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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21,2016
CHAMBER BANQUET
Hunsaker has also been very
active in the PEO Sisterhood,
Chapter AX in Baker City since
1985. From 1976-1982, she
worked as the Children's
Librarian at the Baker County
Library.
"Legacy Award to me, means
a whole entire lifetime of serv­
ice. And, I'm not done yet!"
says Hunsaker who intends to
continue serving the commu­
nity in a variety of ways.
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Six members of the Annex Security
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MON-THURS
7:20
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After five-year-old Jack and his
mother escape from the enclosed
surroundings that Jack has known his
entire life, the boy makes a thrilling
discovery.
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Photo by Gina Perkins Legacy Man of the Year
Hal Huntington with Legacy Woman of the Year Joyce Hunsaker
Man of the Year Mib Dailey
Legacy Man of the Year
Man of the Year
"It was very special and truly humbling," says Hal Huntington,
who was chosen as Baker County's Legacy Man of the Year. "It
was also a total shock!"
"I married a Colton, so after we both retired, I brought Doni back
to Baker where she grew up," says Huntington.
The man, also a good friend of Joyce Hunsaker, even sharing
the same birth date of Sept. 6 with her, serves in a variety of ca­
pacities. He is the Chairman of the Baker Heritage Museum Com­
mission and is on the CASA board of directors. He is very active
in the Elks and heads up the youth activities and is co-chairman
of the Elks Hoop Shoot. Huntington also is the financial secretary
for the Knights of Columbus.
During the speech introducing Huntington it was said, "He is
very deserving of Legacy Man of the Year based on his commu­
nity activities, his successful marriage and family, as well as being
a quality individual who has Baker County and Baker City's best
interest at heart."
Whit Deschner gave a very 'witty' presentation extolling the
virtues of Mib Dailey, a Richland cattle rancher and Baker
County's Man of the Year who is probably best known for his
warm smile and sense of humor.
"I first met Mib through his cattle. Rather, I met Mib’s cattle be­
fore I met Mib.... and that’s how I met Mib. If you had a single
hole in your fence, Mib’s cattle were the first to find it. I called Mib
and said your cows got on my place this morning and are eating
me down to [the] short end of nothing. He said, no they ain’t. I
said... green tag in the left ear-they're yours. He said, yep but
you're wrong, they’ve been there three days now and you just no­
ticed them," Deschner said.
He went on, "Mib has improved on this breed so much that it’s
now nationally recognized. They’re called the Bundy Breed and
they take over and occupy any federal lands they get near to."
The audience roared with laughter at Deschner's presentation.
Dailey is also an auctioneer who volunteers his time to a number
of charitable fundraising auctions including the Salt Lick which
has raised about $75,000 for Parkinson's research, the Baker
County Fair in Halfway, the Eagle Valley Grange, Pine Eagle FFA,
and Keating Elementary School.
Dailey says, "With every charity event that comes along, the
people of Baker County donate so much and it's surprising to see
who is doing a lot of the donating. I was honored to receive this
award and it was great to have so many of my friends and family
at the banquet."
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Photo by Sherrie Kvamme
. .Worrian of the Year
Cameron John Whitaker born Jan. 5 to Jeremy and Mollie
Whitaker of Culver, Ore. He was 8.5 pounds and 21.5 inches long.
Cameron's grandparents are Rod and Valerie Tachenko of Baker
City. He joins his older siblings, Wyatt, Morgan and McKinzie
Whitaker, ages 5, 3, and 2 respectively. Cameron's other grandpar­
ents include Jeff and Triesa Whitaker of Culver. His great grandpar­
ents are John Rayl of Stanfield, Gerald and Anne Zehner of
Lebanon, Ore., and Rose Whitaker of Redmond.
Photo by Sherrie Kvamme
Michelle Paoletti Woman of the
Year
Michelle PdOfOtfi was mOVed to tears when it was
announced that she had been chosen for the Woman of the Year
Award.
She said after the banquet, "I am so honored to be included with
this group of people to be recognized."
Paoletti and her family moved from Redando Beach, California
several years ago to raise their daughter who is now 24. A Saint
Alphonsus employee for the past 17 years, Paoletti is the presi­
dent elect of Soroptimists and a member of Lady Elks who says
"she can help raise money for anything" including $6,000 for a
cause to help raise awareness and stop human trafficking.
"I'm not a wealthy person, but I have time, and I will help anyone
or any cause that benefits the community," says Paoletti. "I love
Baker County and never for one minute would ever consider trad­
ing living here for returning to southern California. I know what
I'm missing, but I also know exactly what I have," she says.
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Natural Structures, a family owned business, was honored with
this award. Ted and Jodie Hausotter are co-owners with Ted's fa­
ther and mother, Al and Grace Hausotter who founded the busi­
ness in 1971.
Among many community projects, the company has constructed
litter receptacles, covers, benches and bike racks for the Resort
Street project and manufactured the bandstand. With the Lions
Club they have manufactured and installed the fitness equipment
on the Leo Adler Parkway, small pavilions along the Parkway and
worked with Historic Baker City to refurbish and reinstall the
benches downtown. Currently, the company employs 61 people.
Natural Structures makes numerous donations in a variety of
forms to several non-profit organizations including: 4-H, FBLA,
Honor Society, Wrestling, High School Rodeo, North Powder
FFA, Oregon Trail Event Center, Baker Technical Institute, Her­
itage Museum, Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Lions Club,
Bandstand Committee, NRA, Anthony Lakes, Quail Ridge Golf
Course, Baker County Mounted Posse Trail Ride, Historic Baker
City, and Young Life.
Ted and his wife Jodie as co-owners have expanded their small
business which originally began as a landscaping business, into
one that manufactures the highest quality stainless steel, pool
and water slides, water playgrounds, spray toys and shelters and
pavilions.
In March of 2003, The Hausotter families moved Natural Struc­
tures to Baker City from Sherwood, Ore., purchasing a 25,000 sq
ft. manufacturing facility putting in a full steel fabrication and pow­
der coating line.
In December 2005, Natural Structures purchased their second
building and renovated it for the addition of a rotational molding
machine and expanding the wood line and shipping and receiving
departments. In February 2009, Natural Structures completed the
purchase of additional sales office space and an additional
20,000 sq. ft. warehouse.
Currently, Natural Structures has grown from 15 employees to
over 60 in 13 years.
"Our gross sales grew from 1.5 million to over 6 million with ap­
proximately 85 percent of our products shipping east of the Mis­
sissippi River. We also have expanded globally exporting
products to Canada, New Zealand, Cayman Islands and Saudi
Arabia to name a few," says Jodie Hausotter.
See CHAMBER
BANQUET on page 9