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WEDNESDAY WASHINGTON NATIONALS ADVANCE TO WORLD SERIES: SPORTS, PG. 5A In STATE, 6A Serving Baker County since 1870 • bakercityherald.com October 16, 2019 IN THIS EDITION: QUICK HITS Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscriber Wanda Ballard of Baker City. Oregon, 3A SALEM — Support- ers of a petition to recall Gov. Kate Brown came up short of the signatures needed for a ballot chal- lenge, Oregon Republican Party Chair Bill Currier said Monday. Currier made the an- nouncement midday on the Lars Larson Show, the conservative talk show. Supporters needed at least 280,050 valid signatures by 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 14, to put a recall on the ballot. Local • Business & AgLife • Go! magazine $1.50 Auction Featuring Japanese Cattle Breed Saturday At The Geiser Grand Focus On Wagyu BRIEFING Mining reclamation presentation set for Oct. 24 Terry Drever Gee, environmental consultant, will talk about the award- winning reclamation of the Bonnanza placer mining operation near Halfway Oct. 24 in Baker City. The event is sponsored by the Powder Basin Watershed Council. Drever Gee will speak at Mad Matilda’s Coffee House, 1931 Court Ave., at 6:30 p.m. Sug- gested donation is $5. The Bonnanza reclama- tion won a state award in 1993, and a national award in 1994 for its work along Pine Creek north of Halfway. Photo courtesy of JDA Livestock Marketing and Promotion More than 50 Waygu cattle will be up for sale during a video auction Saturday in Baker City. Prospective buyers from across the West are expected to attend the event. Thomas Angus Ranch fall bull sale Thursday This is a busy week for the cattle business in Baker County. The Thomas Angus Ranch near Baker City will have its annual fall bull sale Thursday at noon at the ranch on Pocahontas Road about 4 miles west of Baker City. Cattle will be available for viewing starting at 8 a.m. Thurs- day. Lunch is set for 11 a.m. with the sale starting at noon. More information is available at www.thomasangusranch.com WEATHER Submitted photo Today 69 / 42 Ken Tew and his wife, Julie Barnes-Tew, raise Wagyu cattle on their Rockin 2 Ranch along Alder Creek southeast of Baker City. since 2000. (Wagyu is pronounced “WAH-g- Baker City will be the focal point you”) of the Wagyu cattle industry this Tew and his wife, Julie Barnes-Tew, weekend. own Rockin 2 Ranch along Alder A two-day event will culminate Creek southeast of Baker City. Saturday afternoon with the Western Ken Tew said their ranch, along Wagyu Elite Sale, a video auction, with two other Wagyu ranchers, Bert including online bidding, of the and Terri Siddoway of Durkee and Japanese cattle breed renowned for Steven Slagle, a La Grande veteri- its marbled beef high in healthier narian, are sponsoring the weekend monounsaturated fats. gathering. The auction is set for 12:30 p.m. on JDA Inc., a livestock market- Saturday at the Geiser Grand Hotel. ing and promotion company from Most of the events, all of which Woodland, California, is organizing are free and open to the public, will the auction. take place at the Baker County Tew said about 26 of the Wagyu Fairgrounds, starting at 10:30 a.m. cattle offered in the auction will be on Friday, said Ken Tew, who has been display Friday and Saturday morning raising Wagyu cattle in Baker County at the Fairgrounds. By Jayson Jacoby Increasing clouds Thursday 56 / 34 Cooler with rain showers The space below will be blank on issues delivered or sold from boxes. The space is for a postage label for issues that are mailed. jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Tew said he will have four cows in the auction, along with Wagyu embryos. The auction will include more than 60 lots, including bulls, cows, embryos and semen. Tew said ranchers from across the West will be traveling to Baker City for the auction. Wagyu cattle are the source of the prized Kobe beef. Tew said interest in the breed has been increasing, including among ranchers who cross Wagyu with established breeds such as Angus and Simmental. See Wagyu Cattle/Page 3A TODAY Issue 68, 26 pages Calendar ....................2A Classified ............. 4B-6B Comics ....................... 7B Community News ....3A Crossword ........5B & 7B Dear Abby ................. 8B A Huntington father and son have been charged with assaulting each other Monday afternoon in a dis- turbance at their home. “Alcohol appears to be a factor” in the altercation between David Ladell Rosiere, 47, and his son, Codie Aaron Codie Rosiere, 24, Rosiere both of 15 E. Monroe St., Baker County Sheriff Travis Ash stated in a press release. Crystal Lynn Rosiere, 46, who also lives at the Monroe Street address, reported the incident to Baker County Dispatch at 2:49 p.m. Mon- day. Ash said deputies heard screaming when they ar- rived at the Rosieres’ home and both men had visible injuries. Crystal Rosiere said she had been unsuccessful in her attempt to break up the fi ght. After investigation, depu- ties arrested Codie Rosiere and took him to the Baker County Jail where he was charged with fourth-degree assault, a Class A misde- meanor. He was granted a conditional release Tuesday. David Rosiere was taken to Saint Alphonsus Medi- cal Center in Baker City for treatment. He also was charged with fourth-degree assault. David Rosiere was cited and released in lieu of custody, Ash said. No details about his condi- tion were available in time for this report. BLM plans prescribed burning man’s Baker City home in late May. The next day Dielman accompanied the documentarians to the former site of Copperfi eld, about 75 miles east of Baker City. The episode, part of the “Oregon Experience” series, is also available to watch online now at opb.org/fern- hobbs See History/Page 2A See Burning/Page 2A OPB documentary examines 1914 Copperfield confrontation legal gambling and other debauchery. The half-hour show airs at 9 p.m. Monday. Among those inter- viewed for the documen- Dielman tary is Baker County historian Gary Dielman. Dielman said OPB producer Na- dine Jelsing and her crew recorded an interview in the living room of Diel- Father, son cited after fight The Vale District of the BLM plans to light prescribed fi res in several places in Baker County this fall, weather permitting. Agency offi cials typically don’t know more than a few days in advance whether conditions will be suit- able for burning, including having suffi cient winds to disperse smoke. Areas that could be burned include: • Rooster Combs: 118 acres of hand-piled debris off Clarks Creek Road, about 23 air miles south- east of Baker City. Episode Features Interview With Baker City Historian Gary Dielman A documentary featuring a notable episode in Baker County, and Oregon, history will premiere Monday on Oregon Public Broadcasting. “Fern Hobbs and the Snake River Showdown” chronicles the confron- tation between Hobbs, an Oregon attorney sent to Baker County by Gov. Oswald West in 1914, and residents in Copperfi eld, a small mining town along the Snake River known for il- Tribes: Dams should go Business ...........1B & 2B Horoscope ........5B & 7B Lottery Results ..........2A News of Record ........2A Opinion ......................4A Senior Menus ...........2A Sports ........................5A Turning Backs ...........2A Weather ..................... 8B FRIDAY — BAKER VOLLEYBALL PLAYS HOST TO RIVAL LA GRANDE