2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2020
Free Alzheimer’s event set March 20
B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
MONDAY, MARCH 9
■ Baker County Library Board: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Riverside
meeting room at the library, 2400 Resort St.
■ Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection District
Board: 7 p.m. at the Pondosa Station.
TUESDAY, MARCH 10
■ Baker City Council: 7 p.m., City Hall, 1655 First St.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
■ Lower Powder River Irrigation District Board: 6 p.m.
at Barley Brown’s, 2190 Main St.
THURSDAY, MARCH 12
■ Baker School Board: 6 p.m., Council chambers at Baker
City Hall, 1655 First St.; meeting rescheduled from third
Thursday of the month.
FRIDAY, MARCH 13
■ 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.
MONDAY, MARCH 16
■ Baker School Board: Work session, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at
South Baker Intermediate School, 1285 Third St.
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
March 7, 1970
Russel Hunt, 18, of Baker, is one of the more fortunate
young men who will satisfy his military obligation while at
the same time do something he enjoys. He’s a musician,
and he’s been accepted for the Navy Band.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
March 7, 1995
February’s warm, dry weather bit deeply into Baker
County’s snowpack.
The amount of water held in snow at 12 sites in and
near the county was 88 percent of average March 1. On
Feb. 1 it was 119 percent of average.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
March 8, 2010
Local wildlife biologists will continue to study Baker
County’s sage grouse even though federal offi cials an-
nounced Friday that the bird will not be listed as threat-
ened or endangered.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
March 8, 2019
Baker City residents could pay up to 40 percent more
for sewer service by 2021 as the city prepares to build a
wastewater pipeline and storage lagoon that will cost an
estimated $11 million.
That is the worst-case scenario, however, Public Works
Director Michelle Owen told city councilors during a work
session Wednesday.
The current sewer rate for residential customers is
$23.26 per month.
The highest rate city offi cials have looked at is $32.50,
an increase of $9.24 per month.
“We know we are going to be in the $30 range, there is
virtually no question,” City Manager Fred Warner Jr. said.
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The Alzheimer’s Association’s Oregon
& Southwest Washington Chapter will
have a free community education pro-
gram in Baker City March 20.
“Understanding Alzheimer’s and De-
mentia” will take place at Community
Connection, 2810 Cedar St., from 3 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m.
Program Director Heidi (Logan) Row-
ell is a former Baker City resident who
will be traveling from Portland to teach
the class.
“The Alzheimer’s Association seeks to
provide our free programs and services
to rural communities, which are often
underserved,” Rowell said. “I grew up in
Baker City so rural areas are especially
close to my heart.”
Rowell will cover information on the
impact of Alzheimer’s disease on the
SWIMMING
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“We do hope to see some
savings in utilities with the pool
being closed for the month, but
it certainly won’t offset the costs
entirely,” Owen wrote in the
email.
Workers were able to repair
a recirculating pump for the
domestic hot water at the pool,
trying to make the best of a bad
situation.
“There’s really nothing even
for us to work on at this point,
we’ve done what we can do, and
now we just wait for the part
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
to be completed and shipped
The vacuum head is pushed along the pool bottom to remove any residue collected
to us,” Owen said, referring to
while the pool was emptied.
repairs for the smaller pool.
MUSEUM
But a family friend in Haines fell ill
and she returned in the spring of 2006.
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“I just needed employment,” she said
McQuisten replaces Maggie Schirack with a smile.
as director.
She worked for Dave Banta at First
McQuisten’s one-year contract has a
Bank, which later became Sterling.
monthly salary of $2,400, based on .7
The next few years were full of change.
FTE (full-time equivalent)
She met Dan in September 2006,
or less of work per week.
they married in 2007, and they bought
Starting July 1, 2020, the
the Eltrym on March 5, 2008 — a place
salary “will be adjusted to
were she fi rst became an employee in
refl ect reduced hours of
1998.
commitment by Employee
“It was in the process of being
McQuisten triplexed,” she said of the late 1990s
to refl ect budgetary con-
straints.”
renovation. “ ‘You’ve Got Mail’ was the
McQuisten grew up in Haines, where fi rst movie in theater two.”
her parents, Fred and Karen Zimmer,
Now, as she begins her adventure at
owned the store. Her dad ran that busi- the museum, McQuisten credits a former
ness, and her mom worked as a teacher. theater employee, Gracie Hardy, for
McQuisten graduated from Baker
planting the seed of returning to history.
High School in 2001, and from the Uni- Hardy majored in historic preservation
versity of Oregon in 2005.
and museum studies — a degree that
Following college she moved to Ohio to wasn’t available when McQuisten went
live near extended family and applied to to college.
teach while earning her certifi cate.
“Historic preservation is what I would
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.
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have done,” McQuisten said.
Then this spring she saw the job list-
ing for the museum director.
“I have a really big interest in local his-
tory,” she said. “I care about the commu-
nity and the museum as a resource.”
During her tenure at the Eltrym, Mc-
Quisten has searched for information on
the woman who envisioned it — Myrtle
Buckmiller, who ran Baker Theatres
Co. with her husband, Frank. She died
before the Eltrym opened and it was
named in her honor (Eltrym is Myrtle
spelled backward).
McQuisten’s work lives are inter-
secting this week as the new exhibit
“Extraordinary Women of Baker County”
takes shape in the central gallery.
Myrtle is one of the 12 women selected
for the display.
The museum opens for the season
March 14. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4
p.m. Sunday. Admission is $7 adults, $6
seniors, and free for ages 12 and younger.
O BITUARIES
Jerry Shankle
Formerly of Baker City, 1941-2020
Jerry Dean Shankle, 79, of
Fort Mohave, Arizona, and
formerly of Baker City, died
Feb. 28, 2020, at
his home.
There will be
a private family
ceremony in the
coming summer
Jerry
of 2020 for Jerry.
Shankle
He was born
on Feb. 15, 1941,
at Elizabethton, Tennessee, to
Martha Magdalene (Peters)
Shankle and Frank Chad
Shankle.
Jerry was born a preemie
and only weighed 2fi pounds.
There were no incubators in
the hospitals until the 1950s
so his mom and grandma
(Maggie Peters) took him
home and nursed him, they
fed him with a medicine drop-
per and kept him in a dresser
drawer. He became a healthy
young child and adult thanks
to the care he was given.
Jerry was 13 when his
family moved to Baker, hav-
ing very fond memories of
all the cousins, Aunts and
Uncles who were left behind
in Eastern Tennessee. He was
able to travel back to Tennes-
see the summer of 2017 and
had a wonderful reunion with
his cousins and visiting his
birthplace.
Jerry married Wilma
Pierce, having three sons and
a daughter. His daughter,
Kari, was reunited with him
in 2017.
S ENIOR M ENUS
■ MONDAY (March 9): Barbecued pork ribs, au gratin
potatoes, green beans, roll, coleslaw, cake
■ TUESDAY (March 10): Hearty beef stew, mixed
vegetables, cornbread, fruit ambrosia, sherbet
■ WEDNESDAY (March 11): Hot turkey sandwich, stuffi ng
with gravy, peas, beet-and-onion salad, tapioca
■ THURSDAY (March 12): Boneless chicken breast with
cream gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli-blend vegetables,
roll, gelatin with fruit, cheesecake
■ FRIDAY (MARCH 13): Baked cod, cup of clam chowder,
mixed vegetables, roll, coleslaw, apple crisp
community. She will also discuss the dif-
ferences between Alzheimer’s and other
dementias, the risk factors, and current
research and treatments.
“Currently, more than 67,000 Or-
egonians over the age of 65 are living
with Alzheimer’s,” said Rowell. “Age is
the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer’s
disease and 27% of the Baker County
population is over the age of 65.”
WE ARE NOW IN BAKER CITY!
Jerry divorced Wilma, then
he married Marjorie Davis
and added fi ve more sons to
his family. He then married
IlaRae Taylor and then most
recently, Andrea Shankle.
Jerry spent most of his
life in construction work. He
worked in Alaska at Prudhoe
Bay, also at Fairbanks Memo-
rial Hospital.
He drove trucks for various
companies, unfortunately he
had to retire because of his
health. Jerry loved fi shing
and traveling. He was always
ready to drive around and
show people all the sights he
had already seen.
He always had a smile and
a laugh on his face and some-
times a little joke to make a
person’s day better.
Jerry is survived by his
wife, Andrea, of Fort Mohave,
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Arizona; his son, Randy
Shankle (Melissa) of Baker
City; daughter, Kari Thoresen
of Las Vegas, Nevada; Skip,
Boyd, and Chad and Tyler Da-
vis; and all of the grandchil-
dren and great-grandchildren
of their families; four sisters,
Brenda Rohner, Theresa
Shankle and Kathy Webb
of West Richland, Washing-
ton, and Faye Shankle of
Hermiston; two brothers,
Phillip Shankle (Marilyn) of
Tucson, Arizona, and Nor-
man Shankle of Benton City,
Washington.
He was preceded in death
by his parents; his former
wives, Wilma Shankle,
Marjorie Shankle and IlaRae
Shankle; sons, Richard
Shankle, Rodney Shankle and
Doug Davis; and a very dear
brother, Gary Wayne Shankle.
Larry D. Cole: 83, of Haines,
and a retired Justice of the
Peace, died March 3, 2020, at his
home. A celebration of his life
will take place Thursday, March
19, at 1 p.m. at the Baker City
Church of the Nazarene, 1250
Hughes Lane. Inurment will
MAR 6 - 12
ELTRYM
HISTORIC THEATER
1809 1st Street, Baker City
www.eltrym.com
ONWARD
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FRI: (4:00) 7:00
SAT & SUN: (1:00) (4:00) 7:00
MON-THURS: 7:00
THE CALL OF
THE WILD
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FRI: (4:10) 7:10
SAT & SUN: (1:10) (4:10) 7:10
MON-THURS: 7:10
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SAT & SUN: (1:20) (4:20) 7:20
MON-THURS: 7:20
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Show Times: 541-523-2522
Offi ce: 541-523-5439
follow at the Haines Cemetery,
with military honors. Services
are under the direction of Coles
Tribute Center. To light a candle
in Larry’s memory, go to www.
colestributecenter.com
Richard Cameron McLean:
83, of Baker City, died March 4,
2020, at his home surrounded
by his loving family. To light a
candle in Richard’s memory or to
leave a condolence for his fam-
ily, go to www.grayswestco.com
POLICE LOG
Baker County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLU-
ENCE OF INTOXICANTS: Brandi
R. Marberry, 35, of Orting, Wash-
ington, 9:36 p.m. Thursday, on
Interstate 84, at Baker City; jailed.
Baker County Parole and
Probation
POST-PRISON SUPERVISION
VIOLATION (Oregon State Parole
Board warrant): Travis James
Sprague, 22, transient, 10:26 a.m.
Thursday, at 3320 K St.; jailed.
Oregon State Police
PAROLE-PROBATION RE-
LEASE VIOLATION (Multnomah
County warrant): Erika Christine
Hise-Denk, 44, of Baker City, 4:01
p.m. Feb. 26 at Campbell and
Resort streets; jailed and later
released.