A2 BAKER CITY HERALD • TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2022
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50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
June 13, 1972
Perils continue to follow perils on the American Legion
baseball team with coach Galen Scrivner resigning in the
recent dip in the turbulent season.
Manager Hershel Wood announced last night that
Scrivner had resigned due to a confl ict with his job. Legion
offi cials will meet tonight to decide the fate of the team.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
June 13, 1997
St. Elizabeth Health Services says it is paying its fi ve
emergency room doctors about $100,000 more per year
than it collects from patients, and hospital president Rob
Mannix is considering several options to balance the
budget.
One of those options is to hire a private company to
provide emergency room physicians.
Another option, and the one Mannix said he prefers, is
to renegotiate the contracts with the current doctors.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
June 15, 2012
Art Pugsley loves his car but hates freeways.
This is not a coincidence.
Pugsley drives a 1931 Ford Model A Sport Coupe.
It was not designed for freeways.
Pugsley, 75, of Vancouver, Wash., was in Baker City
Wednesday and Thursday with a group of nine other Model
A owners.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
June 15, 2021
The Baker City Planning Commission wants to know
what residents think about the city’s housing situation,
including zoning rules.
The Commission is inviting the public to attend a
hearing on that topic on Wednesday, June 16 at 6 p.m. at
City Hall, 1655 First St.
The public hearing is part of the city’s effort to update
its comprehensive plan and development code, with a
focus on housing issues including:
• Updating the housing chapter of the comprehensive
land use plan.
• Consider which housing policies will be most
effective for the city in the future.
• Easing restrictions for duplexes in residential zones,
making review standards the same as for single-family
dwellings.
Earlier this year, consultants fi nished two studies for
the city related to this process — a housing needs analysis
and a buildable lands inventory.
Those studies conclude that based on the city’s
projected growth rate, it will likely need between 235
and 460 more homes by 2040, including single-family
homes, townhouses, duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes and
apartments.
According to the housing needs analysis, done by
Johnson Economics of Portland, Baker City has added just
over 300 new housing units since 2000, a growth of about
7%.
During that same period, the number of new
households in the city is about 440, “indicating that
housing growth has not kept pace with growing need.”
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Ziply Fiber acquiring Eastern Oregon Net Inc.
BY ANDREW CUTLER
The Observer
LA GRANDE — Kelly
Mutch and Jeff Crews are
proud of what they’ve accom-
plished as owners of Eastern
Oregon Net Inc. But the La
Grande businessmen knew af-
ter 26-plus years, it was time
for a change.
Ziply Fiber announced plans
Tuesday, June 7, to acquire
EONI, one of Oregon’s longest
serving internet service provid-
ers. Details of the deal between
the two companies were not
announced, but the acquisition
is scheduled to close later this
year, pending regulatory ap-
provals.
“We’re very proud of what
everyone at EONI has built
and accomplished over the past
26 years,” said Crews, the vice
president of EONI. “We’re even
more excited about our future
together with Ziply Fiber. Their
commitment to service and to
expanding access to fiber in the
Northwest is unmatched and
we’re proud to be joining in
that effort.”
When the deal becomes fi-
nal, Mutch, the president of
EONI, said he will retire and
Crews will remain and help
lead the company under the
Ziply banner.
“This was an opportunity
for Jeff to continue to be part
of the team with lots of addi-
tional resources and assistance
from Ziply,” Mutch said. “Our
service areas overlap a ton, if
not entirely, so it made sense. It
turned out to be the most com-
patible and cooperative situa-
tion for us that we could find.”
Mutch said when the an-
nouncement was made to
Isabella Crowley/The Observer
Eastern Oregon Net Inc. owners Kelly Mutch, left, and Jeff Crews
stand next to an EONI truck Tuesday, June 7, 2022, the day Ziply Fiber
announced plans to acquire the La Grande-based company.
staff June 7, the response was
mostly positive.
“I think three-quarters of
them were positive and the
others had questions,” he said.
“What we’ve told them is hang
around, give it some time and
you’ll see things are going to be
good.”
Mutch and Crews started
EONI in 1996. The company
serves approximately 3,000
customers in Baker, Union and
Wallowa counties and employs
15 people, including the two
owners.
Mutch said EONI staff will
have the opportunity to remain
on with Ziply.
“It was important to us that
the employees had an opportu-
nity as well,” he said.
Both Crews and Mutch said
keeping up with all of the ad-
vancements in broadband and
mining federal programs for
available funding is challenging
for a small, rural company.
“Realistically, I can’t get my
head around the amount of
money the federal government
is putting out to close the digi-
tal divide on rural broadband,”
Crews said. “It’s very hard to
navigate those programs. We’ve
gone down that road a ways
before. You really have to have
a couple of full-time people
to navigate these federal pro-
grams.”
Ziply Fiber has its headquar-
ters in Kirkland, Washington,
and has major offices in Bea-
verton, Everett, Washington,
and Hayden, Idaho. The La
Grande office is on Adams Av-
enue, just a block from EONI.
“Ziply Fiber is a Northwest
company that’s here to simplify
and elevate the connected lives
of the people in the communi-
ties where we live and work. We
believe that simple, easy access
to fast and reliable internet is
fundamentally important for
families and businesses,” said
Harold Zeitz, chief executive
officer of Ziply Fiber. “So, when
we looked around the North-
west and saw what Jeff and
Kelly had created, it was no sur-
prise to us to learn that they also
believe in ‘The Internet Done
Right.’ Our values were aligned
years before we chose to make
our joining forces a reality.”
Mutch said it was that
aligned vision between the two
companies that made it easier
when the idea of the purchase
was first broached.
“The timing’s good, the situ-
ation is good and the outcome
for employees is good,” he said.
“We know there are customers
who’ve had a less than ideal re-
lationship with Ziply and that’s
why they are our customers and
(Ziply knows) that too. We both
agree that this is an opportunity
to make both of us better.”
Ziply Fiber has been busy
with fiber construction proj-
ects in more than 80 towns
across the Northwest, includ-
ing communities in Union
and Wallowa counties, since it
began its aggressive fiber ex-
pansion efforts in the summer
of 2020.
“Ziply’s whole thing is build
fiber and super-fast broadband
at an affordable level to as many
customers as they could, and
the same for us,” Mutch said.
“There’s a lot of money out
there for building broadband
available, and for us to take
advantage of that would have
been a bit more difficult. The
challenges were really steep for
a very small company, but by
going with them, we could con-
tinue to do that and increase the
resources available to us to be a
part of that when it happens.”
North Powder graduates receive scholarships
Baker City Herald
NORTH POWDER —
Graduates in the class of 2022
at North Powder Charter
School received scholarships
totaling $158,661.
That total includes $72,000
from the Buerkel-Zoellner
Foundation and $25,900 from
the Leo Adler Foundation,
said Sandy Colton, scholar-
ship coordinator and teacher
at the school.
INDIVIDUAL RECIPIENTS
Trinity Nesser
• Brown and Gold Commitment
Scholarship at the University of
Wyoming for $2,500 per year for four
years
• Baker City of Fraternal Order of Eagles,
$500
• The Riki Gerry Anderson Scholarship,
$500
• Mid-Co Bus Company Scholarship,
$500
• Gerald Hopkins Education Scholarship,
$400
• Leo Adler Scholarship
Reece Dixon
• Oregon Athletic Coaches Association
Scholarship, $2,500
• Geiser-Pollman Scholarship, $1,000
• Western Undergraduate Exchange
Scholarship, $14,661
• Old Oregon League Scholarship, $750
• Leo Adler Scholarship
• Buerkel-Zoellner Foundation
Scholarship
Sarrah Berg
• Blue Mountain Community College
Foundation Scholarship, $1,000
• Baker City of Fraternal Order of Eagles,
$1,000
• Loveland Funeral Scholarship, $500
• Leo Adler Scholarship
• Buerkel-Zoellner Foundation
Scholarship
Viri Rodriquez-Medrano
• Chapter CJ P.E.O, $500
• Baker City Fraternal Order of Eagles,
$1,500
• OSU Finley Academic Scholarship,
$4,000 per year for four years
• OSU College of Business Excellence
Scholarship, $2,500
• North Powder Education Association
Scholarship, $500
• Tom Bacus Associates Scholarship,
$1,000
• Elks Most Valuable Scholarship, $1,500
• Knights of Columbus Scholarship,
$1,000
• Miles Family Valedictorian Award, $100
• Leo Adler Scholarship
• Buerkel-Zoellner Foundation
Scholarship
Jacob Sargent
• Emily Loennig Theodosius Scholarship,
$150
• North Powder Fire Department
Scholarship, $500
• Leo Adler Scholarship
• Buerkel-Zoellner Foundation
Scholarship
Novalee Shoemaker
• Baker City Fraternal Order of Eagles
Scholarship, $500
• EOU Davis Kirby Award, $1,000
• DVO-Joy & Wm Dobbin Scholarship,
$1,500
• Resident Life 4-County Scholarship,
$500
• EOU University Scholar Award, $1,000,
and EOU Scholarly Need Scholarship,
$1,250
• Tom Bacus Associates Scholarship,
$1,000
• Leo Adler Scholarship
• Buerkel-Zoellner Foundation
Scholarship
Lindsey Bingham
• Frank C. Loennig Scholarship, $150
• North Powder Fire Department
Scholarship, $500
• Leo Adler Scholarship
• Buerkel-Zoellner Foundation
Scholarship
Hailey Fisher
• Maxine Hines Scholarship, $1,000
• Al Forthan Memorial Scholarship,
$2,000
• Charles & Rhoda Chollet Scholarship,
$3,000
• Tri-Chapter PEO Scholarship, $3,000
• Valley Insurance Scholarship, $1,000
• PTCO Scholarship for $1,00 per year for
four years
• NorPower Scholarship, $1,000
• Resident Life 4-County Scholarship,
$500
• EOU University Scholar Award, $1,000,
and EOU Scholarly Need Scholarship,
$1,000
• Leo Adler Scholarship
• Buerkel-Zoellner Foundation
Scholarship
Kaiden Dalke
• Leo Adler Scholarship
• Buerkel-Zoellner Foundation
Scholarship
Olivia Mack-Skeels
• Leo Adler Scholarship
bring your fondest memories of Ted to
share with family and friends.
Wade Dahlen: Interment will be
June 25 at 10 a.m. at the Rock Creek
Cemetery. A luncheon will follow for
family and friends at the Dahlen home.
warrant), POSSESSION OF WEAPON
(Cache County, Utah, warrant): Wayne
Anthony McFadden, 52, Nampa,
Idaho, 7:15 p.m. Sunday, June 12 in
Huntington; jailed.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
INTOXICANTS: Kraig Michael Stevenson,
62, Bellingham, Washington, 2:18 p.m.
Friday, June 10 on the Anthony Lakes
Highway.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
INTOXICANTS: Brandon Reese Soto, 36,
Brentwood, New York, 6:24 a.m. Friday,
June 10 on Interstate 84, Milepost 324
westbound; jailed.
Oregon State Police
Arrests, citations
DRIVING UNINSURED, POSSESSION
OF METHAMPHETAMINE (violation):
Krystal Rose Lofton, 35, Huntington,
6:18 p.m. Sunday, June 12 at Third and
Jefferson streets in Huntington; cited
and released.
News of Record
DEATHS
Faye Bergman: 80, of Halfway, died
June 9, 2022, at Saint Alphonsus
Medical Center-Baker City. A family
gathering will take place at a later
date. Arrangements are under the
direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & Cremation Services. Online
condolences can be shared at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Zelva ‘Nada’ Burdick: 68, of Hereford,
died June 10, 2022, at Saint Alphonsus
Medical Center-Boise. Arrangements are
under the direction of Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Cremation Services.
Online condolences can be shared at
www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Lillie Nelson: 88, of Baker City,
died June 10, 2022, at her son’s
home, surrounded by her family.
Arrangements are under the
direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & Cremation Services. Online
condolences can be shared at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Jeff Jones: 65, of Halfway, died June
11, 2022, at Saint Alphonsus Medical
Center-Boise. Arrangements are under
the direction of Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Cremation Services.
Online condolences can be shared at
www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Maria Dennis: 59, formerly of Richland,
died June 11, 2022, her home in Baker
City. Arrangements are under the
direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & Cremation Services. Online
condolences can be shared at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
FUNERALS PENDING
Eugene ‘Gene’ Sutton: Traditional
funeral service Thursday, June 16 at
11 a.m. at the Harvest Church, 3720
Birch St. in Baker City. Interment, with
military honors, will follow at Mount
Hope Cemetery. Friends are invited to
join the family for a reception, following
the interment, at the Harvest Church.
David G. Cherry: Graveside service
will be Friday, June 17 at 2 p.m. at
Mount Hope Cemetery. Bill Rompa
will officiate the service. To leave
an online condolence for David’s
family, go to www.grayswestco.
com. Arrangements are under the
direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & Cremation Services. Online
condolences can be shared at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Richard ‘Dick’ Hopper: A celebration
of his life will take place June 18 at
1 p.m. at the Golf Course at Birch
Creek, 69772 S. Highway 395 in
Pendleton. Arrangements are under the
direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & Cremation Services. Online
condolences can be shared at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Samuel F. Orr: Celebration of life, June
18 at 1 p.m. at the Haines city park.
Robert Isaac Watson: Graveside
service Monday, June 20 at 11 a.m. at
Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Jesse
Whitford of the Baker City Christian
Church will officiate. 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.
Theodore Edward ‘Ted’ Dockweiler:
Graveside service Friday, June 24 at
2 p.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery. Please
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
FAILURE TO APPEAR, PAROLE
VIOLATION, FAILURE TO REGISTER AS
A SEX OFFENDER: Eric Lee Cavyell, 31,
Baker City, 2:12 p.m. Sunday, June 12 in
the 1800 block of Cherry Street; jailed.
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Baker County
warrant), FAILURE TO APPEAR (two
Union County warrants): Sunnie Jean
Moore, transient, 1:31 a.m. Saturday,
June 11 on Griffin Gulch Road; cited and
released.
Baker County Sheriff’s Office
Arrests, citations
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Malheur County
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