COMMUNITY
THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021
BAKER CITY HERALD — 3A
Wagon encampment moves to Geiser-Pollman Park
By Lisa Britton
lbritton@bakercityherald.com
Memorial Day weekend always
brings a wagon encampment reen-
actment at the National Historic
Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.
The center is closed to visitors,
but the annual event is still hap-
pening.
Center staff have packed up the
wagons and are heading west to set
up camp at Geiser-Pollman Park.
The “Oregon or Bust” encamp-
ment will be active from noon to 4
p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, May
29 and 30.
Visitors will learn more about
camp life, the hopes and fears
at NHOTIC
June 5: Carter Junction, 5 p.m.,
Geiser-Pollman Park
June 12: Wild Horse Day, times
TBD, NHOTIC
June 12: Lonnie Shurtleff,
10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.,
NHOTIC
June 12: Lonnie Shurtleff, 5 p.m.,
Geiser-Pollman Park
June 19: TBD, 5 p.m., Geiser-
Pollman Park
July 3 and 4: Great Bear Folk
Theater, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m.,
2:30 p.m., at NHOTIC
Summer schedule
July 3: Great Bear Folk Theater,
June 5-6: Carter Junction, ongo- 5 p.m., Geiser-Pollman Park
ing performances, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
July 9-11: Susan Matley (per-
shared by emigrants, and what mo-
tivated them to make the journey.
Folksigner Hank Cramer will be
playing live music throughout the
afternoon at 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 3:30
p.m.
Cramer will also be featured in
NHOTIC’s fi rst summer concert in
the park. The music begins at 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 29.
Saturday evening concerts are
planned for nearly every weekend
this summer. Here is the full sched-
ule of NHOTIC events:
BEEF
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Union County Sheriff Cody
Bowen drew the winning
ticket for Brett Baxter, a high
school principal in La Grande.
Baxter chose the Union
Food Bank to receive the
freezer full of beef, and Old
West posted a video of the
delivery on Facebook.
Kavanaugh said the loan
program is also supported
with a grant from the North-
west Credit Union Founda-
tion.
How it works
Once a loan is approved, the
borrower specifi es where he or
she wants to buy meat (beef,
lamb, chicken, pork, etc.).
Kavanaugh said Old West
cuts a check to the butcher.
The loan recipient hands over
the check and receives a sup-
ply of fresh meat.
When the program was
about to launch, Kavanaugh
called meat processors around
Northeast Oregon.
At Billy Bob’s Butcher Shop,
co-owner Kaleen Smith was
COUNCIL
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“The Second Amendment
to me is the basis of one of our
rights,” Waggoner said. “Is (the
resolution) enforceable by the
city? No, not really, but when
you have a governor that does
not listen to the people, these
types of things are the only
thing that we can do to show
our people and the governor
that this is something that we,
as a people, on this side of the
state, it’s important to us,” said
Waggoner.
Mayor Kerry McQuisten
said the resolution — which
is in the tinted box at right —
adds a fourth layer of protec-
tion, the other three being a
similar ordinance that Baker
County voters overwhelm-
ingly approved in November
2018, along with the Oregon
and federal constitutions.
Spriet, who voted against
approving the resolution, said
he fully supports the Second
Amendment.
“I do think there’s some
language here that might be
interpreted in a way that we
hadn’t intended as a council,”
Spriet said.
Sells, who cast the other
opposing vote, also said she
absolutely supports the Sec-
ond Amendment.
“I do feel like our words
matter and how they’re
written in here matters, how
they’re portrayed and how
other people read it matters
and so I agree,” Sells said. “I’d
really like to see some of the
language adjusted to better
support a more generalized
resolution,” said Sells.
Spriet noted that some
clauses in the resolution refer
to “the council” having a par-
ticular viewpoint on an issue,
while others ascribe these to
the “citizens of Baker City.”
Spriet said he would like
to see the resolution be
S. John Collins/Baker City Herald File
Cattle grazing in Baker Valley.
quick to praise the idea.
She said the shop has of-
“He said ‘is there a need?’ I fered its own type of loan pro-
said you’re already behind the gram to help people purchase
ball,” Smith said.
meat. And, she said, meat
“When you have a governor that does
not listen to the people, these types of
things are the only thing that we can do
to show our people and the governor
that this is something that we, as a
people, on this side of the state, it’s important to us.”
— Baker City Councilor Johnny Waggoner Sr., who
introduced a resolution declaring Baker City a Second
Amendment sanctuary
consistent and refer to what
the council believes rather
than seeming to speak for all
citizens.
McQuisten said that in
the fourth “whereas” clause,
which states that “the citizens
of Baker City are opposed to
any legislation considered by
the Oregon State Legislature
or the United States Congress
that would infringe upon the
right to keep and bear arms,”
Waggoner was referring to the
2018 election when county
voters approved the Second
Amendment Preservation or-
dinance, with 5,432 yes votes
to 2,736 no votes.
Spriet also mentioned the
section in the resolution which
reads: “Be it further resolved
that the Baker City Council
will not appropriate any funds
for any enforcement of uncon-
stitutional laws against the
People of Baker City, Oregon.”
Spriet said he believes that
clause could be interpreted as
the city not fully funding the
police department.
“That passage there really
gives me a lot of pause be-
cause I think it could easily be
interpreted by another council
or future people that might
say that the council is willing
to defund the police if they
enforce laws that the council
at the time disagrees with,”
Spriet said.
Multiple city residents who
attended Tuesday’s meeting
encouraged councilors to ap-
prove the resolution, including
Tom Hughes.
“I strongly support the reso-
lution,” Hughes said. “I feel if
we don’t stand at a local level
and start to put measures into
place now, I’m very concerned
that some of the same people
who have so easily given up
and continually give up their
freedoms because they were
afraid of a virus with a 99
plus percent survival rate will
easily give up their Second
Amendment rights as well.”
Hughes said he believes the
only thing keeping the “liberal
left from destroying America”
is the right to keep and bear
arms, giving people the ability
to defend against what he
described as a tyrannical, cor-
rupt government.
David McGuire also sup-
ported the resolution, saying
he believes law-abiding citi-
zens have paid the price while
criminals victimize innocent
people.
“I think we should have
something that protects us,”
McGuire said.
Marvin Sundean voiced his
prices are continuing to rise.
“Not everybody had the
money up front,” she said.
She’s telling customers
about the Old West program,
and helping connect consum-
ers with producers, too.
“I’d advise people to look
into it,” she said of the bank
loan.
Rohlf said it costs about
$1,200 for half a beef, which
includes cutting and wrap-
ping.
When meat supply dwin-
dled in the grocery stores, he
had more locals seeking out
meat from his ranch.
The Old West program,
he said, will help people buy
good-quality meat and sup-
port the local economy.
“They’re helping producers,
the local butcher shops, and
the local community,” Rohlf
said. “I told (Kavanaugh) I’ll
raise as much beef as I can to
help out the cause.”
To learn more about the
Farm to Table Loan, call any
branch of Old West Federal
Credit Union.
The bank’s website is www.
oldwestfcu.org.
support for the resolution, say-
ing there are three primary
reasons the Second Amend-
ment exists.
“The third most important
was for hunting, the second
most important was for self
protection, the primary rea-
son, the number one reason,
was so that we could protect
ourselves from a tyrannical
government,” Sundean said.
“The events over the last
year have caused me great
concern.”
In other business Tuesday,
the council:
• approved the audit report
presented by Rob Gaslin of
Gaslin Accounting.
• approved a change order
adding $150,000 to the $5.7
million contract with Gyllen-
berg Construction for building
the city’s new wastewater
lagoon. The cause for the re-
quest, according to a report to
councilors from Public Works
Director Michelle Owen, is a
series of February storms in
the Gulf Coast region that
closed petrochemical plants
and led to an increase in the
cost of vinyl that will be used
to line the lagoon.
• learned from Owen that
she will talk to the Public
Works Advisory Committee
and bring more information
to the council next month
regarding a request from a
resident to pave a section of
Indiana Avenue.
Geiser-Pollman Park
Aug. 12-15: Mike Follin (perform-
ing as Dr. Balthazar), 10:30 a.m.,
12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., at NHOTIC
Aug. 14: Mike Follin (performing
as Dr. Balthazar), 5 p.m., Geiser-
Pollman Park
Aug. 28: TBD, 5 p.m., Geiser-
Pollman Park
Sept. 4-5: Labor Day Wagon En-
campment, times TBD, NHOTIC
Sept. 4-5: Carter Junction, 10
a.m.-2 p.m., at NHOTIC
Sept. 3-5: Karen Haas, 10:30
a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., at
NHOTIC
Sept. 4: Karen Haas, 5 p.m.,
Geiser-Pollman Park
Memorial Day
service planned
Ralph Cole, who was born in Baker City and served
for 26 1/2 years in the military, will be the speaker
during a Memorial Day service Monday, May 31 at 11
a.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery. Veterans can have a free
lunch at noon Monday at either the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Club or the Baker Elks Lodge.
Fugitive arrested
A Salem man wanted on
a nationwide felony war-
rant for fi rst-degree sexual
abuse was arrested Sunday
morning, May 23 near
Baker City after a resident,
notifi ed by Baker County
Sheriff’s deputies about the
fugitive, reported seeing
the man walking along
Highway 86.
David Alan Boaz, 50, was
arrested just after 8 o’clock
near the Oregon Trail Inter-
pretive Center.
Deputies learned about
Boaz’s presence late on May
22 when they stopped a car
that had run out of gas on
Highway 86 near Milepost
12. The driver, a woman,
and the male passenger,
Boaz, went to get fuel, but
only the woman returned.
Deputies then learned
about Boaz’s warrant.
Deputies searched the
area overnight and told
residents in the area to call
if they saw anyone match-
ing Boaz’s description. He
was arrested about fi ve
miles west of where the car
ran out of gas.
Baker City Resolution 3885
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF BAKER CITY,
BAKER COUNTY, OREGON DECLARING BAKER CITY, OR-
EGON TO BE A SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY CITY
WHEREAS, the Right of the People to Keep and Bear
Arms is guaranteed as an Individual Right under the Second
Amendment to the United States Constitution and under the
Constitution of the State of Oregon, Article 1, Section 27 and;
WHEREAS, the Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms
for defense of Life, Liberty and Property is regarded as an
Inalienable Right by the People of Baker City, Oregon, and;
WHEREAS, the Baker City Council, has been elected to
represent the People of Baker City, Oregon and being duly
sworn by their Oath of Offi ce to uphold the United States
Constitution and the Constitution of the State of Oregon and;
WHEREAS, the citizens of Baker City are opposed to any
legislation considered by the Oregon State Legislature or the
United States Congress that would infringe upon the right to
keep and bear arms and would ban the possession and use
of any fi rearms, magazines, ammunition or accessories now
employed by individual citizens of Baker City, for defense of
life, liberty and property or would require fi rearms owner’s
ID card or tax the possession of the fi rearms or ammunition
within Baker City Oregon.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Baker City
Council hereby declares Baker City to be a Second Amend-
ment Sanctuary City; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Baker City Council does
hereby oppose the enactment of any legislation that would
infringe upon the rights of the People to keep and bear arms
and consider such laws to be unconstitutional and beyond
lawful legislative authority; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the People of Baker City affi rm
support of the Baker City Police Department, and addition-
ally, specifi cally to exercise sound discretion to not enforce
against any citizen any unconstitutional laws; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Baker City Council
will not appropriate any funds for any enforcement of
unconstitutional laws against the People of Baker City,
Oregon.
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With little chance of rain
the rest of the month, May
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almost certainly will end up
Even with Tuesday’s
drier than average.
rainstorm, May’s total so far
Baker City hasn’t had a
is just 0.57 of an inch, well
month with above-average
below the monthly average of precipitation since October
1.43 inches.
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forming as Matilda Sager Delaney),
10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., at
NHOTIC
July 10: Susan Matley (perform-
ing as Matilda Sager Delaney), 5
p.m., Geiser-Pollman Park
July 17 and 18: Frontier’s Day at
Miners Jubilee, times TBD, Geiser-
Pollman Park
July 23-25: Linda Russell, 10:30
a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., at
NHOTIC
July 24: Linda Russell, 5 p.m.,
Geiser-Pollman Park
Aug. 6-8: William Rossiter, 10:30
a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., at
NHOTIC
Aug. 7: William Rossiter, 5 p.m.,
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