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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S ENIOR M ENUS
■ MONDAY (March 2): Swedish meatballs over fettuccine,
broccoli-blend vegetables, biscuit, cottage cheese with fruit,
brownie
■ TUESDAY (March 3): Parmesan chicken, potatoes and
gravy, Brussels sprouts, roll, carrot-raisin salad, cinnamon
roll
■ WEDNESDAY (March 4): Meatloaf, baked potato, green
beans, roll, green salad, lemon bar
■ THURSDAY (March 5): Baked ham, macaroni and cheese,
mixed vegetables, roll, pea-and-onion salad, bread pudding
■ FRIDAY (March 6): Taco salad (beef, lettuce, tomato, onion
and cheese), chips, salsa and sour cream, fruit cup, cookie
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, others.
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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.
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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