2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021
SURGE
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
April 15, 1971
Citing his inability to operate the city fi re department
with only 12 men, Baker fi re chief John Everson, 63, this
week submitted his resignation.
City manager Vern Jacobson accepted and said”I’m not
going to beg or chase him. Anyone who wants to submit
his resignation, I’ll accept.”
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
April 15, 1996
A video about the Oregon Trail that features the Bureau
of Land Management’s Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
recently won an award.
The International Association of Audio Visual Commu-
nicators presented a “Cindy” award to the BLM and Trail
Tenders Inc., the interpretive center’s volunteer group.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
April 15, 2011
The day the last trace of ice disappears from Phillips
Reservoir is for anglers a symbol of a fresh start.
For yellow perch it’s just the end.
Of everything.
For the third straight April, the Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is letting the perch’s penchant for
procreation lead legions of the fi sh to their demise.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
April 16, 2020
Lisa Grigg’s sons — ages 7, 5, and 2 — weren’t too
sure about leaving their stuffed animals outside for a Zoo
Parade.
“But after I started setting up they got super excited and
engaged in coming up with how to display them,” Grigg
said.
Her sons decided that Grippy Grabby the Octopus likes
to play with other octopuses but always gets stuck, and
that Bark the Dog loves to chase cats up trees. Roar the
Dragon, on the other hand, loves to fl y but is also lazy and
loves to sleep.
“I loved watching my boys come up with ways to
display and name their animals,” Grigg said. “It gave us
something to work on together and got us out of the
house waving to friends.”
Grigg and nearly 40 others in Baker City created a zoo
display in their yards with stuffed animals on Friday, April
10.
The idea started with Karen Baxter, whose daughter-
in-law was making a walk-by zoo on a Marine base in
California.
Baxter printed a fl yer with details and texted it to friends
from her church. She encouraged participants to make
signs describing the animals and display them in a cage
(chair, laundry basket or other item).
“Then someone posted it on the Baker City Moms
group and it just grew,” Baxter said.
She made a list and map of the 37 participants. Zoo
displays were up for most of the day as people drove by
and honked their appreciation.
“My son loved it,” Melody Hall said. “We all pitched in
as a family and had fun with our zoo.”
Hall’s 8-year-old son, Sam, couldn’t wait to see the other
displays around town.
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S ENIOR M ENUS
■ FRIDAY: Barbecue beef ribs, scalloped potatoes, rolls,
corn, sauerkraut salad, pudding
■ MONDAY (April 19): Pulled pork sandwiches, potato
wedges, mixed vegetables, ambrosia, cheesecake
■ TUESDAY (April 20): Beef burgundy with fettuccine
noodles, rolls, peas, macaroni salad, brownies
■ WEDNESDAY (April 21): Ham and cheese sandwiches,
turkey noodle soup, green salad, apple crisp
■ THURSDAY (April 22): Baked ham, sweet potatoes,
mixed vegetables, rolls, pea and onion salad, cookies
Public luncheon at the Senior Center, 2810 Cedar St., from
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.
stop administering the John-
son & Johnson vaccine, which
Continued from Page 1A
requires only one dose unlike
“This is a critical time, and the Moderna and Pfi zer vac-
we all play a role,” Staten
cines, won’t have a signifi cant
said. “We don’t want to close effect on vaccination rates in
down our businesses and
Baker County.
restaurants.”
As of Tuesday, of the 8,521
Tuesday’s total of 14 cases vaccine doses administered
was the most in a single day in Baker County, 444 were
since Dec. 28, when the
Johnson & Johnson (about
county set a daily record with one half of 1%).
25 new cases.
Baker County has used pri-
The second-highest daily
marily the Moderna vaccine
total was 18 cases on Dec. 3. — 7,293 of the total doses
There were 14 new cases
(almost 86%).
on Jan. 12.
Positive case at Baker
Between Jan. 16 and
Middle School
March 23 the county never
The Baker School District
had more than seven new
announced on Tuesday that
cases in a single day.
an “individual” at Baker
But since March 24 the
Middle School had tested
county has had four days
with 10 or more cases, includ- positive for COVID-19. The
district was notifi ed of the
ing 13 on April 2.
The county’s daily average, positive test on Monday.
The district’s press release
which peaked in December
at 6.3 per day, dropped to 3.4 did not note whether the per-
son is a student or employee.
per day in January and to
District offi cials have
2.5 in February, before rising
made that distinction with
slightly to 3.1 per day in
past cases, but to protect
March.
individual privacy they don’t
For the fi rst 13 days of
intend to do so in the future,
April, the daily average was
said Lindsey McDowell, the
5.2 cases.
district’s public information
Vaccinations increase
and communications coordi-
The surge comes while
nator.
Baker County continues to
Baker Middle School and
inoculate residents against
Baker High School students,
COVID-19.
who had been attending in-
Staten said the Health De- person classes two days per
partment does not have any week since Jan. 25, returned
evidence of “breakthrough”
to a full four-day weekly
cases in the county — people schedule starting Monday,
who are infected even after
April 12.
they’re fully vaccinated.
“It’s disappointing to have
Although the Oregon
a positive COVID-19 case to
Health Authority (OHA)
report following the fi rst day
doesn’t list breakthrough
that secondary students in
cases by county, a recent
the district returned to full-
report from the agency noted time, in-person instruction,”
nine such cases in a region
Superintendent Mark Witty
that includes Baker, Morrow, said in the press release.
Umatilla, Union, Wallowa
“We will continue to follow
and Malheur counties.
all health protocols in place
As of Tuesday, 5,146 Baker to keep our community safe
County residents — 30.6%
and healthy, and we hope
of the population — had
that parents and students
been either partially (1,292,
will help us by staying home
or 7.7%) or fully (3,854, or
when they are ill. These pro-
22.9%) vaccinated, according tocols, along with increased
to the OHA.
vaccinations locally, are the
Staten said Oregon’s deci- key to a return to normal.”
sion announced Tuesday to
Students in all grades
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Potential effects on
restaurants, bars
Tyler Brown said the pros-
pect of Baker County moving
back to the high risk level is
“incredibly frustrating.”
Brown owns Barley
Brown’s Brew Pub and Tap
House, separate businesses
on Main Street in Baker City.
If the county jumps from
the current lowest risk level
to high risk on April 23, the
indoor dining capacity for
Brown’s restaurants will drop
from 50% to 25%.
The same change in capac-
ity would apply to theaters,
indoor fi tness centers and
gyms, and indoor swimming
pools.
Brown believes the state’s
COVID-19 restrictions are
unfair because they have
outsized effects on a relatively
narrow business sector.
For grocery and other retail
stores, capacity drops from
75% at the lowest risk to 50%
at high risk.
Moreover, Brown said that
although he has asked Staten
many times whether the
county’s contact tracing has
linked COVID-19 infections
to restaurants or bars, she
has said no.
Staten, as mentioned
earlier in the story, attributed
many of the cases to social
gatherings.
“Regardless of how people
act elsewhere, we’re the only
COVID-19
vaccinations in
Baker County,
by age group
As of Tuesday, April 13,
a total of 5,146 Baker
County residents —
30.6% of the population
— were either partially
or fully vaccinated. The
breakdown by age:
• 80 AND OLDER:
708
• 75 TO 79:
511
• 70 TO 74:
795
• 65 TO 69:
785
• 60 TO 64:
566
• 50 TO 59:
701
• 40 TO 49:
448
• 30 TO 39:
389
• 20 TO 29:
206
• 19 AND YOUNGER:
37
businesses that are most
affected when the risk level
changes,” Brown said.
Although Brown said it
has been benefi cial to have
indoor dining limits remain
the same since Feb. 12, he
only has to look into a storage
building to recognize the
reality.
That’s where workers
moved chairs and tables that
were removed to comply
with occupancy and spacing
requirements.
“It’s a constant reminder
that even at low risk we’re
only partially in business,”
Brown said.
O BITUARY
Louetta Stutzman
School. After fi nishing her
education, Louetta moved to
Louetta Stutzman, 92, of
Oklahoma, and stayed there
Halfway, died on April 10,
for a while and worked as a
2021, at Boise.
waitress. After Oklahoma,
A service will take place
Louetta decided to move to
at a later date at the Filer
Idaho where her father lived.
Cemetery in Filer, Idaho.
While in Idaho, Louetta met
Louetta Faye Phinney
Glenn Stutzman. On Oct. 6,
was born on
1951, fi ve weeks after meeting
Dec. 5, 1928, at
each other, Louetta and Glenn
Appleton City,
married. When people would
Missouri, to Ira
ask Louetta why they married
Phinney and
so fast, she would say, “Glenn’s
Freeda Murrow.
birthday was in October, and
Louetta he didn’t want to be another
Louetta had no
siblings, but had Stutzman year older without being mar-
many cousins
ried to me.” Soon after, they
and aunts, and she loved it
welcomed their fi rst son, Ira
when they got together on her Stutzman, in July 1952. Their
grandparents’ farm. At the
family would later be com-
age of nine, Louetta’s mother pleted with the arrival of their
passed away. Since her father second son, Rodney Stutzman,
had to travel for work, Louetta in March 1956.
lived on her grandparents’
Louetta and Glenn worked
farm, and attended a small
hard and taught their boys
country school. A matter of
the quality of having a good
fact, the school was so small
work ethic and helping others
that Louetta would always
out when needed.
laugh and say “I was related
After their retirement, they
to all my classmates one way moved to Gibsonville, Idaho.
or another.”
During this time, they loved
At the age of 14, Louetta
to travel, play card games,
moved back to Appleton City and most of all be with their
and continued her education. family. They would stay in
She would later receive her
Gibsonville and enjoy the
diploma at the Appleton High beautiful mountain town,
Halfway, 1928-2021
until 2004 when they moved
to Halfway to be closer to their
son Ira and his family.
From the beginning, Lou-
etta made friends in Halfway.
She worked at Jacobs Dream,
a local shop, and would
always greet customers with
a friendly and helpful smile.
Then again if she had to, she
could put you in your place
with that spunky attitude she
had. She also did activities
around town whether it be
volunteering or going to lunch
with her friends. She was an
amazing cook, quilter, croche-
tier, and sewer.
She continued to live in
Halfway after Glenn’s death
in 2011. She was always
involved in her great-grand-
children’s lives. She could be
in the stands cheering for
them during a sporting event
or teaching them how to cook.
Whatever it was, she was
there and made it known to
them how much she loved
and cared for all of them.
She was a wonderful wife,
mother, grandmother, and
great-grandmother. She will
be missed every day, but will
forever be in our hearts.
Louetta is survived by her
sons, Ira (Sharon) Stutzman,
N EWS OF R ECORD
C ONTACT THE H ERALD
1668 Resort St.
Open Monday through Friday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
continue to attend in-person
classes four days per week.
Students also have the option
of taking online classes.
Since July 2020, 14 school
district employees and nine
students have tested posi-
tive. That doesn’t include this
week’s case at BMS.
According to both the
school district and the Health
Department, none of those
students or employees was
infected at school.
“I think the schools have
done a good job of keeping
community spread out of our
schools,” Staten said. “The
protocols that our schools
have followed have helped
out immensely.”
DEATHS
Michael Ralph Beam: 65, of
Baker City, died April 11, 2021, at
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center
in Nampa, Idaho. A memorial
service will take place later, the
date and time will be announced
soon. Memorial contributions
can be made to the Leukemia
and Lymphoma Society through
Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Cha-
pel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City,
OR 97814. To leave an online
condolence for Michael’s family,
go to www.grayswestco.com..
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Unity
Community Hall. To offer online
condolences, go to www.grays
westco.com
POLICE LOG
Baker County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
PAROLE VIOLATION: Ian
Eugene Eastland, 32, Baker City,
9:16 p.m. Tuesday, April 13 at the
Sheriff’s Offi ce; jailed.
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
PROBATION VIOLATION
(Union County Parole and Proba-
tion detainer): Angela Renee
Sanders, 34, La Grande, 11:50
a.m. Tuesday, April 13 in the 3600
block of Midway Drive; jailed.
Oregon State Police
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLU-
ENCE OF INTOXICANTS: Zack
Sperl, 39, Baker City, 12:08 a.m.
Wednesday, April 13 at Camp-
bell and Sixth streets; cited and
released.
and Rod (Liz) Stutzman; her
grandchildren, Kim (Casey)
Stutzman-Rowen, Matt (Caro-
line) Stutzman, Kara (Jamie)
Burton, and Elisha Stutzman;
and her great-grandchildren,
Kerri, Kadie, and Kira
Stutzman-Rowen, Asher Bur-
ton, and Oliver Stutzman.
We love you Grandma, and
we know you are watching
over us, her family said.
Louetta was preceded in
death by her husband, Glenn;
her mother, Freeda, and her
father, Ira.
For those who would like to
make a donation in memory
of Louetta, the family suggests
the Halfway-Oxbow Ambu-
lance Service through Tami’s
Pine Valley Funeral Home &
Cremation Services, P.O. Box
543, Halfway, OR 97834.
Online condolences can be
made at www.tamispineval-
leyfuneralhome.com.
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