A2 — BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2021
Utah man arrested after high-speed chase
Baker City Herald
TURNING BACK THE PAGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
August 2, 1971
Baker County’s Public Welfare Department was split
recently into Public Welfare and Child Services as a result
of the 1971 Legislature, Virginia Rose, district manager for
child welfare, announced today..
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 2, 1996
HOOD RIVER — The Walden for Congress offi ce is con-
tinuing “business as usual” despite rumors that former
Congressman Bob Smith may enter the race.
Congressional candidate Greg Walden, a Hood River
radio station owner, hit the campaign trail today and plans
a stop Saturday in Baker City.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 3, 2011
Baker City’s new Central Park has attracted plenty of
visitors looking for a little outdoor fun or relaxation since it
opened several weeks ago.
But a handful of those people have been having fun at
the expense of taxpayers.
“We’ve already has several incidents of vandalism,” said
Mike Kee, city manager.
Vandals have scrawled on picnic tables with felt mark-
ers.
Bicycle riders have pedaled across the newly seeded
grass, tearing up the tender vegetation and carving ruts in
the soft ground.
Both acts are considered third-degree criminal mischief,
according to Oregon law.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 3, 2020
The pandemic foiled a football game but it proved
no match for the generosity of Baker County ranchers
and farmers, and Shriners and other volunteers across
Oregon.
Organizers of the annual East-West Shrine All-Star Foot-
ball Game, a Baker City summer tradition since 1973 and
a major fundraiser for the Shriners Hospital for Children
in Portland, announced in early May that this year’s game,
scheduled for Aug. 1, was canceled due to the coronavirus
crisis.
But although the showcase of the state’s best recently
graduated football players from Class 1A, 2A, 3A and
4A schools didn’t happen at Baker Bulldog Memorial
Stadium, the annual donation to the Shriners Hospital,
which provides free medical care to children, will happen
as usual.
“It’s good to see that despite all the changes, people still
saw the importance of what our underlying mission is,
which is to support the Portland hospital and the children,”
said Bryan Braun of Baker City, chairman for the Shrine
Game.
The game, which started in 1952 and moved to Baker
City in 1973, has raised close to $3 million for the Shriners
Hospital in Portland.
The vast majority of the money comes from relatively
small donations from individuals and businesses, Braun
said.
“It’s a grassroots kind of donation-driven event,” he
said.
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SENIOR MENUS
WEDNESDAY: Meatloaf, au gratin potatoes, mixed
vegetables, rolls, coleslaw, lemon squares
THURSDAY: Breaded pork loin, red potatoes, carrots, rolls,
fruit cup, cinnamon rolls
FRIDAY: Barbecued ribs, baked beans, corn, rolls, potato
salad, pudding
MONDAY (Aug. 9): Chicken cordon bleu, rice pilaf, mixed
vegetables, rolls, carrot-raisin salad, cherry cheesecake
TUESDAY (Aug. 10): Chicken-fried chicken, mashed
potatoes with gravy, corn, rolls, pea-and-onion salad,
brownies
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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A Utah man was arrested in
Baker City Sunday afternoon, Aug.
1 after a high-speed chase in a car
he’s accused of stealing from a local
dealership.
Garrett Anthonie
Kinyon, 24, of Salt
Lake City, was ar-
rested after Baker
City Police deployed
spike strips to fl atten
the tires of the 2019
Kinyon
Subaru Ascent he’s
accused of stealing
from the Baker City Auto Ranch.
Kinyon was taken to the Baker
County Jail on multiple charges.
Sgt. Eric Colton of the Baker
County Sheriff’s Offi ce sustained
minor injuries when the patrol car
he was driving crashed.
Although the chase and arrest
happened Sunday, police actually
had their fi rst contact with Kinyon
a day earlier, on Saturday, July 31,
according to a press release from
the Sheriff’s Offi ce and Baker City
Police.
Sheriff’s deputies gave Kin-
yon a ride to the Super 8 Motel in
Baker City after his car crashed and
caught fi re on Interstate 84.
The incident that ended with
Kinyon’s arrest started about
3:37 p.m. Sunday when the dis-
patch center at the Sheriff’s Offi ce
received a complaint about a driver
who allegedly was driving errati-
cally in a blue Subaru with license
plates from the Auto Ranch.
Sheriff’s deputies and other of-
fi cers found the car a couple min-
utes later. The driver pulled onto
the freeway in Baker City, driving
eastbound at speeds above 100 mph,
Jesse Soliz/Contributed Photo
Police arrest Garrett Kinyon on Sunday, Aug. 1. Kinyon is charged with
stealing a car from a Baker City dealership and leading police on a high-
speed chase.
according to the press release.
Due to the danger of a high-speed
chase, offi cers curtailed the pursuit
near Milepost 313, about nine miles
east of Baker City.
Meanwhile, police confi rmed that
the Subaru had been stolen from
the Baker City Auto Ranch.
Three Sheriff’s Offi ce deputies
continued eastbound on the freeway,
exiting at Huntington to search for
the stolen car. At about 4:18 p.m.,
a deputy saw the car driving east
from Huntington toward Farewell
Bend. A deputy driving a pickup
truck saw the Subaru at a creek
crossing, but the driver struck the
truck’s bumper and drove away.
During the ensuing chase, with
speeds reaching about 65 mph,
Colton’s car crashed.
Kinyon then drove westbound
on the freeway toward Baker City
at high speeds, according to the
press release. Oregon State Police
troopers followed the Subaru, and
offi cers from the Baker City Police
set up spike strips at Exit 304, which
stopped the car.
Kinyon fl ed to the Super 8 Motel.
Baker City Police and OSP troopers
set up a perimeter around the motel,
which is just east of the freeway’s
Campbell Street interchange, cleared
the building and eventually found
Kinyon in a vacant room, where he
was arrested without incident.
Kinyon is charged with fi rst-
degree and second-degree burglary,
attemping to elude, theft of services,
second-degree theft, reckless driving
and unauthorized use of a vehicle.
OBITUARIES
Audrey Mae (Hance) Adkins
everyone in Audrey’s family circle (and that includes
adopted family and friends) to know just how much she
loved each one of you all and how she held you close in
Audrey Mae (Hance) Adkins, 98, went,
her thoughts and dreams. There are so many not listed,
as she would say, to be with her Lord and
husbands, wives and great-grandchildren, but please
to join her beloved husband Willis Adkins
know how special you were to our mom.
on their anniversary, July 27, 2021.
In the last years Audrey would have lovely conver-
Her graveside service was Monday,
Audrey
sations
with friends and family, some who were there
Aug. 2 at the Owyhee Cemetery in Nyssa,
Adkins
followed by a memorial service at the
and some who were not. But she always saw babies and
Owyhee Community Church.
wanted to hold them close like she held me, my brothers
Audrey was born on Jan. 13, 1923, in Portland, but
and sister, and our children and our children’s children.
she lived most of her life in Idaho. Audrey was beloved
Now it is our time to hold her close in our hearts and
as a daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother,
our memories.
great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and
For those who would like to make a memorial dona-
friend. She was the oldest of the six Hance children born tion in memory of Audrey, the family suggests Gem
to Ruth (Sherman) Hance and Lorn Hance.
Community Church in Emmett, Idaho, or Pine Baptist
Audrey married Willis H. Adkins on July 27, 1940.
Church in Halfway through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Three of the Hance sisters married three of the Adkins
Home & Cremation Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR
brothers.
97834. Online condolences can be made at www.tamispi-
Audrey is survived by Betty Smith and her precious
nevalleyfuneralhome.com.
sister, Shirley Adkins. Lorraine Bennett, Darlene Adkins
and Jim Hance passed before her but she loved them
Steven Merrick
until her last moment.
Union, 1949-2021
Jesus came fi rst in her life and family, all of her fam-
Steven E. Merrick, 71, of Union, died
ily, came in a close second. Until very recently, Audrey
July 27, 2021, at Grande Ronde Hospital.
could and would name all of her nieces, nephews, grand-
A celebration of his life will take place
children, and great-grandchildren. She could also tell
later this summer at the Union Baptist
you important events in each of their lives.
Church.
Steven
Her favorite place would be the kitchen, making
Steven was born on Aug. 28, 1949, at
Merrick
bread, scones and cinnamon rolls, served with hot cof-
Prairie City to Baxter and Jean (Harding)
fee. Her favorite hymn was subject to change, but when Merrick. He lived in Baker City, Klamath
asked on her fi nal days she sang “How Great Though
Falls, Mount Vernon, Hermiston and Union. He gradu-
Art.” Her favorite Bible verse (also subject to change)
ated from Baker High School and Eastern Oregon State
was John 14:6,“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and College with a teaching degree. On June 16, 1973, he
the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father,
married Kathryn A. Hiatt.
but by me.”
Steven taught at several school districts in Eastern
Her children, Josephine Vowell, Jo’s husband, Rob-
Oregon and a few other employers. He enjoyed photogra-
ert “Bob” Vowell, who passed in 2017, Bill Adkins, who
phy, reading, wood working, bird watching and watch-
passed from us in 1995, Lorn Adkins and Russ Adkins
ing baseball. He was a member of the Union Baptist
and their families; Jo’s children, Willis, Noel, Wendy,
Church.
Rob and Andrew; Bill’s wife, Eleanor, with their children
Steve is survived by his children, Paul D. Merrick
Alana, West and Brett; Lorn’s wife, Laurie, and their
(Terra) of Gladstone, Missouri, and Amy J. McCants
children, Lisa, Jodi, John and Sara; Russ’s wife, Audrey (Ken) of Union; six grandchildren; his brother, Craig
and their children, Sophia and Wally and all of their
Merrick of McMinnville; his sister, Becky Merrick of
spouses, signifi cant others, and children would like
Baker City; and 12 nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Kathy, and his
parents, Baxter and Jean.
Online condolences can be made to the family at
www.lovelandfuneralchapel.com.
1923-2021
NEWS OF RECORD
FUNERALS PENDING
Robert Kent Nelson:
Memorial 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
contributions 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.grayswestco.
com.
Stan Grove: Celebration
of his life, Aug. 20 at 3 p.m. at
Quail Ridge Golf Course, 2801
Indiana Ave. There will be a no
host bar and some of Stan’s
favorite foods.
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
SECOND-DEGREE
CRIMINAL TRESPASSING:
Cooper Alex Horn, 25, Baker
City, 11:18 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1
in the 1200 block of Campbell
Street; cited and released.
SECOND-DEGREE
BURGLARY, SECOND-DEGREE
THEFT, THEFT OF SERVICES,
RECKLESS DRIVING,
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF
A MOTOR VEHICLE: Garrett
Anthonie Kinyon, 24, Salt Lake
City, 3:34 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1
at Main and Campbell streets;
jailed.
CONTEMPT OF COURT
(Baker County Justice Court
warrant): Ayla Rose Hubert, 27,
Baker City, 6:01 p.m. Saturday,
July 31 at Auburn Avenue
and Eighth Street; cited and
released.
SECOND-DEGREE
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: Rolanda
Delapena, 37, Payette, Idaho,
1:53 a.m. Saturday, July 31
in the 600 block of Campbell
Street; cited and released.