2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2019
B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
TEACHER
Continued from Page 1A
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
■ 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
■ 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 30, 1969
What’s fi ve feet long, two feet wide, weighs 1500 pounds,
chews rocks, spits gravel and goes pocketa-pocketa-pocke-
ta?
The answer is the “Denver Rock Crusher” being tested in
the Union District of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 30, 1994
Lightning-caused forest fi res north of Halfway and
south of Unity continued to burn out of control this morn-
ing.
The Twin Lakes fi re 12 miles northeast of Halfway grew
from 1,500 acres to 5,800 acres this morning.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 31, 2009
Baker County’s representative on the Oregon Board of
Agriculture is urging farmers and ranchers to make the
most of the opportunity when the Board of Agriculture
meets for the fi rst time in Baker City, Sept. 10-11.
“This is our opportunity to talk directly with members
of the ag board, the (Oregon Department of Agriculture)
director, deputy directors and department heads about
what we are doing well, where we can improve and what
you want us to do,” said Jan Kerns, a Baker Valley rancher.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 31, 2018
Best Friends of Baker has a new rig that will assist Car-
men Ott and the team of volunteers in transporting ani-
mals across the area, sometimes even across state lines.
The 2018 Ram ProMaster City was purchased with help
from a woman who wishes to stay anonymous. Ott said
the woman has donated to Best Friends before and also
adopted several animals.
Ott said the van cost about $23,000, including the
graphics, which were done by the dealership.
When Ott picked the van up on Saturday it had 60 miles
on it. By Tuesday the odometer read 505 miles.
She said Best Friends was able to get a discount on the
van due to the group’s nonprofi t status.
Carlos was a graffi ti artist
who tagged everything he
could with his nickname
“Idol.” His mother abandoned
him when he was 6 months
old.
Sharaud’s mother had got-
ten pregnant at 13. He was
7 when he met his father —
who asked his son for money
for drugs and then took off.
One day, a note circulated
through Gruwell’s class-
room. It was a caricature of
Sharaud, who is black.
“I just lost it,” Gruwell
said. “I know I said things I
shouldn’t have said.”
In the midst of her emo-
tional rant, she connected the
drawing with what happened
during the Holocaust.
Carlos raised his hand.
“He simply said, ‘What is
that? What is the Holocaust?”
Gruwell said.
“I realized at that moment
that things had to matter.”
She bought copies of “Anne
Frank: The Diary of a Young
Girl,” and brought a survivor
from Auschwitz to tell her
story.
“She told my kids ‘I’m not a
victim, I’m a survivor.’”
Gruwell uses those words
over and over: “my kids,” “my
boy,” “my girl.”
Carlos at fi rst called her
Miss G.
“Carlos doesn’t call me Miss
Submitted photo
Teacher Erin Gruwell, bottom center, with some of her students from Woodrow Wilson
High School in Long Beach, California. Their experiences inspired the 2007 fi lm, “Free-
dom Writers.”
“Every student who comes
into your classroom
has a story. We need to
remember the names,
remember the stories.”
— Erin Gruwell
G. He calls me Mama G. He’s
my boy,” she said.
In the midst of the chaos,
and her determination to
make connections with her
students, Gruwell gave each
one a journal.
They became the Freedom
Writers, paying homage to
the 1960s civil rights activists
who called themselves the
Freedom Riders.
Their words were turned
into the book “The Freedom
Writers Diary: How a Teacher
and 150 Teens Used Writing
to Change Themselves and
the World Around Them.”
In September, PBS is airing
a new documentary titled
“Freedom Writers: Stories
from the Heart.”
And stories, she told her
audience on Tuesday, are
what matter.
“Every student who comes
into your classroom has a
story,” she said. “We need to
remember the names, remem-
ber the stories.”
All 150 Freedom Writers
graduated from high school.
“Those kids who weren’t
supposed to make it, made it,”
Gruwell said. “My kids made
it.”
O BITUARY
Violet Caviness
Sr., Frank Colton and Harry Cavi-
ness. She worked as a bartender and
Violet May Caviness, 91, of Baker City as a motel housekeeper. She loved the
died Aug. 17, 2019, at her residence.
mountains, fi shing, camping, picking
A memorial service will take place
huckleberries, bowling and gambling.
this fall.
Violet was one of the fi rst members of
Violet was born on May 1, 1928, at
the Baker County Sheriffs Posse-Ettes
Baker to Joseph and Dorothy (Rundall) and she bowled in numerous leagues.
Pupil. She attended Baker High School.
Survivors include her children, Robert
Violet was married three times
(Joyce) Taylor, Gaylene (Duane) Mor-
throughout her life, to Kenneth Taylor
ris, Kara (Wayne) Mayer and Shorty
Baker City, 1928-2019
Colton, all of Baker City, and Ronald
Taylor of Ukiah. She is also survived by
16 grandchildren and numerous great-
grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her
father, Joe Pupil; her mother, Dorothy
Gekas; two husbands; and her sons,
Kenneth (Sonny) and David Taylor.
To light a candle in memory of Violet,
or to leave a condolence for her family, go
to www.grayswestco.com
N EWS OF R ECORD
DEATHS
Tom Nichols: 88, a former
Baker City resident, died Aug. 27,
2019, at his home in Springfi eld.
Funeral arrangements will be an-
nounced later.
Isabelle Annemarie Berg:
was born into the arms of angels
Aug. 29, 2019, at St. Alphonsus
Medical Center in Baker City.
Arrangements are under the direc-
tion of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & Cremation Services.
Online condolences can be made
at www.tamispinevalleyfuneral
home.com
Donald Emerick Jr.: 69, of
Baker City, died Aug. 30, 2019,
surrounded by his family. A cel-
ebration of his life will take place
at a later date. Arrangements are
under the direction of Tami’s Pine
Valley Funeral Home & Cremation
Services. Online condolences can
be made at www.tamispinevalley
funeralhome.com
POLICE LOG
Baker County Sheriff
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker
County Justice Court warrant):
Jose Medina Luna, 25, of 2121
C St., 8:02 a.m. Thursday, at the
Sheriff’s Offi ce; jailed and later
granted a conditional release.
PROBATION VIOLATION (Baker
County Circuit Court warrant) and
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker
County Justice Court warrant):
Roderick Joseph Gagnon, 41, of
Portland, 8:39 a.m. Thursday, at
the Sheriff’s Offi ce; jailed.
VIOLATION OF RELEASE
AGREEMENT (Baker County Cir-
cuit Court warrant): Christopher
Allen Prince, 29, of 1403 Sixth
St., 4:12 p.m. Thursday, at the
Sheriff’s Offi ce; jailed and later
released on bail.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLU-
ENCE OF INTOXICANTS: Allen
Dean Stevenson Jr., 66, of 18062
Western Heights Lane, 11:27 a.m.
Thursday, on West Campbell
Loop; Stevenson was arrested
after investigation of a motor
vehicle crash. Stevenson was
taken by Baker City ambulance to
St. Alphonsus Medical Center. He
was released, then booked at the
jail and released.
O REGON L OTTERY
MEGABUCKS, Aug. 28
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PICK 4, Aug. 29
• 1 p.m.: 6 — 9 — 7 — 6
• 4 p.m.: 2 — 9 — 6 — 2
• 7 p.m.: 5 — 3 — 3 — 3
• 10 p.m.: 6 — 3 — 6 — 8
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LUCKY LINES, Aug. 29
WIN FOR LIFE, Aug. 28
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S ENIOR M ENUS
■ MONDAY: Closed in observance of the Labor Day holiday
■ TUESDAY: Boneless chicken breast with cream gravy,
mashed potatoes, peas, biscuit, three-bean salad, brownie
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
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crews do
maintenance on
the dam.
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the Forest Service to
’s visitor
center and boat
launch
below the dam.
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Fog-shrouded
Lakes Lookout
near Anthony
Lakes
Skeeter
scourge
leads to
fogging
■ Vector Control
sprayed parts of
west Baker City
Thursday night
By Jayson Jacob
y
jjacoby@bakercit
yherald.com
An infestation of
mosquitoes promp
ted
the Baker Valley
Vector
Control District
to bring in
what amounts to
its
artillery Thursday heavy
night in
the northwestern
part of
Baker City.
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