A2 BAKER CITY HERALD • THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2022
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50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
January 27, 1972
Protection of wild horses and a program to exchange
lands between the Bureau of Land Management and
the State of Oregon were the main topics of discussion
by the BLM’s multiple use advisory board meeting in
Portland today.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
January 27, 1997
A mile-long raft of ice blocked the Powder River at
several places late last week and damaged a concrete
diversion dam about two miles north of Hughes Lane.
There was no other damage reported.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
January 27, 2012
He doesn’t get paid in cash, but Chris Galiszewski says
the rewards of working with Baker County’s Search and
Rescue team have a payback of a different kind.
Last month his efforts were recognized by the Oregon
State Sheriff’s Association when he was honored as the
Search and Rescue coordinator of the year.
“I was really excited to get the award,” Galiszewski said,
noting that Oregon’s other 35 counties have either full-time
or part-time paid coordinators. “I’m the only volunteer.”
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
January 28, 2021
Starting about a year from now, people who visit Baker
County to learn about the Oregon Trail will have to go
somewhere other than the Interpretive Center that has
stood atop Flagstaff Hill for almost three decades.
But only temporarily.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which owns
and operates the Center, is planning a major renovation of
the building to make it more energy effi cient.
The Center, which has lured nearly 2.4 million visitors
since it opened on May 23, 1992, about 5 miles east of
Baker City, will be closed during the approximately 2 1/2-
year project, which will cost at least $3 million, said Larisa
Bogardus, acting director for the Center.
During the closure, the BLM will have a temporary
“Oregon Trail Experience” in Baker City, Bogardus said.
BLM offi cials are working on plans for the temporary
facility, including its location, she said.
“It will absolutely be in Baker City,” said Bogardus, who
is also the public affairs offi cer for the BLM’s Vale District,
which manages the Interpretive Center. “We’re very
cognizant of the economic role of the Interpretive Center in
Baker County.”
Bogardus said the current plan is to put the renovation
project out for bid in July or August of this year.
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Man in freeway shootout on New Year’s
Eve died of a self-inflicted gunshot
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — Pendle-
ton police on Monday, Jan. 17,
reported a self-inflicted gun-
shot killed the man who was
involved in a shootout New
Year’s Eve on Interstate 84
near Pendleton.
Pendleton police in a press
release reported an autopsy on
Jan. 13 on the remains of Nich-
olas Russell Proudfoot at the
Cowlitz County Corner’s Of-
fice in Longview, Washington,
determined the manner and
cause of death.
The autopsy also determined
bullets from a civilian victim
and from an Oregon State
Police trooper did not strike
Proudfoot, according to the
press release.
Pendleton police identi-
fied the trooper as Sgt. Grant
Power
More Information
Continued from A1
The four most recent filings
name these property owners:
• Jan. 19 — Leland R. Mc-
Call, Roberta L. McCall, trust-
ees of the McCall Family Trust
• Jan. 20 — Levi Bunch
• Jan. 20 — Smoke Ranch LP
• Jan. 20 — Rodd Bunch,
Charlene Bunch, Levi Bunch
The company has been
working since 2007 on the
Boardman-to-Hemingway
project, a power line that would
run from near Boardman to
Hemingway, near Murphy in
Owyhee County,Idaho.
Initially, the project involved
Idaho Power as well as Pacifi-
Corp and the Bonneville Power
Administration (BPA).
But last week the three or-
ganizations announced a non-
binding agreement in which
BPA transfers its ownership in-
terest in the power line to Idaho
Power. BPA will not participate
in any construction nor have
ownership interest in the line.
Under the new deal, Idaho
Power and PacifiCorp will
jointly own the line, with Pacif-
iCorp owning 55% and Idaho
Power 45%.
Although sections of the
proposed route runs through
public property — Idaho
Power has received permis-
sion from the federal govern-
ment to do so — the line, as
proposed, would also cross
several dozen parcels of pri-
vate land in multiple counties,
including Baker, Union, Wal-
lowa and Morrow in Oregon.
Idaho Power would have to
pay private landowners for an
easement to build the power
line across their property.
This would be a one-time
payment, not an annual lease,
according to the boardman-
tohemingway.com website.
Sven Berg, a corporate com-
munications specialist for
Idaho Power, said in December
that the line would affect about
30 private landowners in Baker
County, who combined own
about 60 separate parcels.
The proposed route runs
the line through the eastern
part of Baker Valley, along the
general route of an existing
News of
Record
DEATHS
Lloyd Ray McClure: 76, of Baker City,
died on Jan. 17, 2022, at his home. A full
obituary will be published at a later time.
Loveland Funeral Chapel will be handling
the arrangements.
FUNERAL PENDING
Dwight Brooks: Friends are invited to
join the family for a graveside service
at the Union Cemetery on Friday, Jan.
28, at 11 a.m. To make a donation in
Dwight’s memory, the family suggests
the Union Ambulance Service or a charity
of your choice through Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Cremation Services,
P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online
condolences can be madeat www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
WEAPONS OFFENSE (out-of-county
warrant): Tom Raymond Carroll, 38, Baker
City, 11:50 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, in the
1500 block of Campbell Street; jailed.
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Baker County Circuit
Court warrant): Brandon Robert Radle,
35, Baker City, 8:44 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25,
at Broadway and Resort streets; cited and
released.
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker County
warrant), PROBATION VIOLATION
(Malheur County warrant): Adrienna
Dione Morris, 24, Baker City, 1:37 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 25, at Auburn Avenue and
Second Street; cited and released.
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker County
Justice Court): Gage Michael Niehaus, 22,
Baker City, 5:13 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, at
Indiana Avenue and Walnut Street; cited
and released.
Information about the
Boardman to Hemingway
project, including maps
of the proposed route, is
available at https://www.
boardmantohemingway.com/
can,” Berg said. “We much
prefer to handle it out of
court. We don’t want to force
the issue in court.”
EO Media Group, File
Berg said the owners of
A power line near Boardman, in Morrow County. Idaho Power Com-
about 65% of the private land
in Baker County that are along
pany and PacifiCorp want to build a new 500-kilovolt line that would
the line’s proposed route have
run from near Boardman to Southern Idaho. The line would pass
given Idaho Power access for
through Baker County.
surveys and inspections.
230-kilovolt line that crosses
• Pygmy rabbit survey (2022)
Of the remaining 35%, most
Highway 86 on Flagstaff Hill a
• Rare plant inspection
have not responded to the
few miles east of Interstate 84. (2022)
company’s requests, he said.
The line would continue south
• Wetlands inspection (2022
The petitions seek access to
to the north side of Interstate or 2023)
the properties through Oregon
84, then roughly parallel the
• Terrestrial visual encounter Revised Statute 772.210, which
freeway southeast for several survey (2022)
states that power companies
miles before crossing the free-
• Raptor survey (2022)
can “enter upon lands for the
way between Pleasant Valley
• Noxious weeds survey
purpose of examining, locating
and Durkee. The line would
(2022)
and surveying the line thereof
cross the Burnt River just west
• Land survey (2022)
and also other lands necessary
of Durkee Valley, then con-
• Appraisal field visit (2022) and convenient for the purpose
tinue southeast, staying south
“Because construction on
of construction of service fa-
of I-84, crossing into Malheur the B2H project is scheduled
cilities, doing no unnecessary
County south of Huntington. to start as early as 2023, Idaho damage thereby.”
The nine civil petitions have Power must begin surveying,
That law also enables power
nearly identical wording in
testing, and sampling the Prop- companies to acquire real
most sections, differing mainly erty in 2022,” the petitions state. property for the purpose of
in the legal descriptions of the
Berg said in December that building and maintaining
specific parcels involved.
Idaho Power typically sends
transmission lines.
In each petition, Idaho
three letters to each property
The petitions ask a judge
Power states that either the
owner before filing petitions
to grant Idaho Power access
company or its contractor,
in court.
to each of the properties, as
Cornerstone Energy Inc. 21,
“We prefer to work directly well as a judgment for “Idaho
acting on the company’s be-
through landowners, and we Power’s costs and disburse-
half, has “contacted the Re-
encourage people (who are
ments incurred herein and
spondent several times to
respondents in court filings)
for any other relief the court
request access to survey, test, to contact us as soon as they
deems appropriate.”
and sample the Property. Re-
spondent has not granted
Idaho Power access to the
Property.”
Berg said the company
needs access to the properties
to do a variety of surveys.
According to the court pe-
titions, this work is needed
“to ensure the proposed path
complies with federal and
EFSC (Oregon Energy Facil-
ity Siting Council) permit-
ting and siting requirements,
including that it does not
conflict with any protected
resources.”
The petitions list the follow-
ing surveys and inspections
that Idaho Power wants to do
on each of the five parcels:
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