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TUESDAY RUSSELL WILSON LEADS SEAHAWKS TO WIN OVER SAN FRANCISCO: PG. 6A In HOME, 1B Serving Baker County since 1870 • bakercityherald.com November 3, 2020 Local • Home & Living • Sports IN THIS EDITION: QUICK HITS Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscriber Nelson Clarke of Baker City. Sports, 6A AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Jack Sears’ fi rst throw as a starting quarter- back in two years went for a 75-yard touchdown. Sears threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score while fi lling in for starter Hank Bachmeier, Avery Williams scored on an 88-yard kick- off return and No. 25 Boise State beat Air Force 49-30 on Saturday night. Baker County Native Fred Warner Sr. Dies At Age 94 Bringing Baker’s History To Life $1.50 Perfect use for pumpkin School reopen plans continue ■ Less stringent guidelines announced Friday won’t have an immediate local effect BRIEFING By Chris Collins ccollins@bakercityherald.com Baker County Garden Club meets on Nov. 4 The new, less restrictive guidelines for returning students to their classrooms that Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday won’t have an immediate effect on Baker schools. Superintendent Mark Witty said Monday that the District will continue with its plan for Baker Middle School students to attend in-person classes one day a week beginning Nov. 9. Four separate groups of students Witty will rotate through the sched- ule. The remainder of the time, students will continue their studies at home through comprehensive distance learning. Baker High School also will continue with its plan to return about 100 at-risk students to in-person classes Monday through Thurs- day beginning Nov. 9. Most other students will continue online studies. The preschool through sixth-grade class- rooms will continue to operate in person as they have done since Oct. 14. The District is planning for a possible return to in-person classes every other day for students in Grades 7-12 after Christmas break, Witty said. The Baker County Garden Club will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 10 a.m. at the library, 2400 Resort St., to carpool for a meeting at the Dels- man residence at 17667 Deer Park Loop in Western Heights. Those attending are asked to bring a lunch. Bulldog Gold Cards support BHS football program Bulldog Gold Cards, which support the Baker High School football pro- gram, are still available for purchase. They can be pur- chased through the main offi ce at Baker High School, 2500 E St., for $10. See Schools/Page 3A WEATHER Today 66 / 35 Sunny Wednesday 69 / 39 Partly cloudy S. John Collins/Baker City Herald/File Photo, 2002 Fred Warner Sr., wearing a cowboy hat, talks to visitors to his family’s ranch during an Elder- hostel program in September 2002. Warner, a lifelong Baker County resident, died Oct. 28. Clerk’s office ready for Election Day By Samantha O’Conner soconner@bakercityherald.com Full forecast on the back of the B section. By Jayson Jacoby jjacoby@bakercityherald.com The space below is for a postage label for issues that are mailed. Ralph Ward came to know Fred Warner Sr. by getting up to dickens with him, the sort of harmless trouble for which small boys have a particular aptitude. Both were born into promi- nent Baker Valley farming and ranching families — War- ner in 1926 and Ward a year later — and so it was perhaps inevitable that they would end up playing together when their parents gathered at the Mis- souri Flat Grange Hall at the northeast corner of Baker City. (The building stands near the intersection of Cedar Street and Hughes Lane.) “We would be raising hell and our parents would come out and give us a bad time,” Ward said. “I knew Fred from a way back.” Warner, whose family’s roots date to the initial settlement of Baker Valley in 1862, died on Oct. 28 in Baker City. He was 94. Ward and Warner became buddies during the depths of TODAY Issue 75, 12 pages “Fred was one of the people that had the vision, and he worked hard to see that to fruition.” — Mark Ward, talking about Fred Warner Sr.’s efforts to have Mason Dam built on the Powder River in 1967 the Great Depression in the 1930s, and their friendship lasted through the end of the century and beyond. In his 2014 memoir, “From The Middle Both Ways,” Warner wrote that his father, Jack, told him that during the Depres- sion as many as 90% of Baker County’s farms and ranches were threatened with foreclo- suren. Ward said Warner was always a “thinker” — someone who thoroughly considered every aspect of a problem before deciding on the best solution. “He would think things out, and never get too excited,” Ward said of his friend. “He got it done when other people didn’t.” Among the many projects in Calendar ....................2A Classified ............. 2B-4B Comics ....................... 5B which Warner played a major role, one of the more prominent was the construction of Mason Dam in 1967. The dam, along the Powder River between Baker City and Sumpter, cre- ated Phillips Reservoir. The impoundment not only reduced the risk of the river fl ooding, it supplied a reliable source of irrigation water for more than 30,000 acres of farmland in Baker Valley. Ward said his brother, Alvin, who died in February 2017, worked closely with Warner on the dam campaign. Ralph Ward’s son, Mark, said building the dam was the cul- mination of a concerted effort that started in the 1950s. “Fred was one of the people that had the vision, and he worked hard to see that to frui- tion,” Mark Ward said. “He was one of the ground-pounders who went out and signed up farmers and ranchers to be (members) of the irrigation district. There was a lot of effort put into that.” Community News ....3A Crossword ........2B & 4B Dear Abby ................. 6B As ballots continue to arrive at the Baker County Courthouse, County Clerk Stefanie Kirby and her elections board are ready for Election Day. “I’m sure we’re going to fi eld a lot of calls, maybe people who didn’t get their ballots or just checking to see if we received their ballots,” Kirby said on Monday. One positive aspect of this year’s election, one of the most anticipated in the past few decades, is that more county voters re- turned their ballots before the fi nal day. See Election/Page 3A County has 7 new virus cases By Jayson Jacoby jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Baker County didn’t record any new cases of COVID-19 Saturday or Sunday, but seven new cases were reported on Monday. The quiet weekend followed the county’s most active period during the pandemic, with 30 new cases reported between Oct. 24 and 30. The county has had 151 cases since the pandemic started in March. See Warner/Page 5A Home ................1B & 2B Horoscope ........2B & 4B Letters ........................4A See Virus/Page 3A Lottery Results ..........2A News of Record ........3A Obituaries ........ 2A & 3A Opinion ......................4A Sports ........................6A Weather ..................... 6B THURSDAY — GO! MAGAZINE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE
