2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2020
Anthony Lakes has limited opening
By Kaleb Lay
The (La Grande) Observer
B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2
■ 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
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
November 28, 1970
Four inches of new snow was reported at Anthony
Lakes this morning, making a total of 38 inches. Tempera-
ture at 6 a.m. was 22 degrees and it was snowing lightly.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 28, 1995
An icy, windy storm dropped the fi rst snow of the sea-
son in Baker City Monday night and snapped power poles
and lines, cutting electricity to homes and businesses
from Canyon City to La Grande.
Power was still out this morning from Auburn Road
west through Sumpter to Granite, in Keating Valley and in
parts of East Baker City, said Cliff Stewart, general man-
ager of Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 29, 2010
Before 2009, Baker High School had never played in an
OSAA-sanctioned state championship football game.
Now the Bulldogs have advanced to the title game for
two consecutive years.
Last year Baker lost to Marist in the fi nal.
On Saturday the Bulldogs beat Gladstone to earn a
berth against Douglas in the championship game this
Saturday, Dec. 4 at Hillsboro Stadium.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 29, 2019
HAINES — Stacy Dinger is creating a winter wonder-
land one piece of junk mail at a time.
Dinger is the postal clerk at the Haines Post Offi ce.
She decorates the space for every holiday season, and
this year she wanted to try something different for the
holidays.
“I try to decorate the offi ce for every holiday as much as
I possibly can,” she said.
Her theme is “Recycling in a Winter Wonderland.”
“Everything I have is recycled from the community,”
she said.
To start, she asked her postal customers to donate any
junk mail or catalogs they didn’t want to take home.
She then set about turning those items into decora-
tions. The junk mail fl yers, for example, became paper
maché snowballs spray painted white and sprinkled with
glitter.
“They turned out ever so cute,” she said.
The catalogs became miniature trees — each page is
folded three times — and also spray painted white.
Even simple paper wasn’t safe from her crafty hands.
Dinger weaved the brown paper that comes in Amazon
boxes into an arbor that will be front and center in the
window.
The paper is also painted white, as are a variety of pine
cones.
O REGON L OTTERY
MEGABUCKS, Nov. 25
1 — 2 — 5 — 33 — 34 — 48
Next jackpot: $5 million
POWERBALL, Nov. 25
2 — 57 — 58 — 60 — 65 PB 26
Next jackpot: $216 million
MEGA MILLIONS, Nov. 24
9 — 15 — 34 — 61 — 64
Mega
6
Next jackpot: $214 million
WIN FOR LIFE, Nov. 25
7 — 10 — 47 — 68
PICK 4, Nov. 26
• 1 p.m.: 1 — 4 — 0 — 5
• 4 p.m.: 7 — 3 — 7 — 3
• 7 p.m.: 7 — 5 — 0 — 4
• 10 p.m.: 7 — 7 — 9 — 8
LUCKY LINES, Nov. 26
4-8-11-16-17-22-28-32
Next jackpot: $36,000
S ENIOR M ENUS
■ MONDAY: Barbecued meatballs, rice pilaf, mixed
vegetables, biscuit, fruit ambrosia, bread pudding
■ TUESDAY: Chicken-fried chicken, mashed potatoes, mixed
vegetables, roll, fruit cup, brownies
■ WEDNESDAY: Spaghetti with beef sauce, caulifl ower,
garlic breadsticks, green salad, pudding
■ THURSDAY: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, broccoli-
blend vegetables, roll, macaroni salad, cheesecake
■ FRIDAY: Barbecued ribs, baked beans, corn, roll coleslaw,
cookies
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.
Skiers and snowboard-
ers rejoice: Anthony Lakes
Mountain Resort is opening
to season pass holders for the
fi rst turns of the season on
Saturday, Nov. 28.
Peter Johnson, who man-
ages the resort about 35 miles
northwest of Baker City, said
snow conditions are excellent
for late November.
“It’s looking really good,”
Johnson said. “This is by far
the best snow, the most snow
we’ve had this early (during
his decade-long tenure as
manager). All the forecasts
sound really good. We’ll see if
those come through or not, but
obviously with COVID, that
changes everything for us.”
Among the changes is that
the resort has a “zero tolerance
policy” regarding the wearing
of masks.
“It’s the state mandate,
we’re going to be enforcing
it,” Johnson said. “We have a
business to run, and it’s not a
discussion point. Wear a mask
or not come up, there’s a lot
of other places to go skiing.
For the state of Oregon, it’s
required, so we’re going to be
enforcing it.”
All guests and employees
will be required “from the
moment you pull into the
Anthony Lakes parking lot
to when you leave,” except
while eating or drinking, and
Johnson said that anyone who
1668 Resort St.
Open Monday through Friday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Telephone: 541-523-3673
Fax: 541-833-6414
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refuses to wear one will be
asked to leave.
Changes can also be expect-
ed on the triple chairlift, where
the resort will be adopting a
sort of cohort-style approach to
the ride up the mountain.
“If you show up in the same
vehicle, you can ride the lift
together,” Johnson said. “We’re
not going to force someone to
ride with someone they don’t
know ... we’re going to have
a lot of changes to our lift line
and just asking people to ride
with the people they drove up
with.”
For example, someone who
arrives at the resort alone will
ride the ski lift to the top alone,
and a group who carpooled to
the resort will ride only with
the members of that group.
Social distancing of 6 feet
will also be required, and
Anthony Lakes will have a
“fl oor walker” patrolling the
lodge during business hours to
help guests maintain their dis-
tance, disinfect surfaces and
answer questions as needed.
The Starbottle Saloon will
feature a new ski-thru win-
dow for service and will place
an emphasis on providing out-
door seating, though a reduced
amount of indoor seating will
still be available.
Notably, Anthony Lakes will
also be reducing the num-
ber of people allowed on the
mountain each day by limiting
the number of one-day lift
tickets they sell.
O BITUARIES
Retha Gryder
Formerly of Baker City, 1948-2020
Retha F. Gryder 72, of
Bend, a former Baker City
resident, died Nov. 18, 2020,
at Bend.
At her request, cremation
was held. Services under the
direction of Coles Tribute
Center.
Ms. Gryder was born on
Feb. 7, 1948, at Phoenix, Ari-
zona, a daughter of Roland
F. and Betty A. (Ballance)
Griswold. She was raised
in Salem and Canby, and
received her education in
various locations of Oregon,
coming to Baker City from
Union in April of 1970.
Ms. Gryder received her
CNA (certifi ed nursing as-
sistant) license in Baker City
in 1982 and worked in the
Cedar Manor Nursing Home
for a while before working for
private patients for several
years. She became disabled
and then turned her energies
to doing crafting projects and
enjoying her grandchildren.
She is survived by her
daughters, Kathleen and
Karen Gryder, and a son,
David Gryder; and grandchil-
dren, Ryan, Aaron, Austin,
Christopher, Michael and
Brandon.
She was preceded in death
by her mother and a son,
Rick.
Contributions in her mem-
ory may be made to a charity
On Christmas Day in 1952,
he married Edna Kostol, and
they had three daughters
while living in John Day.
His career took the family to
Baker City, then to Yakima,
in 1968. He completed his
Roger Meusborn
career at Yakima Valley Col-
Formerly of Baker City, 1927-2020
lege as a vocational coun-
Roger Raymond Meusborn, selor. After his retirement
93, a former Baker City
from Yakima Valley College,
resident, died Nov. 19, 2020, Roger and Edna purchased
at Yakima, Washington.
an apple orchard and for 12
At Roger’s request, there
years, Roger enjoyed a second
will be no funeral.
career as an orchardist.
Roger was born on June
Roger was a quiet, prac-
10, 1927, at Cedar Rapids,
tical man who loved his
Nebraska, to Ewald and
family. He enjoyed teaching
Louise (Michel) Meusborn.
his daughters many skills
He was the youngest of four including how to change a
children.
tire and put on tire chains so
Immediately after com-
they would not be stranded
pleting high school in Cedar anywhere. He was always
Rapids, Roger joined the
supportive and could be
Navy and was stationed on a counted on for sound advice.
destroyer, the USS Stormes.
Roger was a skilled carpen-
Following his discharge from ter and woodworker. He built
the Navy, Roger attended
the fi rst house Edna and he
Colorado State College of
lived in near John Day, and
Education in Greely. He
their home was furnished
graduated in 1950 and began with many of his fi ne wood
his teaching career at John
projects. Roger enjoyed snow
Day.
skiing and was a member
of one’s choice through Coles
Tribute Center 1950 Place
St., Baker City, OR 97814.
To light a candle in
memory of Retha, go to www.
colestributecenter.com
of the Ski Patrol for many
years, at Anthony Lakes and
White Pass ski areas. He also
hunted and participated in
competitive shooting in his
younger years.
Roger is survived by his
three daughters, Stefani (Cal-
vin) Meusborn-Marsh, Lisa
(Mark) Herke, and Melanie
(RE) Cornelius. He is also
survived by two cherished
grandsons, Trace and Alex
Cornelius; his sister-in-law,
Virginia Kostol; and nieces
and nephews.
Roger was preceded in
death by his wife, Edna; his
parents, Ewald and Louise
Meusborn; and his siblings
and their spouses, Wilma
(Paul) Olson, M. Michel
Meusborn, and Vernelle
(Frank) Koberstein.
Roger’s family is very
grateful to the staff at Sum-
mit-view Healthcare Center
for the love and care given
to Roger, and for the support
they offered to the family.
To leave a message or a
memory for the family, go to
www.brooksidefuneral.com
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N EWS OF
R ECORD
DEATHS
William Mack Treadway III:
95, of Baker City, and formerly of
Sheridan, Oregon, died on Nov.
26, 2020, at his home. To leave an
online condolence for his family,
go to www.grayswestco.com
POLICE LOG
C ONTACT THE H ERALD
Peter Johnson/Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort
More snow has fallen since this photo was taken at
Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort on Nov. 12. The ski area,
about 35 miles northwest of Baker City, opened today for
season pass holders.
“It’s going to be a very tough
year for us fi nancially,” John-
son said. “Day tickets are our
main source of revenue. I’ve
heard some people say we’re
just trying to push season
pass sales, that is not the case
at all. The reason we’re doing
passholders only is that pass
holders generally make up
about 25% of our daily skier
visits. So the reason we’re
starting with just pass holders
is so we can gauge and make
sure we’re not going over
capacity.”
Johnson said that when the
resort starts regular opera-
tions, there will be 20 tickets
each day for people with a
voucher for a purchase of $40
or more, within the past seven
days, from a locally owned
restaurant or store in Baker,
Union, Wallowa or Grant
counties.
The fi rst two weekends of
the season will be open only
to season pass holders as An-
thony Lakes works to gauge
the number of people it can
safely have on the mountain.
While the COVID-19
pandemic has upended
almost every aspect of daily
life, Johnson reminded people
that fi nding recreational and
exercise outlets is important,
saying that “if we were any
other business, it would make
sense not to open this year,”
but that he felt it was neces-
sary to provide a safe way for
people to get outside.
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker
County Circuit Court warrant)
and UNAUTHORIZED DEPAR-
TURE (Baker County Circuit
Court warrant): Kenzie Renae
Sherman, 20, of Baker City, 2:12
p.m. Tuesday, in the Jacksons
Food Store parking lot; cited and
released. Baker City Police Sgt.
Mike Regan said the contempt
charge accuses Sherman of
failing to follow temporary
conditions of a conditional re-
lease agreement on a charge of
possessing methamphetamine.
Regan said the unauthorized
departure charge was related to
Sherman’s failure to comply with
conditions of probation placed
on her in the juvenile system
that now have been transferred
to the adult court system.
Congratulations,
Nancy
Buckmaster!
on your well-earned
retirement on
Nov. 30!
Thank you for over
eight years of great
service and
wonderful meals.
Community
Connection
of Baker County!