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2A — BAKER CITY HERALD SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2020 Chronic offender sent for treatment By Chris Collins ccollins@bakercityherald.com B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR MONDAY, APRIL 13 ■ Baker County Library Board: Public web conference through GoToMeeting, 6 p.m. Public can join meeting by phone by calling 1-312-757-3121 and entering access code 222-438-445; for information on accessing the meeting by computer, send an email to info@bakerlib.org TUESDAY, APRIL 14 ■ Baker City Council: 7 p.m., 1655 First St.; councilors, city staff and six community members allowed to attend; or watch remotely on AVCapture at https:bakercity.com/2173/ Council-Videos T URNING B ACK THE P AGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald April 10, 1970 Dick Haynes’ idea of lively landscaped displays to show off some of the merchandise at his Farmterials store has brought him and Baker national recognition. 25 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald April 11, 1995 Ellingson Lumber Co. will re-employ at least half of its 125 laid off workers Monday. Rob Ellingson, president and general manager of the Baker City company, said millwrights, mechanics and maintenance employees will be back at the sawmill and dry kiln. The planer will start up again April 24. 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald April 12, 2010 There’s an air of optimism about cattle prices this spring as Baker County ranchers begin turning their herds out on green grass in the foothills and mountain grazing allot- ments. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald April 12, 2019 Baker County commissioners met for an executive ses- sion as well as a work session on Wednesday. The executive session, closed to the public as allowed under Oregon law, was to discuss the county’s ongoing legal dispute with a property owner about the locked gate the owner installed on a road near Lookout Mountain in eastern Baker County. Though at this point of the year the road is inacces- sible due to snow, the county wants Todd Longgood, the landowner, to remove the gate, which he installed about two years ago. The county had previously fi led a legal claim for relief to get the gate opened, but no offi cial notice has been submitted to Longgood, so the claim has not moved forward. On Wednesday commissioners didn’t take any action on the matter and only discussed possible next steps. Commissioner Bruce Nichols left the session around 11 a.m. The executive session had started at 10 a.m. and was over before 11:30. Prior to the executive session the commissioners, meeting in a public work session, discussed updating the county’s contract with New Directions Northwest for mental health services. 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Due to the coronavirus crisis, meals must be picked up; there is no dining on site. 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 Community agencies worked together Thursday to fi nd help for a Baker City man whose mental health and alcohol addiction issues have led to multiple po- lice responses over the past few weeks. Jon Kevin Noble, 56, of Baker City, was fi nally lodged in the Baker County Jail Wednesday despite a cite-and- release order that has been in place for those committing lesser crimes during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure social distancing for prisoners. Noble was arraigned Thursday in Baker County Circuit Court on the most recent charge of fi rst-degree burglary, for allegedly entering Dick’s Bike Shop at 2470 E St. for the second time this week. District Attorney Greg Baxter said Thursday that he had intended to ask Judge Matt Shirtcliff to hold Noble on $20,000 bail, but instead, Noble was sent to an inpatient treatment center in Pendleton where he was ordered to remain until he completes treatment, Baxter said. Sheriff Travis Ash said he agreed to hold Noble because of the multiple repeat offenses, which also included allegations of trespassing and thefts at Albertsons and Safeway. “He was continuing down that path and there had to be some kind of inter- vention,” Ash said. “This isn’t the typical trespass or burglary you typically see.” Ash said he worked with Shari Selander, CEO and executive director of New Directions Northwest, to fi nd a solution to the problem. By Thursday, a placement had been found for Noble. “It all came together through relation- ships we’ve developed with New Direc- tion and our partners to get him some help and to keep our community safe,” Ash said. “This was a team approach to solve this problem.” Ash said Noble was an example of a person who was better served by inpatient treatment. Sending him to the Pendleton center also helped keep the current jail population to a minimum. The jail, built in 1991, has a 45-pris- oner capacity. There were 18 people in custody Friday afternoon. That number has been kept low by police taking only those people charged with specifi c crimes to jail due to the pandemic. Mandatory arrests include suspects accused of domestic violence crimes, stalking, violating restraining orders, and failure to appear and no-bail war- rants. Suspects in all Ballot Measure 11 crimes, such as murder, rape and rob- bery, also are required to be taken into custody. The Ballot Measure 11 crimes carry mandatory minimum prison terms upon conviction. Ash said he and his leadership team have added another layer of protection for the jail staff, dispatchers and prison- ers in the effort to keep the numbers in the jail low. That includes erecting a self-con- tained tent to house Parole and Proba- tion clients who commit minor violations and are placed on house arrest, but who might have no place to stay. The Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team set up its large emergency tent at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in March to use if needed for coronavirus patients. The emergency house-arrest tent is a second tent that was available. No one was staying in the tent as of Friday afternoon, Ash said. When it is needed, those on house arrest will be allowed to come and go during certain prearranged hours to allow them to apply for work or keep other necessary appointments. The tent is heated and currently is set up with cots for six people, with two more to be added if necessary. Activity in the tent can be monitored by jail staff by video. “We want to set people up for success,” Ash said. “We don’t want people running amok.” Meals will be provided by the jail’s meal program and restrooms are avail- able inside the lobby at the Sheriff’s Offi ce, Ash said. “This is for a probation client who is not making wise decisions,” Ash said. “Those folks that are on probation and need an alternate form of custody.” Ash said the unusual conditions imposed by the threat of the coronavirus have led his agency and community partners to come up with new solutions in uncharted territory. “These are trying times for all of us,” he said. “And we’re trying to manage our inmates and parole and probation population as effectively as possible.” CLIPS Continued from Page 1A The launch pad, as it were, was Facebook. Schuette said he belongs to a few Facebook groups started by owners of laser engraving businesses. He read a few posts referring to doctors and nurses who complained about ear pain after day-long stints wearing face masks. There were several designs available for clips that ease the pressure but still hold the masks snugly, Schuette said. With his regular business slowing considerably since the pandemic started, he fi g- ured he could put both laser engraver/cutters to work producing something useful (Schuette has one machine at his home, and Zinn operates the other at his). “I’d rather have my laser running and doing some- thing,” Schuette said. He also had acrylic sheets on hand, having used the ma- terial to produce, among other things, Christmas tree orna- ments. He also uses acrylic sheets to make templates for other items, including decals that are attached to hats. “It’s a pretty versatile ma- terial,” Schuette said. But rather than rely solely on the clip designs avail- able on Facebook, Schuette decided to enlist an expert as a design consultant. And he only had to look next door. His good friend and neigh- bor, Neil Carroll, is a Baker City physician. “I didn’t want to make something that’s not useful, and what better way than to have a doctor come over and tell me what he needs,” Schuette said. “We want to try to make their job more comfortable at least.” He was interested not only in Carroll’s suggestions about the clips, but also about a plastic face shield that Schuette read about on the Facebook groups. He can produce masks as well. N EWS OF R ECORD POLICE LOG Baker City Police Arrests, citations VIOLATION OF A STALKING ORDER: Sheila Eileen Siddo- way, 51, of Ontario, 11:05 a.m. Wednesday, in the 200 block of Campbell Street; jailed. FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM (U.S. District Court warrant): Reed Aldean Siddo- way, 54, of Ontario, 11:05 a.m. Wednesday, in the 200 block of Campbell Street; jailed. Lisa Britton/For the Baker City Herald A 12-inch-by-24-inch sheet of acrylic yields 67 face mask clips. clips. The laser unit, which looks like nothing so much as one of the oversize crayons de- signed for a toddler’s chubby but somewhat clumsy fi n- gers, hovers over the sheet. Schuette taps a key on his computer to send a command —Tim Schuette, co-owner, to the machine, and the laser T2 Custom Laser Engraving begins to sweep back and forth across the acrylic. Schuette said Carroll told (He said that at full speed him that there’s no shortage it generates a force of 5 Gs of shields, but that the clips when it switches directions.) might be welcome. Engraving the design Schuette made a handful takes about 12 minutes and of clips and gave them to 57 seconds. Carroll early this week. During the cutting, which “The next day he said, ‘can takes 11 minutes and 50 we get some more?’ ” seconds, the laser’s bright T2 Custom Laser Engrav- orange pinprick moves in the ing’s two machines have seemingly random yet precise been running regularly ever motion peculiar to computer- since. controlled machines. Schuette created the clip “As many times as I’ve sat design on his computer. Al- here watching it I still don’t though it takes about twice get bored,” Schuette said as long for the laser to fi rst with a smile. etch, then cut, the design, he The laser’s precision is decorated the clip with the exquisite. Schuette said he “S” Superman logo and the designs to the 1000th of an motto “We Appreciate You!!!” inch. Each 12-inch-by-24-inch He said he plans to sheet of acrylic yields 67 continue donating the clips, “I don’t want to make something that’s not useful, and what better way than to have a doctor come over and tell me what he needs.” which cost about 14 cents each to produce. However, if the demand continues to grow, Schuette said he and Zinn might at least accept donations to help them buy materials. The bigger expense is ship- ping the clips, Schuette said. Thus far Schuette hasn’t had to adjust his work schedule to accommodate this unexpected task — he’s on vacation. “I’m supposed to be in Ve- gas for my 40th birthday, but Vegas told us not to come,” he said with a chuckle. Schuette, who turns 40 on Sunday, had been slated to fl y to Nevada on Thursday morn- ing with his wife, Becky, but those plans were made before the coronavirus restrictions started. Instead of the fl ashing lights of casinos, Schuette will be watching the laser slide across sheets of acrylic. Part of the time, anyway. “You’re not cutting clips all weekend,” Becky said from across her husband’s work- shop. “It’s your birthday.” Qgmdddgn]l`]ogjco]\g&A_mYjYfl]]al&%BJ 225 H Street • East of I-84 • 541-523-3200 • grumpysrepair.com !"#$$%&'((#()% '(*'++,&"-.% /#(.,0*%12% /-3$$%4-$+%5,'% !"#$%&'($)$'!*& $++,-+%65%#(*"7$$#()% /#(.,0*%89: ;,<+'"-&%(,"% &'((#()%7*%=7*"%7*% 04-(%#"%07*%(-02%% >-"%'*%#(*"7$$% *$./)0$0.12!+)& *,$#.%*"7"-%.&#?-:
