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2A — BAKER CITY HERALD WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2019 SCHOOLS Continued from Page 1A B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23 ■ Baker City Farmers Market: 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., downtown at the Court Avenue Plaza; last market of the season. FRIDAY, NOV. 1 ■ Live Music by Keith Taylor: Ragtime piano, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, 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. at Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Peterson’s Gallery and others. MONDAY, NOV. 4 ■ Haines Fire Protection District Board: 6 p.m. at the Haines Library. (New time begins this month.) TUESDAY, NOV. 5 ■ Local Community Advisory Council in coordination with the Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Organization (which serves Oregon Health Plan members in the region): Community meeting, noon to 2 p.m. at the Oregon Trail Electric Co-op Building at 4005 23rd St. in Baker City. T URNING B ACK THE P AGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald October 24, 1969 HAINES — Telephone subscribers here are up in arms over an improvement, resulting in possible higher charges. 25 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald October 24, 1994 Kenneth Lockwood, who spent his entire working career with KBKR radio station, including 33 years as owner, died Oct. 23, 1994, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. He was 71. Committee member Martin Arritola, who led the Board through a slide presentation of the recommendations Mon- day, said the group agreed to recommend the Board ask voters to approve a 10-year bond, that would include $1.4 million interest. The $7.5 million bond would boost property taxes within the school district by 66 cents per $1,000 of as- sessed value over the 10-year term. Arritola said under the plan, the owner of a home with the district’s median assessed value of $108,320 would pay an additional $71.49 per year to pay for the school improvements. Arritolla said he and some of the other committee mem- bers had wanted to go with a fi ve-year bond repayment schedule, but that would have increased the cost per $1,000 of assessed value to a level approaching the $1.97 per thousand that voters turned down in November 2018. That bond measure, which also would have had a 30- year repayment, was defeated by a vote of 4,725 to 2,185 “Due to feedback from the community and a lot of lower income, fi xed-income resi- dents — to be able to sell this bond — we wanted a dollar S. John Collins / Baker City Herald fi le photo Baker High School would be remodeled to accommodate seventh- and eighth-grad- ers if voters approve a bond measure in May 2020. per thousand assessed value to be as low as we could get it,” Aritolla said. Another committee member, retired Dr. Robert McKim, said he also favored a fi ve-year repayment term on the bond. “The people who vote for it are going to get the oppor- tunity to pay it off instead of their kids,” he said. “I can ac- cept this, but I was trying to make it over a shorter period of time.” Committee member Travis Cook said the length of the bond repayment was the only area in which the committee members disagreed. Members fi nally reached consensus on the 10-year plan in their effort to try to convince voters to approve the measure. As proposed, the commit- Board buys parking lot By Chris Collins 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald October 23, 2009 Matea Huggins isn’t even a teenager yet but already she’s the star of a hunting tale that would enchant listen- ers at any Oregon campfi re. It’s even true, this story. On Sunday Matea, who’s 12, pulled off a feat that fewer than 100 hunters in the state, almost all of them at least twice her ago, can boast about. Matea bagged a mountain goat. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald October 24, 2018 One of Baker County’s unique attractions will soon close for the season in advance of winter’s deep snows, but plans are afoot to open more of the Sumpter Dredge to visitors in the future. There is no timeline, but the long-term goal is to allow visitors to tour sections of the upper two stories of the hulking gold-mining machine, said Garrett Groth, ranger at the Sumpter Valley Dredge State Heritage Area. That could include the third-fl oor winch room, where a worker controlled many of the functions of the 1,240-ton behemoth. Groth said he hopes the park will have up to $250,000 available for work inside the dredge, although the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department might need to divert some of that money to other park properties in Harney County. Any project inside the dredge, which operated from 1935 until 1954, is challenging because of potential confl icts between modern safety standards for stairs and other facilities, and the need to preserve the historic nature of the machine, Groth said. O REGON L OTTERY MEGABUCKS, Oct. 21 4 — 17 — 18 — 41 — 43 — 47 Next jackpot: $4.8 million MEGA MILLIONS, Oct. 22 5 — 11 — 14 — 23 — 25 Mega 10 Next jackpot: $93 million WIN FOR LIFE, Oct. 21 2 — 3 — 74 — 77 PICK 4, Oct. 22 • 1 p.m.: 5 — 4 — 9 — 4 • 4 p.m.: 1 — 6 — 7 — 2 • 7 p.m.: 1 — 6 — 8 — 1 • 10 p.m.: 2 — 4 — 1 — 0 LUCKY LINES, Oct. 22 ccollins@bakercityherald.com The Baker School Board Monday night agreed to spend $60,000 to purchase a vacant lot near Brooklyn School to expand parking. The lot, at 1353 Washington Ave., is owned by David Wright of Baker City. Its real market value is listed as $49,160, ac- cording to Baker County Assessor’s Offi ce records. The lot has room for about 28 parking spaces once it is brought up to city require- ments, Superintendent Mark Witty said. “We are trying to get more parking,” he told the Board, which considered the purchase in executive (closed to the public) session prior to the open meeting. “I know the community would defi nitely appreciate that. “I personally think parking is a major consideration for us both at Brooklyn and South Baker,” Witty said. Director Kevin Cassidy said he recalls the challenges when he was a student at Brooklyn at a time when the school housed Grades 1-6. Now, with an enrollment of about 430 students, nearing the numbers at Baker High School, additional parking defi nitely is needed, he said. “I’m hopeful that even though there’s concern about (the District) buying prop- erty that’s not being utilized in the moment ... I think it’s a great opportunity,” Cassidy said. Director Julie Huntington spoke in sup- port of “anything we can do to add to the safety of getting kids transferred.” Lua Berniece Osborn was born on Aug. 27, 1920, at Berniece Osborn, 99, of Prosser, Nebraska. She mar- Baker City, died Oct. 18, ried C.D. Goodman and had 2019, at her home. seven children. On Jan. 12, A celebration of Bernice’s 1971, Berniece married John life will take L. Osborn. Berniece lived in place during Baker City for 65 years and the senior meal for many years she worked at the Commu- for Safeway. nity Connection Her favorite color was Senior Center, red. She loved to get out and Berniece garden; she enjoyed roses, 2810 Cedar St., Osborn on Thursday, cactus and anything that Oct. 24 from bloomed. Berniece liked to 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wear watch Oregon and Oklahoma your favorite hat in honor of football and her favorite Berniece if you’d like. baseball team was the Se- Berniece Osborn Baker City, 1920-2019 Next jackpot: $27,000 S ENIOR M ENUS 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 1668 Resort St. Open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone: 541-523-3673 Copyright © 2019 Fax: 541-833-6414 Regional publisher Christopher Rush crush@eomediagroup.com Publisher Karrine Brogoitti kbrogoitti@lagrandeobserver. com Jayson Jacoby, editor jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Advertising email ads@bakercityherald.com Classifi ed email classified@bakercityherald.com Circulation email circ@bakercityherald.com ISSN-8756-6419 Serving Baker County since 1870 Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays except Christmas Day by the Baker Publishing Co., a part of EO Media Group, at 1668 Resort St. (P.O. Box 807), Baker City, OR 97814. Subscription rates per month are: $10.80; by mail $12.50. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Baker City Herald, P.O. Box 807, Baker City, OR 97814. Periodicals Postage Paid at Baker City, Oregon 97814 Brooklyn School • Would serve Grades K-2. The school, which today has students from K-3, exceeds its intended capacity. • Safety and security up- grades, including secure entry • Restroom addition North Baker Building, Haines and Keating Schools • Safety and security upgrades Committee members In addition to Arritola, Cook and McKim, committee members were Jess Blatch- ford, Stacy DeLong, Riley Hall, Coby Mastrude, Lynette Perry, Wes Price, Angela Robb and Danae Simonski. O BITUARY 1-7-10-15-19-21-27-32 ■ THURSDAY: Hearty beef stew, broccoli-blend vegetables, cornbread, applesauce, cinnamon roll ■ FRIDAY: Baked ham, sweet potato, peas, roll, green salad, cake • HMS would be trans- formed for Grades 5-6 • Safety and security up- grades, including secure entry Baker High School and reconfi gured parent/stu- • Remodel to include dent drop-off area Grades 7-12. The high school, • Refresh historic character of building with new win- which was built to accom- modate 830 students, houses dows, historic entry on Fourth only about 450 now. Street and exterior upgrades • Safety and security up- • 7,000-square-foot addi- grades, including secure entry tion for multi-purpose room addition (serving as cafeteria/kitchen) • Dedicated commons area and locker rooms for Grades 7-8 • Modernize existing locker South Baker School • Would serve Grades 3-4. rooms The school, which today has • Grades 7-8 locker room students from grades 4, 5 addition and 6, exceeds its intended • Remodel science class- capacity. rooms for Grades 7-8 use • Safety and security up- Helen M. Stack Building, grades, including secure entry which formerly served • New staff parking lot to Grades 7-8 increase parking and acces- sibility for parents tee’s recommendations for use of the bond measure and other revenue include: winners Week of October 14 John Beam attle Mariners. Berniece belonged to the Elks with her husband, John. She loved to dance whether it be at the Elks, the Senior Center or any place that had music. She loved playing pinochle with all her lady friends. Favorite phrases to her seven children included “Do it right the fi rst time and you will never have to do it over again,” “Can’t never did a thing,” “If you can’t say any- thing nice, don’t say anything at all.” Berniece loved travel- ing with family, spending time in her cabin on Olive Creek, reading and crocheting many doilies and afghans. Berniece was very proud of her large family. She loved getting phone calls and texting with family. She had a joyful personality and a “love of life.” Known as the “Hat Lady,” she kept everyone guessing which hat she was going to wear. A unique moment in Berniece’s life was when she served John F. Kennedy at the Pastime Bar/Restaurant before he became president. She had no clue who he was until he was elected. Berniece is survived by her daughters, Eddy D. Beck, Lua Berniece Bird (Tom), Glynda M. Anderson (Bill) and Shielah Reeder; her sons, Chuck Goodman (Beth) and Don Goodman (Diana); her daughter-in-law, Carolyn; grandchildren and great- grandchildren, too numerous to count and she loved every one of them; one brother, Robert (Patty); and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Homer and Violet Goble; her husband of 26 years, John Osborn; the husband of her children, C.D. Goodman; her sons, George Goodman and Dennis Good- man; and fi ve brothers. For those who would like to make a donation in memory of Berniece, the fam- ily suggests the Community Connection Senior Center through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Crema- tion Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences may be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneral- home.com Missed 4, beat tiebreaker Wins $25 News of Record on Page 3A Monty White New Hope for Eastern Oregon Animals Missed 4, missed tiebreaker Wins $15 John Heriza Missed 5 Wins $10 Tie-Breaker: Southern OR 31 @ Eastern OR 25 Fundraising Banquet Saturday, October 26th Community Connection 2810 Cedar Street, Baker City Spaghetti Dinner at 6 pm, followed by Auction Tickets $15 adults, $12 youth age 12 & under Tickets available at Betty’s Books Proceeds benefi t Powder Pals dog & Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Programs Questions? Call 541-403-2710
