FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2017
THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 9
Local & Entertainment
Monahan
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She explained they try
to connect people with
resources that can help
them to learn healthier
coping skills and things for
them to do that are healthy
outlets.
Monahan has two case-
loads; one is sex offender
specifi c and the other has
substance abuse cases.
She said, “We all have
areas where we’re some-
what specialized, but
working in a small offi ce
in a rural area gives us the
opportunity to really super-
vise everything.
“Where you kind of get
pigeonholed in bigger
agencies. Multnomah
County has a sex offender
supervision unit and some
of their sex offender
supervision is specifi c to
Sam Bass
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She said, “But Sam was
the outgoing person, he
always wanted to go out
and talk and be right in the
middle of people. And it
became known as Sam’s
Display, which was okay
with me. But with him
gone now, it’s time to pass
it on to somebody else.”
The walkthrough legacy
will be continued by Bill
Lee on Birch Street in
2018 and they will have a
picture of Sam Bass that
is currently at the Bass
Walkthrough, to continue it
as Sam’s.
Bass explained she
will continue to put some
decorations on the front
of her house, but it will be
the last year she holds the
walkthrough.
Planning
commission
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“All mining activity
shall maintain a minimum
of 25 foot setback from
the property line; Mineral
processing is limited to
1,500 cubic yards per year;
No mining activity shall
take place until there is an
The
psychopaths and some of it
is specifi c to your misde-
meanor sex offenders that
get put on supervision.
“So, they really pigeon-
hole you down so you
don’t get the opportunity
to learn about dealing with
mental health cases or
dealing with cases where
people are chemically
dependent or dealing with
people who, maybe they
just grew up in an environ-
ment that was so antisocial
that they didn’t know how
to talk about what was
bothering them.”
Monahan explained that
they send people to New
Directions for alcohol and
drug treatment and Total
Health for mental health
treatment.
The people are respon-
sible for making their ap-
pointments to help them be
responsible and account-
able, but also teach them
about balancing work and
home.
She explained they talk
about setting aside time
during the weekend to fi g-
ure out meals for the week,
or go grocery shopping on
those days so they are not
overwhelmed.
“It’s a lot of lack of life
skills that bring people
into supervision,” said
Monahan. “Like healthy
coping mechanisms, know-
ing to walk away from an
argument instead of really
engaging that argument,
and recognizing a situa-
tion as bad, recognizing
people are bad for you, and
I get to tell my clients a lot
of things they don’t like
to hear, like ‘No, it’s not
healthy.’ And they don’t
want to hear that because
they like their world and
change is scary for most
people. But with our
clients, they are comfort-
able in their chaos and
normalcy can be a little bit
daunting.”
Bass explained that her
niece, Kelly Aldrich, and
her daughter, Katie Rae,
have set up a Winter Won-
derland in North Powder
with Bass’s indoor village
and indoor animated deco-
rations. It is open Friday
and Saturday nights at the
Café of the old Powder
Club area.
Her niece will also be
taking some of the charac-
ters, such as Lilo and Stitch
and Monsters Inc., and will
be set up at North Powder.
It won’t be a walkthrough,
but it will be visible for
people to see.
Bass said with a large
plastic Winnie the Poo and
four plastic lawn characters
started the tradition 33
years ago.
Bass explained that
people were getting out
of their cars to look at the
decorations.
The following year, they
added the Grinch and Max
the dog on plywood and
even more people started
looking out. Each year, it
continued to grow into the
festive light and character
walkthrough it is today
with moving characters
and music.
They begin setting up the
walkthrough the weekend
after Halloween, they turn
it on Thanksgiving night,
and leave it up until New
Year’s Eve.
She turns on the walk-
through when it starts
getting dark and she turns
it off around 9:00 p.m. to
10:00 p.m. for the fi rst two
weeks then she leaves it on
later.
“We appreciate the
people who came by and
made it such a success,”
said Bass. “And we defi -
nitely hope we instilled the
Christmas spirit in them
and we hope they patronize
Bill, and Kelly and Katie.”
approved Road Agreement
between the current prop-
erty owner and the Baker
County Road Department,
on fi le with the Planning
Department; Mining activ-
ity shall only take place
between 30 minutes before
sunrise, until 30 minutes
after sunset; No mining
activity shall place until
there is an approved Weed
Abatement Plan between
the current property owner
and the Baker County
Weed Department, on fi le
with the Planning Depart-
ment.”
Grove moved to approve
PA-17-002, with the over-
lay recommendations, Van
Diepen seconded, and it
carried. Both application
requests and recommen-
dations from the Plan-
ning Commission will be
forwarded to the County
Board of Commissioners.
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