A2 — BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2021
TURNING BACK THE PAGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
August 14, 1971
The former W.H. Eccles Lumber Co. No. 3 Heisler lo-
comotive was recently purchased by the Sumpter Valley
Railroad Restoration Nils P. Christensen announced this
week. The Heisler, purchased from Boise Cascade and
currently in storage at Cascade, Idaho, was inspected by
an offi cer of the local non-profi t group early this year.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 14, 1996
SUMPTER — Offi cially, Sumpter is the second-small-
est incorporated town in Baker County, with a popula-
tion of 165.
This week, though, the old ghost town has jumped
to the second-largest. If you add to those 165 full-time
residents the approximately 1,300 people in the Sloans
Ridge fi re camp, Sumpter’s population trails only Baker
City’s 9,730.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 15, 2011
The Baker Truck Corral is helping commercial truck
drivers abide by a state law soon prohibiting long peri-
ods of engine idling.
Two dozen electrical outlets at the business can
provide a cleaner, less-expensive source of energy for
truckers to power space heaters, air conditioners, televi-
sions and any other small electrical appliances they
need inside their cabs during rest periods.
The electricity will cost $1 an hour and drivers can
use an automated kiosk to pay by card. They also could
connect using a smart phone, laptop computer or more
conventional telephone activation system.
Business owner Kurt Miller has been looking to add
electrical access for a few years now. He envisioned it as
a service his truck-driving customers would appreciate.
The pedestals were easier than other forms of transmis-
sion that have been available to sell at truck stops, he
found out through research.
Not many of the truckers realize the outlets have been
there for weeks, however, he said.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 15, 2020
The morning heat increases the scent of fi r rising in
puffs behind the boots of Kylie Siddoway.
She leads three other teenagers into the forest, each
picking their way slowly across slash left from logging.
“It smells like our Christmas tree — two weeks past
Christmas,” Siddoway says with a smile.
They pause at a location dictated by the GPS and get
to work documenting different aspects of this forest
that is part of the Wallowa Whitman’s East Face Project.
Their work is part of a summer-long internship with
the Baker Resources Coalition. About 10 teenagers
applied for a position. After the hiring process, which
included an interview, the Coalition hired Siddoway,
Sam McCauley, and Sarah Plummer.
“I thought it sounded interesting, a fun summer,”
Plummer said.
The Coalition formed in early 2019 to provide paid
internships for local students interested in natural
resources.
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WIN FOR LIFE, Aug. 11
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LUCKY LINES, Aug. 12
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Mega
12
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Next jackpot: $57,000
SENIOR MENUS
MONDAY: Orange glazed chicken, rice, peas, rolls,
ambrosia, cookies
TUESDAY: Ground beef with grilled onions and gravy,
mashed potatoes, rolls, sauerkraut, apple crisp
WEDNESDAY: Roasted turkey, stuffi ng with gravy, carrots,
rolls, green salad, ice cream
THURSDAY: Roast beef sandwich with Swiss vegetable
beef soup, coleslaw, cinnamon rolls
FRIDAY: Spaghetti, garlic rolls, zucchini pasta salad, 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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Copyright © 2021
County Commissioners hold public
work session for Visitors Services RFP
By SAMANTHA O’CONNER
Baker City Herald
The Baker County Com-
missioners held a public work
session Wednesday evening,
Aug. 11, at the Baker County
Event Center (Fairgrounds).
Commissioners discussed the
Visitors Services Request for
Proposal (RFP) and answered
any questions or concerns
those attending had.
Lynette Perry with Baker
City Events asked if the com-
missioners knew some of the
players they thought would be
applying.
“I do not know anybody
that has actually said ‘yes we
are.’ I don’t have that answer.
I would assume the past play-
ers would be the main ones.
That would be Anthony Lakes
would be one applicant and
the Chamber of Commerce/
Visitors Center currently
would be the other,” said Com-
Samantha O’Conner/Baker City Herald
Commissioners Mark Bennett, Bill Harvey, and Bruce
Nichols answer questions from local residents regard-
ing the Visitors Services RFP.
mission Chair Bill Harvey.
He said there may be a
third one out of Bend but they
do not know if they will place
a bid.
“We’re wanting to at least
add a little more protection to
this and hopefully make this
a better process, number one,
but also a better outcome,”
said Harvey.
David Cowan asked Har-
vey to clarify who the market-
ing director refers to.
“The marketing director
currently is Timothy Bishop.
He has a contract with the
county through TLT to do
marketing services for Baker
County,” said Harvey.
Harvey said the TLT dol-
lars are collected from visitors
OBITUARIES
Alberta Carolyn
(Franklin) Bailey
would marry him.
They were married
July 26, 1953.
Baker City, 1931-2021
At the time of her
Alberta Carolyn
death, they had been
(Franklin) Bailey,
married for just over
90, of Baker City,
68 years. They had
Oregon, went to be
Alberta
two boys, Kent and
with her Lord and
Bailey
Anthony, whom she
Savior at 8:20 a.m.
loved dearly.
Saturday, Aug 7, 2021. Her
After retiring from the
passing was very peaceful,
with her beloved husband by bank, she worked a year and
a half for her son, Anthony,
her side.
under the terms she could
A visitation will be held
leave when she wanted.
on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021,
When she left, she and Joe
from noon to 4 p.m. at Gray’s
West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. A traveled to Europe, China,
funeral service will be held on Central America for Work
Friday, Aug. 13, 2021, begin- and Witness missionary work
through the Panama Canal
ning at 1 p.m. at the Baker
City Church of the Nazarene, and to various places in the
with Pastor Ron Kratzer and U.S.
She also took time every
Pastor Troy Teeter offi ciating
Thursday to watch her
the service.
grandkids and to bake choco-
Following the service, a
late chip cookies with them.
reception will be held at the
Their favorite dinner with
Baker City Church of the
Grandma was her spaghetti.
Nazarene Fellowship Hall.
For many years, we had fam-
She was born June 20,
ily dinner on Sunday after
1931, in Eloy, AZ, to Albert
Edward and Ella Mae (Stock- church.
Christmas was always a
ard) Franklin. She was the
very special time for her with
youngest of eight children.
family. Every year she read
Her family moved to
Baker in early 1932 and left the Christmas story as part of
again in 1934, moving to Cali- our celebration.
Family meant every-
fornia so her father could fi nd
work. She lived in a migrant thing to Alberta, and she
felt blessed to have her
labor camp for a time.
children and grandchildren
Later, after returning to
living where she could see
Oregon, she lived in Bates,
living mostly in a tent and in them whenever she wanted.
logging camps. She returned She rarely missed a sports
to Baker in 1936 or 1937. She event or any other event her
attended Baker Schools and children or grandchildren
graduated from Baker High participated in. Often her
voice of encouragement could
School in 1949.
be heard above the roar of
Shortly thereafter, she
went to work for Pioneer Fed- the crowd and the voice of the
eral Savings and Loans as a coach.
She was especially blessed
teller. She eventually became
by her husband, Joe, who
a corporate secretary and
retired in 1982 as assistant to has provided her with the
the president. The bank had best care anyone could give
during the past two years. No,
assets of under $1,000,000
really, for their entire lifetime
when she started. They had
together.
grown to over $100,000,000
She is survived by her
by the time she retired.
husband, Joe, her sons, Kent
She met the love of her
life, Joe Bailey, at a party and (Monica) and Anthony (Kath-
erine), her grandchildren,
knew from the moment she
Aaron (Melissa), Josh (Han-
set eyes on him that he was
nah), Lessa (Addam), Mallory
the one for her and that she
(Dana), Amanda (Ritter),
and her great-grandchildren,
Ian, Ashleigh, Zim, Lucia,
and Emil. The only child she
didn’t get in her lifetime was
a redheaded granddaughter.
She was preceded in death
by her parents and all her
siblings.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Rachael
Pregnancy Center through
Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer
Chapel at 1500 Dewey Ave.,
Baker City, OR 97814.
To leave an online condo-
lence for the family of Alberta,
please visit: www.grayswest-
co.com.
her home, she worked at the
old St. Elizabeth Hospital
in Baker, was janitor at the
Keating School. She drove
the school bus for many
years, taking special needs
children to La Grande and
back to North Powder every
day, no matter what the
weather may bring. She
drove the Haines route. She
took the kindergarten kids
home also. She did enjoy
the kids who rode the bus.
She would come home with
stories of the things the kids
would do and how she had
to get after them.
Donna enjoyed crossword
puzzles, sewing,
jigsaw puzzles and
Donna Mae Hack
watching TV. She
North Powder, 1941-2021
even got to playing
Donna Mae Hack
computer games on
passed on Aug.
the iPad, which she
8, 2021 at home
in North Powder
said she would never
Donna Hack do.
with her loved ones
present. Her memo-
She is survived
rial service will be Monday, by Larry, her husband of
Aug. 16, at 2 p.m. at the
63 years; her sons, Allen
Baker City Church of the
(Betty), Mike (Beth) and
Nazarene, 1250 Hughes
Ron (Debbi); grandchildren
Lane. Friends are invited
Travis (Jami), Jennifer
to join the family immedi-
(Jag), Robin (Misty), Cody
ately following the service
(Courtney) and Courtney;
at the church for a potluck
great-grandchildren, Robby,
reception, please bring your Kaylie, Mackenzie, Elle,
favorite dish — meat will be Wyatt, and Coy.
provided.
Donna was preceded in
Donna was born on May death by her parents, Ruth
24, 1941, in Baker, Oregon. and Lloyd Davis; her daugh-
She was raised in Pondosa. ter, Rhonda; her sisters and
She married the love of her brothers-in-law, Pat, and
life, Larry, January 17, 1958, Paul, and Hallie and Henry;
in Weiser, Idaho. They raised her brother, Leon; mother-
four children, which she was in-law, Shirley; granddaugh-
very proud of. She was a
ter, Tracy and many more.
wife, mom, grandma, great-
Donna will be missed by
grandma and friend. In
so many.
her life she friended many
Donations can be made
people and was always there to St Jude’s Children Hos-
if you needed anything.
pital or North Powder FFA
She lived in Keating,
through Tami’s Pine Valley
Union, Heppner, and then
Funeral Home and Crema-
moved to North Powder and tion Services, PO Box 543
that has been her home for Halfway, OR 97834. Online
many years.
condolences may be shared
Besides raising her
at www.tamispinevalleyfu-
children and taking care of neralhome.com
NEWS OF RECORD
DEATH NOTICE
that come to Baker County,
rent hotel rooms, RV and
camping spaces.
“That’s set by statute. That
funding is then distributed
70% is from marketing and
out of marketing comes the
visitor’s services contract.
Then there’s also 25% that
goes to the EDC committee to
help with economic develop-
ment and 5% goes to admin-
istration to organize and keep
all of this record keeping, bill
paying, collection of taxes and
other things like that,” said
Harvey.
Harvey said this is a start-
ing point and they will take
input from that meeting and
others sending information
to them. They will also have
another public special session
on Aug. 25.
The RFP is available on
the Baker County website at
www.bakercounty.org.
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POLICE LOG
Velmer M. Daugherty, 92,
passed away Saturday, Aug. 7,
2021, at his residence. Arrange-
ments by DeMoss Durdan Funeral
Home.
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
VIOLATION OF RESTRAIN-
ING ORDER: Joshua Adam Car-
penter, 35, Baker City, 7:04 a.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 11, on Walnut
SERVICE NOTICE
Street; arrested.
Michael “Mike” Blount, 48, died
ANIMAL ABUSE: Luke
on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, at St. Al-
Matthew Baylie, 44, Eugene,
phonsus Regional Medical Center
4:23 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 11,
in Boise, Idaho. A Memorial Ser-
on 9th and Campbell Street;
vice/Celebration of Mike’s Life will
arrested.
be held on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021,
at 2 p.m. at the Harvest Christian
“You’ll love
Church in Baker City. Arrange-
ments are under the direction of
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home
& Cremation Services. Online con-
dolences may be shared at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
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