A2 — BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2021
BAKER COUNTY CALENDAR
TUESDAY, OCT. 26
Baker County Natural Resource Advisory
Committee: 3 p.m. at the Courthouse, 1995 Third St.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27
Baker County Local Public Safety Coordinating
Council: 7 a.m. at New Directions Northwest, 3425 13th St.
Also available on Zoom. To get a website link, meeting ID
and password, call Ashley McClay at 541-523-6415 or email
to amcclay@bakercounty.org.
TUESDAY, NOV. 9
Baker County Economic Development Council:
3 p.m. at the Courthouse, 1995 Third St.
TURNING BACK THE PAGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
October 23, 1971
Union, one of the Wapiti League’s bottom-dwellers,
came up for a breath of air Friday and gave loop-leading
Pine-Eagle its closest league shave of the season, 6-0, as
the Spartans set their magic number to one.
The Spartans, now 4-0 in circuit play, need only a win
over hapless Prairie City next week to bag at least a share
of the crown.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
October 23, 1996
Most Baker County residents will notice the value of
their taxable property has changed ever so slightly when
they receive their property tax statements this week.
Allen Phillips, Baker County assessor, said valuation
of taxable property in the county is at an all-time high of
approximately $750 million, up from last year’s high of
$699,010,577.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
October 24, 2011
The Oregon Hunters Association’s board of directors
has decided to spend $25,000 to investigate the possibility
of mounting a campaign to overturn the state’s 17-year-old
ban on hunting cougars with dogs.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
October 24, 2020
As the end of the fi rst quarter of classes approaches,
Baker School District students are continuing to adjust to
changes brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.
Students in preschool through sixth grade, who re-
turned to their classrooms on Oct. 14 are adjusting well,
school administrators say.
“I think the kids are just really happy to be back in
school, to be honest with you,” Geno Bates, South Baker
Intermediate principal, said Friday morning.
“The protocols are working really well and the kids
are doing really well,” Bates said. “They seem to have
adjusted.”
There have been no issues with the students follow-
ing the requirement to wear masks while they are in the
school building, although social distancing on the play-
ground takes a little more reminding.
“The teachers feel like it’s all going really well,” Bates
said. “The kids have been resilient — that’s kids for you.”
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SENIOR MENUS
MONDAY: Chicken broccoli fettuccini, garlic breadsticks,
zucchini and tomatoes, cookies, ambrosia
TUESDAY: Herb baked chicken, mashed potatoes with
gravy, peas and carrots, biscuits, beet-and-onion salad,
cinnamon rolls
WEDNESDAY: Hot beef sandwiches, mashed potatoes
with gravy, green beans, 3-bean salad, birthday cake
THURSDAY: Breaded pork loin, red potatoes, peas, rolls,
green salad, sherbet
FRIDAY: Ghoulash, garlic bread, capri vegetables,
pistachio 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
Pop artist Alex Boyé to perform in La Grande
By ANDREW CUTLER
The (La Grande) Observer
LA GRANDE — Cassy
Kellogg wanted to do
something special for her
children and other kids
after the strain of nearly
two years of COVID-19
mandates.
So, one day earlier this
month, when Kellogg saw a
clip of an Alex Boyé concert
on social media, on a whim
she reached out to Boyé’s
camp to inquire about pos-
sibly having the Utah-based
singer perform in Union
County.
“When I watched how
fun those concerts are, I just
thought I want my kids and
their friends and the kids in
our area to be able to have
that experience,” Kellogg
said.
Boyé’s free, public “Bend
not Break” suicide aware-
ness concert will begin
at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
30, at the Union County
Fairgrounds. Magician/
motivational speaker Brad
Barton will open for Boyé.
Don Kellogg, Cassy Kel-
logg’s husband, met Barton
in 2000 at a Boy Scout camp
at Farragut State Park.
“You have all these acts
that like to go to the big
cities. We just like to go to a
city,” Boyé said. “This isn’t
like an Alex Boyé concert,
this is a mental health,
suicide prevention aware-
ness concert. That applies to
anyone and everyone.”
The Kelloggs have been
seeing to all the details that
go into bringing in a nation-
ally known artist in a short
period of time.
“We have a lot going on,”
Don Kellogg said.
Alex Boyé/Contributed Photo
Utah pop artist Alex Boyé will perform a suicide prevention concert on Saturday,
Oct. 30, at the Union County Fairgrounds.
The couple found an un-
named “angel” who donated
$50,000 to make the concert
happen. Don Kellogg, who
retired a couple of years
ago after a long career with
Avista, is raising another
$15,000 to pay for Barton
and the rest of the event.
Cassy Kellogg said fi nding
either a sponsor or an “angel”
was a key factor in making
sure the concert happened.
“Alex and I were half in
tears reading the note that
they found an ‘angel,’” Eddie
Wenrick, Boyé’s manager,
said. “These people are seri-
ous. They want to help kids.
We have to show up.”
Boyé’s shows routinely
draw as many as 10,000
people. The Kelloggs are
optimistic the Union County
show can draw as many as
2,500 fans.
“There’s people who will
travel from Boise and the
Tri-Cities to see Alex,” Don
Kellogg said.
thought having him bring
his show to La Grande and
offering suicide prevention
resources could be benefi cial.
“People come to watch the
concert, but the purpose in
the tour is to connect local
people with local resources,”
she said. “So the Union
County Safe Communities
Coalition is supporting us.”
Boyé said mental health
therapists, called “thought
leaders,” will share during
the concert and will be avail-
able for anyone who wants to
talk about mental health.
“That’s a win for me,” he
said.
Exhibitors will have
booths to provide resources
and the Kelloggs also are
working with the La Grande
Lions Club to open their
booth at the fairgrounds to
sell hamburgers.
“That would be another
charity people would be
donating to if they bought
lunch,” Cassy Kellogg said.
The concert will strive to
follow all COVID-19 man-
Finding an ‘angel’
Sharing a positive
dates, including masks and
When she reached out
message
social distancing.
to Boyé about coming to La
Cassy Kellogg said she’s
“We want everyone to
Grande, Cassy Kellogg said seen, and heard about, young
she was given a couple of
people struggling emotionally wear a mask,” Cassy Kellogg
options about raising the
and mentally during the pan- said.
The Kelloggs also urge at-
money to pay for the concert demic. When she saw the clip
— fi nd sponsors or “fi nd an of Boyé’s performance on his tendees to bring blankets and
folding chairs to the concert.
angel.”
“Ignite the Light” tour, she
Boyé’s background
Boyé has resided in
Utah for two decades. He
is a former member of the
European boy-band “Awe-
some” and of the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir.
Boyé’s professional career
has included recording reli-
gious and Latter-day Saints
music.
In recent years, he has
built a massive YouTube
following by performing Af-
ricanized versions of popular
music, including “Let It Go”
and “Circle of Life,” from the
Disney movies “Frozen” and
“The Lion King,” respective-
ly, as well as the Taylor Swift
hit “Shake It Off.”
Boyé also appeared on
America’s Got Talent and
was named the 2017 artist
of the year and grand prize
winner in a music contest
sponsored by Pepsi and
Hard Rock Cafe. This past
December in Miami, he
performed a halftime show
for NFL’s Monday Night
Football.
“I’m hoping that La
Grande can prove to the
rest of the world that you
can get Alex Boyé to come
because Los Angeles, Miami,
Salt Lake City, those are his
venues so far,” Don Kellogg
said.
OBITUARY
her soulmate, Kerby
Arvey, whom she mar-
ried in 1985. The two
Diane G. Arvey,
shared an admira-
71, of Baker City,
tion of the outdoors,
passed away peace-
recreation, and travel.
fully, surrounded by
Their love of nature
loved ones, on the
Diane Arvey informed their decision
evening of Monday,
to relocate to Baker
Oct. 18, 2021.
City in 2003, where she served
Diane was born on April
30, 1950, in Centralia, Wash- as a sergeant through the
ington, to Gladys and Robert Oregon Department of Cor-
rections until her retirement
Edwards. She was raised on
a farm in Toledo, Washington, in 2012.
Diane was an active
until her parents moved to
Port Townsend alongside her volunteer in her community,
an avid quilter, and lover of all
fi ve beloved siblings. Diane
things handcrafted. In her free
was among the fi rst wave of
time, she enjoyed fi shing with
female state troopers in the
Pacifi c Northwest — the fi rst Kerby, crafting and quilting
step in a dutiful lifelong career with her dear band of Baker
City seamstresses, and travel-
in public service.
ing to support her grandchil-
When her career as an
dren in their various activities.
Ordinance Control Offi cer
Above all else, Diane’s greatest
transported her to Stayton,
joy in life was her family.
Oregon, in 1982, Diane met
Diane Arvey
Baker City, 1950-2021
Diane is survived by her
mother, Gladys V. Edwards;
her siblings, Sharon Baker,
Barbra Lief, Ed Edwards
(Sue), Dave Edwards (Judi),
and her twin sister, Darlene K.
Edwards; her husband, Kerby
Arvey; her sons, Christian
Pedersen and James Pedersen
(Mishelle); her daughter, Lisa
Eckis (John); her grandchil-
dren, McKenzie, Hayden,
Bailey, Kristopher and Der-
rick; and her two cats, Jinx
and Charlie.
She was preceded in death
by her father, Robert Edwards.
Her memory will forever
be documented in her lov-
NEWS OF RECORD
Sinise Foundation or The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Dean Franklin Spence: 84,
of Baker City, died Oct. 21, 2021, at Saints, Halfway branch, through
his residence. A memorial service Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home &
with military honors will take
Cremation Services, P.O. Box 543,
place Friday, Nov. 12, at 11 a.m. at Halfway, OR 97834. Online con-
the Harvest Church, 3720 Birch St. dolences can be made at www.
in Baker City. Following the ser-
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
vice, a reception will be held at the
Harvest Church Fellowship Hall.
POLICE LOG
To leave an online condolence
Baker City Police
for Dean’s family, go to www.
Arrests, citations
grayswestco.com.
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker
County Justice Court warrant):
FUNERALS PENDING
Chad Michael Cox, 40, Baker City,
Roscoe Curry: Memorial
service Saturday, Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. 1:55 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 21 at
Resort and Madison streets; cited
at the Church of Jesus Christ
and released.
of Latter-day Saints in Halfway.
Military honors will follow at the
“You’ll love
Pine Valley Cemetery. Friends are
invited to join the family at the
church following the interment.
For those who would like to make
a donation in Roscoe’s memory,
his family suggests the Gary
DEATHS
ingly crafted scrapbooks, and
preserved in the quilts she
stitched to keep her loved
ones warm. She lives on in the
selfl ess, resourceful, optimis-
tic, and pioneering spirit she
imparted on those who were
fortunate enough to know her.
In lieu of fl owers, memo-
rial donations can be made to
the Baker City Senior Center
or the Baker City YMCA
through Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Crema-
tion Services, P.O. Box 543,
Halfway, OR 97834. Online
condolences can be made at
www.tamispinevalleyfuneral-
home.com.
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