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2A — BAKER CITY HERALD MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2019 B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR CATS Continued from Page 1A WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25 ■ Christmas Day. FRIDAY, JAN. 3 ■ Live Music by Keith Taylor: Ragtime piano, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Crossroads, 2020 Auburn Ave.; no charge. ■ First Friday Art Shows: Baker City art galleries are open late to showcase the month’s new artwork; opening times vary between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Peterson’s Gallery and others. MONDAY, JAN. 6 ■ Haines Fire Protection District Board: 7 p.m. at the Haines Library. TUESDAY, JAN. 7 ■ Local Community Advisory Council (LCAC): 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., at the Community Connection meeting room, 2810 Cedar St.; lunch will be provided. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8 ■ Baker School Board: Work session, 5 p.m., Council Chambers in Baker City Hall, 1655 First St. ■ Lower Powder River Irrigation District Board: 6 p.m. at Barley Brown’s, 2190 Main St. T URNING B ACK THE P AGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald December 23, 1969 Mary L. Heriza, 2239 Ninth St., has been appointed by Clay Myers, chairman of the Governor’s Youth Commis- sion, to serve as a member of the Youth Commission for the Thirteenth Administrative District. This district includes Baker, Union and Wallowa counties. 25 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald December 23, 1994 Christian broadcasting will be coming to Baker County soon, if the efforts of a group in the Church of the Naza- rene are successful in navigating the bureaucratic waters. 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald December 23, 2009 Nancy Peyron of the Move Idaho Power group ac- cused Idaho Power offi cials during a Thursday meeting in Baker City of failing to follow the company’s process by choosing not to consider a route east of Baker City for a proposed power line. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald December 24, 2018 Fifteen students from Baker elementary schools went on a Christmas shopping spree for their families Friday morning at Bi-Mart thanks to the generosity of the com- munity. And they even had a police escort as they roamed the aisles. The Baker City Police Department had its fi rst Shop with a Cop event. Offi cers from the department, the Baker City Fire Department and the Baker County Sheriff’s Offi ce volunteered to help the young shoppers, who were nomi- nated by their teachers. Each student was given $80 to buy Christmas gifts for members of their family and was randomly paired with an offi cer. Karson Karolski, a fi fth-grader, participated in the event with Baker City reserve offi cer Justin Phlaum. Karolski brought a list of gift ideas for his family, picking a skateboard for one sister and a pair of boots for another sister, among other gifts. O REGON L OTTERY MEGABUCKS, Dec. 21 8 — 11 — 12 — 15 — 20 — 23 Next jackpot: $7.7 million POWERBALL, Dec. 21 19 — 31 — 35 — 50 — 67 PB 14 Next jackpot: $183 million MEGA MILLIONS, Dec. 20 3 — 20 — 23 — 35 — 60 Mega 16 Next jackpot: $45 million WIN FOR LIFE, Dec. 21 18 — 47 — 72 — 75 PICK 4, Dec. 22 • 1 p.m.: 9 — 9 — 3 — 1 • 4 p.m.: 3 — 8 — 5 — 5 • 7 p.m.: 4 — 6 — 5 — 5 • 10 p.m.: 0 — 5 — 2 — 0 LUCKY LINES, Dec. 22 2-8-11-15-17-22-27-30 Next jackpot: $36,000 It all started in late Sep- tember. Skeen said she got a phone call from a woman whose father and stepmother, Gary and Carol Tate, had died just a day apart at their home near North Powder. When someone opened the door of a storage building on the property about 20 cats ran out, Skeen said. The animals were feral, although it’s possible they had been fed, she said. New Hope For Eastern Oregon Animals and another Baker City animal rescue group, Best Friends of Baker, each donated $1,000 for the effort to trap the cats, have each spayed or neutered, and try to fi nd homes for the felines. While volunteers, includ- ing Megan Kendall of Baker City, were working on the latter task, two men from Baker City drove daily to the property near North Powder to put out food for the cats, Skeen said. (She said the feeders re- quested anonymity.) Kendall said she solicited interest through Facebook posts as well as advertise- ments in the Baker City Her- ald and the Elkhorn Media Group radio stations. Eventually seven property owners, all in rural areas of SPIRIT Another time six more cats were captured. Volunteers returned later and noticed that food left at the site had been eaten, and a subsequent trapping netted three more cats, Skeen said. Because it was so late in the year and temperatures had dropped, she is boarding those three cats until spring when they will be made avail- able for adoption as well. One of the property owners who volunteered to adopt some of the feral cats, who asked not to be identifi ed, said the cats — four in all — were a welcome addition to a cattle ranch that had been without feline protection for some time. Photo courtesy of Karen Skeen “We had an infl ux of One of the three feral cats Karen Skeen is sheltering rats, mice and snakes,” the this winter after it was trapped on a rural property near owner said. “That’s one of North Powder recently. Sixteen other cats from the same the biggest reasons we had colony have been adopted by Baker County residents. been looking to acquire some cats.” offered to help the cats. The owner was also happy “I love the opportunity to Skeen agreed. to be able to help rescue the give these guys a second “The barns that the cats animals. chance.” were transported to were “I love the opportunity all extremely nice and clean to give these guys a second — Property owner who and the care-givers are all chance, understanding adopted 4 feral cats caring people,” she wrote in where they came from,” the Baker County, agreed to take an email. owner said. on at least two of the feral Once volunteers had ar- That the cats were spayed cats. ranged for places to take the or neutered, and vaccinated, Each property includes a feral cats, they started plan- was a “huge plus,” the owner barn where the cats can get ning the trapping campaign, said. out of the weather, and all Skeen said. “I appreciate having this property owners agreed to That began just before program,” the adopter said. feed the animals. Thanksgiving. The fi rst time “It gives these cats a second “It’s just wonderful,” the trap was set up it cor- chance, and there’s a need Kendall said of residents who ralled 10 cats. for it in the county.” “I’ve had (surprises), but nothing like this. I wonder how many people in this world are walking around handing out 75-dollar gift certifi cates?” wonder how many people in this world are walking around Continued from Page 1A handing out 75-dollar gift “My balance is really bad,” certificates?” — Bob Parrish, Baker City resident said Parrish, who has lived in Kathy Olsen can’t answer Baker City since 2006. that question, but she has her While he was bent down headed for the next aisle. which was for Safeway, into own recent experience with trying to clean up, a woman While he was perusing the his pocket and then almost generosity to bask in this holi- walked over. shelves he noticed the same forgot about it while he finished day season. “She noticed I was having woman approaching. shopping. Olsen, 66, doesn’t drive. trouble,” Parrish said. “She She extended her hand over Later, at home, he remem- She gets around on foot, gen- says, ‘leave’em, I will get them.’ ” his shoulder, and Parrish, as bered the card. erally pushing a four-wheeled Parrish, being of the stub- much from reflex as anything Curious, but expecting a cart. born sort, insisted he could deal else, accepted the gift card she value of maybe $5, Parrish Not long ago one of the with his own mess. was offering. pulled out the card and looked wheels stopped rolling “I like to say that I’m dis- Then she left — “disap- closely. smoothly. abled, not crippled,” he said. peared,” as Parrish puts it. “It was 75 dollars,” he said, Olsen, who lived in Baker He put the items back and He tucked the gift card, the shock of that moment still City from 1989 to 2006 and palpable, in the volume of his then moved back in 2016, voice, more than a week later ordered a new wheel from Ace and even with the attenuating Hardware, where she shops effects of a phone line. frequently. Parrish said he was stunned She said the store didn’t not only by the amount of the charge her for the wheel, and Something with gift, but also because it didn’t an employee installed it on her benefits? We can help. Subscribe to seem to him that the woman cart. the Baker City Herald was well off. But it still didn’t work as well right now! Indeed, he said his impres- as it had. sion was that she might well Early last week she got a have an income as fixed as his phone call from Ace, asking her own. to stop by. SPECIAL Parrish said that at 71 he When she got to the store HOLIDAY GIFT might have thought he was employees presented Olsen TO YOU beyond surprises. with a new cart. But now he knows better. “I was really shocked,” Olsen “I’ve had (surprises), but said. “I thanked them up and nothing like this,” he said. “I down.” Buy a three month subscription to the Offer for new and existing subscribers S ENIOR M ENUS ■ TUESDAY: Center closed in observance of Christmas Eve. ■ WEDNESDAY: Center closed in observance of Christmas Day. 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 N EWS OF R ECORD Baker City Herald and get one month free! 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