A2 — BAKER CITY HERALD
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2021
GOVERNOR
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T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
July 1, 1971
Most Rev. Thomas J. Connolly was consecrated Fourth
Bishop of the Diocense of Baker yesterday afternoon in
ceremonies conducted in the Baker St. Francis de Sales
Cathedral by Mos. Rev. Roberty J. Dwyer, archbishop of
Portland.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 1, 1996
Flagstaff Sports opened its doors in a new location on
Baker City’s Main Street today.
The bicycle and outdoor shop moved from 1719 Main
St. to a location in the Basche-Sage Place, 2101 Main St.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 1, 2011
Stacy Dinger can’t fathom functioning in the daytime
temperatures soldiers have faced in Iraq.
“It’s averaging 130 degrees over there,” she said. “I can’t
imagine that.”
Her husband, Anthony, is stationed there with the Na-
tional Guard unit from Eastern Oregon.
She decided to make Anthony a neck cooler — a strip of
fabric stuffed with a teaspoon of super-absorbent polymer
crystals.
At fi rst, she just sent a couple to Iraq.
“I made them for him, and then another soldier, and
then another.”
So far she’s mailed 416 neck coolers.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 2, 2020
Three more Baker County residents have been infected
with COVID-19, bringing the county’s case total to four.
The three new cases, reported Tuesday, follow the initial
confi rmed case reported May 6. No other infections were
reported as of 4 p.m. Wednesday.
The Baker County Health Department is investigating
the three cases, and contact tracers will be trying to get in
touch with people who might have been in close contact
in the past 14 days with any of three people who tested
positive.
“While additional cases were not unexpected, this is a
good reminder to isolate yourself at home if you become
sick with a fever or cough to help prevent the spread of
illness,” Dr. Eric Lamb, the county’s public health offi cer,
said in a press release Tuesday. “If you are not sick you
can still help prevent the spread by practicing social
distancing, wearing a mask or face shield, and good hand
hygiene. Following these guidelines helps protect the
whole community.”
Baker County Commissioner Mark Bennett, the county’s
incident commander during the pandemic, said Tuesday
that he was not surprised that the county had additional
infections.
Bennett pointed out that among the counties border-
ing Baker County, Union County has had 342 cases of the
virus, the majority of those connected to an Island City
church, and Malheur County has had 124 cases.
“It certainly wasn’t unexpected,” Bennett said of the
three confi rmed cases. “I was delighted we made it as
long as we did (with only one case).”
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■ FRIDAY: Pork roast with gravy, red potatoes, carrots, rolls,
potato salad, lemon squares
■ MONDAY (July 5): Closed for Independence Day
■ TUESDAY (July 6): Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes with
gravy, rolls, corn, ambrosia, cookies
■ WEDNESDAY (July 7): Chili burger with cheese and
onion, tater tots, mixed vegetables, cottage cheese with fruit,
brownies
■ THURSDAY (July 8): Chicken strips, mashed potatoes with
gravy, corn, rolls, green salad, berry cheesecake
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.
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But though she won’t run
against Brown, McQuisten
said the governor’s approach
will be a focal point of her
campaign.
“COVID is just indicative of
how the Kate Brown regime
has been run,” McQuisten
said. “But it’s not the only is-
sue. There’s also the matter of
rebuilding the state’s econo-
my, the education system, a
number of things that cross
party lines.”
Appealing to Democrats is
vital — indeed, it’s a prereq-
uisite — for any Republican
who hopes to become the fi rst
GOP candidate to be elected
governor in four decades.
Vic Atiyeh, who served two
terms, is the last Republican
governor in Oregon. He was
elected to his second term in
1982.
McQuisten, a seventh-
generation Baker County
resident who was raised on
a cattle ranch in the Burnt
River area, recognizes how
daunting the challenge is.
The more immediate obsta-
cle isn’t 40 years of electoral
history, but rather the current
political affi liations of Oregon
voters.
There are one-third more
registered Democrats in the
state — 1,035,000 — than
registered Republicans, at
738,000.
Nonaffi liated voters also
outnumber Republicans, at
963,000.
But statistics notwith-
standing, McQuisten believes
the political climate, and in
particular dissatisfaction with
Brown’s executive orders that
imposed some of the most
stringent restrictions on busi-
nesses of any state during the
pandemic, gives Republicans
a unique opportunity in 2022.
“Change is in the air,” she
said. “After the past two years,
if voters in Oregon aren’t will-
ing to make big changes, they
probably never will.”
McQuisten said she’s en-
couraged about the prospects
for a Republican to win the
“After the past two years, if voters in Oregon aren’t
willing to make big changes, they probably never will.”
— Kerry McQuisten, Baker City mayor who announced her
candidacy for Oregon governor on Tuesday, June 29
governorship in part due
to conversations she’s had
over the past few months
with residents across the
state, including some lifelong
Democrats.
“Some have told me they
voted for Kate Brown but
would never do so again,”
McQuisten said.
Although McQuisten is
well-versed in politics — her
mother, Suzan Ellis Jones,
has been chair of the Baker
County Republican Party for
many years, and McQuisten
has been an elected GOP pre-
cinct committee person — she
said her interest in seeking
a different elected offi ce is
relatively new.
“A year ago I had no inter-
est in running for any politi-
cal offi ce,” she said.
McQuisten ran for Baker
City Council in 2020, citing
among other issues her con-
cerns about increasing crime
in the city and how the city
pursues economic develop-
ment.
She received the most votes
among 13 candidates on the
November ballot.
Then, when the new city
council convened for its fi rst
meeting in January 2021, the
seven-member council elected
McQuisten as mayor by a 6-1
vote.
(In Baker City’s council-
manager form of government,
the councilors, not voters,
choose the mayor, who sets
meeting agendas but does
not have veto power or other
authority beyond the other
councilors’.)
But the key event that led
to McQuisten’s gubernato-
rial campaign happened on
March 23 — although its
importance wasn’t immedi-
ately obvious.
That’s the day the city
council, at McQuisten’s
urging and by a 5-2 vote, ap-
proved Resolution 3881. The
document blames Brown’s
COVID-19 restrictions for
creating an “economic, mental
health and criminal activity
crisis” in the city.
The resolution didn’t gener-
ate much publicity outside
the county initially.
But then, on April 28, PJ
Media published an online
story about the resolution,
including comments from
McQuisten.
Interest in the resolution
has been “nonstop” since then,
she said.
She was interviewed on Fox
News’ Primetime news pro-
gram on May 3, and elected
offi cials from several other
Oregon cities have contacted
McQuisten for advice about
pursuing a similar resolution
in their communities.
McQuisten said publicity
about Baker City’s resolution
has also prompted residents
throughout Oregon to get in
touch with her to share their
frustrations about Brown’s
executive orders.
“More and more people
reached out,” she said.
Some of the people she
talked with suggested she con-
sider running for governor, an
idea that McQuisten said she
previously hadn’t broached —
even at the hypothetical level.
Over the past couple
months, though, she said she
began to ponder the possibility,
and with growing seriousness.
“It’s kind of been a slow
build,” she said. “I feel like I’m
just going with the fl ow.”
McQuisten said she was
hardly surprised that her
fellow Republicans were in-
censed by Brown’s actions.
But she said that hear-
ing similar complaints from
longtime Democrats were
compelling.
“People are looking for
someone who’s completely
willing to fi ght for Oregon,”
she said.
On her website — kerrym-
cquisten.com — McQuisten
writes that she was also
persuaded in part by the real-
ity that as a mayor she has
limited power.
“It quickly became clear
that I couldn’t serve in the
way I’d like unless I ran for
a higher offi ce,” she wrote
on the front page of her
website. “Oregonians need
a leader who will get our
children back in school, fi ght
for medical freedoms, protect
our individual constitutional
rights, prevent criminals from
burning and destroying our
once-fl ourishing cities, remind
Oregonians of their inherent
pioneer spirit, and prevent the
kind of rule we’ve seen from
ever happening again.”
McQuisten said she
wouldn’t be surprised if a
dozen Republicans vie for the
party’s nomination in May
2022.
She said she watched ear-
lier this year as candidates
declared, waiting to see if
there was one who she could
support.
“There was no one I could
fully get behind, none that
I think can beat any Demo-
crat,” McQuisten said.
The GOP fi eld so far
includes Bud Pierce, who lost
to Brown in 2016, receiving
43.5% of the vote.
“People are really tired
of perennial candidates,”
McQuisten said.
Running for governor
requires signifi cant fundrais-
ing, McQuisten said, and she
will have a volunteer coordi-
nator in each of Oregon’s 36
counties,
“I’m already putting a
strong team in place,” she
said.
McQuisten said she will
schedule meet-and-greet
events statewide. The fi rst —
“naturally,” she said — will
be at the Republican Party
booth in Geiser-Pollman Park
during Miners Jubilee, July
16-18.
“Fundraising is a huge
focus — every candidate has
that — but I have to run a
campaign that feels authentic
to me, a Reagan-style cam-
paign,” she said.
O BITUARY
Anita Pipes
sons which she began playing the violin
at the age of 9 and played in the high
Anita M. Pipes, 104, a resident of
school symphony. She was a founding
Parkview Estates in Kennewick, Wash- member of the Grande Ronde Sympho-
ington,, died June 25, 2021.
ny; she played with the symphony for 26
A celebration of Anita’s life will take
years and served as Concert Mistress
place at a later date.
for many years. She always enjoyed
Mrs. Pipes was born on
music and started playing the autoharp
Dec. 12, 1916, at Quincy, Il-
when she was 67; then she began piano
linois, to Arthur and Hulda
lessons at the age of 88.
Schroeder Herrmann. She
Anita started using a computer when
graduated from Gem City
she was 72, and she was still sending
Business College in Quincy
emails on her iPad shortly before her
Anita
in 1938. Living in the La
death. She enjoyed her role as a home-
Pipes
Grande area for 87 years,
maker; she always did the wash on
she attended grade school
Mondays and baked bread on Tuesdays.
in Island City and gradu-
She followed the stock market almost
ated from La Grande High School. Over daily for 50 years.
the years she was bookkeeper for several
Her hobbies included salmon and
companies in La Grande including Paul trout fi shing all over the Northwest,
Bunyan Company, Montgomery Ward
pheasant hunting, camping, domestic
and Fountain Wholesale.
and international travel and all kinds
On July 4, 1940, she and Taylor Roby of cards including bridge. Anita and her
Pipes were married in Weiser, Idaho.
husband, Taylor, were quiet philanthro-
Anita rode her horse to her violin les-
pists, having given generously to many
Kennewick, Washington, 1916-2021
local and regional causes.
Anita moved to Walla Walla, Wash-
ington, in September 2004, where
she resided at Wheatland Village for
16 years. She moved to Kennewick’s
Parkview Manor Estates in 2020 fol-
lowing a stroke.
She is survived by two married
daughters, Janice (Tim) Kerns of
Haines, and Jean (David) Conklin of
Pasco, Washington; two granddaugh-
ters and two grandsons; six great-
grandchildren and three nieces and a
nephew.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Taylor, in 2003; and a brother,
Harry Herrmann.
For those who would like to make a
donation in memory of Anita, contribu-
tions may be made to any charity of
the donor’s choice through Tami’s Pine
Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 543,
Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences
can be made at www.tamispinevalleyfu-
neralhome.com.
N EWS OF R ECORD
DEATHS
Helen Mary Troy: 89, of
Baker City, died June 28, 2021,
at Saint Alphonsus Medical
Center in Ontario. Visitations
will be Monday, July 5 from 5
p.m. to 7 p.m. at Gray’s West
& Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500
Dewey Ave. Recitations of the
Rosary will be Tuesday, July 6 at
9:30 a.m. at St. Francis de Sales
Cathedral, followed by Mass of
Christian burial at 10 a.m. She
will then be driven in proces-
sion to Mount Hope Cemetery
for a brief committal ceremony
followed by a vault interment.
Friends are invited to join the
family back at the Catholic
church parish hall for refresh-
ments after the committal
ceremony.To offer online con-
dolences to Helen’s family, or to
light a candle in her memory, go
to www.grayswestco.com.
Edward George Rau:
83, of Baker City, died June
28, 2021, at Saint Alphonsus
Medical Center in Baker City. His
funeral will be Saturday, July
3 at 11:30 a.m. at Gray’s West
& Co. Pioneer Chapel. A brief
committal service will directly
follow at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can
be made to the United Service
Organization (USO) in Edward’s
honor through Gray’s West &
Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey
Ave., Baker City, OR 97814. To
leave an online condolence for
Edward’s family, go to www.
grayswestco.com.
FUNERALS PENDING
Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Risley:
Graveside service Saturday,
July 3 at 11 a.m. at Mount
Hope Cemetery. For those who
would like to make a memorial
donation in honor of Liz, the
family suggests either St. Jude’s
Children’s Hospital or Heart ’N
Home Hospice (Opal Founda-
tion) through Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Cremation
Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway,
OR 97834. Online condolences
can be made at www.tamispine-
valleyfuneralhome.com.
James Oliver (J.O.) Max-
well: Graveside memorial
service with Air Force military
honors, Monday, July 5 at 10
a.m. at the Haines Cemetery. In
lieu of fl owers, please consider
donating to the Haines Elemen-
tary School or a charity of your
choice through Gray’s West &
Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey
Ave., Baker City, OR 97814. Pam
Maxwell is compiling a memory
book for the family. If you have
a fond memory or copy of a
photo, please send them to Pam
Maxwell, 15177 Muddy Creek
Lane, Haines, OR 97833.
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Baker
County Circuit Court warrant):
Brandon Robert Radle, 33, Baker
City, 3:34 a.m. Monday, June 28
in the 1500 block of Campbell
Street; jailed.
Baker County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
Arrests, citations
UNION COUNTY WARRANT:
Kyle Ryan Bork, 21, Baker City,
1 a.m. Wednesday, June 30 at
Birch Street and Washington
Avenue; jailed.
RECKLESS DRIVING, RECK-
LESS ENDANGERING: Anthony
David Henneck, 18, 9:40 p.m.
Tuesday, June 29 at the Highway
203 Pond; cited and released.
HARASSMENT, MENACING:
Kyle Ryan Bork, 21, Baker City,
9:40 p.m. Tuesday, June 29 at
the Highway 203 Pond; cited
and released.
PROBATION VIOLATION
(Baker County Circuit Court war-
rants): Isaac Jeremiah Kolb, 20,
Huntington, 12:32 p.m. Monday,
June 28 in Huntington; cited and
released.
Oregon State Police
Arrests, citations
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLU-
ENCE OF INTOXICANTS (Can-
nabis), RECKLESS DRIVING:
Denny Allen Dingler, 41, Nampa,
Idaho, 8:31 p.m. Monday, June
28 on Interstate 84, Milepost 289
eastbound; taken to the Baker
County Jail and released.
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