LOCAL & NATION
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021
BAKER CITY HERALD — 5A
Tiger Woods sustains severe leg Baker Police
injuries in one-vehicle rollover
warn of traffic
Associated Press
ticket scam
LOS ANGELES — In a
career fi lled with remarkable
comebacks, Tiger Woods faces
his toughest recovery of all.
Woods was
driving through
a sweeping,
downhill stretch
of road through
coastal suburbs
Woods
of Los Angeles
when his SUV
struck a sign, crossed over
a raised median and two
oncoming lanes before it
toppled down an embank-
ment, coming to a halt on its
side.
The airbags deployed. A
sheriff’s deputy poked his
head through a hole in the
windshield to see Woods, still
wearing his seatbelt, sitting
in the driver’s seat.
The crash caused “sig-
nifi cant” injuries all down his
right leg that featured rods,
pins and screws during what
was described as a “long sur-
gical procedure” at Harbor-
UCLA Medical Center.
Anish Mahajan, the chief
medical offi cer, said Woods
shattered tibia and fi bula
bones on his right leg in
multiple locations. Those
were stabilized by a rod in
The Baker City Police Department is alerting resi-
dents of a scam involving traffi c violation tickets that
claim to have been emailed from the Department of
Motor Vehicles.
Police warn those who receive such emails not to
respond to them in any way. Do not click on any links
and do not provide any personal information because
the email is not legitimate, the department states on its
Facebook page.
In its warning to community residents, Baker City
Police advise that any traffi c violations issued by the
department will be presented in the old-fashioned way.
“Baker City Police will pull you over using a police ve-
hicle equipped with lights and a siren and a uniformed
offi cer will issue you a written citation for speeding (or
other violations) with directions to follow for fi ne pay-
ment and court,” according to a statement on the Baker
City Police Facebook page.
“NEVER will the department email you a notice of a
traffi c violation and ask you to pay the fi ne online,” the
police department’s statement concludes.
The scam message tells recipients that they have been
“cited with a traffi c violation and must pay your citation
within 72 hours. We have payment plans available if
necessary.”
The scam advises those receiving the fraudulent
notice not to mail checks, but rather to make payment
through an “EasyPay” Center by clicking on a link in the
email. Another part of the scam states that those who
wish to contest the citation “must do so by clicking here
(to go to another link) to contact your local Department
of Motor Vehicles via SecureMail.”
The scam ends by stating that the notice was an auto-
mated message sent on behalf of the local Department
of Motor Vehicles offi ce and directs the recipient not to
reply to it.
By Stephanie Dazio and
Doug Ferguson
Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times-TNS
L.A. County Sheriff’s offi cers investigate an accident involving famous golfer Tiger
Woods on Hawthorne Boulevard in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on Tuesday, Feb. 23.
responsive and recovering.
“I will say that it’s very
fortunate that Mr. Woods was
able to come out of this alive,”
said Carlos Gonzalez, the
deputy from the Los Angeles
—Carlos Gonzalez,
County Sheriff’s Department
Los Angeles Sheriff’s
who was the fi rst on the
Department deputy
scene after a neighbor called
911.
the tibia. He said a combina-
“As if his body hasn’t
tion of screws and pins were endured enough,” Jon Rahm,
used to stabilize additional
the No. 2 player in the world,
injuries in the ankle and foot. said from the Workday
A statement on his Twitter Championship in Florida. “I
account said he was awake,
just hope he can get out of
“I will say that it’s very
fortunate that Mr. Woods
was able to come out of
this alive.”
GUN BILL
Sharon Meieran, an emergency
room physician and a public health
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advocate, supported the legislation,
“We are not the cause of gun vio- saying it could help create a “sense
lence,” said Berschauer, who three
of welcome and safety” for public of-
days earlier proposed an ordinance
fi cials. “As an ER doctor, I have seen
to make Yamhill County a Second
the devastating results of gun vio-
Amendment sanctuary. “Everyone
lence fi rsthand,” she told the com-
wants safe communities, but you are mittee. “As a Multnomah County
targeting the wrong people in this
commissioner, I feel vulnerable as
bill.”
a publicly visible elected offi cial in
Multnomah County Commissioner a climate of rising anti-democratic
the hospital after recovery
and he can still play with his
kids and have a normal life.”
The single-car crash was
the latest setback for Woods,
who at times has looked
unstoppable on the golf
course with his 15 major
championships and record-
tying 82 victories on the PGA
Tour. He is among the most
recognizable sports fi gures in
the world, and at 45 with a
reduced schedule from nine
previous surgeries, remains
golf’s biggest draw.
extremism, and as a mom I talk
with my kids regularly about their
profound fears arising from school
shootings across the country.
“As an elected offi cial, I believe it
is incumbent upon me and my col-
leagues to welcome the public and
maintain the openness and trans-
parency that’s foundational to our
public process. For me, a sense of
welcome and safety hinges on main-
taining a building that is gun-free.”
Washington County Commis-
sioner Nafi sa Fai, a Somali im-
migrant who saw gun violence as a
child in her native land, supported
the bill. “I want everyone to feel
safe in our county buildings and in
public buildings,” she told the com-
mittee. “The only way to achieve
this is by only arming law enforce-
ment offi cials.”
In Oregon, 276,327 people have
valid concealed handgun licenses.
To get a concealed handgun
license, people must be 21, a U.S.
citizen who has completed a gun
safety course and be able to pass a
background check.
Many of the people who testifi ed
online, or submitted written testi-
mony, told the Senate committee
that people who went through the
concealed handgun license process
committed few gun violence
crimes.
Baker County
CHURCH
DIRECTORY
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE CHURCH
Sunday Worship
First Service 8:30 am
2nd Service & Sunday School
 am
Jr. High & High School Youth
Tues 6:30 pm
Youth Pastor Silas Moe
675 Hwy 7, Baker City • 541-523-5425
FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
EARLY WORSHIP GATHERING
8:30 AM
SECOND WORSHIP GATHERING
10:30 AM
Harvest Cafe open 30 minutes before each service
3720 Birch St, Baker City
541-523-4233
www.BakerCityHarvest.org
Third & Broadway
541-523-3891
Sunday Worship Service
10:30 am
Sundays
10 AM Worship Service
9 AM Sunday School
Thursdays
1995 4th Street, Baker City
541-523-5201
5:30 - 6 PM
Free Community Dinner
6:15 - 8 PM
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Celebrate Recovery
Sunday Service
10:00 am
Pastor Troy Teeter
Services at 9 am
1st & 3rd Sundays, Holy Eucharist
2nd & 4th Sundays, Morning Prayer
5th Sunday, Morning Prayer
1250 Hughes Lane, Baker City
(Corner of Cedar & Hughes)
541-523-3533
www.bakernaz.com
2177 First Street • Baker City
Entrance on 1st Street
Corner Church & First Streets
541-523-4812
Sunday Worship 9:00 ඉඕ & 10:30 ඉඕ
Open to all patients,
family and friends for
reflection and prayer.
www.ChristianScience.com
3rd & Washington, Baker City
541-523-5911
St. Alphonsus Hospital in
Baker City
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE CHURCH
Elkhorn Baptist
Church
Sunday Service
11:00 am
Sunday School 10 am
Morning Worship 11 am
Evening Worship 6 pm
Discovery Kids Worship
: pm
3520 Birch St, Baker City
541-523-4332
www.ChristianScience.com
3rd & Washington, Baker City
541-523-5911
bakercalvarybaptist.com
St. Stephen’s
Episcopal
SAINT
ALPHONSUS
HOSPITAL CHAPEL
ST. BRIGID’S IN THE
PINES COMMUNITY
CHURCH
11:30 a.m. Services
1st & 3rd Sunday
Holy Eucharist
East Auburn Street, Sumpter
541-523-4812
A Mission of St. Stephen's Episcopal
Church in Baker City
St. Francis De
Sales Cathedral
Daily Masses:
M, T, Th, F 9 am
Day Chapel in Cathedral
Wed Daily Mass 9 am
at St. Alphonsus Chapel
Sat 8 am at Day Chapel
Baker City Saturday Mass 6 pm
Baker City Sunday Mass 9:30 am
St. Therese in Halfway 2 pm Sat
St. Anthony's in North Powder
11:30 Sun
541-523-4521
Corner of First & Church, Baker City
Established
1904
FIRST
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Service at 11 am
September through the
last Sunday of May
1734 Third Street, Baker City
541-523-3922
firstlutheranbakercity@gmail.com
AGAPE
CHRISTIAN
CENTER
Sunday Services
10:00 am & 6:30 pm
South Highway 7,
Baker City
541-523-6586
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Whelan Electric, Inc.
523-5756 • CCB 103032
2619 Tenth • 523-2412
1950 Place • 523-4300
1500 Dewey • 523-3677