A2 BAKER CITY HERALD • THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2022
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50 YEARS AGO
New Capitol Improvement Key
1: Cockram Arena
2: Grass courtyard
3: Rodeo grounds
4. Rodeo grandstand
5. Livestock corrals
6. Events Center
7A: Livestock barn (sheep/swine)
7B: Livestock barn (beef/goat)
8A: Leo Adler Field
8B: Baseball bleachers dugouts,
support buildings
9: Storage building
10: Batting cage
11: Vacant parcel
12: Armory
13: Existing armory parking lot
from the Democrat-Herald
March 10, 1972
The city council last night generally agreed that the
basic facts in the existing airport lease with Don Doyle be
maintained but suggested it include legal descriptions
and contain changes required by the FAA.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
March 10, 1997
Offi cials from Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative worry
that deregulating the electric industry might benefi t a few
large companies that use large amounts of power at the
expense of all other customers.
Steve Schauer, OTEC’s member services manager,
discussed the potential effects of deregulation at Friday’s
Lunch Bunch.
New Capitol Improvement Key
A: Multi-purpose field
B: RV parking area
C: Parking lot
D: 5,200 square-foot arena
E: 5,200 square-foot arena
F: Pedestrian sidewalk connection
with parking
G. Pedestrian sidewalk connection
H: New restroom and concessions
I: Parking lot — 64 spaces
J: 120-foot by 270-foot roping
arena
K: New security fencing
L: New outdoor courtyard
M: Fairgrounds entry sign and
readerboard
N: Open pavilion area
O: Reserved expansion area
P: Outdoor vendor area
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
March 9, 2012
BEND — The Rev. Liam Cary, who has strong roots in
Central Oregon, was named the new bishop of the Bend-
based Catholic Diocese of Baker on Thursday.
The 64-year-old Cary, who grew up in Prineville and is
currently the parish priest at St. Mary’s Church in Eugene,
was appointed to the position by Pope Benedict XVI.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
March 11, 2021
Snowmobiles are about as common in Sumpter as
ponderosa pine trees, but the speedy machines that
gather in the old mining town this weekend won’t be there
to take scenic tours on the nearby mountain trails.
These sleds are coming to race.
A regional championship event is scheduled for
Saturday and Sunday at the Sumpter Fairgrounds at the
southeast corner of the town.
Sumpter, population around 210, is about 28 miles
west of Baker City.
Bill Sproul, a member of the Grant County Snowballers
snowmobile club who is serving as race director, expects
80 to 90 racing snowmobiles to compete in several
classes on the quarter-mile oval race course.
Sproul said riders will be coming from Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Utah.
“Sumpter has the facilities for a wonderful
snowmobile event,” he said.
It certainly has the snow.
More than 4 feet fell in Sumpter, elevation 4,400
feet, during February, said Mike Bogart, president of the
Sumpter Valley Blue Mountain Snowmobile Club.
Like Sproul, Bogart is excited about this weekend’s
races.
Part of their anticipation has to do with the racing
machines, which are not the sorts of sleds you’re likely to
see on groomed trails.
This weekend’s races are for “vintage” snowmobiles,
Sproul said.
Those are machines built before 1985 and that have
leaf-spring suspensions rather than the comparatively
sophisticated independent suspensions that modern
sleds have.
Sproul said this weekend’s races will also have a
separate class for somewhat newer snowmobiles, those
built as recently as 1997.
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Dean Defrees, the Fair
Board’s vice chairman, agreed.
“We feel really fortunate to
get it, as funding has been so
hard to come by,” Defrees said
on Tuesday, March 8.
Rowan said the Oregon Fairs
Association, which lobbied for
House Bill 5202, asked county
fair boards to send a list of
priorities were they to receive
state dollars.
Baker was among several
counties that will get money to
improve their fairgrounds.
Grant and Harney coun-
ties each was allocated $2 mil-
lion, and Union and Wallowa
counties will each receive $1
million.
Rowan said the Baker
County Fair Board will have its
regular monthly meeting on
Tuesday, March 15, at 6 p.m. in
the small meeting room at the
OSU Extension Service office,
2600 East St., to begin discuss-
ing priorities for the unex-
pected infusion of dollars.
“We’re very excited about it,”
he said.
Rowan said the Fair Board’s
5-year master plan, written by
LKV Architects of Boise and
adopted in 2021, will serve as
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the starting point for the dis-
cussions. The overall goal, he
said, is to make the 17.7-acre
fairgrounds attractive for a va-
riety of events in addition to
mainstays such as the Baker
County Fair in early August,
and the Baker City Bull and
Bronc Riding events in July.
“One of our focuses is to
make this facility user friendly
to the public, a venue peo-
ple will want to use,” Rowan
said. “Something we can all be
proud of.”
He emphasized, though, that
the Fair Board needs to con-
firm whether there are any re-
strictions on what the county
can use the money for before
setting priorities based on the
master plan.
Among the projects that
board members have talked
about are replacing the dilap-
idated green-painted wooden
fence around the perimeter of
the rodeo grounds, improv-
ing the 750-person capacity
rodeo grandstand, and forti-
fying the crow’s nest at the ro-
deo grounds to better accom-
modate the large video screen
used during the bull and bronc
riding competitions.
Defrees pointed out that the
Fair Board made structural im-
provements to the grandstand
several years ago, but minor
work is needed on supports
for stairs at the south end. An-
other goal is to repaint the
grandstand and do other cos-
metic work.
Other possible projects in-
clude adding more seating, to
avoid the need to bring in por-
table bleachers, and installing
restrooms, although the latter
would be expensive and have
long-term maintenance costs.
Rowan said the Fair Board
also is looking at ways to in-
corporate the former Leo Ad-
ler Field, which is no longer
used for baseball, into the
fairgrounds.
The field is at the northeast
corner of the fairgrounds, just
south of D Street. The 5-year
master plan calls for using part
of the former baseball field for
RV and regular parking.
The master plan also pro-
poses a new outdoor ven-
dor area and outdoor court-
yard on the east side of East
Street, north of the Baker
County Events Center, the
6,400-square-foot facility in
the former National Guard
Armory.
Rowan said the Fair Board
has talked with Little League
officials about moving the
painted sign in center field at
Leo Adler Field, which hon-
ors Leo Adler, Baker County’s
beloved philanthropist who
died in 1993, to the Baker
Sports Complex north of
Baker High School.
That facility, which has two
baseball and two softball fields,
made Leo Adler Field largely
superfluous, and its use de-
clined over the years.
Adler’s generosity contin-
ues to benefit the fairgrounds
along with many other com-
munity projects and facilities.
Rowan said the Fair Board
received a grant from the Leo
Adler Foundation to renovate
the floor at the Events Center.
He said the Fair Board would
like to use some of the state
dollars to add insulation to
the building.
Defrees said another goal
for the Fair Board is to build
a new small animal barn, al-
though the Board will need to
confirm whether the $2 mil-
lion can be used for construc-
tion as well as improvements
to existing structures.
Besides the infrastructure
work that the $2 million will
make possible, Rowan said
Oregon State University offi-
cials are beginning to inter-
view candidates to serve as
fair manager.
The former manager, Angie
Turner, left the position during
the summer of 2020.
warrant): Steven Forrest Adams, 55, Baker
City, 8:02 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at the
Sheriff’s Office; cited and released.
PAROLE VIOLATION: James Robert
Blitch, 51, Baker City, 1:13 a.m.
Wednesday, March 9, in the 2100 block
of D Street; jailed.
FOURTH-DEGREE ASSAULT (domestic):
Joshua David Givens, 27, Baker
City, 4:36 p.m. Monday, March 7, in
Halfway; jailed.
PROBATION VIOLATION: Chaz Jordan
Williams, 20, Baker City, 9:08 a.m. Monday,
March 7, at the Sheriff’s Office; jailed.
News of Record
DEATHS
Delores Ethel Swanson: 86, died March
6, 2022, at Meadowbrook Place in Baker
City. No services are currently planned.
Her urn will be interred at Mount Hope
Cemetery at a later date. To light a candle
in Delores’ memory, or to offer online
condolences to her family, go to www.
grayswestco.com.
Roy Leonard Cole: 88, of Baker City,
died March 5, 2022, at his home. He
was a Korean War veteran. No public
services are planned at this time. To light
a candle in Roy’s memory, or to offer
online condolences to his family, go to
www.grayswestco.com.
FUNERALS PENDING
James ‘Jim’ Allison: Celebration of
life will take place Saturday, March
12, at 3 p.m. at the Harvest Christian
Church, 3720 Birch St. in Baker City.
For those who would like to make a
donation in memory of Jim, the family
suggests either the Powder River Rural
Fire Department or the Sumpter Valley
Railroad through Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Cremation Services,
P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online
condolences can be shared at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Roger Ballantyne: Graveside services
Friday, March 11, at 1 p.m. at Mount
Hope Cemetery. Donations in his
memory can be made to Best Friends
of Baker through Coles Tribute Center,
1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814. To
light a candle in memory of Roger, go to
www.colestributecenter.com.
James ‘Jim’ 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.
POLICE LOG
ISSN-8756-6419
Serving Baker County since 1870
Publisher
Karrine Brogoitti
This map is part of the Baker County Fairgrounds 5-year master plan approved in 2021. The capital improvements listed are not prioritized.
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
FOURTH-DEGREE ASSAULT (domestic),
STRANGULATION: Daniel Nicholas
Bragg, 29, Baker City, 9:06 p.m. Tuesday,
March 8, in the 1600 block of Estes
Street; jailed.
DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED: Frank
Nathan McNair, 42, Baker City, 10:36 a.m.
Monday, March 7, at Broadway and
Ninth streets; cited and released.
HARASSMENT: Markus Gregory Burke,
42, Baker City, 10:09 a.m. Monday,
March 7, at Jackson and Eighth streets;
cited and released.
Baker County Sheriff’s Office
Arrests, citations
FAILURE TO APPEAR (two Baker County
warrants): Victoria Jean McLean, 39,
Huntington, 6:19 p.m. Tuesday, March 8,
in Huntington; cited and released.
PROBATION VIOLATION (Baker County
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