2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2
■ Baker County Board of Commissioners: 9 a.m.,
Courthouse, 1995 Third St.
■ Baker City Farmers Market: 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
Downtown at the Court Avenue Plaza.
■ Baker City Tree Board: 5:30 p.m., Conference Room at
City Hall, 1655 First St.
FRIDAY, OCT. 4
■ Baker City Golf Board: 8 a.m., conference room upstairs
at City Hall, 1655 First St.
TUESDAY, OCT. 8
■ Baker City Council: 7 p.m., City Hall, 1655 First St.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16
■ Baker County Board of Commissioners: 9 a.m.,
Courthouse, 1995 Third St.
■ Baker City Farmers Market: 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
Downtown at the Court Avenue Plaza.
TUESDAY, OCT. 17
■ Baker School Board: 6 p.m., Council chambers at City
Hall, 1655 First St.; date moved from usual third Thursday
of the month.
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
September 30, 1969
The City of Baker watershed will be closed to hunting and
trespassers will be prosecuted.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
September 30, 1994
Firefi ghters contained the 2,420-acre Reed fi re north of
Prairie City Thursday evening and had the 2,075-acre Fox
Point fi re south of Wallowa 60 percent contained this morn-
ing.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
September 30, 2009
A combustible combination of kiln-like humidities
and gale-force winds shoved a once-smoldering wildfi re
through a six-mile-long swath of the northern Wallowa
Mountains on Monday.
The rapid, and unexpected, advance of the Big Sheep
Ridge fi re prompted Forest Service offi cials, who had
mainly been watching rather than fi ghting the blaze since
lightning sparked it in the Eagle Cap Wilderness on Aug. 29,
to call in more than 150 fi refi ghters and three helicopters.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
September 28, 2018
A husband and wife from Washington state died
Wednesday morning in the westbound lanes of Interstate
84 when their pickup truck collided with a semi-truck and
trailer north of Baker City.
Eugene Rowley, 65, the driver of a 1993 GMC pickup
truck pulling a U-Haul trailer and his passenger, Ellen Row-
ley, 63, both died at the scene, Oregon State Police spokes-
man Timothy R. Fox stated in a press release.
Rowley reportedly was traveling west when he passed
a 2013 Freightliner truck driven by Alexandr Ciubuc, 58, of
Tumwater, Washington.
The accident happened about 10:10 a.m., on a straight
stretch of freeway near milepost 301.
The vehicles collided, went through the median and
came to rest adjacent to the eastbound lanes, Fox stated.
The pickup truck and U-Haul trailer were crushed under the
jackknifed Freightliner truck.
Both eastbound and westbound fast lanes were closed
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S ENIOR M ENUS
■ TUESDAY: Pork tips over fettuccine, baby carrots, bread,
cottage cheese with fruit, cinnamon rolls
■ WEDNESDAY: Boneless chicken breast with cream gravy,
mashed potatoes, broccoli-blend vegetables, roll, green
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
those under 60.
University workers’ strike averted
By Claire Withycombe
Oregon Capital Bureau
SALEM — A looming
strike by thousands of work-
ers at Oregon’s seven public
universities has been avoided
after the workers settled with
management early Saturday
morning.
The two-year contract was
settled during talks at the
Oregon Institute of Technol-
ogy campus in Wilsonville.
Workers and the universi-
ties had reached an impasse
after months of negotiations
over cost of living increases,
yearly pay bumps, benefi ts
and the cost of meals for food
service workers.
The workers, represented
by Service Employees
International Union Lo-
cal 503, were preparing to
strike unless an agreement
was reached by 7 a.m. on
Monday, Sept. 30, the fi rst
day of classes for many of the
universities.
The union reported that
the fi nal agreement they
reached includes:
The largest cost of living
adjustment in over a decade,
No leaps in health care
costs
A 48-hour leave bank that
employees can use in inclem-
ent weather.
University workers had
lamented that they were get-
ting short shrift compared to
other workers on the state’s
payroll — especially after
lawmakers voted to boost the
amount of money going to
public universities by $100
million over the next two
years.
The median classifi ed
Dick Mason / The (La Grande) Observer
A looming strike by thousands of workers at Oregon’s seven public universities,
including Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, has been avoided after the workers
settled with management early Saturday morning.
university worker makes
$36,000 per year, according
to SEIU Local 503. Classifi ed
staff work in jobs ranging
from food service to informa-
tion technology.
The union had railed
against what it said were
sky-high salaries for top
administrators, bloated
management and modest
pay raises compared to other
state workers. The universi-
ties had countered that they
had made fair offers.
“Workers stuck together
to demand a contract that
respects the critical role they
play in supporting our stu-
dents and keeping our cam-
puses running,” said Melissa
Unger, executive director of
SEIU Local 503, in a state-
ment Saturday. “Together,
we fought back take-aways
proposed by management
on wages, health care, steps
and personal days, and won
higher wages for all workers.
This hard-fought victory is a
testament to the strength and
solidarity of Oregon’s front-
line university workers.”
There will be a vote among
workers in the next few
weeks to ratify the contract,
according to the union. But
until then, they will show up
for their jobs as usual.
“As we welcome students
back in the new academic
year, we are pleased that we
have a tentative agreement
in place with our SEIU-rep-
Lane closures on Cabbage Hill
Drivers on Cabbage Hill
along Interstate 84 near
Pendleton should expect lane
closures in both the west-
bound and eastbound lanes
over the next few weeks, the
Oregon Department of Trans-
portation announced.
Shoulder paving started
today in the westbound
lanes, and will shift to the
eastbound lanes in a week or
two. Westbound traffi c will be
restricted to one lane from the
SEPT 27-OCT 3
ELTRYM
HISTORIC THEATER
top of the hill near milepost
225 to the bottom of the hill
around milepost 218. As pav-
ing progresses up the hill, the
work zone will be shortened.
Similar lane restrictions will
occur along the eastbound
lanes after westbound shoul-
der resurfacing is completed.
Motorists are advised to
slow down and be prepared
for single lane travel in this
area. Depending on weather
conditions, this work is ex-
pected to be completed around
mid-October.
The paving will seal the
area where power cables
were installed earlier this
summer under the freeway
shoulders. Those wires will
help provide electricity to a
dozen digital message boards,
freeway lighting and other
enhancements that are part
of a $15 million project on
the steep grade into the Blue
Mountains. Along with the
digital signs and lighting, the
project includes new highway
cameras, road sensors, curve
warning signs, a new freeway
ramp gate and other features
designed to improve safety.
The two-year project that
started earlier this year will
mostly shut down after Octo-
ber, then resume next spring.
All work is expected to be
completed by the fall of 2020.
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resented classifi ed workers,
who play an important role
in the education of more than
120,000 Oregon public uni-
versity students,” the univer-
sity presidents said in a joint
statement Saturday. “Our
university classifi ed employ-
ees are respected colleagues
who are vital to the operation
of our universities and the
diverse student services each
campus provides.”
Oregon’s public universities
are Western Oregon Univer-
sity, the University of Oregon,
Oregon State University,
Eastern Oregon University,
Southern Oregon University,
Portland State University
and the Oregon Institute of
Technology.
N EWS OF
R ECORD
DEATHS
Mary Basche: 95, of
Baker City, died Sept. 28,
2019, at Meadowbrook
Place. Coles Tribute Center
is in charge of arrange-
ments. To light a candle
in memory of Mary go to
www.colestributecenter.
com.
FUNERAL PENDING
Elaine Collard: Friday,
Oct. 4, at 10 a.m. at the
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, 2625
Hughes Lane. Interment
will follow at Mount Hope
Cemetery. Donations may
be made to the LDS Wel-
fare Fund, through Coles
Tribute Center, 1950 Place
St., Baker City, OR 97814. To
light a candle in memory of
Elaine, go to www.coles
tributecenter.com
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
CONTEMPT OF COURT
(Baker County Justice
Court): Thomas Joseph
Marr, 51, of 2204 15th St.,
5:56 p.m. Saturday, on
the east Broadway Street;
jailed.
STATE PAROLE BOARD
WARRANT: Chad La Vern
Profi tt, 46, transient, 5:02
p.m. Friday, on Campbell
Street; jailed.
DRIVING UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF IN-
TOXICANTS: Sierra Marie
Koehler, 22, of 1769 Estes
St., 11:23 p.m. Friday, at
10th and H streets; jailed
and later released on bail.
BLM plans job
fair at Vale
VALE — The Bureau
of Land Management’s
Vale District will have a
job fair on Oct. 18 from
9 a.m. to noon MDT at
the District offi ce, 100
Oregon St. in Vale.
Participants can learn
about a variety of BLM
jobs, including fi refi ght-
ing, natural resources
and administration,
that are available in
Baker City, Vale and
other locations in the
region.