2 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2016
Local
— News of Record —
— Community Calendar —
JAIL ROSTER
PRCF VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION
Friday, April 8, 2016, at 5:45 p.m., at the Powder
River Correctional Facility, located at 3600 13th St.,
in Baker City. PRCF is inviting community members
who may have an interest in volunteering to a volun-
teer appreciation and recruitment dinner to find out
more about the program. Please RSVP to Lori Fuzi at
(541) 523-6680 ext. 264 by March 22, 2016, for the
required background check if interested.
SPRING CONCERT
Friday, April 8, 2016. The Baker Community
Orchestra will hold its Spring Concert at 7:00 p.m.
at the South Baker Intermediate School Gym, 1285
Third Street, Baker City. There is no admission and
all are welcome. A new exciting element to this
year’s Spring Concert will be expanded small en-
semble and solo offerings. A little Beethoven, Aaron
Copland, Mozart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tchai-
kovsky and others will be performed.
RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE
Monday, April 11, starting at noon at the Calvary
Baptist Church. call Colleen Brooks at 541-523-4650
for details.
EAGLE VALLEY SWCD MEETING
The Eagle Valley Soil and Water Conservation
District will be having their monthly meeting on
April 11th at 12 noon at the Grange Hall in Richland.
The public is welcome, and meals will be available
for those who RSVP for the meeting. Please contact
Tara at (541) 523-7121 x 100 for a copy of the meet-
ing agenda.
KEATING SWCD MEETING
The Keating Soil and Water Conservation District
will be having their monthly meeting on April 12th
at noon at the USDA Service Center; 3990 Midway
Drive in Baker City, OR. The public is welcome,
and meals will be available for those who RSVP for
the meeting. Please contact Tara at (541) 523-7121 x
100 for a copy of the meeting agenda.
BCVIBE AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS
The next public meeting for the Baker County Eco-
nomic Development Council (Baker County EDC)
Board has been scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on Thursday,
April 14th in the Baker County Commission Cham-
bers. Following that is the second meeting of the
BCVIBE group has been scheduled for 10:30 a.m.
through noon on Thursday, April 14th in the Baker
County Commission Chambers.
BAKER VALLEY SWCD MEETING
The Baker Valley Soil and Water Conservation Dis-
trict will be having their monthly meeting on April
14th at noon at the USDA Service Center at 3990
Midway Drive in Baker City. The public is welcome,
and meals will be available for those who RSVP for
the meeting. Please contact Tara at (541) 523-7121 x
100 for a copy of the meeting agenda.
KRISANNE HALL FORUM
Tuesday, April 19 in La Grande. 7 p.m. at the Grace
Bible Church 1114 Y Avenue in La Grande. Constitu-
tional attorney Krisanne Hall will discuss “Constitu-
tion Framework.”
BAKER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
FORUM
Tuesday, April 19, 6-8 p.m. at the Sunridge. Ask
questions of the County Commissioner candidates
with a meet and greet after.
SELF DEFENSE CLASS
Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. Join MayDay,
Inc. in the Baker High School Wrestling room for a
free self-defense class.
POWDER RIVER FRIENDS OF NRA
The annual banquet and fundraiser is May 7th, 4
p.m. at the Baker Events Center. We support youth
programs and shooting sports in Baker County!
Learn more at www.prfnra.org.
BAXTER, Benjamin
MULDER, Antoine
SMITH, Brendon
NAB, Dennis
BURNINGHAM, Tyson
DAMBACH, Rory
CHARBONNEAU, Crystal
BOLANOS, Ann
HIGHLEY, Joseph
ROMINE, Jonathon
STEVENS, Kimberly
STRITMATER, Blaine
HUGHES, Tracy
BAGGERLY, David
WHITTING-GOOD, Travis
LARSON, Adam
CULLEY, Andrew
KOONTZ, Kyle
LATTYMER, Melissa
OLSON, Eric
TUGMAN, Michael
CLARK, Dexter
BRUCE, Justin
DEHERRERA, Kyle
SYPHERD, Crystol
GRAY, Robert
HARDING, Jestin
SCOTT, Austin
ROMINE, David
HANSON, Coty
KEEFE, Timothy
WEISS, Jamie
WITTER, Robert
HODEL, Cody
MYERS, Anthony
SCHLAHT, Nathan
POLICE LOG
Dambach, Rory Lynn. 4/1. Strangu-
lation and Assault IV.
Mulder, Antoine Johan. 4/4. Sex
Abuse I.
Smith, Brendon Michael. 4/4. Viola-
tion of Release agreement.
Bottoms III, William Herbert. 4/5.
Contempt of Court.
Kelley, Deanna Dawn. 4/6. DUII,
Possession of Meth.
— Obituaries —
Laurie Kandick
Woodworth
Baker City,
1926-2016
On April
1, 2016 our
beloved hus-
band, father,
grandpa and
Papa Laurie
Laurie
passed away Woodworth
at the age
of 89 after living a long,
productive and meaningful
life rich with the bless-
ings of his loving family.
His kindness, generosity,
honor and strong work
ethic defined his life. He
was never one to take the
easy way out, setting high
expectations for his family
as well as himself; often
leading and teaching by
example. He was always
more concerned about his
family than himself and
worked hard to provide for
their well-being.
Laurie was born in
Buena, Washington on De-
cember 15, 1926 to Cyril
and Margaret Woodworth
and relocated to Grand-
view, Washington in 1936.
His parents purchased
farmland on what is now
known as Woodworth
Road. This was significant
to the family as the original
Woodworth Road is in
Aylesford, Nova Scotia
named in honor of Laurie’s
great-grandfather, Abner.
As a high school student
he played on the football
team, was an undefeated
Golden Gloves boxer, FFA
president as well as student
body vice-president,
graduating from Grand-
view High School in 1945.
He married Cora Col-
leen Klippert in 1949 and
began dairy farming in the
Grandview, Washington
area. Several years later he
formed a business partner-
ship with his brother St.
Clair and began purchasing
farm land in the Yakima
Valley. During his years
of farming he served as
Board Director for Snipes
Mtn. Irrigation District and
the Sunnyside Port Com-
mission. In addition to
many years of farming his
business ventures include
Snipes Mtn. Gravel in Out-
look, Washington; Snipes
Mtn. Sand & Gravel
in Hermiston, Oregon,
FarWest Concrete in Baker
City, Oregon as well as
Double W, Inc. in Baker
City, Oregon.
Laurie is survived by his
wife Cora of 66 years, his
daughters Laurel (Bob)
Goodrich, Gale (Jonathan)
Faber and his son Kevin
(Ruth) Woodworth. He
was additionally blessed
with seven loving grand-
children: Nathan (Molly)
Goodrich, Daniel (Sara)
Goodrich, Ben (Adrianne)
Goodrich, Rachel (Rob)
Hardman, Jeremy Schulz,
Adam (Nina) Woodworth
and Leslie Woodworth. He
knew and loved each one
of his great-grandchildren
as well: Ian, Cora, Ellie,
Leah, Noah, Lucas Ad-
dison, Sven, Maiken and
Griffin.
He is also survived by his
step-granddaughter Rachel
Faber (Adam) Archer and
daughters Riley and Jules
and his former son-in-law
Jack Schulz as well as his
nephews Craig, Jeff, Brian,
George and James Wood-
worth.
He was preceded in death
by his parents Cyril and
Margaret Woodworth, his
brothers George Lowry
and St. Clair Woodworth
as well as his infant son
James Woodworth.
Laurie was an active
member of Our Saviors
Lutheran Church in Sunny-
side, Washington for more
than 35 years and became
a member of First Lutheran
Church in Baker City upon
relocating to Oregon in
1990.
Life will never be the
same without him but his
legacy of perseverance,
love and devotion to fam-
ily and enthusiasm for life
will live on in those of us
he left behind.
Services will be an-
nounced at a later date.
Memorial contributions
can be made to First
Lutheran Church in Baker
City, Oregon through
Gray’s West & Com-
pany Pioneer Chapel 1500
Dewey Ave. Baker City,
OR 97814
City goal-setting
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Police.
Lohner’s presentation
launched the evening.
While he praised his of-
ficers, he would like to
prevent the number of
hours worked from “killing
them off.”
With all reports up,
Lohner said, “What we’re
seeing in increases will
continue to increase.”
He gave the following
statistics to prove his point:
2015 calendar year com-
pared to the 2010 calendar
year.
Written Reports: Up 17%
Overall Arrests: Up 28%
Drug Arrests: Up 81%
Warrant Arrests: Up 41%
DUII Arrests: Up 26%
Citations: Up 37%
Warnings: Up 15%
Vehicle Crashes:
Up 15%
Allocated Sworn Of-
ficers: Down 6%
Allocated Overtime
Funds: Down 30%
January & February
2016 compared to January
& February 2015
Written Reports: Up 16%
Overall Arrests: Up 36%
Lohner said in the past
year his department has
seized more illicit drugs,
primarily meth, than in the
past 10 years combined,
and seen the longest drug-
related prison sentence
ever handed down in Baker
County.
However, he said due to
the need for an additional
officer, at present his ser-
geants are covering patrol
duties far more often than
is the norm in most police
departments, and other
services, such as proac-
tive traffic enforcement
in high-crash areas, often
slip by.
Lohner presented a
handout with his goals and
“wish list” outlined:
1. Enhance Community
Safety
a. Maintain Staffing
or Increase by 1 Sworn
Position
i. BCPD is cur-
rently staffed with 15
sworn officers, 1 civilian
code enforcement offi-
cer, 1 part-time evidence
technician and 1 part-time
administrative assistant.
If we were to fall below
those numbers it would,
at a minimum, cause a
reduction in services and a
reduction in the quality of
our investigations
ii. If we were al-
lowed to increase staffing
by 1 sworn position we
would increase supervi-
sion, decrease overtime
and decrease officer fatigue
b. Maintain a full
time School Resource
Officer (SRO) who can
continue to work with
our schools and youth to
ensure that:
i. Safety protocols
are followed through with
and enhanced
ii. Students continue
to develop rapport with po-
lice, which is a tremendous
advantage with investigat-
ing sensitive cases
iii. Enhance the
continuity with services
between our agency, the
Juvenile Department and
DHS, which aids in inves-
tigations
c. Continue to be pro-
active with traffic enforce-
ment strategies
i. Utilize the Mo-
torcycle Officers to target
traffic offenses
ii. Continue to study
crash data and target areas
with higher crash numbers
when staffing allows
iii. If granted an ad-
ditional officer, it would
allow us to periodically
assign officers to traffic
safety compliance for dedi-
cated periods of time
d. Maintain Vibrant
Volunteer Programs
i. Continue to de-
velop and utilize Reserve
Officers
ii. Continue to
develop and utilize the
Citizens on Patrol Program
2. Enhance Community
Livability
a. Enhance Drug
Investigations
i. Continue to
maximize opportunities
to address drug related
crimes, by whatever means
necessary
ii. Use high
visibility tactics against
known drug houses by co-
ordinating patrol to address
issues
iii. Continue to
use Canine Capa as often
as possible
iv. Use high
visibility tactics against
known drug houses by co-
ordinating Code Enforce-
ment efforts to address
ordinance issues
v. Continue to
use undercover tactics with
detectives and officers to
manage informants and to
utilize surveillance equip-
ment
b. Enhance the
Code Enforcement Officer
(CEO) position
i. Enhance com-
munication with violators
and complainants
ii. Continue to
increase efficiency and
timeliness with handling
and resolving cases
iii. Continue to
proactively manage poten-
tially dangerous dog cases
iv. Continue to
reduce the burden on patrol
3. Enhance Community
Trust & Increase Service
a. Implement a Body
Worn Camera Program
i. BCPD has tested
numerous camera systems
and has received a quote
from the preferred vendor
ii. Cameras have
proven to provide citizens
with a greater sense of ac-
countability
iii. Cameras can
also aid in investigations
and protect police person-
nel from frivolous claims
b. Add hours to the
Administrative Assistant
position to keep the front
desk open from 8-5
i. Those additional
hours will be necessary
to allow the Administra-
tive Assistant to manage
the data storage and data
retrieval of the Body
Worn Camera Program
as required by legislative
mandates
ii. Citizens will be
better served with the front
desk open more hours
c. Continue to have
personnel speak at commu-
nity functions
i. Utilizing
opportunities to provide
safety information and
safety education within our
community is incredibly
important and beneficial
Fire.
Fire Chief Mark John
said his department is
also experiencing a steady
increase in call volume—
up 35% compared to five
years ago.
He said that his depart-
ment’s primary goal was to
meet all calls for service,
including ambulance and
fire engine needs, in a
timely manner.
SEE GOAL-SETTING
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