A2 — BAKER CITY HERALD
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2021
OTEC partners with Baker Technical
Institute on utility training center
utility workers.
“We’re thrilled to sup-
Oregon Trail Electric Co-
port BTI in this process as
operative (OTEC) is partner- industry experts; we believe
ing with the Baker Technical the partnership is mutu-
Institute (BTI) to start a
ally benefi cial for BTI and
utility training center in
OTEC’s membership,” said
Baker City. The site will offer Les Penning, OTEC’s CEO.
training for those looking to
Phase one of the train-
enter the industry as well as ing center, which will begin
ongoing training for current later this year, will include
By Joanna Mann
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
July 22, 1971
A plan to set up a winter range zone on the east slope of
the Elkhorn Mountains in the Antelope-Bulger Hill district
received favorable reception by the Baker County Livestock
Association Tuesday. The Game Commission presented the
plan to the Association after experiencing earlier opposi-
tion to the elk winter range plans in Union County around
Shaw Mountain.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 22, 1996
WEATHERBY — Two Union Pacifi c Railroad trains col-
lided Friday afternoon on the banks of the Burnt River near
Weatherby, breaching the fuel tank of one locomotive and
causing an estimated 2,600 gallons of diesel to spill.
An unknown amount of the diesel entered an irrigation
ditch and the river.
Two railroad employees suffered minor injuries. One,
Robert Miller, 43, of La Grande, was treated and released
Friday at St. Elizabeth Health Services.
A fi sh biologist from the Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife reported seeing fi sh downstream that were
“stressed, but not dead.”
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 22, 2011
Bob Reedy puts on an archery contest at a ski area, but
he fi gured the fourth weekend of July was safe enough,
snow-wise.
He was right.
Until this July.
For the fi rst time in the event’s 10-year history, Reedy
had to call in a backhoe to break up lingering snowdrifts in
time for the Elkhorn Archers’ Eastern Oregon Super Shoot
this Saturday and Sunday at Anthony Lakes.
And even with heavy equipment it took 9 1/2 hours one
day last week to clear the 25-foot-high snow berm blocking
the service road that leads from the ski area’s resort to
the top of the chairlift, said Reedy, who’s president of the
Elkhorn Archers.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 18, 2020
Baker County didn’t report any new cases of COVID-19
on Friday, the third straight day with no positive tests.
The county’s total remains at 13, of which 12 have been
reported since June 30.
The county’s initial case was announced on May 6.
No one has died in the county from the virus, and no
one is hospitalized, Baker County Commissioner Mark
Bennett said on Friday afternoon.
The Oregon Health Authority added Baker County to a
“watch list” on Wednesday that includes eight other coun-
ties. Bennett said that designation, which doesn’t impose
any additional restrictions, is based not only on the num-
ber of cases in the county, but rather their sporadic nature,
which means it wasn’t clear where they were infected.
The exceptions to that are the fi ve cases reported earlier
this month, all being Forest Service employees.
Bennett said he spoke recently, not in person, to two
county residents who were interviewed by contract trac-
ers from the Baker County Health Department because
they might have been in contact with a person who was
infected.
O REGON L OTTERY
MEGABUCKS, July 19
8 — 15 — 16 — 18 — 29 — 36
Next jackpot: $5.6 million
POWERBALL, July 17
15 — 22 — 38 — 54 — 66 PB 3
Next jackpot: $161 million
MEGA MILLIONS, July 20
10 — 26 — 30 — 52 — 57
Mega
10
Next jackpot: $138 million
WIN FOR LIFE, July 19
9 — 24 — 41 — 62
PICK 4, July 20
• 1 p.m.: 9 — 0 — 9 — 3
• 4 p.m.: 0 — 6 — 0 — 2
• 7 p.m.: 9 — 1 — 2 — 6
• 10 p.m.: 4 — 2 — 7 — 2
LUCKY LINES, July 20
1-8-9-15-18-24-27-29
Next jackpot: $34,000
S ENIOR M ENUS
■ FRIDAY: Roasted turkey, stuffi ng with gravy, peas, cottage
cheese-Jell-O salad, lemon squares
■ MONDAY (July 26): Chicken-fried chicken, mashed
potatoes with gravy, biscuits, corn, coleslaw, pudding
■ TUESDAY (July 27): Lasagna, garlic breadsticks, Italian
vegetables, three-bean salad, pineapple sherbet
■ WEDNESDAY (July 28): Beef burgundy over fettuccine
with mushrooms, mixed vegetables, rolls, pea-and-onion
salad
■ THURSDAY (July 29): Hot turkey sandwich, mashed
potatoes with gravy, carrots, ambrosia, bread pudding
Public luncheon at the Senior Center, 2810 Cedar St., from
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; $5 donation (60 and older), $7.50
for those under 60.
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utility-specifi c safety training
courses, including pole top
rescue, hazard identifi cation,
forklift operations, traffi c
control, emergency medical
response certifi cation and
fall protection. BTI trainers
and OTEC professionals will
provide the instruction.
“There is a real need in the
utility industry for quality
comprehensive training,”
said Doug Dalton, BTI
president. “This industry,
like many of the other skilled
trades, needs more people
entering the fi eld to meet the
future workforce demand.
The industry also needs
access to high-quality train-
ing that supports employee
growth and expertise.”
O BITUARIES
Donald Baggerly
Ken spending many days working in
the Denver Stockyards. The family later
Donald F. Baggerly, 84, of Baker City, moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado,
died July 17, 2021, at his residence sur- where he began participating in rodeo as
rounded by his loving family.
a teenager. He graduated from Colorado
Don was born on Sept. 27, 1934, at
Springs High School in 1957 and be-
Meridian, Idaho, to Dean
came a rodeo athlete at Colorado State
and Frances (Bamford)
University in Fort Collins.
Baggerly. He was raised
He married his high school sweet-
in the Keating Valley area
heart, Lana Wright, on Feb. 27, 1960.
and went to school in that
Shortly after his marriage his college
district until transferring
career was cut short by the draft. He
Donald
to Baker High School,
entered the Army and served in Viet-
Baggerly nam as a sharpshooter and completed
graduating in 1954. After
school, he joined the Army
his service at Fort Riley, Kansas. Upon
and served for two and a half years.
discharge from service, he had two
On April 13, 1962, at Winnemucca,
daughters, Kimm and Rayne. During
Nevada, Don married the love of his life, this time Ken was pursuing his rodeo
Barbara Allen Rush. Together they had career and managed The Broadmoor
one child, David Allen Baggerly. Don
Hotel and Resort stables and later The
was proud of his family and was always Penrose Equestrian Center in Colorado
there when they needed him.
Springs.
Don decided he wanted to drive truck,
His next move was to the vast open
so he started his own trucking business, spaces of Jackson, Wyoming, where
contracting with Marvin Wood Products he worked and made some of his most
to haul lumber. Don also helped his wife lasting friendships. The friendships and
with her clothing store, BJ’S Apparel,
the family time he was able to include in
repairing items that needed attention,
his work there, always kept The White
doing books, and giving her the support Grass and Red Rock guest ranches close
she needed to run her business.
to his heart as well as providing the
He enjoyed working with his scroll
backdrop for some of this best story-
saw, doing yard work, and was very
telling. During this time, he met The
proud of his garden. He and Barb would Marlboro Man, Darrell Winfi eld. This
travel in their motor home to Arizona
meeting would eventually lead to him
most winters, but he would start work- being recruited by the Leo Burnett Ad
ing on his yard as soon as they returned agency as a wrangler for the Marlboro
to Baker City in the spring.
brand and traveling with them on photo
Don was a member of the First Chris- shoots. During the late ’70s his horse-
tian Church.
manship skills led him to managing
Don is survived by his wife of 59
The Garrison Ranch in Thousand Oaks,
years, Barbara Baggerly of Baker City; California, working with celebrities like
his son, David Allen Baggerly of Baker
Dean Martin, Lee Meriwether, Mel Tillis
City; his brother, Richard (Bonnie) Bag- and Jonathan Winters. As the manager
gerly of Echo; 10 grandchildren, three
of this facility, he was instrumental in
great-grandchildren, four great-great-
importing the fi rst Andalusian horses
grandchildren, and numerous nieces
into the country and running the breed-
and nephews.
ing program for this unique breed.
He was preceded in death by his
The year 1987 held one of his proud-
parents, Dean and Frances Baggerly;
est accomplishments. He purchased
a sister, Evelyn Stewart, his brother,
a gelding that had a deformed nose
Gaylord; and his two step-sons, Ronald at birth that no one else wanted. He
and Donald Rush.
sent the horse, named Guthrie Bert, to
The family suggests donations in
Danny Mendez and together they won
Don’s memory be made to St. Jude’s
the Dan Menconi Memorial Perpetual
Children’s Hospital, through Gray’s
World Championship Trophy including
West & Company, 1500 Dewey Ave.,
six buckles at the Snaffl e Bit Futurity.
Baker City, OR 97814.
While on a Marlboro photo shoot loca-
To leave online condolences for Don’s tion in Baker City, he met Shirley Pierce.
family, go to www.graywestco.com.
They were married Dec. 6, 1992, at Las
Vegas, Nevada.
Ken McPheron
Ken’s marriage to Shirley blended two
Baker City, 1939-2021
families and gave him three additional
Kenton (Ken) James McPheron, 82,
grown children, Lisa, Wayne and Shane.
of Baker City died peacefully with his
In Baker his work as a contractor
daughter by his side on July 20, 2021.
included the renovation of the historic
At his request, an infor-
Geiser Grand Hotel. In 1994 he took his
mal memorial gathering
lifetime of experiences and went to work
will take place at his home
convincing his new friends and neigh-
at 990 Park St. in Baker
bors that Baker City needed a bull rid-
City on Saturday, July 24
ing competition. The answer from most
at 2 p.m.
he approached was “It’s been tried, and
Ken
Ken was born on Feb. 10,
it can’t be done.” This phrase — “They
1939, at Greeley, Colorado, McPheron said it couldn’t be done” — is in the
to Lewis and Charlotte
McPheron home on a framed picture of
Ann McPheron. He spent his child-
the event’s fi rst winner. It was presented
hood with his fi ve siblings living a rural to him by his fellow volunteer Elks after
lifestyle on a small family ranch. Ken’s
the event became a successful reality.
father was a cattle buyer, which led to
The saddle bronc riding was added, and
Baker City, 1931-2021
the two-day rough stock event continues
to this day. This accomplishment lead
both he and the love of his life, Shirley,
to be awarded Baker County Legacy
Man and Woman of the Year. The rodeo
became his legacy in his fi nal home and
a way to successfully get his extended
family to make the pilgrimage to visit
him and stay connected with one an-
other each year.
He will be remembered as a cowboy,
a BIG personality, a committed hus-
band to Shirley, a bigger than life father
fi gure, a lesson-giving grandfather and
patriarch to the extended family. He was
very loved and will be greatly missed.
He was preceded in death by his
parents, Lewis and Charlotte McPheron;
his siblings, Margaret Condello, Maxine
Roberts, Betty Buckridge, JR McPheron
and Jane Caldwell; and his stepson,
Wayne Pierce.
Ken is survived by his wife, Shirley
McPheron; his daughters, Kimm Wilcox-
son (Brian), Rayne Christen, Lisa Xeros-
VandenBos (Todd); his son, Shane Pierce
(Tammy); his grandchildren, Alex and
Nick Xeros, Aspen and Aimee Christen,
Marley and Hollis Robb, Kailyse Fuss
and Sydnee Pierce; as well as numerous
nieces and nephews.
In lieu of fl owers, the family asks that
you give to a local, Baker County chari-
table organization in his memory.
To leave an online condolence for the
Ken’s family, go to www.colestributecen-
ter.com.
Maryrose Cheatham
Formerly of Baker City, 1939-2021
Maryrose “Rosie” Cheatham, 81, of
Ontario, and formerly of Baker City, died
July 16, 2021, after a long battle with
dementia.
Maryrose was born on Nov. 3, 1939,
at Baker to J.R. and Alta
Austin. She was the young-
est of three children and
was preceded in death by
her brothers, Jerry R. and
Maryrose
Edmond Austin. Maryrose
and Earl
grew up in Baker and mar-
ried Earl Cheatham in 1958 Cheatham
after high school and moved
to Ontario in 1966.
Rosie was an amazing woman. She
was kind, loving, fun and funny. She
loved to sing, dance, decorate, and spoil
her children and grandchildren. She was
an amazing speller and loved to play
Scrabble — and was really good at it! She
loved a good pun and had a great sense of
humor. She was good to everyone and will
be dearly missed by all who knew her.
Maryrose is survived by her husband,
Earl, and their three children, Kathy
Alvarado and her husband, Robert, of
Beaverton, Suzie Allen and her hus-
band, Wil, of Altadena, California, and
Joe and his wife, Margarita, of Ontario;
eight grandchildren, David Alvarado
and his wife, Alexis, of Denton, Texas,
Renee Alvarado of New York, New
York, Nicholas Cheatham of Corvallis,
Monique Cheatham, Justine Cheatham
and Sophie Cheatham, all of Ontario,
and Sam Allen and Haley Allen, both of
Altadena.
N EWS OF R ECORD
DEATHS
Allen Dean Stevenson Jr.:
68, of Baker City, died July 17,
2021, at his home. To leave an
online condolence for the Allen’s
family, go to www.grayswestco.
com.
FUNERALS PENDING
Andrea Cloudt Patacini: In-
terment service will be Saturday,
July 24 at 10 a.m. at Mount Hope
Cemetery with Father Suresh
Kumar Telagani of St. Francis de
Sales Cathedral offi ciating.
Denny and Charlie Oliver:
Memorial service and celebration
of their lives, Saturday, July 31 at
noon at the Pine Haven Cemetery
in Halfway. Friends are invited
to join the family for a reception
immediately following at the
Halfway Lions Hall.
Laurie Gulick: Memorial
service Sunday, Aug. 1 at 10 a.m.
at the Gulick Ranch on Pine Town
Lane in Halfway. Online condo-
lences can be made at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Robert Kent Nelson: Me-
morial service, Aug. 14 at 11 a.m.
at the Baker City Church of the
Nazarene, 1250 Hughes Lane. A
reception will follow the service
at the Nazarene Church’s Family
Life Center. Memorial contribu-
tions can be made to the Burnt
River Community Church or the
Northeast Oregon Compassion
Center through Gray’s West &
Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey
Ave., Baker City, OR 97814. To
leave an online condolence for
Kent’s family, go to www.gray-
swestco.com.
9:51 p.m. Monday, July 19 on
Campbell Street at Geiser-Poll-
man Park; cited and released.
Baker County Sheriff
HARASSMENT: Brandon Cole
Cook, 46, Richland, 7:35 a.m.
Tuesday, July 20 in Richland;
cited and released.
SECOND-DEGREE DISOR-
DERLY CONDUCT: Jessica M.
Gonzales, 31, Halfway, 3:33 p.m.
Monday, July 19 in Halfway;
cited and released.
Jay & Kristin Wilson, Owners
2036 Main Street, Baker City
tDDC
POLICE LOG
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