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Portland man in serious condition
after car plunges off Hells Canyon road
By Chris Collins
ccollins@bakercityherald.com
A Portland man whose vehi-
cle went off the Kleinschmidt
Grade road on the Idaho side
of Hells Canyon Tuesday night
and plunged into a deep ravine
was listed in serious condition
Thursday in a Boise hospital
Donald B. Jordan, 44, was
trapped in the vehicle over-
night before he was rescued
early Wednesday morning by
members of the Baker County
Sheriff’s Search and Rescue
Team and other volunteers
from the Halfway and Oxbow
areas.
Jordan was driving up the
steep, switchbacking Klein-
schmidt grade when his 2011
Chevy Tahoe went off the road
and plummeted to the bottom
of the ravine, according to
an Idaho State Police press
release.
Submitted photo
The unpaved road runs
from the Snake River Road to Crews used cables and winches during the rescue.
Cuprum, Idaho.
Offi cers in Adams County,
ing the single-vehicle crash at release stated.
Idaho, received a call report-
2:30 a.m. Wednesday, the press
A friend of Jordan’s, whose
name was not available in
time for this story, found
him using GPS spot locators.
Jordan was trapped in the
vehicle from 9:30 p.m. Tuesday
until the rescue was completed
at 5:39 a.m. Wednesday, police
said.
The Baker County Search
and Rescue Team was acti-
vated at 2 a.m. Wednesday
to help bring Jordan up from
the “incredibly steep grade,” a
Baker County Sheriff’s Offi ce
press release stated.
Sheriff Travis Ash and
SAR members responded and
began a technical rope rescue
to reach Jordan.
Members of the search and
rescue team and volunteers
with the Halfway Fire and
Halfway-Oxbow Ambulance
worked together using a rope-
and-winch system to carry
Jordan up the steep hillside.
Jordan, who police said
was not wearing a seatbelt,
was fl own by air ambulance
to Saint Alphonsus Medical
Center in Boise.
Baker County will be
requesting an additional
$211,300 from the block
grant program to reach
the program maximum of
$1.5 million, commission-
ers decided Wednesday.
The Eagle Valley Fire
Department is also seek-
ing grants from the Leo
Adler Foundation and
other sources.
Gyllenberg’s bid was
the lowest of the four the
county received.
The company’s original
bid of $1,475,000 was
reduced by eliminating
some items, including air-
conditioning.
In other business
Wednesday, commission-
ers designated ECO West
as the sole source provider
for seeking permits for a
project to install a hydro-
electric plant at Mason
Dam, which forms Phillips
Reservoir on the Powder
River about 17 miles
southwest of Baker City.
pany has a revised pro-
posal to address concerns
brought to him before the
meeting by Commissioner
Mark Bennett, including a
security fence and security
gate into the property.
Commission Chair-
man Bill Harvey said
the county sent a request
for proposals for other
companies that might
be interested in leasing
county land in the tailings.
Because the county didn’t
receive any proposals,
it can negotiate directly
with Tofsrud’s company,
Shukrain Investment
Inc. of Vancouver, British
Columbia. Tofsrud said
his goal is to return to the
county with a timeline by
the middle of November.
Weed department
Baker County Weed
Supervisor Arnie Gram-
mon gave an update for
commissioners. He also
announced his retirement
in 2020, saying his goal is
to leave the noxious weed
program on solid fi nancial
footing.
Dredge tailing mining
In other business, com-
Erik Tofsrud attended
missioners amended the
Wednesday’s meeting to
agreement with Timothy
discuss his proposal for
Bishop and Baker Co.
leasing 35 acres of county Unlimited to move out the
property in the dredge
renewal date for the con-
tailings in Sumpter Valley tracts to give commission-
for exploratory mining.
ers more time to decide on
Tofsrud said his com-
contracts.
Free concert Saturday at Presbyterian
A free concert including bronze handbells
and piano is set for Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7
p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 1995
Fourth St. in Baker City.
The Ring Praise concert is woven with
hymn history and scripture.
Phyllis Tincher, handbell soloist, and Sean
Rogers, pianist, will perform a variety of songs
focusing on praising God. Through hymns,
contemporary praise songs and refl ective
pieces, they tell the saving story of Jesus
Christ. In addition to accompanying, Sean
will also play a few piano solos. Phyllis rings 3
octaves of Schulmerich handbells and mixes
in 2 octaves of handchimes. During the con-
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Dennis Teskey, left, and Dave Lindley work to reset a veteran’s gravestone at Mount
Hope Cemetery on Oct. 26.
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Baker City formed an
advisory group in 2011 to
look at ways to improve the
appearance of the veterans’
section at Mount Hope.
Teskey said members of
the Baker City Rotary Club
discussed the issue and de-
cided to take on the project.
Volunteers from the Rota-
ry Club and the community
have gathered annually, not
long before Veterans Day on
Nov. 11, to work on selected
gravestones.
This year’s event on Oct.
26 included members of the
Rotary Club and volunteers
from Gray’s West & Co. and
Stone Tributes Monument
Company.
Volunteers included Lon
Chavez, Riley Chavez, Brent
Kragness and Jim McElroy,
Rotarians Lloyd Nelson,
Dave Lindley, Dottie Miles
and Dennis Teskey, and
Gray’s West owner Troy
Hanson, his son, Hayden
Hanson, and Henry Benavi-
dez from Stone Tributes.
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