TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2021
Man accused of
using bear spray
against pair
cousin, was driving east on
Hughes Lane.
During a verbal argument,
Nicholas Sorensen sprayed
both Tyler and Nielson with
bear spray while they were in
the vehicle, Tyler told Powell.
Shortly after Powell
interviewed Tyler, police also
talked with Nielson, who
“reported a similar story,” ac-
cording to Powell’s report.
Both Tyler and Nielson
had watering eyes and were
treated by an ambulance crew,
Powell wrote.
The next morning, Sunday,
Powell wrote that he went to
an address on Kirkway Drive
where Nicholas Sorensen
lives.
Powell wrote that a neigh-
bor told him someone wearing
a silver jacket had run from the
property, crossed the Powder
River and headed south on the
Leo Adler Memorial Parkway.
Powell wrote that he and
offi cer Justin Prevo found
Nicholas Sorensen in a fi eld
near the Baker Sports Com-
plex and arrested him.
Powell wrote that he found
a bottle of bear spray about 25
yards from where he arrested
Sorensen.
Baker City Herald
A Baker City man is
accused of using bear spray
against two other men during
an altercation Saturday after-
noon, Dec. 4.
Nicholas Allen Sorensen,
32, is charged with two counts
of unlawful use of tear gas,
along with two counts of
fourth-degree assault.
Both are Class A misde-
meanors.
Sorensen was taken to the
Baker County Jail after his
arrest at around 10:17 a.m.
Sunday, Dec. 5. His bail was
set at $37,500. He could be
released by posting 10% of the
bail.
According to a report writ-
ten by Baker City Police offi cer
Mark Powell, he was called to
a suspicious situation about
2:19 p.m. Saturday in the 2300
block of Hughes Lane.
Powell wrote that when
he arrived, he found Tyler
Sorensen lying on the ground
near his Ford Bronco.
According to Powell’s
report, Tyler Sorensen said he
and another passenger, Logan
Nielson, were passengers in
the Bronco, which Nicholas
Sorensen, who is Tyler’s
terrain park for beginning
skiers and riders.
Future characters, in the
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same theme, are in the works.
Alice’s Wonderland, as dis-
The outpost will have Nordic
tinct from “Alice in Wonder-
trail passes and hot drinks,
land,” honors Alice Trindle,
among other services.
The Anthony Lake Guard a Baker County native and
lifelong Anthony Lakes
Station, which formerly
served as the Nordic center, skier, and longtime ski school
instructor and member of the
is now available for over-
board of directors for Anthony
night rentals during the
Lakes Outdoor Recreation
winter, an option that was
popular last year, Judy said. Association.
Trindle recently stepped
The trailhead parking lot
down from her board role but
has more space for vehicles
than the site near the guard she remains an integral mem-
ber of the ski school, where she
station, she said.
started teaching in 1978.
New options for new
Supporting locally owned
skiers and riders
The gentle slope near the businesses
lodge where fl edgling skiers
In place of Anthony Lakes’
and boarders hone their
previous half-price Thursday
technique has a new look.
lift ticket promotion, the re-
sort is offering $25 lift tickets
And a new name —
on Thursdays — the usual
Alice’s Wonderland.
The ski area has replaced price is $45 — for visitors
the “carpet,” which conveyed who bring a receipt showing
they had spent at least $40 in
skiers up the hill, with a
covered conveyor nicknamed the previous week at a locally
owned restaurant or shop in
the Caterpillar (hence the
Baker, Union, Grant or Wal-
reference to Lewis Carroll’s
lowa counties.
beloved fantasy tale).
“We’re encouraging people
Judy said visitors whose
skills surpass the challenge to get out and shop locally,”
Judy said.
of Alice’s Wonderland can
She encourages people to
move on to the Mad Hat-
check the resort’s website,
ter Handle Tow, previously
anthonylakes.com, for the
known as just the handle
latest snow conditions,
tow. The Mad Hatter also
schedules and other updates.
accesses the Rabbit Hole
SKI
NEWS OF RECORD
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
FIRST-DEGREE BURGLARY,
FIRST-DEGREE CRIMINAL TRES-
PASSING, SECOND-DEGREE
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, HARASS-
MENT: Juan Pablo Burgos, 60,
Baker City, 10:51 a.m. Friday, Dec.
3 in the 2200 block of 10th Street;
jailed.
INTIMIDATION (Oregon State
Parole Board warrant): Kyle Allen
Brown, 34, Baker City, 10:10 a.m.
Friday, Dec. 3 at Campbell and
Clark streets; cited and released.
Baker County Sheriff’s Offi ce
Arrests, citations
CONTEMPT OF COURT, FAIL-
URE TO APPEAR (Baker County
warrants): Robert Wayne Jarboe,
46, Huntington, 6:32 p.m. Thurs-
day, Dec. 2 in Huntington; jailed.
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COVID cases drop slightly
By JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Statewide during the latter week,
5.9% of tests were positive.
Baker County’s COVID-19 case rate
dropped slightly last week, the second
straight weekly drop.
The Baker County Health Depart-
ment reported 34 new cases for the
week Nov. 28-Dec. 4. There were no
cases on Saturday, Dec. 4 or on Sunday,
Dec. 5.
There were 37 cases for the previous
week, Nov. 21-27, and 46 cases for the
week Nov. 14-20.
The county’s test positivity rate
dropped from 11.6% from Nov. 21-27, to
10.7% from Nov. 28-Dec. 4, according to
the Oregon Health Authority (OHA).
Vaccinations
The Health Department is seeking
to boost the county’s vaccination rates
with a series of drive-thru clinics later
this month in Baker City, Halfway
and Huntington (see related story on
Page A2).
Although Baker County continues
to have the fi fth-lowest vaccination rate
among Oregon’s 36 counties — 54.2% of
residents age 18 and older — the num-
ber of doses given in the county more
than doubled in November compared
with September.
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Cutler said the parade
had the most entries in her
records, and the attendance
might also have been the
biggest.
“I kept hearing from
folks that they were just
so glad to be among their
friends and family,” she
said.
Most of the entries
signed up in the few days
preceding the parade.
At the start of last week,
just nine entries were regis-
tered, Cutler said.
She said the folks at
Commercial Tire helped get
the word out about the need
for more entries.
“The applications just
started fl ooding in and I
couldn’t have been happier,”
Cutler said.
Following the parade, the
community Christmas tree
was illuminated in the Court
Street Park, between Main
and Resort streets.
Cutler thanked city
offi cials for approving the
parade and for buying new
lights for the tree. She also
thanked the Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation for
closing Main Street to traffi c
during the parade and tree-
lighting ceremony, and the
Baker Lions Club for setting
up the fi re barrels and serv-
ing hot chocolate.
“It was so, so nice to have
everybody happy and the
kids. The faces of those kids
just lit up,” Cutler said.
The parade is over, but
the season’s festivities con-
tinue.
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Brown is sitting fourth
in the average with a time
of 18 seconds on four runs.
He is just 2 seconds off the
leaders — Tristan Martin
and Riley Duvall.
“With how much money
there is in each round, the
Cutler encourages people
to enter the Chamber’s light-
ing contest, with an applica-
tion deadline of Dec. 15.
“We want to keep this
Christmas spirit going the
rest of this month,” Cutler
said.
Participants can enter
their home or nominate
a home they’ve seen. The
contest is open to all resi-
dents with a Baker County
address.
Entrants should upload
a photo of the home to the
Chamber of Commerce and
Visitors Bureau Facebook
page by 10 a.m. on Dec. 15.
The Chamber’s board of di-
rectors will judge the entries.
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Friday, Dec. 10 at 6 p.m.
• Sumpter Valley Rail-
road Christmas trains will
run Dec. 10-12.
On Dec. 10, the train will
leave the McEwen Depot at
7 p.m.
On Dec. 11, the train will
leave the Sumpter Depot at
More Christmas events
11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m.
across the county this
and 3:30 p.m.
month
On Dec. 12 the train will
• Richland Tree Lighting,
standings will change each
night,” Brown said.
Brown has kept busy
with appearances and
signings the past few days,
and Saturday, Dec. 11, he
will be helping out with the
Rascal Rodeo — a simu-
lated rodeo for people of
all ages with physical and
developmental disabilities.
The program is near and
dear to Brown, who wears
the program’s logo on his
shirts.
“They have it at the (Co-
lumbia River) circuit fi nals
every year and a bunch of
us bulldoggers go to that,”
Brown said. “They are a
pretty cool company.”
Brown qualifi ed for the
National Finals Rodeo for
the fi rst time in 2020.
leave the McEwen Depot at
noon.
• Sumpter holiday
celebration, Saturday, Dec.
11 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Events include horse buggy
rides, vendors, including food
and drinks, ornament mak-
ing, burn barrels, chestnuts
roasting on an open fi re,
photos and a twilight parade
at 5 p.m.
The event was moved
that year from its traditional
location at the Thomas &
Mack Center in Las Vegas to
Arlington, Texas, due to the
pandemic.
In the 2020 event, Brown
tied for fi rst on the fi rst of the
10 consecutive daily competi-
tions. He ended the season
ranked 13th in the world,
with earnings of $88,558.
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according to the OHA.
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There were 633 doses given in the
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