2 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
Local
— Community Calendar —
BORN WILD, CREATED TO BE FREE
September 16, 3-4 p.m. A mix of Rodeo and the
Gospel at the Baker High School Football Stadium.
Riding High Ministries is a team of Christians in
our 11th year of being blessed with the privilege of
working through the PBR to provide ministry to the
riders, families and fans throughout the U.S.A. The
team travels throughout America with the riders
each week providing Church services, Christian
counseling and encouragement at the bull-riding
events. Call Andy at 541-980-2936 for more infor-
mation. https://ridinghighministries.org.
FREE CLOTHING DAY
The NE Oregon Compassion Center at 1250
Hughes Lane will be having a free clothing day on
Saturday, September 16, 2017 from 8:00 a.m. until
5:00 p.m.
GREAT SALT LICK AUCTION
September 16, 6-8 p.m. at Crossroads. Named
Oregon’s Best Philanthropic Event by the Oregon
Festivals and Events Association, this celebration of
bovine art is a one of a kind art auction. Local art-
ists spend the weeks prior to the event licking their
artistic masterpieces into shape before they’re put
on display for the for auction. Funds raised from the
evenings art auction are donated to the Parkinson’s
Center of Oregon at the Oregon Health Science
University. Call 541-523-5369 for more informa-
tion.
MEGAFIRES PRESENTATION
September 21 in John Day. Blue Mountain Forest
Partners collaborative group, in conjunction with
the Malheur National Forest, will be hosting a
presentation on wildland fire called “Era of Mega-
fires” at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 21,
2017 at the Grant County Regional Airbase in John
Day, Ore. The “Era of Megafires” is a 70-minute,
multi-media, traveling presentation hosted by Dr.
Paul Hessburg. The public is welcome and encour-
aged to attend this free presentation. Hessburg is a
research ecologist with Forest Service Research and
Development. He has been studying historical and
modern era forests of the Inland West for the last 32
years. His work documents large changes in forest
conditions and how these changes have set the stage
for large and severe wildfires or megafires.
PAT CLUBB MEMORIAL
GOLF TOURNAMENT
September 23. 10 a.m. Quail Ridge Golf Course,
2801 Indiana Ave, Baker City. $65/person-18
Holes. $32.50- 9 Holes.
EAGLE VALLEY SWCD MEETING
The Eagle Valley Soil and Water Conservation
District will be having their monthly meeting on
September 25, 2017 at 12 noon in Halfway, OR.
Please call the office for more details. 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.
KEATING VALLEY SWCD MEETING
The Keating Soil and Water Conservation District
will be having their monthly meeting on September
26, 2017 at 12 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.
HUNTINGTON HAUNTED FOREST
Huntington’s Haunted Forest will be open every
Friday-Saturday in October from 6:30-10 p.m.
Groups of 4+ email huntingtonchamber@gmail.
com or call 541-216-3465 for our group discounts!
$10 per person. All guests must sign waiver before
entering the shuttle to the Haunted Forest. 13 years
and younger must be accompanied by an adult.
DOG JOG
October 7, 9 a.m. Starts and ends at Central Park.
Route is around the Leo Adler Memorial Parkway
Loop, around the Geiser Pollman Park, continuing
to Resort and Washington and back. Entry fee is
$20 and includes an event T-shirt. September 22nd
is the entry deadline. Proceeds go toward upkeep of
the future dog park near Sam O. Registration forms
can be picked up at City Hall.
3RD ANNUAL CAST IRON COOKOFF
October 7, 9 a.m. till noon. National Historic
Oregon Trail Interpretive Center 22267 Highway
86, Baker City, Oregon, Exit 302 from Interstate 84.
Take part in our annual Dutch oven cook-off-with a
twist! Learn more at http://trailtenders.org/home.
TASTE OF BAKER CITY
October 7, 4-7 p.m. Celebrate the flavors of Baker
City during this annual event in Downtown Baker
City. Participating restaurants from throughout
Baker City line the streets of downtown Baker
City 4 till 7 p.m. offering sample size bites of their
tastiest recipes in exchange for “Taste Tokens” for
$1 each, and will be available at several downtown
locations throughout the event. Hosted by Historic
Baker City Inc. The taste of Baker City is a perfect
way to celebrate fall’s arrival and all things culi-
nary.
— News of Record —
JAIL ROSTER
BELIZ, Armandina
CULLEY, Andrew
WALKER, Jacob
BOLANOS, Ann
MILES, Dock
POWER, Gary
LATTYMER, Melissa
WILLEY, Craig
ARTHUR, Tyler
MCMURDO, David
SIMMS II, George
HANNA, John
BERNARDY, Kevin
CULBERTSON, Brandon
KISSINGER, James
ADAMS, Alexander
HENDRIKSEN, Carmon
STEELE, Zachary
BRESHEARS, Brent
VANSICKLE, Kira
REED, Nicholas
WINSTON, Brandy
CLAWSON, Jeremy
HELLER, Paul
DARNELL, Jason
KIDD, Kevin
WOLFE, Alan
WILKERSON, Harold
TOLMAN, Douglas
BROOKS, Matthew
NICHOLS, Robert
STRITMATER, Blaine
COLE, Derek
CLARK, Dexter
NOBLE, Cecil
BAKER, Joshua
STEELE, Alan
POLICE LOG
Walker, Jacob Daniel. 9.12. Baker
County Circuit Court warrant for Con-
tempt of Court.
Beliz, Armandina. 9.12. Warrant for
Supplying Contraband.
Miles, Dock D. 9.11. Post-prison
violation.
Bolanos, Ann Marie. 9.11. Post-
prison violation.
Crosby, Nicholas Cole. 9.7. Harass-
ment.
Lattymer, Melissa Jean. 9.6. Viola-
tion of Release Agreement.
DEATH AND FUNERAL NOTICES
Cecil “Gene” Eugene Rose, 88, of
Baker City, Oregon passed away at
his residence in Meadowbrook Place
Assisted Living Community on Sep-
tember 6, 2017. A memorial service
will be held on Friday, October 13,
2017 at 1:30 PM at the First Church
of the Nazarene located at 1250
Hughes Lane, Baker City, Oregon
with Pastor Sally Weins of the Haines
Methodist Church officiating. To light
a candle for Gene or to leave a con-
dolence for the family, please visit:
www.grayswestco.com.
Jane Fields, 89, of Baker City, Or-
egon passed away on September 12,
2017 at Settler’s Park Assisted Living.
Arrangements have been entrusted
to Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel.
To light a candle for Jane, please
visit: www.grayswestco.com.
Jimmy “Jim” Hilderbrand, 87,
longtime Halfway resident, died on
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 from
injuries sustained from a motor
vehicle accident on highway 86.
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 —
Agatha Sofie Imoos
Richland, 1918-2017
Agatha
Sofie Im-
moos, 98, of
Richland, Or-
egon passed
away August
28, 2017 in
Aggie
Baker City,
Imoos
Oregon. A
Memorial
Service will be held on Fri-
day, September 15, 2017
at 11:00 a.m. at the United
Methodist Church in Rich-
land, Oregon. Interment
at Eagle Valley Cemetery.
Friends are invited to join
the family for a potluck
reception (side dishes and
desserts) at the Eagle Val-
ley Grange.
Agatha, Aggie to most
was born November, 27,
1918 to Sverin and Anna
Betschart in Baar, Switzer-
land. In 1931 at the age of
13 she, her mother and two
older sisters, Annie and
Hedy made the journey
from Switzerland to the
New York Harbor. From
there they traveled to Galt,
California to join her father
who had come the year
before and found work on
a dairy.
At the age of 15, Aggie
found work as a nanny
for Anthony and Gladys
Kennedy, caring for their
two sons and daughter.
Aggie was always proud of
the fact that she helped in
raising the boy that would
become U.S. Supreme
Court Justice Anthony
Kennedy.
On March 6, 1937 Aggie
married Lawrence Im-
moos. While in California
they welcomed three sons,
Robert, William, and Law-
rence. While their children
were young they moved
the family to Oregon,
purchasing a ranch in Vale,
Oregon. They spent ten
years there, eventually
moving to Bates, Oregon
where they built the Austin
House. They sold this busi-
ness in 1963 and moved
briefly to Joseph, Oregon
and the returned to Bates.
In 1970 Lawrence and Ag-
gie retired and made their
home in Richland, Oregon,
spending most of their
final years there. Lawrence
passed away in 1982 and
Aggie stayed there until
last October when she
moved to Meadowbrook
Place Assisted Living , in
Baker City, Oregon.
Aggie enjoyed traveling,
returning several times
to her home country of
Switzerland. She saw other
parts of Europe, Mexico,
and much of the United
States. She spent many
summers camping and
fishing with her family
and was an accomplished
knitter. Aggie took pride
in her appearance, never
leaving the house without
looking her best. She had a
surprising sense of humor
that will be missed by her
friends and family.
Aggie was preceded in
death by her parents, hus-
band Lawrence, sisters An-
nie and Hedy, son William,
and grandson Patrick Im-
moos. She is survived by
sons Robert and Lawrence,
daughter-in-law Charlene
Immoos, seven grandchil-
dren, ten great-grandchil-
dren, fourteen great-great
grandchildren, and special
friend Walt Saunders.
For those who would like
to make a memorial dona-
tion in memory of Aggie,
the family suggests the
Eagle Valley Ambulance
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.
Jodie Marie Averett
Baker City, 1957-2017
Jodie Marie Averett
passed away
suddenly
after an
accident on
her ranch
on Sep-
tember 4th,
Jodie
2017. She
Averett
was sixty
years old. A
celebration of her life was
held on September 12th at
10 a.m. at Jepson Place,
17473 Wingville Lane in
Baker City, Oregon.
Jodie was born in Seattle,
Washington, on July 15th,
1957 to Janet and Vernon
Gerald “Jerry” Russell.
Jodie grew up in the Se-
attle area, with her younger
brother Joel and her older
brother Jeff. She went to
Shorecrest High School
and graduated in 1975.
As a high school student,
Jodie sought to get a job
at Albertsons grocery as
a Courtesy Clerk to save
some money for college.
At that time, the position
was called a “Box Boy”
and so the manager at the
Albertsons refused to hire
Jodie since she was a girl.
At the urging of her mother
Janet, Jodie returned to the
Albertsons every week to
ask the manager for the
job. The manager always
said no, but eventually he
was replaced by someone a
bit more progressive. The
new manager immediately
hired Jodie since it was
obvious she wanted the job
badly and would work hard
once she got it.
After graduating from
high school, Jodie at-
tended Washington State
University in Pullman and
majored in criminal justice.
Wazzu was where she met
her future husband Tom,
who was also a criminal
justice major. She gradu-
ated from Washington
State University in January
of 1980 with a degree in
criminal justice, and went
back to her hometown
to join the Seattle Police
Department. At the time, it
wasn’t easy to be a woman
in the police department –
the first women officers in
Seattle had only been hired
in 1976, and a lot of cops
still thought women had
no place on the street. But
Jodie wasn’t deterred.
Jodie spent twelve years
protecting the citizens of
Seattle. She started off
working a car as a patrol
officer in the East Precinct,
at a time when the Cen-
tral District was a tough
place to police. The crack
epidemic and the associ-
ated violence was just
starting to hit the city. In
an era before the advent of
portable computers, cops
typically found stolen cars
by checking them against
a paper “hot sheet” which
had the plate numbers
of recent stolens. Jodie
quickly gained a reputa-
tion for having a strong
memory, and located a
lot of stolen cars because
she’d memorized the
license plate numbers from
the hot sheet.
Jodie eventually took
several detective assign-
ments, working both in
the Robbery and Special
Assault units. Her favorite
assignment, however, was
probably Mounted Patrol.
Jodie loved riding, and
after growing up riding
in the hills of Mountlake
Terrace, she had no trouble
transitioning into SPD’s
mounted patrol unit.
Jodie loved Seattle, and
she truly cared about the
citizens she served. Al-
though she never hesitated
to use force when she had
to (once smashing her
portable radio over the
head of a suspect who tried
to take her revolver) she
was always proud of and
grateful for the fact that
she’d never had to fire her
gun at a suspect. She had
compassion even for the
criminals she arrested; of-
ten pointing out that many
of them came from rough
childhoods. Jodie said that
being a police officer for so
long gave her confidence
in herself and helped her
realize she could do almost
anything she wanted.
Jodie left the force in 1991
and moved to Coeur d’
Alene, Idaho where she
married Thomas Hamlett
Averett and started their
family. There they had
three children, Elliott,
Samuel and Kate. Tom
worked for the Bureau of
Land Management and
Jodie took care of the
children and worked part
time as an investigator for
the district attorney. Tom
looked for ways he could
spend more time at home,
so when he saw that op-
portunity, they picked up
their roots and transplanted
themselves into Baker
City, Oregon in 1998.
In Baker City, Jodie
found a community she
loved. She did not waste
a minute before getting
involved in just about any-
thing she could. As a mom,
she spent countless hours
involved in the local North
Baker Parent-Teacher
Organization and volun-
teering at any event where
another pair of hands was
needed. She briefly worked
as the dog catcher and
code enforcer for the Baker
City Police Department,
cruising the streets to cor-
ral loose canines.
Jodie was a true Seattle-
ite and loved a good cup
of coffee. This was partly
why she and Tom started
their own coffee shop,
Tenth Street Coffee, in the
early 2000’s. Jodie was
well-known for baking her
universally loved cookies,
which were typically about
the size of a person’s face.
Tom and Jodie main-
tained a small ranch up
on Hunt Mountain Lane,
where they spent their days
working, riding horses,
competing in ranch rodeo
events, and playing with
their dogs.
Jodie was involved with
the Baker school district as
a substitute teacher.
She volunteered her time
coaching the middle school
and high school tennis
teams and stayed involved
with the local non-profits
including the Backpack
Program, the R.E.A.L.
Reading Program and
Open Door.
Jodie loved any op-
portunity to help out, get
involved or cheer people
on, no matter the activity.
Known far and wide to
many as “Momma Jode”,
she became the parent,
coach or snack supplier for
any team that needed her.
After watching all three
of her children graduate
from Baker High School,
she embraced her new-
found free time, spend-
ing many days with her
husband Tom, either on
horseback or the seat of a
bicycle.
SEE OBITUARIES
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