2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2020
B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18
■ Baker County Board of Commissioners: 9 a.m.;
Commission meetings will be streamed live. A link will be
available on the county’s website, www.bakercounty.org
THURSDAY, NOV. 19
■ BAKER SCHOOL BOARD: 6 p.m. via Zoom computer
app; for more information, call the District Offi ce, 541-524-
2260.
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
November 14, 1970
HUNTINGTON — The game was close until the second
half, but the Huntington Locomotives, playing without
their fi rst string quarterback, moved ahead in the second
half and literally blew the Harper Hornets off the fi eld 44-
20 for their thirty-fi rst win in a row and the championship
to District four.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 14, 1995
The federal government shutdown that sent home hun-
dreds of thousands of public employees across the nation
today is having little effect, so far, on the majority of Baker
County’s public employees.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 15, 2010
The Baker City Council will have a special meeting
Wednesday at 6 p.m. at City Hall to hear a presentation
from a company that could help the city stream Council
meetings live on the Internet.
Granicus Inc. of Seattle will explain to councilors how it
can not only stream meetings but also record and archive
the video footage.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 15, 2019
The Baker City Planning Commission heard more testi-
mony Wednesday about a proposed 70-foot-tall cell tower
in north Baker City, but commissioners didn’t take any
action on the request from Verizon Wireless.
Commissioners left the record open and will accept
written comments, in reaction to new information pre-
sented Wednesday, until 5 p.m. on Nov. 20.
“If that testimony is submitted electronically, I recom-
mend calling to verify that we received it by the deadline,”
said Holly Kerns, director of the Baker City-County Plan-
ning Department.
The Planning Commission will meet next on Wednes-
day, Dec. 4. The Commission will not take public testimony
at that meeting, but it could make a decision on Verizon’s
application for a conditional-use permit. The company had
to apply for the permit because its proposed tower, at 70
feet, is 20 feet higher than the city’s zoning ordinance al-
lows in the industrial zone without a permit.
The proposed site is just north of D Street near its
intersection with East Street, north of the Baker County
Fairgrounds and Leo Adler Field.
As was the case during the Commission’s Oct. 16 meet-
ing, several residents attended Wednesday’s meeting to
urge commissioners to reject Verizon’s application.
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WIN FOR LIFE, Nov. 11
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PICK 4, Nov. 12
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LUCKY LINES, Nov. 12
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Next jackpot: $22,000
S ENIOR M ENUS
■ MONDAY: Chicken-fried chicken, potatoes and gravy,
mixed vegetables, roll, coleslaw, cheesecake
■ TUESDAY: Pork roast, parslied red potatoes, broccoli-
blend vegetables, bread, fruit ambrosia, ice cream
■ WEDNESDAY: Boneless chicken breast with cream gravy,
mashed potatoes, carrots, roll, pea-and-onion salad, cookie
■ THURSDAY: Roasted turkey with cranberry sauce, stuffi ng
and gravy, roll, broccoli-bacon salad, dessert
■ FRIDAY: Salisbury steak, potatoes and gravy, mixed
vegetables, roll, carrot-raisin salad, cinnamon roll
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.
Democrats fail to gain seats to
block walkouts by Republicans
Republicans leave Salem again.
“It looks to me like the Democrats
SALEM — Oregon’s Democratic
performed almost exactly as expected
lawmakers will fall short of winning
but not quite up to their hopes,” said
enough state legislative seats to prevent Christopher McKnight Nichols, an
Republicans from staging walkouts
associate professor at Oregon State
that have halted action at the Capitol in University’s School of History, Philoso-
recent years.
phy, and Religion. “Republicans held just
Following the unoffi cial results of the enough seats to not become functionally
2020 election, Oregon Democrats are
irrelevant in Salem.”
predicted to hold onto their three-fi fths
Democratic lawmakers easily won
supermajority in the state Senate and
in reliably blue areas such as Portland
House. However, the party did not pick and comfortably held onto seats in the
up enough seats to expand to a quorum- suburbs.
proof majority, which would prevent
But along the coast three Democratic
work from ceasing in the Capitol if
seats had fl ipped, according to unof-
By Sara Cline
Associated Press/Report for America
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lagoons to a site near Sunny-
slope Road, east of Interstate
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84, where a lagoon will be
But the Oregon Depart-
built. The treated wastewater
ment of Environmental Qual- will then be used to irrigate
ity several years ago notifi ed non-food crops.
the city that it would have to
The pipeline and new
stop that practice because the lagoon will be outside the city
wastewater could promote
limits.
algae blooms and otherwise
In June 2019 councilors
pollute the river.
voted to spend $161,000 to
The City Council has
buy property and easements
approved as an alternative
necessary for the project.
the construction of a 7-mile
That includes the purchase
pipeline from the current
of 51 acres near Sunnyslope
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Road where the lagoon will be
built. The city bought the land
from Bert and Terri Siddoway
for $123,000.
The city also paid $37,900
for an easement across the
Thomas Angus Ranch prop-
erty, which is adjacent to the
current wastewater lagoons.
The new pipeline will cross
the Thomas Angus Ranch
land.
The city will also need to
buy a temporary construction
easement across property
owned by Alice Schoppert.
The cost is $600.
The City Council boosted
wastewater bills by 12.8% in
2017 and in 2018 in prepara-
tion for the loan repayments.
The city’s wastewater bill
collections rose from $1.22
million in the 2017-18 fi s-
cal year to $1.49 million in
2018-19 and to $1.67 million
in 2019-20. The wastewater
fund’s working capital has
increased from $1.16 million
to $2.4 million.
O BITUARIES
Henry Spivey
Baker City, 1933-2020
Henry Spivey, 87, of Baker City, made
his fi nal cast on Nov. 7, 2020.
One of his sayings: “If
others wonder why I’ve
gone missing, just tell ’em
all I’ve gone fi shin.”
James “Henry” Spivey
was born on March 23,
Henry
1933, at Baker City, the
Spivey
ninth of 10 children. He
attended school at Ti-
edemann (South Baker) grade school;
Helen M. Stack (junior high school) and
Central Building, which was the high
school. He left school in March 1951, and
graduated with his GED in 1966.
Henry met Hallie Davis at a Christ-
mas dance in Union in December 1950.
They wrote letters back and forth
because she lived in Pondosa. It was
true love, and 6 months later they were
married, on June 30, 1951.
Upon getting married, they soon
moved to Izee, in Grant County, where
he worked in the mill. The family then
moved to Kinzua, where he worked for
Kinzua Corp. mill for 4 years before
moving back to Baker to work for Burnt
River Lumber Mill until the strike in
1971. He moved the family to Fossil,
then back to Kinzua while employed
with Kinzua Corp. mill until he retired
due to having severe tendinitis in both
arms.
Following working at the mill, he
delivered rural mail around Fossil. They
returned to Baker, residing in Wingville,
in 1979. Henry worked for the Baker
City Airport as a maintenance man for
several years. They moved to Burns
Junction in 1981 where Henry and
Hallie both worked for the restaurant
and gas station. After that, Henry went
to work for the Oregon State Highway
Department at the Basque Station for
2 years when he was transferred to the
Pendleton Highway Department work-
ing on the bridge crew. He offi cially re-
tired in 1998 and permanently returned
to Baker to live out the rest of his life
and be closer to family.
Henry’s greatest rewards and enjoy-
ment in life was teaching kids all the
things he enjoyed while he was grow-
C ONTACT THE H ERALD
1668 Resort St.
Open Monday through Friday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
fi cial vote counts published on Oregon’s
Secretary of State website. None of the
three seats had a Democratic incumbent
candidate running.
Despite Democrats and supporters
pouring more than $400,000 into ads,
in an effort to keep House District 32,
which has been held by Democrats for
three decades, Republican Suzanne
Weber won the seat.
In the Coos Bay area, Republicans
Dick Anderson won Senate District 5
seat and Boomer Wright earned the seat
for House District 9.
ing up. Early in life he coached Little
League and Babe Ruth baseball until
he moved the family to Fossil, where he
attempted to coach for one year. He was
fond of sports and was a loyal fan of the
Seattle Mariners and L.A. Rams. He
loved archery and worked with many
friends to build the archery course in
Kinzua. Henry also helped build the ar-
chery course up Washington Gulch near
Baker City and he worked with many
junior archers who are still shooting.
Henry won the Oregon State Archery
Champion in the ’60s and many golf
tournaments. He was highly competitive
and liked being challenged in anything
he enjoyed which included golf, fi shing,
archery, card games, and outpicking oth-
ers in huckleberrying and mushrooming.
Henry fi shed every possible day until
the last 3 weeks before passing. He lived
by the fi shing motto, “Pretty fl ies catch
people, ugly fl ies catch fi sh” and “Early
to bed, early to rise, fi sh all day make up
lies.” Henry shared the love of fl y-tying
with many including his son, in-laws,
grandkids, nieces and nephews. It was a
true passion of his that he talked about
and actively instilled in anyone interest-
ed. One family member has even taken
it to a professional level. He also shared
his love of coyote hunting; one family
member has taken it seriously enough
to create predator and other calls. He
shared his love of fi shing and hunting
with every one of his kids and grandchil-
dren and that included his in-laws.
He inspired the love of the outdoors in
his family, which one family member has
taken on as a career. Everything he did
was fun — family activities and always a
lot of joking and smack talking. He had a
true love of family and friends. Everyone
always commented on his smile and how
much they loved it. In his competitive
spirit, he truly enjoyed winning. His love
and compassion was deeply installed in
all that knew him and loved him.
Henry is survived by his children,
Yvonne (Barton) Wood, Lorraine Spivey
Harrison, and Jeanette (Michael) Miller,
all of Baker City; his son Daryl (Lynn)
Spivey of Boise; 11 grandchildren; 19
great-grandchildren and eight great-
great-grandchildren.
Henry was preceded in death by his
wife, Hallie Spivey; his parents, Lu-
ther and Ora Lee Spivey; his brothers,
Claude, Earl, Roy, Clyde and Glenn
Spivey; his sisters, Edna Springer,
Blanche Pearce, Hazel Kandle Reid and
LaVelle Jellick; one granddaughter and
one grandson-in-law; and his beloved
dachshund, BoBo.
For those who would like to make a
donation in memory of Henry the family
suggests either the Alzheimer’s Organi-
zation or the American Cancer Society
through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & Cremation Services, P.O. Box
543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condo-
lences can be made at www.tamispine-
valleyfuneralhome.com
Betty Haugland
Baker City, 1935-2020
Betty Haugland, 85, of Baker City,
died peacefully in her home on Nov. 9,
2020, with her family at her bedside.
At Betty’s request, there will be no
funeral service.
Betty was born on July
15, 1935, at home near
Eatonville, Washington, to
Harley and Amelia Pero.
She was the youngest of 11
Betty
children.
Haugland
She married Ed Haug-
land on March 18, 1956, at
Bozeman, Montana.
Betty loved anything outdoors, espe-
cially riding horses and the ranch life.
She spent many hours with her grand-
children and when they got “scuffed
up,” her favorite expression (which they
fondly remember) was, “It’s a long way
from your heart!”
Betty was baptized as a Jehovah’s
Witness and faithfully served for over 60
years. She will be remembered for her
happy personality and outstanding work
ethic.
She is survived by her husband of 64
years, Ed Haugland; her children, Gail
Myers, Roy (Debora) Haugland, and
Clayton (Leslie) Haugland; her grand-
children, Shawn Myers, Brandon Myers,
Jeff Haugland and Max Haugland; and
her great-grandchildren, Ava Myers and
Ellie Myers.
Online condolences can be made at
www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com
N EWS OF R ECORD
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
DISORDERLY CONDUCT and
CRIMINAL TRESPASSING (four
counts): Gregory Rex Stephens,
74, transient, 7:14 p.m. Thursday
at the Baker Tower, 1705 Main
St.; cited and released. He was
also cited and released at 7:43
p.m. Tuesday, at Jackson’s Main
Street Chevron, 1702 Main St.
Police Chief Ray Duman said
Stephens reportedly caused
a disturbance at the business
and refused to leave, the offi cer
also cited him on two prior al-
legations of trespassing at the
business. Police were called to
the Dollar Tree, 2300 Resort St.,
at 8:36 p.m. Tuesday on a report
that Stephens was refusing to
leave that business. Police cited
him on a charge of second-de-
gree criminal trespassing in that
incident as well, Duman said.
Crime reports
SECOND-DEGREE BUR-
GLARY, FIRST-DEGREE THEFT
and SECOND-DEGREE CRIMI-
NAL MISCHIEF: Between Nov. 9
and Nov. 10 at the Treasure Every
Stitch quilt shop, Suite 108 of
Basche-Sage Place, 2101 Main St.
Police Chief Ray Duman said a
burglar or burglars forced entry
into the business through a back
door and removed merchan-
dise valued at $6,000, including
several sewing machines. An
unknown amount of cash also
was taken from the till, Duman
said.
Oregon State Police
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLU-
ENCE OF INTOXICANTS and UN-
AUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR
VEHICLE: Joe D. Lucei, 39, of
Granger, Washington, 3:17 p.m.
Tuesday, on Interstate 84, about
10 miles north of Baker City;
cited at the Baker County Jail
and released due to COVID-19
restrictions at the jail; police said
the two-door Chevrolet sedan
Lucei was driving had been
reported stolen from Caldwell,
Idaho; the vehicle was towed
from the scene.
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