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.
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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.
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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.
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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