2 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2016
Local
— Community Calendar —
CHRISTMAS!
December 25, 2016. Merry Christmas, everyone!
CREATE YOUR OWN
COMIC WORKSHOP
December 29. Author/illustrator Nancy Coffelt
will help budding comics artists bring their own
stories to life in a one hour-long workshop at Baker
County Public Library, Thursday, December 29
2016 at 11 a.m. Learn how to create action with
simple lines, show emotion, mood AND a story in
just four panels—while using simple stick fi gures.
The event is free and suitable for all ages. Art
supplies will be provided. Pre-registration is not
required so get a seat early! First come, fi rst-served.
This event is made possible Libraries of Eastern
Oregon with funding from Artplace America.
NEW YEARS DAY
January 1, 2017. Happy New Year!
FREE DAY AT THE
INTERPRETIVE CENTER
January 15, 2017, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 22267
Highway 86, Baker City, Oregon, Exit 302 from
Interstate 84.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL
AWARDS BANQUET
January 21, 2017, 5-9 p.m. The Annual Awards
Banquet is the premier event of the year for the
Baker County Chamber of Commerce and its
members. Every year highlights a new theme with
enjoyable ways attendees can interact, network
and relax. The evening will consist of an entertain-
ing fund raising activity, a delectable dinner and
an outstanding awards ceremony. We have shaken
things up a bit this year and have no doubt you’ll
be pleased with the results. Please join us as we
celebrate the accomplishments of our business and
community leaders and pay tribute to the outstand-
ing citizens who have made a difference in Baker
County. Awards: Woman of the Year, Man of the
Year, Legacy Woman of the Year, Legacy Man of
the Year, Service Organization of the Year, Excel-
lence in Agriculture, Business of the Year.
WAGONS HO! BEGINS
February 16 at the Oregon Trail Interpretive Cen-
ter. The popular hand-on exhibit returns! Test your
pioneering skills by packing a full-scale replica
wagon and see what you look like in a pioneer’s
clothes. Spin the Wagon Wheel of Fortune and test
your luck as you travel along the Oregon Trail.
Compose some pioneer Poetry or fi nd out what
wildlife you might have seen along the way. An in-
teractive experience for visitors of all ages. Exhibit
last though June 14.
FREE DAY AT THE
INTERPRETIVE CENTER
February 18, 2017, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 22267
Highway 86, Baker City, Oregon, Exit 302 from
Interstate 84.
OLD AUBURN CASINO NIGHT AT
THE HERITAGE MUSEUM
February 25, 2017, 6-10 p.m. “A Night at Old
Auburn” Casino Style Fundraiser to benefi t Baker
Heritage Museum. 2480 Grove Street, Baker City,
OR 97814, corner of Grove & Campbell Street in
Baker City. Call 541-523-9308 for more informa-
tion.
M erry
C hristmas!
From the Baker County
Republican Party.
— News of Record —
JAIL ROSTER
WHITE, Alden
COONEY, Holly
MADER, Casey
PURKEY, Danielle
SPEELMAN, Beth
HAMM, Todd
EDISON, Marsan
CALDER, Douglas
URLACHER, John
BRITTON, Cheryl
GROVE, James
O’DONNELL, Michael
WINSTON, Brandy
CARPENTER, Anna
WATSON, Nickolas
BRASWELL, Edward
GAGNON, Roderick
BRESHEARS, Brent
FLORES, Robert
DOYLE, James
WOLFE, Alan
WAGONER, Christopher
STEELE, Zachary
WONG, David
BAXTER, Benjamin
BROWN, Geoffrey
MCNAIR, Frank
CULBERTSON, Brandon
FURTNEY, Jeffery
GUZMAN, Miguel
LANNING, James
STEELE, Alan
MULDER, Antoine
POLICE LOG
Francis, Kellyanne. 12.20. Failure
to Pay Fine.
Cooney, Holly Melinda. 12.13. As-
sault IV Domestic.
DEATH / FUNERAL NOTICES
Steve Smith, 64, of Baker City died
early on Friday, December 16, 2016
at his residence. Gray’s West & Com-
pany Pioneer Chapel is handling the
arrangements. To light a candle for
Steve or to offer condolences to his
family, please visit www.grayswestco.
com.
Wilma May Bishop, 80, of Baker
City, Oregon passed away early in
the evening of December 19, 2016
at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in
Baker City. Services will be held in
the spring of 2017. Arrangements
have been entrusted to Gray’s West
& Co. Pioneer Chapel. To light a
candle in memory of Wilma, please
visit: www.grayswestco.com.
Home for Christmas
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Butchers in both stores
cut up locally harvested
meat, and Toby has learned
to walk downtown to get
himself a treat bone, so at
fi rst Castleton thought that
was where he had disap-
peared.
However, several hours
passed with no sign of the
dog.
She called neighbors
and other friends to ask if
anyone had seen Toby, to
no avail.
Being a close-knit com-
munity, friends in Halfway
began calling other friends,
sharing word of the miss-
ing dog.
A checker at Old Pine
Market began asking cus-
tomers as they came in if
anyone had spotted Toby.
Soon, most people in
town knew there was a dog
missing but not necessarily
to whom the dog belonged.
Then the notifi ca-
tions began on Facebook:
People were spotting a dog
running on Halfway Hill,
on the way to Richland.
Many drivers stopped,
but the dog wouldn’t come
to them.
Several committed com-
munity members dedicated
hours, over the next two
weeks, driving and search-
ing for Toby.
There were many days
when nobody spotted him,
then a sighting would be
published and the efforts
would renew.
Then the weather dipped
into the minus numbers for
several days, and the sight-
ings had stopped.
Hope was fading.
Suddenly, early Mon-
day morning, this post
appeared on Facebook
from Darla Helmstreet, a
Halfway resident:
“So my husband Steve
who works at the Richland
Feed & Seed picked Toby
up on the way to work. He
called him by name and
asked him if he wanted
a puppy treat and he was
able to get him in his truck.
He is going to get him re-
turned today. A Christmas
miracle.”
Congratulations and
celebratory posts poured
into the Facebook site. The
entire community rejoiced
in the unexpected happy
ending.
Toby was soon returned
home, hungry and tired but
otherwise none the worse
for wear.
He and his very happy
owner are, once again, able
to enjoy their snuggles.
In an interview, Castle-
ton stated she can never
repay the caring, the dili-
gence and the commitment
to searching that the com-
munity of Halfway showed
her and Toby.
“I just want to tell them
all a million thanks!” she
said.
Inmates donate money to kids
BY SAMANTHA
O’CONNER
Samantha@TheBakerCountyPress.com
For the second year,
adults in custody at the
Powder River Correctional
Facility (PRCF) donated
money for needy children
for the Gift Bag Give Back
Project.
The project began last
year with the therapeu-
tic community, which
includes adults in custody
who are in the Alternative
Incarceration Program.
They had decided that
they wanted to raise funds
to do gift bags and they
raised $178 and were able
to put together around 20
or 30 bags.
Amanda Bork, Offi ce
Support Specialist at the
PRCF, explained that the
adults in custody only had
three weeks to raise money
for the program this year.
She explained that they
decided to make it more
inmate-driven this year.
She asked two volun-
teers from each of their
two therapeutic units and
those volunteers organized
the facility wide program.
Within PRCF, they have
two housing units that are
involved in the New Direc-
tions Northwest Alterna-
tive Incarceration Program,
which has a total of 128
adults in custody.
It was organized by
adults in custody in treat-
ment with the Alternative
Incarceration Program, but
the general population in
the facility, over 200 adults
in custody, was also able to
donate funds and this year
they raised $783.77 for the
program.
“It was a lot more than I
had anticipated especially
with last year’s results,”
said Bork. “They really
took it on and they were
very enthusiastic and
encouraging to each other.
They also decided—it was
completely their deci-
sion—where they wanted
the bags to go and they
decided, after quite a bit of
discussing and polling each
other, that they wanted to
give bags to the Juvenile
Department because a lot
of them remember be-
ing teenagers that were
involved in that system and
they really wanted to reach
out to that population and
support them.”
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Submitted Photos.
Amanda Bork, a Councilor at New Directions, helps
funnel inmate purchased through checkout at The
Dollar Store.
Celebrating 28 years of cooperative
service to our member-owners!
Putting our
energy to work
for you this
holiday season!
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