2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2019
Sheriff Ash running for re-election
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.
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
November 8, 1969
HUNTINGTON — The Locomotives went undefeated
again this year in their regular scheduled season by turn-
ing in a stout 76-20 win over the Burnt River Bulls.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 8, 1994
The last of the hunters who were reported missing dur-
ing the weekend returned home safely Monday afternoon,
according to the Baker County Sheriff’s Offi ce.
Three Ontario men who were reported missing Sunday
returned home safely at 12:35 p.m., according to Under-
sheriff Ken Dunleavy.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 9, 2009
Baker City residents are being asked to go to their
pantries this week to gather food to be given to neighbors
who might be having trouble making ends meet as the
holidays approach.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 9, 2018
Ty Gassin has served his country and continues to do
so, but he doesn’t think he’s done enough for his fellow
veterans.
Gassin hopes to start rectifying that soon.
He is planning the inaugural Run For Veterans event
for Saturday, Nov. 10 — the day before Veterans Day — in
Baker City.
Gassin, 24, grew up in Baker City and graduated from
Baker High School in 2013. He enlisted in the U.S. Army
before he earned his diploma, and he served in the Army
for 3 1/2 years, including a nine-month deployment to
Kuwait in 2015.
He started a business, All American Metal Art, in Ontario
in May of this year, and not long after joined the Army
Reserves.
Gassin said he decided to sponsor an event that would
focus attention on military veterans.
“I felt like I had to give more, and I wanted to do some-
thing I was very passionate about,” Gassin said. “I feel
like I have a very strong connection with everyone in the
services.”
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LUCKY LINES, Nov. 7
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S ENIOR M ENUS
■ MONDAY: Barbecued ribs, au gratin potatoes, green
beans, roll, broccoli-bacon salad, cheesecake
■ TUESDAY: Liver and onions, potatoes and gravy, mixed
vegetables, beet-and-onion salad, roll, cottage cheese with
fruit
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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Baker County Sheriff Travis
Ash will run for another four-
year term in the 2020 election.
Ash, who was appointed
sheriff in March 2015 to
replace Mitch Southwick, who
retired, was elected to his fi rst
four-year term in November
2016.
No one else has fi led as a
candidate for sheriff, according
to the Baker County Clerk’s
Offi ce.
Ash has worked in law
enforcement for 24 years, and
has been with the Sheriff’s Of-
fi ce since 2005.
He started his
full-time law en-
forcement career
in 1998 when
he was hired, at
Ash
age 22, by the
Prineville Police
Department.
Ash graduated from Pine-
Eagle High School at Halfway
in 1993.
In a press release Thursday,
Ash wrote:
“In 2020, I will be seeking
re-election as Baker County
Sheriff. I’m committed to
working to keep our commu-
nity a great place to live, work,
visit, and raise families. I am
proud of the dedicated team of
Sheriff’s Offi ce employees and
volunteers who help us pro-
vide so many vital services to
our community, be it through
Search and Rescue, 911 and
Dispatch, Jail Operation, Pa-
trol, or Parole and Probation.
“Since 2015, I have had the
privilege of serving as your
Sheriff and appreciate the
overwhelming support I’ve
received from folks throughout
the county. It would be an
honor to continue in this role
for a second term.
“There have been many
changes over the course of
my 24-year law enforcement
career, but my goals for the
Sheriff’s Offi ce continue to be
that we protect public safety
and security while building
and maintaining community
relationships and trust, and
that we do so with empathy,
integrity, effi ciency, and trans-
parency.”
O BITUARIES
Jodell Hensen
She was preceded in death by her
parents, Delwin and LaVonna Lyons;
Jodell Hensen, 60, of Baker City, died and her sister, Teena Lyons.
Oct. 25, 2019.
Memorial contributions may be made
There will be a potluck celebration
to the Jodell Hensen Memorial Fund
of her life from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, through Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer
Nov. 10, at the Baker City Eagles Lodge, Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City,
2935 H St.
OR 97814, or through Old West Federal
Jodell was born on June 4, 1959, at
Credit Union. Family members extend
Nampa, Idaho, to Delwin
their gratitude to those who have made
and LaVonna (Hathaway)
contributions to help with Jodell’s fi nal
Lyons. She attended Amer-
expenses.
ican Falls High School and
To light a candle in memory of Jodell,
graduated in 1978.
or to leave a condolence for the family,
She married George
go to www.grayswestco.com
Jodell
Todd Hensen on April 23,
Hensen
Marjorie Scheloske
1983, at Elko, Nevada.
Formerly of Baker City, 1931-2019
Together they had three
Marjorie Clare Steffens Scheloske,
children.
88, formerly of Baker City, died Oct. 22,
She considered herself a domestic
engineer, and while raising her children, 2019, at Pocatello, Idaho, with her fam-
she always welcomed their friends into ily at her side.
A memorial gathering will take place
her home. Because of her good nature
at Weiser, Idaho, next summer.
and loving personality, the kids and
Marjorie was born on May 22, 1931,
their friends would always hang out at
at Healy, Kansas, to Hugo Joseph and
her house and thus she acquired the
Leta Marine Herriott Steffens. As a
nickname “Mama Bear.”
young child her family moved West
The kids and their friends were her
during the Great Depression, fi nally set-
cubs and over the years she accumu-
lated dozens of cubs who still called her tling at Weiser, where Marjorie attended
school and graduated in 1949. After
Mama Bear.
graduation she worked at Weiser Idaho
Jodell had a way of touching the
hearts of everyone she met. She always First Nation Bank. She started dating
Albert Scheloske in the winter of that
spoke what was on her mind, without
year and they married on Nov. 19, 1950,
any fi lters, so you always knew where
at Weiser.
you stood with her.
They lived in Idaho and Washington
There was nothing fake about her and
she pulled no punches no matter who it before settling in Baker. They had two
daughters, Terry and Debra. Marge
might hurt. She was a crafty lady who
loved woodworking, crocheting, needle- loved working in her fl ower gardens.
point, gardening, and taking care of her Roses were her favorite fl owers and
house plants. Most of all, she loved play- she had many varieties over the years
ing silly games with her grandsons. She wherever she lived. They always grew a
was a member of the McEwen Church. large garden and Marge and her family
She was an amazing woman, mother, spent memorable days canning and
and wife and will be truly missed by all freezing fruits and vegetables.
She loved nature and would spend
who knew her, family members said.
time daily watching birds and squir-
Survivors include her husband of 36
rels. The family spent many happy days
years, Todd Hensen of Baker City; her
camping at the Oregon Coast and in
children, Zachariah Hensen, James
Hensen, and Shelby Hurst, all of Baker McCall, Idaho, every summer. Marge
City; her brother, Russell Lyons of Rud- loved the mountains and forests and
yard, Montana; and three grandchildren. looked forward to huckleberrying every
Baker City, 1959-2019
fall.
Marge enjoyed being a wife and
mother. She was an excellent cook and
there are many people who could at-
test to that fact. She was a wonderful
mother who loved her immediate and
extended family and they loved her
back. She was a room mother at the
grade school for her daughters many
times. She spent hours sewing clothes
for her daughters from the time they
were toddlers through high school. She
made many, many lifelong friends wher-
ever she lived.
She had a wonderful talent of looking
for the good in everyone she met and al-
ways found it. Her life was an example
for all who met, knew and loved her.
Her family and friends were the thank-
ful recipients of her talent for crocheting
afghans, baby blankets and doilies.
She had a strong Christian faith
her whole life, was very active in the
churches she attended, and lived what
she believed. She spent hours helping
with Vacation Bible School and other
church activities.
After Albert’s retirement they lived at
Fruitland, Idaho, and at Ontario. They
bought a motor home and spent many
happy days camping locally and travel-
ing across the United States seeing the
sites and visiting friends and family.
After Albert died in 2006, Marge
stayed in Ontario until she moved
to Pocatello in 2012 to live with her
daughter, Debra. Marge was a member
of Treasure Valley Baptist Church in
Ontario. She was living at Quail Ridge,
an assisted living center in Pocatello,
where she peacefully passed away.
Marjorie is survived by her daugh-
ters, Terry (Douglas) Stoddard and Deb-
ra (Daniel) Griffi th; fi ve grandchildren,
Melissa Griffi th Moore, Emily Stoddard
Hill, Brent Stoddard, Mark Stoddard
and Brian Stoddard; 15 great-grand-
children; her brother, Benny (Joyce)
Steffens; her sister, Anna Siefarth; and
several cousins, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; her husband, Albert; and one
grandson, Paul David Griffi th.
N EWS OF R ECORD
DEATHS
Wilma Shankle: 73, a long-
time Baker City resident, died
Nov. 6, 2019, at her home, sur-
rounded by her family. A private
family gathering will take plate
later. Arrangements are under
the direction of Tami’s Pine Val-
ley Funeral Home & Cremation
Services. Online condolences
can be made at www.tamispine
valleyfuneralhome.com
Carmen Kay (Lewis) Wick-
am: 67, of Baker City, died due
to complications from ALS on
Nov. 6, 2019, at her home, with
her husband, Rod, by her side.
A celebration of her life will take
place Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 11
a.m. at the Baker City Christian
Church, 675 Highway 7. Friends
are invited to join the family for
a potluck immediately follow-
ing the service at the church.
Donations in her memory can
be made to the OHSU Doern-
becher Children’s Hospital or
St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital through Tami’s Pine Val-
ley Funeral Home & Cremation
Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway,
OR 97834. Online condolences
can be made at www.tamispine
valleyfuneralhome.com
FUNERALS PENDING
Willard ‘Butch’ Hubert:
There will be a celebration of his
life, Saturday, Nov. 9, at 2 p.m.
at the Baker City Eagles Lodge,
2935 H St.
William “Bill” Thompson:
A memorial service with military
honors is scheduled at 11 a.m.
Thursday, November 14, at the
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
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day, Nov. 16, at 11 a.m. at the
Baker City Christian Church, 675
Highway 7. Friends are invited to
join the family immediately fol-
lowing for lunch, and a time to
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Violett May Caviness: Her
graveside memorial service
will take place Friday, Nov. 22,
at 1:30 p.m. at Mount Hope
Cemetery. Pastor Tim Fisher of
Elkhorn Baptist Church will of-
fi ciate. After the service, friends
are invited to join the family for
a celebration of her life at the
Baker City Eagles Lodge, 2935 H
St. To light a candle in memory
of Violet, or to leave a condo-
lence for her family, go to www.
grayswestco.com
BIRTH
McBRIDE: Monica Thomas
and Steven McBride of La
Grande, Wednesday, Nov. 6,
2019, at 9:11 p.m. at Grande
Ronde Hospital in La Grande, a
boy, Kashten Michael McBride,
7 pounds, 12 ounces. Grand-
parents are James and Jodi
Thomas of Baker City and Don
and Debbie McBride of La
Grande.
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
THEFT II: Rio Nicole Martinez,
23, of 1304½ Valley Ave., 11:29
a.m. Wednesday, in the 1200
block of Campbell St.; cited and
released.
ASSAULT IV DOMESTIC and
HARASSMENT (Circuit Court
warrant): Dion Everette Wilcher,
26, of 2750 Madison St., No.
1, 1:12 p.m. Wednesday, at his
home; cited and released.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLU-
ENCE OF INTOXICANTS: Lena
May Phillippi, 40, of Baker City,
5:20 p.m. Wednesday, at 1560 In-
diana Ave., Apartment 206; cited
and released.
HELP NEEDED!
We have gathered the resources to trap, spay/neuter
and vaccinate a colony of feral cats IF we have
somewhere to put them afterward.
If you have a barn on your property and are willing to
provide food & water for a few cats, they will serve as
loyal mousers! Please call 541-523-6863
Working cats need very basic care: shelter and access to
food & water in all seasons. They WILL continue to hunt
when fed! (Everyone needs fuel to get the job done!)
FOOD DONATIONS NEEDED
Drop off food donations at Saturday Market
Tuesday or Thursday 9-1 or Saturday 8-2
located at 2950 Church Street, Baker City
Save a life and
evict those mice!
Call 541-523-6863
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