A2 — BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2021
BAKER COUNTY CALENDAR
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14
Baker County Economic Development Council:
3 p.m. at the Courthouse, 1995 Third St. Agenda items
include selection of a council chair, and updates from Baker
County Commission Chairman Bill Harvey, Baker City
Manager Jonathan Cannon, and Baker County Economic
Development Director Bryan Tweit.
TURNING BACK THE PAGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
December 11, 1971
Multi-skilled Tony English, a former Baker High School
gridder, has been named to the Pacifi c Northwest all-
conference team for the second time in his four years on
the College of Idaho squad.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
December 11, 1996
Baker City’s fi rst industrial park is less than a year old,
but there’s already competition for a portion of the prop-
erty south of Pocahontas Road.
Both Step Forward Activities Inc. and Oregon Trail Elec-
tric Cooperative want to buy part of the 17.6-acre parcel,
which is west of Behlen Mfg. Co.’s new livestock equip-
ment factory south of Pocahontas Road.
The city has a fi ve-year option to buy the land from the
Brown family.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
December 12, 2011
A man who died earlier this year has left Baker City
more than $900,000 in investment income and property.
The Baker City Councilors are scheduled to vote on
whether to accept Anthony Silvers’ gifts during their
meeting Tuesday. Silvers, who died in March at age 83,
was best known locally as the owner of the restaurant The
Anthony.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
December 12, 2020
Admirers gathered around the Community Christmas
Tree look a little different this year.
They aren’t human, for one thing.
Jeff and Susan Jentzsch added to the gingerbread
theme in downtown Baker City this week by installing
5-foot-tall gingerbread people in the Court Street Plaza.
The couple are the founders of Art Roamers, an orga-
nization that represents African artists, including the man
who created the safari of animals that graced downtown
sidewalks this summer.
In addition to posing the gingerbread creations around
the Christmas tree, Jeff and Susan arranged the metal
animal sculptures.
A giraffe looks to be nibbling the tree.
A hippo stands to be petted by a gingerbread girl.
All are decorated in holiday colors.
“We’re trying to make it festive,” Jeff said.
He made the gingerbread people, and Susan helped
decorate the faces.
She insisted on small details, like adding eyelashes.
“We’ve had a lot of fun,” she said.
OREGON LOTTERY
MEGABUCKS, Dec. 8
MEGA MILLIONS, Dec. 7
WIN FOR LIFE, Dec. 8
17 — 24 — 35 — 76
PICK 4, Dec. 9
• 1 p.m.: 9 — 2 — 0 — 3
• 4 p.m.: 9 — 1 — 6 — 9
• 7 p.m.: 1 — 4 — 1 — 7
• 10 p.m.: 8 — 7 — 8 — 4
LUCKY LINES, Dec. 9
1 — 7 — 40 — 43 — 68
1-5-10-16-18-21-25-31
6 — 7 — 14 — 23 — 24 — 30
Next jackpot: $6.8 million
POWERBALL, Dec. 8
3 — 7 — 33 — 50 — 69 PB 24
Next jackpot: $307 million
Mega
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Next jackpot: $135 million
Next jackpot: $42,000
SENIOR MENUS
MONDAY: Hot turkey sandwiches, stuffi ng with gravy,
mixed vegetables, banana pudding with vanilla wafers,
fruit cup
TUESDAY: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, rolls,
mixed vegetables, fruit cup, brownies
WEDNESDAY: Chicken fried chicken, red potatoes, rolls,
green salad, sherbet
THURSDAY: Baked ham, sweet potatoes, rolls, carrots,
broccoli-bacon salad, gingerbread
FRIDAY: Herb-baked chicken, rice pilaf, green beans, rolls,
coleslaw, cheesecake
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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COVID
of 17.6% is down from 27% the previous
week (seven of 37 cases) and 21.7% the
week before that (10 of 46 cases).
Continued from A1
Statewide, 30.6% of cases were break-
Cases dropped to 168 during October, through for the week ending Dec. 4.
The OHA does not have details about
and to 143 in November.
The highest viral concentration, from a breakthrough cases at the county level,
such as the age of breakthrough cases,
sample collected on Sept. 28, was 7.874.
and whether there have been any deaths
Viral concentrations for the six
or hospitalizations.
samples tested between Oct. 5 and Nov.
Statewide, 580 people who had a
16 ranged from 6.366 (Nov. 2) to 7.551
breakthrough infection have died — 1.2%
(Nov. 16).
of breakthrough cases — and 2,090 (4.4%
of cases) have been hospitalized.
Breakthrough cases
Breakthrough cases accounted for
During the most recent week for which
statistics are available — Nov. 28 through 21.5% of Oregon’s 233 COVID-19-related
deaths during November, down from
Dec. 4 — six of Baker County’s 34 cases
were breakthrough, which is an infection 27.1% of deaths during October (144 of
532 deaths).
in a fully vaccinated person.
The total number of COVID-19-related
The weekly breakthrough case rate
deaths in Oregon has dropped sharply
since peaking at 907 during September
(193 of which, 21.3%, were breakthrough
cases).
Vaccination
Baker County, as it has for more than
a month, has the fi fth-lowest vaccination
rate among Oregon’s 36 counties, with
54.3% of residents 18 and older vacci-
nated.
The statewide fi gure is 79.5%.
Health offi cials continue to recommend
residents have a booster dose. On Thurs-
day, Dec. 9, a booster dose of the Pfi zer
vaccine was approved for ages 16 and 17.
The highest rate of booster doses in
Baker County is residents 65 and older,
with 32.7% have had a booster dose.
The statewide fi gure is 48%.
Baker man accused of burglary
Baker City Herald
A Baker City man is
accused of fi rst-degree
burglary, a Class A felony,
and multiple misdemeanor
charges for a Nov. 8 incident
in Baker City.
Juan Pablo Burgos,
60, was arrested Dec. 3 in
Baker City, the day after a
Baker County grand jury
indicted him.
Burgos remains in
the Baker County Jail on
$15,000 bail. He could be
released by posting 10% of
the bail amount.
According to the indict-
ment, Burgos on Nov. 8
entered a Baker City dwell-
ing, damaged property and
subjected the woman living
there to “offensive physical
contact.”
He is charged with
two counts of fi rst-degree
burglary, and one count
each of fi rst-degree criminal
trespassing, second-degree
criminal mischief, and
harassment.
Burgos is scheduled to
enter a plea to the charges
on Dec. 27 at 1:30 p.m.
in Baker County Circuit
Court.
OBITUARIES
Douglas Humphress
Baker City, 1938-2021
Douglas C. Hum-
phress, 83, of Baker City,
died Dec. 6, 2021, at
Saint Alphonsus Medi-
cal Center in Baker City.
Douglas
A visitation took
Humphress
place Thursday, Dec.
9 from noon to 4 p.m.
at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel,
with the Baker City Police Department
standing guard at the visitation. A
graveside service with military honors
took place Friday, Dec. 10 at Mount
Hope Cemetery with Pastor Tim Fisher
of the Elkhorn Baptist Church offi ciat-
ing the service.
Douglas was born on Sept. 16, 1938,
in Louisville, Kentucky, to Shelby and
Florence (Burby) Humphress. He at-
tended DuPont Manual High School and
graduated in 1954. After high school,
Douglas joined the Air Force and served
his country for four years, ranked as
an Airman Basic and earning a Good
Conduct Medal. After serving in the
Air Force, Douglas began working as a
police offi cer for the Baker City Police,
joining the department in 1965 and
retiring in 1997. He spent 25 of those
years as the police chief.
Douglas married Virginia Dell
Johnson on Sept. 22, 1961, in Weiser,
Idaho, and together they had three
incredible children, Rick, Don and
Melissa. Douglas enjoyed golf, basketball
and coin collecting. Douglas was very
involved with the Toys for Tots program
and spearheaded the yearly campaign
while acting as the chief of police; it was
an organization that was very near and
dear to his heart. He also served as the
chapter president of the local Lions club
for a period of time. Douglas was very
active in the community with involve-
ment in many different organizations
and activities.
At home, he enjoyed a quiet and
peaceful life with Virginia and his chil-
dren. Virginia and Douglas had a great
relationship and were married for just
over 60 years.
Douglas is survived by his wife,
Virginia Humphress of Baker City; his
children, Rick Humphress of Gaith-
ersburg, Maryland, Don Humphress
of Baker City, and Melissa Wallace of
Caldwell, Idaho. He is also survived
by six grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren.
In lieu of fl owers, memorial contribu-
tions can be made to Toys for Tots or the
Baker City Police Department through
Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500
Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.
To leave an online condolence for
Douglas’ family, go to www.grayswestco.
com.
Pat Lewis
North Powder, 1938-2021
Patricia Anne (Pat)
Lewis, 91, a longtime
North Powder resident,
died Dec. 2, 2021, at
Pat Lewis
Valley View Nursing and
Rehab in Boise.
A memorial service will take place in
the spring at the North Powder Cem-
etery with a celebration of life at the
North Powder Methodist Church. The
date will be announced at a later time.
Pat was born on Nov. 27, 1930, in
North Powder, the daughter of John Al-
exander Shaw and Pearl Laurel (Wicks)
Shaw. Pat’s early years were spent on the
family ranch helping her parents with
livestock, wheat harvest and haying.
She attended a one-room schoolhouse
and went to school either on horseback
or riding in a sleigh during the winter.
Pat graduated from North Powder High
School in 1949, and attended Oregon
State University in Corvallis until De-
cember 1950. That December, she mar-
ried her high school sweetheart, William
(Bill) Lewis in North Powder. She joined
him in running a family dairy with 220
Holstein cows until the 1970s when they
NEWS OF RECORD
CRIMINAL TRESPASSING:
Adrienna Dione Morris, 24,
transient, 7:44 a.m. Wednes-
day, Dec. 8 in the 1200 block
of Campbell Street; cited and
released.
Baker County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
Arrests, citations
DRIVING WHILE SUSPEND-
ED: Laif Robert Edison, 23,
POLICE LOG
Baker City, 10:01 p.m. Wednes-
Baker City Police
day, Dec. 8 on Highway 30
Arrests, citations
south of Baker City; cited and
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Salem
released.
Municipal Court warrant): An-
PAROLE VIOLATION: Geof-
drew Jay Culley, 32, 12:22 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 9 at D and Sev- frey Michael Brown, 25, Baker
enth streets; cited and released. City, 5:25 p.m. Wednesday,
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Bak- Dec. 8 in the 3400 block of 13th
Street; jailed.
er County warrant), FAILURE
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Baker
TO APPEAR (Malheur County
County warrant): Chloe Taylor
warrant): Levi James Logs-
Stoffelsen, 25, Baker City,
don, 30, Baker City, 9:59 a.m.
8:42 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8
Thursday, Dec. 9 in the 1300
block of Ninth Street; cited and at the Courthouse; cited and
released.
released.
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Baker
“You’ll love
County Justice Court warrants):
Alex Cooper Horn, 25, Baker
City, 11:23 p.m. Wednesday,
Dec. 7 in the 2000 block of
Broadway Street; cited and
released.
DEATHS
Janyce Foersterling: 70,
of Baker City, died Dec. 8, 2021,
at her home, surrounded by
family. Arrangements are under
the direction of Tami’s Pine Val-
ley Funeral Home & Cremation
Services. Online condolences
can be shared at www.tamispi-
nevalleyfuneralhome.com.
sold the cows and focused on farming.
In addition to being the mother of
fi ve children and helping with the farm,
Pat became a talented artist focusing on
oil and watercolor painting. In 1969 and
1970, she took classes from Treasure
Valley Community College and eventu-
ally enrolled at Eastern Oregon Univer-
sity in the spring of 1980. Pat com-
pleted her degree in August 1989 with a
bachelor of science in art. She exhibited
her work at various galleries around the
state and continued to paint and draw
into her 90s. During those years she
was active in Crossroads Art Center and
chaired “Art-In-The-Park” one year at
the Miners Jubilee in Baker City.
Pat loved gardening and spent her
summers growing fruits and vegetables
and abundant fl owers. She started her
plants in a greenhouse attached to
their home and designed and created
a beautiful yard. In the mid 1990s, she
began growing mint plants in a com-
mercial greenhouse behind their home
for transplant on the farm.
As a mother, grandmother and
great-grandmother, Pat delighted in the
lives of her children and was known to
paint lovely cards for their birthdays.
She was a hub for the children and
their children living around the country.
Pat is survived by her children, Greg
Lewis, Douglas Lewis (Mary), Lisa
Lawson (Kerry), and Angela Brown
(Don); her sister, Merrie Jacqueline
Zimmerman; her grandchildren,
Alaina Lewis, Anya Lewis, Ava Lewis,
Jason Lewis, Stephen Lewis (Julie),
Ashley Lawson, Kristine Lawson, Alex
Brown and Megan Brown; and her
great-grandchildren, Everly Lewis and
Carson Lewis.
Pat was preceded in death by her
husband, Bill, in 2010; her son, Ste-
phen, in 1958; and her sisters, Margaret
S. Rayburn and Jane S. Walch.
Online condolences can be made
to the family at www.lovelandfuneral-
chapel.com.
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