2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2020
La Grande man accused of burglary
near Haines arrested in Washington
By Chris Collins
B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
TUESDAY, JUNE 23
■ Baker City Council: 7 p.m., City Hall, 1655 First St.; some
councilors will attend in person while others will participate
via Zoom video conferencing; members of the public may
attend as social distancing limits allow.
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
June 20, 1970
“This is a beautiful country and a hospitable town,”
representative Al Ullman said Friday night in his talk to
the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Awards Banquet of
the Baker Elks Club. Ullman was referring to the State
of Oregon and the City of Baker as being beautiful and
hospitable.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
June 20, 1995
If he still were living, Leo Adler would be 100 years old
Wednesday.
To honor Adler’s memory and all that he has done, and
will do, for Baker City, Mayor Larry Griffi th has proclaimed
Wednesday as “Leo Adler Day” in the community.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
June 21, 2010
While U.S. Forest Service offi cials scramble to fi nd
money to repair Baker County roads damaged by fl ooding
earlier this month, contractors are ready to start work on a
major forest highway job that has already claimed a share
of last year’s $787 billion federal stimulus bill.
Workers from High Desert Aggregate and Paving of
Redmond will begin repaving a 10-mile stretch of the
Anthony Lakes Highway this week.
Drivers should expect delays of as long as one hour as
work continues through the summer.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
June 21, 2019
More than thirty people turned out Wednesday in Baker
City for a public hearing on the proposed Boardman-
to-Hemingway power line, and more than a dozen local
residents told a state council that they oppose the line that
would pass through Baker County.
Nobody spoke in favor of the line.
Those who testifi ed before the Oregon Energy Facility
Siting Council listed multiple concerns about the pro-
posed 500-kilovolt line, including its potential effects on
views from the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, harm to
agricultural land and wildlife such as sage grouse.
Idaho Power fi rst proposed B2H, a 300-mile line, in
2007.
The Oregon Department of Energy has recommended
the Energy Facility Siting Council approve the project, and
on May 22 the Department of Energy issued a draft pro-
posed order for B2H. That order started a 60-day comment
period, during which the Siting Council will have multiple
public hearings in Northeastern Oregon.
Baker County Commissioner Mark Bennett said county
offi cials have followed the B2H project since its inception.
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coleslaw, tapioca
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A La Grande man accused of taking a
pickup truck from the La Grande Legacy
Ford dealership on June 12 and then
later burglarizing a home on Pocahontas
Road northwest of Baker City was ar-
rested Tuesday in Washington.
Christopher John Fulfer, 35, was ar-
rested near Moses Lake, Washington,
Sheriff Travis Ash stated in a press
release. Fulfer was booked and lodged at
the Grant County Jail in Ephrata, Wash-
ington, where he remained in custody
Friday.
He is being held on Baker County
charges of aggravated theft and burglary
and Washington charges of trespassing,
resisting arrest and drug possession.
The stolen 2018 Ford F350 pickup
truck was recovered by the Moses Lake
Police Department on Monday and
impounded. Several items taken from
the home of Bryson and Whitley Allen,
of 45043 Pocahontas Road near Haines,
also were recovered.
The Allens reported the crimes at their
home on Sunday, June 14. They said they
had returned from a trip to fi nd that
cash and property valued at more than
$10,000 had been taken from their home.
The Baker County Sheriff’s Offi ce
became involved in the investigation after
being notifi ed of the vehicle theft by the
La Grande Police Department. Ash said
a witness spotted a vehicle matching the
stolen pickup’s description on Anthony
Lakes Highway the afternoon of June 13.
Although the vehicle was not located at
that time, Fulfer was identifi ed as a pos-
sible suspect, Ash said.
During the investigation of the bur-
glary at the Allens’ home, Ash and deputy
Talon Colton discovered a key for a 2018
Ford F350 pickup. Ash said the key was
matched to the stolen vehicle.
The vehicle and the suspect were traced
to the area of Moses Lake,Washington.
Ash and Colton traveled to Wash-
ington on Tuesday. They, along with the
Moses Lake Police, executed a search war-
rant on the vehicle and recovered some
of the items taken from the Allens’ home,
Ash said.
Washington State troopers found Fulfer
walking on a highway in the Moses Lake
area Tuesday evening.
HOMES
Continued from Page 1A
“It seems like a good use
of the property,” Michel
told commissioners during
Wednesday’s meeting.
Rockwell asked Michel
for more information about
proposed driveways in the
subdivision, saying “why, at
least so far, it hasn’t been
something that’s included in
the plan.”
Michel said local contrac-
tor Haden Damschen will be
building the homes, and he
hasn’t decided on the layout
of the lots.
“And so instead of trying
to put something in now and
then changing it, we would
just do it at the time of ... we
plan on making that adjust-
ment when we’re doing the
sidewalks and curbing, so
we won’t have any curb cuts
later,” Michel said.
Eva Henes, a senior plan-
ner in the Baker City-County
Planning Department, said
the Michels’ application
doesn’t include details such
as driveway design.
The subdivision includes
13 lots of about 7,500 square
feet each — eight on the
north side of an extended sec-
tion of E Street, and fi ve on
the south side.
Michel said he would like
to build two-story townhous-
es on the remaining eight
lots, which would be on the
east side of the subdivision
and arranged north-south
paralleling the freeway.
Henes said the proposed
E Street right of way would
be 54 feet wide, and would
replace an existing private
access and utility easement.
Henes said two streetlights
and two fi re hydrants are
CONCERTS
Continued from Page 1A
Lynette Perry, the event
coordinator, said that she’s ex-
cited to be able to put on the
free concerts and give citizens
of Baker County something to
do while putting money into
the pockets of local musicians.
Perry said last week that
Baker City Events, the
nonprofi t that oversees the
concerts, needed to raise
more than $10,000 to cover
expenses.
The organization made a
lot of progress toward that
goal this week.
On Tuesday, the Union
Jayson Jacoby/Baker City Herald
The proposed 21-lot Silver Birch subdivision would be built west of the freeway.
proposed within the right
of way — one of each about
halfway along E Street, and
the others near the cul-de-
sac.
Michelle Owen, the city’s
public works director, sug-
gested a requirement that
was added as a condition of
the subdivision approval. It
mandates that public works
staff will approve utility and
street construction in the
development.
“In other words if the
developer wishes the city to
take on responsibility for the
infrastructure when the proj-
ect is complete, (public works)
needs to have more than
a statement saying install
was done to code, we want to
verify that ourselves,” Owen
wrote in an email to Henes.
Owen also attended
Wednesday’s meeting, saying
“I just wanted to highlight
that we just want an oppor-
tunity to kind of inspect as
those utilities are going in so
that we can coach or guide
or suggest how they might
mitigate or solve problems.”
Pacifi c Foundation Board
awarded a $4,700 COVID-19
relief grant to Baker City
Events to support the music
review.
Perry said the grant from
the railroad company will
cover insurance, marketing
and help pay the musicians.
“It’s huge, it took a tremen-
dous burden off of us,” Perry
said.
The grant will cover just
under half of the expenses
for the music series, but
Perry said that other dona-
tions from local businesses
have been coming in as well.
Sorbenots Coffee and
Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer
Chapel both donated $1,000
to support the event.
Other local businesses
have also chipped in with
items for the raffl e baskets
including items such as gift
certifi cates and engraved
beer glasses. Concertgoers
are encouraged to buy raffl e
tickets, which also support
the concert series.
Sunday’s fi rst event will
run from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
in the Powder River Pavilion
at the park.
Social distancing guide-
lines will be in place and at-
tendees are advised to bring
their own chairs.
Other performers sched-
uled include Chihuahua
Desert on June 28 and Brady
Gross on July 5.
More information on the
schedule is available at www.
bakercityevents.net
N EWS OF R ECORD
DEATHS
Mona Humes: 68, of Rich-
land, died June 19, 2020, at St.
Luke’s Medical Center in Boise.
Online condolences can be
made at www.tamispinevalleyfu-
neralhome.com
Ruth Kelley: 92, of Baker
City, died June 17, 2020, at
Meadowbrook Place. A private
interment will take place at
Mount Hope Cemetery. Coles
Tribute Center is in charge of
arrangements. To light a candle
in memory of Ruth, go to www.
colestributecenter.com
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home
& Cremation Services, P.O. Box
543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online
condolences can be made at
www.tamispinevalleyfuneral-
home.com
Maurice ‘Mac’ McKinnis:
Private famly service Tuesday,
June 30 at Coles Tribute Center,
with vault interment to follow
at Mount Hope Cemetery. A
celebration of life will take place
later at the Baker City United
Methodist Church for family and
friends of Mac. To light a candle
in memory of Mac, go to www.
colestributecenter.com
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