A2 BAKER CITY HERALD • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022
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50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
February 14, 1972
UNITY — Giving up a fl abby 36 free throw shots to
the enemy while being slapped with their worst gunning
from the line in recent games, the Burnt River Bulls were
victimized by North Powder in the fi nal seconds Saturday
night, 51-46.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
February 14, 1997
Burnt River had little trouble eliminating Spray from
the District 4-1A girls basketball tournament Thursday
morning.
The Lady Bulls built a 20-8 halftime lead on the way
to a 43-23 victory in the consolation semifi nals at Baker
High School.
The Lady Bulls increased their margin to 30-10 after
three quarters. Mandi Anderson led Burnt River with 12
points. Jenni Anderson added 11.
Uganda
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Mulopi’s plan, Sarno said, is
to “design food forests for other
orphanages, extending self-reli-
ance into Uganda’s orphan pop-
ulation and giving orphans use-
ful food-producing skills so they
become valuable to their com-
munity rather than a burden.”
How to help
Sarno is encouraging church
groups and service organiza-
tions to learn more about His
Grace Children’s Home, and to
consider sponsoring a child.
She said an easy way to
donate is through the web-
site www.snakerivermusic-
gardens.org.
Sarno said donors receive
monthly updates and annual
reports. Sponsors receive pho-
tos and messages from child.
Another way to help is to fi-
Hall
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10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
February 15, 2012
Baker City councilors showed no further interest
in merging the city police department and the Baker
County Sheriff’s Offi ce during a discussion about
consolidation efforts that was on the agenda for their
meeting Tuesday night.
Councilors recently expressed curiosity about whether
it would be viable to consolidate the two departments.
The Sheriff’s Offi ce is located in Baker City.
City Manager Mike Kee, the former police chief of
Ontario, gave councilors a report that listed several issues
to keep in mind if they had continued to pursue the idea,
such as community opinion, quality of service and cost.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
February 16, 2021
Baker City’s snowplowing fl eet has awakened from its
winter hibernation.
A Presidents Day snowstorm interrupted what had
been a tranquil winter during which the city’s public works
department has salted and sanded slippery streets several
times but had little use for its plows.
“It’s been pretty good for snow and ice control,” Tom
Fisk, the department’s operations supervisor, said on
Monday morning, Feb. 15.
A city crew plowed snow around Saint Alphonsus
Medical Center-Baker City and the Sheriff’s Offi ce
Saturday, but there was barely enough to justify the job,
Fisk said.
The situation was quite different Monday morning.
With about 4 inches of new snow accumulating
overnight, and heavy snow still falling as dawn broke, Fisk
summoned a four-person crew, with two graders and two
backhoes, around 8 a.m.
The team focused on priority streets and areas
including around the hospital, and heavily traveled
sections of several streets, including Cedar, Campbell,
10th, Auburn and Broadway.
Because school wasn’t in session due to the holiday,
crews didn’t need to clear streets around schools as early
as they would on a school day, Fisk said.
Even earlier Monday, around 4 a.m., a three-person
crew started salting busy intersections, sanding
downtown streets and plowing the Leo Adler Memorial
Parkway, he said.
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times 10 months and the mu-
sic garden would be off and
running,” Sarno said.
She said Snake River Music
Gardens’ weekly video con-
ference often features music,
and interested supporters
could tune in to hear the chil-
dren sing.
Other donations could help
finance school fees and de-
velop a school at the home, or
support the development of a
neighborhood medical clinic.
Hall, a retired chef, is also
chairman of the Baker County
Democratic Party and a recent
member of the board for the
League of Oregon Cities.
His bid for the Democratic
nomination in the May 22 pri-
mary is not Hall’s first foray
into politics.
He ran unsuccessfully to
represent Baker County in the
Oregon Legislature in 2006
and in 2014.
Hall said in a phone interview
on Thursday, Feb. 10, that he was
motivated to enter the governor’s
race in part because he wants
voters to understand that not
all Democratic candidates are
urban residents from the Willa-
mette Valley who might tend to
be more liberal than he is.
Hall said he disdains what
he terms “magic wand think-
ing” among some Democratic
politicians.
He describes this approach
as the belief, and one he con-
siders misguided, that govern-
ment regulations can fix any
societal problem.
“I want to break through
the idea that they can fix ev-
erything with a regulation or
by spending money,” Hall said.
He said he favors what he
considers more pragmatic and
flexible approaches to issues
than what he calls “one size
fits all.”
As an example, Hall said he
was a proponent of Oregon’s
multi-tiered minimum wage
law, which reflects the range in
living costs from, say, Eastern
Oregon to the Portland area.
Hall, who was born in Seat-
tle and earned a bachelor’s de-
gree in German and Political
Science from the University of
Washington, believes the state
COVID
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The mask mandate for
schools will end March 31.
Staten said that as cases de-
cline, it’s still important to try
to protect the people most
vulnerable to COVID-19, in-
cluding the less virulent omi-
cron variant. That group in-
cludes the elderly and people
with compromised immune
systems.
“How do we manage this
going forward?” Staten said.
News of
Record
Contact
For more information
about how to be involved, at-
tend the March 4 First Fri-
Lindianne Sarno/Contributed Photo day event, or contact Snake
Angela, an orphan in Uganda sponsored by Lindianne Sarno and
River Music Gardens by call-
ing 541-519-9321 or emailing
Arthur Sappington of Baker City, holds the letter she recently wrote
lindianne@snakerivermusic-
to them.
gardens.org.
To learn more about Art
nance the purchase of musical phanage music teacher, created
instruments for the orphan-
a budget of $2,500 for musical Roamers, visit www.artroam-
ers.com or check the Face-
age’s music garden. Sarno said instruments.
book page.
that Kasagga Grace, the or-
“Ten musicians times $25
should use the same approach to avoid leading to even worse
to determining poverty levels, environmental problems.
using as criteria cost of the liv-
Supporting ‘responsible
ing as well as income.
Republicans’
Climate change
Although Hall is a member
Hall said he wants to see
of the party that has dominated
Oregon look at new options
Oregon politics for the past
for dealing with water short- four decades — seven of the
ages for farms and ranches
state’s members of Congress are
due to drought.
Democrats — he said he would
He points out that although have no objection to Republi-
much of Oregon’s surface wa- cans filling more of those seats.
ter, especially in arid Eastern
But not what he considers
Oregon, is claimed by prop-
extremist Republicans who
erty owners with water rights, support Donald Trump.
in many years there isn’t
“I want responsible Repub-
nearly enough water to satisfy licans, centrist, pragmatist, old
all those owners, which harms school Republicans,” Hall said,
citing as two examples Oregon’s
agriculture.
Hall advocates for the gov- former U.S. senators, Mark
Hatfield (who also served as
ernment potentially buying,
governor) and Bob Packwood.
from willing sellers, proper-
Hall said another factor that
ties with water rights and con-
verting the land to other uses. motivated him to file as a can-
That, combined with an em- didate was Baker City Mayor
phasis on more efficient use of Kerry McQuisten’s announce-
water, would make more water ment in late June 2021 that
available to the existing farm- she was seeking the Republi-
can nomination in the gover-
ers and ranchers, he said.
“We can’t make water mag- nor’s race.
Hall said he wants to show
ically appear,” he said. “We
need to focus on the reality of voters that Republicans,
and specifically McQuisten,
our water crisis.”
doesn’t represent the beliefs of
Hall emphasizes that such
all of rural Oregon.
a program would depend on
He contends that he would
farmers and ranchers working
together to get the most out of be more effective at bridging
what he called the “east-west
the limited water supply.
divide” in Oregon than Mc-
He believes drought is only
one effect from climate change. Quisten would be.
Another that has affected all
of Oregon is wildfire. Hall said Masks and mandates
in some places, and in particu-
Hall said he has been up-
lar east of the Cascades, some set by people who decry Gov.
forests are overcrowded and
Kate Brown’s executive orders
need to have some of the fuel regarding face masks as “tyr-
removed.
anny and dictatorial.”
Hall said commercial log-
“I find that absolutely in-
ging “could be a component” sulting to the people around
of that effort.
the world who actually suffer
“There are areas where it’s
under real oppression, tyr-
perfectly appropriate,” he said, anny and dictatorships,” Hall
although he cautions that log- said. “There’s a difference.”
ging needs to be done carefully
Hall said the governor’s
mask mandate was “proba-
bly overreach,” although he’s
more concerned about the
lack of enforcement and com-
pliance than about the basic
idea of encouraging residents
to wear face masks, in indoor
situations where social distanc-
ing isn’t possible, to curb the
spread of COVID-19.
He also believes the gover-
nor and other state officials
have done a poor job of ex-
plaining the mask mandate.
Hall said that were the de-
cision his to make, he would
have made it explicit that the
state would support any busi-
ness or venue that chose to
strictly enforce a mask re-
quirement, but that businesses
could also choose whether, or
how, to enforce it.
He admits that’s essentially
the situation that has prevailed
for many months in parts of Or-
egon, including Baker County.
“Time will tell.”
The Health Department is
distributing home COVID-19
test kits to county residents.
Staten said the department
handed out 31 boxes, each
including two tests, during a
one-hour drive-thru event Sat-
urday, Feb. 12, in Baker City.
Staten said residents who
have potential COVID-19
symptoms can call the Health
Department at 541-523-8211
and arrange to pick up a test
kit. Staff will bring the kits to
people waiting in their cars.
Staten encourages people
to take the home test, which
yields results in about 15 min-
utes, and for those who are
positive, to take precautions to
(Jan. 16-22) to 24.6%, then to
23.9%, and to 18.6% for the
most recent week, Feb. 6-12.
Statewide, the test positivity
rate for that week was 13.7%.
On Friday, Feb. 12, the OHA
announced details about the
most recent COVID-19-re-
lated death in Baker County
resident.
An 82-year-old woman died
Jan. 29 at her residence after
testing positive on Jan. 11. She
had underlying medical con-
ditions.
Hers was the county’s sec-
ond COVID-19-related death
in Baker County during Feb-
ruary. There were four during
January. The county’s total
during the pandemic is 44.
avoid infecting others.
“We want to get (the test
kits) out to the community,”
she said. “We all have a respon-
sibility to limit the spread.”
Although Staten noted that
people who take home tests
aren’t required to report the
results, whether negative or
positive, to the Health De-
partment, she believes the
information can influence
residents’ decisions regarding
quarantining.
According to OHA, Baker
County’s rate of positive tests
has dropped along with the
number of cases over the past
three weeks.
The weekly test positivity
rate has dropped from 33.2%
Too much big — government
and business
Hall said he finds onerous
the common complaint among
Republicans that government
regulation is stifling busi-
nesses, including agriculture.
“The real regulations you’ve
got to worry about, especially
from a farmer’s standpoint, is
big corporations, which basi-
cally act like a government,”
Hall said.
He said corporations have
too much control over the
marketplace, including prices
paid to the people who pro-
duce our food.
“The problem isn’t big gov-
ernment or big business — it’s
just big,” Hall said. “Big busi-
ness is controlling big govern-
ment. But (Republicans) don’t
talk about that part.”
Hall’s website — www.peter-
hallgovforall.com/ — has more
of his policy positions.
DEATHS
Louis Tholen: 91, of Baker City, died Feb.
8, 2022, in Payette, Idaho. His memorial
service will take place later, with date and
time to be announced. Arrangements are
under the direction of Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Cremation Services.
Online condolences can be made at
www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
FAILURE TO APPEAR (2 Baker County
Circuit Court warrants): Robert Michael
Goodwin, 34, Baker City, 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, Feb. 13, in the 2900 block of
Walnut Street; jailed.
SECOND-DEGREE CRIMINAL
TRESPASSING: Jeremy James Broyles, 39,
Baker City, 1:32 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, in
the 1100 block of Campbell Street; cited
and released.
FAILURE TO APPEAR (out-of-county
warrant): Paul Adam Heller, 50, transient,
12:56 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at First
Street and Valley Avenue; jailed.
FOURTH-DEGREE ASSAULT (domestic):
Derrick Payton, 36, Baker City, 8:01 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 11, in the 1000 block of Place
Street; jailed.
PAROLE VIOLATION: Dewey Harrison
Richardson, 30, Pendleton, 3:03 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 11, in the 2500 block of
Broadway Street; jailed.
Baker County Sheriff’s Office
Arrests, citations
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
INTOXICANTS: Daniel Adam Smeltzer, 59,
Baker City, 3:03 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, in
the 2400 block of Broadway Street.
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