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2A — BAKER CITY HERALD TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020 B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR THURSDAY, JULY 30 ■ Baker School Board: noon; Zoom video meeting; for more information, call the District Offi ce, 541-524-2260. T URNING B ACK THE P AGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald July 28, 1970 “We built the new mill because we are getting more and more small logs,” said John Brown, vice president of Ellingson Timber Company. Ellingson Timber Company recently built a new sawmill next to the larger bandsaw mill in Baker and equipped it with a two-saw scrag and a Klamath-Ward double arbor edger. 25 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald July 28, 1995 Paintings of a large shade tree and a skateboard rider decorate the skateboard park at Sam-O Swim Center. That artwork was not deemed offensive by city crews who were called back to the cement runway this week to paint over other less desirable trim. City workers have painted over graffi ti at the park three times and a community service work crew assigned by the Baker County Juvenile Department has painted it once this summer. 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald July 28, 2010 The Baker County Commissioners voted 3-0 this morn- ing to take control of the Ski Anthony Lakes resort. What’s not yet certain is whether the county will operate the ski area this winter, or a yet-to-be-formed nonprofi t will take the reigns. “I think this is a really good scenario and I think we should do it,” said Fred Warner Jr., commission chairman, who was en route to Washington, D.C. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald July 29, 2019 A payroll tax approved by the Oregon Legislature in 2017 is helping Community Connection of Baker County make its trolley service more affordable for riders with mobility issues, and expand its weekly bus shuttles. The Statewide Transportation Improvement Fund collects 1/10th of 1 percent from payrolls statewide. This “transit tax” is the sole revenue source for projects across Oregon. Community Connection of Baker County is planning projects totaling $517,400 as a result of the program. “It really is providing a pretty big shot in the arm to our transportation budget,” said Community Connection Manager Joe Hayes. The fi rst project is to reduce the trolley fair for people with mobility issues from $2 to $1. Individuals looking to participate can apply for eligibility at Community Connection, 2810 Cedar St. In addition, Hayes said, the organization is expanding its weekly bus service to shuttle people from neighboring towns to Baker City, similar to the current Halfway shuttle, which costs $7. The scheduled rides will require a reserva- tion made at least one day in advance. 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The property is known by police not only as a nuisance for its accumulation of gar- bage, discarded vehicles and graffi ti, but for its reputa- tion as a “high crime activity home” that welcomes tran- sients, many of whom have been involved in criminal activity. In a June operation conducted on the property by the Baker County Narcot- ics Enforcement Team, 13 individuals were detained and identifi ed at the property. Three men were cited on war- rants, one was taken to jail for a post-prison violation charge out of Josephine County and a fi fth was wanted in Idaho, but Idaho would not extradite him. As recently as Saturday police arrested a Baker City man at the house charged with violating a restraining order against him. Justice of the Peace Kerns found during a May 6 hearing brought by the City of Baker City against James Jay Coe, the former homeowner, that the property, which at the time was in foreclosure, was “a nuisance and is unsafe.” Kerns allowed the city to take any measures necessary to bring the property into Chris Collins/Baker City Herald Members of the Baker County Narcotics Enforcement Team detained 13 people at this home on East Street in June. Police said people involved in criminal activity congre- gate at the home. On Monday the city hired a contractor to clean up debris from the property, after receiving an abatement order from a Justice of the Peace. compliance with City code. Upon signing the order of abatement on May 18, Kerns wrote that “The City of Baker has gone well beyond what is required to give defendant reasonable time to bring the property into compliance with the respective Ordinances with which the property has not complied. The nuisance has not been fully abated.” Police Chief Ray Duman said the City typically tries to work with the property owner to fi x the problem rather than going through the abate- ment process. For one thing, the City has a budget of just $6,000 for property abate- ment for the year. Monday’s cleanup of the property at 2339 East St. cost about $1,000. The work was done by Dewey Jacobs and B&K Salvage, Duman said. B&K removed metal, in- cluding car parts and frames, from the yard for little profi t. “They’re not making a whole lot of money,” he said of the cleanup workers. “They’re doing it as a community service.” A bill will be sent to the cur- rent owner, US Bank, which bought the property on March 15, 2020, for $15,201, according to Baker County Assessor’s Of- fi ce records. Coe has continued to live at the address. Sale of the property to another buyer is reportedly pending, Duman said. “We’ve been trying to get some of these places cleaned up — especially that one,” he said. Coe did work to remove some of the offensive mate- rial from the property, but not enough of it, Duman said. He acknowledged that many times property owners don’t have the money to complete the work that needs to be done. “The police department’s position is trying to work with the homeowners to get these properties cleaned up,” Duman said. “We’ve brought in dump- sters, civic groups, churches. It takes a whole community to do these things.” O BITUARY moved to Leba- non, Oregon, Dennis Elder, 74, a former when Dennis Baker City resident, died July was an infant. 25, 2020, at Prineville. His sister, Mary A memorial celebration will Lou, joined the Dennis be announced later. family shortly Elder Dennis was born on Oct. thereafter. 20, 1945, at Newport to Dennis gradu- Thomas Craig Elder and ated from Lebanon Union Savil Jean (Iler). The family High School in 1963 and went Dennis Elder Formerly of Baker City, 1945-2020 N EWS OF R ECORD DEATHS William ‘Bill’ Duyn: 87, of Huntington and formerly of Granite, died July 25, 2020, at Settler’s Park Assisted Living Community in Baker City. At his request, there will be no services. To leave a condo- lence for his family, go to www.grayswestco.com Sally Farmer: 88, a long- time Baker City resident, died July 25, 2020, at her home. Services are under the direc- tion of Coles Tribute Center. To light a candle in memory of Sally, go to www.colestribute center.com FUNERAL PENDING Annie Tomat: Interment of her cremains, Aug. 1 at 4 p.m. at the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. POLICE LOG Baker City Police Arrests, citations SECOND-DEGREE CRIMI- NAL TRESPASSING: Derek Dean Hudson, 27, transient, 9:35 a.m. Saturday, on Camp- bell Street; police responded to multiple reports of a suspicious person; cited and released. RESTRAINING ORDER VIOLATION: David Samuel Cutshall, 38, of 1345 Elm St., 3:13 p.m. Saturday, at 2339 East St.; jailed. UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO A MOTOR VEHICLE and ATTEMPTED UNAUTHOR- IZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE: Troy Eldon Baker, 34, of 2395 Clark St.; and Kyle Andrew Waldron, 35, of Bend, 6:37 p.m. Saturday, in the 1200 block of Campbell Street; both men were cited and released. Baker County Sheriff’s Offi ce DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXI- CANTS: Ty Darrius Helfrich, 21, of Huntington, 9:29 p.m. Sunday, on Highway 30; cited and released. FAILURE TO APPEAR (Baker County Circuit Court warrant): Isaac Jeremiah Kolb, 19, no fi xed address, 8:12 p.m. Fri- day at Huntington; cited and released. on to study at Oregon State University. He married Jean- nie McPherson on June 10, 1964. They had two children, Machelle and Wes. After college, Dennis went to work at Champion Inter- national (U.S. Plywood) in Lebanon. Later he became the human resources manager for Champion International Western Division in Missoula, Montana. After 29 years with Champion International, Den- nis went on to a second career with Marvin Windows in Baker City, where he spent 17 years as their human resourc- es manager. After retirement, Dennis and Jeannie moved to Prineville where he lived at the time of his passing. Dennis was an avid fl y fi sherman and storyteller. He especially loved spending time camping, fi shing and trav- eling with friends and family. Dennis was actively in- volved in the community and was very fond of the time he spent with Rotary Interna- tional. Dennis is survived by his wife, Jeannie; his sister, Mary Lou Cisar (John) of Shenan- doah Junction, West Virginia; his daughter, Machelle Davis (Jon) of Sedona, Arizona; his son, Wes Elder (April) of Leba- non; his grandchildren, Megan Kimsey (Allen) of Tualatin, and Hayden Davis (Olivia) of Lebanon; and his great-grand- daughter, Kennedy Kimsey. 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