MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2019
BAKER CITY HERALD — 3A
COMMUNITY
City Council to
consider
Warner’s
retirement plan
Kathy Orr / Baker City Herald
Tory Thornton, right, and his wife, Elizabeth started a healthcare offi ce Sept. 6 in Haines.
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Anderson then attended
Washington State Univer-
sity for veterinary school.
He began as a solo vet
with a mixed practice,
servicing large and small
animals. Today, he mainly
just does cattle and horses
and can make between fi ve
and six stops in a day.
“It’s a seasonal job for me,”
Anderson said.
In the autumn, Anderson
helps to wean calves to help
them have a successful and
healthy weaning period. He
consults on and helps with
vaccinations and pregnancy
testing for heifers.
The winter is slower for
him until around the middle
of January when ranchers
start calving and he is called
out to help with pulling
calves.
Bull testing begins in
February and March and he
is kept busy through May.
Summer is a slower time
for him until July or August
when he begins fall work
again.
Anderson said the horse
side of his job can be busy
any time. He has worked
with horse lameness issues
and breeding.
He met his wife, Kari An-
derson, 40, while in college,
and they moved to Haines to
be near her family.
“It’s a family operation, I
couldn’t have done it with-
out my wife,” Anderson said.
He said he owns the Front
Street building beginning
with his shop and extend-
ing to the Post Offi ce. He
divided the middle area into
the middle man, creating a
direct primary care model.
“We don’t bill any insur-
ance,” Thornton said.
Patients pay a $50 month-
ly membership fee that
covers all visits. He is able
to refer people to specialists
that will bill insurance.
“Everything is up-front,
you won’t get surprised with
any bills or anything like
that,” Thornton said.
Bertrand, 64, is a chiro-
practic physician in general
practice. He attended the
Texas Chiropractic College
and is licensed by Oregon to
provide healthcare includ-
ing home births, minor
surgery, proctology, pediatric
care, elderly care and other
services.
“My job is to help people
realize how cool it is that
they’re here,” Bertrand said.
“And then some people suffer
with different maladies or
situations and my job is to
help them not to have need-
Kathy Orr / Baker City Herald less and pointless suffering.”
Chiropractor Willard Bertrand has an offi ce in Josh An-
Bertrand offers an initial
derson’s building on Front Street in Haines.
three-minute “Health Hot-
line” call for free as well as
offi
ce
in
Haines
on
Sept.
6.
a video consultation that is
“My job is to help people
Thornton worked as a
to most insurance
realize how cool it is that nurse at St. Luke’s Hospital billable
carriers of $75.
they’re here.”
in downtown Boise and also
Bertrand moved to Union
worked
at
Idaho
Nephrol-
in
1981 where he worked
— Dr. Willard Bertrand,
ogy Associates with dialysis as the town doctor for over
chiropractor who has an
before going into family
a decade, working in the
offi ce in Josh Anderson’s
building in Haines
practice.
emergency room, birthing
According to his wife,
center, and as a chiropractor.
Elizabeth Thornton, 36, the
According to his website,
offi ce spaces occupied by
couple had a goal to open
he has offered health servic-
the Thornton and Bertrand their own clinic and recreate es in Eastern Oregon for over
medical offi ces.
the relationship between
35 years and established
Tory Thornton, 39, is a
doctors and patients to have clinics in Elgin, Richland,
direct primary healthcare
a better connection with
Baker City and La Grande.
provider who has been in
their family doctors.
Heels and Spurs Salon is
medicine for 20 years and
Tory Thornton said the
a different part of the build-
opened his Primary Health primary practice eliminates ing.
Brother of missing man hurt in crash
pickup truck landed upside down in
ccollins@bakercityherald.com
the creek about 6:09 p.m. on East Eagle
Tom Dennis, 48, of McMinnville, who Creek Road, sending rescuers on a mis-
was helping searchers look for his miss- sion to remove him from the wreckage.
ing brother, Andy, over the weekend, was
Baker County Sheriff Travis Ash said
hurt when he crashed his vehicle into
the vehicle was on its top in the creek for
East Eagle Creek Saturday.
about 30 minutes. Rescue workers spent
Tom Dennis’ 1999 Toyota Tacoma
about 10 minutes using bolt cutters and
By Chris Collins
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That’s the same philosophy
behind the Summer Acad-
emy classes and other op-
portunities made available to
students throughout the year.
“We do things that keep
building enrichment —
things that will raise the tide
for all kids,” Palmer said.
Haines and Keating
elementary students per-
formed well as usual on the
tests, although no report was
made for Keating because of
the small number of students
who attend the rural school,
Palmer said.
Preschool is offered at
Haines, where 10 to 15
students attend yearly, and
Keating serves one to fi ve
preschool students per year,
she said.
Baker is looking at expand-
ing a similar program to city
schools at the former North
Baker School building. It
currently is home to Baker
Web Academy, Baker Early
College, Eagle Cap Innova-
tive High School, and a new
alternative school program,
in addition to other early
childhood programs.
Student Success Act fund-
ing approved by the 2019
Legislature will be used to
pay for the expansion, she
said.
While preschoolers are
not necessarily beginning to
learn letters and numbers,
what they do receive is in-
struction in how to get along
with others, Palmer said.
“The biggest component is
social interaction, working in
a group and following direc-
tions,” she said.
Those who don’t learn
those early skills have dif-
fi culty catching up as they
progress through school, she
said.
“It keeps them behind
the curve for learning and
interrupts the learning of
an ax to get the door of Dennis’ vehicle
open.
He was fl own by Life Flight to St.
Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise. Ash
said Dennis checked himself out of the
hospital.
Ash said police believe alcohol was a
factor in the crash.
those around them,” Palmer
said. “A large percentage can
signifi cantly impact what the
growth is toward reading,
math and writing across the
board.”
A group of District admin-
istrators, agency partners
and other interested com-
munity members traveled
to early learning centers
throughout the state to glean
ideas about how to imple-
ment such a center in the
Baker School District.
The center would include
services such as early inter-
vention for young children
with special needs, special
education for ages 2 to 5 and
prekindergarten.
Adequate child care is
another need in the com-
munity and the District is
considering at a minimum
making that service available
to its own staff to start with,
Palmer said.
“A lot of dominoes would
have to fall into place,” she
said.
After providing child care
for staff, the District next
would look at providing relief
child care for families in
emergency situations or spe-
cial circumstances, such as
those working varied shifts
The Baker City Council on Tuesday will consider
a proposal to rehire City Manager Fred Warner
Jr. on a one-year contract after he retires from the
state’s pension system Dec. 31.
The Council will meet at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 1655
First St.
Warner, who has worked as city manager since
May 2016, made the proposal last month.
Changes to the Oregon Public Employees Retire-
ment System (PERS) allow employees to retire and
begin drawing their pension, but continue to work
for a public agency with no limitation on the num-
ber of hours they work.
By rehiring Warner after he retires from PERS
the city would save about $6,000 per year, money
that the city now pays into his retirement account.
The proposed contract councilors will consider
Tuesday would run from Jan. 1, 2020, through Dec.
31, 2020.
Warner said earlier that if councilors agree with
his proposal, he probably would continue as city man-
ager for a year or a year and a half.
The proposed contract would continue Warner’s
current annual salary of $101,959.
The city would also pay 90% of the premiums for
health insurance and establish a health savings ac-
count for him.
As for severance pay, Warner would not receive any
if he were fi red for cause or if he resigned.
If Warner were fi red without cause during the
fi rst six months of his contract he would not receive
severance pay. If he were fi red without cause during
the second half of the year he would receive a cash
payment equal to two months’ salary.
In other business Tuesday, councilors will:
• Consider revising the city’s truancy ordinance
to allow the Baker County Justice Court to impose
a fi ne on juveniles cited for truancy. The existing
ordinance only allows potential fi nes for a parent or
guardian of a juvenile who is cited for truancy.
The proposed revision to the ordinance calls for
fi nes of up to $100 for the fi rst conviction, $250 for
the second and $500 for third and subsequent convic-
tions.
The Justice Court and Baker County Juvenile
Department requested the City Council change the
ordinance.
• Consider a resolution authorizing the police de-
partment to conduct criminal background checks for
prospective city employees, taxi drivers and certain
volunteer positions. An audit done in July found that
the city lacked an offi cial resolution for such checks,
as required by state law.
N EWS OF R ECORD
DEATHS
POLICE LOG
Charles ‘Casey’ Ingalls:
54, formerly of Baker City,
died Oct. 5, 2019, at his home
in Boise. Arrangements are
under the direction of Tami’s
Pine Valley Funeral Home &
Cremation Services. Online
condolences can be made at
www.tamispinevalleyfuneral-
home.com
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
DRIVING UNDER THE IN-
FLUENCE OF INTOXICANTS
and DRIVING WHILE OPERA-
TOR’S LICENSE SUSPEND-
ED: William Francis Simpson
IV, 49, of 3307 Place St., 10:11
p.m. Saturday, in the 1700
block of Main Street; jailed.
CONTEMPT OF COURT
(Baker County Justice Court
warrant) and UNLAWFUL
POSSESSION OF METHAM-
PHETAMINE: John Clyde
Martine, 61, no fi xed address,
3:04 p.m. Friday, at Church
and Second Street; jailed.
FUNERAL PENDING
Evan Simonski-Davis:
25, of Baker City, died Sept.
25, 2019, near Baker City. His
memorial service will take
place Saturday, Oct. 12, at 2
p.m. at the First Presbyterian
Church, 1995 Fourth St., with
a reception following the ser-
vice. Memorial contributions
can be made to the YMCA
through Gray’s West & Co.
Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey
Ave., Baker City, OR 97814. To
light a candle in memory of
Evan, or to leave a condo-
lence for his family, go to
www.grayswestco.com
at area companies.
The District is helping
sponsor a free screening of
the fi lm “No Small Matter”
about the need for high qual-
ity early care and education
for children. The fi lm will
be shown on Nov. 7 at the
Baker County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
Arrests, citations
DRIVING UNDER THE IN-
FLUENCE OF INTOXICANTS:
David James Crabtree, 27, of
Haines, 1:09 am. Sunday, on
Highway 30, about 5 miles
north of Baker City; jailed and
later released on bail.
Churchill School Theater,
3451 Broadway St. Doors
will open at 5:30 p.m. and
the fi lm will be shown at 6
p.m.
To sign up for free child
care, call 541-523-2696. Tacos
will be sold at the event.
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