2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2021
CATS
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
February 20, 1971
The Baker Bulldogs made up for cold shooting last night
with a tenacious defense and squeezed out a 34-32 victory
over Redmond to preserve their conference lead.
A sigh went up in the Redmond gym as a desperation
Panther shot rolled off the rim with six seconds left. Daryl
Ross grabbed the rebound and iced the Baker victory with
a last second free throw.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
February 20, 1996
Bend developer Michael Tennant will submit his request
to the Baker City Planning Commission Wednesday for a
subdivision in West Baker City that would include residen-
tial, commercial and industrial parcels.
Last year planners gave Tennant, president of Columbia
Developments Inc., tentative approval for his Settlers Park
subdivision. The 74-acre property is just north of Campbell
Street and just west of 17th Street.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
February 21, 2011
Pending improvements to one current park and one
fl edgling park are on the Baker City Council’s agenda
Tuesday.
Michelle Owen, the city’s public works director, will give
councilors an update on work planned this summer at the
Central Park.
That’s the 2-acre property the city bought a decade ago
beside the Powder River between Washington and Valley
avenues.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
February 20, 2020
A state wildlife biologist concluded that wolves killed a
Baker County rancher’s 2-year-old bull and probably also
killed a yearling steer last week in the snowbound Wal-
lowa Mountains northeast of Baker City.
Mib Dailey, who lives near Sparta, about 25 miles north-
east of Baker City, said the bull and steer, along with two
other bulls and one cow from his herd, had been stranded
in the Eagle Creek area over the winter.
The animals didn’t turn up last fall when he was gather-
ing his herd from summer pasture in the mountains,
where he runs 250 cow-calf pairs.
Dailey said he has been looking for the missing ani-
mals, and about a week ago he found them on the west
side of Eagle Creek near Puzzle Creek. That’s between
Eagle Forks and Martin Bridge, about 2 miles north of
Sparta.
Dailey said a friend had been hauling hay to the cattle
using a side-by-side ATV, as the 30 or so inches of snow
made it impossible to reach the area in a truck and trailer.
Dailey said he also brought in a bulldozer to plow some
of the snow from a road, with the goal of leading the cattle
back to a main road where he could load them in a trailer
and drive them back to his ranch.
Dailey said his friend delivered hay to the cattle late in
the afternoon of Feb. 12. All fi ve animals were together at
that time, Dailey said.
When his friend returned with more hay on Saturday,
Feb. 15, he found the carcass of the steer and the 2-year-
old bull with severe wounds.
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■ MONDAY: Chicken strips, mashed potatoes with gravy,
carrots, roll, ice cream, ambrosia
■ TUESDAY: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes with gravy,
peas, roll, cottage cheese/Jell-O salad, pudding
■ WEDNESDAY: Soup and sandwich: cream of broccoli
soup and turkey, Swiss, lettuce and tomato sandwich; pea-
and-onion salad, birthday cake
■ THURSDAY: Ham and beans, Brussels sprouts, cornbread,
broccoli-bacon salad, cookies.
■ FRIDAY: Beef pot roast, red potato, mixed vegetables, roll,
fruit cup, apple crisp
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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social the cats are.
From there, a majority of
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the kittens were sent to Fuzz-
“There were about 30 cats
ball Rescue. Several cats and
inside and maybe 50 cats
kittens with ringworm were
outside,” said Farrell Riley-
sent to Pendleton Paws and
Hassmiller, the volunteer cat
Cat Utopia.
coordinator with Best Friends.
The Cat Adoption Team in
Groups working with Best — Farrell Riley-Hassmiller,
Sherwood, south of Portland,
Friends to help the cats and
had agreed to take the cats
Best Friends of Baker
kittens are: New Hope for
and kittens who were positive
Eastern Oregon Animals,
very fortunate to have that
for Feline Leukemia Virus
Blue Mountain Humane So- network and to be able to
(FeLV) and immunodefi ciency
ciety in La Grande, Pendleton help.”
(FIV), Riley-Hassmiller said.
Paws in Pendleton, Fuzzball
Riley-Hassmiller said Best
The Oregon Humane
Rescue and Cat Utopia in
Friends is using vouchers
Society agreed to take in the
Hermiston, Oregon Humane from the Mollie Atwater Spay senior cats who are social,
Society in Portland, and Cat
and Neuter Fund to help
and the organization sent a
Adoption Team in Sherwood Dawn.
truckload of donations includ-
Oregon.
“We are providing vouchers, ing food, kennels, supplies
“It’s amazing,” Riley-Hass- helping her (Dawn) with the and other items. The Oregon
miller said.
trap effort,” Riley-Hassmiller Humane Society plans to send
In addition to providing
said.
another load of supplies.
medical care to the cats that
New Hope had made a
“It’s still a work in prog-
need it, Best Friends is seek- donation to an account in
ress,” Riley-Hassmiller said.
ing to spay and neuter the
Dawn’s name at the Animal
“As cats are going to the vet
animals as quickly as possible Clinic of Baker.
and going home, they’re stay-
to prevent further breeding
Blue Mountain Humane
ing indoors. The caregiver’s
and an increase in the colony’s Society was willing to take on still attempting to socialize
population.
all indoor cats at their facility them more.”
Baker County is at a disad- as a holding space before
Although the effort has
vantage as there is no shelter sending them to the other
raised $1,600, Riley-Hass-
for cats locally.
rescue homes. The Humane
miller said another $1,200 is
“That’s why most of these
Society will process the cats,
needed to deal with the entire
cats are going elsewhere,”
check them for ringworm and Richland cat colony.
Riley-Hassmiller said. “We’re pneumonia, and assess how
She said people who want
“As cats are going to the
vet and going home,
they’re staying indoors.
The caregiver’s still
attempting to socialize
them more.”
Help needed
for cats
abandoned
near Keating
According to a post
on the Best Friend of
Baker website, 10 cats
were abandoned near
Keating. Best Friends
will provide food to
anyone willing to put
out food and water for
the cats daily until they
can be assessed and
adopted. Anyone who
can help can call or text
Farrell Riley-Hassmiller
at 541-792-9163.
to help by making donations
can do so on the Best Friends
of Baker website and through
their Facebook page for the
Mollie Atwater Fund.
“The Mollie Atwater Fund
is a program that’s been
around quite a while and
it’s also designed to help
other Baker County residents.
Everyone is welcome to use
it who has a fi nancial need,”
Riley-Hassmiller said.
O BITUARIES
Thor Edvalson
Baker City, 1961-2021
Thor Edvalson, 59, of Baker City,
died on Feb. 2, 2021, at Saint Alphonsus
Regional Medical Center in Boise.
A memorial and celebration of
Thor’s life will take place
on Friday, Feb. 26, at 11
a.m. at Harvest Church,
3720 Birch St. in Baker
City. This service will be
livestreamed. Go to www.
Thor
bakercityharvest.org, scroll
Edvalson
to the bottom and click
Youtube.com.
Thor was born on July 13, 1961, at the
Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande to
Terry and Myrna (Rees) Edvalson. Thor
attended grade school in Micronesian
Islands and Junior High Preparatory
Academy on the Big Island of Hawaii
and graduated from La Grande High
School in 1980.
He and Johanna were married on Jan.
19, 2016. Barb Borello, a good friend of
theirs, introduced them in 2014.
Thor began his career with the De-
partment of Corrections at Snake River
Correctional Institution as a correctional
offi cer in 1995 and transferred to Pow-
der River Correctional Facility in 2003.
He had just celebrated 26 years with the
department and was anxiously planning
for retirement with his wife, Johanna.
Thor was well liked and respected by
staff and adults in custody alike. His
perpetual smile, sense of humor and no-
nonsense attitude were just a few traits
that served him well on and off the job.
Thor spent many of his years at PRCF
as a work crew supervisor and took
great pride in the work that was done
around Baker, Grant and Union coun-
ties. He used to say, “Every day is a good
day when you get to be outside.” He
then moved to receiving and discharge
so that he could be close by and take
days off.
When his wife got cancer, then
wrecked her motorcycle, other than
that, no matter what the task, if it was
assigned to Thor, it got done. He would
simply say, “I’ll take care of it,” and you
knew he would. Thor had a genuine
interest in people and took every oppor-
tunity to make people laugh.
Thor enjoyed sailing, swimming and
scuba diving in the Islands. He loved
cave exploring and camping on his
multiple ultralight airplanes, as well as
a gyrocopter and experienced fl ying a
glider at a sponsored event at the Madras
airport.
Forrest also loved motorcycles. He rode
dirt bikes, road bikes (Honda Gold Wing),
and a sport bike (Honda Magna). He also
taught his sons how to ride, who went on
to teach their children, granddaughters
included.
Another of Forrest’s hobbies was
building planes either from kits or from
scratch out of balsa wood and covering
the frame with Mylar. Once an engine
was installed, he fl ew them by radio
control.
Forrest had four children whom he
adored, Tanya, Ashelee, Galen and Levi.
Forrest was an avid reader and writer.
He wrote an epic book of his life by hand,
specifi cally for his children, giving each
one a copy. This book is about 1,800+
pages and details his Vietnam experi-
ence, as well as his life and family. He
also had folders of original poems that
he had written over the years, which he
shared with his friends and oldest grand-
Forrest Green
daughter. Forrest was an accomplished
North Powder, 1944-2021
writer, and has a book of stories and
Forrest Leo Green, 76, of North
poems that are currently being published
Powder, died on Feb. 3, 2021, at Life Care in La Grande.
Center of Treasure Valley in Boise.
Forrest cherished his grandchildren.
No service will take place at this time. Before he became disabled, his favorite
Forrest was born on July 1, 1944, at
hobby was to enter every local parade
Granby, Missouri, to Opal
from Baker City to Pendleton and
(Lamb) and Earl Green.
beyond, driving a painted lawn mower
They moved to North
pulling 10 large decorated lawn carts full
Powder where Forrest at-
of his grandchildren and local children,
tended school and gradu-
pets and stuffed animals. He won fi rst
ated from high school in
place one year in Pendleton, and has had
Forrest
1962. Following graduation, his picture in the paper many times.
Green
Forrest joined the Navy and
Forrest is survived by his children,
went to Vietnam. He fl ew
Tanya Galiszewski, Ashelee Cochran, Ga-
on reconnaissance fl ights and fought on
len Green and Levi Cochran; his sisters,
night patrols.
Ivalee Rodda of Pendleton and Janie Nor-
After four years of service and many
vall of La Grande; and 12 grandchildren.
awards, he returned home and took on
Forrest was preceded in death by
a variety of jobs. He eventually went to
his parents, Opal and Earl Green; his
work for Fleetwood Travel Trailers Inc.,
brother-in-law, Bill Rodda (Ivalee); his
where he became an assistant manager. niece, Cami Baird (Marvin); and his
Years later, he was promoted to manager beloved dog, Tucker.
of a plant at San Bernardino, California.
For those who would like to make a
California did not appeal to Forrest,
donation in memory of Forrest, the family
however, so he ultimately moved back to suggests Best Friends of Baker (animal
Oregon. There, he reconnected with Ron care and rescue) through Tami’s Pine Val-
Nash who was owner and CEO of Nash ley Funeral Home & Cremation Services,
Travel Trailers.
P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online
Forrest was a pilot who could fl y just
condolences can be made at www.
about any plane. He owned and fl ew
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com
favorite island, Palau. He loved camping,
fi shing and kayaking with his wife and
grandkids. His favorite football teams
were the Oregon Ducks and the Steelers.
His favorite saying, was “No one
listens to Edvalson.” Thor made friends
with everyone, he had a great smile, and
he was always willing to lend a hand.
Thor is survived by his wife, Johanna;
his daughters, Maggie Guthrie and
Ryan Edvalson; his stepdaughter, Kailyn
McQuisten; his stepson, Andrew Davis;
his father, Terry and Pat Edvalson; his
brothers, Barry Edvalson and Kelly
Edvalson; six grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his
mother, Myrna (Rees) Edvalson.
For those who would like to make a
donation in memory of Thor, the family
suggests the Cancer Support Group
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.
N EWS OF R ECORD
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
VIOLATION OF RELEASE
AGREEMENT: Brandon Douglas
Culbertson, 32, of Baker City,
3:37 p.m. Wednesday, in the 3200
block of Court Avenue; jailed.
Baker County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
Arrests, citations
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Baker
County Circuit Court warrant):
Kenzie Renae Sherman, 20, of
Baker City, 9:29 a.m. Wednes-
day, at the Baker County Jail
where she is being held on other
charges.
SECOND-DEGREE DISOR-
DERLY CONDUCT, SECOND-
DEGREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
and (Baker County Circuit Court
warrant charging) IDENTITY
THEFT, FRAUDULENT USE OF
A CREDIT CARD and SECOND-
DEGREE THEFT: Jessica Marie
Gonzales, 31, of Halfway, 10:33
a.m. Wednesday, at Halfway;
cited and released.
Oregon State Police
Arrests, citations
PROBATION VIOLATION
(Sherman County warrant):
Kaitlyn Nichole Cutler, 26, of
Baker City, 1:44 p.m. Tuesday, on
Highway 7 at Indiana Avenue;
cited and released. Trooper Dako-
tah Keys wrote in his daily media
log that Cutler also was cited on
charges of driving while her li-
cense was suspended (violation)
and failing to install an ignition
interlock device on her vehicle as
required by the court.
DRIVING UNDER THE IN-
FLUENCE OF INTOXICANTS:
Destinee Ross-Mann, 23, of The
Dalles, 7:42 p.m. Wednesday, on
the highway between Halfway
and Cornucopia northeast of
Baker City; cited and released
due to COVID-19 restrictions at
the jail. Sr. Trooper Edward Mer-
cado wrote in his daily media log
that Ross-Mann was taken into
custody after a single-vehicle
crash in which she slid off the
road. The driver was taken to
the Baker County Sheriff’s Offi ce
where she consented to a breath
sample that exceeded the legal
state blood-alcohol content level
of 0.08%, with a BAC of 0.17%,
Mercado stated. Her vehicle
remained at the scene.
The most sincere thanks from the
Alex Sackos
family
for everyone’s thoughtfulness.
Such a comfort. Bless you all.
Mary Lou, Tony & Maggie, Terese, Trin & Rachael
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