER, Ida POLICE LOG Quiroz, Malia Leialoha, 1/9. Failure to Pay Fines. Coscorrosa, Carrie Lynn. 1/9. Fail- ure to Pay Fines. Luna, Amanda. 1/11. Out of County Warrant. Linscott, Jarrod Beau. 1/11. Con- tempt of Court. Efird, Debra Renee. 1/11. Baker County Circuit Court Warrant for Failure to Abide by Conditions of Deferred Prosecution. Anders, Tyler Joseph. 1/11. Parole and Probation Detainer. Beck, Sharon Lee. 1/12. Driving While Suspended. Edison, Larry Dean. 1/12. Unlawful Delivery of Meth within 1000 feet of a School and one count of Unlawful Delivery of Meth. Paulsen, Nathan Lee. 1/12. Failure to Appear. Wainscott, Gary Allen. 1/12. Assault IV Domestic in Presence of Minors and Harassment. FUNERAL NOTICES William “Bill” Nill, 81, formerly of Halfway, Oregon died at his home in Powers, Oregon on January 11, 2016. Arrangements are under the direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services. Online condolences may be shared at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome. com. — Obituaries — Kathryn Greene Kemp Baker City, 1919-2015 Kathryn Greene Kemp, resident of Baker County for 38 years, Kathryn passed away Kemp in Lodi, California on December 26, 2015, at the age of 96. Kathryn Belle Greene was born September 13, 1919 in White Pine, Ten- nessee. She was preceded in death by parents William Thomas Greene and Julia Ann Faulkner, and siblings Nelly Jones, Jess Greene, Edna Hall, Earl Greene, Lucille (Jackie) Turner, and Louise Dawson. She grew up in a South- ern plantation home with white pillars and an expan- sive porch, but no electric- ity or running water. After High School, Kathryn became a beau- tician in Knoxville. She later moved to Los Ange- les, and eventually became an executive secretary at U.S. Steel Corp. in San Francisco. There Kathryn met Philip Giles Kemp, and they were married in 1964. The next year they moved to Baker City. Phil and Kathryn oper- ated Cedar Manor Nursing Home in Baker City for 20 years, as well as the Sunset Manor and Park Place adult foster care homes. They were active in the American College of Nurs- ing Home Administrators, and also local organiza- tions such as the Lions Club and 4-H in Baker City. They were very involved in St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church and the Ascension School Camp in Cove. Phil and Kathryn retired to Sumpter, Oregon in the 1980s. They later moved to Enterprise in Wallowa County in 2003, where Phil passed away on January 18, 2005. Kathryn then moved to Austin, Texas, living with her sister Louise, and later nephew Ted Dawson. Eventually they moved to California, settling finally in Lodi, where Kathryn was very happy to be in their loving home in her final years. Kathryn was a legendary cook, who could bake a pie or a turkey to perfection in an antique wood-burning stove. She was respected in business and had a warm smile for everyone she encountered. She loved traveling with Phil. The one-armed bandits of Reno trembled at her approach. She could spot a hawk in a field a half-mile away. Her greatest joys were meals and birthdays with family. Kathryn is survived by two stepsons, four grand- children, and numerous nieces and nephews. Her stepsons are William Giles Kemp, of Sisters, Oregon, his wife Karen and chil- dren Kendra and Spencer, and Robert Philip Kemp and his wife Anne-Marie of Joseph, and their daugh- ters Kathryn and Lindsay. Kathryn was especially close to the families of her sisters Jackie and Louise. She is remembered in her sister Jackie’s family by niece Jewell Roach, her husband Bill and their chil- dren Geoff and Julienne Buckley, and niece Julia Escardo, with husband Hector, and their children Hector Allen and Julia. Kathryn is survived on her sister Louise’s side by nephew Ted Dawson, his wife Myrna, their daugh- ters Cheri Labarthe and Jaime Dawson and their children. Kathryn would wish that gifts and remembrances be made to the Ascension School Camp and Confer- ence Center, Box 278, Cove, OR 97824 To light a candle in memory of Kathryn, please visit: www.grayswestco. com. Drexel “Rex” Lewis Calhoun Baker City, 1925-2015 Drexel “Rex” Lewis Calun, 89, of Baker City died Monday, Decem- ber 28, 2015 at Beehive Homes Residential Care Facility in Baker City. No services are currently planned. Rex was born on Decem- ber 29, 1925 in Pennsboro, West Virginia to Otto Clarence Calhoun and Fannie Francis (Dodd) Calhoun. He received his education in Ohio and later served his country from 1944-1946 in the United States Navy. During his time in the Navy, Rex worked as a machinist 3rd class on the USS Tennes- see BB43 in the South Pacific. September 27, 1952 he married Reva Joy McClure in Vancouver, Washington and together they enjoyed 63 years of marriage. Rex was a hard worker and loved working. After moving to Baker City in 1963, he worked with his two brothers, Jesse Calhoun and Silvan Cal- houn operating the Baker Mill and Grain located in Haines, OR. He continued to work at the mill until 1975. In 1976 Rex and Reva opened the Ace Nurs- ery which they operated for 29 years. Rex is survived by his wife Reva Calhoun of Baker City, his brother Silvan Calhoun of Baker City, and his sister in-law Jackie Calhoun of Baker City. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews as well as many friends. He is preceded in death by his parents, six sisters, four brothers, and nine of his sibling’s spouses. Memorial contributions may be made in Rex’s honor to the Parkinson’s Foundation or to a charity of choice through Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Baker City, OR 97814. To light a candle in mem- ory of Rex, please visit: www.grayswestco.com. Andrew Henry Johnson Baker City, 1937-2016 Andy was born in De- troit Lakes, Minnesota to Andrew and Elanore on July 7, Andy 1937. He Johnson passed peacefully at his home in the company of his two best friends and his great- granddaughter on January one, two thousand and sixteen. He was seventy- eight years old. Like many men from his generation, Andy had very little formal education. He left home a young teenager and enrolled in the “school of hard knocks”. He spent many years cowboying for ranchers in the Salmon, Idaho area. He learned how to mechanic, weld and a hundred other trades and skills. He never hired any- thing out; he just learned how to do it himself. Andy and his wife Gladys moved to Baker City from Alaska in nine- teen ninety-two. He had a little upholstery shop and worked with Tyler Equip- ment for a short time. In nineteen ninety-five he and his stepson Darin opened A & D Restoration. He was an amazing fabricator that built anything asked of him. He never needed blue prints or an engineer. He would simply think about it and then build it. Andy always said, “ten minutes of thinking can save you hours of labor”. Many people thought he was hard to work for, but that was not the case. He just wanted it done right and did not like lazy people. Andy was a quiet man with a big heart. Not much brought him happi- ness after his wife passed away. However, there was one thing that always put a big smile on his face, his great-granddaughter. To her, he was her “oldest papa”. They spent hours giggling, eating ice cream and candy bars, and having a good time. Andy didn’t do much outside of working; he be- lieved that if a man didn’t work, he shouldn’t eat. He was an honest man that knew right from wrong and never put a dime in his pocket that he did not earn. If he took time off, it was to build something, mostly for Gladys. He would go fishing from time to time and in his last years he started working with horses again but his failing health eventually made it difficult for him. He quietly and generous- ly supported many youth programs in the Baker area for many years. Andy is preceded in death by his wife Gladys, his parents, Andrew and Elanore, his brothers George and John, his sister Annabelle, and his grand- son Jorge Dayton (JD). Andy is survived by his sisters; Rachel, Joann, and Mary, his brothers Dick and Ray, his sons; George, Andy Jr., and Fred, his daughters Sandy Pruett and Diane Dockery, his step- children; Shelly Weststeyn, Scott Van Dyken, and Da- rin Van Dyken. He is also survived by twenty-six grandchildren and seven- teen great-grandchildren. Andy did serve in the Air National guard; dates are not available at this time. A graveside service will be held on May seventh, two thousand and sixteen at Mt. Hope Cemetery at one o’clock p.m. in Baker City. Contributions in memory of Andy may be made to Heart ‘n Home Hospice or the Baker City High School FFA Program through Coles Tribute Cen- ter 1950 Place St. Baker City, OR 97814. To light a candle in memory of Andy, please visit: www.colestribute- center.com. Photo provided by Geo Dee’s Art Creations. Support this local, family-owned and operated small business, all while getting news for an entire year for as little as $29.95!
