A2 BAKER CITY HERALD • THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022
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TURNING BACK THE PAGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
March 24, 1972
PORTLAND — “We’re not big, we’re not little, we’re not
consistent on offense or ... defense,” Baker Bulldog coach
Gary Hammond told sportswriters and sportscasters here
Tuesday at the annual “crying towel” sweepstakes.
“We’re just a bunch of farm boys,” Hammon explained.
“We had our pre-tourney practice scheduled for 8:30 a.m.
Monday. I’m sure they scheduled it that way because we
would be the only team up at that hour.”
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
March 24, 1997
Marguerite Reed, who has served Baker County
children and families in a variety of ways for more than 50
years, was honored as the 1996 Baker County Volunteer
of the Year at the statewide annual Citizen Review Board
conference.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
March 23, 2012
It’s not just the shooting that will draw competitors
to the Powder River Practical Shooters (PRPS) Match on
Sunday, according to organizers.
The contest requires shooters to develop a strategy that
capitalizes on safety, speed and accuracy as they move
through fi ve different courses.
“As soon as that bell goes off, you forget everything
else,” Ray Merritt, match director and the club’s
vice president, who says he’s found the competition
highly addicting.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
March 25, 2021
Baker School District students in Grades 7-12 will be
returning to classes four days a week beginning April 12 if
all goes as planned in the next few weeks.
Superintendent Mark Witty announced in a press
release Tuesday, March 23 that planning is underway
to return the secondary students to full-time, in-
person learning as a result of revisions by the Oregon
Department of Education to its Ready Schools, Safe
Learners guidance plan.
The updated plan allows 3 feet of physical distancing for
students in schools under certain conditions, which include
county COVID-19 case rate levels for students in middle
school and high school, the press release stated. The new
physical distancing rules are based on current research
and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. The former rules required 6-foot distancing.
The new rules also do not require 35 square feet
per person room space as was specifi ed in the former
regulations.
The 6-foot distancing also must be maintained when
students are eating or when students from different
classrooms are passing in hallways between periods. The
passing periods will not put students within close proximity
for 15 minutes, the guideline for determining whether
those who come in close proximity with a person who has
tested positive for COVID-19 must quarantine or isolate
themselves from others, Witty said.
Staff and students also will be required to continue
wearing masks.
Witty said the April 12 return to full-time classes will
allow a two-week buffer between the March 29 return from
spring break and any increase in COVID-19 cases that
might result from travel during the week-long vacation.
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FRIDAY (March 25): Baked cod, clam chowder, capri
vegetables, rolls, coleslaw, lemon squares
MONDAY (March 28): Chicken strips, mashed potatoes with
gravy, corn, rolls, green salad, sherbet
TUESDAY (March 29): Chicken cordon bleu, rice pilaf, mixed
vegetables, rolls, ambrosia, brownies
WEDNESDAY (March 30): Spaghetti with beef sauce, garlic
bread, broccoli, green salad, birthday cake
THURSDAY (March 31): Breaded pork tenderloin, red
potatoes, peas and carrots, rolls, fruit cup, sherbet
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.
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Spring
perature of 11.4 degrees, the third-low-
est since World War II.
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The temperature surpassed 40 de-
grees on only one day during January,
The snow on Monday morning,
and on just four of February’s 28 days.
March 21, barely whitened the ground.
Prior to this week’s rapid reversal,
And the next day turned out to be
March was also on pace to be cooler
the warmest in Baker City in almost
than average. The average high tem-
five months.
perature through March 22 was 47.9
The temperature topped out Tues-
degrees. That’s two degrees below the
day at 61 degrees in the sunshine at the
long-term average, and it would make
Baker City Airport. It was the mildest
this March the chilliest since 2011. But
day there since Oct. 29, 2021, when the
this week’s warmth likely will push the
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald March average to near average by the
high was 63.
And Tuesday might be the coolest day June Weaver, left, Colton Weaver and Sydney end of the month.
for the rest of the week.
Although Baker is basking in its
Brown check out the music equipment at
The National Weather Service pre-
balmiest stretch of weather since before
the Geiser-Pollman Park playground on the
dicted temperatures in the 60s every
Halloween, none of the temperature
warm, sunny afternoon of March 22, 2022.
day through Sunday, March 27, with no
records for the period appears to be in
precipitation in the forecast until Sun-
In the mild sunshine on Tuesday
jeopardy.
day night, when there’s a slight chance
afternoon, people flocked to Geis-
• March 24 — Forecast high: 62.
of rain showers. Saturday is forecast
er-Pollman Park and strolled sidewalks, Record high: 69, 2007
to be the warmest, with a high of 66.
some clad in shorts and T-shirts, attire
• March 25 — Forecast high: 65.
Temperatures in lower elevations could that hasn’t been appropriate outdoors
Record high: 73, 1960
top 70.
around here since before Thanksgiving.
• March 26 — Forecast high: 66.
The most recent 70-degree day at
Both February and January were
Record high: 73, 1997
the Baker City Airport was on Oct. 21, chillier than usual. February was partic-
• March 27 — Forecast high: 64.
2021, when the high was 70.
ularly frigid, with an average low tem-
Record high: 74, 1966
Council
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“I’ve been here most of my whole life,
well pretty much all of it,” Damschen
said. “I’ve operated several businesses
here, they’re still running. I own prop-
erty in Baker. I haven’t sat on any boards
or anything like this previously but I do
have a lot of business experience and fi-
nancial experience.”
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Prior to the voting, Guyer asked Dam-
schen, were he to be appointed, how he
would address growth issues.
Damschen said he knows the city has a
housing supply problem.
“I think housing is probably the big-
gest one. I’m concerned,” Damschen
said.
Guyer encouraged the four other ap-
plicants to consider volunteering to serve
on one of the city’s multiple boards and
committees.
Local Briefing
Tickets on sale for
annual Powder Valley
halibut feed
Care Inc., will soon be doing
the spring clean up at Mount
Hope Cemetery.
That includes removing de-
teriorated decorations, flowers
NORTH POWDER — Tick- and floral designs, as well as
ets are on sale for the 20th-an- thatching, edging, fertilizing,
nual Alaskan halibut dinner, a and weed spraying, weather
fundraiser for the girls basket- permitting. This work is sched-
ball and volleyball programs at uled for April 1-15.
The city is asking resi-
Powder Valley High School.
The event is set for May 7 in dents to remove decorative
the Powder Valley gym. There items from graves and head-
stones prior to April 1. Items
will be four sessions: 1 p.m.
that aren’t removed will be
to 2 p.m.; 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.;
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.; and 6 p.m. to collected by the contrac-
tor and stored until Nov. 1,
7:30 p.m.
2022. Items that conform to
Tickets are $30 per plate
the city’s cemetery rules can
and include halibut, baked
be placed on graves starting
potato, coleslaw, bread, des-
April 16. A copy of the rules
sert and drink. Tickets for a
is available on the city’s web-
hot dog, chips, cookie and
site, www.bakercity.com.
drink meal are $5.
More information is avail-
For tickets or more infor-
able by calling the city at 541-
mation, call North Powder
524-2047.
Charter School, 541-898-
2244, extension 8821, Monday
through Thursday from 8 a.m. ‘Human Library’
to 4 p.m. The office will be
program April 9 at
closed for spring break from
the library
March 18-28.
Time to remove
decorations at Mount
Hope Cemetery
Baker City’s cemetery and
parks contractor, HnT Lawn
DEATHS
Gary Wentworth: 73, of Baker City,
died March 20, 2022, at Saint Alphonsus
Medical Center in Boise, with his wife
and family by his side. A celebration
of his life will take place at a later date,
time and place to be announced.
Arrangements are under the direction
of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home
and Cremation Services. Online
condolences can be shared at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
FUNERAL PENDING
Kathleen Mae Bradshaw: Her
memorial service will be Friday, April 8,
at 1 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer
Chapel, 1500 Dewe Ave. A reception
will immediately follow the service, at
Community Connection, 2810 Cedar St.
Refreshments will be served. Memorial
contributions can be made to the Make
A Wish Foundation through Gray’s West
& Co., 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR
97814. To leave an online condolence
for Kathleen’s family, go to www.
grayswestco.com.
Agnes Bird: A celebration of Agnes’
life and graveside service will take
place Saturday, May 21, at 1 p.m. at
Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. A
reception will follow immediately at the
Halfway Lions Hall. Those who would
like to make a donation in memory of
Agnes can do so to the Hells Canyon
Junior Rodeo through Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Cremation Services,
P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online
condolences can be made at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
FAILURE TO APPEAR, CONTEMPT OF
COURT (out-of-county warrants): Jessica
Dianne Stricker, 44, Baker City, 8:18 p.m.
Tuesday, March 22, in the 1100 block of
Sixth Street; cited and released.
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Malheur County
warrant): Crystal Gayle Canapo, 38, Baker
City, 5:20 p.m. Monday, March 21, in
the alley near Resort Street and Auburn
Avenue; jailed.
POSSESSION OF A STOLEN VEHICLE:
Gerardo Becerra Alvarado, 33,
Mount Vernon, Washington, Ricardo
Linares-Cervantes, 30, Mount Vernon,
Washington, 5:20 p.m. Monday, March
21, in the alley near Resort Street and
nized through a partnership
between Neighbors of Baker
and Baker County Library
District. The library will be
open after regular Saturday
hours exclusively for partici-
pants of this special program,
said Perry Stokes, library di-
rector.
The Human Library is
an event where readers can
“borrow” human books and
have open conversations
about topics they usually do
not have an opportunity to
discuss. The goal of the pro-
gram is to challenge precon-
ceived biases and encourage
honest and respectful dialog.
Each “Book” is a volunteer
who has unique experiences
to share. Through a 30-min-
ute conversation with read-
ers, the human books chal-
lenge stigmas and stereotypes
in a safe, supportive envi-
ronment. Book topics may
include ethnicity, religion,
physical/mental health, social
status, occupation, LGBTQ+,
immigration status, violence/
abuse survivor, and past drug
and alcohol addiction.
To participate in one or
all three sessions, call the li-
brary to register at 541-523-
6419. Advance registration
is required since sessions are
limited. For more details,
visit www.bakerlib.org/news-
events/lib-cal/human-
library-program.
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A “Human Library” pro-
gram will be held Satur-
day, April 9, from 4:30 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m. in the Baker
County Public Library, 2400
Resort St. This event is orga-
News of Record
POLICE LOG
Telephone: 541-523-3673
Damschen will serve the remainder of
Sells’ term, which ends Dec. 31, 2022. He
would be eligible to run for a two- or four-
year term in the November 2022 election.
Damschen said he decided to apply
for the vacancy after talking with friends
about how to give back to the community.
“I think one of the things I’m most in-
terested in is the growth that’s happen-
ing here and how it’s going to be dealt
with over the next couple of years,” Dam-
schen said.
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SECOND-DEGREE CRIMINAL
TRESPASSING: Kristi Ann Moudy-Koos,
45, transient, 9:57 a.m. Monday, March
21, in the 3100 block of 10th Street; cited
and released.
Baker County Sheriff’s Office
Arrests, citations
PAROLE VIOLATION: Justin Marshall
Robinson, 36, Baker City, 11:05 a.m.
Tuesday, March 22, at the Sheriff’s Office;
jailed.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
INTOXICANTS: Ely Glenn Myers, 43, Baker
City, 11:05 p.m. Monday, March 21, at
Washington Avenue and Seventh Street.
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