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THURSDAY, MAY 21,2015
Laughter. It is the Best Medicine
Memorial Day
Events
By Gina Perkins
Jo Gardner Snook Dickison was part of the first nursing graduating class
of 1941 in Baker City. Her memories, although slightly dimmed by a recent
stroke, span several decades and include familiar names like Dr. Menzie
McKim who took the blame for red ink the young woman spilled in the
chart room, saving her from the wrath of a taskmaster nun. She remembers
working at Doembecher and how children--and she—would become so at
tached.
She remembers getting "in so much trouble at school" that she consid
ered quitting. An instructor who saw beyond the slight rebellion apparently
got a glimpse of the nurse she believed the young woman could become.
She gave her a chance to cover for a nurse in La Grande who needed to be
absent and Dickison gleamed as she recalled how wonderfully they treated
her and how much she
enjoyed working there.
She remembers a young
boy from a prominent ranch
ing family (now a grandpa
himself with the initials of
"G.C.") who came in for a
vaccination and earned two
pieces of candy because as
she put it, "He put on the best
show of the day, having
thrown the best fit."
She shared how she'd been Jo Gardner Snook Dickison wearing
"campused"
(grounded the cape and nurses hat she wore
during her graduation from Nursing
apparently in early 1940s School in 1941. Dickison, 94,
jargon) for daring to walk currently resides at Meadowbrook
around the school without Place.
stockings and for climbing out the window to take a motorcycle ride
with her boyfriend (Dean Snook, her future husband). Her daughter,
Peggy Pearson, remembers how her mom would be away
sometimes for a couple of weeks at a time, coming home briefly as
she stayed with people, caring for them in.their home as tiiey
recovered from surgery or as they faced the end of their life.
All of the memories that Dickison shared, however, had one
common thread. The feisty look in her eye which brought humor to
those for whom she had cared. Her zest for life and spunky nature
was reflected at her 80th birthday which had a Harley Davidson
motorcycle theme. Dickison, of course, jumped on a motorcycle
herself. Her 90th was a bam dance at the Thomas Ranch "Party
Bam." She'll be 95 in August, but said in a firm voice in a way that
only a mother can, "Peggy, no birthday parties this year."
The twinkle in both the eye of coming 95 year old and her
daughter makes me wonder if special plans, although perhaps a bit
quieter, just might be in the works.
Visit the Heritage
Museum on May 25
The Baker County Museum Com
mission and Baker Heritage Museum
Staff invite you to attend a celebration
to honor those who have served on
Monday May 25, 2015 from 2 - 3:30
p.m. at the Baker Heritage Museum.
Donors will share the stories behind
several artifacts in our current central
gallery exhibit and light snacks will be
served. Free admission for everyone
on Monday May 25 in honor of those
who have served.
Memorial Day
Services in Richland
and Halfway
The Halfway Post #7847 will be
doing Memorial Day Services on
Monday, May 25, 2015 at 11 a.m. at
the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Rich
land, and at 12 p.m. at the Pine Valley
Cemetery in Halfway. Please join the
VFW and the Auxiliary to honor our
veterans.
Sumpter Activities
Excursion trains will be using the
Major Holiday Weekend schedule on
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.
Round trips will depart from the
McEwen Depot at 10 a.m., 12:30
p.m., and 3 p.m.. Round trips will de
part from the Sumpter Station at 11:30
a.m. and 2 p.m., with a one-way trip
from Sumpter to McEwen at 4:30
p.m..
Memorial Day Weekend also
marks the first of three large Flea Mar
kets held every summer in Sumpter.
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Local Students to Present Information
on Brownfield Cleanup
By Emily Braswell
In 1994 the cleanup of brownfield sites was made
possible through the DEQ’s Environmental Cleanup
program. Today, with assistance and funding available
from grant and loan funding provided through the En
vironmental Protection Agency, the Oregon Business
Development Department and a number of other pro
grams and services, finance and labor related hurdles
implicated with a brownfield property can easily be
averted.
In Baker County alone, 24 specific brownfield sites
have been recognized and have completed all cleanup
efforts through the Oregon DEQ Voluntary Cleanup
Program. The first of these was identified in the fall of
1998 after a large amount of diesel was spilled after an
accident on 1-84 at Milepost 289. In addition to the
completed sites, two other Baker County properties are
currently undergoing the Cleanup Pathways: the former
Baker Sanitary Landfill on east Campbell and the for
mer Ostwald Machine Shop at 2430 Balm Street.
The Eagle Cap Innovative High School, has a mis
sion to “provide opportunities for students to achieve
their personal best, become responsible and productive
citizens and embrace lifelong learning in a safe and
positive environment.” So in 2010, when soil and water
tests of the district’s newly acquired Ostwald Machine
Shop property came back positive for contaminants,
the opportunity was seized to teach hands-on, industry
focused and service based education to local students.
The class is called Environmental Science: Brown
field in Baker. Since the property is owned by the
School District, the educational possibilities are end
less. The main focus of the project has been to restore
the property to a usable and salable condition and to
educate participating high school students and commu
nity stakeholders about the brownfield process, impacts
and solutions.
Through the Oregon Business Development Depart-
ment the project was awarded $200,000 in grant money
from the US EPA Oregon Coalition Brownfields
Cleanup Fund and the Ostwald Site Committee se
lected AMEC Foster Wheeler to be the project’s Envi
ronmental Consultant. Cleanup of the site will be
paused over the summer break, then resume in Sept, to
be completed by Dec. The grant won't expire until Aug.
of 2016, which will allow the school to sustain com
munity outreach and educational courses through the
end of the next school year.
Course instructor Megan Alameda is already plan
ning and looking for another brownfield site so she can
continue offering the course to students. She says the
students really enjoy the class. When describing how
well the kids have taken to the educational aspect of
the course she said, “They talk about how much the
class has opened their eyes to look at their community
differently, especially when it comes to the role they
take in it. They keep stability in mind when working
on projects.”
The class will host an open house on the site at the
5-J District Office (2090 Fourth Street) on June 1,2015
from 5-7 p.m. The community is invited to the event,
enjoy appetizers provided by Eagle Cap Culinary Arts
students, and hear about the "knowledge of brownfields
and local environmental issues, designed and presented
by Eagle Cap and BHS students, as well as the class’s
consulting firm.”
For more information, contact Megan Alameda:
malameda@baker.kl2.or.us. To attain brownfield as
sistance, contact DEQ Brownfields Coordinator Gil
Wistar by calling 503-229-5512 or visit their website
at www.deq.state.or.us/lq/cu/brownfields/index.htm.
Baker School District 5J:
Ostwald Former Machine Shop
Brownfield Site Project
PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE*
June 1,2015 | 5-7 pm
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What is happening at the Old Ostwald Machine Shop?
What are brownfields? Why are there 80 in Baker City?
What are students at our high schools doing for our community?
Answers to these questions and more (plus appetizers!).
A teen and a former boy-genius
inventor embark on a mission to
unearth the secrets of a place some
where in time and space that exists in
their collective memory.
Open House Agenda:
5 - 6 pm
6 - 6:30 pm
OPEN HOUSE MEET & GREET: Meet with students from the high school
Environmental Science Class. They will present the different pieces of the
Ostwald brownfield project that have been happening in your backyard.
‘‘Appetizers available, made by Eagle Cap Culinary Arts.
OSTWALD PROJECT OVERVIEW PRESENTATION & PANEL:
Presentation and opportunity to ask questions about the Ostwald project
or brownfields in general.
6:30 - 7 pm OPEN HOUSE CONTINUES
To RSVP or for Questton«:
contact Megan Alameda • 971-340-0718 • malameda@baker.k12.or.us
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