A2 BAKER CITY HERALD • THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2022
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TURNING BACK THE PAGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
April 21, 1972
Bob Barnette knows how to cut red tape. He sliced
it four times to lead the Baker 8th graders to a 62-56
upset win over Pendleton Thursday as the junior high was
victorious in two of three classes.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
April 21, 1997
The Internet is now available for public use at the Baker
County Library, 2400 Resort St.
Aletha Bonebrake, librarian, said the Internet’s arrival
completes the second phase of the three-phase plan
for upgrading library technology to access materials in
machine-readable form.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
April 20, 2012
An Ontario man who has admitted to spraying black
paint on 12 different Baker City properties, including
mailboxes, walls and vehicles, and stealing from his
foster mother, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for
the crimes.
Union County Judge Russell West sentenced 18-year-
old Francisco Javier Guerrero on Friday in Baker County
Circuit Court.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
April 22, 2021
Friendship and a public art project are the reasons
there’s a colorful new bovine in front of the Baker
Heritage Museum.
Molly Wilson, who serves on the Baker City Public Arts
Commission, is heading a project to place cow sculptures
around Baker City.
Her friends, Cammy Warner and Diana Brown, knew
about the project. On a trip through Central Oregon last
year, the trio discovered a large metal cow at an antique
shop in Canyon City.
Wilson knew it was perfect.
All it took was a return trip with a horse trailer, and
some hefting, and the blank canvas of a cow came to
Baker City.
And there it sat for several months, until moving to the
garage of Warner, who volunteered to put the artistic touch
on the creature.
“I knew what I wanted to do. I’d do a little here, a little
there,” she said.
Her husband Fred helped too — he handled the details
while she focused on the abstract art aspect. She used
bright, metal-specifi c spray paint to decorate the hide in
blocks of color.
“He helped and we got it done,” Cammy said. “It was
fun.”
The Public Arts Commission wanted the cow placed
somewhere along Campbell Street.
Warner serves on the Baker County Museum
Commission, and the Baker Heritage Museum is located
at the corner of Campbell and Grove streets, just east of
Geiser-Pollman Park.
She talked to other commission members to see if the
museum could host the cow.
The answer was yes.
“I think it catches people’s eyes and might draw them
in,” Warner said.
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SENIOR MENUS
FRIDAY (April 22): Pork roast, stuffi ng with gravy, mixed
vegetables, rolls, applesauce, tapioca
MONDAY (April 25): Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes
with gravy, peas and carrots, biscuits, green salad, peach crisp
TUESDAY (April 26): Pork tips over fettuccine, peas, rolls,
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WEDNESDAY (April 27): Spaghetti, mixed vegetables, garlic
bread, green salad, birthday cake
THURSDAY (April 28): Staff in-service day; closed.
FRIDAY (April 29): Pot roast, red potatoes, carrots, rolls, green
salad, ice cream
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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Copyright © 2022
GO STEM Hub brings learning
opportunities to local students
BY DAVIS CARBAUGH
The (La Grande) Observer
LA GRANDE — A locally
based organization is spreading
education opportunities in sci-
ence, technology, engineering
and mathematics across East-
ern Oregon.
The Greater Oregon STEM
Hub, a state-funded education
center housed at Zabel Hall at
Eastern Oregon University in
La Grande, recently dispersed
more than 2,000 STEM kits to
fourth graders in the region.
The initiative is one of the wide
variety of ways the organiza-
tion is providing learning op-
portunities for students and
teachers in rural areas.
“We want our program to
be equitable for all students in
our region,” GO STEM Hub
Executive Director David
Melville said. “We were trying
to think of what we could do
in the middle of a pandemic
to support STEM education.
We needed something that
was versatile.”
The staff of
three at the
GO STEM
Hub, with
help from the
EOU foot-
ball team
and coaching
Melville
staff, on Sat-
urday, March 5, packaged and
prepared 2,300 kits to be deliv-
ered across GO STEM Hub’s
seven-county service range —
many of the kits have already
been delivered to schools, with
the remaining kits set to ar-
rive in time for Oregon STEM
Week in May.
The kits contain STEM proj-
ects, materials, instructions
in both English and Spanish,
snacks and giveaways. Stu-
dents received catapults kits,
engineering kits and gravity
racer kits. The organization
partnered with Sodexo food
services to include two snack
items per box.
The STEM kit event came
about last year during the peak
of the COVID-19 pandemic,
when at-home learning was at
the forefront for students. The
GO STEM Hub upped the to-
tal number of kits from 2,000
to 2,300, making adjustments
to this year’s kit based on
teacher feedback.
“We learned a lot from last
year,” Melville said. “We really
GO STEM events
The Greater Oregon STEM
Hub, based at EOU, will be
participating in the Earth
Day event at Max Square
from 4-5:30 p.m. on Friday,
April 22. The organization is
also gearing up for Oregon
STEM Week, which begins on
May 14.
David Melville/Contributed Photo
Greater Oregon STEM Hub staff and volunteers from the Eastern Ore-
gon University football team pack supplies into STEM kits at the uni-
versity’s shipping and receiving building on Saturday, March 5, 2022.
The organization distributed 2,300 STEM kits with projects and sup-
plies to fourth graders across seven counties in Eastern Oregon.
David Melville/Contributed Photo
Volunteers from the Eastern Oregon University football team pack
supplies into STEM kits for Eastern Oregon fourth graders on Satur-
day, March 5, 2022.
liked the idea of it and just
wanted to keep doing it.”
home for at-home learning
due to the pandemic.
“It’s a pretty pivotal point,”
Melville said of fourth grade.
‘Pivotal point’
The GO STEM Hub works “It’s a great point in time where
with students as well as provid- students transition from learn-
ing resources for teachers, tak- ing to read to then having the
ing their input and needs into opportunity to learn and find
high consideration.
their own interests.”
“Working in this position,
This year’s kits included
we see that it means a lot to
several upgrades and alter-
teachers when their voices are ations, such as paper straws
heard,” GO STEM Hub Pro-
for the gravity racer kit. An-
gram Director Stefanie Hollo- other new element was a part-
way said.
nership with Amazon Web
During last year’s event, the Services. Amazon’s philan-
organization targeted fourth
thropic branch covered the
grade students after their age
$46,000 project in its efforts
range and older were sent
to reach young learners in ru-
ral counties.
The kits were funded by
Oregon Community Founda-
tion last year, through a grant
Baker County Sheriff’s Office
specific to COVID-19 relief.
Arrests, citations
Organizers at the GO STEM
PROBATION VIOLATION: Chuck Wayne
Hub were thrilled to partner
Briney, 29, Baker City, 8:39 p.m. Monday,
with Amazon, utilizing their
April 18, in the 1200 block of Campbell
News of Record
DEATHS
Michael Eugene Slater: 72, of Salem, and
a former Baker City resident, died April 16,
2022, in Salem. He was born on April 24,
1949. The Virgil T. Golden Funeral Service is
in charge of arrangements.
resources to help spread STEM
education in Eastern Oregon.
“The folks at Amazon Web
Services are very passionate
about investing in education
in Eastern Oregon,” Holloway
said. “They’re very innovative
and forward thinking.”
Growing footprint
The partnership has
spawned numerous future
possibilities, including a mo-
bile maker space that is in the
works — the vehicle would
serve as a STEM classroom on
wheels, allowing the GO STEM
Hub to bring resources to
schools around the region.
“That’s kind of our answer to
the regional spread dilemma,
because we can bring the
STEM classroom all over the
region,” Holloway said. “We’re
hoping to identify our smallest
communities that are lacking
in resources to bring these op-
portunities to them.”
The GO STEM Hub hopes
to continue providing learn-
ing opportunities for rural
students, some of whom may
not have access to STEM ed-
ucation. Another big point of
emphasis is providing teach-
ers with resources necessary to
provide STEM education, as
well as offering professional de-
velopment opportunities.
The organization houses
a free lending library, which
teachers from around the re-
gion can utilize to acquire
supplies for experiments and
activities. The library in-
cludes a catalog which teach-
ers can order from and have
the items shipped directly to
their schools.
As the GO STEM Hub looks
to further grow its footprint
and emcompass more stu-
dents and teachers in Eastern
Oregon, the to-go STEM kits
served as a productive way to
bring STEM opportunities to
young learners.
“We serve seven counties,
so we want to make sure ev-
eryone knows who we are
and what we can offer,” Hol-
loway said. “We’re able to visit
the schools by sending them
things like this.”
Street; cited and released.
FUNERALS PENDING
Rusty and Donny Brodhead: Memorial
service will military honors will take
place Friday, April 22 at 11 a.m. at
the North Powder Cemetery. Online
condolences can be shared at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Barbara Sherman: Celebration of life
service will take place Saturday, April 23, at
11 a.m. at Coles Tribute Center, 1950 Place
St. Donations can be made to Best Friends
of Baker, through Coles Tribute Center. To
leave a condolence in memory of Barbara,
go to www.colestributecenter.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.
Ivan Harry Bork: A celebration of his
life and potluck will take place Saturday,
May 28, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the
ballroom at the Baker Heritage Museum,
2480 Grove St. For those who would
like to make a donation in honor of
Ivan, the family suggests Hunt of a
Lifetime 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.
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POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Union County
warrant): Sunnie Jean Moore, 24, Baker
City, 3:37 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, at First
and Madison streets; jailed.
PROBATION VIOLATION: Brent Allan Bailey,
44, Baker City, 12:01 p.m. Tuesday, April 19,
in the 2200 block of 10th Street; jailed.
PROBATION VIOLATION: Tamara Kay Fine,
48, Baker City, Adrienna Dione Morris, 24,
Baker City, 2:10 p.m. Monday, April 18,
on Elm Street near Old Highway 30; both
were jailed.
THEFT BY RECEIVING: Crystal Gayle
Canapo, 38, Jimmy Dean Smith Jr., 57,
Baker City, 7:05 a.m. Monday, April 18, in
the 3700 block of Birch Street; cited and
released.
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