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LACONIA, N.H. (AP)
— New England Patriots
safety Patrick Chung has
been indicted in New
Hampshire on a charge
of cocaine possession,
according to court paper-
work released Thursday.
A Belknap County grand
jury indicted the 32-year-
old Chung on Aug. 8.
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Sunday
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Gun
violence
solutions
offered
By Phil Wright
BRIEFING
The monthly Founda-
tion of Hope night is
scheduled Saturday at the
Ruda Ranch just west of
Baker City.
The event, which in-
cludes a barbecue potluck,
begins at 5 p.m. Those at-
tending are asked to bring
a side dish or dessert.
Music and a special
message will be presented
by Dick and Jill Schoen-
berg of Tri-Cities, Wash-
ington.
Follower
of the Fir
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
Bob and Cheri Ward of Baker City look for any opportunity to start up and drive away in their classic cars.
engine compartment on the
sold their home in California while he worked.
pickup.
and were moved to Baker
Cherie worked as a man-
The annual Memory Cruise
The Ward’s have been in
within a month.
ager in a veterinarian offi ce.
is gearing up for its 29th year the Memory Cruise for 13
“It’s been a dream come
When they moved to Baker
Saturday.
years.
true for us,” said Cherie.
City in 2005 she worked brief-
Between 140-180 cars will
“Almost always you see
Bob and Cherie met in
ly at a vet’s offi ce and then
be shown at this year’s event cars that you haven’t seen
1971 on a blind date, were
worked in medical records at
at Geiser-Pollman Park.
before,” Bob said.
married in 1973, and were
the hospital.
Wayne Ryder, one of the
“It’s been fun. It’s been a
part of Pickups Limited of
She then transferred to La
organizers of the event, said lifelong journey since 1976 to Southern California, a large
Grande where she worked
registration begins at 8 a.m. present,” Cherie said.
club for car enthusiasts.
as a medical records analyst
with a raffl e during the day
They moved to Baker 14
Cherie said the club used to for a little over nine months,
and live music.
years ago from Winnetka, in have 12 chapters. The Wards commuting between Baker
They have 40 awards that California’s San Fernando
were in the Burbank Chapter. and La Grande through Com-
will be given out at 4 p.m.
Valley.
They joined the club after
munity Connection.
The Durkee Steak Feed at
They had driven through
Bob bought his truck and
Bob worked in a carpentry
the Quail Ridge Golf Course Baker on vacation not long
were club members for 24
business, Blue Mountain
will go from 5 p.m. to 8:30
after they were married.
years.
Workshops, and then at the
p.m. and the Downtown
“And we thought, ‘what a
While in California, Bob
5J School District as an IT
Cruise will begin at 8:30.
cute little place,’ ” Cherie said. worked in the aerospace in-
(information technology)
Among the cars to be
“And wouldn’t it be a great
dustry and then with Disney. technician.
shown will be Bob and Cherie place to retire.”
Cherie said Bob worked
The couple retired last year.
Ward’s 1956 Ford pickup
Cherie explained that they on the truck as a side project
truck that Bob has rebuilt
three times.
Bob, 66, had always
wanted a ’56 pickup since he
had seen one driving by his
high school.
Cherie , 67, explained he
fi nally got his pickup after
they were married.
“He brought it home and
it was on a fl at bed trailer
and in boxes and he’s rebuilt
it three times,” said Cherie.
“The last time was in 1988.”
In previous years, they had
also showed Cherie’s 1967
Ford Mustang, but this year
they decided to only show the
pickup.
In getting ready for the
Memory Cruise, they clean
and wax the exterior, pol-
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
ish the wheels, do detailing
and other steps to have their Three vertical tail lights haven't changed since the original Mustangs hit the streets.
truck ready for the show.
Cherie also cleaned the
By Samantha O’Conner
soconner@bakercityherald.com
TODAY
Issue 45, 14 pages
and identity theft. Police found
scales and packaging materials as
well as multiple drivers licenses and
Social Security cards, Duman said.
The evidence will be submitted to
the Baker County District Attor-
ney’s Offi ce for possible indictment,
Duman said. He declined to identify
residents at that address pending
further investigation.
Detectives executed the second
search warrant at 1905 15th St.
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See Guns/Page 2A
Commission
approves 2
purchases
By Brandon Taylor
btaylor@bakercityherald.com
Monday where they also seized evi-
dence of methamphetamine distribu-
tion.
Officers arrested Brandon
Robert Radle, 31, on a charge of
unlawful possession of meth; and
Chuck Wayne Briney, 26, on an
outstanding Baker County war-
rant charging him with violating
his release agreement.
The Baker County com-
missioners approved two
new Road Department
purchases during their
regularly scheduled open
meeting Wednesday.
The commission ap-
proved the Road De-
partment’s purchase of
a 50-ton lowboy trailer
from Load King Cus-
tom Truck Source at
$87,138 — the lowest of
the three bids. The new
lowboy will update the
Road Department’s fl eet.
The only other lowboy
the department has is a
40-ton lowboy trailer that
had to be rebuilt twice,
according to Road Master
Nolan Perkins. The Road
Department will keep
the old lowboy for lighter
loads and emergencies.
The County Commis-
sion also approved the
Road Department’s pur-
chase of a 1991 Autocar
snow plow for $8,500
from The General Ser-
vices Awdministration.
The new snow plow will
update the Road Depart-
ment’s fl eet back to its
2016 fl eet size of three
snowplows.
See Guns/Page 2A
See County/Page 5A
Reorganized task force makes arrests
Members of a newly reorganized
Baker County Drug Task Force ar-
rested two men and seized evidence
of methamphetamine distribution
after executing search warrants at
two west Baker City homes Monday.
No arrests were made at the fi rst
home at 3220 14th St., Baker City
Police Chief Ray Duman stated in a
press release issued Thursday.
Detectives seized evidence related
to distribution of methamphetamine
PENDLETON — Bare-
ly a day after back-to-back
mass shootings rocked the
nation, police in Hermis-
ton on Aug. 5 were track-
ing down who shot and
injured two teen boys.
Pendleton police three
days later were chas-
ing their own shooting
suspect, who ended the
pursuit when he shot
himself in the head.
The East Oregonian
and its sister publica-
tions in Eastern Oregon
reached out to police
chiefs, sheriffs, lawmak-
ers, mental health care
providers, school offi cials
and others to ask them
to give their ideas for
curbing gun violence. We
asked them to provide no
more than a few hundred
words and to stay away
from culture issues of
violence or legal issues of
gun rights.
Not everyone we asked
participated. In some
cases we accommodated
sources who preferred
short interviews. We pri-
marily edited responses
for length and clarity.
What follows are their
ideas.
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