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December 2, 2019
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Historic Ison House Opens As Bed-And-Breakfast And Pub
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To A Subscriber
A special good day to
Herald subscriber Randell
Guyer of Baker City.
Sports, 6A
EUGENE — While Justin
Herbert had a season low
for passing yards in his
fi nal game at Autzen
Stadium, Oregon’s senior
quarterback didn’t seem all
that disappointed.
“The best part? The
game’s not decided on my
individual performance.
It’s who scores the most
points, and we did that
today,” Herbert said after
throwing for 174 yards
and a touchdown in No. 14
Oregon’s 24-10 victory over
Oregon State on Saturday
in the 123rd Civil War.
Oregon (10-2, 8-1 Pac-12)
wrapped up the regular
season with a perfect re-
cord at home for the eighth
time.
Preserving History
Baker Community
Choir concerts set
for Dec. 13, 14, 15
WEATHER
Today
36 / 20
Mostly cloudy
Tuesday
38 / 27
Partly sunny
Full forecast on the back
of the B section.
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Snow
keeps
city
crews
busy
A pair of snowstorms,
one starting the day before
Thanksgiving and the
other two days after the
holiday, have kept snow-
plowing crews from the
Baker City Public Works
Department busy.
“There’s a lot of snow out
there,” Michelle Owen, the
city’s public works director,
said this morning.
A nine-person crew
started at midnight Sunday
to plow and haul away
snow from sections of
several downtown streets
and other higher-priority
routes such as Campbell,
Broadway and 10th streets,
Owen said.
Crews also plowed
streets near schools to
prepare for this morning’s
rush.
BRIEFING
The Baker Community
Choir’s Christmas concerts
are scheduled for Dec. 13,
14 and 15 at the Baker Heri-
tage Museum, 2480 Grove
St. Performances are sched-
uled for 7 p.m. on Dec. 13
and 14, and 3 p.m. on Dec.
15. The Baker Valley Chil-
dren’s Choir will perform on
Dec. 13 and 14. Donations
will be accepted at the door,
and proceeds support the
Children’s Choir.
La Grande’s Nathan
Reed intercepts a
pass against Banks
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
John Coop and Twila Lavery are creating a new
business at the historic Ison House, 1790 Wash-
ington Ave. Their plans include a pub, eatery
and bed-and-breakfast. The house was built in
1887 by Judge Luther B. Ison.
By Samantha O’Conner
soconner@bakercityherald.com
See Snow/Page 3A
Baker City’s historic Ison House is under new own-
ership and will soon be open to the public as the Ison
House Bed & Brew.
Twila Lavery, 51, and John Coop, 51, bought the
house, at the corner of Washington Avenue and Resort
Street, from Michelle Dollar in September.
“It came on the market and we thought, ‘what could
we do with that house?’ ”Coop said.
Lavery said the house, built in 1887, hadn’t gener-
ally been open to the public in the past.
The house had previously been the site of a savings
and loan, bank and, most recently, an offi ce for Sunfi re
Real Estate.
Coop and Lavery have turned the structure into a
bed-and-breakfast and pub that will serve a variety
of beers, including varieties they plan to brew in their
nano brewery.
“We’ve always wanted to have a little pub and this is
perfect,” Lavery said.
Coop has been brewing beer for six years, using a
10-gallon brewing system.
Four upstairs rooms are available for rent in the
home, which was named for Judge Luther B. Ison, a
Baker County district attorney and judge who built
the Queen Anne-style home two years before his death
in 1889.
See Ison House/Page 3A
Planners
to discuss
cell tower
Wednesday
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
Twila Lavery and John Coope, the new owners of the
historic Ison House at 1790 Washington Ave. have
transformed the structure, built in 1887, into a bed-and-
breakfast and pub.
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
Josephine's Parlor features the roomiest guest quarters on the second fl oor of the Ison House.
TODAY
Issue 98, 14 pages
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Classified ............. 4B-6B
Comics ....................... 7B
Community News ....3A
Crossword ........5B & 6B
Dear Abby ................. 8B
Home ................... 1B-3B
Horoscope ........5B & 6B
Lottery Results ..........2A
News of Record ........2A
Obituaries ........ 2A & 3A
Opinion ......................4A
The Baker City Planning
Commission will continue
its discussion of a contro-
versial proposed cellphone
tower, and potentially
decide whether or not to
approve the tower, when it
meets Wednesday at 6 p.m.
at City Hall, 1655 First St.
Verizon Wireless applied
for a conditional-use permit
in September to build a
70-foot tower on a 2.12-acre
industrial parcel north of D
Street near Leo Adler Field.
During public hear-
ings on Oct. 16 and Nov.
13, commissioners heard
from several residents who
object to the tower due to
concerns that it would mar
their views and reduce
their property values.
The Planning Commis-
sion also received a petition
signed by 142 people op-
posed to Verizon’s proposed
tower.
The city’s zoning rules al-
low cell towers up to 50 feet
tall in the industrial zone
without a conditional-use
permit.
According to its applica-
tion, Verizon wants to build
a 70-foot tower because
that’s necessary to close a
gap in coverage and to add
to its service capacity in
Baker City.
The Commission will not
accept public testimony
Wednesday.
Senior Menus ...........2A
Sports .............. 5A & 6A
Weather ..................... 8B
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