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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2019
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B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2
■ 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.
■ Live Music by Keith Taylor: Ragtime piano, 4:30 p.m. to
5:30 p.m., Crossroads, 2020 Auburn Ave.; no charge.
■ 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.
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.
TUESDAY, OCT. 22
■ Baker City Council: 7 p.m., City Hall, 1655 First St.
MONDAY, OCT. 21
■ Baker School Board: 6 p.m., City Hall, Council chambers.
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
October 3, 1969
HUNTINGTON — It was another runaway for the Hunting-
ton Locomotives here Friday afternoon when they smothered
the Harper Hornets 86-18.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
October 3, 1994
The 2,420-acre Reed fi re, about 15 miles north of Prairie
City, destroyed four buildings between Stalter Mine and
Sunrise Butte before fi refi ghters contained the blaze Thurs-
day.
Fire bosses thought they had saved the several struc-
tures near the Stalter and other mines, but after searching
the area they found the burned buildings.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
October 2, 2009
Ash Grove Cement Co. said that starting in mid-Decem-
ber it will temporarily lay off more than half the workers at
its Durkee plant in Baker County.
The Durkee factory is one of nine Ash Grove plants
where workers are being laid off due to adverse economic
conditions affecting the U.S. cement industry, according
to Scott Matter, a spokesman for Ash Grove Cement Co.,
headquartered in Overland Park, Kan.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
October 3, 2018
Northeastern Oregon suffered from the smoke this
summer but it pretty much missed out on the fi re.
This corner of the state, the site of more than a dozen
major blazes over the past few decades, was something of
an eye in the fi ery storm that engulfed much of the West.
While fi res were scorching tens of thousands of acres
elsewhere in Oregon, and in the neighboring states of
Idaho, Washington and California, Northeastern Oregon’s
drought-desiccated forests and rangelands burned only in
a fi gurative sense as an August heatwave broke tempera-
ture records.
Although the situation is a bit more complicated, local
fi re managers say the explanation for the comparatively
quiet 2018 fi re season can be distilled to a single factor.
Lightning.
Or rather, a lack of lightning.
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PICK 4, Oct. 1
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S ENIOR M ENUS
■ THURSDAY: Beef tacos, Spanish rice, refried beans, fruit
cup, spice cake
■ FRIDAY: Barbecued ribs, scalloped potatoes, mixed
vegetables, roll, carrot-raisin salad, apple crisp
Macy attended several local
events this winter urging resi-
dents to cast online votes for
Baker City in a contest spon-
sored by Moda insurance and
the Portland Trail Blazers.
Baker City won that
competition in a landslide and
received $37,740 through the
Moda Assist program for the
playground, Bornstedt said.
Macy said the state grant
will allow the city to build a
larger playground, with more
pieces of equipment, than
would have been possible
otherwise.
“As the parents of a child
who uses a wheelchair we’re
constantly looking for places
where our son can play, and
there aren’t that many,” she
said.
Macy believes the new play-
ground will not only benefi t
local children and families, but
also lure travelers on Inter-
state 84 to stop in Baker City.
In addition to the state
grant and the Moda Assist
award, the city has received
these donations for the all-
inclusive playground, Bornst-
edt said:
• $20,000 from the Sunder-
land Foundation
• $10,000 from the city
budget
• $2,000 from the Sunridge
Inn
• $2,000 from the Super 8
motel
• $1,000 from Motel 6
• $416 from a fundraiser
at the Sunridge Inn during
the Hells Canyon Motorcycle
Rally
• $363 from an Albertsons
fundraiser
• $238 from a fundraiser
by Brian and Corrine Vegter,
owners of Churchill School
Bornstedt said the city has
also applied for a $25,000
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Baker City offi cials plan to build a playground next spring at Geiser-Pollman Park that’s
accessible to children of all abilities. The playground will be south of the structure in-
stalled in 2014. The city plans to remove the three metal-lattice domes (two are visible in
the photo), the tall metal swing structures and the structure at the far right (red arrow).
grant from the Leo Adler
Foundation.
This fall city offi cials will be
working on a detailed plan for
the new playground.
On Oct. 10 a subcommit-
tee of the city’s Parks and
Recreation Advisory Board
will meet with a playground
consultant, Bornstedt said.
Later the city will schedule
a public open house where
residents, and in particular
parents of children who would
benefi t from the new play-
ground, can look at possible
pieces of equipment and
give their opinions about the
ones they’d most like to see
installed.
Examples include swings
that are accessible to all chil-
dren, and merry-go-rounds
and other equipment that
children in wheelchairs can
use.
Ultimately the goal is to
build a playground where all
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edt said the tall metal swing
structure will be removed.
The swings are about a
century old and do not meet
current playground safety
standards, she said.
Workers will also remove
the three metal-lattice play
domes and a structure that
includes two short slides.
The taller single slide is
outside the “footprint” of the
all-inclusive playground and it
might stay, Bornstedt said.
The fate of the three play
structures between the swings
and the 2014 playground isn’t
certain, she said. She’d like
to remove those structures,
which are about 25 years old,
and reinstall them elsewhere
in the city. Bornstedt said she
will be talking with a play-
ground installer about the
feasibility of doing that.
The city’s tentative goal
is to build the all-inclusive
playground in May 2020.
O BITUARIES
and Susan Marie. When that marriage
ended in 1966 she raised her children
Mary Basche, 95, of Baker City, died
alone for the next 14 years.
Sept. 28, 2019, at her home at Meadow-
She supported her family by working
brook Place.
for the Wallowa-Whitman National For-
There will be a celebration of her life
est at Baker City in the Supervisor’s Of-
from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on
fi ce, in the Management Services Section.
Saturday, Oct. 5, at Mead-
While working there she met Ernie
owbrook Place, 4000 Cedar
Collard. They were married in 1980 and
St. in Baker City.
had 39 of the best years of their lives.
Mary was born on April
Ernie had three children by a previous
19, 1924, at Portland to
marriage, two sons and a daughter, Eu-
Mary
Lyman and Mary Irving
gene Scott, Bryan Kenneth and Mariam
Basche
Patton. She attended school
Kristine.
at Jefferson, Oregon; Coos
Survivors include her husband, Ernie
River, and Baker City. She graduated in Ruth Collard
of Baker City; daughter, Marcy Horning,
Baker City, 1935-2019
1942 from Baker High School.
and her husband, Kelly, of Peoria, Ari-
Ruth Elaine Collard, 84, of Baker City, zona; her son, Tracy Crum, and his wife,
Mary attended the University of Or-
egon in Eugene. She was a member of the died Sept. 25, 2019, at St. Alphonsus
Cris, of Alpine, Oregon, and her daugh-
Medical Center in Boise.
Chi Omega Sorority.
ter, Susan Crum, of Glendale, Arizona;
Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday,
She married Paul Campbell Basche
her step-children, Scott Collard and his
on April 28, 1948. She was strong in her Oct. 4, at The Church of
wife, Rene, of Lexington, North Caro-
Jesus Christ of Latter-day
faith to God.
lina, Bryan Collard and his wife, Mary,
Saints, 2625 Hughes Lane
Mary was a member of PEO Sister-
of Baker City and Kristy Miner of Big
in Baker City. Interment
hood. Her previous occupations con-
Sandy, Tennessee; and 18 grandchildren
will be afterward at Mount
sisted of dental assistant, the telephone
and 22 great-grandchildren. She is also
company and working for Leo Adler. She Hope Cemetery.
survived by her brother, Jake Peabody.
Ruth
Elaine was born on June
volunteered at St. Elizabeth Hospital,
She was preceded in death by her
Collard
2, 1935, at Malad City,
helping to organize the Candy Stripers.
parents; her son, Chris; and her grand-
Idaho, to Thorold and Ruth
Mary also volunteered at the Oregon
daughter, Mayce.
Helen Peabody. She was the second of
Trail Interpretive Center and Heritage
Memorial contributions may be made
two children in the family.
Museum.
to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
She was always very close to her older day Saints Welfare Fund through Coles
Survivors include Betsy Irving Wilson
brother, Jake, during their growing years Tribute Center, 1950 Place St., Baker
and her husband, Mike, of Baker City;
being only 13 months younger. Because City, OR 97814.
Suzanne Mary McCrone of Springfi eld;
and her sister, Mildred Grilley of Pendle- of her father’s type of employment, the
To light a candle in memory of Elaine,
ton. She had six grandchildren and nine family moved many times in the states of or to leave a condolence for her family, go
Idaho, Utah, Washington and Oregon.
great-grandchildren.
to www.colestributecenter.com
While residing in Oregon she met and
She was preceded in death by her hus-
married Leslie Norman Crum in 1953
band, Paul Campbell Basche; her sister,
News of Record on Page 6A
and they had four wonderful children:
Francis Louise Patton; and her beloved
Marcy Lynn, Chris Alan, Tracy Wayne
daughter, Nancy Harlow Basche.
Mary Basche
Baker City, 1924-2019
Mary and her special friends traveled
around the world. She adored her family,
had lots of friends, and enjoyed life so
much. Until her fi nal moment, she had
a joyful spirit and zest for life. She loved
music, dancing, and loved to fl irt with
men. “Yahoo!”
In lieu of fl owers, donations can be
made to Heart ’N Home Hospice through
Coles Tribute Center, 1950 Place St.,
Baker City, OR 97814.
To light a candle in memory of Mary,
or to leave a condolence for the family, go
to www.colestributecenter.com.
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.
C ONTACT THE H ERALD
kids, regardless of their abili-
ties, can play “side by side,”
Bornstedt said.
“It brings together children
of different abilities and al-
lows them to play together
and interact,” she said.
Although city offi cials
haven’t decided what the new
playground will include, the
location is set.
The all-inclusive play-
ground will be south of the
existing playground that was
built in May 2014, a project for
which the city also received a
state grant.
Bornstedt said the wood
chips will be removed because
they’re not compatible with
wheelchairs and walkers, and
she hopes to replace that with
the spongy surfacing that was
installed as part of the 2014
project.
And although she concedes
this part of the project will
bother some people, Bornst-
Best Friends of Baker
Thank You
Bob Petrik and family would like to extend our
deepest gratitude to all of our friends and
family for the outpouring of love and support
following the loss of our beloved Linda Kay
Petrik. All of the cards, phone calls, food, and
memorial contributions were very much
appreciated during this difficult time and will
remain a special memory. Special thanks to
Pastor Lennie Spooner, the staff, and the ladies
at the Church of the Nazarene for their
assistance during the service and reception.
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