2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2020
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
July 31, 1970
The Baker number two team in the 13-year-old tour-
nament in Wallowa advanced into the winners bracket
Thursday with a win over Wallowa Valley in the fi rst game
of the tournament.
The Baker team defeated Wallowa 6-2 to move into the
second round of the double elimination tournament.
THE TWO VICTIMS, BOTH FROM HOOD RIVER, WERE NOT WEARING LIFE JACKETS
Two people drowned while
fishing at Oxbow Reservoir
By Chris Collins
ccollins@bakercityherald.com
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 31, 1995
U.S. Forest Service fi re experts continue to monitor a
lightning-caused blaze near Crawfi sh Lake, 24 air miles
northwest of Baker City.
Friday’s near-100-degree heat and strong winds pushed
fl ames over a ridge toward the lake. The blaze produced a
smoke cloud that was visible from Baker Valley.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 30, 2010
Road closures are making it diffi cult to do business
in Richland, Halfway and Hells Canyon, but a contract is
expected to be awarded around the end of next week to
repair fl ood damage to Road 39 of the Hells Canyon Sce-
nic Byway between Halfway and Wallowa Lake.
Debi Bainter, manager of the Baker County Chamber of
Commerce, said it’s important to get the word out that the
Eagle Valley and Hells Canyon National Recreation Area
are open and accessible up to the lower portion of Forest
Road 39, which washed out south of the Hells Canyon
Overlook in May.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 31, 2019
Two fi res, the largest of which covered about 19 acres,
burned in sagebrush and grass Tuesday afternoon on the
south slopes of Coyote Point, a small butte about 2 miles
northeast of Haines.
The smaller fi re, which was about one-quarter to one-
half acre south of the larger blaze, burned about one-tenth
of an acre, said Steve Meyer, wildland fi re supervisor at
the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Baker City offi ce.
A fi re investigator from the BLM’s Vale District arrived
Tuesday evening to try to determine the cause of the fi res.
Fire offi cials have ruled out lightning as the culprit,
Meyer said.
He said both fi res started beneath an Oregon Trail Elec-
tric Cooperative power line.
The larger blaze burned mostly on private rangeland,
but fl ames also spread to about 4 to 5 acres of BLM land,
Meyer said.
There are two separate parcels of BLM land, totaling
about 430 acres, in the area. Both parcels are surrounded
by private property.
OTEC crews were upgrading a substation in that area
on Tuesday, said Eric Wirfs, district superintendent for the
cooperative.
The fi re didn’t damage any OTEC facilities, Wirfs said.
Although the fi re burned outside the Forestry Depart-
ment’s protection area, Meyer said he drove to the site,
accompanied by a fi re engine, after hearing about the fi re
on an emergency radio frequency.
He said that when he arrived the fi re had burned about
15 acres, and fl ame lengths were 5 to 10 feet.
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Baker County Sheriff’s
offi cers believe a 14-year-
old boy who waded into the
water on the banks of Oxbow
Reservoir at the eastern edge
of the county stepped into a
steep drop-off and drowned
Monday morning.
In an attempt to save the
boy, his adult fi shing partner
also fell into the deep water
and drowned, a press release
stated.
The bodies of 14-year-old
Wyatt James Smith, and
Matthew Titus Kellogg, 41,
both of Hood River, were
found in about 10 feet of
water below Brownlee Dam,
Ashley McClay, Sheriff’s
Department spokeswoman
said Tuesday.
Oxbow Reservoir is the
middle of the three reser-
voirs on the Snake River
forming the border between
Oregon and Idaho.
Brownlee Reservoir is
upriver from Oxbow, and
Hells Canyon Reservoir is
downriver.
Oxbow Reservoir is about
75 miles east of Baker City.
The Baker County Sher-
iff’s Department was called
about 10:53 a.m. Monday
by the Washington County
Sheriff’s Offi ce in Weiser,
Idaho, reporting that two
people had gone underwater
while fi shing from the Ore-
gon side at Oxbow Reservoir
below Brownlee Dam. Shaun
Jason Moore, 41, Wyatt’s
eddy below Brownlee Dam.
The bodies were recov-
ered by the Baker County
Sheriff’s Offi ce Search and
Rescue dive team.
McClay advised people
to wear life jackets, even
while fi shing from the shores
of the Snake River or its
reservoirs.
The drop-off at the water’s
edge can be extremely steep,
she said.
“A lot of people don’t think
about wearing life preserver
devices along the shore, but
Baker County Sheriff’s Offi ce photo from our viewpoint they
Law enforcement from Baker County and from two Ida- should wear life jackets
ho counties participated in the search for two Hood River when they are near water,”
residents who drowned Monday in Oxbow Reservoir.
she said. “Even sometimes
the strongest swimmers can
“A lot of people don’t think about wearing life preserver get in trouble depending on
the current and the depth of
devices along the shore, but from our viewpoint they
the water.”
should wear life jackets when they are near water.
A teenage boy from the
Portland
area who was visit-
Even sometimes the strongest swimmers can get in
ing Baker County over the
trouble depending on the current and the depth.”
Fourth of July weekend with
— Ashley McClay, Baker County Sheriff’s Offi ce
family and friends, drowned
in Brownlee Reservoir near
father, reported the incident, water, but he was unable to
Hewitt Park, 3 miles east of
McClay said.
reach the pair and they did
Richland, just off Highway
Moore told police that his not resurface, McClay said.
86.
son and Kellogg had been
In addition to Oxbow
Authorities believe Thi-
walking in the water while
resident deputy Brian Har-
erno Bah, 17, who could not
fi shing. McClay said the boy vey, Baker County Sheriff’s
swim, waded into the water,
got too far from shore and
marine deputies responded
which dropped off from the
began having diffi culty and
along with offi cers from
shore to a depth of about 40
when Kellogg tried to help
Washington County, Idaho,
feet, and drowned when he
him he also began having
and Adams County, Idaho, at was unable to get back to
diffi culty in the water.
Council. They launched two safety. A week-long search
Moore told police he saw
boats and a jet ski to search ended on July 10 when a
his son and Kellogg go under. for Smith and Kellogg, Mc-
kayaker found Bah’s body
They were not wearing life
Clay said.
fl oating near the boat docks
jackets.
The two were found in
at Hewitt Park about 50
Moore tried to go in the
about 10 feet of water in an
yards from shore.
O BITUARIES
Sally Farmer
of the bummer lambs that
had lost their mothers. Her
It is with the deepest sad- family moved to Baker when
ness that the family of Sally she was a teenager, and she
Anne Farmer announces
graduated in the 1950 class
the passing of their beloved
of Baker High School.
mother, sister, grandmother,
On June 27, 1948, she
aunt, and friend.
married the love of her life,
“Grandma Sally,” 88, died Clifford George Farmer Jr.
peacefully at her Baker City She spent the fi rst phase of
home on July 25, 2020.
her married life as a home-
Visitations will be at Coles maker. Together they raised
Funeral Home, 1950 Place
their three children, Karen
St., on Saturday, Aug. 1, from Anne Eck, Kay Marie Pat-
8 a.m. to 10 a.m. with limited terson, and Kipton George
space to ensure
Farmer. In 1958, they started
social distanc-
the family business, Cliff’s
ing. A graveside
Saws and Cycles, on Tenth
funeral will
Street in Baker City. As the
follow at 11
kids went off on their own,
a.m. at Mount
Sally began doing the offi ce
Sally
Hope Cemetery,
work at the shop where she
Farmer
where she will
continued to work until just
be laid to rest
recently.
beside her beloved husband,
“Grandma Sally” was often
Clifford. Face masks will be
accompanied at the shop by
required at both the visita-
her many grandchildren.
tion and graveside services.
Sally and Cliff enjoyed travel-
Sally joined this world on
ing across the U.S. on their
Feb. 19, 1932, as the second
Honda Goldwing, and their
child to Lila Grace Friedly
grandchildren were always
and her fi rst husband. She
delighted when they showed
was born in rural Redwing,
up on the motorcycle for a
Kansas. When she was a
visit.
small child, her family moved
Sally enjoyed riding her
to Oregon, where she spent
bicycle, picking huckleber-
her childhood living on a
ries, cooking, sewing, study-
sheep ranch near John Day
ing the Bible, and spending
and Kimberly, Oregon. She
time with her family. Family
took pride in taking care
was very important to Sally,
Baker City, 1932-2020
N EWS OF R ECORD
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
PROBATION VIOLATION
(out-of-county warrant): Dominic
Michael Silva, 27, transient, 3:15
a.m. Tuesday, at Washington
Avenue and Cherry Street; cited
and released.
BAKER COUNTY JUSTICE
COURT (Two warrants): Valerie
Jean Brinton, 52, of Baker City,
12:45 p.m. Tuesday, in the 800
block of Elm Street; cited and
released.
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker
County Justice Court warrant):
Starlynn Marie Brown, 41, of
2609 14th St., 1:48 p.m. Tuesday,
at 14th and A streets; cited and
released.
Crime reports
FIRST-DEGREE THEFT: At
Campbell and 17th streets,
between Sunday afternoon and
Monday afternoon; taken: a light-
ed stop sign valued at $1,500
belonging to Baker City; the sign
was damaged in a crash at the
intersection about 1:30 p.m. Sun-
day, police said; a Public Works
employee reported the sign
missing at 1:24 p.m. Monday.
and she could often be found
down at the Inland Café en-
joying food and many laughs
with them.
Sally was a longtime
member of the Baker United
Methodist Church, active in
all aspects of the life of the
congregation. She touched
many lives as a Sunday
school teacher, a leader in
adult Bible study groups
and a layman minister,
and she invested in youth
through church activities
and the Scouting troop. Sally
was quick to reach out to
anyone in need of her care.
She served in nearly every
leadership capacity with the
church board and the United
Methodist Women’s group.
She took great pride in
hosting her annual UMW
Christmas party. Sally was
always a part of the Meth-
odist potlucks, ice cream
socials, funeral dinners, and
other church events and was
known for eating only after
the last person was served
and staying to clean until the
fi nal dish was done.
Sally is survived by her
brother, Darrell Bales; her
children, Karen Eck, Kay Pat-
terson and Kip Farmer; her
grandchildren, Lori Buschke,
Jeanie Dexter, Stephanie Eck,
Jessica Eck, Jason Waldrop
and Brad Waldrop; her great-
grandchildren, Cody Buschke,
Brett Buschke, Sarah Rea,
Ryan Buschke, Elizabeth
Rea, Amanda Buschke,
Hayden Waldrop, Braxton
Waldrop, Meadoh Waldrop,
Maddox Waldrop, Kate-
lyn Buschke and Gemma
Waldrop; and her great-great-
grandchildren, Callie Brown
and Chloe Buschke.
Sally was preceded in
death by her mother, Lila
Bales; her husband, Clifford
Farmer Jr.; her sisters, Rober-
ta and Patricia; her brother,
Dennis; and her sister-in-law,
Bertha.
Memorial contributions
can be made in Sally’s name
to the Baker City United
Methodist Church through
Coles Tribute Center, 1950
Place St., Baker City, OR
97814.
To light a candle for Sally
or to leave a condolence for
her family, go to www.coles
tributecenter.com
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