A2 BAKER CITY HERALD • TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2022
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50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
March 3, 1972
“Money has very little to do with it,” a striker said last
night. Another added, “We want job security and seniority.”
Those appear to the be basic issues in the Ellingson
Burnt River Sawmill strike as picketers yesterday withstood
steady rains, mud and cold feet.
In response to the strikers’ complaints, an Ellingson
spokesman declined to comment.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
March 3, 1997
PORTLAND — Baker’s Ryan Brewster ended his record-
setting high school wrestling career Saturday by fi nishing
second at the state championships in Memorial Coliseum.
Brewster, the state’s top-ranked Class 3A wrestler in
the 119-pound class, lost 2-1 to Scappoose’s Sam Lofl and
in the championship match.
Lofl and, ranked sixth, beat the second- and third-
seeded wrestlers at 119 pounds to advance to the
championship match, said Bill Givens, Baker High School
wrestling coach.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
March 2, 2012
A seven-woman, fi ve-man jury has convicted Daniel
Myers of murdering Travis Weems by shooting him in the
chest with a high-powered rifl e on Jan. 27, 2011, at Myers’
home on Cracker Creek Road near Sumpter.
Judge Greg Baxter called the 56-year-old Myers to court
via video link before summoning the jury and reading the
verdicts about 11 a.m. Thursday.
Myers has remained at the Baker County Jail
throughout the trial, which began Feb. 21. His court-
appointed attorney, Mark Rader of Ontario, again, as he
has throughout the trial, asked Baxter to delay the trial or
grant a mistrial before the jury was called to the courtroom
to present the verdicts to the judge.
Baxter again denied Rader’s request.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
March 2, 2021
Becky and Bruce Litke were excited at the prospect that
a brief pinprick will lead to them seeing their grandchildren
and great-grandchildren again.
The Baker County couple were among 390 people who
received their fi rst dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
on Friday, Feb. 26.
Another 67 people received their second and fi nal dose.
The free clinic at Baker High School was the biggest
since the fi rst doses of vaccine were administered in the
county in mid-December.
Nurses from the Baker County Health Department
gave a total of 457 doses, most of those going to people
75 or older.
“We haven’t seen our grandkids or great-grandkids in a
year, so we’re really excited about it,” Becky Litke said.
Friday’s clinic helped boost Baker County’s
vaccination rate, per 10,000 residents, to the sixth-
highest among Oregon’s 36 counties. As of Monday,
March 1, Baker County’s vaccination rate was 1,662 per
10,000 residents.
The county has now offered the vaccine to residents
age 80 and older who wanted to be inoculated, and
many of those attending Friday’s clinic are between 75
and 79, said Nancy Staten, director of the Baker County
Health Department.
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Horde running for governor as
March 8 filing deadline looms
BY GARY A. WARNER
Oregon Capital Bureau
SALEM — When the gavel
falls in the House and Senate,
the focus will flip immediately
from legislation to the elec-
tion season.
March 7 is the last day the
Legislature can meet before the
constitutionally mandated end
of its 35-day session.
March 8 is the last day candi-
dates can file to run in the May
primary election.
The calendar leaves just 70
days until the May 17 primary
election day — though Ore-
gon’s mail-in only ballot means
the time for candidates to make
their case is even shorter.
As of Friday afternoon, Feb.
25, 309 candidates have reg-
istered with the Secretary of
State to run for office in 2022.
There are 36 running for gov-
ernor, 35 for U.S. House, 10
for U.S. Senate, and four for
Commissioner of the Bureau
of Labor and Industries.
Scores more are running
for the state House and Sen-
ate, along with a collection of
judgeships, district attorney
offices, mayors and other lo- The Oregon Capitol in Salem.
cal offices.
Some news and notes from
On Friday, Liias rose on the
the legislative halls and cam-
Senate floor in Olympia to of-
paign trails:
fer an apology.
“Yesterday, I participated in
Changing traditions to
a radio interview where I made
unkind and disrespectful and
choose sides
The Democratic parties in
inappropriate comments about
Deschutes and Linn counties
the governor of Oregon, and I
have broken with their long-
deeply regret those comments,”
standing tradition against en- Liias said. “I have expressed my
dorsing candidates in primary apologies to Gov. Brown and
races. Both groups voted to
look forward to continuing to
back the insurgent progres-
build a strong relationship be-
sive candidacy of Jamie Mc-
tween our two states.”
Leod-Skinner in her race to
unseat incumbent U.S. Rep.
Rising cash stash
Kurt Schrader, the least lib-
The Federal Elections Com-
eral Democrat of Oregon’s
mission reports that $5.7
delegation to Capitol Hill.
billion in fundraising was
McLeod-Skinner was also en- reported for the 13 months
dorsed this past week by for-
between Jan. 1, 2021 and Jan.
mer Gov. Barbara Roberts.
31, 2022. Candidates’ cam-
Schrader’s re-election will be
paign finance committees
backed by the Democratic
pulled in just under $1.23 bil-
Congressional Campaign
lion. Political party commit-
Committee.
tees reported just over $1.04
billion. Political Action Com-
Sorry, neighbor
mittee contributions totaled
Gov. Kate Brown was the
just over $3.4 billion.
target of harsh words — and
an apology — from Washing- Teachers’ picks
ton Sen. Marko Liias this past
Though the filing deadline
week.
has yet to pass, the union for
The Democrat from Lyn-
46,000 public education em-
nwood is chair of the Senate
ployees has issued four en-
Transportation Committee
dorsements for the May 17
and author of a bill to add a
primary.
6-cents-per-gallon tax on fuel
The Oregon Education As-
refined in Washington that is sociation backed three candi-
bound for neighboring states. dates in the Democratic pri-
When Brown expressed her
maries: Former House Speaker
opposition to the plan, Liias
Tina Kotek for governor, Mc-
went on KVI radio with a bit- Leod-Skinner in the 5th Con-
ing reaction.
gressional District, and Rep.
“The fact that she dare say a Andrea Salinas of Lake Oswego
word is just a joke,” Liias said.
for the new 6th Congressio-
“This governor down in Or-
nal District. In the officially
egon is living in Fantasyland.
non-partisan race for labor
She is in the last few months
commissioner, the union will
of her term. She is losing rele- back Portland attorney Chris-
vance. She is a lame duck.”
tina Stephenson.
EO Media Group, File
Grand Old Party spot
With COVID-19 on a tra-
jectory of steep decline, both
major political parties are plan-
ning a return to major election
year conclaves. First up will be
the Republicans, who will hold
their Dorchester Conference
April 22-24 at the Hood River
Resort. Staking claim to being
the oldest continuous politi-
cal conference in the nation, it
takes its name from the Lin-
coln City hotel where the first
event was held in 1965. The
conference plans on a governor
candidates debate and a straw
poll of attendees to pick their
choice of the moment.
Gallant had earlier an-
nounced a bid for Congress —
in Arizona’s 1st Congressional
District.
Gallant said in an e-mail
that the delayed U.S. Census
information that led to late
redistricting of congressional
districts in both states had left
her out on the border in terms
of where she would run.
“Arizona, too, is in the
middle of redistricting and
it made it confusing to know
who I was running against,”
she said.
Gallant said she was born
and raised in Pendleton, has
had property in several spots
in Oregon, and currently lives
Dems head to bluer
in Ukiah, in Umatilla County.
She said she also owns a farm
mountains
Democrats will make their
in Arizona.
traditional trek to the Sunriver
“I had homes in both areas
Resort in newly Democrat-
and after looking and analyz-
ic-leaning Deschutes County.
ing both, I decided to run in
The onetime Republican
Oregon,” Gallant said. She said
stronghold voted for President she also owns a farm in Utah.
Joe Biden in 2020, the first time
Oregon state offices have
a Democrat won more than
relatively strict residency re-
half the county’s presidential
quirements, as shown by the
votes since Lyndon Johnson
disqualification of former
in 1964. The event had been
New York Times columnist
scheduled for mid-March, but Nicholas Kristof in his bid for
organizers felt the COVID-19 governor.
situation would be improved
But the U.S. Constitution
in the spring and have resched- gives a great deal of leeway to
uled the event to April 28-May candidates for the U.S. House.
1. It too will include a debate
They do not have to live in the
of governor candidates, as well district — just in the state. It’s
as meetings with other current a rule that several candidates
and prospective officeholders. are invoking that to get into
races in newly redrawn con-
Borderline bid
gressional districts beyond
Katherine “Kat” Gallant, a
where they live.
conservative commentator,
If Secretary of State Shemia
has switched races for the 2022 Fagan is satisfied that Gallant
election. She’s now filed to run is an Oregon resident, she’ll
against U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz,
be on the May 17 ballot along
R-Ontario, in the 2nd Congres- with Bentz and Mark Cavener
sional District.
of Klamath Falls.
News of Record
FUNERALS PENDING
James Bacon: Memorial service
with military honors will take place
Saturday, March 12, at 11 a.m. at
the Harvest Church, 3720 Birch St.
in Baker City. Memorial donations
in Jim’s name can be made to the
Powder River Sportsmen’s Club rifle
range, through Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Cremation Services,
P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834.
Online condolences can be shared at
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Campbell Street; cited and released.
PROBATION VIOLATION: Chuck Wayne
Briney, 28, Baker City, 8:15 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 25, at Main Street and Court
Avenue; jailed.
Baker County Sheriff’s Office
Arrests, citations
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF INTOXICANTS: Brandon Douglas
Culbertson, 33, Baker City, 1:52 a.m.
Monday, Feb. 28, at Church and
Seventh streets.
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Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
HARASSMENT, TELEPHONIC
HARASSMENT, IMPROPER USE OF
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM (Baker County Circuit Court
warrants): Jeffery Willis Heaton, 61,
Baker City, 11:13 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, at
Resort Street and Washington Avenue;
cited and released.
FAILURE TO APPEAR (multiple out-of-
county warrants): Debra Renne Efrid,
47, Baker City, 2:22 a.m. Sunday, Feb.
27, at the Police Department; cited and
released.
PROBATION VIOLATION (Baker County
Circuit Court warrant): Joshua James
Smith, 39, Baker City, 12:24 a.m.
Saturday, Feb. 26, in the 400 block of
Spring Garden Avenue; jailed.
SECOND-DEGREE THEFT,
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR
VEHICLE, SECOND-DEGREE CRIMINAL
MISCHIEF, CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY:
Samantha Lee Hull, 22, and Gage
Michael Niehaul, 22, 1:28 a.m. Saturday,
Feb. 26, in the 1700 block of Valley
Avenue; cited and released.
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker County
Justice Court warrants): John Marisk
Guthrie Jr., 50, Baker City, 10:12 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 25, in the 1100 block of
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