A2 — BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2021
Noxious weed of the week
By Jeffrey Pettingill
Baker County Weed District
supervisor
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
August 16, 1971
Property tax relief for Baker County’s elderly based on
income instead of straight property value is coming next
year, Ralph McCray, Baker County assessor, announced.
McCray said the new tax program will help some —
primarily in the elderly and low income brackets.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 16, 1996
Firefi ghters hope to contain the Sloans Ridge fi re by 6
p.m. today, but they’re worried about a forecast for hot-
ter, drier, windier weather.
“This fi re has been looking good, but today’s weather
has us concerned,” said Dennis Scott, an information
offi cer at the fi re camp in Sumpter. “This fuel type is
receptive to spotting.”
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 17, 2011
It will all come down to perceived worth.
And Baker City offi cials hope property owners along
Resort Street can see how the section slated for improve-
ment next year would look without power lines running
above the sidewalk.
About 25 people attended a work session Tuesday night
at Baker City Hall focused on burying utility lines under a
section of Resort from Campbell Street to Auburn Avenue.
Getting the utility lines underground is integral to create
a “park-like” atmosphere downtown from Main Street to
the Powder River, said Mayor Dennis Dorrah.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 18, 2020
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to cancel a rule
that has banned the cutting of large live trees on national
forests east of the Cascades in Oregon for the past quarter
century.
The 21-inch rule, which the agency adopted in 1995,
severely restricts logging of trees with a diameter greater
than 21 inches measured four and a half feet above the
ground.
Loggers can cut live trees larger than that generally
only for safety purposes — around places where logs are
loaded onto trucks, for instance, or near campgrounds or
roads.
But Forest Service offi cials say the restriction has sty-
mied their efforts to thin forests and thus reduce the risk
of big, fast-moving wildfi res.
“Adjusting the 21-inch limitation to refl ect learning
over the past 25 years would help streamline restoration
of forests in eastern Oregon and make it easier to create
landscapes that withstand and recover more quickly from
wildfi re, drought and other disturbances,” said Shane Jef-
fries, supervisor of the Ochoco National Forest in central
Oregon and the agency offi cial tasked with deciding
whether to do away with the 21-inch limit on six national
forests.
Those forests, in addition to the Wallowa-Whitman and
the Ochoco, are the Umatilla, Deschutes, Fremont-Wine-
ma and Malheur.
The rule change would affect almost 10 million acres of
public land.
O REGON L OTTERY
MEGABUCKS, Aug. 14
7 — 9 — 15 — 24 — 28 — 32
Next jackpot: $1.8 million
POWERBALL, Aug. 14
6 — 21 — 49 — 65 — 67 PB 18
Next jackpot: $274 million
MEGA MILLIONS, Aug. 13
17 — 21 — 35 — 40 — 53
Mega
11
Next jackpot: $242 million
WIN FOR LIFE, Aug. 14
3 — 4 — 54 — 57
PICK 4, Aug. 15
• 1 p.m.: 2 — 7 — 6 — 2
• 4 p.m.: 3 — 2 — 4 — 6
• 7 p.m.: 5 — 1 — 6 — 3
• 10 p.m.: 8 — 0 — 6 — 6
LUCKY LINES, Aug. 15
4-8-12-16-18-23-28-32
Next jackpot: $60,000
The enemy
Russian thistle (Salsola
tragus)
The strategy
This annual from Rus-
sia was introduced in the
late 1880s. It is one of the
worst weeds in the drier
regions on North America.
It is a round, bushy, much-
branched plant that gen-
erally grows to a height
of three feet. Early in the
summer the somewhat long
leaves are soft and string-
like. Once the plant starts to
Jeffrey Pettingill/Contributed Photo
mature the leaves develop
Russian thistle, also known as tumbleweed, is a common invasive weed in the West.
a short spine that becomes
quite stiff, thus giving it the
become quite resistant to
characteristic of a thistle (al-
many of the common her-
though not related to a true
bicides, therefore, product
thistle). The plant develops
combinations and new
a small purple-red fl ower at
chemistries of the pesticide
the base of the upper leaves.
must be considered. Best
It is most prevent in dryland
products to use are Ban-
grain crops, parking lots,
vel (Weedmaster) and Flo-
roadsides, overgrazed dry
roxypyr (Vista or Starane).
pastures, and other highly
Due to the resistant issue,
disturbed sites.
product rotation and selec-
The attack
tion should be evaluated
When the plant dies off it
with Professional Crop Con-
becomes this round tumble-
sultants and County Weed
Jeffrey Pettingill/Contributed Photo Supervisors. In the late
weed that we see in all the
Russian thistle disperses its seeds effectively as it rolls
old western movies. This
summer it is best controlled
tumble effect is nature’s way along, propelled by the wind.
with a mower as mature
of dispersing the seeds. With
plants are not susceptible to
the bushy characteristic of
when it tumbles into irriga- Although edible for humans herbicides. Early and often
and animals, most animals treatments starting mid
the plant it competes for all tion corridors and fences
will not graze on the plant
the nutrients and mois-
where it becomes quite a
spring is best.
when it gets larger and
ture as well as blocks the
problem and fi re hazard.
develops the short spines.
Jeffrey Pettingill, supervisor
sunlight necessary for other
The defense
Many herbicides are effec-
of the Baker County Weed
plants to strive. The plant
As this is an annual it can tive early in the life cycle
District, can be reached at 541-
becomes quite a nuisance
be controlled mechanically. of the plant. This plant has
523-0618 or 541-519-0204.
during harvest as well as
Coloring contest winners named
Nine local artists were
picked as winners in a
coloring contest sponsored
by the New Directions
Northwest FEMA Outreach
Team.
The winners’ posters
were displayed at many
local businesses.
Children’s programs that
participated in the contest
are the Baker 5J School
District Summer Academy,
and the Baker County Li-
brary District’s story time.
Contest judges were
Shari Selander, CEO for
New Directions; Baker
County Sheriff Travis Ash;
and Ginger Savage, execu-
tive director for Crossroads
Carnegie Art Center.
WINNERS
Kindergarten and Under
• 1st: Makaylah Brown
• 2nd: Emma Shankle
• 3rd: Emma Swanlund
S ENIOR M ENUS
■ 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
■ MONDAY (Aug. 23): Chicken-fried steak, mashed
potatoes with gravy, corn biscuits, cottage cheese with
fruit, cheesecake
■ TUESDAY (Aug. 24): Meatloaf, baked beans, peas,
coleslaw, tapioca
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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First through Third
Grade
• 1st: Elizabeth Daniels
• 2nd: Sylvia Rich
• 3rd: Kenyen Carroll-
Schomberg
Fourth Grade and Over
• 1st: Cierra Griffi n
• 2nd: Bernardo Loza
• 3rd: Emma Buxton
Businesses and orga-
nizations that sponsored
window displays: Kicks
Sportswear, Sweet Wife
Baking, Crossroads Carn-
egie Art Center, Ryder
Brothers Stationery Store,
The Sycamore Tree, Cody’s
General Store, D & J Taco
Shop, Hearts & Petals
Flower Shoppe, Betty’s
Books, Marilyn’s Music
Plus, Inland Café, The Little
Bagel Shop, Oregon Trail
Restaurant, The Little Pig,
Golden Crown Restaurant,
New DIrections Northwest/Contributed Photo
Charley’s Delicatessen.
Winning posters displayed at Charley’s Ice Cream Parlor.
N EWS OF R ECORD
DEATHS
Jacqueline Harris: 54, of
Baker City, died Aug. 14, 2021,
at her home. Arrangements are
under the direction of Tami’s Pine
Valley Funeral Home & Crema-
tion Services. Online condo-
lences can be made at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.
com.
FUNERALS PENDING
Retha Allensworth: Memo-
rial service, Saturday, Aug. 21 at
11 a.m. at the Richland Christian
Church. Interment will follow at
Eagle Valley Cemetery. Friends
are invited to join the family for
a reception at the church, im-
mediately following the service.
Online condolences can be
made at tamispinevalleyfuneral-
home.com.
Michael ‘Mike’ Blount: Me-
morial service and celebration of
Mike’s life, Saturday, Aug. 21 at 2
p.m. at Harvest Christian Church,
3720 Birch St. Online condolenc-
es can be made at tamispineval-
leyfuneralhome.com.
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker
County Justice Court warrant):
Keith Edward Gassin, 46, Baker
City, 9:44 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 15 in
the 2900 block of Walnut Street;
cited and released.
DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED:
Frank Nathan McNair, 41, Baker
City, 6:21 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 15
at Myrtle and Myrtle Place; cited
and released.
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker
County Justice Court warrant):
Sharon Lee Beck, 35, Baker City,
10:57 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14 in
the 2200 block of Resort Street;
cited and released.
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker
County Justice Court warrants):
Trevor James Heath, 25, Baker
City, 1:26 a.m. Saturday, Aug.
14 in the 600 block of Campbell
Street; cited and released.
PAROLE VIOLATION (Oregon
State Parole Board warrant):
Aaron Dale Duvall, 30, Baker
City, 8:57 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13 on
Oak Street; jailed.
Baker County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
Arrests, citations
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLU-
ENCE OF INTOXICANTS: Clayton
Cedric Christman, 20, Baker City,
12:01 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 14 on
Highway 86 at Ruckles Creek;
cited and released.
Baker County Parole &
Probation
Arrests, citations
PAROLE VIOLATION: Heather
NOTICE
The Eagles Lodge Dinner & Dance
on August 20th at 2935 H St. has
been cancelled due to new
COVID restrictions
Sorry Members
Dawn Carter, 34, Baker City,
9:43 a.m. Friday, Aug. 13 at the
sheriff’s offi ce; jailed.
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