2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2020
UPGRADES
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B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
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.
■ Baker City Council: Special meeting, 7 p.m., City Hall,
1655 First St.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8
■ Baker City Council: Work session, 5:30 p.m. City Hall,
1655 First St.
■ Lower Powder River Irrigation District Board: 6 p.m.
at Barley Brown’s, 2190 Main St.
THURSDAY, JAN. 9
■ Baker School Board: Work session, 5 p.m., District Offi ce,
2090 Fourth St.
■ Baker City Public Works Advisory Committee: 7 p.m.,
Council Chambers, 1655 First St.
FRIDAY, JAN. 10
■ Live Music by Keith Taylor: Ragtime piano, 4:30 p.m.
to 5:30 p.m., Crossroads, 2020 Auburn Ave.; no charge.
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
January 6, 1970
The expansion of Commercial Welding’s facilities in
Baker was announced Wednesday afternoon by Jack
Frost, co-owner. This expansion was made possible when
Frost signed a perpetual contract with Union Pacifi c Rail-
road for a parcel of land between the corporation’s plant
and main offi ce at 2805 Washington Ave. and the railroad
tracks.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
January 6, 1995
Northeastern Oregon snowpacks that were near record
levels in November and early December now are barely
above average.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
January 6, 2010
Tom Fisk is used to dealing with ice that glazes Baker
City streets.
Ice that falls from the sky is a peskier sort of problem.
Fortunately, freezing rain is an infrequent visitor here.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
January 7, 2019
The pickup trucks and trailers rolled across Baker City
Saturday morning, stopping at every home where a fra-
grant green package waited outside.
At each stop Boy Scouts and adult volunteers spilled
out into the chilly air and grabbed the Christmas tree,
some with a few stray strands of tinsel fl uttering from the
branches.
The Boy Scouts annual fundraiser is a mixture of plan-
ning and a few hours of hectic activity, said Ed Hibbard,
a former local Scoutmaster who’s the Eastern Oregon
District commissioner for the Boy Scouts of America.
The Eastern Oregon District includes Baker, Union,
Grant and Wallowa counties.
Hibbard, who’s been involved in this annual Christmas
tree collection fundraiser for about a dozen years, said
Baker City is divided into six zones, with each group of
Scouts and adults assigned to one zone.
The event is unusual in that each unit keeps the money
it collects from residents’ donations, Hibbard said.
O REGON L OTTERY
MEGABUCKS, Jan. 4
11 — 14 — 15 — 26 — 33 — 43
Next jackpot: $8.3 million
POWERBALL, Jan. 4
1 — 11 — 21 — 25 — 54 PB 7
Next jackpot: $258 million
MEGA MILLIONS, Jan. 3
37 — 41 — 42 — 53 — 63
Mega 16
Next jackpot: $69 million
WIN FOR LIFE, Jan. 4
18 — 32 — 50 — 55
PICK 4, Jan. 5
• 1 p.m.: 6 — 8 — 5 — 5
• 4 p.m.: 4 — 7 — 7 — 7
• 7 p.m.: 1 — 8 — 3 — 8
• 10 p.m.: 2 — 8 — 1 — 9
LUCKY LINES, Jan. 5
3-6-11-14-18-24-26-31
Next jackpot: $50,000
The locker room clocks
eliminate the need for a
tournament offi cial to notify
teams about the amount of
time left.
The new scoreboards are
slated to arrive around late
January, Gonzales said.
The other major change
coming to the BHS gym
involves the bleachers.
Taylor said offi cials from
the Oregon School Activities
Association have talked with
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.
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during the tournaments.
The top row of bleachers
will be removed, and the
bleachers moved back. That
will allow players and coaches
to sit on chairs rather than
on the fi rst row of bleachers
as is the case now. By moving
the coaches and players onto
chairs, there will be room for
spectators to walk behind the
teams rather than in front.
Under the current confi gura-
tion, fans have to walk on the
court itself when passing in
front of the teams.
Because the top row of
bleachers will be removed,
spectators will no longer
be able to access the main
section of bleachers from the
upper level, where a second,
smaller set of bleachers
stands, Gonzales said.
Fans sitting in the main
section will have to reach
their seats from the main
fl oor.
Gonzales said the school
district and Baker County
Tournaments will share the
cost of the bleacher changes.
He didn’t have an estimated
cost for the work.
O BITUARIES
Hazel Gee-Allegre
Darlene, of Bend; her sister, Eleanor
Winchester of Salem; and several nieces
Hazel Riggs Gee-Allegre, 86, of Gresh- and nephews.
am, a former North Powder resident, died
Joan was preceded in death by her
Dec. 31, 2019.
parents; her husband, Alan; her sister,
Her funeral will take place at 2 p.m.
Lyndelle McCoy; her son, Dean; and a
Jan. 9, with viewing from noon to 2 p.m., niece, Kelly Eaton.
at Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home,
For those who would like to make a
11801 S.E. Mount Scott Blvd., in Port-
donation in memory of Joan, the fam-
land. There will be a reception at 3:30
ily suggests Best Friends of Baker City
p.m. at the Eagles Lodge in Gresham.
through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Hazel was born in North Powder on
Home & Cremation Services, P.O. Box
Aug. 10, 1933.
543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condo-
She enjoyed her career at Mount Hood lences can be made at www.tamispine
Community College for 23 years, retiring valleyfuneralhome.com
in 1990. She spent much of her early
Ronald Hinkle
retirement traveling in the motor home
Richland, 1949-2019
with Marvin. Then snowbirding with
Ronald Hinkle, 70, of Richland, died on
Bob.
Jan. 2, 2020, at Milton-Freewater Health
Painting and crocheting were some
& Rehab Center.
of her favorite hobbies, but don’t forget
Ronald was born on Sept. 12, 1949, to
dancing and just having fun with her
Ledonna and Robert R. Hinkle. Ron grew
friends.
up in Portland and helped on the family
Survivors include her son, Mark
farm until he left home
Pellissier (Linda); brothers, Fred Riggs
at 27 and moved to Los
and Coy Riggs; grandchildren, Elisha
Pellissier and Oren Pellissier; stepdaugh- Angeles.
His family searched for
ter, Theresa Shirkey and her children;
Ron for three years until he
several great-grandchildren; and her
was found in a monastery
close friend and companion, Jim Conn,
Ronald
and all of his family, who adopted Hazel with severe head injuries
Hinkle
of unknown cause that
as one of their own, as well.
reduced him mentally to
Joan Fujii
5 years old. Ron was brought home to
Baker City, 1933-2019
Portland and was cared for by his older
Marlene Joan Fujii, 86, died from
brother, Bob Hinkle.
complications of lymphoma of the lungs
Upon the passing of his father, Bob
on Dec. 19, 2019, at Meadowbrook Place Hinkle moved Ron and his twin brother,
in Baker City.
Don, and brother, Dick, along with his
Joan was born on April 24, 1933, at
mother, LeDonna, to Richland, in 2002.
Oroville, California, to Robert Claude
Ron enjoyed the Powder River and
McCoy and Eunice Vera Weaver McCoy. beautiful fl owers along with his big
She was the oldest of three
screen TV until he suffered a stroke in
girls with one older brother,
2009. At that time he was no longer able
Dan. She attended grade
to be cared for at home and was moved
school at Grants Pass and
to the Milton-Freewater Health and
graduated high school in
Rehab Center. He was given 2 months to
Monmouth.
live, but Ron proved them all wrong by
Joan Fujii outliving his mother and twin brother,
In 1951, Joan married
Louis Townsend. She had
Don, before quietly passing away.
four sons, Raymond, Doug, Dean and
Ron is survived by his older brother,
Paul. She enjoyed teaching the boys and Robert J Hinkle and his wife, Leanne,
watching them learn new things. Joan
and brother, Dick Hinkle, all of Richland.
lived in Oregon, Hawaii, Virginia, and
For those who would like to make a
Germany for 11 years with her second
memorial donation in honor of Ron, the
husband, Alan Fujii. Some of her favorite family suggests Creating Memories (an
times were the years she spent in Ger-
organization that gives children with
many. After her husband retired from the special needs an opportunity to camp,
Army, they made their home in Corvallis. fi sh, hunt, and more) through Tami’s Pine
During her life Joan worked a variety Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Ser-
of jobs, which included working at a dry
vices, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834.
cleaners while in high school, at a fl orist Online condolences can be made at www.
shop in Germany, and at Albertsons in
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com
Corvallis. She enjoyed long walks by
Jim Harrison
the river, her small garden, and lots of
reading. Joan’s cats were so much a part Richland, 1937-2019
Jim Harrison, 82, of Richland, died
of her family, and she went above and
Dec. 27, 2019, at Boise. Jim spent the last
beyond for them.
Joan is survived by her sons, Raymond days of his life just where he wanted to
Townsend of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, be, with his beloved wife, Dorothy, shar-
ing their precious memories.
Doug Townsend, and Paul and Debbie
A funeral with military honors will
Townsend of Baker City; three grand-
take place Saturday, Jan. 11, at 11 a.m.
children and fi ve great-grandchildren;
at the Richland Christian Church. Pas-
her brother, Dan Skeels, and his wife,
Formerly of North Powder, 1933-2019
S ENIOR M ENUS
■ TUESDAY: Breaded chicken strips, potatoes and gravy,
corn, bread, carrot-raisin salad, cookies
■ WEDNESDAY: Pot roast, parslied red potatoes baby
carrots, roll, pea-and-onion salad, lemon bars
tournament directors for
the past three years about
moving the bleachers back by
one row, on each side of the
gym, to create a wider buffer
between the court and the
bleachers.
Gonzales said the current
schedule calls for the bleach-
ers to be moved back on the
east side of the gym — where
the teams sit — during the
third week of January.
The change on the west
side probably won’t happen
this year, he said. The fi rst
row on that side is blocked off
tor Shawn Thatcher will
offi ciate. Interment will be
at Eagle Valley Cemetery
in Richland. Friends are
invited to join the family for
a potluck reception follow-
Jim
ing the service in the Eagle
Harrison
Valley Grange community
room, at the corner of Moody
Road and Main Street.
Jim was born on Aug. 21, 1937, at
Nashville, Tennessee. On Nov. 21, 1975,
at Vancouver, Washington, he married
Dorothy, the love of his life. Jim cher-
ished, respected and loved her more than
anyone or anything in his life.
Jim’s second love was the city of Rich-
land. He discovered the community in
the early 1990s when curiosity about the
Brownlee Reservoir drew him to the area.
Jim always said that he found home
when he saw Eagle Valley. In 1995 the
Harrisons bought a house in Richland
and in 2000 they retired and became full-
time residents.
It was at that time Jim started attend-
ing the monthly meetings of the Rich-
land City Council. It was a time when
City Hall was a small building that did
not exactly sit level to the land. It did
not take long before Jim found himself
invested in the community. By reputa-
tion, he was known for asking questions
at meetings that provoked a myriad of
emotions from council members ranging
from amusement to utter frustration. He
found great satisfaction in projecting an
opposite point of view. His objective was
to encourage council members to forward
thinking.
When Jim began serving on the City
Council his reputation was solidifi ed as
the councilor who asked the most ques-
tions. He always explained that he did
so not because he was against projects
or ideas, rather because he wanted to
know and he also wanted the Council to
know as much as possible before making
a decision. Jim often said that asking
questions and listening to answers is
how one learns. He was pleased if he
saw frustration. It told him that every-
one was thinking, learning and fi nding
answers. He believed fi rmly that if one
did not ask questions, correct answers
were not found and nothing was resolved
to achieve the best possible solution. He
made no secret of the fact that he was
not questioning because he was against a
project or idea at all. More often than not
he was in favor.
Jim served on the Council because
he cared so deeply about Richland and
the sustainability of the community.
He appreciated, admired and cared for
the people he worked with. His dedica-
tion to the position of chair of the Water
Department and Sewer Department was
his passion. Those departments were
what he considered to be the most vital
to Richland’s future. His goal of seeing
that the two systems were secure for the
residents of Richland before he died was
Jim’s self-proclaimed life legacy.
N EWS OF R ECORD
FUNERAL PENDING
Wayne Wilson: Memorial
service will take place Saturday,
Jan. 18, at 2 p.m. at the Pine Bap-
tist Church in Halfway. Arrange-
ments are under the direction of
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home
& Cremation Services. Online
condolences can be made at
www.tamispinevalleyfuneral
home.com
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
VIOLATION OF CONDITIONAL
RELEASE AGREEMENT (De-
schutes County warrant): Rito
Nito Gutierrez, 37, of 430 Spring
Garden Ave., 8:28 p.m. Sunday,
at his home; jailed.
Baker County Sheriff
PROBATION VIOLATION
(Malheur County Circuit Court
warrant): Lacey Dawn Kolb, 38,
of Huntington, 12:45 a.m. today,
at the jail where she is being
held on other charges.
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Baker
County warrant): Kathleen De-
nise Moore, 61, of Baker City,
7:30 a.m. Friday, at the sheriff’s
offi ce; jailed and later granted a
conditional release.
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