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.
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