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By Gina Perkins 541-856-3615 iiews@0ierconline.com Mutual Improvement Club's , 100th "Dues Luncheon" The Mutual Improvement Club is selling chances on a Centennial Quilt that members made to cele brate 100 years in our community. The post office has the quilt on display and tickets are available. It's beautiful. The Club is also planning to publish a Centennial Cookbook and is now gathering recipes to include. If you have recipes you would like to submit, either old time favorites or new quickies, please contact the Secretary Dotty Miles 541 377-5795. Club members provided cookies for Blood Mobile donors and helped the Elkhorn Grange serve lunch at the end of Cycle Oregon. The Oct. 14, 2015 meeting will be our Dues Luncheon and will be held at the Methodist Church at 11:30 a.m. Bring a salad or side dish, your own table service, and your $5 dues. Evelyn Fisher will host the meeting. Election of officers will be held. Please bring two recipes for desserts for our cookbook . Herd of 31 Jim and Rhea Patton took their Jeep up to Pine Creek Reservoir (which they say is completely dry) and then drove to the end of the road. During their excursion they . saw 31 mountain goats. "It was such a beautiful day and we had so much fun watching them (the goats)," said Rhea. Hunt of a Lifetime Lois Johnson, owner of the Haines Steak House, said that Clay McEnroe and a group of 13 ate dinner at the restaurant last night in celebration of Alana Mc Master's successfill elk hunt. Alana is fighting cancer and went on the hunt which resulted in a gorgeous big bull elk. She fought through the headaches and other effects as sociated with taking chemotherapy on the hunt. She is a beautifiil young girl from Fisher, Penn. Johnson said that McEnroe has been “involved in several of these "Hunts of a Lifetime." Thank you to all who help kids like Alana! Congratulations! Elkhorn Grange Fail Festival Plan to attend the fifth annual Elkhorn Grange Fall Festival on Oct. 10 from 9-3 p.m. They will be serving lunch from 11-1:30 p.m. and the menu will include Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Bierrocks, and Veggie Burgers. In addition to ven dors, there will be delicious apple cider pressed on site. If you'd like to be a vendor call 541-856-3435. Dessert Auction Raises Almost $5,000 75 desserts were auctioned raising nearly $5000 for Haines Elementary according to principal, Skye Flanagan. The funds will help purchase school supplies for all the students. Sept, families of the month are: Lance Downing, Thomas Smith- son, Paige and Landon Marlia, Taylor and Ashlyn Dalton, Wade and Wyatt Hawlons, EJ Goldberg and Hazel Hill, Chase and Ethyn Berndt, and Jadyn and Ashtyn Carter. Elkhorn Scenic Drive Marjory Peck and friends took a drive up to Anthony Lakes and clear around on the Elkhorn Scenic Drive. Marjory said she had never been to Olive Lake until today and said it was a beautiful drive. She was surprised at the big camp ground there. "It was an interesting day," she said. Visitors Erich and Andy Hummel flew in from Nevada on Thursday to the Baker City airport with a friend who is a pilot to see their grandma, Viola Perkins. They enjoyed a great hamburger at the Frontier they said on Sunday evening and returned home with their mom, Debbie on Monday. Viola says she is feeling better and able to move more without hurting as much, which is great news. Haines City Employees Healing Sept, was a rough month for Valerie Russell and Josh Proebstel. Valerie stepped in a hole her dog dug and twisted her ankle badly and Josh fell on an arrow while out hunting and cut himself. He had to have surgery and both are on the mend. We wish them both a speedy recovery. Saints and Sinners Fundraising Calendar The Haines Methodist Church has completed the fundraising calendar featuring members and their dogs. Calendars are available at $15 each, which must be pre-paid. If you are interested in ordering, you may contact Gina at ■ the Record-Courier 541-856-3615 or Pastor Sally Wiens 541-963- 6991. Checks should be made out to the Haines Methodist Church. They will make cute gifts and will be easy to mail. Orders will be taken during much of Oct. and will be here in time for Christmas. Thank you Sandy Wood says she wants to thank everyone who helped her while she was under the weather. She says she feels much better now and is really appreciative to all who helped her. Fire Meeting Date Change Mary Neske says the Oct. meet ing for the Haines Fire Protection District will be on Oct. 6. (instead of the 5th) at 7 p.m. at the Public Library. Burn Barrel Information According to City Recorder, Va lerie Russell, Fire Chief Jerry Hampton says there is absolutely no open burning allowed. You may bum in bum barrels with screens between the hours of 6 a.m.-10 a.m. ONLY. He says you must stand by the barrel with a hose the entire time and that the fire must be completely doused by 10 a.m. He said there are no exceptions to this and that if it is not out, the fire department will come and put it out for you, and you will be billed. During my trip to Wallowa County last Friday, I stopped in to see an old friend I met while working as the General Manager for the Wallowa County Chieftain. "Van" Van Blaricom is a well known columnist for the Chieftain. He writes a weekly column on birds and is also known for his conservative satire. Van Blaricom is in his 90s and served during WWII in the marines earning three medals. He and his wife Betty who passed away the day after Christmas last year, were married for 71 and a half years. He has friends throughout Eastern Ore gon including, Buck and Hope Buckner. Van now resides at Alpine House, an assisted living facility in Joseph with his little dog, Holly, which he gave to his wife as a Christmas gift three years ago as a puppy. He was busy typing his column on his new Dell computer when I arrived. An award-winning television production company is now seeking individuals, families and businesses located in the Idaho backcountry. Do you live and/or work off-the-grid in places that are hard to reach by car? Do you get your mail or supplies by plane? Do you have a close connection to the land and revel in the freedom of living and working in the wilderness? If this sounds like you or someone you know, please email your name, contact information, picture and a brief description of what life is like in Idaho to: Idaholiving15@gmail.com Mark Luker and LeAnne Woolf sumptervolunteers@gmail.com or 541-894-2303, Ieannemywo@gmail.com The amount of information the mayor is absent. Leland served givfefr'at the Wildfire AwafehesS* on council many years ago, and meeting on Sept 24 was amazing. has much experience as a volun Key among the points made: once teer in the community. the forest has dried out as much as Council member Cary Clarke it did this summer, fire season lasts commented, “If you cut him, he’d far beyond one or two rainstorms. bleed Sumpter.” Further indication of the rain not A 20 old newspaper article was being enough yet is Phillips Lake brought up in concern about Le dropping another 800 acre-feet in land’s being on council, but coun two weeks, a period with only a cil member Bob Armbruster was quarter inch of precipitation at assured that the incident in the ar Mason Dam. No outdoor fires are ticle had been dismissed by a judge and that the County Court allowed in the City of Sumpter. Calendar had no record on Leland Myers. A Monday, Oct. 5 - McEwen Lodge, phone call confirming this had Masonic Hall, 8 p.m. been made before Leland joined Tuesday, Oct. 6-Auxiliary meet the planning commission a couple ing, Schoolhouse Community of years ago. Center, 10 a.m. With Cary and Leland going Tuesday, Oct. 6 - Sumpter Volun onto council, they had to resign teer Fire Department, 7 p.m. their planning commission seats. Saturday, Oct. 10 - SVRR Annual City Hall has posted a call for let Meeting, Little Pig in Baker City, ters of interest in serving on plan-, ning commission. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13 - City Council, Organizations Sumpter Volunteer Fire Depart City Hall, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 - Bag Ladies, ment (SVFD) Auxiliary met on Schoolhouse Community Cen Sept. 15. It had been a busy couple ter, noon-? of months for fire department Thursday, Oct. 15 — Planning spending, including about $3,000 on insurance. Bingo is coming Commission, City Hall, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16 - free weed control back, but on third Fridays rather distribution, near City Hall, 9-2 than second. So watch for posters for Oct. 16, Nov. 20 (Thanksgiv p.m. Friday, Oct. 16 - Fire Department ing is Nov. 26), and Dec. 18. The Bingo, Schoolhouse Community Annual Fire Department Spaghetti Feed will be Tuesday, Oct. 27. Center, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 - Planning LeAnne Woolf requested help from the Auxiliary for serving the Commission, City Hall, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct 17 - Sumpter Valley food at Mayors’ Council. Community Volunteers, Masonic Sumpter Valley Railroad Hall, 10 a.m. Restoration, Inc., hosted two spe Tuesday, Oct. 20 - Sumpter Vol cial charters this past week. unteer Fire Department, 7 p.m. County Treasurers from across the state of Oregon held their fall con City Sumpter hosted the Baker ference here in Baker County and County Mayors’ Council on Sept. on Monday, Sept. 21, the group 17. The ladies of the fire depart rode the train from McEwen to a ment’s Auxiliary provided lunch. catered supper in Sumpter. On Fri Representatives from Baker City, day, Sept. 26, first-graders from Richland, Baker County Eco Grant County’s Humbolt Elemen nomic Development, and Baker tary rode the train, toured the County Tourism attended. The dredge, panned for gold, visited Coirnty Commissioners were at a the Sumpter museum, and took a Commissioners meeting in La walking tour of downtown Grande, and it appears that Sumpter. Halfway and Baker County Emer SVFD and Auxiliary hosted a gency Management may have town hall on Wildfire Awareness been distracted by the Dry Gulch on Sept 24. Presenters were Kurt fire. Senior council member Annie Clarke, Sumpter Fire Chief; Wes Oakley conducted the meeting. Morgan, Powder River Rural Fire Council members Cary Clarke and Chief; BLM’s Tom Morcom and Samantha Esposito, Sumpter Jason Simmons; Noel Livingston bookkeeper Kathi Vinson, and from the Forest Service; Steve City Recorder Julie McKinney Meyer of Oregon Department of were also present. Business devel Forestry; and Gary Timm of Baker opment was the most discussed County Emergency Management. subject. They discussed how a homeowner At a special council meeting on can get an assessment to help with Sept. 22, Leland Myers was sworn making a property easier for fire onto council. By the end of the fighters to defend; evacuation lev meeting, Leland was Sumpter’s els; the Baker County Community new mayor and senior council Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), member Annie Oakley was which is created from back-and- elected President of Council. forth discussions between a com Annie will conduct meetings when munity and local agencies on a Hello from Wallowa County community’s specific risk issues; bum permits; fire restriction lev els; and many other important top ics. Several handouts also were available. One, the newspaper-like “Living with Fire,” has been and continues to be available at City Hall. Living with Fire guides a homeowner through making a property more likely to survive a wildfire by starting with access and edge-of-property improve ments to reviewing what a build ing is made of to what can be done inside a home to increase its fire survivability. It’s a shame that only about twenty people were present. The Snowmobile Club has in stalled at the Schoolhouse Com munity Center four new windows that they donated to the City of Sumpter. The windows are vinyl wrap, double-paned sliders that will allow creation of a cross draft on warm afternoons and evenings. People On Sept. 21, Baker County His torical Society hosted a presenta tion on Sumpter made by LeAnne Woolf. LeAnne based the program on Sumpter’s walking tour, and in cluded events and photographs from 1862 to 2012. Several people came up afterward and said that Sumpter’s history and restoration projects made it sound like an in triguing place. Churches Sunday morning services are held at St. Brigid’s in the Pines at Auburn and Bonanza in Sumpter on the first and third Sundays of the month at 11 a.m. followed by a coffee ‘hour.’ Weekly services at McEwen Bible Fellowship in clude Sunday School at 9:45 a.m., Morning Worship at 11 a.m., and Wednesday evening prayer at 6:45 p.m. Deadline News and calendar items re ceived by Sunday evening will be included in the Sumpter column the following week. Send in news and/or photos with captions of guests, births, group meetings, any special occasion. ••We are offering a $500finder’s fee for referring anyone who makes it to on-air series.** TO ALL VETERANS The Baker County Veteran Services Office provides access to a wide range of benefits and services to veterans and their families. Health Care, Education, Compensation and Pension, Burial Benefits and much more Rick Gloria, Veterans Services Coordinator 1995 3rd Street • 541-523-8223 Please join us for fellowship & worship Sunday mornings at 10:45. open beam open /nitidi open doari Haines United Methodist Church 721 Robert Street, Haines, Oregon Sally Wiens, Lay Minister • 541.963.6991 (home phone) Estate Sale One Day Only Oct. 10*8-4 p.m. Gary Trinklein of Halfway 46132 Slaughter House Road Household - Shop - Some Antiques 25% Off Denture Work Sumpter's new mayor: Leland Myers at Blue Mountain Denture Center Troy Stewart, LD 2194 Court Street, Baker City 541-523-4752 • Cell: 541-519-4696
