2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021
City plans virtual meeting Jan. 27 to
discuss N. Baker transportation plan
By Samantha O’Conner
B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
THURSDAY, JAN. 21
■ Baker School Board: Work session, 4:30 p.m.; regular
meeting, 6 p.m.; via Zoom computer app. For more
information about how to join the meeting, call the District
Offi ce at 541-524-2260 or visit the District website baker5j.
org
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
January 19, 1971
A persistent disagreement was reached in teacher salary
consultation last Friday in Pine-Eagle District 61. Under
Oregon Revised Statutes, an impasse was declared.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
January 19, 1996
The Baker County Education Service District Board has
no intention of giving up control of the ESD building at
Main and Broadway streets when the district is merged
with Union County.
The board Thursday night directed Superintendent
Arnold Coe to prepare proposals that would keep control
and ownership of the building with the 5J school district to
use for educational purposes.
soconner@bakercityherald.com
Baker City has scheduled
a virtual public meeting for
Jan. 27 to discuss possible
transportation improvements
to sections of 10th Street,
Hughes Lane and Cedar
Street.
The Northern Baker Trans-
portation Improvement Plan
started last fall, and the city’s
schedule calls for work to be
fi nished by the fall of 2021.
The virtual meeting will
run from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., with
the online link opening at 5:45
p.m. To join the meeting, use
the link on the city’s website,
www.bakercity.com/2289/
NBTIP
City offi cials are looking
at potential improvements
designed to improve driving,
walking and biking on sec-
tions of four streets:
• 10th Street from Hughes
S. John Collins/Baker City Herald File Photo
Baker City offi cials are inviting residents to attend a virtual public meeting Jan. 27 to
discuss possible transportation improvements to 10th Street.
Lane to Broadway Street
• Cedar Street from Hughes
Lane to Campbell Street
• Hughes Lane from 10th
Street to Cedar Street
• Pocahontas Road from
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
January 20, 2020
The Baker City Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday
evening to consider Verizon Wireless’ appeal of the denial
of its application to build a 70-foot cell tower.
The hearing is set for 6 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St.
Verizon appealed the city Planning Commission’s 5-2
vote on Dec. 4 to deny an application to build a tower near
Leo Adler Field in North Baker City.
The original appeal was scheduled for Jan. 7, but it was
postponed after an attorney representing Verizon was un-
able to attend due to an issue with an airline fl ight.
The city’s zoning rules allow a tower of up to 50 feet tall
on the property, which is just north of D Street near East
Street.
But Verizon offi cials contend that the company’s engi-
neers determined a 70-foot tower is the minimum height
needed to meet the company’s goals. Verizon has offered
to add green “branches” to the single-pole tower, in an
attempt to make it look more like a tree and thus reduce
its visual effects.
Several residents who testifi ed before the Planning
Commission last fall said they believe a 70-foot tower
would mar their views.
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safety and connections for
these users. The plan will also
address traffi c safety and fl ow
and freight mobility,” accord-
ing to a project overview from
the city.
Baker School Board to talk about bond
By Chris Collins
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
January 19, 2011
The fl ood threat eased in Baker City Tuesday, but
problems persisted to the north as the ice that clotted
the Powder River in town Monday morning continued its
tumultuous downstream journey.
The ice dam that formed before dawn Monday at the
Hughes Lane bridge, Baker City’s northern boundary,
caused the river to overfl ow into the backyards of homes
on the west side of Kirkway Drive and into a Ward Farms
fi eld.
10th Street to 17th Street/
Chico Street
“This area has seen an
increase in people walking
and biking, and the plan will
seek to improve facilities,
ccollins@bakercityherald.com
The Baker School Board will con-
tinue studying the issue of whether
to seek voter approval in May of a $4
million bond measure when it meets
Thursday night.
The regular meeting, which is
scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., will be
preceded by a work session set to start
at 4:30 p.m. Both meetings will be via
Zoom computer app. More information
is available by calling the District Of-
fi ce at 541-524-2260 or by visiting the
District’s website at baker5j.org
The work session will include an
audit report presented by Royce
Townsend and Kirtan Shah of the Eide
Bailly accounting fi rm.
Bryan Tweit, Baker County Eco-
nomic Development director, will pres-
ent an economic forecast and directors
will review results of a survey of staff
and community residents designed
to help gauge support for the bond
measure.
Cassie Hibbert, project coordinator
with the Wenaha Group, which has
an offi ce in Pendleton, will provide an
update on the cost of bond items and
bond rates and opportunity cost com-
parisons will be considered.
During the regular meeting, Superin-
tendent Mark Witty is expected to pro-
vide an update on plans for the second
semester of classes, beginning Jan. 25.
The District will work closely with the
state Department of Education and the
Baker County Health Department as it
plans to extend in-person instruction to
students in Grades 7-12 to two days a
week in the new semester.
Younger students in preschool through
sixth-grade all returned to in-person
classes on Oct. 14. That was possible
because children that age spend most of
their day in one classroom.
The older students, who have been
held to a 50-person class group attending
school on site one day a week since Nov.
9 by state guidelines, rotate through dif-
ferent classes during the day.
Under revised guidelines, the District
would be able to expand the middle
school and high school cohorts to groups
of 100 people and send them to in-person
classes twice a week, Witty told the Her-
ald earlier this month.
The superintendent also is scheduled
to present updates on these topics:
• Information from the Baker County
Health Department and the public
health offi cer, Dr. Eric Lamb.
• The child care collaborative being
established at the Baker Early Learning
Center.
• The Eastern Oregon Education
Summit 2021 that took place Jan. 7.
• The upcoming budget process.
• Plans for a work session to update
the District’s vision and goals.
• Superintendent evaluation.
• Refl ections on the District’s K-6
program.
• The team designated to negotiate
staff contracts.
• Driver education.
Also during the regular meeting, the
Board will recognize Lance Downing of
Haines Elementary School as a Promise
Student of the Month along with Antonio
Washington of Baker Middle School. The
Baker County Health Department will
be recognized as an outstanding com-
munity partner.
District staff also will recognize school
board members for their contribution
to the schools and the community.
January is designated as School
Board Recognition Month in Oregon.
O BITUARY
1971, at Halfway where they
lived along with their three
Kathy Edmondson, 68,
children.
formerly of Halfway, died on
Kathy worked in several
Jan. 6, 2021, at her home in
fi elds of employment through-
Ontario with her family at
out her life. She worked as a
her side.
cook at Stockman’s Café, a
Kathy Jean
retail supervisor at Walmart
was born on
in Ontario, she was in ac-
July 22, 1952,
counting, and also ran a home
in Portland,
day care for six years.
Oregon. She
She loved to go hunting
was raised
and camping with her family.
Kathy
in Newport,
In the summer she enjoyed
Edmondson fi shing and boating, crafting
Oregon, and
attended To-
and making her homes, fl ower
ledo High School. The family gardens, and yards beautiful.
moved to Yellow Pine, Idaho,
One of her favorite things
in 1969 where she enjoyed
was camping with the day
learning what real life was
care kids and their families.
like living without everyday
She hoped they would all
conveniences like phone, TV, remember her and Terry Sr.
radio and electric heat. There joking about feeding them
she met her husband, Terry G. monkey or alligator meat
Edmondson, in the spring of
while they ate venison with
1970. They married on Feb. 6, our family. What she will be
Kathy Edmondson
Formerly of Halfway, 1952-2021
Baker City Police
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker
County Justice Court warrant):
Todd Post, 57, of Baker City, 1:45
a.m. Saturday, at Spring Garden
Avenue near East Street; cited
and released.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLU-
ENCE OF INTOXICANTS: Charles
Gosuk Forbes, 41, of Baker City,
7:37 p.m. Saturday, at Grove
and Campbell streets; cited and
released.
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker
County Justice Court warrants):
Michael Steven Myers-Gabiola,
29, of Baker City, 10:15 p.m.
Friday, at Myrtle and Elm streets;
cited and released.
Baker County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
POST-PRISON SUPERVISION
VIOLATION (Oregon State Parole
Board): Martha Rodriguez, 22,
of Umatilla County, 1:30 p.m.
Friday, at the Sheriff’s Offi ce;
booked and released.
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker
County Justice Court warrant):
by both of her parents; her
sister, Nancy; her brother,
Richard; and her son, Terry Jr.
For those who would like to
make a donation in memory
of Kathy, the family suggests
Community Connection
through Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Crema-
tion Services, P.O. Box 543,
Halfway, OR 97834. Online
condolences can be made at
www.tamispinevalleyfuneral
home.com
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most remembered for was
always wanting everyone she
loved to be happy and to have
what they needed.
Kathy is survived by
her husband, Terry Sr.; her
daughter, Belinda Faye
Edmondson Gyer of Boise;
her son, Christopher Michael
Edmondson of Ontario; her
brother, Frank Umberger Jr.;
11 grandchildren and numer-
ous great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
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Ian Dillon Hammond, 18, of
Baker City, 2:03 p.m. Friday, at
the Sheriff’s Offi ce; cited and
released.
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