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FIREWOOD
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“We are pleased to be able
to offer free personal use
fi rewood across the national
forests in Oregon and Wash-
ington,” Regional Forester
Glenn Casamassa said in a
press release. “This change
will benefi t people who rely
on fi rewood as their primary
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Plaintiffs Joseph Randolph,
Joanne Leggett, Patrick Clegg
and Philip Morse fi led the suit
Monday, Sept. 20 in Baker
County Circuit Court.
They are represented by
Sara Montrone, an attorney
with the Oregon Law Center
in Ontario.
The defendants are the
Desert Hills Mobile Home and
RV Park, Roberta Chantel
Wickett and Lynn Chantel.
The park, at 34721 Ex-
press Road, is just south of
Interstate 84, about 25 miles
southeast of Baker City.
According to the lawsuit,
the defendants notifi ed park
residents, including the plain-
tiffs, around Aug. 12 that the
park was closing and that they
should move out by Sept. 5.
Around Aug. 24 the defen-
dants gave notice that water
would be shut off by Sept. 5.
Water was shut off around
Sept. 10, according to the
lawsuit, and “Unless the court
orders defendants to restore
water to the premises to com-
ply with ORS 90.320, plaintiffs
fear that they will continue to
live without access to water,
continuing to suffer harm for
which damages will not pro-
vide adequate compensation.”
The lawsuit seeks a prelim-
inary injunction requiring the
park to restore water service,
as well as a temporary re-
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LOCAL & STATE
heat source and will allow us
to dispose of material that
otherwise would have a cost to
burn or remove.”
The change to free wood-
cutting includes the Wallowa-
Whitman, Umatilla and
Malheur national forests in
Northeastern Oregon.
Firewood cutting season
ends on Nov. 30, 2021, and
resumes on May 1, 2022.
Forest supervisors will des-
ignate free use fi rewood areas
and will establish the annual
limit on the number of cords of
free use an individual can cut,
according to the Forest Service.
The total amount of free use
material granted to an indi-
vidual in any fi scal year cannot
exceed $200 in value. District
rangers or forest supervisors
can authorize free woodcutting
in excess of that limit in cases
of hardship or unusual need.
straining order prohibiting the
defendants from taking “any
action to terminate plaintiffs’
tenancy or to discriminate
or retaliate against plaintiffs
for pursuing a preliminary
injunction.”
According to Oregon Re-
vised Statute 90.645, if a man-
ufactured housing park, or the
portion of a park that includes
manufactured dwellings, is to
be closed, the landlord must
give tenants at least 365 days’
notice in writing.
ORS 90. 320 requires land-
lords to maintain units, includ-
ing manufactured homes, in
a “habitable condition,” which
includes supplying running
hot and cold water. This
requirement applies up to the
point where a tenant has left,
or has been legally evicted, the
latter of which is a separate
action that, according to the
lawsuit, has not been pursued
in this case.
The plaintiffs are also ask-
ing for reasonable attorney’s
fees and for fi nancial restitu-
tion, specifi cally:
• $900 for Leggett, twice
the monthly rent, for the
intentional interruption of
water service.
• $700 for Randolph, twice
the monthly rent, for the
intentional interruption of
water service.
• $600 for Gregg, twice
the monthly rent, for the
intentional interruption of
water service.
• $1,000 for Morse, twice
the monthly rent, for the
intentional interruption of
water service.
In the motion for a pre-
liminary injunction, Montrone
writes that the decision to
turn off the water is “clearly
a violation of habitability
standards and plaintiffs are
suffering continuing harm.”
In a written declaration
dated Sept. 20, Montrone
wrote that she had told Lynn
Chantel, on Aug. 27, that if
water was turned off, Mon-
trone would fi le a motion for a
temporary restraining order.
Montrone wrote that she
spoke with Lynn Chantel by
phone on Sept. 16, and that
Chantel told her that water
would not be turned back on
at the park.
Morse and Gregg also fi led
declarations.
Gregg wrote that he has
been without running water
since Aug. 24. Morse wrote
that his water was turned off
Sept. 10.
Both wrote that they have
had to drive to Baker City,
about 25 miles away, to buy
water for cooking, drinking
and fl ushing their toilets.
A phone call to the number
listed for the Desert Hills
Mobile Home and RV Park
was not answered. The park
is listed online as temporar-
ily closed.
The business was reg-
istered in Oregon in 2004,
according to the Oregon Secre-
tary of State’s offi ce.
Pandemic pauses House
work on redistricting
By GARY A. WARNER
Oregon Capital Bureau
A political showdown in
the House over political redis-
tricting was put on hold for
at least a day amid reported
COVID-19 cases traced to the
Monday, Sept. 20 session in
the Capitol.
House Speaker Tina
Kotek, D-Portland, announced
just after 1 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 21 that a COVID-19
case had been traced to
Monday’s House session.
She canceled the House fl oor
session until Wednesday
morning, Sept. 22.
“In the last hour, we were
notifi ed that a person who
was in the Capitol yesterday
has tested positive for CO-
VID,” Kotek said.
“This is obviously a devel-
oping situation and hopefully
we will be back tomorrow to
complete our business,” Kotek
said.
No additional information
was given on the iden-
tity of the person who tested
positive. The House had been
interrupted at least three
times over the past year by
outbreaks among lawmakers
and staff.
Kotek’s announcement
was made to a nearly empty
chamber. The House was
scheduled to vote on fi nal
passage of new legislative and
congressional maps required
to refl ect population changes
in the 2020 U.S. Census.
However, there were ques-
tions as to whether the GOP
lawmakers would show up
at all.
Republicans are consider-
ing a boycott or walkout to
block a Democratic redistrict-
ing plan they say includes
a broken promise by Kotek
on partisan parity on the
Sam Stites/Oregon Public Broadcasting
Oregon state House seats are empty as a report of a
positive COVD-19 case forces postponement of work
on redistricting Tuesday, Sept. 21.
committee deciding the fate of
legislative and congressional
district maps for the 2022
election.
“We’ve been had,” said
Rep. Daniel Bonham, R-The
Dalles, a lead negotiator for
GOP on redistricting for the
2022 election. “I don’t know if
that makes me a sucker, but
if it does, I’m a sucker with
character.”
Bonham was reacting
to the decision by Kotek, to
unilaterally revise a deal
giving Republicans equal say
on the House Redistricting
Committee.
The House and Senate
redistricting committees had
worked since August on the
much-delayed political maps.
Twelve legally required hear-
ings were held and thousands
of pieces of testimony and
comments were gathered.
Democrats and Republicans
submitted a total of eight dif-
ferent maps.
But with the start of the
special session, all legislation
and committees had to be
reconstituted.
The Senate had a com-
mittee of three Democrats
and two Republicans, just as
before. It voted 3-2 to recom-
mend maps drawn by Demo-
crats for 60 House, 30 Senate
and six congressional districts.
The full Senate approved the
maps on an 18-11 party-line
vote. The maps were then
shipped over to the House.
In a surprise, if not com-
pletely unforeseen collision
of partisan priorities, Kotek
announced she was cleaving
the redistricting committee
in two.
“Separate committees are
the only path the House now
has to fulfi ll its responsibili-
ties,” Kotek said.
A committee to vote on
House and Senate maps
would have the previously
brokered equality of Republi-
cans and Democrats.
However, Kotek created a
new committee of two Demo-
crats and one Republican to
consider the more controver-
sial congressional maps.
“I am confi dent the maps
passed by the Senate meet all
statutory and constitutional
requirements,” she said.
Kotek accurately forecast
the storm of protest from
Republicans, many of whom
noted the speaker had al-
ready announced plans to run
for governor in 2022.
“No map is perfect, and
this is a very complex task,”
Kotek said. “Ultimately, we
are bound to do our consti-
tutional duty and the job
Oregonians elected us to do.”
Baker County
CHURCH
DIRECTORY
Sunday Worship
First Service 8:30 am
2nd Service & Sunday School
10 am
Jr. High & High School Youth
Tues 6:30 pm
Youth Pastor Silas Moe
675 Hwy 7, Baker City • 541-523-5425
EARLY WORSHIP GATHERING
8:30 AM
(541)
SECOND
WORSHIP GATHERING
10:30 AM
Harvest Cafe open 30 minutes before each service
3720 Birch St, Baker City
541-523-4233
www.BakerCityHarvest.org
FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Sunday Worship Service
10:30 am
Third & Broadway
541-523-3891
10
9
Sundays
Worship Service
am Sunday School
Thursdays
am
1995 4th Street, Baker City
541-523-5201
5:30 - 6 pm
Free Community Dinner
6:15 - 8 pm
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Celebrate Recovery
SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST
CHURCH
Saturday Worship
11:00 am
www.bakercitysda.com
17th & Pocahontas, Baker City
541-523-4913
9:45am
Sunday School
8:30am
Episcopal
Pastor Troy Teeter
Services at 9 am
1st & 3rd Sundays, Holy Eucharist
2nd & 4th Sundays, Morning Prayer
5th Sunday, Morning Prayer
1250 Hughes Lane, Baker City
(Corner of Cedar & Hughes)
541-523-3533
www.bakernaz.com
2177 First Street • Baker City
Entrance on 1st Street
Corner Church & First Streets
541-523-4812
Coffee is 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
United
Methodist
Churches
Currently meeting via Zoom only
Worship 10am Sunday
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Meeting ID: 541 523 4201
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THE CHURCH OF
JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER-DAY SAINTS
SAINT
ALPHONSUS
HOSPITAL CHAPEL
9-11 AM - Baker City 2nd Ward
11:30-1:30 PM Baker Valley Ward
2-4 PM - Baker City 1st Ward
Everyone Welcome
Open to all patients,
family and friends for
reflection and prayer.
Family History Center is open again -
Everything Free - Masks required
Tues & Fri 1-4 PM
Wed & Thurs 10 AM -1 PM
Wed Evenings 5-8 PM
St. Alphonsus Hospital in
Baker City
2625 Hughes Lane, Baker City
541-523-2397
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE CHURCH
Elkhorn Baptist
Church
Sunday Service
10:00 am
Sunday School 10 am
Morning Worship 11 am
Evening Worship 6 pm
Discovery Kids Worship
6:30 pm
3520 Birch St, Baker City
541-523-4332
www.ChristianScience.com
3rd & Washington, Baker City
541-523-5911
bakercalvarybaptist.com
Everyone
Welcome
St. Stephen’s
Sunday Worship
Baker & Haines
ST. BRIGID’S IN THE
PINES COMMUNITY
CHURCH
11:30 a.m. Services
1st & 3rd Sunday
Holy Eucharist
East Auburn Street, Sumpter
541-523-4812
A Mission of St. Stephen's Episcopal
Church in Baker City
St. Francis De
Sales Cathedral
Daily Masses:
M, T, Th, F 9 am
Day Chapel in Cathedral
Wed Daily Mass 9 am
at St. Alphonsus Chapel
Sat 8 am at Day Chapel
Baker City Saturday Mass 6 pm
Baker City Sunday Mass 9:30 am
St. Therese in Halfway 2 pm Sat
St. Anthony's in North Powder
11:30 Sun
541-523-4521
Corner of First & Church, Baker City
Established
1904
FIRST
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Service at 11 am
Live Streaming on
Facebook
1734 Third Street, Baker City
541-523-3922
firstlutheranbakercity@gmail.com
AGAPE
CHRISTIAN
CENTER
Sunday Services
10:00 am & 6:30 pm
South Highway 7,
Baker City
541-523-6586
The church directory is published once monthly. Information for this directory is provided by participating churches, please call 541-523-3673 for more information.
Thank you to the participating churches and these sponsors:
Cliff’s Saws & Cycles
Whelan Electric, Inc.
523-5756 • CCB 103032
2619 Tenth • 523-2412
1950 Place • 523-4300
1500 Dewey • 523-3677