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MONDAY BAKER ROUTS ONTARIO IN HOMECOMING GAME, CAN STILL SHARE GOL TITLE: E: 8A Serving Baker County since 1870 • bakercityherald.com October 21, 2019 IN THIS EDITION: QUICK HITS Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscriber Margo Kenworthy of Baker City. BRIEFING City seeks candidates for Community Christmas tree The Baker City Com- munity Development Department and Baker City Downtown are in search of this year’s 2019 Com- munity Christmas Tree. Candidates must meet the following criteria: • Within 3 miles of Court Plaza (downtown Baker City on Court Avenue between Main and Resort streets) • Maximum height of 40 feet If you would like to sub- mit your tree for consider- ation contact Robin Nudd at 541-524-2036 or rnudd@ bakercity.com by Nov. 1. Local • Home & Living • Sports Monday $1.50 Gauge Bloomer Elks Hope For Linda Lodge hosts major event Linda Peterson Of Baker City Has Been Missing Since March 15 ■ Peterson’s daughter and sister say she always tried to help others ■ For the first time in its 123-year history, the Baker Elks Lodge was the site for a statewide fall conference Downtown trick-or treating set for Halloween By Jayson Jacoby jjacoby@bakercityherald.com The annual Baker City Kiwanis Downtown Trick- or-Treat event is set for Thursday, Oct. 31 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Main Street will be closed to traffi c be- tween Auburn Avenue and Church Street. Businesses and organizations both on and off Main Street are invited to participate. More information is available by calling Debbie Poe, Kiwanis president, at 541- 403-0483. From their lodges scattered across Oregon, from the Coast to the high desert to the mountains and the valleys, the Elks were all headed to one place — Baker City. The Baker Elks Lodge No. 33 played host this weekend to offi cers from 52 lodges who traveled here for one of Oregon Elks’ two major annual events. The three-day event, which started Thursday, is a training seminar for incom- ing exalted rulers, said Morgan Brinton of Baker City, lecturing knight for the Baker Lodge and public relations chairperson for the Elks Northeast Oregon District. See Elks/Page 2A WEATHER Widow files suit in hunting accident death Today 52 / 36 Partly sunny Tuesday 61 / 31 Chance of 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. S. John Collins / Baker City Herald Mary Lane, left, and Alesia Wilson fi nalize details Thursday with Sheila Baker to set up a donation collection site at New Directions Northwest at Baker City. over the investigation of Peter- son’s disappearance. The team Alesia Wilson has been miss- has searched the apartment at ing her mother, Linda Peterson, 2450 Broadway St. where she’d since the Baker City woman been living, and a $2,000 reward — Mary Lane, talking about disappeared on March 15. has been offered to anyone who her sister, Linda Peterson Wilson’s aunt, Mary Lane, provides police with information tears up at the thought of her remain clean and sober despite that leads them to Peterson. last meeting with her older several successful efforts over What had been a missing sister, Linda, the night she went the years. “She had a lot of person search was transformed missing. crappy things that happened to into a full criminal investigation Wilson and Lane, who are her in her lifetime.” with the belief “that there is a closer in age to sisters — Wilson But that didn’t stop Peterson strong possibility of foul play,” is 29 and Lane is 35 — share a from reaching out to help others Shirtcliff said. love for the 52-year-old Peterson try to overcome similar strug- Baker City Police offi cer that is overshadowed by the gles themselves. Shannon Regan is leading the trouble that came with the prob- And that’s what Wilson and investigation. Police are continu- lems Peterson’s addiction and Lane want to focus on as police ing to follow-up on all informa- mental illness brought to their continue their efforts to fi nd tion that comes to their atten- lives over the years. their beloved mother and sister. tion, Police Chief Ray Duman Wilson is the younger of The two women are starting said last week. Peterson’s two children. Wilson’s a project they’ve titled “Linda’s While her family members older brother, Anthony Mail- Hope,” that will emphasize Pe- wait for resolution, they have de- man, lives in La Grande. terson’s outreach to others. cided to take action to help those Lane is the second youngest “She always wanted to help who, like Peterson, have found in a family of six children in people,” Lane said. “This is our themselves without food and which Peterson was second from way of keeping her going.” shelter and maybe even looking the oldest. District Attorney Matt Shirt- for a good book as they try to get “She had a lot of demons cliff announced in April that by on limited resources. she was running from,” Wilson members of the Baker County See Linda/Page 3A says of her mother’s inability to Major Crime Team were taking By Chris Collins ccollins@bakercityherald.com TODAY Issue 70, 16 pages “She always wanted to help people. This is our way of keeping her going.” Calendar ....................2A Classified ............. 3B-6B Comics ....................... 7B Community News ....3A Crossword ........5B & 6B Dear Abby ................. 8B Home ................1B & 2B Horoscope ........5B & 6B Lottery Results ..........2A By Chris Collins ccollins@bakercityherald.com The wife of a Baker City man who died in a February hunting accident near Unity has fi led a $960,000 wrongful death lawsuit against her husband’s hunting partner. Vicki VanCleave of La Grande fi led the lawsuit Oct. 14 in Baker County Circuit Court. VanCleave claims Richard Toubeaux, 71, of Baker City, was negligent in causing the death of her 76-year-old husband, George Sherman VanCleave. He died on Job Creek Road in the Unity area on Feb. 19. See Lawsuit/Page 3A Richland fire station bids exceed budget By Samantha O’Conner soconner@bakercityherald.com Baker County Commissioners will have to re-evaluate their options after the four bids for building a new fi re station in Rich- land exceeded the cost estimate. The county’s budget for the project, which is funded by a federal grant, is $1,118,700. See Richland/Page 2A News of Record ........2A Opinion ......................4A Senior Menus ...........2A Sports .................. 5A-8A Turning Backs ...........2A Weather ..................... 8B WEDNESDAY — GO! MAGAZINE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE