2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021
B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
SUMPTER
Continued from Page 1A
THURSDAY, MARCH 11
■ Baker School Board: 6 p.m.; meeting will be via the
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call the District Offi ce, 541-524-2260, or visit the District
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section; meeting reset from usual third Thursday.
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
March 11, 1971
Baker’s welfare department may yet be forced into act-
ing as an employment agency like some Oregon counties
in order to reduce welfare rolls and stay within its budget.
Even though welfare departments in Deschutes, Jef-
ferson and Crook counties have become employment
agencies, the public welfare commission in Baker has not
started looking for jobs for its clients.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
March 11, 1996
A reward of up to $2,000 is being offered for the arrest
and conviction of a cattle rustler who shot and butchered a
pregnant cow on Telocaset Road in late February.
Ron Lay of Baker City said he was moving cattle be-
tween Pondosa and Thief Valley when he discovered one
of his cows was lame. He left her to travel at her own pace,
and discovered her missing the next day, he said.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
March 11, 2011
Large groups of small children visited Betty’s Books on
Thursday in downtown Baker City.
Owners Tom and Carolyn Kulog welcome the little ones
to look around. They look forward to the kindergartners’
pilgrimage to their store with their teachers and, in many
instances, their parents.
“It’s fun to watch them choose books,” Carolyn said.
Small gift certifi cates combined with store discounts
encourage purchases. And the trip helps to encourage
enjoyment of reading now and in the future.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
March 12, 2020
State wildlife biologists confi rmed that wolves attacked
and injured a newborn calf on a private, fenced pasture
near Richland last week.
The 2-day-old calf was in a 350-acre pasture near
Highway 86 as it climbs the Halfway Grade a couple miles
northeast of Richland, said Justin Primus, assistant district
wildlife biologist at the Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife’s (ODFW) offi ce.
The calf’s owner found the injured calf on Sunday, and
ODFW investigated on Monday.
Biologists estimate the calf was attacked by a wolf or
wolves about three days before the animal was found.
The calf was able to stand but “walked stiffl y and was
more lethargic than the other calves in the fi eld,” accord-
ing to ODFW’s report.
Primus said Wednesday morning that he was not sure
whether the calf would survive, although the animal was
alive on Monday.
Sproul said riders will be
coming from Oregon, Wash-
ington, Idaho and Utah.
“Sumpter has the facilities
for a wonderful snowmobile
event,” he said.
It certainly has the snow.
More than 4 feet fell in
Sumpter, elevation 4,400
feet, during February, said
Mike Bogart, president of the
Sumpter Valley Blue Moun-
tain Snowmobile Club.
Like Sproul, Bogart is
excited about this weekend’s
races.
Part of their anticipation
has to do with the racing
machines, which are not the
sorts of sleds you’re likely to
see on groomed trails.
This weekend’s races are
for “vintage” snowmobiles,
Sproul said.
Those are machines built
before 1985 and that have
leaf-spring suspensions
rather than the comparative-
ly sophisticated independent
suspensions that modern
sleds have.
Sproul said this week-
end’s races will also have a
separate class for somewhat
newer snowmobiles, those
built as recently as 1997.
Sproul, who has been rac-
ing snowmobiles since 1985,
said vintage racing started
about a decade and a half ago.
“The idea behind it was
vintage snowmobile shows,”
he said. “A lot of the guys who
were very passionate about
snowmobiles were racers
back in the day. And some of
them said, ‘I wish we were
still racing them.’ ”
Sproul said one of the fi rst
vintage races in the West took
place more than a decade ago
at West Yellowstone, Mon-
tana, as part of that resort
city’s annual World Snowmo-
bile Expo.
“And it’s grown quite a bit
since then,” he said.
But not in the winter of
2020-21.
Not in the year of the CO-
VID-19 pandemic.
Sproul said restrictions
related to the pandemic have
prompted organizers to cancel
several events across the
region.
Jim Smith/Contributed Photo
Vintage snowmobile races at the Sumpter Fairgrounds will start Saturday, March 13,
at 9:30 a.m. and Sunday, March 14, at 9 a.m.
That includes a major
three-race series at Priest
Lake in Northern Idaho.
Sproul said that when
he heard those races were
canceled, he immediately
thought of Sumpter as an
alternate venue.
There have been two
vintage races at the Sumpter
Fairgrounds this winter,
the fi rst in January, put on
by the Sumpter snowmo-
bile club, and the second in
February, which the Grant
County Snowballers coordi-
nated.
Sproul called Bogart to ask
about scheduling a third race
at the Fairgrounds.
“We said sure,” Bogart
said.
He said he’s grateful for
the assistance of Sproul and
other members of the Grant
County Snowballers, because
they have the knowledge of
vintage snowmobiles and the
experience needed to host
races.
He said the Fairgrounds
is a good site for the races
because there’s ample room
for people to spread out.
“Our footprint out here
is so large it’s really not an
issue,” he said.
There is no admission
charge for the races, which
start at 9:30 a.m. on Satur-
day and at 9 a.m. on Sunday.
Sproul expects races to
wrap up between noon and 1
p.m. both days.
Volunteers from Sumpter
will operate food booths,
and Sproul said multiple
snowmobile dealers plan to
have demonstration sleds as
well as one with “snow bikes”
— motorcycles equipped
not with wheels but with a
snowmobile-like track in the
rear and a ski in the front.
According to Oregon health
regulations, for counties in
the moderate-risk category
— which Baker County will
move into starting Friday,
March 12 — there is a
150-person limit for “outdoor
recreation and fi tness estab-
lishments,” which includes
“outdoor recreational sports.”
There are no capacity
limits for outdoor parks.
Sproul said many of the
racers he talked with were
“ecstatic” to fi nd out about
the Sumpter event.
“A lot of these guys have
spent a lot of money building
racing snowmobiles this year
and they had no place to go,”
he said.
Sproul and Bogart said
they’re happy that Sumpter
will be hosting the races
instead.
So is Daisy Garber.
She and her husband, Jeff,
bought the Depot Inn motel
in Sumpter in December
2019. She said their rooms
have been booked for about
three weeks, mainly by vin-
tage racers.
Garber said the earlier
races, in January and Febru-
ary, also brought people to
town.
“We like it,” she said.
“They’re a nice group of
people.”
Justin Long, who owns the
Sumpter Nugget restaurant
and marijuana dispensary,
said he also expects a boost in
business from this weekend’s
races.
That was the case with the
races in January and Febru-
ary, Long said.
“I think most of the busi-
ness owners here in town are
hoping to have that traffi c,
especially given the past
year,” he said.
Future snowmobile
events in Sumpter
Sumpter has long been
renowned as a destination for
recreational riders, with its
reliable snow and location as
the hub for hundreds of miles
of groomed trails.
But Sproul said the area’s
potential as a site for vintage
snowmobile races, shows and
other events has scarcely
been tapped.
“We could have a heck of a
big deal there every year,” he
said. “I would like to see that
happen.”
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S ENIOR M ENUS
■ FRIDAY: Beef pot roast, red potatoes, green beans, roll,
coleslaw, cookies
■ MONDAY (March 15): Chicken-fried chicken, mashed
potatoes with country gravy, Capri vegetables, biscuit,
three-bean salad, lemon squares
■ TUESDAY (March 16): Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes
with gravy, roll, mixed vegetables, macaroni salad, brownie
■ WEDNESDAY (March 17): Corned beef and cabbage, red
potatoes, carrots, roll, pea-and-onion salad, tapioca
■ THURSDAY (March 18): Liver and onions, red potatoes,
peas and carrots, three-bean salad, roll, berry cheesecake
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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Copyright © 2021
Dorothy Hunt
Formerly of Baker City, 1925-2021
Dorothy M. Hunt, 95, of
La Grande, and formerly of
Baker City, died on March 3,
2021, at her home.
At her request there will
be no public service. Private
burial will be at Mount Hope
Cemetery in
Baker City.
Arrangements
under the direc-
tion of Daniels-
Knopp Funeral,
Dorothy
Cremation &
Hunt
Life Celebration
Center.
Miss Hunt was born on
April 19, 1925, at Portland
to Herbert E. and Sybil A.
(Carpenter) Hunt. The J.R.
Hunt and U.S. Carpenter
families were early settlers
in Baker Valley. Dorothy was
raised and attended school
in Portland and Baker City,
graduating from Baker High
School in 1944. Following
high school, she joined the
Cadet Nurse Corps and com-
pleted the nursing program
at Sacred Heart School of
Nursing in Spokane, Wash-
ington, and a nursing degree
program at the University of
Washington.
In 1953 she served two
years of active duty in the
U.S. Army Nurse Corps, sta-
tioned at Fitzsimmons Army
Hospital in Denver. After her
Taran Arthur Moothart:
There will be a celebration of
Taran’s life at 2 p.m., Saturday,
March 20, 2021, at Harvest
Church, 3720 Birch St., in Baker
City. Pastor Brad Phillips will
offi ciate. Memorial contributions
may be made to the Taran Me-
morial Fund at Old West Federal
Credit Union, 2026 Broadway St.,
Baker City, OR 97814, or through
Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Cha-
pel at 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker
City, OR 97814. To leave an
online condolence for the family,
go to www.grayswestco.com
Tommy G. West: Graveside
services will be Wednesday,
March 24, at 2 p.m. at Mount
Hope Cemetery, with military
honors. Those wishing to make
memorial contributions in Tom-
my’s memory can direct them to
a charity of one’s choice through
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CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker
Justice Court warrant): Katherine
D. Schaaf, 35, of Baker City, 10:52
p.m. Monday, at Washington
Avenue and Oak Street; cited
and released.
She was a member of the
Presbyterian Church and
the Grande Ronde Hospital
Auxiliary.
She is survived by her
nephews, Mark Masterson
of La Grande and Glen and
Nancy Masterson of Arizona
and Michigan.
She was preceded in death
by her sister, Marjorie Mas-
terson.
Contributions in Dorothy’s
memory can be sent to the
charity of one’s choice.
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tour of duty with the Army,
she returned to the Puget
Sound area in Washington
and was employed by the U.S.
Veterans Administration.
She worked at V.A. medi-
cal centers in Seattle and
Tacoma until her retirement
in 1982.
In 1988 she moved from
the Puget Sound area back
to Eastern Oregon, settling
in La Grande. She enjoyed
outdoor activities, crafts,
traveling and volunteer work.
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