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2A — BAKER CITY HERALD MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2019 What’s New At The Baker County Library • 2400 Resort St. B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR 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 ■ Baker City Tree Board: 5:30 p.m., Conference Room at City Hall, 1655 First St. ■ Lower Powder River Irrigation District Board: 6 p.m. at Barley Brown’s, 2190 Main St. FRIDAY, NOV. 15 ■ Live Music by Keith Taylor: Ragtime piano, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Crossroads Carenegie Art Center, 2020 Auburn Ave.; no charge. MONDAY, NOV. 18 ■ Baker County Library District Board: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., in the Riverside meeting room at the library, 2400 Resort St.; the regular meeting has been rescheduled from the second Monday of the month for November. T URNING B ACK THE P AGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald November 11, 1969 Should Baker join Union and Wallowa counties in reorganizing into a new intermediate Education District or should they remonstrate was the main topic of discussion at the board of education meeting held last night. 25 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald November 11, 1994 The Baker City Council will interview six people, includ- ing one current and one former city employee, in its search for a new city manager. Candidates to replace Art Reiff, who retired because of a heart problem, include Karen Woolard, the city’s support services director, and Brian Cole, former head of the city’s economic development department. 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald November 11, 2009 Halfway offi cials reveled Tuesday in the cooperative community effort and volunteerism that helped the city of nearly 500 come through a water system crisis that came within four hours of leaving the town high and dry. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald November 12, 2018 The Oregon-grown noble fi r that will grace the U.S. Capitol during the Christmas season will stop in Baker City on Wednesday en route to Washington, D.C. The tree was cut on the Willamette National Forest on Nov. 2. Baker City is one of 11 stops in Oregon during the tree’s journey and the last before it enters Idaho. The tree, which is hauled on a special trailer, is sched- uled to arrive in downtown Baker City at 5:30 p.m. The rest of the schedule: • 6 p.m. — welcome and opening remarks • 6:15 p.m. to 7 p.m. — caroling by the Bel Canto and Treble choirs from Baker High School, ornament decorat- ing at Hatch, 2019 Main Street, hot cocoa from the Baker Lions Club, meet Father Christmas and Smokey Bear. The 2000 block of Main Street will be closed from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., and the one-way section of Broadway Street between Resort and Main streets will be closed from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. O REGON L OTTERY MEGABUCKS, Nov. 9 6 — 7 — 11 — 23 — 37 — 45 Next jackpot: $5.9 million POWERBALL, Nov. 9 14 — 17 — 35 — 38 — 60 PB 25 Next jackpot: $60 million MEGA MILLIONS, Nov. 8 3 — 4 — 10 — 39 — 58 Mega 18 Next jackpot: $163 million WIN FOR LIFE, Nov. 9 10 — 23 — 34 — 70 PICK 4, Nov. 10 • 1 p.m.: 1 — 9 — 8 — 0 • 4 p.m.: 8 — 6 — 5 — 8 • 7 p.m.: 4 — 8 — 0 — 0 • 10 p.m.: 2 — 5 — 2 — 5 LUCKY LINES, Nov. 10 2-7-10-13-17-22-28-29 Next jackpot: $16,000 S ENIOR M ENUS ■ TUESDAY: Liver and onions, potatoes and gravy, mixed vegetables, beet-and-onion salad, roll, cottage cheese with fruit ■ WEDNESDAY: Breaded chicken strips, parslied red potatoes, corn, bread, green salad, pudding 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 FICTION • “Twisted Twenty-Six,” Janet Evanovich • “Final Option,” Clive Cussler • “Kiss the Girls and Make them Cry,” Mary Higgins Clark • “A Christmas Gathering,” Martha Grimes • “Noel Street,” Richard Paul Evans NONFICTION • “Same Kind of Different as Me,” Ron Hall • “The Nazis,” Laurence Rees • “Social Media For Writers,” Tee Morris • “The Filmmaker’s Handbook,” Steven Ascher • “I Will Find You,” Joanna Connors DVDS • “Crawl” (Horror) • “The Hot Zone, season 1” (TV series) • “Stuber” (Action) • “Styx” (Action) • “Tom of Finland” (Drama/For- eign) Planners to review cell tower plan The Baker City Planning Commission will resume its consideration of a proposed 70-foot cell tower Wednesday at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St. Verizon Wireless wants to build the tower north of D Street near Leo Adler Field. Several residents who attended an Oct. 16 meeting urged planners to reject Verizon’s application. O BITUARIES Carmen Wickam Baker City, 1952-2019 Carmen Kay (Lewis) Wickam, 67, of Baker City, died due to complications from ALS, Nov. 6, 2019, at her home with her husband, Rod, by her side. There will be a celebration of her life at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Baker City Christian Carmen Church, 675 Wickam Highway 7, in Baker City. Friends are invited to join the family for a potluck at the church after the service at the church. Carmen was born on Jan. 10, 1952, to Robert “Bob” Lewis and Esther (Jeffords) Lewis at Enterprise. She was the oldest of three children; brothers, Vearl and Bobb Lewis followed. Carmen grew up in beauti- ful Wallowa County, hanging out with her brothers, grand- parents and cousins and watching her brothers play sports. She was involved in 4-H, participating in cooking, sewing and showing Hereford steers, which were raised on her grandfather’s ranch. She enjoyed comparing pictures of her prize win- ning Hereford steer with her granddaughters’ prize winning Angus steers. She graduated from Wallowa High School, Class of 1970. Carmen met her husband, Rodney “Rod” Wickam, at the park in Baker City. They mar- ried Dec. 18, 1971, at a small ceremony in Wallowa. They had three children. In July 1972 they welcomed their fi rst daughter, Rhonda Kay; in July 1975 their second daughter, Heidi Marie; NOV 8-14 and son, Adam Charles, com- pleted the family in January 1981. She and Rod started rais- ing their family in a small house on Grove Street, before moving to Elgin. They returned to Keating Valley where they lived for many years before moving into Baker. Through her children, she kept her love of 4-H going as their 4-H leader for many years. Carmen started volunteer- ing at the Baker County Public Library in Septem- ber 1986 and was hired full time on June 30, 1988. She worked faithfully for 30 years, retiring on June 30, 2018, as the library administrative manager. She loved to read mystery novels and to be the fi rst person to open the pages of a new book. In her free time she loved being “Gram” to her two granddaughters Morgan Marie and Carley Kay; going to softball, volleyball and 4-H events, making cookies, breads or teaching the fi ne art of shelving books. Carmen and Rod enjoyed going to their cabin and gardening. They took many “drive abouts,” seeing Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado, Wash- ington, Canada, the Dakotas and all over the mountains of Eastern Oregon. In December 2018, they celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary having pizza overlooking the Pacifi c Ocean from Kauai. She was preceded in death by parents, Robert and Esther Lewis; grandparents, Edgar and Effi e Lewis and Wendell and Myrtle Jeffords. Carmen is survived by her husband, Rod; daugh- ters, Rhonda Wickam and Heidi Johnson (son-in-law Sam); son, Adam Wickam; granddaughters, Morgan Johnson and Carley Johnson ELTRYM HISTORIC THEATER 1809 1st Street, Baker City www.eltrym.com DOCTOR SLEEP R FRI-MON: (4:00) 7:10 TUES-THURS: 7:10 LAST CHRISTMAS PG-13 FRI-MON: (4:20) 7:30 TUES-THURS: 7:30 TERMINATOR: DARK FATE PG-13 FRI-MON: (4:10) 7:20 TUES-THURS: 7:20 ( )Bargain Matinee Show Times: 541-523-2522 Offi ce: 541-523-5439 (grandson-in-law Stephen Schott); brothers, Vearl and Bobb Lewis; and Stubby, their faithful slipper-watching, ice cream-eating dog. The family requests me- morial contributions to the OHSU Doernbecher Chil- dren’s Hospital or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences may be shared at www.tamispinevalley funeralhome.com Alta Rose Moore Formerly of Haines, 1917-2019 Alta Rose Moore, 102, of Union, died Nov. 5, 2019, at Pioneer Place in Vale. A memorial will take place in the spring, her favorite season. Known as Rose, and to many as Rosie, she was born July 2, 1917, at Haines to Thom- as H. and Myrtle E. (Maxwell) Christensen. Rose attended Rose school at Muddy Moore Creek until her second year of high school, when her family bought a home in Haines. She graduated from high school in Haines in 1935. After high school, Rose moved to Modesto, California, and spent 13 years there. She returned to Haines in 1949. She worked as a waitress and desk clerk at the Geiser Grand Hotel in Baker City and as a clerk at the Haines Post Offi ce. In her younger years, Rose played the pump organ and piano at the Haines Baptist Church. In Modesto, she played the piano at the Grace Baptist Church and was an accompanist for the soloists at the church and on the radio. In 1953, Rose married Ernest S. “Pat” Moore. They moved to the Snake River in 1957 and she worked as a clerk at the Homestead Post Offi ce and helped at the grocery store. While living in Homestead, Rose and Pat’s son, Ernest T. “Tom” Moore, was born. After leaving the post offi ce she began cooking at the Hells Canyon Inn and later leased the cafe at the Halfway Hotel. In 1966, Rose and Pat divorced, and she moved with Tom to North Powder. Rose leased the cafe at the North Powder Motel, which she operated until August 1967 when she and Tom moved to Union. Rose cooked at The Hut Cafe until she retired and continued to live in Union until her death. Rose is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Donna of Clyde, Alberta, Canada; her stepdaughter, Carol Ashby of John Day; four grandchildren; two step- grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and neph- ews and great-nieces and great-nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Myrtle Christensen; her sister and brother-in-law, Myrtle Marie and Joe Carroll of Richland, Washington; her ex-husband, Ernest “Pat” Moore; her stepchildren, Paul Moore of Richland, Wilbur Ashby of John Day, Jerry Moore of John Day, and Mil- lie Saunders of Alaska; her newphew, Dan Moore; and her nieces, Brenda Coulter and JoDell Mitchell. Memorial contributions may be made to Heart ’N Home Hospice in care of Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 Seventh St., La Grande, OR 97850. N EWS OF R ECORD DEATHS Kelly Rowen: 70, a longtime Halfway rancher, died Nov. 10, 2019, at his home with his family at his side. There will be a celebration of Kelly’s life and potluck (meat will be provided) at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at the Lions Hall in Halfway. Arrange- ments are under the direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services. Online condolences may be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneral home.com FUNERALS PENDING William “Bill” Thompson: A memorial service with military honors is scheduled at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day HELP NEEDED! Best Friends of Baker & New Hope 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 Ad sponsored by Barbara Gloden 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 arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.tamispine valleyfuneralhome.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 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 offi ciate. After the service, friends are invited to join the family for a celebra- tion of her life at the Baker City Eagles Lodge, 2935 H St. To light a candle in memory of Violet, or to leave a condolence for her family, go to www.grayswestco. com POLICE LOG Baker City Police UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, RECK- LESS DRIVING AND RECKLESS ENDANGERING: Jarrod Beau Linscott, 42, of 1950 Myrtle St., 6:35 p.m. Friday, at David Eccles Road and Third Street; jailed. FAILURE TO APPEAR (Two Deschutes County warrants) and VIOLATION OF RELEASE AGREEMENT and FAILURE TO APPEAR (Grant County war- rants): Chase Michael Rapien, 28, Baker City, 1:11 a.m. Saturday, in the 1900 block of Main Street; jailed. Baker County Sheriff’s Offi ce THEFT II (Union County war- rant): Alexander Allen Adams, 23, of 2375 Campbell St., 7 a.m. Friday, at the jail where he is be- ing held on other charges. The Baker County Veteran Offi ce will be closed for the week on Monday, November 11, 2019 and will be open for business on Monday, November 18, 2019.
