A2 BAKER CITY HERALD • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2022
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TURNING BACK THE PAGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
February 7, 1972
More than 1,200 people jammed the Baker Activity
Center Saturday to enjoy the 16th annual crab feed,
sponsored by the Powder River Sportsmen’s Club.
In addition to 4,000 pounds of crab, 500 pounds of
potatoes, 55 gallons of beans, 250 loaves of French bread
and 12 kegs of beer were served.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
February 7, 1997
Boring weather would have been better.
There was only one noteworthy weather event in
January, and it was of the sort that make most people long
for the mundane.
That event was the short-lived but severe fl ooding
of Jan. 1-2 that destroyed sections of several roads,
covered others with tons of rock and mud, and damaged
several buildings.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
February 8, 2012
For the second time in the past 10 months, state
wildlife biologists have confi rmed that at least one
wolverine was roaming the Wallowa Mountains northeast
of Baker City.
This time, though, the proof of the rare animal’s
presence came by way of a fur trapper instead of a trail
camera.
The trapper, who was trying to catch a bobcat, found
the wolverine caught in a foothold trap in late December in
the Lostine River Canyon of Wallowa County, according to
the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW).
The site was near the Eagle Cap Wilderness.
The wolverine, a male, was not hurt.
The trapper called ODFW. Biologists tranquilized the
wolverine and released it, unharmed, from the trap.
Although it’s illegal to trap wolverines in Oregon, which
protects the animals under the state Endangered Species
Act, the trapper was not cited because he was following
state regulations.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
February 8, 2021
The Baker City Rotary Club has donated $1,000 to
the Baker City Backpack Program, which supplies food to
Baker students during weekends.
Rotary Club members also volunteered to deliver food
Friday afternoon, Feb. 5, to the First Presbyterian Church,
where the program started about a decade ago.
Rotary president Ken Krohn said in an email to the
Herald that due to the pandemic, many of the community
projects the club would normally support have been put
on hold.
Krohn said club members decided to offer $1,000
grants to programs within the local Rotary district, which
includes most of Idaho, that might have a greater need
due to the pandemic.
“I surveyed my club members for ideas and while
many ideas were mentioned, the Backpack Program
was mentioned by the largest number of our members,”
Krohn said.
He said Rotary members all pay $20 per month in
dues, and that some of that money is available to local
clubs to distribute as grants.
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WEDNESDAY (Feb. 9): Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes
with gravy, rolls, green beans, ambrosia, cookies
THURSDAY (Feb. 10): Sweet and sour chicken, rice, mixed
vegetables, rolls, green salad, tapioca
FRIDAY (Feb. 11): Beef pot roast, red potatoes, peas and
carrots, rolls, coleslaw, cherry cheesecake
MONDAY (Feb. 14): Chicken cordon bleu, rice, broccoli, rolls,
green salad, pudding
TUESDAY (Feb. 15): Roast turkey, stuffi ng with gravy, carrots,
rolls, green salad, apple crisp
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.
BAKER WRESTLING
Two Baker girls qualify
for state wrestling meet
BAKER CITY HERALD
Two members of Baker’s
girls wrestling team will com-
pete at the state tournament
Feb. 24 in Culver.
Sheylin Karolski and Sarah
Plummer qualified for state
with their performances at the
regional tournament on Satur-
day, Feb. 5, in Redmond.
Karolski finished first at
170 pounds and Plummer was
second at 145. The top three
wrestlers in each class quali-
fied for state.
Baker’s third competitor,
Lilly Collins, placed sixth at re-
gionals at 135 pounds.
Baker coach Brandon Young
said Karolski “has been on fire
since January. She gets tough
and she isn’t afraid of a fight.
Sheylin is very aggressive and
breaks her opponents men-
tally, her style of wrestling is
what we call ‘a brawler.’ ”
In the championship match
at regionals, Karolski pinned
top-seed Sarah Witts of Bend
in the first period.
Karolski had byes in the quar-
terfinal and semifinal rounds.
Plummer, who started wres-
tling last spring during the ab-
breviated season moved from
winter due to the pandemic,
had a short practice window
because she also qualified for
state in tennis.
“After the season Sarah
kept training with the team
throughout the summer and
just kept getting better and bet-
ter,” Young said.
After getting a bye in the
quarterfinals at regionals,
Plummer pinned Irrigon’s Brit-
tanie Ely in the first period.
In the championship match
against Riley Allison of La
Pine, Plummer lost by fall.
The Baker girls finished
eighth out of 36 schools with
46 team points.
Boys compete at HeppnerTo
make up for the Sierra Nevada
tournament in Reno, Nevada,
that was canceled during De-
cember, Baker traveled to the
Bank of Eastern Oregon tour-
nament on Saturday, Feb. 5, in
Heppner.
“All the smaller schools have
some tough kids so it ended
up being a great tournament,”
Young said.
Baker finished first with 245
team points. Pine Eagle placed
third with 107 points.
Young said several Baker
wrestlers had great tourna-
ments, including individual
champions Aldo Duran at 120
pounds, Gavin Stone at 145,
Adrian Allen at 195 and Jaden
Martin at 285.
Pine Eagle had three indi-
vidual champions — Hunter
Buck at 106 pounds, Coy But-
ner at 132 pounds, and Chase
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126 pounds
Young said Cole Hester
had a strong tournament,
pinning Aiden Murillo of
Riverside and Jaden Scott
106 pounds
of Culver to advance to the
Joey Duncan advanced to
semifinals against Crane’s
the finals with wins by fall over John Otley.
Elgin’s Phoenix Taylor in the
Otley, who is undefeated in
quarterfinals, and Culver’s Cole the Class 2A division this sea-
Rahi in the semifinals.
son, won by fall over Hester
In the championship match and went on to win the cham-
Duncan wrestled Pine Eagle’s
pionship. Hester beat Pine Ea-
Hunter Buck, who won by fall gle’s James Denson 8-3 in the
in the second round.
third-place match.
Also at 126, Baker’s Andrew
Gardner lost by fall to Culver’s
113 pounds
Marcus Chamberlain moved Noel Navarro in the quarter-
up a class to give Baker an ad- finals, and by fall to Culver’s
ditional scorer, and he pinned Tucker Whitaker in the conso-
lation round two.
Aiden Guest of Culver, a run-
Baker’s Michael Endersby
ner up at state last year, in the
lost by fall to Denson in the
quarterfinals.
quarterfinals and by fall
In the semifinals against
to Grant Union’s Cashton
Bryan Madrigal of Riverside,
Wheeler in the consolation
Chamberlain had a 5-0 lead
round two.
and nearly pinned Madrigal,
but Madrigal battled back and
won by fall in the third period. 132 pounds
Riley Martin lost 8-3 to Cul-
Chamberlain finished third.
ver’s Carlos Fernandez in the
120 pounds
first round, then beat team-
Aldo Duran also wrestled
mate Samuel Nelson by tech-
up one weight class, and he ad- nical fall in the consolation
vanced to the finals with a win round two. Martin then lost by
by fall over Jayden McNall of
fall to Derek Torres of Culver
Joseph in the quarterfinals and in the consolation semifinals.
a 9-3 decision over Isiic Wade
Nelson lost by fall to Coo-
of Echo in the semifinals.
per Yensen of Mac-Hi/
In the championship match Weston-McEwen in the quar-
Duran faced Mateo Rockwell of terfinals.
Riverside, who placed third in
Pine Eagle’s Coy Butner
state last season. The two wres- won 7-3 over Imbler’s Garrett
tled earlier in the season, with Burns in the championship
Duran winning by one point.
match.
This time Duran controlled
most of the match and won 8-0. 138 pounds
Also at 120, Baker’s Sage
Baker’s Jimmy Sullivan lost
Darlington pinned Irrigon’s
by fall in the quarterfinals to
Omar Rangel in the first round. Union’s Gage Martens, then
After losing by fall to Rockwell pinned Miguel Navarro of
in the quarterfinals, Darling-
Riverside in the consolation
ton pinned Austin Fosmark of semifinals. Sullivan pinned
Culver in the consolation semi- Imbler’s Kadyn Trick to
finals to advance to the fifth-
place fifth.
place match, where he lost by
Pine Eagle’s Chase Butner
fall to Culver’s Santos Navarro pinned Echo’s Keegin Chitty
late in the third period.
in the championship match.
Butner at 138 pounds. James
Denson was fourth at 126
pounds, and Will Seggerman
was sixth at 145.
160 pounds
Baker’s Ryan Brown lost
to Gen Wintersteer of Elgin
in the first round but then
won three straight matches to
claim fifth.
Brown pinned Wyatt Koch
of Mac-Hi/Weston-McEwen,
beat teammate Ben Coburn
7-1, and pinned Irrigon’s
Cyrus Piel in the fifth-place
match.
Coburn pinned Riverside’s
Chris Kent in the first round,
then lost to Crane’s Kelton
Dunten in the quarterfinals.
170 pounds
Baker’s Cody Eskew had
a bye in the first round and
then pinned Alex Finley of
Grant Union and JJ Nelson
of Culver to advance to the
championship match against
Crane’s Jake Doman.
Doman won by fall in the
third period and Eskew fin-
ished second.
“Cody has a great shot at
qualifying for state,” Young
said.
182 pounds
Baker’s Jacob Mills had a
bye in the first round, then
pinned Riverside’s Tucker El-
liott in the quarterfinals. In
the semifinals Mills lost by fall
to Union’s David Creech, and
in the third-place match Mills
lost by fall to Grant Union’s
Riddick Hutchison.
195 pounds
Adrian Allen wrestled up a
weight class to fill the spot, as
teammate Gauge Bloomer is
getting healthy for regionals,
and Allen dominated his three
opponents to claim the tour-
nament title.
“Adrian knows it’s the end
of the season, and he is really
trying to step it up, as this is
it for him in his senior year,”
Young said.
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News of Record
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
VIOLATION OF RESTRAINING ORDER:
Steven Forrest Adams, 55, Baker City,
6:49 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, in the 2200
block of Main Street; cited and released.
THIRD-DEGREE ROBBERY: Joshua
Gordon Williams, 37, Parma, Idaho,
7:17 a.m. Friday, Feb. 4, in the 200 block
of Campbell Street; jailed.
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker County
warrant): Trevor Heath, 26, Baker City,
6:45 a.m. Friday, Feb. 4 at Auburn Avenue
and Main Street; cited and released.
Happy
CONTACT THE HERALD
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Sarah Plummer, bottom, wrestles on Jan. 19, 2022, in the
Baker gym. Plummer finished second at the regional tournament on
Saturday, Feb. 5, to qualify for the state tournament Feb. 24 in Culver.
145 pounds
Gavin Stone pinned Saul
Lopez of Heppner/Ione and
beat William Harris of Riv-
erside by technical fall to ad-
vance to the semifinals against
Elgin’s Reece McConnell.
Stone was trailing by 4
points with time running
down when he was able to get
a reversal and put McConnell
on his back. The near fall gave
Stone a 9-8 win.
In the championship match
Stone avenged a previous loss
to Irrigon’s Jacob Ayala, win-
ning a major decision, 15-7.
Also at 145, Baker’s Julian
Garcia lost two matches, to
Tegan Evans of Enterprise and
William Harris of Riverside.
50
th
Baker County Sheriff’s Office
Arrests, citations
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Baker County Circuit
Court warrant): David Andrew Wong,
44, Haines, 5:21 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5 in
Haines; cited and released.
Oregon State Police
Arrests, citations
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF INTOXICANTS, RECKLESSLY
ENDANGERING ANOTHER PERSON:
April Michelle Combs, 42, Baker City,
4:36 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, at D and East
streets; jailed.
DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED: Frank
Nathan McNair, 42, Baker City, 2:54 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 3, at Highway 7 and
Beaver Creek Loop; cited and released.
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