2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020
Police investigating possible arson
By Chris Collins
ccollins@bakercityherald.com
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
November 6, 1970
If the Pine-Eagle Spartans can beat the Elgin Huskies
Friday night, they will enter the state quarterfi nals in the
A-11 division and will meet Heppner in Halfway Novem-
ber 14 for the right to advance to the semi-fi nals of the
state playoffs.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 6, 1995
Legislation introduced last week in Congress would
prevent the U.S. Forest Service from establishing the fi rst
restrictions on the use of jet boats on the Snake River in
Hells Canyon.
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, and Rep. Wes Cooley, R-Ore.,
introduced companion bills Wednesday.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 5, 2010
The Baker City Council is following in the County Com-
mission’s footsteps by joining Ash Grove Cement Com-
pany’s legal battle with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency.
On Monday, attorneys for Ash Grove will fi le a lawsuit
in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.
The fi ling was prompted by the EPA’s decision in August
to not create a subcategory in the agency’s proposed new
mercury emissions rules that acknowledge the abnormal-
ly high levels of mercury in the limestone that Ash Grove
processes at its plant near Durkee.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 6, 2019
The Baker City Public Works Department’s recent project
is hard to miss.
Employees have placed more than two dozen boulders
of varying sizes on Windmill Road east of Interstate 84,
at the Court Avenue Plaza downtown between Main and
Resort streets, and at the Sam-O Skate Park.
Around 30 boulders were brought in from the city’s
property at Goodrich Creek, about 12 miles northwest of
town, to replace concrete barriers and safety cones.
The project was completed in a week.
Public Works Director Michelle Owen said public works
employees discussed the idea during a crew meeting after
looking at the orange cones on Windmill Road.
The cones were set up after the road was chip-sealed
this year and after the new Oregon State Police station
was built.
The boulders, Owen said, “look a lot better than orange
safety cones.”
Twenty boulders replaced safety cones on Windmill
Road to prevent truck drivers from driving over the curb.
Workers then chose other places where the boulders
could serve a similar purpose.
Four boulders have replaced concrete blocks on the
east end of the Court Avenue Plaza, where the street is
closed to traffi c.
Owen said the boulders are effective but smaller than
the blocks, making the bronze Salt Lick statue more vis-
ible.
“I think it just balances that area out and makes it easier
to see the sculpture,” Owen said.
Baker City Police are inves-
tigating a report of a fi re set in
a Broadway Street apartment
house Monday night as arson.
Police Chief Ray Duman
said Tuesday that while no
arrests have been made, a
COUNCILORS
Continued from Page 1A
suspect has been identifi ed.
Witnesses told police that
the incident took place at 9:30
p.m. at the apartment build-
ing at 2450 Broadway St.
owned by Richard L. Torrance
of Baker City.
A male subject report-
edly lit his jacket on fi re and
threw it into his apartment.
Duman said. The carpeting
on the fl oor of the apartment
sustained an estimated $600
damage. The Baker City Fire
Department was called to the
scene, but the fi re was out by
the time fi refi ghters arrived,
Fire Chief Sean Lee said
“I am very grateful to have
been elected to the City Council.
I am excited to be working with
this group of councilors. I am
looking forward to January 1
and getting started.”
“I’m very excited to be part of
the amazing team voters elected
last night. I think Baker City
voters just sent a clear message
about the direction they’d like to
see their city take. I’m already
thinking about what we’re going
to face locally in the wake of
Measure 110.”
Kirby also expects an un-
known number of ballots, but
probably not more than a couple
McQuisten
dozen, to arrive that voters left
in a drop box in another county,
— Joanna Dixon
which is allowed.
She is required by law to
certify the election results within “I’m humbled by the confi dence
20 days. Once she’s done that she placed in me by the residents
— Kerry McQuisten
Alderson
will send the results to the city.
of Baker City, and I’ll continue
Kerry McQuisten received the
to do what I can to earn it.
most votes, with 2,653, accord-
“I am super happy with last
ing to unoffi cial results from the
It’s an important time with
Baker County Clerk’s offi ce.
night’s city council election
the recruitment of a new city
The rest of the top fi ve: Shane
results and I am excited to work
manager and a largely new
Alderson (2,406 votes), Spriet
with everyone.
Dixon
(2,324), Johnny Waggoner Sr.
council. There is a lot to do,
(2,153), and Joanna Dixon
The voters of Baker City have
and I look forward to a bright
(1,847).
picked a winning team to lead!”
future for our citizens.”
The newly elected councilors
— Shane Alderson
will be sworn in at the Council’s
— Jason Spriet
fi rst meeting in 2021, likely the
second Tuesday of January.
couldn’t run for re-election due to the
Saluda, North Carolina;
Spriet
As the top three, McQuisten, Alderson term limits clause in the city charter.
and Scott McClure of
and Spriet will serve 4-year terms. Wag-
With up to fi ve new councilors slated Monmouth.
goner, Dixon and Sells, presuming she
to take offi ce in 2 months, the current
The candidates are
retains her lead, will serve 2-year terms. slate of councilors is moving ahead with scheduled to arrive in
The other candidates on Tuesday’s
plans to hire a new city manager before Baker City on Wednesday,
ballot are Betty J. Milliman (1,546
the end of the year to replace Fred War- Nov. 11. On Thursday, Nov.
votes), Gretchen Stadler (1,396), Annie
ner Jr., who is retiring.
12, they will tour city fa-
Waggoner
Croucher (1,218), Damon Rose (1,123)
The city manager is in effect the city’s cilities with Warner in the
and James C. Thomas (1,076).
CEO, responsible for managing, hiring
morning and afternoon.
Typically, just four of the seven
and fi ring city employees, and oversee-
The city plans to have “meet and
Council seats are on the ballot. But this ing the day-to-day operations. Council-
greets” between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on
year there were six openings because
ors, meanwhile, have the sole authority Nov. 12, at three sites to be announced,
two councilors resigned earlier this year to hire and fi re the city manager.
where residents can meet the candi-
and their replacements appointed by
In her response to the Herald’s vot-
dates and ask questions.
remaining councilors, including Spriet,
ers’ guide questionnaire, McQuisten
People attending will be required to
are serving temporary terms that end
wrote that she would prefer the current wear masks, and each candidate will
Dec. 31.
councilors defer the city manager hiring, spend 30 to 45 minutes at each of the
Among the seven current councilors, leaving that task for the new councilors three sites, said Robin Nudd, the city’s
Lynette Perry was the only one whose
who take offi ce in January.
human resources director.
seat wasn’t up for election. Perry was
On Oct. 13 the City Council an-
In other local races Tuesday, Haines
elected in 2018 to a 4-year term.
nounced three fi nalists for the city
Mayor James Brown won re-election
Two other current councilors, Mayor
manager job. They are Steve Ashworth against Brian Pound. Brown received
Loran Joseph and Randy Schiewe,
of Alpine, Wyoming; Jonathan Cannon of 130 votes, and Pound 91.
TACO BELL
Continued from Page 1A
In an email to the Herald on Tues-
day, Allen wrote that “the application
for Land Use has been rescinded per
request of the client.”
Baker Towne Square LLC, which is
owned by Gregory Sackos, owns the
0.91-acre parcel, on the north side of
Campbell Street near the Safeway and
Albertsons grocery stores, where the
Taco Bell was proposed.
In an email to Eva Henes, a senior
planner with the Baker City/County
Planning Department, Allen wrote that
MEGABUCKS, Nov. 2
5 — 10 — 13 — 28 — 37 — 42
Next jackpot: $4 million
POWERBALL, Oct. 31
2 — 6 — 40 — 42 — 55 PB 24
Next jackpot: $137 million
MEGA MILLIONS, Nov. 3
7 — 31 — 44 — 45 — 55
Mega
19
Next jackpot: $142 million
WIN FOR LIFE, Nov. 2
17 — 20 — 32 — 67
PICK 4, Nov. 3
• 1 p.m.: 6 — 3 — 2 — 8
• 4 p.m.: 6 — 5 — 2 — 9
• 7 p.m.: 0 — 8 — 9 — 0
• 10 p.m.: 1 — 9 — 0 — 6
LUCKY LINES, Nov. 3
3-8-10-16-22-25-32
Next jackpot: $13,000
S ENIOR M ENUS
■ FRIDAY: Beef pot roast, parslied red potatoes, carrots, roll,
fruit ambrosia, cake
■ MONDAY (Nov. 9): Chicken-fried chicken, potatoes and
gravy, peas, biscuit, fruit cup, lemon bars
■ TUESDAY (Nov. 10): Spaghetti with meat sauce,
caulifl ower, garlic bread stick, green salad, apple crisp
■ WEDNESDAY (Nov. 11): Barbecued pork ribs, au gratin
potatoes, corn, roll, pea-and-onion salad, ice cream
■ THURSDAY (Nov. 12): Breaded chicken strips, potatoes
and gravy, mixed vegetables, bread, carrot-raisin salad,
bread pudding
Lunches at the Senior Center, 2810 Cedar St., 11:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.; $4.50 donation (60 and older), $6.75, under 60.
Meals must be picked up; there is no dining on site.
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he was requesting to withdraw the ap-
plication “as we are still working on the
access issue and our project is therefore
not ready for formal approval.”
In his email to the Herald, Allen did
not respond to a question about whether
he intended to resubmit the application
later.
O BITUARY
April 8, 1970, when he returned to his
home in Pendleton.
Richard Leonard “Dick” Herbes, 73,
He met his future wife, Geraldine “Jer-
died peacefully on Oct. 31, 2020, at his
ry” Johnson, at the neighborhood Safe-
rural home in Haines.
way store. He was her box boy. They were
A visitation will take
married on Jan. 6, 1971, at La Grande by
place Friday, Nov. 6, from
a justice of the peace, and later on Sept.
8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Gray’s 18, 1971, in the Catholic Church.
West & Co. Pioneer Chapel,
Dick worked at several jobs in Vancou-
1500 Dewey Ave. A grave- ver, Washington, and Portland until the
side service with military
family moved to Baker County in 1977.
‘Dick’
honors will take place on
He became a draftsman for the Oregon
Herbes
Friday, Nov. 6, at 1 p.m.
Department of Forestry and created
at the Haines Cemetery.
maps for the Hells Canyon region.
Father Suresh Telagani of St. Frances de
In the 1980s he began a lengthy
Sales Cathedral will offi ciate the service. relationship with the bicycle industry in
Dick was born on Dec. 4, 1946, at
Baker County, eventually opening and
Pendleton to Leonard Englebert Herbes operating Dick’s Bikes and Repairs until
and Antoinette Ursula Young Herbes.
his health no longer allowed it.
Dick grew up in Pendleton, attending St.
Dick loved fi shing, hunting, reading,
Mary’s Catholic Academy and Pendleton singing, and creating things with his
High School until his graduation in 1965. hands. He was a carpenter at heart and
He attended college, earning a degree in loved creating crafts in his wood shop. He
drafting.
spent many fi shing trips fi lleting crappie,
He served honorably in the United
bass, perch, and catfi sh for all of the fam-
States Air Force from June 20, 1966, to
ily fi shermen.
‘Dick’ Herbes
O REGON L OTTERY
Haines, 1946-2020
Dick was a quiet, kindhearted man
and served his family and friends with-
out fanfare. He was a man of few words
and loved spending time with his family
and found great joy in his grandchildren.
Dick is survived by his wife, Jerry;
his sister, Colleen Christiansen (Tom);
his sister-in-law, Georgia Herbes; his
children, Rob Herbes (Bahyya) and Anny
Welch (Doug); his grandchildren, Adam,
Jordan, Brooke, Cassidy, Jenna, David,
Ben, Sarah, Grace, Claire, Brody, Amelia
and Matthew; his great-grandchildren,
Eva, Sophie and Rhys; and many nieces
and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his
parents, Leonard and Antoinette Herbes;
his brother, Edwin; and his sister, Sister
Emily Ann Herbes.
Memorial contributions can be made
to the American Alzheimer’s Associa-
tion through Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer
Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR
97814. To leave an online condolence for
Richard’s family, go to www.grayswestco.
com
N EWS OF R ECORD
DEATHS
Leo John Williamson: 92, of
Pendleton, died Oct. 29, 2020, at
his home. A visitation will take
place from noon to 4 p.m. Thurs-
day, Nov. 5, at Gray’s West & Co.
Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey
Ave. His graveside service will
begin at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6,
at the Haines Cemetery. Father
Suresh Telagani of St. Francis
de Sales Cathedral will offi ciate.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the American Cancer
Society through Gray’s West &
Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey
Ave., Baker City, OR 97814. To
leave an online condolence for
Leo’s family, go to www.grays
westco.com
POLICE LOG
Baker City Herald
BAKER COUNTY PAROLE
AND PROBATION DETAINER:
Jason John Gregory Efi rd, 39, of
1710 Birch St., 8:35 a.m. Tuesday,
at his home; jailed.
FOURTH-DEGREE DOMESTIC
ASSAULT: Richard Taylor Mat-
thews, 70, of 2350 F St., 2:30 p.m.
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Tuesday morning.
Upon arrest, the suspect
could face a charge of fi rst-
degree arson, a Class A felony,
on allegations that he delib-
erately started a fi re in the
apartment building, endan-
gering the other residents who
live there, Duman said.
Monday, at his home; jailed.
Baker County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
DRIVING WHILE OPERATOR’S
LICENSE SUSPENDED: Michael
Ray Womack Jr., 30, of Baker
City, 10:15 p.m. Monday, at the
eastbound Baker Valley Rest
Area on Interstate 84; cited and
released.
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