2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2019
B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
FRIDAY, AUG. 30
■ 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.
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.
■ Baker City Farmers Market: 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.,
Downtown at the Court Avenue Plaza.
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 29, 1969
Baker College will hold two work days within the next two
weeks to try to complete the work needed to make it ready
for the opening day of school and dedication.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 29, 1994
A late-season lightning storm that crossed Northeastern
Oregon early Sunday morning sparked 82 fi res on the
Wallowa-Whitman and Malheur national forests.
Seven had burned at least 1,000 acres as of this morn-
ing and state and federal agencies were scrambling to fi nd
fi refi ghters.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 28, 2009
Rick Forrester takes his job seriously, even if it doesn’t
come with a paycheck.
As the trainer and mentor for the Baker City Police
Department’s Citizen on Patrol program, Forrester sets an
example he hopes his volunteer recruits will follow.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 29, 2018
Grocery Outlet will unveil its Baker City store with a
grand opening on Oct. 11, just less than a year after local
offi cials announced the project.
The 19,000-square-foot building stands on the south
side of Campbell Street, just east of the Interstate 84 inter-
change. The address is 295 Campbell St.
An offi cial for Grocery Outlet, which is based in Em-
eryville, California, said this spring that the Baker City
store likely would open in December or early in 2019, but
construction has gone faster than expected.
Eugene Salazar worked as the construction superinten-
dent on the project. In his 47 years of working in construc-
tion, this is his fi rst time working on a project in Baker City.
“I should have retired a long time ago but it’s kind of
tough,” Salazar said on Monday.
He works for ELS Construction, a commercial general
contractor based in Houston.
Salazar said ELS Construction will fi nish its work by
Sept. 16, after which Grocery Outlet will take over and start
preparing the store for opening.
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
Kent Nelson found his
usual seat hasn't changed.
He shares a table with a
group that gathers rou-
tinely for coffee.
INLAND
Continued from Page 1A
Food deliveries are slated
for late this week, and Hens-
ley said it will take several
days for the staff to prepare
for a return to business as
usual.
Among those attending the
open house was John Chan-
dler, an Inland regular who
has also done handyman jobs
at the cafe in the past.
“I think they did a really
nice job,” Chandler said as
he took in the decor, which
includes all new walls, fl oors,
ceiling and booths.
“I missed this place.”
So did other longtime cus-
tomers including Suzen Fors
and Vickie Kirkwood.
Kirkwood said she has
dined at the Inland since she
was a child.
Her parents, Doug and
Shurley Benton, worked
down the street from the
Inland as “a mobile gas dis-
tributor and then he worked
on cars, fi xed them up” when
he returned from World War
II.
“It was the closest diner
where you could go and get a
cup of coffee,” Kirkwood said.
“I have good memories of com-
ing here.”
Before the fi re, Kirkwood
would go to the cafe with
friends and fellow church
members.
“It’s really been missed
while they’ve been closed,”
Kirkwood said.
Fors, who moved to Baker
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
Customers participating in the Inland Cafe open house could tour the totally remod-
eled business. At far left, longtime patrons Larry and Darlene Adkinson chat with Pam
Dodson, employee.
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
First in the door and fi rst for morning coffee Tuesday are Suzen Fors, left, and Vickie
Kirkwood. Both are regular customers and look forward to the cafe returning as soon
as possible to business as usual.
from Vancouver 43 years ago
with her husband Jack, is also
an Inland regular excited to
see it getting back in business.
“I really like it, I think it’s
nice,” Fors said.
Another Inland fan, Kent
Nelson, also attended the
open house.
“I love it,” Nelson said about
the new interior.
Andria Weber, who has
worked at the Inland on
weekends for fi ve years, is one
of the returning staff mem-
bers who showed up Tuesday
Officials expect
fire to grow
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Forest Service offi cials expect the Granite Gulch fi re,
burning in the Minam River Canyon in the Eagle Cap
Wilderness northeast of Baker City, to spread more rap-
idly today and Thursday due to higher temperatures,
lower humidities and gustier winds.
See Fire/Page 5A
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morning.
“It’s beautiful,” Weber said
of the all-new interior. “It’s
amazing.”
Hensley said she is waiting
for inspections of the cafe’s
fi re suppression system and
kitchen exhaust hood.
“The hood is what has been
our nightmare,” she said.
The hood sucks the grease
and smoke from the kitchen
and has a section that keeps
the temperature stable.
“You couldn’t even possibly
turn anything on without the
hood system going,” Hensley
said.
Issues with the freezer have
also forced Hensley to push
back the opening, which she
initially hoped would be in
June or July.
The freezer problems were
resolved Aug. 22, according to
a post on the Inland’s Face-
book page.
“It’s all going now. We’re
getting closer. It’s only down
to 25 degrees and needs to
be about minus 10,” Hensley
said.
O BITUARY
Loren Barnett
Baker City
The family of Loren Clayton Barnett, 80, of
Baker City, announces with great sadness that
he died on Aug. 25, 2019.
Loren will be lovingly remembered by his
wife, Norma, and children, Tim (Jeanette), Bill
(Bobi), April (Mike) and daughter-in-law Daw-
Loren
na. Loren will also be fondly remembered by
Barnett
his 15 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren,
by his sister, Lorita Debus, and his brother,
Leroy Barnett.
Loren was preceded in death by his youngest son, Troy
Barnett; and his great-granddaughter, Izzabelle.
To light a candle in memory of Loren, or to leave a condo-
lence for the family, go to www.grayswestco.com
N EWS OF R ECORD
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
PROBATION VIOLATION (Baker
County Circuit Court warrant):
Jerad Paul Patton, 33, of 1751
Church St., 2:42 p.m. Monday,
at his home; jailed and later
released.
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Marion
County warrant): Andrew Jay
Culley, 30, of Baker City, 3:32 p.m.
Monday, on Resort Street near
Auburn Avenue, jailed.
PUBLIC INDECENCY: Toni Lynn
Sinisgalli, 56, of 1037 Broadway
St.; and Edward L. Henning, 57, of
La Grande; both were cited and
released at 5:30 p.m. Monday, in
the 2800 block of Cedar Street.
The two were reportedly having
sex on the Community Connec-
tion property, police said.
Baker County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLU-
ENCE OF INTOXICANTS: Jeff
Cameron Calkins, 43, of 885 S.W.
Lund Lane, 5:11 p.m. Monday, on
Highway 7 about 5 miles south
of Baker City; jailed and later
released on bail.
DRIVING WHILE OPERATOR’S
LICENSE SUSPENDED: Cory Den-
nis Deshirlia, 42, of Huntington,
7:07 p.m. Tuesday, at Huntington;
jailed and later released on bail.
FOURTH-DEGREE ASSAULT-
DOMESTIC, HARASSMENT AND
PROBATION VIOLATION (Baker
County Parole and Probation
detainer): George Patrick Wesley,
44, of 2323 Third St., 8:10 p.m.
Tuesday, at Broadway and First
streets; jailed.
Oregon State Police
RECKLESS DRIVING and
FAILURE TO PERFORM THE DU-
TIES OF A DRIVER INVOLVED
IN AN ACCIDENT: David Edward
Wightman, 57, of South Salt Lake
City, Utah, 1:07 p.m. Thursday,
on Interstate 84 near Huntington;
cited and released; police said
the citations were issued after
investigation of a crash. Police
said a Dodge Ram truck and
trailer, driven by Trent R. May,
57, of Wellington, Kentucky, was
traveling east in the right lane and
a GMC van driven by Wightman,
was eastbound in the left lane in
a GMC van. Police said Wight-
man’s van crossed into May’s
lane, striking the side of the trailer
May was pulling. Wightman was
stopped by OSP and admitted
knowing that he struck the trailer,
but continued on to get to an ap-
pointment. Police said Wightman
submitted to fi eld sobriety testing
and did not show impairment.
Accident report
On Highway 7, about 10 miles
southwest of Baker City, at 12:55
p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20. Police
said Javier Rivas, 38, of La Grande
was traveling south with a hay
truck and two trailers when the
load on the front trailer shifted,
causing it to fl ip over onto the
passenger side, and bringing the
rear trailer and tractor over also.
There were no injuries and no
citations were issued. Police said
the northbound lane of the high-
way was closed for about seven
hours to allow for cleanup.