A2 BAKER CITY HERALD • THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2022
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TURNING BACK THE PAGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
May 5, 1972
PORTLAND — The Most Rev. Thomas J. Connolly, Bishop
of Baker, will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters
at the University of Portland’s 70th Commencement here
Sunday afternoon.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
May 5, 1997
“Building the best workforce through a partnership —
education and industry working together.”
Those were the words painted on the banner hanging
from the front of the podium Friday, and echoed during
speeches at the grand opening of the Northeast Oregon
Technical Traning Center, 4000 23rd St.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
May 4, 2012
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is
not planning to take further action related to an accidental
spill of about 80 gallons of home heating oil in a Baker City
backyard in January 2011.
Although tests of soil and groundwater samples in
2011 and in February of 2012 showed that the diesel
oil had spread an unknown distance from the spill site
at 3080 Second St., the contamination was not at levels
that pose a signifi cant health risk to the public, according
to DEQ.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
May 6, 2021
Wildfi re Awareness Week is designed to remind people
about the threat of wildfi res yet to come, but this year it
seemed that the event might be a trifl e late in bringing its
message in Baker County.
With most of the county in either moderate, severe
or extreme drought, and following the second-driest
March on record at the Baker City Airport, the fi re risk is
higher than usual as the annual awareness week began
Monday, May 3.
“This spring, fi re agencies have already responded to
a variety of preventable fi res in Baker County resulting
from escaped fi res,” said Sean Lee, chief of the Baker
County Fire Defense Board as well as the Baker City Fire
Department. “It’s critical that home and property owners
monitor their fi res and consider the right time and day to
burn.”
Although many of the wildfi res in Northeast Oregon
happen on public land — which makes up half of Baker
County’s two million acres — Wildlife Awareness Week
focuses on the steps private property owners can take to
protect their land and, especially, their homes and other
buildings.
The Baker County Interagency Fire Prevention Team,
which consists of offi cials from local, state and federal
fi refi ghting agencies, uses the weeklong event to remind
residents to take a look around their property.
This is particularly important for people who live in the
“wildland-urban interface” — zones where homes are built
among, or next to, forests and other areas especially prone
to wildfi res, said Gary Timm, fi re division manager for
Baker County Emergency Management.
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SENIOR MENUS
FRIDAY (May 6): Chicken fried chicken with country gravy, au
gratin potatoes, mixed vegetables, rolls, green salad, pudding
MONDAY (May 9): Chicken strips, mashed potatoes with
country gravy, corn, rolls, ambrosia, cookies
TUESDAY (May 10): Roasted turkey, stuffi ng with gravy, green
beans, rolls, cottage cheese and Jell-O salad, brownies
WEDNESDAY (May 11): Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes
with gravy, mixed vegetables, rolls, green salad, sherbet
THURSDAY (May 12): Sweet and sour chicken, rice, carrots,
rolls, pea-and-onion salad, bread pudding
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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Free Comic Book Day Saturday at library
Baker City Herald
Free Comic Book Day returns to the
Baker County Public Library on Saturday,
May 7.
The event is set from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the library, 2400 Resort St.
Visitors can get free comics and good-
ies to take home while supplies last, and
enter a raffle to win the grand prize of
a waterproof eBook reader valued at
more than $150. Participants who come
dressed in a comic-culture-related cos-
tume will be allowed an extra raffle ticket
for the grand prize. There will also be a
special screening of a superhero movie at
1 p.m. The film, which features a popular
web-slinging teen mutant, was released
in theaters in 2021 and is rated PG-13.
Established in 2002, Free Comic
Book Day takes place on the first Satur-
day in May, during which participating
comic book specialty shops across North
America and around the world give out
exclusive comic books for free to show-
case the industry. Each year, thousands
of participating locations give away over
5 million comic books to millions of
fans to introduce them to the wonders of
comics.
This is the sixth year the Baker County
Library will celebrate the event. Par-
ticipating publishers include Marvel,
Dark Horse, Fantagraphics, IDW, Im-
age, and others, with titles such as Dog
Man, Donald Duck, Archie, Avatar
Contributed Photo
The Baker County Public Library, 2400 Resort
St., will celebrate Free Comic Book Day with
events on Saturday, May 7, 2022.
the Last Airbender, Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, Stranger Things, Spider-Man,
Pokémon, Sonic the Hedgehog, Street
Fighter, teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
and many more.
The library’s comic shop sponsor this
year is The Collector’s Outpost based in
Meridian, Idaho, which has donated all
of the comic books and collectible fig-
ures. The Friends of Baker County Li-
brary group is a perennial partner with
funding for the eReader prize and addi-
tional giveaways.
One of the bonus items available this
year is a copy of “Maus I: A Survivor’s
Tale” by Art Spiegelman, which saw re-
newed national demand this year after be-
ing canceled out of a middle-school cur-
riculum in Tennessee. The graphic novel
portrays the Holocaust viewed through
the lives of animals, with mice playing
the role of Jews and cats cast as evil Nazis.
It has been used in social studies classes
across the country since the early 1990s,
when it became the first graphic novel
to win a Pulitzer Prize. The Tennessee
school board objected to its classroom
suitability due to mild curse words, a
drawing of a partially nude female mouse,
and depiction of violence and suicide.
Information about comic books, and
a list of participating publishers and
their free comics, are all online at www.
freecomicbookday.com. Updates about
the event at Baker County Public Li-
brary will be shared through its social
media pages.
More information is available by calling
Library Director Perry Stokes at 541-523-
6419.
Local Briefing
Noxious weed control
workshop May 6 at
Medical Springs
they can get help controlling a
variety of weeds.
More information is avail-
able by calling Jeffrey Pettin-
gill, Baker County weed con-
The weed control districts
trol manager, at 541-519-0240
for Baker and Union counties or by email at jpettingill@bak-
will have a weed control work- ercounty.org, or Brian Clapp
shop for interested landown-
from the Union County Weed
ers at the Medical Springs Fire Department at 541-805-5539
Station on Friday, May 6 from or by email at bclapp@union.
1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The fire sta- county.org.
tion is along Highway 203 be-
Economic Development
tween Baker City and Union.
The open forum is designed Council meets May 10
to allow property owners to
talk about issues with noxious
The Baker County Eco-
weeds and learn about ways
nomic Development Council
will meet on Tuesday, May 10,
at 3 p.m. at the Launch Pad
Baker conference room, at
2019 Main St., Suite A.
Agenda items include up-
dates from Jerry Peacock,
Economic Development
Council (EDC) chairman,
and from Bill Harvey, chair-
man of the Baker County
Board of Commissioners, Jon
Cannon, Baker City man-
ager, and Bryan Tweit, Baker
County’s economic develop-
ment director.
The EDC will also discuss
plans for a potential event fa-
cility in Baker City.
News of Record
Walk for Awareness of child
sex trafficking May 14
DEATHS
Richard ‘Dick’ Kirby: 81, died May 2,
2022, at his residence. A celebration
of his life will take place on June 8 at
1 p.m. at the Baker City Christian Church,
with a reception following. Pastor Jesse
Whitford will officiate. A private family
urn burial will take place at Mount Hope
Cemetery following the reception.
Memorial contributions can be made to
the Shriner’s Children’s Hospital through
Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500
Dewey Ave., Baker City, Oregon, 97814.
To light a candle in Dick’s honor or to
offer online condolences to his family, go
to www.grayswestco.com.
Robert Isaac Watson: 88, of La Grande,
died April 27, 2022, at his home. The
date and time for his graveside service
at Mount Hope Cemetery in Baker City
will be announced soon. Memorial
contributions can be made to the
Wounded Warrior Project through Gray’s
West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey
Ave., Baker City, OR 97814. To light a
candle in Robert’s memory, or to offer
online condolences to his family, go to
www.grayswestco.com.
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.
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
FIRST-DEGREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF,
SECOND-DEGREE BURGLARY: Jake
Ryan Woods, 21, Baker City, 2:52 a.m.
Wednesday, May 4, in the 800 block of
Campbell Street; jailed.
PROBATION VIOLATION (Ada County,
Idaho): Paul Lloyd Niehaus, 55, Baker
City, 9:58 p.m. Monday, May 2, on
Broadway Street near Second Street;
jailed.
Oregon State Police
Arrests, citations
PROBATION VIOLATION (Baker County
Circuit Court warrants): Cody Lee McEntire,
31, Sumpter, 10:20 a.m. April 27, at
Highway 7 and David Eccles Road; jailed.
The Baker County Sorop-
timists are planning the Walk
for Awareness, a 5K run or
walk to raise awareness about
the issue of child sex traffick-
ing and raise money to com-
bat the problem, for Satur-
day, May 14. Pre-register at
walk-forawareness.ticketleap.
com/registernow. Entry is $10
or $25 for a family.
On May 14, registration
starts at 9 a.m., and the event
begins at 10 a.m. T-shirts will
be sold at the walk for $25.
All proceeds will be do-
nated to Shared Hope In-
ternational, which aims to
end sex trafficking by raising
awareness about the prob-
lem, provide services to sur-
vivors of sex trafficking, and
help states improve laws for
this crime.
Rachel Pregnancy Center
2192 Court Avenue, Baker City • 541-523-5357
Services Provided:
Free Pregnancy Tests
A resource
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Referrals for Free Ultrasounds
families
Pregnancy Options Counseling
Adoption Referrals
Prenatal, Infant Care & Parenting Classes
Maternity & Baby Clothing
Post Abortion Recovery
Helping women & men in an
Open Tues -Thurs
unexpected
pregnancy.
unplanned pregnancy.
All services free & confidential.
10 am - 5 4 pm
(closed for lunch)
FUNERALS PENDING
Wayne Stevens: Graveside service with
military honors will be Saturday, May
7, at 11 a.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, and for those who
would like to make a donation in
Wayne’s memory, his family suggests
the Hilary Bonn Benevolence Fund
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.
Ray and Karen Wilson: Graveside
service will be Saturday, May 7, at 1 p.m.
at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway.
Online condolences can be shared at
www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Rodd Bunch: A celebration of Rodd’s
life will take place May 14, at 11 a.m.
in the Durkee Community Building.
Contributions in his memory can be
made to the Muscular Dystrophy
Association, Snake River chapter, or
the Baker County Livestock Producers
Foundation Scholarship, or a charity of
your choice 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.
Jackie Emele: A celebration of Jackie’s
life will take place May 14, from 1 p.m.
to 3 p.m. at her home in Baker City.
For those who would like to make
a donation in honor of Jackie, her
family suggests the Baker County
Livestock Producers Foundation
Scholarship, or Best Friends of Baker,
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.
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
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