SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2020
BAKER CITY HERALD — 3A
L OCAL B RIEFING
Baker City Police offi cer Justin Prevo
graduates from Public Safety Academy
Art gallery opens on Main Street
By Lisa Britton
For the Baker City Herald
Be Tiedemann and Patti
Burrows punctuate nearly all
their stories by dissolving into
giggles.
“Patti and I have been
friends for years,” Tiedemann
said.
Now they are business
partners, too.
The pair opened White
House Art & Design Com-
pany on May 15 at 1829 Main
St.
Their search for a space
started earlier this spring.
“We both said ‘oh my gosh,
this should be an art gallery
again,’ ” Tiedemann said.
The building was formerly
home to Short Term Gallery.
Their opening, however,
was delayed by the coronavi-
rus pandemic.
“We signed the papers —
then everything hit,” Tiede-
mann said.
The shop offi cially opened
May 15, followed by a ribbon
cutting Wednesday.
Tiedemann describes
the store as a gallery and
home furnishings store that
specializes in the “rescue and
repurpose of furniture.”
“There’s not really another
store like us,” she said.
Burrows, an artist, is
retired from a 42-year career
as a nurse.
Justin Prevo of the Baker City Police Department
is among offi cers who graduated Thursday from the
16-week Basic Police Class at the Oregon Public Safety
Academy.
Over the course of the training, Prevo and the
other graduates received instruction in areas such as
survival skills, fi rearms, emergency vehicle operations,
ethics, cultural diversity and more.
The graduates were honored in a private ceremony
at the academy.
While the Department of Public Safety Standards
and Training is open for business, it is closed to the
public because of the COVID-19 health crisis, a press
release stated.
Congratulations were offered, nevertheless, to “these
men and women from diverse backgrounds entering
the law enforcement profession.”
Baker County Fair Board meets
Wednesday to discuss this year’s event
The Baker County Fair Board will meet Wednesday,
June 10, at 6 p.m. at the Courthouse, 1995 Third St.,
to discuss this year’s fair. Social distancing will be fol-
lowed. To attend via Webex, email Michelle Kaseberg
at mkaseberg@gmail.com
Lisa Britton / For the Baker City Herald
Be Tiedemann, left, and Patti Burrows have opened White House Art & Design
Company at 1829 Main St.
“We both said ‘oh my
gosh, this should be an art
gallery again.’ ”
— Be Tiedemann, who
with Patti Burrows opened
White House Art & Design
Company in the building
formerly occupied by the
Short Term Gallery
“I’m just thrilled,” she said
of the new store.
As the new owners get
more settled into the work
spaces, Tiedemann will work
on furniture projects upstairs
and Burrows will set up a
painting space.
“As time goes on, I’ll bring
my paints down here and set
up a studio,” Burrows said.
The gallery portion of the
store features local artists,
who can show two pieces on
consignment for up to 90 days.
“We already have 30 artists
and have room for more,”
Tiedemann said.
The gallery will be open for
First Friday art walks.
Tiedemann owned a similar
smaller shop — Cabin Cow-
boy Designs — several years
ago.
“Timing was good,” she said
of the new venture. “And I’ve
got a great partner.”
Another service they offer
is a wish list form for custom-
ers seeking a specifi c piece of
furniture.
“We’ll do our best to fi nd it,”
Tiedemann said.
White House Art & Design
Company is open Wednesday
through Saturday from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Updates on items and art
are regularly posted on the
shop’s Facebook page.
Baker High School hands out
honors, awards to Class of 2020
The traditional Baker High School
Honors and Awards program was
viewed from home or elsewhere by this
year’s graduating seniors and their
proud parents and extended families.
Because of the social distancing
requirements in place because of the
coronavirus pandemic, Baker School
District administrators, advisers and
other staff members presented the
scholarships and other honors via the
internet on May 27.
Kale Cassidy was named the Class
of 2020’s outstanding senior boy and
Laura Illingsworth was honored as the
outstanding senior girl. Cassidy also was
recognized as the outstanding senior
boy athlete. Sydney Younger was named
outstanding senior girl athlete.
Cassidy was among fi ve senior boys
to share the class valedictorian award.
Other BHS Class of 2020 valedictorians
are Anthony Cowan, Michael Flanagan,
Sam McCauley and Spencer Smith.
Illingsworth shared the class salutato-
rian honor with Anna Carter.
Here are the other awards and schol-
arships announced:
Illingsworth, Jacob Jackson, Jazmine
Labonte, Guadalupe Macias, Keegan
Masterson, Sam McCauley.
Isaac Nemec, Hayden Owen, Jayden
Rice, Spencer Smith, Isabelle Wachtel,
Zachary Wise, Naomi Woodward, Syd-
ney Younger.
BHS Honor Students
Anna Carter, Kale Cassidy, Anthony
Cowan, Michael Flanagan, Laura
Illingsworth, Jazmine Labonte, Sam Mc-
Cauley, Andrew Shetler, Spencer Smith,
Zachary Wise, Naomi Woodward.
Scholarship Awards
• Chapter AX of PEO Scholarship —
Gertrude Fortner/Rose Haskell: Isabelle
Wachtel
• Chapter AX of PEO Scholarship —
Mildred Rogers: Anna Carter
• Chapter CJ of PEO Scholarship:
Anna Carter, Averi Elms, Laura Il-
lingsworth
• EOU — Oregon Teacher Pathway:
Renee Blincoe, John Hurley, Vajk Mar-
vin, Makayla Mills, Emily Vowell
• OTEC Scholarship: Guadalupe
Macias, Sam McCauley, Isabelle Wach-
Academic excellence awards
tel, Naomi Woodward
Russell Anderson, Zoe Carlson-Mor-
• Ilah M. and James Baker Scholar-
row, Anna Carter, Kale Cassidy, Austine ship: Russell Anderson, Zoe Carlson-
Corpier, Anthony Cowan, Kaylee Dalke, Morrow, Alex Hammans, Jazmine La-
Josalyn Davis.
bonte, Issac Nemec, Isabelle Wachtel,
Averi Elms, Michael Flanagan, Sean Naomi Woodward, Riley Youngblood
Fuzi, James Hays, John Hurley, Laura
• Rode Family Scholarship: Russell
Illingsworth, Jacob Jackson, Kerrie
Anderson, Laura Illingsworth, Isaac
Kast.
Nemec, Spencer Smith
Jazmine Labonte, Guadalupe Macias,
• Allan McCullough Scholarship:
Keegan Masterson, Sam McCauley,
Michael Flanagan
Isaac Nemec, Hayden Owen, Logan
• Geiser Pollman Scholarship: Jorge
Perkins, Jayden Rice.
Duran, John Niehaus, Jocelyn Well-
Andrew Shetler, Spencer Shirtcliff,
man, Cheyenne May
Spencer Smith, Lucas Stearns, Beau
• Baker Education Association
Stone, Isabelle Wachtel, Zachary Wise,
Scholarship: Sam McCauley
Naomi Woodward, Sydney Younger.
• Kelly-Ebell Scholarship: Andrew
Adams, Kaylee Dalke, Jocelyn Well-
BHS Honors Diplomas
man
Russell Anderson, Zoe Carlson-Mor-
• The Charis Initiative Scholarship:
row, Anna Carter, Kale Cassidy, Anthony Sam McCauley, Jayden Rice, Naomi
Cowan, Kaylee Dalke, Averi Elms,
Woodward
Michael Flanagan.
• Col. Harry L. Dale Scholarship:
James Hays, John Hurley, Laura
Russell Anderson
BROOMS
“We laugh and talk too much.”
— Volunteer Gayle Gazley
Continued from Page 1A
“They were very interested in
what we were doing,” said Gayle
Gazley.
Downtown is quieter these days,
but Prowell greeted every person
who walked by — and even a few
across the street.
“Sometimes store owners come
out and thank us. And offer us
treats,” Prowell said.
As they sweep, the women visit
about their lives, catch up on fam-
ily news, or discuss Head’s latest
invention (like the foam cover she
created to cover a broom’s bristles).
Sometimes they stop sweeping to
• Harold Alfred Wyatt Scholar-
ship: Andrew Adams, Alex Hammans,
Jazmine Labonte, Emily Vowell, Kait-
lyn Waters, Naomi Woodward
• Rosemary Poole Rouse — OSU
Scholarship — Anna Carter
• Sanford and Mary Adler Scholar-
ship: Spencer Smith, Kaylee Dalke
• J.W. Stuchell Scholarship: Anthony
Cowan
• Knights of Columbus Scholarship:
Sean Fuzi, John Hurley, Sam McCau-
ley, Lucas Stearns
• Marvin Wood Companies Scholar-
ship: Jordan Remien
• Northwest Oregon Home Build-
ers Association Scholarship: Naomi
Woodward, Kale Cassidy
• Dordt University: Sam McCauley
• Blue Mountain Community Col-
lege: Shayna Ruby
• Eastern Oregon University: Jorge
Duran
• Jody Averett Scholarship: Jorge
Duran
• The Ford Family Foundation
Scholarship: Jayden Rice
• Leo Adler Foundation Scholar-
ships: Russell Anderson, Lauren
Benson, Raimey Brown, Zoe Carlson-
Morrow, Anna Carter, Kale Cassidy,
Joe Chesterman.
Austine Corpier, Anthony Cowan,
Kaylee Dalke, Josalyn Davis, Jorge
Duran, Averi Elms, Gracie Farber, Ian
Feldmeier, Michael Flanagan, Sean
Fuzi, Alex Hammans.
James Hays, John Hurley, Laura
Illingsworth, Brandon Johnson, Lacey
Jones, Payton Jones, Kerrie Kast,
Jazmine Labonte, Josie Lewis.
Caden Long, Guadalupe Macias,
Vajk Marvin, Keegan Masterson, Sam
McCauley, Quinton Myers, Isabella
Nemec, Isaac Nemec.
Hayden Owen, Oliver Quezada,
Jordan Remien, Jayden Rice, Jamisun
Rigueiro, Taya Riley, Brylan Robb, Spen-
cer Shirtcliff.
Spencer Smith, Lucas Stearns, Beau
Stone, Katherine Villalobos, Isabelle
Wachtel, Kaitlyn Waters, Zachary Wise,
Naomi Woodward, Sydney Younger.
tell a story, which slows down their
progress just a bit.
“We laugh and talk too much,”
Gazley said with a smile.
Main Street is their primary
focus. They sweep along the build-
ings, coax dust from cracks in the
sidewalk, scrape debris from around
bike racks, and pull weeds growing
in the tree wells.
Sometimes they only make it
Kale Cassidy, Naomi Woodward receive
Home Builders Association scholarships
The Northeast Oregon Home Builders Association
has awarded two $1,500 scholarships to graduating
Baker High School seniors.
This year’s recipients are Kale Cassidy of Haines,
who plans to attend the Colorado School of Mines at
Golden, Colorado. And Naomi Woodward of Baker City,
who will be attending Cal Poly University in San Luis
Obispo, California.
Applicants must live in Baker, Union, Wallowa,
Umatilla or Morrow counties and have an interest
in or intent to pursue a career in the building trades,
a press release announcing the scholarship awards
stated.
Clarke and Joe Ann Carnes Memorial
Scholarship distributes $22,000
The Clarke and Joe Ann Carnes Memorial Schol-
arship Fund managed by the Oregon Community
Foundation this year awarded 13 scholarships totaling
$22,000 to graduates of Baker and Powder Valley high
schools.
Preference is given to students in medical fi elds but is
not limited to those. Recipients of this year’s scholarships,
whose names were not disclosed, graduated between
2002 and 2019. Their fi elds of study include physicians,
nursing, biological sciences, biochemistry, veterinarian,
psychology, laboratory science and public health.
Baker County Garden Club meets
Wednesday at Oregon Trail Landscape
Baker County Garden Club will meet Wednesday,
June 10, at 10:30 a.m. at Oregon Trail Landscape and
Nursery, 600 Elm St. Please bring a sack lunch, bever-
age and chair.
Applications available for Baker County
Livestock Producers scholarship
Applications are available for the Baker County
Livestock Producers Foundation scholarship for the
2020-21 school year. Applicants must be residents of
Baker County and either attending or been accepted for
a second year or higher at an accredited college or voca-
tional school. Additionally, applicants must be pursuing
an agriculturally related course of study. Applications
are available at the Baker County Extension Offi ce,
2600 East St., and are due by July 15. More information
is available by calling the Extension Offi ce at 541-523-
6418 or Kay Markgraf at 541-519-2203.
New At The Library
Patrons can reserve materials in advance online or
by calling 541-523-6419. Drive-in hours are Monday
through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday and
Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.
FICTION
• “Walk the Wire,” David Baldacci
• “If It Bleeds,” Stephen King
• “The Book of Longings,” Sue Monk Kidd
• “Dead Land,” Sara Paretsky
• “The Wedding Dress,” Danielle Steel
NONFICTION
• “The Ultimate Instant Pot Cookbook,” Simon
Rush
• “The Entitlement Trap,” Richard Eyre
• “Get Out of Your Head,” Jennie Allen
• “Why Did I Come Into This Room?,” Joan
Lunden
• “Animal Viruses and Humans,” Warren Andi-
man
DVDS
• “Better Watch Out” (Horror)
• “Cats” (Musical)
• “Just Mercy” (Drama)
• “Little Women” (Drama)
• “Ophelia” (Drama)
down one side of Main.
“We’re half fast,” Prowell said
with a smile.
They welcome anyone — of any
age — who can wield a broom.
“If we had more people, we could
go faster,” Prowell said.
She’s even decorated her broom
with “We sweep together” near the
bristles and “BHS Class of 65” on
the handle.
“Just so people know how old I
am,” Prowell said, smiling at her
fellow Boomers with Brooms.
They plan to sweep Main Street
on the fi rst and third Wednesdays of
each month, starting at 9 a.m. This
schedule is one they set last fall to
spiff up downtown prior to First
Friday and Third Thursday events.
“We could certainly use more
people,” Prowell said.