2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2020
B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
ALERTS
Continued from Page 1A
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
■ Baker City Tree Board: noon at Baker City Hall, 1655 First
St. Agenda items include a tree-pruning outreach plan.
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
November 7, 1970
By industry standards, Ellingson lumber and timber
co.’s wood products business is small potatoes compared
to Boise Cascade and Georgia Pacifi c. But Ellingson’s little
business is one of the mainstays of the economy of Baker
County.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 7, 1995
A Riley rancher will have to move his domestic sheep
from the two remaining grazing allotments on the Oregon
portion of the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area by
Oct. 31, 1996.
Dick Ferraro, deputy regional forester for the U.S. Forest
Service in Portland, upheld Wallowa-Whitman National
Forest Supervisor Bob Richmond’s decision to ban do-
mestic sheep from the allotments held by Oliver Wentz.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 8, 2010
The Baker City Council will discuss extending Charter
Communications’ franchise agreement during its regular
meeting Tuesday.
Charter has asked City Manager Mike Kee for a new ex-
tension to the franchise agreement through Oct. 31, 2011.
The current agreement, also an extension, was signed
in 1998 and expired in July 2008.
Franchise agreements are held between cities and util-
ity providers that use streets and public rights of way to
maintain equipment.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 8, 2019
An effort that dates back nearly a decade to lift and
straighten slumped or leaning gravestones in the veter-
ans’ section at Mount Hope Cemetery continued this fall
when about a dozen volunteers gathered in the cemetery
on Oct. 26.
The work party fi xed 11 monuments and replaced con-
crete on another.
Although he said work remains to be done, Dennis
Teskey, who has been involved in this public service cam-
paign since its start, said volunteers have made consider-
able progress.
“We’re pretty close to being done,” said Teskey, retired
owner of Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel.
Teskey emphasized that he was referring only to the
task that prompted the project — dealing with markers in
the veterans’ section that are conspicuously out of align-
ment.
Keeping gravestones straight and level will require
ongoing periodic maintenance since the freeze-and-thaw
cycles that cause the problems will continue.
And Teskey can envision an even more ambitious goal
of working on gravestones that are in other sections at
Mount Hope.
The county will test the
system on Nov. 19 between
9 a.m. and 11 a.m., and both
Yencopal and Bachman hope
the enrollment numbers have
risen considerably by then.
Yencopal suspects that some
people who had signed up for
the county’s previous alert
system weren’t transferred
when the county switched
to the current system, which
offers users a wider range of
potential alerts to receive.
Bachman thinks that might
have happened to him.
He said he thought he was
signed up for emergency alerts
from the county but he didn’t
get one on his cellphone on
Oct. 27.
That was not an issue for
him in that case, since he was
among the city employees
scrambling to deal with the
water issue and was well
aware of the details.
But Bachman said he
wants to ensure that residents
who aren’t in that position —
which, after all, is most resi-
dents — also have access to
the same important informa-
tion as soon as it’s available.
The alerts are especially
vital for water issues, he said,
since problems with under-
ground pipes, unlike, say, a
fi re, aren’t obvious.
Jayson Jacoby / Baker City Herald
Baker City Fire Department crews pour water on a warehouse fi re the morning of Oct.
27. Baker County used its emergency alert system to notify residents that fi re-suppres-
sion foam had gotten into the water system.
The city and county will
distribute fl iers, which have
information about how to
sign up, at grocery stores,
government offi ces and many
businesses in the county,
Bachman said.
When signing up for emer-
gency alerts, users can set up
multiple addresses, Yencopal
said.
That allows them to receive
alerts for issues that affect
their home as well as, for in-
stance, the home of a relative
who might need help during
an emergency.
Yencopal, who administers
the system, can set alerts to
go to a specifi c area. The fi rst
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S ENIOR M ENUS
■ MONDAY: Chicken-fried chicken, potatoes and gravy, peas,
biscuit, fruit cup, lemon bars
■ TUESDAY: Spaghetti with meat sauce, caulifl ower, garlic
bread stick, green salad, apple crisp
■ WEDNESDAY: Barbecued pork ribs, au gratin potatoes,
corn, roll, pea-and-onion salad, ice cream
■ THURSDAY: Breaded chicken strips, potatoes and gravy,
mixed vegetables, bread, carrot-raisin salad, bread pudding
■ FRIDAY: Baked cod, cup of clam chowder, green beans,
roll, brownies
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.
interlude was a persistent southerly wind
fl ow that pushed warm air from California
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into Eastern Oregon, said Jay Breidenbach, a
In the previous 77 Novembers, a total of
meteorologist at the National Weather Service
2,310 days, the temperature reached 70 de-
offi ce in Boise.
grees during November on just 4 of those days
The specifi c culprit was a ridge of high pres-
at the Baker City Airport.
sure that shunted cool, damp Pacifi c storms to
(Which is .0017%, if you prefer percentages the north, Breidenbach said.
and multiple decimal points.)
But that pattern began to break down on
This November pulled off that feat on 3 of
Friday with the fi rst in a series of Pacifi c cold
the fi rst 5 days.
fronts forecast to push through the region over
(A hearty 60%.)
the next several days, bringing the brand of
And it came close on one of the other two.
weather much more typical of November —
This unseasonably balmy stretch has
clouds, showers of rain and snow, and tem-
rewritten the record book for the Baker City
peratures that will on some days fail to reach
Airport, where temperature records date to
40, much less 70.
1943.
“That fi nally shuts off the connection to the
On four straight days — Nov. 2-5 — the
warm air, and is the start of a more wintry pat-
high temperature broke the daily record at the tern,” Breidenbach said. “It’s a rapid transition
Airport.
to more seasonable conditions.”
The temperature topped 70 on the last 3 of
Although November’s fi rst 5 days were
those days — 71 on Nov. 3 and 4, and 72 on
anomalous in their warmth, the fall in general
the 5th.
has been mild.
The average high temperature for those
In October, the high temperature was above
days is 52 on Nov. 3 and 4, and 51 on Nov. 5.
average on 21 of 31 days. During September,
The atmospheric impetus for this mild
23 of 30 days were warmer than average.
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This is
November?
The fi rst 5 days of
November brought
temperatures more
typical of September at
the Baker City Airport.
NOVEMBER 2
High temp: 68
Avg. high: 51
NOVEMBER 3
High temp: 71
Avg. high: 52
NOVEMBER 4
High temp: 71
Avg. high: 52
NOVEMBER 5
High temp: 72
Avg. high: 51
O BITUARY
Barbara Perez
of Latter-day
Saints. She
Barbara Lee Perez, 75,
enjoyed helping
formerly of Halfway, died Oct. in the nursery
20, 2020, at an assisted living on Sunday, with
center in Meridian, Idaho.
the 3-year-olds
A memorial service will be and passing
Barbara
Perez
scheduled later. Her grave
out snacks! She
site will be dedicated at 1 p.m. loved attending
Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Eagle the temple and completing
Valley Cemetery in Richland. family history work for her
Barbara was a member of family.
The Church of Jesus Christ
She loved sports! She was
Formerly of Halfway
N EWS OF R ECORD
DEATHS
Dorothy Peer: 82, of Half-
way, died Nov. 6, 2020, at her
home surrounded by family. Ar-
rangements are under the direc-
tion of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & Cremation Services. On-
line condolences may be made
at www.tamispinevalleyfuneral
home.com
POLICE LOG
C ONTACT THE H ERALD
message that includes infor-
mation on how to sign up, or
have someone call back to
check their enrollment.
To sign up online, go to
www.bakercounty.org and
click on the link for receiving
emergency alerts.
You can also use this direct
link: https://public.alertsense.
com/signup/?regionid=1357
Yencopal urges residents
who sign up to watch for the
test alert on Nov. 19. If you’ve
signed up and don’t get the
test, either register at the
above link or call the Emer-
gency Operations Center
number to check on your
status.
RECORDS
O REGON L OTTERY
MEGABUCKS, Nov. 4
of two alerts sent on Oct. 27,
for instance, went only to a
several-block area near where
the fi re-suppression foam
entered the water system. The
second alert went citywide.
Residents who have only
a landline don’t need to sign
up to receive alerts, Yencopal
said.
However, people who live
within the Baker City limits,
have a landline only and
either didn’t receive a call on
Oct. 27, or wonder whether
their number is in the system,
can call the Baker County
Emergency Operations
Center at 541-523-0015. That
number will have a recorded
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Union
County warrant): Kyle Andrew
Waldron, 35, of La Grande, 9:26
p.m. Wednesday in the 800 block
of Elm Street; cited and released.
PROBATION VIOLATION
(Two Baker County Circuit Court
warrants): Jace T. Prowell, 30, of
Baker City, 11:04 a.m. Thursday,
at Auburn Avenue and East
Street; cited and released.
OREGON STATE PAROLE
BOARD WARRANT: Christopher
John Carroll Jr., 34, of Hunting-
ton, 3:24 p.m. Thursday, in the
3100 block of Riverpark Drive;
jailed.
Baker County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
Arrests, citations
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Two
Lincoln County warrants): Sarah
Lynn Reid, 40, of Baker City, 2:06
p.m. Wednesday, at the sheriff’s
offi ce; cited and released.
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Baker
County Circuit Court warrant):
Mariah Diane Aldrich, 29, of
Baker City, 11:27 p.m. Wednes-
day, at the sheriff’s offi ce;
jailed.
Oregon State Police
RECKLESS DRIVING:
Henry Stafford Degroat, 82, of
Lakeside, California, 7:17 a.m.
Wednesday, on Interstate 84,
about 15 miles south of Baker
City; cited and released at a
Baker City motel; police said
the vehicle was secured at the
scene at the driver’s request.
UNLAWFUL POSSES-
SION OF A FIREARM: Marcus
Anthony Jones, 24, of Everett,
Washington, 1:49 p.m. Wednes-
day; cited and released; also
cited on a charge of speeding
for reportedly driving 91 mph
in a 70-mph speed zone.
an avid Dodgers fan and a
BSU enthusiast. Her brother,
James, made sure that she
got to personally attend a few
games.
Barbara is survived by her
very best, longtime friend,
Bob Glen; brothers, John
Perez, Donald Edmondson
and James Edmondson; sis-
ters, Helen Perez and Cindy
Carper; several nieces and
nephews; and Marge Stall-
ings, longtime friend, guard-
ian and “sparring partner.”
She was preceded in death
by her mother, Mary Ed-
mondson; her father, John
Perez; and stepfather, Lee
Edmondson.
Barb loved animals. Cats
were her favorite. Donations
on her behalf may be made to
the Idaho Humane Society in
Boise or donations of a sack of
cat or dog food may be made
to the shelter of one’s choice.
Online condolences may be
shared at www.tamispine
valleyfuneralhome.com
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