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Wolf Creek Grange celebrates a century
involved in more community
services projects than the
Wolf Creek Grange. They
include a free medical equip-
ment loan service program
through which donated
items, such as wheelchairs
and walkers, are lent free
of charge to anyone; college
scholarships given annu-
ally to local youths; and a
community dinner served
each year the Sunday before
Thanksgiving.
Wynn Nielsen, a member
of the Wolf Creek Grange,
said the community work
done by the grange is a refl ec-
tion of the many wonderful
people who live there.
“North Powder is just a
special place,” he said.
People who visit the
Grange can learn about its
history, and the dances and
fairs it once put on, by look-
Alex Wittwer/The (La Grande) Observer ing at scrapbooks and old
photos and reading copies of
Linda Dickson, left, collects clippings and old photographs to put into a scrapbook collage at the Wolf Creek
North Powder’s old news-
Grange in North Powder on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021.
paper, The North Powder
moving into North Powder,
where it was destroyed by
News, which was published
Wolf Creek Grange on solid
and city council meetings;
it might not be as popular a
a fi re in the early 1940s,
ground fi nancially.
the weekly distribution of
at least into the 1930s. People
meeting place as it is today.
People are likely drawn to Bouchard said.
fresh food and other items
reading copies of the 1930s
“People like to go to places editions of the old newspaper
The Wolf Creek Grange
the spacious hall’s warm and
provided by the Fresh Food
inviting atmosphere because purchased its present hall in that are convenient to get to,” will learn that North Powder
Alliance operated by North-
Bouchard said.
1957, a building that previ-
east Oregon Food Bank; and it is so well kept and well
then had a gas station,
The Wolf Creek Grange
ously housed a number of
decorated. Another plus is
a Lunch Bunch program
Hutchinson Service Station,
where lunches are served by that it is centrally located and businesses, including a meat was the 596th chartered in
an auto repair shop, Newman
Oregon but today it is one of and Keeney Garage, and a
the grange each Friday to the easy to reach. The site is a far market and a mercantile
only about 200 in the state.
community. The rent paid by cry from its original location store. If the grange had
pharmacy, Ferguson’s Drug
Few of the state’s re-
the groups involved in many near Wolf Creek, eight miles remained in the Wolf Creek
Store, which sold candy for 60
maining granges likely are
Reservoir area instead of
of these events helps keep the northwest of North Powder,
cents a pound.
By DICK MASON
The (La Grande) Observer
NORTH POWDER —
The story of the Wolf Creek
Grange is one of community
service, dances, fairs and a
fi re that ultimately may have
benefi ted it.
The Grange celebrated its
100th year of operation on
Sunday, Oct. 24 at 215 E St.
in North Powder.
The grange is one of the
most vibrant in Northeastern
Oregon. Its hall is a gathering
place for a number of commu-
nity events and activities and
it has a stable membership
of 20-25 men and women.
The Wolf Creek Grange is an
anomaly during a time when
many granges have declining
memberships and are closing.
The continuing strength of
the grange refl ects the dedi-
cation of its members to the
grange and the community.
“It is an amazing group,”
said Grange Master Carol
Bouchard.
She said its members
bring the community together
in a manner that binds it in
everlasting fashion.
“They help make this a
village, not just a group of
houses,” Bouchard said.
The Wolf Creek Grange
hall is perhaps the most
popular meeting place in
North Powder. It is the site
of exercise classes, weddings
FDA paves way for Pfi zer COVID-19 vaccinations in young kids
pediatricians and other medi-
cal professionals.
A Pfi zer study of 2,268
schoolchildren found the vac-
cine was nearly 91% effective
at preventing symptomatic
COVID-19 infections, based
on 16 cases of COVID-19
among kids given dummy
shots compared to just three
who got vaccinated.
The kid dosage also proved
safe, with similar or fewer
temporary reactions — such
as sore arms, fever or achi-
ness — that teens experience.
But the study wasn’t
large enough to detect any
extremely rare side effects,
such as the heart infl amma-
tion that occasionally occurs
after the second full-strength
dose, mostly in young men
and teen boys. It’s unclear
if younger children getting
a smaller dose also will face
that rare risk.
ers voted that the pediatric
vaccine’s promised benefi ts
outweigh any risks. But
several panelists said not all
youngsters will need to be
vaccinated, and that they pre-
ferred the shots be targeted
to those at higher risk from
the virus.
Nearly 70% of 5- to
11-year-olds hospitalized for
COVID-19 in the U.S. have
other serious medical condi-
tions, including asthma and
obesity, according to federal
tracking. Additionally, more
than two-thirds of youngsters
hospitalized are Black or
Hispanic, mirroring long-
standing disparities in the
disease’s impact.
The question of how
broadly Pfi zer’s vaccine
should be used will be a key
consideration for the CDC
and its advisers, who set
formal recommendations for
purple-capped doses for
everyone else — to doctors’
offi ces, pharmacies and other
vaccination sites. Kids will get
two shots, three weeks apart.
While children are at
lower risk of severe illness or
death from COVID-19 than
older people, 5- to 11-year-
olds still have been seriously
affected — including over
8,300 hospitalizations, about
a third requiring intensive
care, and nearly 100 deaths
since the start of the corona-
virus pandemic, according to
the FDA.
And with the extra-
contagious delta variant
circulating, the government
has counted more than 2,000
coronavirus-related school
closings just since the start of
the school year, affecting more
than a million children.
Earlier this week, FDA’s
independent scientifi c advis-
“With this vaccine kids can
go back to something that’s
better than being locked at
home on remote schooling,
WASHINGTON — The
not being able to see their
Food and Drug Administra-
tion on Friday, Oct. 29 paved friends,” said Dr. Kawsar
the way for children ages 5 to Talaat of Johns Hopkins
University. “The vaccine will
11 to get Pfi zer’s COVID-19
protect them and also protect
vaccine.
The FDA cleared kid-size our communities.”
A few countries have
doses — just a third of the
begun using other COVID-19
amount given to teens and
adults — for emergency use, vaccines in children under 12,
including China, which just
and up to 28 million more
began vaccinations for 3-year-
American children could be
olds. But many that use the
eligible for vaccinations as
vaccine made by Pfi zer and
early as next week.
its partner BioNTech are
One more regulatory
hurdle remains: On Tuesday, watching the U.S. decision,
and European regulators just
Nov. 2, advisers to the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and began considering the compa-
nies’ kid-size doses.
Prevention will make more
With FDA’s action, Pfi zer
detailed recommendations on
which youngsters should get plans to begin shipping mil-
vaccinated, with a fi nal deci- lions of vials of the pediatric
sion by the agency’s director vaccine — in orange caps
to avoid mix-ups with the
expected shortly afterward.
By MATTHEW PERRONE and
LAURAN NEERGAARD
Associated Press
Some parents are
expected to vaccinate their
children ahead of family
holiday gatherings and the
winter cold season.
But a recent Kaiser
Family Foundation survey
suggests most parents
won’t rush to get the shots.
About 25% of parents polled
earlier this month said they
would get their children
vaccinated “right away.”
But the remaining major-
ity of parents were roughly
split between those who
said they will to wait to see
how the vaccine performs
and those who said they
“defi nitely” won’t have their
children vaccinated.
The similarly made Mod-
erna vaccine also is being
studied in young children,
and both Pfi zer and Moder-
na also are testing shots for
babies and preschoolers.
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to be pres
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entary
at Haines Elem
Two students positive for COVID-19.
tested
of students
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among a group
s
The two were toms of possible illnes they
d symp
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who showe
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22,
during a routin l on Thursday, Oct. Mark
schoo
entered the District Superintendent
l
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ing.
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Monday morn take students’
Witty said
ers
memb
staff
of
l check their
Each day
s, make a visua
their
temperature ask questions about
and
well-being
health.
ccollins@bake
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grounds show are noon to
East St. Hours
Friday, Dec.
5:30 p.m. on
to 3 p.m. on
4, and 9 a.m. 5.
Saturday, Dec. vendor
a
To reserve
the Baker
space, call
sion Offi ce
Exten
County
. Tables
at 541-523-6418
There is
are $40 each.
attend the
no charge to
there will
bazaar, and
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be ample parkin cooks and
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artists, crafte
be selling their
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d Sheriff Travis
rtment joine hunters who
tion Depa
27, two
and Proba
ing, Dec.
ty Parole
Sunday morn of Baker City.
Baker Coun
ing of the
rescuing on
east
Lt. Ryan Down for, and eventually wa Mountains north
hing
Ash in searc ous night in the Wallo
Baker City.
previ
northeast of
Wal-
spent the
Huntington
appeals DEQ
penalties
y
Jacob
miles
By Jayson rcityherald.com
east into the
s that
ling a
Road 77 leads Eagle Creek.
temperature into
jjacoby@bake
to ward off
d
ington is appea
n De-
fl eece gloves
lowas towar that when he
The city of Hunt ty issued by the Orego )
turned Ash’s in just a few
(DEQ
penal
McCue said ed to Cathe-
$9,193 civil
ntal Quality water
ice sculptures
Environme
waste
and Coles return it around 3:30
of a winter
tes.
partment of
Summ
ions of the city’s
el
The cruel cold wa Mountains minu hunters were tired,
rine Creek
for several violat t.
r
r, who’s Micha
Both
Wallo
y, but neithe
not had
permi
e’s
night in the
p.m., Bill Frazie , asked if they
has
rge
l,
hungr
McCu
and
discha
ay
appea
Cody
cold
ng the
said on Mond
obil-
was sapping wasn’t leaving.
Frazier’s father
The city, pendi said Jennifer Young, Hun-
he
was hurt, Ash
any other snowm
nes,
seen
g
fi
energy, but
had
the
missin
two
to pay
morning.
“infor-
recorder.
Not until the
s, 31, and
told
ers.
tington city she expects to have an in
found.
Joseph Curti r, 16, both of
Bill Frazier
McCue said
hunters were ty Sheriff Travis
Frazie
offi cials
Young said
two hunters,
Michael A.
panied
sion” with DEQ
Baker Coun
ing of
were accom also
him about the a snowmobile but
mation discus
Ryan Down
Baker City,
n
ry.
Ash and Lt.
proba-
dog. She was
who also had ed to the highway.
early Janua letter to the city, Kiera of
parole and
by a hound
it-
said.
the county’s
hadn’t return he told the elder
In a Nov. 12 ger of the DEQ’s Offi ce “by
were comm
uninjured, Ash started Satur-
that
McCue said
tion department as well.
night falling
O’Donnell, mana Enforcement, wrote
The incident
26, when
r that, with to come
and
ements,
Dec.
ted to the search that involved
Frazie
oon,
liance
requir
t
g
Comp
of
willin
day aftern
y with permi
risk
A rescue effort
James Coles ng
soon, he was failed to show
failing to compl ington increased the
with the search
McCue and
pair
that trio, along from the sher-
fi nished a day-lo t
back if the
al harmed public
the city of Hunt
teams
Baker City
Fores
water dispos
and rescue both Baker and
g,”
up.
obile ride along a popu-
that its waste
a gut feelin
snowm
in
ces
had
age 5A
offi
That’s
the
just
“I
77.
in
iff’s
resources.”
See Appeals/P
ies, resulted
Service Road route that starts
Union count y morning, Dec.
McCue said.
obile
snowm
it
lar
e 3A
Creek Summ
rescue Sunda t hunters. They
at Catherine 203, about 14
See Rescue/Pag
27, of two bobca by nightfall and
ay
Highw
25
and
ken
along
were overta
east of Union
in a snowbound
miles south
spent the night a small fi re
only
canyon with
during the
has stopped
in his sales
Almond
I thought
pandemic.
fi nd online,”
ing to where
probably won’t
“I was climb peak out, but I’m
ted to
of
owner
said.
she has adjus and
it might kind that because every-
ky Stirrup,
s
Almond said
At the Squea holiday sales were
by placing arrow
way less than to spend their money,”
said
COVID-19 rs in her business to
Kirk and
Dylan Glock
scared
common
By Corey
ed
space
body’s
t
pretty
requir
nner
six-foo
that’s
O’Co
when no-
-
“all right.”
ers, who are
Samantha
he said. “But pandemic and every
a guy can do
direct custom
Herald
“As good as
s.
scared to
whole
is
Baker City
or
mask
the
y
ants
face
with
mone
and
to wear
City merch
the surfaces
body has any
“My business
d to see
Some Baker
g up to
thing.”
Glock said.
every
“I sanitize all
he’s disappointe are
in sales leadin mic also
spend any,”
fl oors as well
Glock said
saw a boost
I sanitize the d said. “I don’t do any
on businesses
but the pande
is doing OK.” good as he expected,
Christmas,
how restrictions economy.
” Almon
businesses.
as
nt.”
in
night,
not
ng
affect
local
mome
to
But
openi
at the
The
continues
harming the
years after
he
fi tting rooms Baker City business-
d, who owns
two and half
es
/Page 3A
building that
Johna Almon her sales picked up
that
believ
hants
Street
She
gifts
g
Merc
way
said
See
years.
a Broad
Kids Closet, of December, after be- es benefi ted from offerin elsewhere.
empty for 13
said had been the upward trajectory
y available
the third week rst half of the month.
aren’t readil shops have unique
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fi
Glock said
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ing slow the holiday season, Al-
“A lot of the
that you
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Prior to the
about 40% gifts and unique items
Lottery Results ........2A
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Weather
Record
her sales were 2019.
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News of
mond said,
g
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Home ............
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Obituaries
........3B &
News ....3A
Horoscope
of what they
............ 4A
Community
4B
Jacoby
By Jayson rcityherald.com
jjacoby@bake
boost
liday sales
ants saw ho
Some merch
TODAY
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