2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2019
B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
GUNS
Continued from Page 1A
Marji Lind
FRIDAY, AUG. 23
■ Live Music by Keith Taylor: Ragtime piano, 4:30 p.m. to
5:30 p.m., Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, 2020 Auburn
Ave.; no charge; continues most Fridays.
TUESDAY, AUG. 27
■ Baker City Council: 7 p.m., City Hall, 1655 First St.
MONDAY, SEPT. 2
■ Labor Day
TUESDAY, SEPT. 3
■ Haines Fire Protection District Board: 7 p.m., at the
Haines Library.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4
■ Baker County Board of Commissioners: 9 a.m.,
Courthouse, 1995 Third St.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 6
■ First Friday Art Shows: Baker City art galleries are open
late to showcase the month’s new artwork; opening times
vary between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Crossroads Carnegie
Art Center, Peterson’s Gallery and others.
MONDAY, SEPT. 9
■ Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection District Board:
7 p.m. at the Pondosa Station.
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
August 25, 1969
One forest fi re is still raging out of control in the county
today, while a second one has been contained.
The Rough Ridge fi re near Unity as of 8 p.m. Sunday has
consumed 6,470 acres and was burning on a four-mile front.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 23, 1994
Seven teen-age boys put their energy to work for the
benefi t of the community and learned job skills in the
process this summer.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 24, 2009
Requests for nearly $4.5 million to make improvements
to Resort Street in downtown Baker City and to Best Front-
age Road, between East Campbell Street and Highway 86,
drew support Wednesday from the Baker County Board of
Commissioners.
Commission Chairman Fred Warner Jr. said the Resort
Street and Best Frontage Road projects were identifi ed as
priorities by the city in consultation with county offi cials.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 24, 2019
The thundershower that drenched, and briefl y delayed,
the Shrine All-Star Football Game on Aug. 4 might seem
to contradict the rest of this sentence, but technically
Baker City is in the midst of its fourth-longest rainless
stretch since World War II.
The asterisk in this case has to do with where our of-
fi cial weather readings are taken.
That’s the Baker City Airport, and it’s a couple miles
north of the city limits.
No great distance, to be sure. But it’s far enough to
make a signifi cant difference sometimes when it comes to
thunderstorms, which can have bands of rain just a mile
or two across.
In any case, the rain gauge at the airport hasn’t col-
lected what the National Weather Service defi nes as
“measurable rain” since June 20.
Thursday was the 64th straight “dry” day.
O REGON L OTTERY
MEGABUCKS, Aug. 21
9 — 13 — 17 — 19 — 24 — 48
Next jackpot: $3.4 million
POWERBALL, Aug. 21
12 — 21 — 22 — 29 — 32 PB 21
Next jackpot: $50 million
MEGA MILLIONS, Aug. 20
8 — 14 — 25 — 51 — 63
Mega
4
Next jackpot: $90 million
WIN FOR LIFE, Aug. 21
51 — 59— 61 — 69
PICK 4, Aug. 22
• 1 p.m.: 6—2— 8 — 4
• 4 p.m.: 8 — 0 — 1 — 5
• 7 p.m.: 3 — 3 — 0 — 8
• 10 p.m.: 5 — 6 — 3 — 9
LUCKY LINES, Aug. 22
3-7-10-14-18-24-25-30
Next jackpot: $44,000
S ENIOR M ENUS
■ MONDAY: Sloppy Joes, potato salad, corn, fruit cup,
lemon bar
■ TUESDAY: Salisbury steak, potatoes and gravy, mixed
vegetables, roll, cottage cheese with fruit, sherbet
Public luncheon at the Senior Center, 2810 Cedar St., 11:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; $4.50 donation (60 and older), $6.75 for
those under 60.
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Clinical director for New Directions
Northwest Inc.
One possible idea to help curb gun
violence across the country could be to
focus on and provide more education
and prevention measures
around the “driving forces”
that true research would
identify. Education and
prevention strategies then
need to be developed to
Lind
specifi cally touch all age
levels and cultures that
have blended together within our great
nation.
As an immediate intervention, New
Directions Northwest Inc., which
provides mental health services in
Baker County, used a grant focused on
suicide prevention to purchase gun trig-
ger locks. New Directions offers these
devices at no cost to any individual or
family throughout Baker County.
The prevention program also is
working with other local communities
throughout the county to identify loca-
tions to provide access to the free gun
trigger locks.
investing in mental health services is
a worthwhile approach when it comes
to addressing violence. A 2018 survey
by Gallup found that 56% of Americans
viewed bolstering mental health screen-
ings and security as a better strategy
for addressing violence in schools than
passing new restrictions on gun and
ammunition sales. This opinion is
shared by Americans of all political
stripes and shows that there is room for
agreement when it comes to violence
prevention policies.
has to start with schools and children’s
families working hard to instill values
and provide support and direction.
He said parents should limit the time
their children spend on their electronic
devices doing things like playing violent
video games and instead do healthy
activities together.
“In the rush of life, moving from activ-
ity to the next, we forget to do things
like having dinner together,” Glaze said.
Jason Edmiston
Hermiston police chief
Contrary to what people may see
Cove School District superintendent
on television, police offi cers have very
Pettit said he believes one key to
limited access to state or federal data-
protecting a school from possible gun
bases. Protections afforded via HIPAA
violence is having a school resource
compound matters even further, but lo-
offi cer.
cal cops know what is going on in their
School resource offi cers are law en-
communities. So, would it not make
forcement offi cers who work in schools. sense to create a process where police
The Cove School District is part of a
offi cers have the ability to complete a
consortium of school districts in Union simple form with specifi c criteria and
County that share the cost and services submit that form to fl ag a person’s
of such as offi cer Tony Humphries, a
criminal history record should they ever
deputy with the Union County Sheriff’s try to purchase a gun? A process much
Offi ce.
like that of the stalking order process.
Humphries began serving as an
By law, when a police offi cer believes
school resource offi cer for the Cove,
a stalking order is warranted due to
North Powder, Union and La Grande
information known to the offi cer, the
school districts during the 2018-19
offi cer fi lls out a temporary order,
Greg Smith
school year and will continue doing so in provides both parties with a copy and a
State Representative (R-Heppner)
2019-20.
court date, and records/dispatch enter
Rather than passing additional gun
Pettit said Humphries’ presence is
the order into the state system, which
restrictions that end up punishing
welcome because of the personal con-
creates a fl ag on the person’s record.
law-abiding citizens, I think it’s time
nections he makes.
The court must hear the matter within
we make a serious effort to address
“Tony Humphries is not a cop on
72 hours.
the growing mental health crisis in our patrol. He is developing relationships
If the person receiving the complaint
communities. Earlier this year, I worked with students,’’ Pettit said. “He is bridg- does not appear, the order is upheld as
with Umatilla County Sheriff Terry
ing the natural gap that exists between they were given ample opportunity for
Rowan, Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena,
students and adults in a school.’’
due process. If the person does appear, a
and Rep. Greg Barreto, R-Cove, to
Pettit said this healthy relationship is judge must weigh in and decide.
secure $1.6 million in upgrades for the making the Cove School District safer.
In no way, shape, or form is this the
Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton. A
solution to the much larger problem.
portion of these upgrades will be used to Larry Glaze
This would only pertain to legal gun
InterMountain Education Service
ensure that violent criminals, including
purchases, but at least it could be the
those suffering from mental illness, can District director of operations
fi rst step in a process that engages all
Glaze of La Grande said a better
get the treatment they need rather than
sides and gives some justifi cation to the
approach to resolving disagreements is can that has been kicked for years, by
being treated like ordinary offenders
one key to curbing gun violence.
who might be returned to the public.
elected offi cials. This state-approved
“We need to teach our children how
Investments like this are crucial to
process would allow offi cers to continue
ensuring people get the help they need, to resolve confl ict in a non-violent way,” to take action within their community.
said Glaze, who served as superinten-
while also saving taxpayers money in
Society has empowered us as police
dent of the La Grande School District
the long run as those receiving treat-
offi cers, now let us protect.
from 2008 to 2017 and has worked more
ment are less likely to reoffend in the
The Observer and Baker City Herald
than 40 years as an educator.
future.
contributed to this report.
The education administrator said this
Americans broadly agree that
Earl Pettit
TASK FORCE
He replaced former chief Dustin Newman
who resigned to take a job with the Polk
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County Sheriff’s Department. Newman
The warrant was issued on Aug. 5 after had worked for that agency for 14 years
Briney failed to appear for a plea hearing before moving to Baker City in 2014 to
on a May charge of possessing metham-
work as a police offi cer. Newman was
phetamine, Baker County Circuit Court
named chief in 2018.
documents state.
“We’re going to try to keep doing this,”
Both men were taken to the Baker
Duman said Thursday of the Task Force
County Jail Monday. Radle was granted
investigations. “Hopefully the community
a conditional release Tuesday and Briney will start to recognize (the benefi t of hav-
was granted a conditional release Thurs- ing an active task force) and that starts to
day, according to jail records.
build support for keeping the Drug Team
Duman said both investigations are
operational.”
ongoing and more information will be
Duman’s 27fi-year career with OSP
released later.
included serving for 13 years in Baker
The Baker County Drug Task Force
City as lieutenant of the agency’s Eastern
includes detectives from the Baker City
Region Criminal Division.
Police Department, the Baker County
He said Thursday that he is working to
Sheriff’s Offi ce, Oregon State Police and
bring the police department up to full staff,
the Baker County District Attorney’s
which will include adding another retired
Offi ce.
OSP offi cer to the roster on Oct. 1. Sgt.
Duman said the Baker City Police De- Ty Duby will join the city police staff as a
partment, under his leadership, is working lieutenant on that date, upon retiring from
to re-establish the Task Force in coopera- his longtime OSP career.
tion with the other agencies, all of which
As police chief, Duman says he will be
have funding available to pay for drug
working to provide more fl exibility for city
investigations.
offi cers to work drug cases in the future.
Duman, a retired OSP offi cer, åbegan
“I’ve noticed it’s been an ongoing issue
working as interim city police chief July 1. over the last couple of years as every-
body’s resources got real tight,” he said of
increased drug traffi cking in the commu-
nity. “We’re here to put the lid back on the
garbage can.”
Duman said he doesn’t expect to totally
solve the drug problem, but he hopes to
slow it down and thereby also reduce
property crimes that in most cases are
drug-related.
He hopes that members of the drug
community will take notice of the in-
creased police pressure aimed at curtailing
their activities.
“We want to remove them from the
community,” Duman said.
“We’ll run them out of town (based on
the increased enforcement efforts) or get
them convicted and sent to prison,” he
said.
In 2017, the Oregon Legislature reduced
the charge for personal-use possession
of certain drugs, including methamphet-
amine, cocaine and heroine from a felony
to a misdemeanor. Unlawful distribution
of methamphetamine remains a felony
crime, however, Duman pointed out.
“We’re going to keep putting pressure on
these people and prioritize our call load,”
he said. “If we do this we will make a bet-
ter livability for the community.”
N EWS OF R ECORD
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
PROBATION VIOLATION (Parole
and Probation detainer): Alexan-
der Allen Adams, 23, of Baker City,
5:57 p.m. Wednesday, in the 300
block of Elm Street.
UNLAWFULLY OBTAINING
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE and THEFT I
(Two counts): Amber Lynne Pack,
42, of 3305 14th St., 9:59 p.m.
Wednesday, at 14th Street and
Court Avenue; jailed.
SUPPLYING CONTRABAND,
MANUFACTURING A CON-
TROLLED SUBSTANCE and
DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE (Union County
warrant): Chad La Vern Profi tt, 46,
of La Grande, 5:01 p.m. Thursday,
in the 2600 block of 10th Street;
The Big Juan is wrapped in a home-style
tortilla fi lled with seasoned beef, refried
beans, Spanish rice, cheddar cheese, sour
cream, picante sauce and salsa fresca.
The Other Juan is wrapped in a salsa
tortilla fi lled with seasoned beef, black
beans, cilantro lime rice, cheddar
cheese, sour cream, salsa verde
and salsa fresca.
915 Campbell St, Baker City • 541-523-6657
jailed.
VIOLATING RELEASE AGREE-
MENT (Baker County Circuit Court
warrant): Chad Michael Cox, 38,
of Baker City, 11:31 p.m. Thursday
in the 2300 block of Resort Street;
jailed.
Baker County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
DRIVING UNDER THE IN-
FLUENCE OF INTOXICANTS,
HARASSMENT and MENACING:
Jaccob Paul Dennis, 33, of 14564
Pine Creek Lane, 8:03 p.m. Thurs-
day, at his home; jailed.
Baker County Parole and
Probation
PROBATION VIOLATION (De-
tainer): Melissa Marian Carey, 32,of
2787 Third St., 1:56 p.m. Wednes-
day at the Sheriff’s Offi ce; jailed.
Thank You
We wish to express our gratitude for the kindness and
support during our recent loss. Our special thanks to
the caregivers at Settler’s Park, Heart ‘n Home Hospice
staff and Gray’s West & Co., for their sincere and
respectful service. Your kindness will always be
remembered.
-The family of Lois Bryant