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COVID-19
ment’s director.
Most of the people who re-
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ceived their fi rst dose that day
The weekly totals for new
are 80 or older,
cases since Jan. 15 were 14,
Staten said.
seven, 13 and nine.
That group
The Oregon Health Author-
became eligible
ity (OHA) updates risk levels
for the vaccine,
for each of the state’s 36 coun-
based on state
Staten
ties every two weeks.
guidelines, on
Risk levels for the next two-
Feb. 8.
week period — Feb. 26-March
As of Feb. 15, people 75 and
11 — will be based on statis-
older are eligible, and starting
tics for the period Feb. 7-20.
Feb. 22, the eligibility thresh-
Vaccinations
For that period, Baker
old will drop to age 70.
The Baker County Health
County had 15 new cases
Staten said on Monday, Feb.
Department administered
through Feb. 16.
15, that the Health Depart-
its entire supply of 315 doses ment will receive 100 doses
To remain at lower risk,
the county has to have 29 or of the Moderna vaccine
this week. She said the county
fewer cases during that two- during a clinic on Feb. 12
will concentrate this week on
week period. That means the at Baker High School, said
administering second doses
county can’t have more than Nancy Staten, the depart-
to people this week, making
them fully vaccinated.
Staten said she hopes the
county
will receive enough
URNING ACK THE AGES
14 new cases for the four-day
period, Wednesday, Feb. 17,
through Saturday, Feb. 20.
Baker County’s risk
level is also based on its test
positivity rate. To remain at
lower risk, the county has to
have a positivity rate below
5% from Feb. 7-20.
As of Tuesday, the county’s
positivity rate was about
3.6%, according to OHA
fi gures.
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50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
February 19, 1971
Mr. and Mrs. George N. Holcomb, Richland ranchers,
were in Washington yesterday to receive the Medal of
Honor from President Nixon in behalf of their son, John,
who was killed in Vietnam December 3, 1968.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
February 19, 1996
Investigators have determined that an operational error,
not a mechanical failure, caused a gondola on the Wallowa
Lake Tramway carrying radio gear, but no people, to break
loose from its cable Jan. 25.
No one was injured in the accident, the fi rst of its kind in
the tramway’s 25-year history.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
February 18, 2011
Work is offi cially under way to restore the water-dam-
aged Courthouse this week, with the completion date set
for May 15.
Mark Johnson of Sid Johnson & Co., the contracting
fi rm hired to make the repairs, said Thursday that his
employees are continuing the job they started just after
Thanksgiving weekend.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
February 18, 2020
Athletic Director Buell Gonzales Jr. will present informa-
tion about establishing a Clay Shooting Club to the Baker
School Board Thursday night.
The board will meet at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers
at City Hall, 1655 First St.
The club would be for students in Grades 6-12 with a
spring league beginning in April, a state tournament in
June and the National Trap Shooting Championship in
July, a list of frequently asked questions included in the
board’s meeting packet states.
The program is for boys and girls who have a league-
approved fi rearm safety certifi cate, the information states.
It is organized through the State High School Clay Target
League.
Team members practice weekly at a shooting range.
Individual and team scores are then submitted and
compared online with other schools in their conference to
qualify for state and national competition.
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LUCKY LINES, Feb. 16
watch” the county employees
and volunteers help people get
their fi rst dose during the Feb.
12 clinic.
Staten said that if the state
allocated enough doses, the
county could administer more
than the 315 shots given that
day.
The Baker City Safeway
and Albertsons pharmacies,
both of which received 100
doses of the Moderna vaccine
earlier this month, together
administered about 85 fi rst
doses between Feb. 12 and
Feb. 16, said Jill McGinnis, di-
rector of communications and
public affairs for the company
that owns both grocery chains.
Customers who are 75 or
older can make an appoint-
ment online at www.safeway.
com/covid-19 or www.albert-
sons.com/covid-19
Starting Feb. 22, people 70
and older will be eligible to be
vaccinated based on Oregon’s
priority guidelines.
McGinnis said shipments
of additional doses to the
Baker City pharmacies were
canceled this week, possibly
due to winter weather across
the country.
But deliveries of vaccines to
the pharmacies will resume
next week, she said.
As of Tuesday, Feb. 16, a
total of 1,550 Baker County
residents had received their
fi rst dose of vaccine, and 493
were fully vaccinated, accord-
ing to the OHA.
That means 12.1% of the
county’s population of 16,800
is partially (9.2%) or fully
(2.9%) vaccinated.
That’s slightly above the
statewide fi gure of 11.4%.
Scott Griffi th
Jack served in the U.S. Army Signal
Battalion from 1971 to 1975. He was
Scott George Griffi th, 65, of Baker
stationed at Kaiserslautern, Germany,
City, passed away Feb. 4, 2021, with his and later at Fort Hood, Texas.
family by his side.
Jack met Nancy Young in Roy, Wash-
A celebration of his life will be sched- ington, at a Roy Rodeo dance. They
uled later.
were married on Sept. 21, 1971.
Scott was born on July
Jack began his working career as
18, 1955, at Baker City to
a house painter with his parents. In
Ira and Carleen Griffi th.
the U.S. Army he learned all phases of
He graduated from Baker
construction and worked doing miscel-
High School in 1973. He
laneous projects. Jack joined the Baker
worked for Cook & Emele
City Police as a reserve offi cer. He loved
Scott
from 1973 until his retire-
this job and later became Chief of Police
Griffi th
ment.
for Huntington. He then moved to Burns
Scott married Donna
where he was a patrol offi cer for the
Smock on July 6, 1974. Together they
Burns City Police and a police sergeant
raised three sons. He loved to go fi shing for the Burns Tribal Police before he
and hunting, camping in the mountains, retired.
and harassing his grandchildren.
Jack enjoyed archery, hunting, fi shing
Survivors include his wife, Donna
and telling all of his favorite stories. He
Griffi th of Baker City; his mother,
loved to ride horses and bulls. He rode-
Carleen Griffi th of Baker City; brothers, oed in his younger days around Tacoma
Kevin Griffi th of Baker City and Law-
and the European Rodeo Association.
rence Griffi th of Vanderpool, Texas; his
Jack is survived by his wife of 49
sons, Jeremy Griffi th (Heather) of Boise, years, Nancy Pfaff; his daughter, Jac-
Brian Griffi th of Baker City and Joseph quin (Bryon) Shepard; his son, Buddy
Griffi th (Morgan) of Baker City; and
(Bridgette) Pfaff; his brothers, John, Jim,
his grandchildren, Isaac, Liam, Johnny, Rick and Fred Pfaff; his sister, Doro-
Jayden and Jordan, and special grand-
thy Sisson; his grandchildren, Jesse,
daughter, Shelby; and numerous family Cameron, Jacob, Raylin, Bailie, Davon,
and friends.
Jayden, Ashley and Tyler; and his great-
He was preceded in death by his
grandchildren, Ariel, Adan and Elijah.
father, Ira C. Griffi th; his brother, David
Jack was preceded in death by his
Griffi th; and his sister, Suzann Griffi th. son, Jesse James Pfaff; his parents, John
Memorial contributions may be made and Sadie Pfaff; his brother, Chuck Pfaff;
to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation his sisters, Betty Pierson, Kathy Biehl
through Gray’s West & Co., 1500 Dewey and Joanne Tharpe; and his grandchild,
Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.
Alexis Shepard.
For those who would like to make a
Jack Pfaff
donation in memory of Jack, the family
Richland, 1954-2021
suggests the National Autism Society
Jack Pfaff, 66, formerly of Baker
through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
City, died Feb. 4, 2021, at his home in
Home & Cremation Services, P.O. Box
Richland.
543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condo-
A celebration of his life
lences can be made at www.tamispine
will take place at a later
valleyfuneralhome.com
date.
Thomas Bronson Sr.
Jack Albert Pfaff was
Ironside, 1936-2021
born on May 8, 1954, at
Thomas James Bronson Sr., 84, of
Tacoma, Washington. He
Jack
Ironside, died Feb. 1, 2021, at Boise due
was raised and educated
Pfaff
to heart complications.
in Spanaway, Washington.
A celebration of his life will take place
He attended Bethel High
School and earned his GED when he
at a later date.
Tom was born on July 20, 1936, at
went into the Army.
Baker City, 1955-2021
Ontario to Otto and Loise
(Domby) Bronson. He grew
up on the family ranch
northeast of Ironside on
Willow Creek. He and
his little sister, Lavelle,
Thomas
attended grade school at
Bronson
Malheur City and Grouse
Creek. He graduated from
high school in Ontario in 1955.
In 1958, he joined the U.S. Air Na-
tional Guard of Idaho, as a fuel sup-
ply specialist. When en route to basic
training in Texas, the charter plane that
he was in iced up and crashed. Tom and
another airman were able to get to a
nearby ranch to get help. He was honor-
ably discharged in 1964.
Tom met the love of his life, Lois Af-
feld, in Ironside at a neighbor’s ranch
where she was baby-sitting, when he
went to gather up some stray cows. The
two were wed on May 20, 1959, at John
Day.
Tom and Lois spent the rest of their
lives on the Ironside family ranch, rais-
ing their four children, along with hay
and cows.
Tom was a hard worker who loved to
ranch, he was an excellent equipment
operator and a hay truck driver. He was
very generous in helping others and
loved to play practical jokes on friends
and family. He enjoyed hunting elk
and fi shing, if you could get him off the
ranch.
He was a member of the Burnt River
School Board and a member of the Iron-
side Road District for many years.
Tom was preceded in death by his
parents, his sister and his wife.
Tom is survived by his children, TJ
and Joann Bronson of Ontario, Eric and
Rhonada Bronson of Huntington, Peter
and Terri Bronson of Prineville and
April Bronson of Burns; his grandchil-
dren, James Bronson, Kyle Bronson,
Robert Bronson, Wade Bronson, Aaron
Langley, Audryonna Langley, Adrian
Langley, Kathrine and Lee Butler, Jesse
and Wendy Bronson, and Danielle
Bronson; and his great-grandchildren,
Tanner Harp, Stark Langley and Beorn
Butler.
In lieu of fl owers, donations can be
made to the FFA.
N EWS OF R ECORD
Next jackpot: $16,000
■ FRIDAY: Pork roast, stuffi ng, peas, roll, green salad,
brownie
■ MONDAY (Feb. 22): Chicken strips, mashed potatoes with
gravy, carrots, roll, ice cream, ambrosia
■ TUESDAY (Feb. 23): Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes
with gravy, peas, roll, cottage cheese/Jell-O salad, pudding
■ WEDNESDAY (Feb. 24): Soup and sandwich: cream
of broccoli soup and turkey, Swiss, lettuce and tomato
sandwich; pea-and-onion salad, birthday cake
■ THURSDAY (Feb. 25): Ham and beans, Brussels sprouts,
cornbread, broccoli-bacon salad, cookies.
Public luncheon at the Senior Center, 2810 Cedar St., 11:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; $4.50 donation (60 and older), $6.75 for
those under 60. Meals must be picked up; no dining on site.
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doses next week to schedule
another large vaccination
clinic on Feb. 26.
She said she’s optimistic
that will be possible based on
a recent announcement by
state offi cials that Oregon’s
weekly allocation of doses
is increasing from 75,000 to
82,000.
Although the county doesn’t
have a tally of residents who
are 80 or older, Staten said the
county made good progress
during the Feb. 12 clinic at
administering the fi rst dose to
that age group.
If the Feb. 26 clinic hap-
pens, Staten said she expects
that people 75 and older will
have appointments during
that event. Residents can call
541-523-0015 to be placed on a
waiting list.
She said it was “amazing to
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021
LOCAL
DEATHS
POLICE LOG
Michael Anthony Baldwin:
42, of Baker City, died Feb. 11,
2021, at his residence on. Ar-
rangements have been entrusted
to Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer
Chapel. To leave an online
condolence for the family, go to
www.grayswestco.com
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
PROBATION VIOLATION: Tyler
Joseph Anders, 31, of Baker City,
12:03 a.m. Wednesday, in the 500
block of Campbell Street; jailed.
FAILURE TO APPEAR (two
Baker County Circuit Court
warrants): Kenzie Renae Sher-
man, 20, of Baker City, 3:20 a.m.
Wednesday, at Third Street and
Washington Avenue; jailed.
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Baker
County Circuit Court warrant):
Jamie Joseph Weiss, 55, of Baker
City, 12:02 p.m. Monday, on
Grove Street; cited and released.
Cheryl Martinson: 68, of
Baker City, died Feb. 11, 2021,
at her residence. Arrangements
have been entrusted to Grays
West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. To
leave an online condolence for
the family, go to www.grays
westco.com
FUNERALS PENDING
Lloyd Harry Bigler: A
military honors ceremony will
take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday,
Feb. 20, at Union Park. Those
attending must wear a mask and
practice social distancing. In lieu
of fl owers, the family suggests
memorial contributions to the
Union VFW Post, 518 N. Main St.,
Union, OR 97883. Online condo-
lences may be made at www.
lovelandfuneralchapel.com
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Thor Edvalson: A celebra-
tion of Thor’s life and memorial
service will take place Friday,
Feb. 26, at 11 a.m. at the Harvest
Church, 3720 Birch St. in Baker
City. His family suggests memo-
rial contributions to the Cancer
Support Group through Tami’s
Pine Valley Funeral Home &
Cremation Services. Online con-
dolences can be made at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.
com
California, 8:04 a.m. Friday, on
Interstate 84, about 5 miles north
of Baker City; cited and released.
Sr. Trooper David Aydelotte wrote
in his daily media log that Kara-
petyan was checked driving 91
mph in a large cargo van on the
icy road surface. Aydelotte stated
that he also observed additional
traffi c violations. Variable speed
signs set by the Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation at the
time were recommending drivers
observe a 55 mph speed limit be-
cause of the icy road conditions.
Aydelotte said Karapetyan stated
he had an important delivery to
make and was in a hurry.
Baker County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
Arrests, citations
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A
MOTOR VEHICLE (Oregon State
Parole Board warrant): Eric Lee
Cavyell, 30, 1:48 p.m. Monday, at
the Baker County Jail where he
is being held on other charges.
FOURTH-DEGREE DOMESTIC
ASSAULT and HARASSMENT:
Shirley Marie Carey, 68, of
Baker City, 8:31 p.m. Monday, on
Bear Lane near Sumpter; jailed
and later granted a conditional
release.
Oregon State Police
Arrests, citations
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