2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019
B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
FRIDAY, NOV. 8
■ 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; continues most Fridays.
MONDAY, NOV. 11
■ National Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Free- Fee
Days: Free admission in honor of Veterans Day; hours are 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through Nov. 30.
■ Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection District Board:
7 p.m. at the Pondosa Station.
TUESDAY, NOV. 12
■ Baker City Council: 7 p.m., City Hall, 1655 First St.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13
■ Lower Powder River Irrigation District Board: 6 p.m.
at Barley Brown’s, 2190 Main St.
MONDAY, NOV. 18
■ Baker County Library District Board: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.,
library’s Riverside meeting room, 2400 Resort St.; regular
meeting rescheduled from second Monday of the month.
TUESDAY, NOV. 19
■ Elkhorn Community Preparedness: 5:30 p.m. supper;
6:30 p.m. meeting; at the Sunridge Inn Restaurant.
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
November 7, 1969
The newly remodeled and expanded Shangrila Room
of the Royal Cafe is now unoffi cially open to the public.
The grand opening is scheduled for Monday.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 7, 1994
Hunters fought waist-deep snow in some parts of Baker
County to score a 4.4-percent success rate during the
opening weekend of the second bull elk hunting season.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 6, 2009
A 12-percent budget cut possible if Oregon voters reject
two tax hike measures in January could result in clients
seeking drug and alcohol treatment being turned away
from New Directions Northwest in Baker City.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 7, 2018
Incumbent Bill Harvey earned another four-year term
as Baker County Commission chairman, and voters by a
wide margin rejected a $48 million school construction
bond for the Baker School District in Tuesday’s election.
Harvey defeated challenger Bruce Nichols, who is also
a commissioner, 4,142 votes (53.1 percent) to 3,626 (46.5
percent), according to unoffi cial results from the Baker
County Clerk’s offi ce.
Harvey won by a much larger margin than in the May
primary, when he received 45 percent of the votes com-
pared with Nichols’ 43 percent.
A third candidate, Mike Downing, received 11 percent of
the votes in the primary.
“I just want to thank all the citizens of Baker County that
went through the process and I like the process, I appreci-
ate it and it is the way our country is built on,” Harvey said
Tuesday night. “I look forward to serving for another four
years.”
The school district bond measure, which would have
paid to build a new elementary school for grades 1-6,
remodel Baker High School to accommodate seventh- and
eighth-graders, and make energy and safety improve-
ments at other schools, failed by a more than 2-to-1
margin.
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BOULDERS
“It was just a way to be
resourceful with some
materials that we already
had.”
blocks, making the bronze Salt
Lick statue more visible.
Continued from Page 1A
“I think it just balances that
The boulders, Owen said,
area out and makes it easier to
“look a lot better than orange
see the sculpture,” Owen said.
safety cones.”
Around ten boulders
— Michelle Owen, Baker
Twenty boulders replaced
replaced concrete Jersey bar-
City Public Works director
safety cones on Windmill Road
riers at the Sam-O Skate Park
to prevent truck drivers from concrete blocks on the east end parking area.
driving over the curb.
of the Court Avenue Plaza,
“That tied in really nicely
Workers then chose other
where the street is closed to
because we had also used a
places where the boulders
traffi c.
couple of boulders in each of
could serve a similar purpose.
Owen said the boulders are the dog parks,” Owen said.
Four boulders have replaced effective but smaller than the
Public Works employees
Justin Plumbtree and Brian
Johnson selected the boulders
from the Goodrich Creek site.
“It was just a way to be re-
sourceful with some materials
that we already had,” Owen
said.
The city brought in similar
boulders several years ago to
line the Leo Adler Memorial
Parkway section near Wade
Williams Elks Memorial Park
to protect walkers from vehicu-
lar traffi c.
ATTACK
stitched up and was able to go
home Monday night accom-
panied by prescriptions for
pain medication and a two-
week supply of antibiotics.
Baker City Police offi cers
who responded — Sgt. Mike
Reagan and John Parsons
— initially told Spencer that
there was no enforcement
action that could be taken
against the dog’s owner be-
cause he lives in Washington.
Spencer could, however, con-
sider fi ling a civil suit against
the dog owner, they said.
Spencer couldn’t believe
that the responsibility for
any resolution to the harm
another’s person’s dog had
done to her family pet fell
solely to her.
“I was on a city street in
the city limits with my dog
on a leash and my dog was
attacked,” she said. “I think it
is a public safety issue.”
She took her concerns to
Police Chief Ray Duman
Monday morning and though
he offered to do what he
could, he didn’t give her much
more hope for a good resolu-
tion than what she’d received
from the offi cers.
She said Duman advised
her to speak to the City
Council about developing a
revised ordinance to address
how to handle cases involving
dogs that are brought into the
community as visitors and
then return to their homes
even though complaints have
been made about them for
actions that happen in Baker
City.
Duman, who has been in
the role of chief since July
1, said Tuesday that upon
taking a second look at the
ordinance he believes it can
be used to address Spencer’s
concerns after all.
at 1768 Auburn Ave.
Baltzell will be notifi ed
of the investigation and the
hearing, and he will be given
the opportunity to tell his side
of the story, Duman said.
“If the hearing offi cer fi nds
that the dog is dangerous,
there’s a huge liability risk
for him to bring that dog back
into this community,” Duman
said.
“We’re trying to make
this right,” he said. “What
happened to (Karen Spencer)
shouldn’t have happened.
“It’s things like this that
make change — hopefully for
the better,” Duman said.
Spencer said today that
she was very happy with
Duman’s decision to proceed
with an investigation and
to take the issue before the
hearing offi cer.
She said she will go before
the City Council when it
meets Nov. 12 to talk about
adding language to the
dangerous dog ordinance that
would address complaints
against visiting animals. She
said she would like to see a
requirement that a hold be
placed on out-of-town dogs
that are alleged to be danger-
ous, rather than letting them
leave town before the matter
is settled.
“I’d be happy to sit on
a committee that looks at
specifi c language to address
what we went through,” she
said. “The outcome I want is
to not allow that to happen.”
Gizmo is recovering, but
Spencer says she won’t be
taking him or her small Ital-
ian greyhound, Bullet, on any
more walks. And although
she has walked daily herself
in the past, she hasn’t taken
a stroll since Gizmo was at-
tacked.
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“As soon as the dog saw us
he attacked,” Spencer said.
“There was no stopping him.”
And she had no opportu-
nity to even try.
“The dog ripped the leash
and my dog out of my hand,”
Spencer said.
The dog’s owner, Branden
Baltzell, 24, of Lakewood,
Washington, and his friend
did their best to separate the
two dogs, she said. Baltzell
was over the top of his dog
trying to pull him off Gizmo,
and his friend was pulling the
dog’s jaws apart to get him to
loosen his grip on her dog.
The schnauzer had no
chance to even try to fi ght if
he’d have wanted to, Spencer
said.
The larger dog bit through
Gizmo’s left shoulder, and
then grabbed him by the
throat, belly and neck.
“It was horrifi c,” Spencer
said. “I turned away when the
dog grabbed Gizmo by the
belly.”
She said the dog owner’s
friend was bitten in the abdo-
men and on the arm in trying
to wrestle the pit bull, which
she estimated to weigh about
100 pounds, away from her
18-pound schnauzer.
Neighbors from across the
street helped Spencer tend to
her dog. She used the man’s
phone to dial 9-1-1 to sum-
mon police and the woman
drove her home so she could
get Gizmo to the veterinar-
ian’s offi ce, she said.
Dr. Matt Kerns at the
Baker Animal Clinic treated
Gizmo Sunday afternoon to
make him comfortable and
then operated on him Mon-
day morning. The dog was
DEATHS
William ‘Bill’ Thompson: 87,
of Richland, died Nov. 4, 2019,
at his home with his wife and
family at his side. There will be
a memorial service with military
honors at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov.
14, at The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints in Halfway.
Friends are invited to join the
family afterward for a luncheon
at the church. Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Cremation
Services is in charge of arrange-
ments. Online condolences may
be made at www.tamispine
valleyfuneralhome.com
FUNERALS PENDING
Willard ‘Butch’ Hubert: A
celebration of his life, Saturday,
Nov. 9, 2 p.m. at the Baker City
Eagles Lodge, 2935 H St.
Jodell Hensen: There will be
a celebration of her life from 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10,
at the Baker City Eagles Lodge,
2935 H St. To light a candle in
memory of Jodell, or to leave a
condolence for the family, go to
www.grayswestco.com
Liz Peyron: A celebration of
her life will take place Saturday,
Nov. 16, at 11 a.m. at the Baker
City Christian Church, 675 High-
way 7. Friends are invited to join
the family immediately following
for lunch, a time to mingle and
share stories. Online condo-
lences can be made at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneral
home.com
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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.
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— Karen Spencer
“We will be going forward
on the criteria of the ordi-
nance,” he said.
Duman noted that the ordi-
nance addresses as “prohibit-
ed conduct” any dog that bites
a person, or domestic animal
or livestock, and that all such
conduct will be investigated
by police.
“So that’s what we’re going
to do,” Duman said.
The City’s dangerous dog
ordinance was adopted by
the City Council shortly after
5-year-old Jordan Ryan was
mauled to death by a pit bull
on Sept. 27, 2013.
Paula Sawyer has served
as the hearing offi cer to con-
sider complaints against dogs
alleged to be dangerous since
the ordinance was established
in 2014. Sawyer makes rul-
ings based on requirements
outlined in the ordinance.
The City Council amended
the ordinance in 2017 to al-
low the hearing offi cer more
fl exibility with sanctions,
which are designed to hold
the dog owner accountable
and to protect the public. The
ordinance also was amended
to allow the hearing offi cer
or the municipal judge the
authority to order that a
dog identifi ed as “vicious” be
euthanized.
Duman said a public hear-
ing to consider Spencer’s com-
plaint has tentatively been
scheduled for Monday, Nov.
18, at 8:30 a.m. in the police
department’s conference room
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“I was on a city street in
the city limits with my
dog on a leash and my
dog was attacked. I think
it is a public safety issue.”
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POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
PROBATION VIOLATION (War-
rant): Michael Scott Tugman, 31,
of Baker City, 11:28 a.m. Tuesday,
at Valley Avenue and Resort
Street; jailed.
ASSAULT IV DOMESTIC: Mark
William Brinton, 66, of Vale, 1:45
p.m. Tuesday, in the 800 block
of Elm Street; jailed and later
granted a conditional release.
CRIMINAL TRESPASSING I:
Sean Michael Dethloff, 21, of
Baker City, 5:15 p.m. Friday, in
the 2300 block of Mitchell Street;
police said Dethloff entered a
residence through a bedroom
window and then hid in the
garage where he was taken
into custody; jailed and later
released.
ASSAULT IV: Lucey Marie
Foersterling, 20, of 304 Fourth
St., 4:07 p.m. Friday, at her
home; police said Foersterling
assaulted Mariah Aldrich, also
of that address; jailed and later
released.
PROBATION VIOLATION
(Baker County Warrant): Victoria
Jean Mclean, 36, of 2715 Second
St., 12:01 p.m. Monday, in the
600 block of Campbell Street;
jailed and later released.
Baker County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
Arrests, citations
STRANGULATION, ASSAULT
IV, HARASSMENT and DISOR-
DERLY CONDUCT: Jimmie Lee
Hall Jr., 46, of 575 Oak St., 5:33
p.m. Tuesday, at the Sheriff’s Of-
fi ce; cited and released.
Baker County Parole and
Probation
Arrests, citations
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION
OF METHAMPHETAMINE and
POST-PRISON SUPERVISION
VIOLATION : Henry Koos, 41, of
2650 17th St., 4:45 p.m. Friday at
the Parole and Probation Offi ce
at 3320 K St.; jailed.
Oregon State Police
Arrests, citations
FAILURE TO YIELD BEFORE
ENTERING THE HIGHWAY:
Frank Emerson Lassen, 65, of
Roseburg, 6:14 p.m. Monday,
on Highway 7 at McEwen; cited
and released; police said Lassen
drove his Acura sedan onto
the highway into the path of a
Chevrolet Suburban driven by
Samantha Gene Clinkenbeard,
23, of Pendleton.
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