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Local Briefing
Raffle, online auction
raising money for BHS
senior party
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Items include 80 pounds of ground
beef, a Bulldog hope chest package, a
wine and cheese basket, Seattle Mar-
iners basketball tickets, a date night
package at Wildhorse Resort, and
many more items. To access the auc-
tion, go to https://www.32auctions.
com/BHS2022.
The Baker High School seniors are
selling Bare Necessities raffle tick-
ets and running an online auction
to raise money for the Class of 2022
drug- and alcohol-free party. Tickets
Workshop on caring for a
for the raffle, which includes more
than 40 prizes, are available from any lawn set for April 23
BHS senior, at Kicks Sportswear, 1801
Main St., Maurice’s, 1090 Campbell
A three-hour workshop on grow-
St., or by calling 541-403-1480. The
ing and maintaining a lawn is set for
online auction runs through April 15. April 23 from 9 a.m. to noon at the
Resort
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schedule through the final
day, Sunday, April 3.
The importance of the re-
sort’s elevation — 7,100 feet
at the lodge, the highest base
elevation among Northwest
ski areas — proved itself yet
again, Judy said.
Anthony Lakes’ lofty posi-
tion largely insulates it from
thaws that can force less-el-
evation ski areas to tempo-
rarily close or reduce opera-
tions due to a lack of snow.
Much of the winter’s
snow fell in December and
early January.
March, which in many
years brings the biggest
storms of the winter, was
something of an anomaly
this year, with only about
two feet of total snow.
Nonetheless, “we had
great skiing all year and the
snowpack held up great,”
Judy said.
She didn’t have visitor
numbers available, but Judy
said this season was “defi-
nitely quieter than last year.”
During the first year of
the pandemic, outdoor
recreation proved popu-
lar across the West as the
cancellation of most large
events prompted people to
Baker County Community Events
Center, 2600 East St.
Participants can register by calling
the OSU Extension Service at 541-
523-6418 and pay at the door. Cost
is $10 per person.
David Cowan, an OSU Extension
master gardener since 2005, will con-
duct the workshop. Topics include the
role turf can play in a sustainable land-
scape, tips for proper installation and
revitalization, sound cultural practices
for maintaining a lawn, minimizing
the risk of pests, and suggestions for
selecting useful turf care tools.
skiing — when several em-
ployees were out after test-
ing positive for COVID-19.
According to Anthony
Lakes, the resort paid
$555,000 in wages to em-
ployees from October
2021 through the end of
the season.
The resort’s total expen-
ditures during that period
were $807,000, 90% of
which were spent locally, ac-
cording to Anthony Lakes.
Its “support local” pro-
gram, which gives visitors a
Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort/Contributed Photo discounted $25 lift ticket if
The ski season at Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort ended Sun-
they bring a recent receipt of
$40 or more from a locally
day, April 3, 2022.
owned restaurant or shop in
seek other forms of enter-
Last winter, Anthony
Baker and Union counties,
tainment.
Lakes limited seating on
resulted in 289 tickets being
Camping and hiking in the the chairlift to ensure so-
sold, representing a mini-
summer were attractive since cial distancing, and that,
mum of $11,560 spent in lo-
social distancing was simpler. combined with the large
cal businesses.
And the trend continued crowds, resulted in longer
The resort’s Sunday free
into the winter of 2020-21, lift lines and waits than
skiing program for fifth and
with skiers, both downhill is typical.
sixth graders had an aver-
and cross country, flock-
This winter, though, the age of 45 students over the
ing to Anthony Lakes and
seats accommodated three eight-week program.
other resorts.
skiers as usual, with much
Anthony Lakes also
This winter was more
shorter lines, Judy said.
hosted 24 youth and com-
typical in terms of atten-
She said visitors also ap- munity groups, offering dis-
dance, Judy said, although preciated the end of the
counted rates, this winter.
last winter’s growing popu- indoor mask mandate in
Although the ski season
larity of cross country ski-
early March.
has ended, Anthony Lakes
ing continued this year.
The only other signifi-
plans to have meals and
Some other, less wel-
cant effect of the pandemic other events at the lodge
come, effects of the pan-
was a four-day closure of
this summer. More infor-
demic did dissipate this
the lodge in early January mation is available at www.
season.
— the resort was open for anthonylakes.com.
Winter
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The effect on the better
known blossoms, those of May,
remains to be seen.
After a relatively tranquil
winter, the second full week of
April, a period sometimes de-
fined by balmy breezes scented
with spring blooms, delivered
instead instant January.
A storm that the National
Weather Service in Boise aptly
described as “impressive and
unusually strong and cold”
barreled into Baker County a
little before dawn on Monday,
April 11.
About an inch of snow fell
Monday morning in Baker
City prior to the arrival of a
potent cold front.
After a brief lull, the cold
front brought another burst of
heavy snow and gusty north-
west winds starting around
9:15 a.m.
Because the ground is rela-
tively warm, snow didn’t accu-
mulate much on streets, and as
of noon on Monday, Interstate
84 and other local highways re-
mained open, although some
had packed snow in places.
Tom Strandberg, a spokes-
man for the Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation in La
Grande, said the agency refitted
snowplows to some of its trucks
in anticipation of the late storm.
“They may not have had as
many plows as in the dead of
winter but they did know there
was a storm coming through
and they were retrofitting some
of their vehicles so they still had
enough plows to manage the
situation,” Strandberg said on
Monday morning, April 11.
One possible problem, he
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
A daffodil drooped under the weight of snow Monday morning, April
11, 2022, in Baker City.
said, is that Oregon’s legal sea-
son for driving vehicles with
studded tires ended March 30.
“If folks are not prepared
with chains, that could cause
problems,” Strandberg said.
“I’m hopeful we’re not going
to have any issues. But usu-
ally when we have snow we do
have folks who have problems
with that.”
Commercial trucks that lose
control, or can’t maintain mo-
mentum on hills, often are the
culprits on closures on I-84.
They are required to carry
chains regardless of the season,
but Strandberg pointed out
that even during winter, un-
chained trucks can lead to free-
way blockages and closures.
“Hopefully this will clear
up and we’ll be OK,” he said.
“We all know that when there’s
snow on the ground, it doesn’t
take much for one single vehi-
cle to cause a crash that shuts
down the freeway for hours
upon hours. Be prepared, there
could be delays, and if you’re
prepared for them, you’re go-
ing to feel a lot better and safer.”
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Strandberg recommends
travelers check the road report
website, www.tripcheck.com,
or call 511 on a mobile phone
for updated conditions.
The wintry storm canceled
Baker High School’s tennis
match scheduled for Monday
at Weiser, Idaho, and a softball
game at Nyssa.
A JV golf tournament at
Other Baker results
• Owen Higdon, 2nd, insurance
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• Savannah Brown, Caitlin Lien,
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• Savannah Brown, 3rd, business
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• Caitlin Lien, 4th, securities
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• Ashlyn Dalton, 4th, introduc-
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level)
• Adeline Shaw, 4th, career ex-
ploration (middle level)
• Taylor Dalton, 5th, accounting
II (high school level)
• Alex Wise, 5th, agribusiness
(high school level)
Students
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The April 8 session was orga-
nized by OSU Extension, which re-
cruited Alderson.
“I asked Shane to come because
he’s so good at orienteering,” said
Katie Hauser, program coordinator
for OSU Extension-Baker County.
Prior to his lessons, Alderson
set up a course in the park and hid
signs for the children to find. Some
of those had disappeared over-
night, however, so he improvised.
But first, he started with the ba-
sics.
“What direction does a needle
on a compass always point?” he
asked the youngsters gathered in a
circle around him.
Several suggested “north,” which
Alderson met with an empathic nod.
“I set up a course for you guys to
follow and use compasses to navi-
gate through the park,” he said.
After dividing into groups of four,
the students tried their skills at ori-
enteering with the help of an adult.
Although many students found
their way to the hidden objects,
Quail Ridge Golf Course in
Baker City was also postponed.
Although snow isn’t exceed-
ingly rare in April in Baker
City — occasionally a late
storm even whitens the ground
in May or June — Monday’s
storm was unusually powerful,
and it ushered in a prolonged
period of abnormally chilly
weather.
The average high tempera-
ture at the Baker City Airport
for the period April 10-15
ranges from 57 to 59.
The high temperature on
Sunday, April 10, was 41 de-
grees.
And that might be one of
the warmer days this week.
The National Weather Ser-
vice was forecasting highs
in the upper 30s on Tues-
day and Wednesday, and in
the low 40s from Thursday
through Saturday.
Overnight lows could dip
in the teens and low 20s, and
snow showers are possible
each day this week.
The wintry week offers a bit
Ron Anderson
1942 – 2021
Sharon Joy Anderson
1949 – 2021
Ron and Sharon
passed
away
in
November 2021 in Las
Vegas Nevada.
They lived in Baker
City Oregon for most
of the year, escaping
the cold weather of
Eastern Oregon to their
property in Pahrump
Nevada during the winter
months.
Ron and Sharon loved
to travel, gold panning
and were avid rock
hounds. They enjoyed
taking walks, morning
coffee with friends,Copperbelt Winery and dances at
the VFW.
Ron and Sharon are very much missed by their
friends and family who they both loved and cherished
dearly.
There will be a celebration of their lives on April
14th, 2022 at 2:00 pm at the Eagles, 2935 H Street,
Baker City, OR 97814.
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• Meadoh Waldrop, 5th, intro-
duction to business communica-
tion (high school level)
• Jozie Ramos, 5th, organization
leadership (high school level)
• Phoebe Wise, 6th, political sci-
ence (high school level)
• Adeline Shaw, 6th, leadership
(middle level)
• Tristen Tritt, 6th, business
communication (high school level)
• Tristen Tritt, 7th, graphic de-
sign (high school level)
• Meadoh Waldrop, 8th, hu-
man resource management (high
school level)
• Abbey Benson and Owen Hig-
don, 8th, sales presentation (high
school level)
• Lupita Rodriguez Sanchez, 9th,
client service (high school level)
Zikmund said Baker students
who qualified for the national
conference will each have to raise
about $1,800 by June 1, so they
will be doing fundraising in the
community this spring.
frustration was part of the activity,
as well.
When Alderson came to help
Oberlander’s group, the youngster
spoke up with the true honesty of
a child.
“We can’t really have a kid as our
leader,” he said.
But Alderson and the other
adults kept the interest high — un-
til another pressing concern sur-
faced, again from Oberlander.
“I have a wiggly tooth,” he said.
This made nearby Annabelle
Knight perk up.
“I have three wiggly teeth!” she
said.
And then they went back to
reading the compass.
In the coming weeks, the OSU
Extension activities for Friday
Academy include an introduction
to the Baker City Police canine unit
with Lt. Wayne Chastain, and a pre-
sentation about how math helps to
design fire trucks in a session with
the Baker City Fire Department.
Stocks said she hopes to end this
year’s Friday Academy session with a
field trip to Eastern Oregon Univer-
sity on May 13.
of relief for the persistent dry
weather that prompted Baker
County commissioners to ap-
prove a drought disaster dec-
laration on April 6.
Most of Baker County is
in extreme drought, the sec-
ond-worst category, according
to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
The mountain snowpack in
Northeastern Oregon is about
68% of average.
An automated measuring
station near Anthony Lake
reported seven inches of new
snow on Sunday, April 10.
New snow totals for Mon-
day, through noon, included
four inches at Schneider
Meadow north of Halfway, six
inches at Eilertson Meadow in
the Elkhorns west of Haines,
five inches at Bourne and
eight inches at Tipton, along
Highway 7 between Sumpter
and Austin Junction.
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Helen Georgia Buckmaster
May 31, 1932 - April 1, 2022
Helen Georgia Buckmaster, age
89, of Baker City passed away on
Friday, April 1, 2022, surrounded
by family at her home. A celebration
of her life will be planned for and
announced at a future date.
Helen was born on May 31,
1932, to Harold and Hazel (Lutes)
Crawford in Calusa, California. She
attended school through the eighth
grade and spent most of her life fulfilling her calling as
a housewife and mother. Some of her favorite things to
do were painting plates, crocheting and knitting. She also
enjoyed traveling. She attended the Lighthouse Church in
Baker City, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints.
Helen’s biggest accomplishment was raising her
children and grandchildren. She was proud of each and
every one of them and she loved them dearly.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, Donald
(Gene) Haynes, a daughter, Polly Avery, a stepdaughter,
June Hanson, a sister, Marjorie Sharp, a brother, Harold
(Bo) Crawford and four grandsons: Franke McCullough,
Lawerance McCullough Jr., Roger Larkins Jr. and Jason
Hanson.
Helen is survived by one son Harold Haynes (Theresa)
of Baker City, Oregon, four daughters; Sandra McCullough
of Nyssa, Oregon, Dianna Haynes (Paul) of Blaine,
Minnesota and Celia Guilliams and Kathy Hoffman (Lewis)
of Baker City, Oregon, a stepdaughter Marilyn Hubert
and a stepson Gerald Buckmaster both of Baker City.
She is also survived by one sister Jackie Wilson (Charles)
of Baker City; 24 grandchildren; Randall McCulloch,
Charlie McCulloch, Shelia Larkins, Crystal Berry, Nathan
Hoffman, Manual Haynes, Zachary Avery, T.J. Guilliams,
Dakota Guilliams, Jesse Soliz, Stephanie Soliz, Teaonia
Avery, Chelsea Avery-Graves, Hayley Lundy, Lewis
Hoffman JR., Andrew Hoffman, Ashley Hoffman, Jimmy
Smith, Malaina Smith, Brandon Hanson, William Hanson,
Micheal Hanson, Mark Hanson, Daniel Hanson and
Brandie Avery-Epperson and 51 great grandchildren and
many nieces and nephews. Memorial contributions may be
made to the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA)
through Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel, 1500
Dewey Ave., Baker City, Oregon 97814.
To light a candle in Helen’s memory or to offer online
condolences to her family, please visit www.grayswestco.
com.