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WEDNESDAY BAKER BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM SPLITS TWO ON THE ROAD: PAGE 6A Serving Baker County since 1870 • bakercityherald.com January 15, 2020 IN THIS EDITION: QUICK HITS Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscriber Sean Lee of Baker City. Local, 2A Baker Technical Institute started heavy equipment operator training Monday for six young women housed at the Oak Creek Correctional Facility in Albany. The training will be provided through a part- nership with Multnomah Education Service District (MESD) and the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA). BRIEFING Baker County Democrats to meet The Baker County Dem- ocrats have their monthly meeting on Thursday, Jan. 16, at Rogers Fellowship Hall, 1995 Fourth St., be- tween the Courthouse and Middle School. Refresh- ments and conversation will be at 5:30 p.m. with the meeting at 6 p.m. All are welcome. Kaeli Flanagan on Whitworth honor roll SPOKANE, Wash. — Kaeli Flanagan, a Baker High School graduate, was named to the provost’s honor roll for the fall 2019 semester at Whitworth University. To be eligible, students must have a GPA of at least 3.75. WEATHER Today 29 / 28 Chance of snow late Thursday 38 / 21 Snow showers Full forecast on the back of the B section. The space below will be blank on issues delivered or sold from boxes. The space is for a postage label for issues that are mailed. Local • Business & AgLife • Go! magazine $1.50 Baker post Jake Wright Man accused of murder ■ Shawn Greenwood of Vale is charged in the shooting death of Angela Michelle Parrish, who’s also from Vale By Chris Collins ccollins@bakercityherald.com Shawn Quentin Greenwood, 48, a Vale resident who authorities believe has been living in Baker City recently, has been charged with second-degree murder in the Monday shooting death of his former girlfriend, Angela Michelle Parrish, 30, of Vale. Greenwood also is charged with two counts of second-degree assault for allegedly shooting Nathaniel Leeland Brown, 37, a Baker City transient, in the hand on Monday in Baker City. Greenwood was ar- raigned on the charges Tuesday afternoon in Greenwood Baker County Circuit Court. Visiting Malheur County Judge Lung Hung set bail at $100,000 on each of the second-degree assault counts. Hung agreed to hold Green- wood without bail on the murder charge as requested by District At- torney Greg Baxter. Hung made the ruling regarding Greenwood’s release after listening to testimony from Baker City Police Chief Ray Duman. Duman outlined the investiga- tion, which began about 11:45 a.m. Monday. See Shooting/Page 3A Council appoints Morrison Rick Stephens Of Baker Valley Died In Avalanche Saturday Remembering Rick By Chris Collins By Samantha O’Conner ccollins@bakercityherald.com soconner@bakercityherald.com There was nothing un- usual about the afternoon plans made by four Baker County men, two broth- ers and their two cousins, when they headed for the Elkhorn Mountains Saturday. But what was expected to be a typical day trip on snowmobiles turned deadly when one of the four was engulfed by an avalanche just a short time after the afternoon adven- ture got its start. Richard Delbert “Rick” Stephens, 33, whose Muddy Creek Lane home sits just a few miles from the Rock Creek trailhead where the four men enjoy snowmobiling, was dug out from under about 5 feet of snow by his snowmobiling family mates Saturday afternoon. He died at the scene. Rick’s brother, Dustin Stephens, 28, of North Powder, and Rick’s cousin, Brad Feik, 34, of Haines, recalled the tragic accident in an interview Monday morning. The fourth mem- ber of Saturday’s snow- mobiling party was their cousin, Kyle Peterson, 28, of Pendleton. The four men grew up in the Rock Creek area west of Haines. The Baker City Council welcomed Larry Morrison as the newest council member Tuesday night after four of the six councilors voted to appoint Morrison to fi ll Morrison a vacancy on the seven-member Council. Morrison was one of four applicants to replace Ken Gross, who had to move out of the city for his job. The other candidates were Richard Haynes Jr., Jason Spriet and James C. Thomas. Councilors Lynette Perry, Mike Downing and Doni Bru- land voted for Morrison, and Councilors Arvid Andersen and Randy Schiewe voted for Spriet. Mayor Loran Joseph initially voted for Haynes, but he amend- ed his choice, voting for Morrison to give him the required four votes to be appointed. Morrison will serve through at least the fi rst meeting in 2021. His seat will be open for election in November, with the winning candidate then serving a two- year term starting in January 2021. Morrison grew up in Baker City, graduating from Baker High School in 1968. See Council/Page 3A Rick Stephens Photo courtesy of the Stephens family See Rick/Page 3A Actress has family ties to Baker ■ Kelly Ruda’s mother-in-law and father-in-law live in Baker City this month. It debuts Friday at the Eltrym Kelly Ruda prefers the Theater. California sunshine to The movie portrays wintry weather in Baker Bryan Stevenson, a real- City, but she still comes life civil rights defense north to visit. attorney who takes the Her in-laws live here, case of Walter McMillian, after all. an African-American man She married Jesse wrongfully imprisoned Ruda in 2014. His parents and sentenced to death are Benny Ruda and Be for the 1986 murder of a Tiedemann. white woman in Alabama. Ruda’s next return to The fi lm is based on Baker City will be on the Stevenson’s memoir of the big screen. same name. She appears in “Just See Actress/Page 3A Mercy,” a movie released ONTARIO — Republican Party precinct committee mem- bers from Baker, Grant, Harney, Malheur and Lake counties will meet Saturday at Treasure Valley Community College to pick candidates to replace Lynn Findley as House District 60 representative in the Oregon Legislature. Findley resigned last week after he was appointed to replace Cliff Bentz as a state senator for District 30. Both District 30 and District 60 include Baker County. By Lisa Britton For the Baker City Herald TODAY Issue 116, 22 pages Business ...........1B & 2B Calendar ....................2A Classified ............. 3B-6B GOP officials to pick House candidates Submitted photo Jesse and Kelly Ruda. Comics ....................... 7B Community News ....3A Crossword ........5B & 6B Dear Abby ................. 8B Horoscope ........5B & 6B Letters ........................4A See Legislature/Page 2A Lottery Results ..........2A News of Record ........2A Obituaries ..................2A Opinion ......................4A Sports .............. 5A & 6A Weather ..................... 8B FRIDAY — IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR MARBLE CREEK PASS ROAD
