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THURSDAY, JANUARY 7,2016 News of Record Letters Thank you for Helping Foster Children Marlea Mae Schwenkner. She graduated from Shawano high school and married Alfred Gene Otto in Clintonville, -Wisconsin before his passing in 2006. She was a housewife and had many accomplishments; her proudest of all accomplishments was raising her three sons. Marlea enjoyed making afghans, knitting doilies, sewing, and she loved to watch sports. ' Marlea is survived by her sons Stephen Otto of Baker City and Robert Otto of Boise, Idaho, her grandsons William Otto of Boise, Idaho and Jeremy Otto of Osh Kosh, Wisconsin, her great-granddaughters Makaylah Otto 'of Salem, Oregon and Claire Otto of Boise, Idaho and her .great-grandson Ryan Bonson of Boise, Idaho. She was preceded in death by her husband and her son Alfred Otto. Arrangements are being made through Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR .97814. To light a candle in honor of Marlea, please visit: -www.grayswestco.com Charles Wayne Logue Oct. 1945-Dec. 2015 Charles Wayne Logue, 70, of Baker City passed away at his residence Dec. 21,2015. A private service will be held at a later date in Battle Ground, Washington. Charles was bom on Oct. 29,1945 in Clearwater, Florida to John Q. and Louise E. (Hearn) Logue. He graduated from Battleground High School in 1963 and went on to serve his country in the United States Air Force. ■ H^ enjoyed fishing, hunting, rock hounding, camping, and iiad a love for being in the mountains. Charles also like,d to tell stories and was a lifetime member of the NRA. Charles was survived by his daughter Lynette Davis of ; Woodland, Washington, his son John Logue of Mesa, • Washington, and his brother Rodney Logue of Ridgefield, ; Washington. He is also survived by three grandchildren ■ and pne great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents and his daughter j Rebecca M. Logue. t Arrangements are being made through Gray's West & Co Pioneer Chapel located at 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, .OR 97814. To light a candle in memory of Charles, please visit: www.grayswestco.com. Janice Arlene Rehder July 1932-Dec. 2015 Janice Arlene Rehder, 83, of Ritter, Oregon passed away Dec. 12, 2015 at Ashley Manor in Baker City. ) Janice was bom in Ritter on July 6, 1932 to Leland and Lena Mae (Burnette) Cameron. She attended Three Mile School and transferred to St. Joseph Academy in Pendleton to conclude her high school education. Janice met her future husband while her father was a crew supervisor on the Malheur National Forest and invited a young gentleman that he supervised to join them for din ner, There she was introduced to Robert Rehder of Mt. Ver non and they were married on Jan. 28,1950. They lived in Mt, Vernon for nine years and brought four children into this marriage. The couple made their first home in Ritter and began ranching. Janice was a devoted wife and mother. She raised a large garden every year and canned so the re wards could be appreciated all year. Her weekly ritual of baking bread and cinnamon rolls were a favorite. She could take very little and make a gourmet meal. She loved to have company and she fixed a wonderful meal and no body would leave feeling hungry. Janice began working for the Long Creek School district for 27 years as a dedi cated school bus driver. She drove activity bus to many sporting events and never had a lost time accident. Janice loved to hunt and fish. Many deer and elk seasons would ■ see her bagging her game with her favorite 30-30 rifle. She was most proud of her Angus herd that she and Robert 'started in the 1950's. She was an outstanding cowgirl who broke many horses and trained them for cutting. She was most comfortable being on her ranch. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 53 years Robert, and son William. Janice is survived by her son Gerald of Ritter, daughter Belinda (Larry) Ellis of Lincoln City, daughter Benita (Tony) Britt of Baker City; five grandchildren and six great ‘grandchildren. At Janice's request there will not be a funeral. She always • said "come see me when I'm alive and when I'm gone, -think of me doing the things I enjoyed most!" the family added "There will not be a day, that we do not remember ' all of the things that she enjoyed doing the most." For those who would like to make a memorial donation in memory of Janice, the family suggests, Best Friends (an- Tmal care and adoption) through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services PO Box 543 Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences may be shared at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com Death I Service Notices Andy H. Johnson 78, of Baker City died Friday, Jan.l, 2016 at his home. A graveside memorial service will be held in May at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Coles Tribute Center, 1950 Place St. Baker City, OR 97814. Donations maybe made to Heart "N" Home Hospice or Baker FFA To light a can dle in memory of Andy, please visit www.colestribute- center. com. Severe Weather Spotter and Flood Training Workshop in Halfway and Richland The community is invited to attend a workshop on Revere Weather and Flood Fight which is co-spon sored by Baker County Emergency Management and the National Weather Service. It will be held in Halfway on Thursday, Feb. 11 at the Halfway City ^Hall. It will begin approximately at 6 p.m. following the pity Council's 5 p.m. start and will last approximately 5an hour and a half. I On Feb. 12, a second workshop will be held in Rich land at the City Hall beginning at 10 a.m. : If you have questions, please call Tim Barker ■(NOAA/NWS) (208) 334-9860 or Jason Yencopal (Baker County Office of Emergency Management) at ;(541) 523-6415. To the Editor, DHS Child Welfare would like to thank the following groups and individuals for their wonderful contribu tions to the Baker County Foster Children’s Christ- mas/Holiday party 2015: Virginia Lowry and the Baker City Quilt Club for providing 57 handmade quilts and matching pillow cases, one for every child in care in Baker County; Amanda Bork and Tracy Trump for organizing the gift program at Powder River Corrections; Powder River Corrections employees for purchasing gifts to fulfill the personal wishes of 30 of our foster children; Mary Collard, CASA Director and foster and adoptive par ent, for organizing the CASA trees and gift tags; Trish Everson, foster and adoptive parent, for recruiting nu merous donors and organizing deliveries for the chil dren’s party; Whitney Black for the individual packets of grooming and personal items for foster children; Muddy Creek Mutual Improvement Club, Dotty Miles, David Wright, Bev Duby and family and C& J Country Store and for the apples, oranges, bananas and cookies galore! Monica Bailey, Molly Mansfield, Carol Whe lan and Suzy Kazer and friends for the sweet blankets; Molly Wilson, Community Bank and Joan Rasmussen for the abundant and thoughtful baskets; Big Chief BBQ for the delicious pulled pork; Crossroads Art Gallery for your donation of one free art class for a child; Subway for three 5 foot subs; Morgan Gilda for cupcakes for the children to decorate; Rick Forrester and Marilyn Gorrell for being the jolliest Santa and cutest elf anywhere! And,all the individuals who chose tags from the CASA tress and purchased gifts for Baker County foster children. Special thanks to Lew Bros, Les Schwab Tires for donating the Toys for Tots items and Randy Dodson, owner of Ryder Bros for donating cases of Melissa and Doug toys. You made this Christmas special beyond any expectations for so many children! What a generous community. Thank you from all the staff at DHS Child Welfare. We wish you a happy, fulfilling New Year! Sandi Baer, Foster Care and Adoptions Baker City Sumpter Valley Railroad Says Thank you To the Editor: Sumpter Valley Railroad Restoration, Inc., wishes to thank all those who helped make sure our riders got the most out of their Christmas Train experience. Spe cial thanks to Charlie Briscoe for clearing out the Sumpter depot parking lot, Cary Clarke for removing snow from the tracks at the depot on the 13th, and to all those who shoveled depot deck and area. It is this sort of cooperative effort that keeps us all wanting to keep on steaming. Thank you, LeAnne Woolf, Sumpter SVRR VP Public Records Law Reform Task Force Accepting Public Comments Members of the Attorney General’s Public Records Law Reform Task Force will be accepting public comments on the Oregon Public Records Law, and the work of the task force, on Wednesday, January 13, from 4-6 p.m. Please join us next door to the Oregon State Capitol to share your experi ences, suggestions, or other thoughts with task force members: Conference Room B 155 Cottage Street NE Salem, OR 97301 All are welcome to attend. Information about the work of the task force is available at http://www.doj.state.or.us/public_ records/Pages/task_force.aspx. Currently, that work is focused primarily on the hundreds of disclo sure exemptions that keep information out of public hands - and can make the law difficult to imple ment. Other issues that the task force expects to examine include the cost and timeliness of public records disclosures.-The task force wants to hear from Oregonians on these and other public records law subjects. Questions about this announcement, and requests for accommodations by individuals with disabilities, can be directed to Michael Kron, michael.c.kron @doj.state.or.us. See Record-Courier obituaries online at www.therconline.com (USPS 457-720) COMBINED WITH NORTH POWDER NEWS HAINES, OREGON 97833 BAKER COUNTY NEWSPAPER Gina Perkins, Editor- Publisher news@thercon- line.com Heather Honeywell, Double H Productions Graphic Design/Production news@therconline.com Evan Perkins, Circulation Assistant Published every Thursday at Haines, Ore. Office located at 914 Front Street. Telephone (541)856-3615. Periodicals “Postage Paid at Baker City, OR 97814.” Subscriptions and Postmaster: Send Address Changes to P.O. Box 70, Baker City, Oregon 97814-0070. Subscription Rates: $39 per year in area, $44 per year out of area. Contact us for advertising rates. Disclaimer. The Record-Courier does not endorse or make any claims on the advertising that appears in this publication. We recommend that you research advertising claims thoroughly before acting on them. The Record- Courier also reserves the right to reject advertising we deem to be misleading or inappropriate, however we do not verify advertising claims. Thursday, January 7,2016 3 Arrests Dec. 30 - Possession of a Controlled Substance-Opium: Chuck Wayne Briney, 22, and Theresa Anne Briney, 61, for Possession of a Controlled Substance-Meth, both of 1821 Estes Street, at 9:49 a.m. at their residence; jailed. Dec. 31 - Warrant Arrest-Negotiating a Bad Check: Patty Estrella Sholwalter, 48,38513 Elkhorn Estates Road, at 6:58 a.m. at 1768 Auburn Avenue; cited and released. Dec. 31 - Warrant Arrest-Theft DI: Dale Rex Taylor, 75,2496 Carter Street, at 10:08 a.m. at his residence; cited and released. Accidents Dec. 21 - On 1-84, Milepost 340 eastbound, 5:08 a.m.; A semi-truck driven by Sheroz Primkulov, 22, was traveling eastbound at a stated speed of 55 mph around a curve when it hit a patch of ice and lost traction causing it to jack knife. Both eastbound lanes were blocked. A white Dodge driven by Richard Seth Shapley, 36, was also east bound at a stated speed of 45mph when it came upon die semi blocking the roadway. Shapley attempted to stop and struck the semi’s trailer on the right side. ODOT was first on scene and removed both vehicles from toe roadway prior to Oregon State Police arriving. No injuries were reported. The semi and trailer only suffered minor damage and were able to drive from toe scene. The Dodge was towed by Roadrunner Towing out of Baker City to their lot. Primkulov was cited for Vehicle Blocking Road. Dec. 21 - On 1-84, Milepost 305 westbound, 7:52 a.m.; A Nissan Frontier driven by Jon Anthony Davey, 59 of Boise, Idaho, was traveling westbound negotiating a right curve when toe driver lost control on toe icy roadway. The vehicle crossed both of toe west bound lanes and struck toe center barrier head-on. The impact caused toe vehicle to ricochet back across both of toe westbound lanes before it exited toe right shoulder of toe roadway and came to an uncontrolled rest sitting upright No injuries were reported and there was no public property damage. Dec. 21 - On 1-84, Milepost 343 eastbound, 6:05 p.m.; A vehicle driven by Stephen Roger Grace, 26 of Urbana, Illinois, lost control within toe slow lane of travel while negotiating a curve. The vehicle then travelled across toe fast lane and drove off toe left shoulder of toe roadway, striking toe cement barrier head on. No injuries were reported and the vehicle was towed. Dec. 23 - On 1-84, Milepost 302 eastbound, 2:17 p.m.; OSP Trooper Zachary Downing observed a gray, four door Saab traveling east bound on 1-84 at milepost 298 at a speed of 103 mph. A traffic stop was initiated just off toe 302 eastbound off ramp. After contact with toe driver, Anthony Joseph Yattaw, 26 of Happy Valley, Ore., it was suspected he was under the influence of intoxicants. Yattaw was asked to exit his vehicle, but he fled toe scene, despite efforts of toe Trooper to stop him. A second Trooper on scene pursued Yattaw down Hughes Lane where speeds exceeded 90 mph. The pursuit was terminated for safety concerns. The suspect continued, how ever, through toe intersection of 10th and Pocahontas Road with disregard to other vehicles in the area. The Saab impacted two other vehicles at toe intersection causing minor injuries to one of toe driv ers. The drivers of toe two vehicles were Becky S. Harrell, 55, and Nathan Paul Hull, 48, both of Baker City. When Yattaw’s vehicle came to an uncontrolled rest, he fled toe scene on foot, but was im mediately apprehended by responding law enforcement. Yattaw was later taken to toe hospital to be medically cleared and a search warrant was obtained.to determine his blood alcohol content. Sus pect was later lodged at toe Baker County Jail on multiple charges. There were no major injuries and all three vehicles were towed. Dec. 24 - On 1-84, Milepost 343 eastbound, 10:10 a.m.; Avehicle driven by Luke Christopher Curtis, 36, of Sherwood, Oregon and his five juvenile passengers were involved in a single vehicle rollover crash. Curtis states he was driving eastbound at approxi mately 50 mph when his vehicle started to fishtail. He lost control of toe vehicle and it slid of toe eastbound shoulder where it tripped and rolled before coming to rest on its top. AU of toe occupants were able to crawl out with minor injuries. Huntington Ambulance was on the scene to assess toe occupants. No one was transported and toe vehicle was towed. Dec. 28 - On Highway 30, Milepost 48 westbound, 3:19 a.m.; A white Dodge, owned by Travis James Talbott, 29; driver unknown; was traveling westbound on US Highway 30 when the driver lost con; <> trol while negotiating a left curve. The Dodge veered off the right i shoulder of toe roadway traveled alongside the roadway for approx imately 825 feet before striking a tree on toe right front portion of • the vehicle. Die vehicle damaged approximately 200 feet of fence while traveling offroad. The driver had fled toe scene before law enforcement arrived. Attempts to contact Talbott at his residence were unsuccessful. The landowner of toe damaged fence was con tacted and an investigation is pending. Dec. 28 - On 1-84, Milepost 350 westbound, 8:01 a.m.; A white GMC Sierra driven by Vincent William BeUino, 24 of Nampa, Idaho, lost control on toe icy roadway and drove off toe right shoulder of toe roadway. The GMC struck toe guardrail on toe right shoulder sev eral times before coming to rest sitting upright. Bellino did not re port any injuries and his vehicle sustained damage but was able to drive away from toe crash scene. Dec. 28 - On 1-84, Milepost 318 westbound, 9:42 am.; A white Ford pickup driven by Gerald Andrew Nelson, 35, of Olympia, Washing ton lost control on toe icy roadway and exited toe right shoulder of toe roadway. The pickup rolled, coming to an uncontrolled rest overturned on toe driver side, and facing toe westbound lanes of travel. Nelson and his passenger, Ethan Michael Woods, 21, of Olympia, Wash., were transported to Baker City by another mo torist who stopped to assist at the scene. No injuries were reported. Marriages Dec. 23 - Robert William Ogan to Holly Carhart McKim, both of Baker City. Dec. 28 -Weslie Raymond Dexter to Kimberlee Dawn Brock, both of Baker City. Judgements Dec. 17 - State of Oregon vs. Amy Marie Hatfield for Driving While Suspended; class A misdemeanor. Dec. 18 - Timothy K. O’Reilley vs. Sherri L O’Reilley; now known as Sherri L. Chapple; for Domestic Relations Dissolution. Monetary alimony award granted to Sherri L. Chapple. Dec. 23 - Colton Shane Eubanks vs. Kyana Irene Chaves for Domestic Relations Petition for Custody. Monetary child support awarded to Kyana Irene Chaves. Dec. 28 - State of Oregon Department of Human Resources and Sarah J. Wilson vs. Trevor A. Lindsey for Domestic Relations filed with Parentage Test Ordered. Trevor A. Lindsey ordered to pay for the parentage test fees. 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