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2A — BAKER CITY HERALD THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 Poster contest winners announced B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR 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; call 541-523- 1843 for more information; the Center is 5 miles east of Baker City, just off Highway 86. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19 ■ Baker County Board of Commissioners: 9 a.m., Courthouse, 1995 Third St. THURSDAY, FEB. 20 ■ Baker Rural Fire Protection District Board: 5:30 p.m. at the Pocahontas Fire Station. ■ Baker School Board: 6 p.m., Council chambers at Baker City Hall, 1655 First St. TUESDAY FEB. 25 ■ Baker City Council: 7 p.m., City Hall, 1655 First St. MONDAY, MARCH 2 ■ Haines Fire Protection District Board: 6 p.m. at the Haines Library. Three South Baker Intermediate sixth-graders were named as local win- ners in the Oregon State Elks Associa- tions’ annual Eye Injury Prevention Poster Contest. First place went to Chase Roy. Taylor Johnson was awarded second BARBER Continued from Page 1A “It’s an art form,” Eide said. “It’s something you’ll never master. There are people that have master barber titles but you really truly can never master this art form. Every single person has a different hair type, hair texture, colors, densities, and things like that. So you’re always con- stantly learning new tricks.” Eide said he might attend a barber convention in Los Angeles to learn more tricks of the trade. Eide also learned how to make wigs for cancer patients during training at place, and Cadell Mills created the third- place entry. All three posters will be sent to the Elks district competition, and if they are chosen at that level the students would compete in the state contest in March, said John Clark, Baker City fi re chief. The poster contest, which started in September 2019, was open to students in grades 4, 5 and 6 at South Baker, Keating and Haines schools. A total of 110 students submitted posters to the local contest, sponsored by Baker Elks Lodge 338. House that, as its name implies, primarily focused on beard trimming. But Eide said he had always wanted to return to — Timmy Eide, who recently Baker City. When he saw the opened a barbershop in wood interior and decor at Baker City 2000 Broadway — a location Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He that had been a barbershop became medically certifi ed for decades — he decided it in making wigs not only for was perfect. cancer patients, but also for Wes Dickison owned veterans and others. Dickison’s Barber Shop at Eide said he was motivated that location after his uncle, to learn wig-making in part Rod Dickison, turned it over due to the loss of his mother to him in 2005. Rod Dickison to pancreatic cancer a few died Sept. 10, 2005. years ago. Eide hopes to add a Eide lived in Idaho for sev- “speakeasy” to his shop some en years and owned a shop day, saying the name means in Nampa called the Beard “communication.” “It’s an art form. It’s something you’ll never master.” “The barbershop histori- cally has been a place where men would meet up and talk about what’s going on in the community, almost like a coffee club in the morning,” Eide said. He also wants to add an area in the basement with a few couches where people can go and play old school Nintento video games and others. His ultimate goal is to have a place where cellphones aren’t allowed, forcing people to have face-to-face conversa- tions. “That is pretty much my dream, is to have something like that,” Eide said. T URNING B ACK THE P AGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald February 13, 1970 Approximately one-third of all boys from the ages of 8 to 18 are in Scouting — either Cubs, Scouts or Explorers. This was one of the statements made by Erv Williams, main speaker at the annual Boy Scout Father Son Banquet Wednesday night. 25 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald February 13, 1995 OXBOW RESERVOIR — Like a classroom of second- graders who just heard the recess bell, 10 Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep sprint for freedom the instant Dick Hum- prheys opens the trailer door. 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald February 12, 2010 Baker County’s farmers and ranchers fared better — sta- tistically speaking, anyway — than the statewide average during a dismal 2009 for Oregon’s agriculture industry. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald February 13, 2019 Baker County voters in November overwhelmingly approved an ordinance designed to prevent the enforce- ment of laws violating the Second Amendment and the ordinance could receive its fi rst test later this year. At least 12 bills have been introduced in the Oregon Legislature that deal with fi rearms or ammunition in some way. Senate Bill 501, which has received the most publicity, is also the most restrictive. It would require gun buyers to acquire a permit, limit people from possessing guns with a capacity of no more than fi ve rounds, limit the amount of ammunition a person can buy to 20 rounds in a 30-day period, require background checks for ammunition pur- chases and require gun owners to secure fi rearms with a trigger or cable lock. O REGON L OTTERY MEGABUCKS, Feb. 10 4 — 22 — 26 — 35 — 38 — 39 Next jackpot: $3.8 million MEGA MILLIONS, Feb. 11 4 — 6 — 32 — 52 — 64 Mega 6 Next jackpot: $40 million WIN FOR LIFE, Feb. 10 20 — 34 — 35 — 73 PICK 4, Feb. 11 • 1 p.m.: 0 — 0 — 2 — 9 • 4 p.m.: 8 — 0 — 6 — 0 • 7 p.m.: 4 — 8 — 1 — 0 • 10 p.m.: 3 — 8 — 0 — 0 LUCKY LINES, Feb. 11 1-8-12-13-17-21-26-30 TAXES rooms, collects the biggest share of the lodging taxes. Continued from Page 1A In the 2014-15 fi scal year, At issue is the Baker Sunridge guests paid about County lodging tax. $194,000 in lodging taxes — An ordinance requires about 42% of the total paid owners of motels, bed-and- that year, according to county breakfasts and other lodging records. businesses in most of Baker The Super 8 has 72 rooms County, including Baker and Motel 6 has 40 rooms. City, to collect a 7% tax on The county’s lawsuit each room rate and give that addresses declining lodg- money to the county. ing tax collections, reading: A county ordinance requires “Beginning in 2018 the tax that 70% of the tax revenue be collected by Defendant at its spent for tourism promotion, three establishments dropped 25% for economic develop- precipitously as compared to ment and 5% for adminis- prior time periods.” trative expenses the county County offi cials, citing incurs in collecting the tax. the lodging tax ordinance’s Lodging tax revenue requirement that motels, dropped from $625,000 in with 72-hour notice, turn over fi scal 2016-17 to $538,000 in accounting records related to fi scal 2017-18. room rentals, sought records The county projected the from the Sunridge, Super 8 revenue to dip again, to and Motel 6. $420,000, for the current fi scal “The purpose of this request year, which ends June 30, for records was to verify the 2020. accuracy of the informa- The Sunridge, the county’s tion set out on Transient largest motel with about 150 Lodging tax returns fi led by sports. She graduated from La Grande High School in Gloria Bailey, 70, of Baker 1968. City, died Feb. 8, 2020, at her Gloria home, surrounded by family. worked as a A celebration of her life CNA at St. will be scheduled later, with Elizabeth’s the place and time to be an- in Baker City Gloria nounced. and at Grande Bailey Gloria Jean Bailey was Ronde Hospital born on Dec. 10, 1949, at St. in La Grande. Elizabeth Hospital in Baker She also worked at various to Francis and Dorothy senior living facilities. Nurs- Phillips. She was raised ing was a passion and caring and educated in both Baker for the ill and aged made her and Union counties. Gloria career fulfi lled. was very active in school Gloria loved dear sweet with the pep club for school Doug Bailey to the depths of Gloria Bailey Baker City, 1949-2020 S ENIOR M ENUS 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 lodging records for Motel 6, and that company offi cials claimed reports were not available for the Sunridge Inn from January through March 2018. Last summer Baker County commissioners said the reason the county ended its contract with economic developer Greg Smith was declining lodging tax rev- enue, which paid for Smith’s $96,000 annual contract. County offi cials attributed the drop in part due to reno- vations at the Sunridge Inn that temporarily reduced the number of rooms available in that motel. Bill Harvey, chairman of the Baker County Board of Com- missioners, said that although he can’t comment specifi cally about the lawsuit, without the records the county is demand- ing, county offi cials can’t determine whether the three motels have been complying with the lodging tax ordi- nance. O BITUARY Next jackpot: $42,000 ■ 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 ■ WEDNESDAY (Feb. 19): Spaghetti with beef sauce, broccoli-blend vegetables, garlic bread, green salad, apple crisp ■ THURSDAY (Feb. 20): Pork fi let mignon, potatoes and gravy, mixed vegetables, roll, carrot-raisin salad, ice cream Defendant,” according to the lawsuit. “Despite repeated re- quests by Plaintiff’s represen- tatives Defendant has failed to provide all of the request records.” The lawsuit lists specifi c records: • Registration cards for the Super 8 for February and June of 2018 • Monthly reports from Motel 6 showing total rev- enue, exempt revenue and other room statistics from July 2017 through June 2018, daily reports from February and June of 2018, registration cards from February and June of 2018, and the number of rooms and average percent- age rented in each calendar quarter. • Exempt revenue monthly reports from July 2017 to June 2018 for the Sunridge Inn. The lawsuit also states that DK Hotel Management has failed to give the county ac- cess to software used to track N EWS OF R ECORD DEATHS Ernest ‘Ernie’ Metcalf: 80, of Baker City, died Feb. 11, 2020, at his home with his family at his side. A memorial service will take place later, with the date and time to be announced. Arrangements are under the direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services. Online condolences can be made at www.tamispine valleyfuneralhome.com POLICE LOG Baker City Police Arrests, citations DRIVING UNDER THE IN- FLUENCE OF INTOXICANTS: Dena Rene Turner, 46, of 2810 Seventh St., 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, on Highway 30 near Haines; jailed. her soul and supported him in all his endeavors. They met at her sister’s wedding on Feb. 13, 1969, and were married on June 5, 1971, at St. Francis de Sales Cathe- dral in Baker City. Drag racing was a passion for both Doug and Gloria. They especially loved racing in their ’72 Chevy pickup in Walla Walla and the Boise Nightfi re event. The togetherness, hand-holding, laughter, sorrow, win, lose — it was always wild while they were together. Gloria’s children made her life complete with much happiness to see the boys grow up, though it was much too fast. They gave her grandchildren that she so very dearly loved and cherished. Gloria wrote this in- formation to be added to her obituary: “I love you all, remember our picnics, rodeos, water fi ghts and rock surfi ng at Catherine Creek, we had a lot of fun. Thank you all for making my life. Exciting News! Dr. Derek Blankenship is joining Baker Vision Clinic Baker Vision Clinic would like to welcome Dr. Derek Blankenship. Dr. Blankenship will start seeing patients March 3, 2020. Derek was born and raised in Baker City. Following high school, he attended George Fox University where he graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. He then attended Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry where he graduated with a Doctorate of Optometry in 2018. Upon graduation from Optometry school Dr. Blankenship has been practicing in Pendleton, Oregon. Baker Vision Clinic is very excited to welcome him back home! Dr. Blankenship is warm and engaging. He easily connects with people through his open honest desire to help others. He enjoys the outdoors and cannot wait to show his wife and son all that is special to him about Baker. Dr. Derek Blankenship is accepting patients now. Please contact Baker Vision Clinic today at 541-523-5858 to make an appointment. Get healthy, be happy and wise up (haha-hee-hee).” Gloria is survived by her sons, Douglas “Mic” and Brent Bailey “BA Babs”; her grandchildren, Gage, Darian, Jasey and Keegan Bailey, and Issac Nordbye; her great-granddaughter, Blakely Guilliams; her sisters, Shirley Rogers and Patty Phillips; and numer- ous nephews, nieces, greats and great-greats, aunts, uncles and cousins galore. Gloria was preceded in death by her husband, Doug Bailey; her sister, Marjorie Miller; her brother-in-law, Chuck Rogers; and her cous- in, Debra Burris-Bradley. For those who would like to make a donation in memory of Gloria, the family suggests either Shriners Hospital or Special Olym- pics through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences can be made at www.tamispine valleyfuneralhome.com It’s staying lighter longer, but still winter! When kids are out & about, have them wear refl ective clothing. 2390 Broadway, Baker City 541-523-5223
