2 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2016
Local
— News of Record —
JAIL ROSTER
— Community Calendar —
1-A DISTRICT BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT
Thursday, February 18 through Saturday,
February 20. The 1A-District boys and Girls
Basketball Tournaments at Baker High School.
RELAY FOR LIFE KICKOFF
Friday, February 19, 6 p.m. at the Best Western
Sunridge Lane. Call Shelly at the Baker County
Visitors Center / Chamber of Commerce at
541.523.5855 for more information.
FEED THE ARTS DINNER
Friday, February 19 at Crossroads Carnegie
Art Center at 2020 Auburn Ave Baker City, OR.
There are two dinner shifts: 5:00 p.m. and 6:00
p.m. in the downstairs studio at Crossroads.
Ticket price is $15.00 a person and this includes:
your choice of a handmade bowl made by local
potters for you to take home, your choice of
gourmet soup made by Lone Pine Café. Bread
donated by the Inland Café, drink and dessert.
ROMINE, Jonathon
ALLEN, Vera
CLARK, Dexter
BRUCE, Justin
THORNTON, Mark
PFAFF, Buddy
SCHULTE, Michael
URLACHER, John
WINSTON, Brandy
DAWSON, Tara
DEHERRERA, Kyle
KOCHSMEIER, Shawnia
SMITH, Glen
WONG, David
DARNELL, Jason
ROPER JR, John
BARGER, Thomas
BARNETT, Desiree
CARPENTER, Anna
MARR, Tammy
GAGNON, Roderick
SYPHERD, Crystol
GRAY, Robert
HARDING, Jestin
PREVO, Loren
ANDERS, Tyler
SAM CARPENTER EVENT
Monday, February 22, Sam Carpenter
Bend Businessman will be here for a meet and
Greet at 8:30 a.m. at the Sunridge in Baker City
Monday morning February 22nd for a no host
coffee meeting. Come and get to know Sam.
Seating is limited, please RSVP Peggie at 541-
519-7977. 67-year-old Sam Carpenter of Bend
has joined the race for the Republican nomina-
tion to challenge Wyden this fall. Carpenter has
owned the Bend-based telephone-answering
service Centratel since 1984. He also has written
two books on business management, worked as a
consultant and founded a charitable organization
to assist victims of a 2005 earthquake in Paki-
stan. He’s never held elected offi ce.
PAINT LIKE A BIRD PAINTING CLASS
Tuesday, February 23. Artist SK Cothren will
be teaching a two part workshop at the Baker
City Library, 2400 Resort Street, Baker City,
on February 23rd and March 1st. The workshop
is titled “Paint Like a Free Bird” will be from
6:30-8 p.m. and the cost is free. All materials
will be provided thanks to a grant from Art Place
America. The class is limited to 15 participants
and people are encouraged to sign up at the
library’s front desk. Participants will have fun
paintings birds the messy art way, according to
Cothren. There is also a show of Cothren’s work
in the reading room of the library until the end of
February.
CASINO NIGHT AT THE BAKER
HERITAGE MUSEUM
Saturday, February 27, Please join the Friends
of the Baker Heritage Museum for our annual
Casino Night Fundrasier - Night at Old Auburn
on February 27th 6-10 p.m. Tickets are available
at the Museum, Chamber of Commerce, Betty’s
Books and other locations in Baker City. You
can also purchase them on our website bakerher-
itagemuseum.com. Hurry - ticket prices go up
after February 21st.
STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Wednesday, March 2 through March 5, State
1A Basketball Tournament. Top 8 Boys and top
8 Girls basketball teams in the State of Oregon.
These are the small schools.
ANNUAL REPUBLICAN BANQUET
Saturday, March 19 at the Sunridge Inn. Spe-
cial guest speak is Congressman Greg Walden.
State Rep. Cliff Bentz has confi rmed with other
candidates pending. $35 per ticket, prime rib
dinner included. Call Baker County Republican
Chair Suzan Ellis Jones at 541.519.5035 for
more information.
EDISON, Larry
MYERS-GABIOLA, Michael
BURKE, Markus
SCOTT, Austin
YATTAW, Anthony
HARSHMAN, Matthew
ROMINE, David
HANSON, Coty
KEEFE, Timothy
WEISS, Jamie
WITTER, Robert
HODEL, Cody
MCBRIDE, Steven
MYERS, Anthony
SHELTON, Adam
SCHLAHT, Nathan
ELKSHOULDER, Ida
Moore, Jeffery Michael. 2/14. Ha-
rassment and Criminal Trespass II.
Vansickle, Nicholas Kane.
2/16. Baker County Circuit Court
cite and release warrant for
Contempt of Court.
Vansickle, Nicholas Kane. 2/16.
Failure to Appear.
Dolby, Tyson Alan . 2/16. Harass-
ment, Criminal Trespass II x2, and
Criminal Mischief.
Larsen, Millicent Norwood. 2/16.
Cite and Release for Harassment and
Disorderly Conduct.
Dolby, Tyson Alan. 2/16. Failure to
Comply with a Court Order.
POLICE LOG
FUNERAL NOTICES
Mason, Charles Lee . 2/10. Assault
IV Domestic.
Wolfe, Alan William. 2/12. Probation
Violation.
Efi rd, Debra Renee . 2/12. Cite and
Release Warrant.
Peterson, Linda Diane. 2/14. Crimi-
nal Trespass II.
Gary Marlette, 76, of Richland and
Baker City, Oregon died at his home
on Tuesday, February 16, 2016.
Arrangements are under the direc-
tion of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & Cremation Services. On line
condolences may be shared at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
— Obituaries —
Mae LaVonne Raupp
Baker City, 1940-2016
LaVonne
Raupp - A
viewing will
be held on
Thursday
evening,
February
18, 2015
LaVonne
from 4 to
Raupp
7 p.m. at
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home in Halfway. A Tra-
ditional Funeral Service
will be at 11 a.m. on
Friday, February 19, 2016
at the Richland Method-
ist Church in Richland,
Oregon. Interment at Eagle
Valley Cemetery. Friends
are invited to join the fam-
ily for a potluck reception,
following the internment at
the Eagle Valley Grange.
Mae LaVonne Raupp was
born on February 28, 1940
in Muskogee, Oklahoma
a few minutes before her
twin sister, Laverne. She
passed peacefully in her
home, with her husband
Don at her side, in Rich-
land, Oregon on February
6, 2016.
As a child, LaVonne’s
family moved from Okla-
homa to Kansas and even-
tually settled in central and
northern California where
she met her husband, Don
Raupp. LaVonne and Don
met for the fi rst time at
church in Sacramento,
California when LaVonne
was only 13 and Don was
16. Their families came
in contact regularly dur-
ing church meetings and
revivals. After years of
friendship, teasing and
fl irting, LaVonne and Don
married on December 3rd,
1960 in North Sacramento,
California.
The church was the
center of LaVonne’s life
throughout her childhood
and adult life. Her mother
was a traveling preacher,
and LaVonne, her twin,
Laverne, their younger
sister Evelyn, and their dad
were part of the musical
entertainment. LaVonne
and Laverne played the ac-
cordions and sang, Evelyn
joined in the singing, and
their dad played the musi-
cal saw.
LaVonne and Don began
singing together even
before they were dat-
ing when Don and “The
Twins” performed together
at a Youth for Christ Talent
Show. LaVonne and Don
began dating several years
later, singing and perform-
ing together through their
dating, engagement and
throughout their 55 year
marriage. They spent years
traveling around Northern
California with their 4
children, Robert, Jonathan,
Beverley and Zackary, per-
forming in churches and at
fairs. They were known as
the Singing Raupp Fam-
ily. LaVonne played the
piano and wrote many of
the songs they performed.
Even as their family grew
up and left home, LaVonne
and Don continued singing
together at church, and at
community and Grange
events.
Besides being musically
talented, LaVonne also
loved to sew, embroider
and crochet. She sewed
many of the matching
outfi ts that the family wore
during their performances,
I have nothing left. Nothing to give you.
I have no pride, no dignity. No money. I don’t
even know how we’ll make a living, but...
I promise I’ll love you the rest of your life.
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adding embroidered ac-
cents to the yokes of her
husband’s and sons’ shirts
and the bodices of Bever-
ley’s and her dresses. To
keep her hands busy during
travel, LaVonne crocheted
hundreds of “granny
squares” and eventually
made each of her four chil-
dren a crocheted afghan.
As a teenager, LaVonne’s
education was disrupted as
she and her sisters trav-
eled with their mother to
perform. She and her twin
graduated high school
through a home corre-
spondence course, but she
never pursued college until
she had raised her family.
LaVonne was 50 years old
when she began attend-
ing Cabrillo Community
College in Santa Cruz,
California. Her family
was very proud of her for
stepping out of her comfort
zone and earning straight
A’s. She also began work-
ing full time for a software
company during this time
of her life, and enjoyed
being a part of the growing
educational software trend
of the early 90s.
LaVonne’s love for
Jesus shone through
everything she did. She
was the sweetest, gentlest
and kindest person many
people had ever known.
Love of and devotion to
Jesus, music, her husband
and family summed up her
life. Those who knew her
were blessed by her smile,
her laughter, her beauti-
ful piano playing and her
sweet alto voice singing
the many songs she wrote
and composed over the
years.
She was preceded in
death by her parents,
John Albert and MayDell
Darden of Pinole, Califor-
nia, and her mother-in-law
and father-in-law, Bill and
Beverley Raupp of Med-
ford, Oregon.
LaVonne is survived by
her husband, Don Raupp
of Richland, Oregon, her
children, Robert Raupp
of Seattle, Washington,
Jonathan (Lisa) Raupp of
Grass Valley, California,
Beverley (John) Minarich
of Richland, Oregon and
Zackary (Sarah) Raupp of
Tacoma, Washington. Her
grandsons, Robert (Jamie)
Minarich, Daniel Minar-
ich and Joshua (Caleah)
Minarich all of La Grande,
Oregon, Derrick Scott
of Los Angeles, Califor-
nia. Cameron Raupp of
Tacoma, Washington, and
Joey and Jonny Raupp of
Grass Valley, California.
Her twin sister, Laverne
(Archie) Phelps of Palm
Desert, California and her
younger sister, Evelyn
(Jim) Harding of Vacaville,
California. Her sister-in-
law, Dotti Neasham of
Medford, Oregon. She also
has several loving nieces
and nephews and great
nieces and nephews who
will fondly remember her.
Memorial donations may
be made to Eagle Valley
Grange, Eagle Valley Am-
bulance, or the charity of
your choicethrough Tami’s
Pine Valley Funeral Home
PO Box 543 Halfway,
Oregon 97834 On line
condolences may be shared
at www.tamispinevalleyfu-
neralhome.com.
Thank you!
We, the people, in
Baker City are
fortunate to have the
services available in
time of need.
Our heartfelt thanks
to all of the staff of
Heart ‘n Home
Hospice with special thanks to: Alice, Ben, Ron,
Betty, Linda, Seth, Cory, all of the volunteers,
and Dr. Lamb. Special thanks to Kristi, Sara, and
Linda.
Our thanks to Gray’s West & Co. for the time
they spent with our mother when she
pre-planned her service and for all their tender
care to the family. Finally thank you to
Community Connections and the Meals on
Wheels program.
—Th e family of Jessie Schuh
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