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2A — BAKER CITY HERALD MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019 Huntington Christmas bazaar Dec. 6, 7 HUNTINGTON — The Huntington Historical Society’s annual Christmas bazaar and fundraiser is set for Dec. 6 from noon to 5 p.m. and Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Huntington School. There will be bingo games, hand-crafted gifts, baked goods and hot drinks. Santa will also make an appearance. The venue is wheelchair- accessible. More information is available by call- ing Jenny at 208-407-2701. B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR THURSDAY, NOV. 28 ■ Thanksgiving Day. FRIDAY, NOV. 29 ■ National Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Family Fun Day: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center 5 miles east of Baker City just off Highway 86; the event includes pioneer games, tall tales from the Oregon Trail and a selfi e station; for $3 per person, make three seasonal crafts to take home; hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through Nov. 30. SUNDAY, DEC. 1 ■ National Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Free Admission during December: Beginning Dec. 2, the center will shift to its winter schedule of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4 ■ Baker County Board of Commissioners: 9 a.m., Courthouse, 1995 Third St. THURSDAY, DEC. 5 ■ National Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Free-Fee Days: Free admission; information about winter hours is available by calling 541-523-1843. T URNING B ACK THE P AGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald November 25, 1969 The Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs paid $18,149,828 in 1969-70 taxes Nov. 15 on the properties of 39,950 war veterans who have state farm and home loans. In Baker County, the tax on 225 properties this year was $60,655.80. 25 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald November 25, 1994 The Baker County Court signed a resolution reaffi rming the county’s snowmobile ordinance during the regular court session Wednesday. Four roads near Unity and Hereford have been added to the list of designated county snowmobile roads. 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald November 25, 2009 The state plans to repave the rutted section of Inter- state 84 where a Colorado church van crashed earlier this month. Three of the 16 people in the van died. The Oregon Department of Transportation had patched some sections of the freeway in preparation for the repav- ing, which could happen as soon as next year. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald November 26, 2018 The Baker County Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing Dec. 11 to consider a California com- pany’s application to install solar power panels on private land near Baker City. The hearing will start at 5 p.m. at the Courthouse, 1995 Third St. in Baker City. Enerparc Inc. of Oakland has applied for a conditional- use permit on behalf of the property owner, Hat Brand Land & Livestock LLC of Baker City. Brent Gyllenberg is Hat Brand’s manager, according to Oregon Corporation Division records. The solar power array would consist of 45,000 to 55,000 panels installed on 90 to 100 acres of rangeland near Sut- ton Creek Road, about six miles southeast of Baker City. The property is about one mile east of the landfi ll and about 7/10th of a mile south of Interstate 84. 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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 this event possible,” Duman said. To donate to the program, visit the Baker City Police De- partment at 1768 Valley Ave., or call the office at 541-523-3644, and ask for Detective Shannon Regan, event coordinator. O BITUARIES Kelsey Dennis 17th Street. Kelsey built stock cars and raced at the Baker race track where he won trophies. Other hobbies included hunting and fi shing. He enjoyed bird hunting along with big game hunting and he harvested many trophy deer and elk. Kelsey was an incredible marksman and loved to demonstrate his skills by fl ipping a bottle cap up in the air and drawing his pistol and hitting the cap. The family owned and operated Dennis Auto Wrecking from 1957 until 1962. In 1961 the family bought land on Dogtown Creek (Dry Creek), southeast of Baker where Kelsey built a beautiful home and ranched until 1971. Kelsey was the owner operator of Dennis Well Drilling from 1973 to 1995 and drilled hundreds of wells in Eastern Oregon, and he also held an Idaho license. In 1978 Kelsey and Patricia built a home at Old Auburn and lived there for 24 years where he enjoyed mining for gold. Kelsey was a talented inventor and a gifted metal fabricator. Some of the items he built are still in use today. Kelsey was a very proud American, appropriately born on the Fourth of July. Kelsey was an American patriot interest- ed in Republican politics and was never shy about stating his political opinion. He was a member of the National Rifl e Association and a property rights group, Oregonians in Action. Kelsey is survived by his four children, Linda Dennis Patton of Baker City, Kelsey Earle Dennis of Yuma, Arizona, Stephen Dennis of the Durkee area and Valerie Dennis Russell and her husband, Bob, of Medical Springs; seven grandchil- dren and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia; his parents and his three broth- ers, LaVaughn, Wayne and Lynn Dennis, as well as his stepfather, Clyde Wilkins. For those who would like to make a donation in memory of Kelsey, the family suggests either the local YHEC (Youth Hunter Education Challenge) or Baker County Meals on Wheels through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Crema- tion Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences can be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome. com Baker City, 1930-2019 Kelsey Dale Dennis, 89, died on Oct. 28, 2019, at Baker City. Kelsey was a beloved father who was loved very much and will be dearly missed. Kelsey was a hardworking, honest man and those who knew him will always remember his warm smile and kind blue Kelsey eyes. Dennis Kelsey was born on July 4, 1930, in his family’s home on Broadway Street in Baker City. He was the third son of Earle Francis Dennis and Verlie Agnes Graven Den- nis. Kelsey lived nearly his entire life in Baker County. Kelsey was from a pioneer family. His paternal great-great grand- father, Abraham Tharpe, traveled the Oregon Trail to the territory of Oregon in 1845 where his son, Abraham, was born in 1848. Kelsey’s grandfather David Dennis (1861-1941), came from Mower, Minnesota, on the Oregon Trail in the 1870s settling at Joseph, and in 1897 he married Augusta Tharpe (1871-1936). Later the family moved to Baker County in the Hells Canyon area in the very fi rst years of the 1900s. Kelsey’s maternal grandparents, Clint Graven, (1884-1967) and Callie Rose Graven (1884-1921), came from Amega, Missouri, in 1904 settling at New Bridge where later that year Kelsey’s mother, Verlie, was born. Kelsey had many memories of Baker in the 1930s where some ranchers still came to town on horses or in wagons. There were still horse-watering troughs on Main Street and the trains were driven with steam engines. Kelsey attended Baker Schools and played football and basketball. Kelsey was the quarterback of the football team and was a letterman. He also was a member of 4-H and raised a black Angus bull which was controversial to the area ranchers at that time since Herefords were mainly raised. It was in high school that Kelsey met Patricia Dusbabek, and they were married in 1947. They had four children. In 1948 the couple lived at Roseburg where Kelsey was a log scaler at the Roseburg Mill. In 1949 the family moved back to Baker and Kelsey worked for the Chevrolet Garage. In 1952 the family moved to the Territory of Alaska Tiz Landers and lived in Juneau for a couple of years Richland, 1939-2019 Tiz Landers, 80, a longtime Halfway where Kelsey worked as a mechanic. and Richland resident, died Nov. 17, In 1954 the family moved back to 2019, at her home in Richland with her Baker where Kelsey built a house on family at her side. A family gathering will take place at a later date. Tiz Jaraldine was born on Oct. 3, 1939, at Half- way to LeRoy and Leslie Tiz Smelcer. She was the Landers youngest of four children. Tiz was raised on the Smelcer Ranch in Pine Town. She at- tended fi rst through eighth grades at Pine Town School and then went on to Halfway High. At the age of 15, Tiz met Byrl Land- ers, and they were united in marriage on Dec. 2, 1959, at Weiser, Idaho. They had three children, James (Gene), Leslie and Steven (Steve). Tiz lived the ranch and dairy life in Halfway until 1964 when they moved to Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada, where she continued the ranch style life. While in Vanderhoof she was involved with the saddle club; going to rodeos and gymkhana events. Tiz loved to barrel race. She loved to use a little off color fl are and referred to most as ol’ ..... or little ...... as those close to her know how to fi ll in the blank. In 1973 the family moved back to Pine Valley to help her parents on the Smelcer Ranch. Then they started the Landers Dairy and reopened the Lyric Theatre for a number of years. After that Tiz went to work in Baker City at McDonald’s and at Marvin Wood Products. After retiring she moved to Richland, where she enjoyed her garden and fl ow- ers. Tiz also liked to travel. She made several trips to Alaska where she had bought properties to spend summers up there. She also loved to go gold panning and hunting. In general she just loved life and being in the outdoors. Tiz is survived by her two sisters, Jane Smelcer Buttice and Benita Smelcer Thompson; her children, Gene and his wife, Lori, Leslie and her husband, Rick Morris, and Steve and Molly Landers; 8 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Tiz was preceded in death by her par- ents, Roy and Leslie Smelcer; her sister, Volney Smelcer Facto; and her husband, Byrl Landers (2019) For those who would like to make a donation in memory of Tiz, the family suggests MISTI Cancer Center in Fruit- land through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condo- lences can be made at www.tamispine- valleyfuneralhome.com N EWS OF R ECORD O REGON L OTTERY MEGABUCKS, Nov. 23 activities. “We are appreciative to the Baker County Sheriff’s Office, the Baker City Police Associa- tion, the Baker Fire Depart- ment Association and several individual financial contribu- tions that have helped make POLICE LOG Baker City Police Arrests, citations ASSAULT IV, MENACING and HARASSMENT: Aaron L. Daniels, 51, of 1860 Plum St., 4:51 p.m. Sunday, at East and Broadway streets; jailed. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLU- ENCE OF INTOXICANTS: Melinia Renee Owens, 50, of 3015 Col- lege St., 2:16 p.m. Friday, in the 200 block of Campbell Street; jailed. THEFT III: Andrienna Dione Morris, 22, of Baker City, 10:52 ve ser e R w No ) 1 (54 - 5 8 6 9 363 p.m. Friday, at Albertsons; cited and released. Baker County Sheriff’s Offi ce Arrests, citations FAILURE TO APPEAR (Umatilla County warrants): Dominic Mi- chael Silva, 26, of Pendleton, 1:42 a.m. Sunday, on Campbell Street in Baker City; jailed. RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING ANOTHER PERSON: Manuel Delgado, date of birth unknown, of Hidalgo, Texas, 9:45 p.m. Friday, on Interstate 84, about 10 miles north of Baker City; cited Book Your Holiday 5 Parties $25.9 r $13 fo & Now! 1 kids 1 der n ks- Than g i giv n t Buffe t Buffe - M il 12-5 P e p Th ms o s l A g r i er r egula v r ne it u men h ad o s d! goo Oregon State Police Arrests, citations DRIVING UNDER THE INFLU- ENCE OF INTOXICANTS — CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: Tammy J. Flocchini, 57, of Boise, 1:30 p.m. Nov. 19, Interstate 84, about 5 miles south of Baker City; police said Flocchini was taken to the Baker County Jail for evaluation and was cited and released. NO OPERATOR’S LICENSE, DRIVING UNINSURED and FAIL- URE TO INSTALL ID ON VEHICLE: Ah Pu, 28, of Boise; 8:37 p.m. Nov. 16, on Interstate 84 near Baker City; cited and released. POST-PRISON SUPERVISION VIOLATION and PROBATION VIOLATION (Baker County war- rants): Lacey Dawn Kolb, 38, of Huntington, 8:07 a.m. Nov. 14 at Huntington; jailed. PROBATION VIOLATION (Two Baker County warrants): Andrew Jay Culley, 30, of Baker City, 1:44 p.m. Nov. 14, in the 2700 block of Second Street; jailed and later released. Mobile Service Outstanding u Regular Hours Mon-Fri Open 4:30 PM Sat 3:30 PM Sun 12:30 PM and released. DRIVING UNDER THE IN- FLUENCE OF INTOXICANTS: Nicholas Morgan Roberson, 30, of Spokane, Washington, 12 a.m. Saturday, on Interstate 84 about 5 miles north of Baker City; jailed. 10 miles north of Baker Hwy 30 in Haines Fam for ous F Kis lame t Ir Bra on n S ded Rec teak om m s end ed Tom by Tur key Computer Repair Any issue $40 fl at rate Call or Text 24/7 Dale Bogardus 541-297-5831 If your computer is being a turkey give me a call! www.outstandingcomputerrepair.com Refurbished Desktop & Laptops For Sale House calls (let me come to you!) Drop Offs & Remote Services are Available All credit cards accepted
