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2A — BAKER CITY HERALD SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2020 B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR SAFELY Continued from Page 1A MONDAY, MARCH 2 ■ Haines Fire Protection District Board: 6 p.m. at the Haines Library. TUESDAY, MARCH 3 ■ 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, MARCH 4 ■ Baker County Board of Commissioners: 9 a.m., Courthouse, 1995 Third St. FRIDAY, MARCH 6 ■ National Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Free Fee Day: In honor of the supportive community and visitors; hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily; call 541-523-1843 for more information; the Center is 5 miles east of Baker City, just off Highway 86. ■ Live Music by Keith Taylor: Ragtime piano, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, 2020 Auburn Ave.; no charge; continues most Fridays. ■ 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. T URNING B ACK THE P AGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald February 28, 1970 The Baker Bulldogs and Ontario Tigers played eyeball to eyeball for the most part of four quarters here Friday night. But near the end of the fi nal period the visitors took a slim lead and held on for a 57-51 victory. 25 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald February 28, 1995 The Baker School Board approved a $704,554 supple- mental budget Monday night. The budget was needed because of an unexpected surplus of cash carryover and to meet requirements of labor contracts negotiated last fall. There’s a private airstrip in the area west of Stices Gulch, several miles to the south. But Van Diepen didn’t know how much snow there might be on that landing strip so he settled on a fi eld beside High- way 7 in Bowen Valley, a few miles south of Baker City. “I just did a precautionary landing on the Jensen’s hay fi eld,” Van Diepen said. He was able to land about 5 to 10 minutes after noticing the engine vibration. Although the landing was uneventful and neither Van Diepen nor Dexter was hurt, the day’s challenges weren’t over. While Van Diepen was taxi- ing the plane toward a road, he rolled into an irrigation ditch. “We landed clear on the other side and I was just taxiing over to Juniper Lane to be closer to a house with a phone so I didn’t have to walk so far,” he said. “If I had just stopped right there, we would have been in a lot better shape.” The plane sustained dam- age that will take a number of months to repair at Baker Aircraft, Van Diepen said. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald February 27, 2019 When the snow begins to fall and the ice starts to form on the highways surrounding the Baker Valley and its outlying areas, Mark Witty knows he’s going to be in for some criticism. As Baker School District superintendent, Witty can be sure that there will be those who second-guess whatever decision he makes about whether to hold classes as usual or call a snow day. The fi rst decision leads to disappointed students who might be anticipating an extra day off from classes. The second sends parents scrambling to rearrange their schedules or to make special arrangements for their children, especially the younger ones, who can’t be left home alone. 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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 Thursday’s incident wasn’t his fi rst unplanned landing during his 45 years as a pilot. “I blew an engine once and then I had the same thing that happened now, it was running rough, so I landed in Burns but I just landed on the airport,” he said. Van Diepen said the fi rst time he did a forced landing, “you don’t know how you’re going to react.” “It’s kind of nice to know that you can perform under pressure, still do all the right things, which until you have to do, you don’t know,” he said. “You just gotta do your job.” Van Diepen said he’s not sure what caused the engine to begin shaking. “It was something sig- nifi cant, it was a really bad vibration,” he said. Backhoe operator Chase Giesbrecht, along with Clint Morrison, a volunteer from the Greater Bowen Valley Rural Fire Protection District, were able to lift Van Diepen’s plane from the irrigation ditch. Van Diepen said Dexter has fl own with him about half a dozen times. Both are hunters, and on Thursday they fl ew over two elk-feeding stations near Bowen Valley. O BITUARIES Scott Ashby Formerly of Baker City, 1968-2020 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald March 1, 2010 The Oregon State Senate passed a bill last week that removes the current cap of $250,000 that government agen- cies can deposit in a credit union. S. John Collins / Baker City Herald Jason Dexter, left, says he wasn't as calm as his pilot, Tom Van Diepen, when the plane developed a severe engine vibration over the foothills south of Bowen Valley Thursday afternoon. Francis Scott Ashby (Scott), 51, of Sanford, North Caro- lina, and formerly of Baker City, died Jan. 28, 2020. Scott’s remains will be placed on family property near the Elk River in the Appalachian Scott Mountains of North Carolina. “Rest in peace, Scott,” his family said. Scott was born on Dec. 7, 1968, at Bellfl ower, California, to Claude Ray “CR” and Jan- ice Jean “JJ.” Scott graduated from Hermiston High School in 1987, where he played ten- nis for four years. Scott worked as a supervi- sor for Ty Bennett Roofi ng in Baker City for 20 years. His duties consisted of roof repairs and replacement, bidding jobs, and settling insurance claims. Scott loved golf, fi shing, cribbage and especially chal- lenging his friends in music trivia. He was known to be friendly, kind and fun-loving. Scott is survived by his mother, JJ; his brother, Rod, and his wife, Kim; his daugh- ters, Amanda Jean of Port- land and Faith Rae of Baker City; and two nieces, Morgan Elaine and Ansley McCord of North Carolina. ‘Corky’ Brumnett Halfway, 1940-2020 Leo Wright “Corky” Brum- nett III, 79, died Feb. 25, 2020, at his home. There will be a memorial for Corky later this summer. FEB 28-MAR 5 ELTRYM HISTORIC THEATER 1809 1st Street, Baker City www.eltrym.com THE CALL OF THE FRI: WILD (4:10) 7:10 PG SAT & SUN: (1:10) (4:10) 7:10 MON-THURS: 7:10 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG PG FRI: (4:20) 7:20 SAT & SUN: (1:20) (4:20) 7:20 MON-THURS: 7:20 PARASITE R FRI: (4:00) 7:00 SAT & SUN: (1:00) (4:00) 7:00 MON-THURS: 7:00 ( )Bargain Matinee Show Times: 541-523-2522 Offi ce: 541-523-5439 He was born on Aug. 1, 1940, at home in Wag- oner, Oklahoma. He grew up at Wagoner, gradu- Corky ating from high Brumnett school there. He immedi- ately joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served for 10 years as an admiral’s orderly, drill sergeant, and a member of the USMC rodeo team doing bull riding, bareback riding and calf roping. His true love was always horses. He started riding and roping as a young child and rodeoed for years as a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. He moved to Eastern Oregon in the ’70s and worked as a cowboy on many ranches and remote areas in the West. He was long-legged with a southern drawl and looked a lot like the Marlboro Man. He was happiest living in the mountains with nothing but a herd of cattle, a horse, a good cow dog and some hot sauce in his saddle (“hot sauce will make anything taste good”). He had a special gift for training colts and he achieved his lifelong dream of raising his own line of American Quarter Horses. His life was marked with several tragedies, including the separate deaths of four of his fi ve children, all at differ- ent times throughout his life. His cattle brand remained a symbolic tribute to them. One day while gathering steers he was involved in a horse accident and almost completely severed his spinal cord. Unable to move or even breathe, he thought he was going to die but fellow cowboy Craig Lof- tin appeared suddenly and performed CPR on him for 40 minutes until Life Flight could arrive, saving his life. He ended up paralyzed in the spinal cord unit of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Houston, Texas. One day he was miraculously able to breathe on his own and then could move his thumb. It was all the motiva- tion he needed. Through a lot of grit and determination he was the only patient to ever walk out of the unit and went on to have 18 more years of good health. Corky was a straight shooter and spoke cowboy. He’d say things like “Never go back to the cull pen!” (don’t second guess yourself) or if his kids tried to tell him what to do he’d warn “Never ride ahead of the boss!” He delighted in being a grandpa and was very enter- tained by the many shenani- gans of his grandchildren. In the last month of his life he discovered during a surgery that he had cancer that had unknowingly spread throughout his body. He received so many visits and phone calls and mes- sages from loved ones and was feeling so happy and supported. He even got to meet his new baby great- grandson, who is named after him. His last morning, Feb. 24, 2020, at the age of 79, was spent with Sandy, his wife of 30 years, at their home in Halfway. He was looking out the window at the mountains from his favorite spot in the living room with the sun shining on his face when he took his last breath. It was very peaceful and beautiful. Corky is survived by many relatives living in Oklahoma, including his daughter, Tearsa Brumnett; brother, Donnie Brumnett; sister, Sudi Jones; sons- in-law, Danny Cantrell, Dwayne Meloy and Jim Brown; numerous nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He also is survived by his wife, Sandra Brumnett, and two stepchildren, Cassie and Joe Kennedy, all of Halfway. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leo “Bub” and Goldie Brumnett; and his four children, Jane Brumnett, Leo Brumnett IV, Rebecca “Becki” Cantrell, and infant, Travis Wade. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Hells Canyon Jr. Rodeo through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Crema- tion Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences may be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneral home.com N EWS OF R ECORD DEATHS Sandra Darlene Vassar: 68, of Baker City, died Feb. 27, 2020, at her home with her loving family at her side. She will be interred Friday, March 6, at 10 a.m. PST at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Caldwell, Idaho. A memorial service will follow later that day at 4 p.m. at the McEwen Bible Fellowship, 15403 Sumpter Stage Highway, with Pastor Dan Martin offi ciating. Memo- rial contributions can be made to the Ronald McDonald House through Gray’s West & Co. Pio- neer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814. To light a candle in Sandra’s memory, or to leave a condolence for her fam- ily, go to www.grayswestco.com FUNERALS PENDING James “Jim” Corrigan: Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 7, at St. Terese Catholic Church in Halfway. Burial with military honors will take place at noon at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. There will be a potluck afterward at the Halfway Lions Hall. The family suggests memo- rial contributions to a charity of one’s choice through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences may be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneral home.com Broadway St.; jailed. SECOND-DEGREE BUR- GLARY: Jon Noble, 56, of Baker City, 2:45 p.m. Thursday, in the 1200 block of B Street; jailed; po- lice said Noble entered a garage in the 1200 block of B Street and removed a glass drug pipe from the property. POLICE LOG Baker County Sheriff’s Offi ce Arrests, citations THIRD-DEGREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (Baker County Circuit Court warrant): Colvin Wil- liam Cutshall III, 30, transient, 12:43 a.m. Friday, at the Baker County Jail where he is being held on other charges. Cutshall is charged with putting several rolls of toilet paper into his toilet at the jail on Feb. 17 and fl ushing the toilet repeatedly, causing it to overfl ow and fl ood several jail cells, District Attorney Greg Baxter stated in a court affi davit. Cutshall has been held at the jail since Nov. 19 on multiple charges, including robbery, theft and assault. Baker City Police Arrests, citations PAROLE VIOLATION (State Parole Board warrant): Tyler Joseph Anders, 30, of Baker City, 10:12 a.m. Wednesday, at 3320 K St.; jailed. FOURTH-DEGREE AS- SAULT (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE), STRANGULATION, MENACING, HARASSMENT, RECKLESS EN- DANGERING and SECOND-DE- GREE DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Jerad Paul Patton, 34, of 1751 Church St., 9:11 a.m. Thursday, at his home; jailed. PROBATION VIOLATION (Union County warrant): Brandy Dawn Arthur, 27, of Baker City, 12:23 p.m. Thursday, at 2205
