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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31,2015
Mark Luker and LeAnne Woolf
sumptervolunteers@gmail.com or
541-894-2303, leannemywo@gmail.com
How much has it been snowing
in Sumpter? Enough, it seems,
that Oregon Department of
Transportation felt a need to
arrange for front end loaders to
clear intersections. Great masses
of snow were moved from the
highway at Austin and Auburn to
the west ends of each street. It
still isn’t possible to see oncom­
ing traffic from the stop signs, but
you don’t have to pull out onto
the pavement anymore to see if
it’s safe to enter the highway.
Speaking of snow berms and
how much snow there is, when­
ever possible give yourself a little
extra space. Not even four-wheel
drive low is going to get you out
if you slide into a snow pile up to
your door handles or higher.
Also, groomed snowmobile trails
are not compatible with wheels.
At least two visitors have had to
be pulled out of the trail across
Soda Mountain’s parking lot, one
a crew cab pickup after the pa­
rade on Dec. 13 and this week a
Durango. Could be folks are a lit­
tle out of practice dealing with
this much snow.
Calendar (as of Dec. 27)
HAPPY 2016!
Monday, Jan. 4 - McEwen
Lodge, Masonic Hall, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 5 - Auxiliary
meeting, Schoolhouse Commu­
nity Center, 10 a.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 5 - Sumpter Vol­
unteer Fire Department, City Hall
Tuesday, Jan. 5 - Powder River
Rural Fire Department, Mosquito
Flats station
Thursday, Jan. 7 - Christmas
Activities Committee wrap up,
Schoolhouse Community Center,
10 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 7 - Planning
Commission, City Hall, 6:45 p.m.
alley vacation hearing
Saturday, Jan. 9 - Sumpter Val­
ley Railroad Board Meeting,
Baker City, 10 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 9 - Sumpter Val­
ley Blue Mountain Snowmobile
Club, Schoolhouse Community
Center, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 12 - City Coun­
cil, City Hall, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 14 - Sumpter
Valley Community Volunteers
Meeting, Schoolhouse Commu­
nity Center, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 15 - Bingo,
Schoolhouse Community Center,
7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 19 - Sumpter
Volunteer Fire Department, City
Hall
Tuesday, Jan. 19 - Powder
River Rural Fire Department,
Mosquito Flats station
Thursday, Jan. 21 - Bag
Ladies, Schoolhouse Community
Center, noon-?
Thursday, Jan. 21 - Planning
by Gina Perkins
Commission, City Hall, 7 p.m.
Snowmobiling
Sumpter Valley Blue Mountain
Snowmobile Club grooming
crews have been busy cleaning
trails since early in the month,
thanks to several storms that have
dumped large amounts of white
stuff on us recently. Over 400
miles of snowmobile trails have
already been groomed, and many
of the locals have been out on
their sleds. There are patches of
powder that can swallow shorter-
tracked machines and a few
downed trees. See trail report up­
dates weekly at www.sumpter-
snowmobileclub.wordpress.com
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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at 541-963-6991
to get your copy of the
2016 Saints and
Sinners Calendar today!
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721 Robert Street, Haines, Oregon
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Snowmobilers follow ODOT
crews as they move snow
beyond SVRR depot to west
end of Austin Street.
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Haines Sellrite
Last week when I wrote about
the pull tab collection box for
Ronald McDonald House, I incor­
rectly referred to the store using
the wrong name. It is again called
the Haines Sellrite, not the Haines
Mercantile. I apologize for the
error.
Christmas Celebrations
Abound
Mike and Sandy Moore had
both their kids, Emily and Dillon,
home for Christmas. Emily lives
in Spokane and works as an Oc­
cupational Therapist Assistant
and Dillon now lives in Bend and
skis a lot, says Sandy. On Christ­
mas Eve they had 13 people for
White Bean Chicken Chili and
combread. Sandy is an amazing
cook, so I know it was delicious.
Ken and Carly Kritchen of
Auburn, Sandy's sister, Sue and
husband Zane from Bend, along
with with Mike's brother, Doug
and his wife, Mike's 93 year old
mom Lillian, and Marion Price
joined them for dinner. They had
a lot of fun sledding and Emily
enjoyed a long walk with her
grandma. On Christmas Day, they
went to La Grande where Lillian
Moore hosted the turkey dinner.
Deryl and Carolyn Leggett en­
joyed having all three of their kids
and six grandchildren spend
Christmas with them. Their
daughter, Angela and her husband
Dan live next door to them and
have two children. Anthony who
lives in Stanfield with his family
has four children and Drew is
preparing to leave for Grad
School at University of Idaho in
Moscow. He will be working to­
ward his Masters Degree in Plant
Science. Carolyn said the kids
had fun sledding, playing games
and enjoying their toys.
It's reported that Debby and
Mike Schoeningh enjoyed Christ­
mas dinner at the Haines Steak
House with friends. Debby said
she cooked up a storm for
Thanksgiving and was excited to
take that apron off and enjoy
Christmas out.
Terri and Dennis Axness spent
a quiet Christmas at home. Alone.
And they liked it just fine......
(said Dennis).
Barbara Wendt hosts a fun
un-Christmas" event before
Christmas for her kids, grandkids
and great-grandkids each year.
The family gathers, brings chips
and goodies and plays games.
This year six of her grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren
were able to attend according to
daughter, Penny.
Lisa Whited and her family
traveled to Wallowa County to
spend Christmas with her sister
and others. She said the roads
were okay except for the Minam
grade.
Unfortunately, Connie and
2 A heartfelt thank you to the following Businesses and Individuals for their contribution to the 2
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Aaron & Autumn
Harrell
Andi Jaca
Angela Robb
Angi Boruch
Angie Stewart
Anthony Lakes
Mountain Resort
Ash Grove Cement
Aud's & Ends
Awbrey Justus
Baker City Christian
Church/Tuesday
Ladies Quilting
Group
Baker City Herald
Baker City Lions
Baker City Realty
Baker County Health
Department
Baker County
Library District
Baker Food Co-Op
BHS Honor Society
Baker Truck Corral
Baker Vision Clinic
Banner Bank
Barley Browns
Beckey Christy/
Superior Towing
Betty's Books
Beerded Dog/Mad
Habit
Best Western
Sunridge Inn
Beverly Chadwick
Bill Johnson
Bill Justus
Bisnett Insurance
Blue Mountain
Pathology
Blue Mountain Oil
Britt Sand & Gravel
2015 Festival of Trees
presented by Saint Alphonsus Foundation— Baker City
Bryan Conklin
Carl & Misty Town
Casey Martin
Chad Hurliman
Chalene Nichols
Charley's Ice Cream
Parlor
Cherie Peterson
Chris & Ginger
Whitney
Christina Conklin
Christina Smith
Clarke & Clarke
Insurance
Coca Cola Bottling
Co.
Coffee Corral
Coles Tribute Center
Community Bank
Country Cottage Café
Courtesy Home
Furnishings
D & B Supply
Dan & Lynne Domey/
Eastern Oregon
Rental
Dave Lindley
Delicioso Mexican
Restaurant
Denzil & Kathy
Robbins
Diana Edison
Dr. Neil & Amanda
Carroll
Dr. Dan Hayden/
Hayden Dental
Dr. Eric & Kristy
Sandefur
Dr. William & Melissa
Irvine
Earth & Vine Wine
Bar
Eastern Oregon
Dental Group
Ed & Laura Huggins
El Erradero
Emery Owen
Encompass Home
Health
Farrah Chastain
Flagstaff Sports
Friends of Fair
Gentry Auto Group
Girl Scouts Troop
50112
Glenda Anderson
Gregg & Jo
Hinrichsen/
State Farm
Insurance
Guyer & Associates
Haines School
Heather McCoy
Heidi Quintela
Home Furnishing
Liquidators
Idaho Power
Company
I So Scan
Jacki Adams/The
Sycamore Tree
Jackie Wirth
Jana Peterson
Jason Yencopal
Jayne Kellar
Jebron Jones
Jennifer Murphy
Jennifer Peterson
Jill Gross
Jim & Carole Webb
Josey Gaslin
Judy Griffin
Justin Nedrow
Kate Pointer
Kathie Pointer
Kathryn Talada
Katie Lamb & Family
Kayley Pointer
Kim Martinez
Kiwanis of Baker
County
Kristy Settlemyer
Krystine Justus
Lavish Salon & Day
Spa
Lefty’s
Les Schwab Tire
Center
Life Flight Network
Linda Noble
Lindsay Whitney
Lisa Shira
Lisa Wilson
Little Pig
Long's Waterworks
Lorrie Tritt
Mandy Peterson
Martin & Terry
Leuenberger
Marvin Wood
Products
Meagan Paoletti
Megan Berry
Megan Malone
Michelle Paoletti
Mike Hutton
Misty Anderson/
Usbome
& Kane Miller
Books
MRI Mobile
Ne-Hi Enterprises
Nelson Real Estate
Nick Conklin/State
Farm Insurance
Norma Nemec
Northwest Ag Supply
Old West Federal
Credit Union &
Staff
Oregon Awards &
Engraving
O’Reilly Auto Parts
OTEC
Paula Sawyer/The
Flower Box
Pepsi Cola Bottling
Co.
Peterson's Gallery &
Chocolatier
Powder River
Correctional
Facility
Radford Trucking
Ray & Shelly Gibbons
Robi Dooley & Marie
Hobbs/T upperware
SAHS Accounting
Saint Alphonsus-
Administration
Saint Alphonsus-
Auxiliary
Saint Alphonsus-
Baker Clinic
Saint Alphonsus-
Birth Center
Saint Alphonsus-
Bootsma Clinic
Saint Alphonsus
Emergency
Physicians
Saint Alphonsus
ER/ICU
Saint Alphonsus
HIM Department/
Clinic Coding
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Saint Alphonsus
Ortho, General
Surgery &
Rheumatology
Saint Alphonsus
Laboratory
Saint Alphonsus
Patient Access
Saint Alphonsus
Pharmacy
Saint Alphonsus
Specialty Clinic
Saint Alphonsus
Valley Medical
Center
Savannah Daly
Sears
Shannon & Corah
Downing
Sheri King
Sid Johnson & Co.
Sommer Sargent &
Family
Sorbenots
Soroptimist
St. Luke's Clinic
• EOMA
Physicians &
Staff
Susan Henry
Tabbith Jensen
Terri Brandt Correia
The Crunchy Mamas
The Little Bagel Shop
Thomas Cuisine
Management
Triple C Redi-Mix
Tyler Bowling
Wells Fargo Bank
York’s Park Grocery
Saint Alphonsus I
Foundation
Betty Brown were very ill with
the flu and could only keep down
a little macaroni and cheese for
Christmas dinner. Connie says
they're on the mend, which is
good.
Della Steele had both her
daughters, Samantha and Hayden
and all the kids for Christmas;
Samantha lives in Ashland so isn't
always able to be here for the
holidays.
Viola Perkins came out to
Haines for Christmas Eve and ate
prime rib dinner with her son,
Lynn, and family. She is still
recovering from a fall in Septem­
ber and her back was hurting a
little too much to attend the
Haines Baptist Christmas Candle­
light Service. Her middle son, Bill
who lives in Tennessee with his
wife, Cherie called to wish her a
Merry Christmas. He had sent a
big box of hand made goat milk
soap earlier in the week. They
raise meat goats and sell quite a
lot of soap, as well. Viola's oldest
granddaughter, Kelli, who is in
nursing school at Washington
State University, her husband
Chris and sons, Blake and Vlad,
surprised Viola with a visit on
Sunday.
Roger and Linda Smith were
still celebrating Christmas on
Monday as they enjoyed an after
Christmas visit from their son
Wesley and his family from
Portland. They spent Christmas in
Baker City with Roger's family
and a niece, Candace Merrick.
Linda reminisced about when she
used to make cinnamon rolls up at
Anthony Lakes. She said it had
been years since she had made
any and on Monday decided she
wanted to make a batch for her
family to enjoy.
Helen, Marge Ann, and Kate
Loennig who moved to Baker
City from Haines last year
enjoyed a quiet Christmas at
home. Helen said she made
dinner and they let Kate play with
her toys from Santa. Marge Ann
is continuing to recover from a
broken leg.
Jan and Kevin Dyke hosted
about 23 people at their home on
Christmas Eve Day. They opened
presents and enjoyed dinner.
Among the guests were her
brother Jim and his daughter,
Karen and her husband as well as
their Aunt Emily. Jan said every­
one had a nice time. She also
shared that about 40 people went
caroling with the Baptist Church
earlier in the month. A pick up
pulling a wagon with straw on it
hauled the carolers throughout
town. Haines mayor Jim Brown
said they stopped by his home and
sang. They seemed to enjoy all of
his festive Christmas decor.
Following caroling the singers
enjoyed chili, hot cider and cocoa.
The day after Christmas my
son, Arden and I went up to
Anthony Lakes. He is currently a
researcher at University of
Oregon in Eugene having earned
his PhD from Oregon State this
spring. He is seeking to find a
way to keep cancer cells from
metastacizing. Arden skied and I
took photos. During the day I saw
quite a few Haines/North Powder
area people enjoying the gorgeous
day including Jarrod Maxwell,
Brent and Mary Kerns, Jack and
Meredith Wilson and their family,
Rhea Patton and her daughter
Kristie, just to name a few. It was
fun seeing all of the families out
and about with many of them
sporting new goodies from Santa.
Gene Rose, still considered a
"Haines-ite," traveled to Portland
with his daughter and son-in-law
to spend Christmas with family.
They made it to and from safely
and enjoyed Christmas dinner
with 26 family members, the
youngest of whom was 3 months.
Gene recently celebrated a
birthday, too. I shan't reveal the
number... .but it is more than 21.
Duane
Boyer's
surgery
apparently went well and he Will
once again be performing New
Year's Eve at the Haines Steak
House with his daughter, Holly ■
and stepson, Jason. We went last
year and thoroughly enjoyed their
music (and the great food and
atmosphere!)
Happy New Year
We wish everyone a Happy
2016! This will begin the Record-
Courier's 115th year....we will be
holding a celebration later
on...and you're invited! Watch for
upcoming columns.