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2A — BAKER CITY HERALD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 OTEC art contest open to kids B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR TUESDAY FEB. 11 ■ Baker City Council: 7 p.m., City Hall, 1655 First St. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12 ■ Lower Powder River Irrigation District Board: 6 p.m. at Barley Brown’s, 2190 Main St. THURSDAY, FEB. 13 ■ Baker County Board of Commissioners: Work session with the Wolf Depredation Compensation Committee, 3 p.m., Commission Chambers at the Courthouse, 1995 Third St. FRIDAY, FEB. 14 ■ Live Music by Keith Taylor: Ragtime piano, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Crossroads, 2020 Auburn Ave.; no charge. MONDAY, FEB. 17 ■ National Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Free Fee Day: In observance of Presidents Day holiday; hours change to 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily on this day; hours might change in cases of severe weather; call 541-523-1843 for more information; the Center is 5 miles east of Baker City, just off Highway 86. TUESDAY, FEB. 18 ■ Elkhorn Community Preparedness: 5:30 p.m. supper; 6:30 p.m. meeting; at the Sunridge Inn Restaurant. T URNING B ACK THE P AGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald February 10, 1970 The owners of the property in the downtown area, espe- cially along Main Street and the tenants will be polled this week to see if they are in favor of having an improvement district formed to provide fi nances for offstreet parking. 25 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald February 10, 1995 The Powder River is among Baker City’s most scenic fea- tures, but too often its beauty is marred by refuse ranging from refrigerators to Christmas trees. 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald February 10, 2010 Baker City Manager Steve Bogart thinks city councilors should refrain from voting on issues that haven’t been listed on a meeting agenda. Oregon’s public meetings law requires city councils to publicly announce their meetings and to include a list of the “principal subjects” councilors will discuss. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald February 11, 2019 A winter that had mainly been in hibernation — pardon the somewhat tortured metaphor — fi nally awakened. Completely. A series of moisture-laden Pacifi c storms combined with chilly air that arrived from Canada to bring the heavi- est snowfall of the season to Baker County and much of Northeastern Oregon over the weekend. And the National Weather Service predicts the wintry pattern will persist at least through the rest of the week. The fi rst in the parade of storms lost much of its po- tency before it reached Baker County, dropping a half inch of snow Friday night and early Saturday in Baker City. Children of Oregon Trail Elec- tric Cooperative members are invited to enter OTEC’s Electri- cal Safety Artwork Contest. The contest, open until April 15, is for young artists from kin- dergarten through eighth-grade. There are three separate categories, divided by age group: • Students from kindergar- ten through third grade can pick one of three coloring pages available on OTEC’s website at 7 — 12 — 16 — 38 — 47 — 48 Next jackpot: $3.6 million POWERBALL, Feb. 8 35 — 49 — 50 — 59 — 66 PB 6 Next jackpot: $70 million MEGA MILLIONS, Feb. 7 9 — 14 — 27 — 36 — 52 Mega 4 Next jackpot: $202 million WIN FOR LIFE, Feb. 8 51 — 60 — 71 — 75 PICK 4, Feb. 9 • 1 p.m.: 0 — 5 — 3 — 9 • 4 p.m.: 3 — 0 — 7 — 2 • 7 p.m.: 5 — 1 — 1 — 5 • 10 p.m.: 8 — 8 — 5 — 4 LUCKY LINES, Feb. 9 2-6-11-13-18-21-28-29 Next jackpot: $40,000 S ENIOR M ENUS ■ WEDNESDAY: Chicken cordon blue with hollandaise, baked potatoes, peas and carrots, bread, beet-and-onion salad, bread pudding ■ THURSDAY: Baked ham, sweet potatoes, mixed vegetables, rolls, Jell-O with fruit, cinnamon rolls ■ FRIDAY: Beef pot roast, scalloped potatoes, green beans, roll, pea-and-onion salad, berry cheesecake ■ MONDAY (Feb. 17): Closed in observance of Presidents Day. ■ TUESDAY (Feb. 18): Cabbage rolls, parslied red potatoes, carrots, bread, broccoli-bacon salad, cheese cake 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 © 2020 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 Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 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: Baker City (97814), $10.80; all others, $12.50. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Baker City Herald, P.O. Box 807, Baker City, OR 97814. Periodicals Postage Paid at Pendleton, Oregon 97801 importance of electrical safety, make a short video or write a short play script that teaches the importance of electrical safety. Prizes will be awarded to the top three entries in each age group, including a $100 gift certificate for the first-place finishers. All winners will be invited to OTEC’s annual meeting May 30 in Baker City to receive ORDINANCE list of questions Monday related to the situation. Continued from Page 1A Jones said her overriding concern was Once he understood that, Bennett to ensure that commissioners weren’t said he realized the 2018 ordinance intending to pass another ordinance. didn’t need to be supplemented. She said she’d “like to have that in “This is a really critical issue for all of writing.” us,” he said. “It was just a mistake. I’m But notwithstanding Bennett’s and sorry that it happened.” Harvey’s statements that the 2018 In the meantime, several people no- voter-approved ordinance will stand on ticed last week that the 2018 ordinance its own, Jones said she’s still bothered by had been removed from the county’s the episode. website and the proposed new ordinance “There’s still questions that need to be had been posted. answered,” she said. Jones said she received calls starting Chief among those, in Jones’ estima- Friday from residents who saw the new tion, is the language in the now-with- ordinance on the county’s website and drawn draft ordinance. were perplexed, given that voters just Jones contends that the document not 15 months ago had passed the Second only wouldn’t have strengthened Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance. Amendment protections for Baker That prompted Jones, Van Diepen County residents, but it would have and Brown to send commissioners a done the opposite. their award. “Prevention and awareness are keys to being safe because they may mean the difference between life and death when it comes to electricity,” Sandra Ghormley, OTEC’s director of member services, said in a press release. “Knowing how to be safe around power lines and learning how to use electricity safely are topics that never get stale.” “If they think that draft would protect Baker City, it would not,” Jones said. Among her complaints about the draft ordinance are that it lists a series of existing laws restricting or prohibiting ownership of certain types of guns. In the letter they sent Monday to commissioners, Jones, Van Diepen and Brown wrote of the draft ordinance: “(It) acknowledges a list of unconstitutional gun control laws, which defeats and negates the purpose of this entire draft ordinance.” Brown said he was concerned that the withdrawn draft ordinance omits the penalty section from the 2018 voter- approved ordinance. That section states that anyone who violates the ordinance’s Second Amendment protections can be subject to a civil fi ne of up to $2,000 for an individual and $4,000 for a corpora- tion. ROBBERY Caleb Day, 22, and Dillon Baldwin, 20, both of Baker Continued from Page 1A City, at 1:30 a.m. in the area Cutshall, who has been of Cedar and H streets on held at the jail on other July 22, 2019. charges since Nov. 19, was The charges of second-de- arrested on a grand jury in- gree robbery, a Class B felony, dictment for the same crimes accuse Cutshall and Carter, on Feb. 3. The grand jury in different scenarios, of indicted both men on Jan. 30, working together to threaten court documents state. Day and Baldwin while Cutshall and Carter are claiming to be armed with a both charged with robbing dangerous weapon when they took their property, the indict- ments state. Upon conviction, second-de- gree assault carries a manda- tory minimum prison term of fi ve years and 10 months. The two men are charged with third-degree assault, a Class C felony, for allegedly causing physical injury to Day when they took his wal- let and cellphone valued at more than $100, which consti- tutes second-degree theft, a Class A misdemeanor. The third-degree theft charge, a Class C misdemean- or, accuses the two men of taking cash of less than $100 from Baldwin. Robert Moon, a Baker City attorney, has been appointed to represent Carter. Cutshall’s court-appointed attorney is Robert Raschio of Canyon City. YMCA that fi lls in that space so we don’t have that pressure to just get someone right away,” she said. Leadership, working with community partners to build and strengthen their relation- ships, a positive infl uence, and help build the Y mission are some of the aspects they look for in a new CEO. “But then also someone who has some background in the business side of things; the budget and (who) can run the fi tness center. It’s multi- faceted,” Petrik said. The CEO oversees the di- rectors of the Y departments, such as the sports director, preschool director, and health and wellness director. The Y employs 60 people, many of whom are part-time workers. “A lot of people don’t realize that we have that many staff,” Petrik said. The CEO also runs the Y’s annual campaign to raise money for youth scholarships. The campaign runs from June through October and the organization raised around $50,000 last year. Petrik said the Y awards around $70,000 in scholar- ships throughout the year to ensure kids have access to sports and other programs. at candidates for the interim position. Continued from Page 1A For the CEO position, they “Hopefully that person (the will consider individuals both interim director) will be in in and outside of the Y organi- place in the next few weeks,” zation, Petrik said. Petrik said. “They don’t necessarily In a statement, the YMCA have to have been in the Y board of directors “thanks organization, although there Luke for his work and leader- are benefi ts to having that ship over the past year, and background,” she said. wishes him and his family the Finding a CEO can take be- best in their future endeav- tween four months to a year ors.” and a half, depending on the Gibson could not be reached candidate pools, Petrik said. for comment in time for this “Defi nitely the board wants story. to make sure that we take our The YMCA board put to- time and get the right fi t for gether a transition committee the Y in place and so that’s whose members are looking why we do have the interim O REGON L OTTERY MEGABUCKS, Feb. 8 otec.coop/kids-electrical-safety- artwork-contest. • Fourth- and fifth-graders can elect to pick one of the coloring pages on the website, or create an original poster using any of the 2020 OTEC safety themes, which are also on the cooperative’s website. • Children in sixth, seventh or eighth grade can create a poster using one of the safety themes, write a poem on the N EWS OF R ECORD DEATHS Angela Cookson: 45, of Baker City, died Feb. 6, 2020, at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, with her family at her side. 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 Gloria Bailey: 70, of Baker City, died Feb. 8, 2020, at her home, surrounded by family. Ar- rangements are under the direc- tion of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services. On- line condolences can be made at www.tamispine valleyfuneralhome.com POLICE LOG Baker City Police Arrests, citations THIRD-DEGREE ASSAULT, FEB 7-13 ELTRYM HISTORIC THEATER 1809 1st Street, Baker City www.eltrym.com BIRDS OF PREY R FRI: (4:10) 7:10 SAT & SUN: (1:10) (4:10) 7:10 MON-THURS: 7:10 BAD BOYS FOR LIFE R FRI: (4:00) 7:00 SAT & SUN: (1:00) (4:00) 7:00 MON-THURS: 7:00 PLEASE GO TO ELTRYM.COM FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING & SHOWTIMES ( )Bargain Matinee Show Times: 541-523-2522 Offi ce: 541-523-5439 HARASSMENT and SECOND- DEGREE DISORDERLY CON- DUCT (Baker County Circuit Court warrant): Cainen Michael Phillips, 19, of 2830 First St., 3:03 a.m. Sunday, at Campbell and Fifth streets; jailed. CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker County Justice Court warrant): Dustine Lynn Dougherty, 50, of 41302 Old Highway 30, Apart- ment F, 7:27 p.m. Sunday, in the 3300 block of 10th Street; jailed. FIRST-DEGREE CRIMINAL TRESPASS: Jessica Stricker, 41, of Baker City, 4:53 p.m. Friday, in the 1600 block of Eldon Street; jailed. Crime reports SECOND-DEGREE BUR- GLARY: The Apostolic Lighthouse Church of Baker City, 2085 Seventh St., reported at 6:14 a.m. Friday that the church had been entered and ransacked. SECOND-DEGREE BUR- GLARY: The Salvation Army, 2505 Broadway St., reported at 6:51 a.m. Friday, that the building had been entered and ransacked. THEFT I: Between noon and 6 p.m. Feb. 3 on Church Street between 15th and 16th streets; taken: a Trek bicycle valued at $1,500 belonging to Lucas Gwin, 34, of Baker City. Oregon State Police DRIVING UNDER THE INFLU- ENCE OF INTOXICANTS: Tory R. Pangelinan, 53, of Redmond, 9:59 p.m. Saturday, on Highway 7 near Whitney; jailed; Sr. Trooper Nicholas Hagedorn stated in the daily media log that Pangelinan was arrested after investigation of a crash in which his vehicle went off the snowy road and slid into the northbound ditch. Pangelinan was transported to the jail where his blood-alcohol concentration tested at 0.24, Hagedorn wrote in his report. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLU- ENCE OF INTOXICANTS: Abigail Frances Mobley, 35, of Canyon City, 2:28 p.m. Saturday, on Highway 26 near Unity; she was taken to the Baker County Jail where she was cited and released to her husband. Police said the citation was issued after investigation of a report that Mobley had pulled over to use the restroom and her vehicle became stuck in the snow. She stumbled down the road and fell, scraping her face, Sr. Trooper Nicholas Hagedorn stated in the daily media log. Mark and Patti Bennett of Unity provided medi- cal care at the scene. Mobley was transported to the Burnt River Market and Motel where she was met by Hagedorn. Mob- ley’s blood-alcohol concentration was 0.27 when she was tested at the jail, the report stated. They say it often “takes a village” to help neighbors through a diffi cult time, we certainly found that to be true when we brought our mother, Wilma Boesiger, from Boise to Baker City to live with us. We received so much help and emotional support to make her fi nal year dignifi ed, peaceful and comfortable. We would like to thank the following. First, to Korey Ham and the staff at St. Lukes Clinic for her compassionate medical care. Thanks also to the wonderful staff at Home Health who help get her adjusted in her new home and provided so much valuable information. To the entire team at Heart & Home Hospice, we say WOW! You are such amazing people and you made what could have been a very diffi cult time so much easier. A special thanks to her nurse, Melissa and CNA, Lettye, you are both angels. Finally a HUGE thanks to her incredible caregiver, Teresa Jeff ords. Mom had so much fun playing games, doing puzzles, and laughing at the Golden Girls with you! For that, and so much more, we will be forever grateful. - Pat & Jim Brougham and Family
