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2 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017 Local — Community Calendar — KIDS FREE FISHING DERBY Saturday, June 3, 9 a.m. to noon at the High- way 203 Pond. Ages 13 and younger. Fishing instruction, free prizes, free rods to borrow. Call Shannon at 541.523.1385 with questions. RUN TO THE RUTS Saturday, June 3, 7th Annual Run to the Ruts 5K/10K Fun Run & Walk, 9:00 a.m. to noon. Celebrate National Trails Day with a walk or run along the National Historic Oregon Trail. National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center 22267 Highway 86, Baker City, Oregon, Exit 302 from Interstate 84. Admission is free this day. POWDER RIVER MUSIC REVIEW June 11, 4-6 p.m. Named Oregon’s Best Music Festival in 2015 by the Oregon Festivals and Events Association, the Powder River Music Review concert series is weekly outdoor concert series in Baker City’s Geiser Pollman Park on the banks of the Powder River featuring local and regional musicians on Sunday afternoons 4- 6 p.m. June through August 2017 Schedule TBA. HELLS CANYON JUNIOR RODEO June 17. An exciting Saturday full of ro- deo action for youth competitors and city kids who want to grow up to be cowboys, and their families. Hells Canyon Junior Rodeo is a Cayuse Junior Rodeo Association circuit rodeo member. Community events include Rodeo action both days, Parade, Dance, and Awards Ceremony. Mutton Busting & Dummy Roping for Mini- Mites (ages 0-4) to Ranch Style Bronc Riding & Bulls for the Senior contestants (Ages 15-18.) Lots of fun and rodeo action for the whole fam- ily at the Halfway Fairgrounds! For more infor- mation including complete schedule of events, and entry information visit Hells Canyon Junior Rodeo online or call 1-541-742-4222. BAKER CITY CYCLING CLASSIC June 23-25. Visit www.bakercitycycling.org for more information or call 541-325-1689. ANNUAL QUILT SHOW The dates for the Baker City Quilt Show are July 14th and 15th. It will again be held at 2020 Church St. with an admission of $3. Two of the vendors this year are members of the Baker City Quilt Club. Returning is Rocky Morris with the Outlaw Creations group. New to this year’s show will be Karen Hutchinson’s booth. The raffl e quilt this year is being made to fi t a queen sized bed, with piecing and an applique border. DOWNTOWN CHEVRON Auburn & Main Street Use your Safeway rewards. Cardlock discounts. Complete Collision Repair 2390 Broadway • Baker City • 541-523-5223 Joe Scott’s r e i m e P r Auto Body, Inc. — News of Record — JAIL ROSTER Radle, Brandon Robert. 5.30. Circuit Court Warrant out of Union County for Failure to Appear. Shaw, Amber Diane. 5.29. Marion County for Parole Violation and also for PCS Meth. Trivett, Riley John. 5.28. PCS Meth. Driver, Michael Charles. 5.28. Mis- sissippi State warrant. Christensen, Taren Leigh. 5.28. Cite and Release for Delivery of a controlled substance. Pogue, Stephanie Marie. 5.27. Unlawful Possession of Methamphet- amine. Beauford, Kevin Patrick. 5.26. Vio- lation of Restraining Order. Larsen, Millicent Norwood. 5.26. Multiple Baker County Circuit Court warrants, For Contempt of Court x2 and Theft II. Grundin, Kevin Richard. 5.25. DUII. Carpenter,Anna Marie. 5.25. De- tainer. Charbonneau, Crystal Lee. 5.24. Baker County Parole and Proba- tion warrant for Suspension of Post Prison Supervision. Blitch, James Robert. 5.24. De- tainer. TALLEY, Daniel ANDERTON, Bobby RADLE, Brandon SHAW, Amber DRIVER, Michael TRIVETT, Riley BEAUFORD, Kevin CARPENTER, Anna BLITCH, James HATFIELD, Amy KOONTZ, Kyle PETERSON, Linda BOLANOS, Ann HAMM, Todd WATSON, Nickolas HARKNESS, Robert FEREBEE, Michael LATTYMER, Melissa PLUMB JR, Leonard COX, Chad ANDERS, Tyler GALLEGOS, Anthony COLE, Derek ECKSTEIN, Joseph CLARK, Dexter CULLEY, Andrew NOBLE, Cecil BLOOD, Daniel STEELE, Tiffany ROBINSON, Justin BAKER, Joshua TUGMAN, Michael BROWN, Geoffrey STEELE, Alan DEATH AND FUNERAL NOTICES POLICE LOG Talley, Daniel Clifford. 5.31. Assault IV. Edward Dayen - A Celebration of Ed’s Life will be held at the Snow Park on Clear Creek in Halfway at 2:00 PM on Friday, June 9, 2017 with a potluck reception to follow immedi- ately after at the park. Arrangements are under the direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services. Online condolences may be shared at www.tamispinevalleyfu- neralhome. Submitted photo. Annabel Grace Whitaker. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Parents Jeremy and Mollie Whita- ker are pleased to announced the birth of their daughter Annabel Grace Whitaker, 7 lbs., 7oz. 20.5”, born April 22, 2017, at 10:35 p.m. in Culver, Oregon. Siblings are Wyatt Whitaker, Morgan Whitaker, McKinzie Whitaker, and Cameron Whitaker. Grandpar- ents are Rod and Valerie Tachenko of Baker City, and Jeff and Triesa Whitaker, Culver. Great grandparents are Gerald Zehner of Lebanon Or- egon and Rose Whitaker of Redmond Oregon. — Obituaries — Joseph Del Curto Baker City, 1910-2017 Joseph Del Curto passed away Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017 at his home in Joe Baker City, Del Curto Oregon after a prolonged illness with cancer. A Graveside Catholic Service was held on Saturday, May 27th at 12:30 p.m., at Pine Haven Cemetery in Half- way, OR. Joe was born in Baker City, OR March 30th, 1958 to the parents of Lawrence and Elba Del Curto. He was raised on a small cattle ranch in Pine Valley and attended Pine Eagle Schools. After gradua- tion from Pine Eagle High School, Joe attended college at Eastern Oregon University. While at East- ern Oregon University, Joe studied Business Adminis- tration and participated on the Eastern Oregon Uni- versity Wrestling Team. For the past 30 years, Joe has worked in the timber/ wood products industry with positions at Elling- son’s Lumber Company, Prairie Wood Products in Prairie City, and most recently, Marvin’s Wood Products. Joe was an avid sports fan and loved the outdoors. His hobbies included hunting, fi shing, camping, mushroom and wild-berry picking. Although he never married, Joe enjoyed family and was very involved in the lives of his nieces and nephews. In fact, Joe was a fi xture at nieces and nephews sports and extracurricular ac- tivities. Joe’s most unique traits would likely include having a wonderful sense of humor and positive outlook on life. Joe never met a stranger and would always lend a helping hand to anyone in need. Joe was proceeded in death by his parents Law- rence and Elba Del Curto. He is survived by his brothers and their spouses; Lorry and Lois Del Curto, Imbler, OR; Tony Del Cur- to, Baker City, OR; Tim and Tammi Del Curto of Belgrade, MT and numer- ous nieces and nephews. For those who would like to make a memorial dona- tion in memory of Joe the family suggests contribu- tions to help defray funeral expenses through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services; P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. On line con- dolences may be shared at www.tamispinevalleyfu- neralhome.com. Robert “Bob” Taylor Sumpter, 1932-2017 Robert “Bob” Tay- lor passed away at his home on, Saturday, May 6, Bob 2017, with Taylor his loving wife Fern at his bedside. A Celebration of Bob’s Life with Military Honor will be held on Sat- urday, June 3, 2017 ~ 1:00 p.m. at the Taylor resi- dence 10095 Huckleberry Loop in Sumpter. There will be food and refresh- ments - bring your favorite memories. Let’s Celebrate the Life and Memories of Bob! Robert Taylor was born on June 4, 1932 in Baker City to Leonard and Cora (Roethler) Taylor. Bob attended school in Baker City, graduating from high school in 1949. Entered college but was very soon after drafted to the Korean War in the fall of 1950. Bob served two years, two terms in Korea and was honorably discharged in 1952. He then returned to college at Eastern Oregon Univesity in La Grande. After graduating he accepted a contract to teach college prep math and science in The Dalles, Oregon. He married Gayle Grilley and together they had four sons. They later divorced. On August 14, 1980 he married Fern Gordon Lewis at Incline Village in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Fern owned a fl oor and window covering store in Baker City. There they worked side by side their entire married life for 37 years. In 1995 they sold the family ranch in Haines, Oregon and moved to their current acreage in Sumpter. Together with the help of Fern’s brother, Walter Gor- don, they built a beautiful large log home which they have lived in for 20 years. Bob enjoyed golfi ng, hunting, boating and snow- mobiling. He loved his family and especially loved big dinners with Fern “do- ing all the work” (which she enjoyed). He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Evelyn Rucker, son Kip Taylor and step daughter Teresa Vaughan in 2007. Bob is survived by his wife Fern, sons Steve and his wife Kim, Mike Taylor and Tom Taylor all of Washington, Grand- sons Garrett and Griffi n Taylor, step grandchildren Sam, Kate and Pat; great granddaughter Nora Ann Vaughan, son in law Char- lie Vaughan. For those who would like to make a donation in memory of Bob, the family suggests Contribu- tions may be made to Best Friends (animal rescue and adoption) in Baker City or to the McEwen Church at Sumpter, Oregon through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Crema- tion Services PO Box 543 Halfway, Oregon 97834. On line condolences may be shared at www.tamispi- nevalleyfuneralhome.com. Susan Joyce Werner Baker City, 1951-2017 Susan Joyce Wer- ner, 66, of Baker City died Tues- day, May 16, 2017 at Susan her resi- Werner dence. Ar- rangements have been entrusted to Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. Susan was born in Montclair, New Jersey and spent her formative years in the Bronx borough of New York City. She attended Hunter College in Manhattan. After witnessing a fatal mugging outside of her Astoria Queens apartment building in 1981, Sue decided to relocate with her children to what was then called Baker Oregon, where her father Neal ‘Doc’ Werner was already something of a local character. She immedi- ately fell in love with the town’s charm, the patience and kindness of the locals, the availability of parking space, and the majestic mountain scenery. Sue worked at Burnside’s (now Payne) Insurance on Main Street for a decade before returning to school at Eastern Oregon State College. She graduated, with honors, with a Bach- elor of Science degree in Nursing in 1995. She spent the next 20+ years of her life working as a registered nurse at the St. Elizabeth Care Center (until they closed), cover- ing shifts at St. Elizabeth’s hospital, and until her passing, at the Post Acute Rehabilitation Center in La Grande. Sue had a passion for helping others, be they her patients, random strangers, or stray animals. She was clandestinely sentimental, collecting and saving every photo, every drawing, every note, and every card that her children, family, and friends ever sent to her. More than anything though, Sue loved to laugh, and her sense of humor could best be described as having an ‘east coast’ sensibility. Sue is survived by six siblings, fi ve children, fi ve grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by everyone who met her. To light a candle in memory of Susan, or to leave a condolence for the family, please visit: www. grayswestco.com. Elsie Irene Hoffman Baker City, 1947-2017 Elsie Irene Phillips Hoffman, 70, of Baker City, Oregon passed away Elsie on May 18, Hoffman 2017 at her residence. A graveside service will be held for Elsie on July 26, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Baker City, Oregon with a potluck reception following the service at 1955 Clark Street, Baker City, Oregon. Bishop Tim Taylor will be offi ciating the service. SEE OBITUARIES PAGE 7
