2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020
B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
THURSDAY, JULY 30
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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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City will bill house owner for cleanup
By Chris Collins
ccollins@bakercityherald.com
An abatement order signed
in May by Justice of the Peace
Brent Kerns was executed
Monday at 2339 East St. in
Baker City.
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.
Donations in Dennis’ memo-
ry can be made to the American
Cancer Society or the American
Heart Association.
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