A2 BAKER CITY HERALD • TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2022
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50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
July 11, 1972
Oregon sport fi shermen landed a record number of salm-
on and steelhead in 1971, according to Reino Koski, staff
biologist of the Game Commission.
From information provided by anglers, the catch of
salmon totaled just over 469,100 and the take of steelhead
totaled slightly under 199,000. In 1970 anglers reported
taking 432,000 salmon and about 165,000 steelhead.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 11, 1997
Area residents who like to ride horseback in the company
of Christian-minded folk have new saddle pals, the Elkhorn
Trail Riders. The group was formed as a chapter member of
the Adventist Horsemen’s Association by John Griffi n about
one year ago.
Griffi n, 65, and his wife of 43 years, Esther, moved to this
area from Bovill, Idaho. He was a rancher and logger there
for 22 years and she worked in the dietetics department of
a nursing home.
The parent organization was formed in the Moses Lake
area of Washington about 17 years ago. Some Adventist
horsemen and women got tired of riding with people who
used bad language, drank and smoked, so they decided to
form their own riding club.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 13, 2012
Firefi ghters worked in blistering heat and battled stinging
wasps to stop a grass fi re along Snake River Road near
Huntington Wednesday afternoon before it reached its full
potential.
The fi re started about 2:30 p.m. in dry grass on property
owned by Union Pacifi c Railroad, Huntington Fire Chief Eric
Bronson said. Two homes were threatened, but were not
harmed in the blaze. The cause remains under investigation.
Firefi ghters from Huntington were helped at the scene
by Bureau of Land Management and Weiser, Idaho, crews.
Gary Timm of Baker County emergency services also
responded.
Public archaeological dig slated
for July 16 at Kam Wah Chung
BY JUSTIN DAVIS
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — Archaeolo-
gists excavating the grounds
at the former Gleason Pool
site are hosting a public dig on
Saturday, July 16.
The excavation is part of the
effort to prepare the space for
an expansion of the Kam Wah
Chung State Heritage Site. The
public will not be invited to do
any digging themselves, but
will be allowed to observe and
ask questions of the archaeol-
ogists on site performing the
excavations.
Chelsea Rose, Southern
Oregon University historical
archaeologist and director of
the SOU Laboratory of An-
thropology, said her team will
be starting the excavation on
Monday, July 11. She said the
public is welcome to observe
excavation efforts before the
public dig, but the best chance
for the public to ask questions
of the archaeologists on site
will be on Saturday.
The public dig will start
at 9 a.m. and go until 3 p.m.
There will also be exhibits by
Southern Oregon University,
Oregon State Parks, Malheur
National Forest and John Day
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“They will all be having ex-
hibits and hands-on things
and that kind of stuff so peo-
ple can come and learn about
local history and the archaeol-
ogy as well,” Rose said.
The dig will be followed
by a public lecture from art-
ist and poet Sam Roxas-Chua
Yao from 4 to 6 p.m. in the
theater room at the Canyon
City Community Center. The
lecture by Roxas-Chua Yao is
free to attend.
Rose said she expects she
and the other archaeologists
are going to find “great stuff”
during the excavation.
“For archaeologists, we can
get insanely excited about a
broken bottle because if it tells
us a little bit more about that
community, then that’s all re-
ally exciting, important stuff,”
she said.
Expectations are to find evi-
dence of what other buildings,
businesses and residences
were in that neighborhood,
what the community was like
Congressional candidate Yetter coming to region
The Observer
LA GRANDE — Dr. Joseph Yet-
ter, Democratic candidate for Or-
egon’s 2nd Congressional District,
is on the road. On Monday, July 11,
Yetter began a multiday trip around
the northeastern and central parts
of Oregon’s 2nd District. He will
visit with supporters, voters and
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 13, 2021
The Miners Jubilee parade will happen after all.
The parade had been in jeopardy due to a lack of entries,
even though other Miners Jubilee events return this week-
end after being canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic.
But a late fl urry of entries was enough to justify the parade
Saturday morning, July 17.
As of Monday, July 12, there were 26 entries, just four
short of the minimum of 30 that Shelly Cutler, executive
director of the Baker County Chamber of Commerce, had
hoped to have signed up.
“It’s a far cry from what we’re used to seeing,” Cutler said.
“But it’s enough to make people happy.”
Cutler said several community members stepped up to
participate in the parade, many of which have never partic-
ipated before. They wanted the parade to happen, so they
took it into their own hands.
The parade will start at 11 a.m. at Baker Middle School
as usual. Entries will head east on Broadway to Second,
south on Second to Valley, east on Valley to Main, then
north on Main to the end at Madison. There will not be an
announcer, Cutler said.
Justin Davis/Blue Mountain Eagle
A Tidewater Construction crew begins demolishing Gleason Pool in
John Day on Monday, May 23, 2022.
and how long people lived
there.
“We’re doing that not only
to get more information about
Oregon’s Chinese residents but
also to see how the park can
incorporate those stories into
their new interpretive center
and as they update the infra-
structure of the park itself, so
that is kind of the goal,” Rose
said.
Rose said the purpose of the
public dig is for people to feel
like they get to participate in
something that is important to
the community of John Day.
“We’re doing the hard
work, we’ll dig in the com-
pacted gravel for them. They
get to see the exciting stuff
that comes out,” she said. “I
think the main thing is just
to know how lucky people
are to be living near such an
important archaeological and
historic site.”
Rose added that she hopes
people will get excited and
participate in the public day
and the free talk and build on
the outreach that has been on-
going for the past several years
encouraging folks to get to
know the larger history of the
region.
Yetter
Protest
Continued from A1
“I think because we’ve done
so many over the last three
years, people realize there’s
no riots, none of us are ag-
gressive, we’re just out here to
peacefully protest, which is
our right,” Simko said.
Once the group reached
Geiser-Pollman Park, protes-
tors congregated on the corner
of Campbell and Grove streets
and continued chanting.
The group then grew larger
by several people and one ve-
hicle.
For Sarah Cuddy, 36, of
Baker City, Saturday’s protest
was a family affair. She joined
the group at the park with her
daughter, Quinn Wolston, 3.
Moments later, Quinn ex-
claimed as she pointed to her
father, Ethan Wolston, who
is Cuddy’s husband, who was
honking and waving as he
drove down Campbell Street
in his pickup truck.
community groups who have not
yet met the retired army colonel,
who currently owns a small farm in
Azalea.
Yetter will be in La Grande on July
14, Enterprise on July 15 and Baker
City on July 16.
For his Baker City visit, Yetter will
be in the Democratic party booth
Taped to the side of his
pickup was a sign reading
“keep abortion legal! Choose
choice!”
“I want my daughters to
have the freedom of choice
when they are older,” Cuddy
said.
The protest then gained
something it was missing at
the outset, and it’s an element
Simko believes is an important
part of the most recent wom-
en’s rights movement — sup-
port from young people.
The support came in the
form of Baker High School
students Fern Bruck and Mor-
gan Hall, the only teenagers in
the group.
The pair, both 16, said they
hoped more people their age
in Baker City would join them
for future walks, should they
occur.
“I think it’s important for
us because all these people
are paving the way for us, but
it’s also our story,” Bruck said.
“We need to follow through
at Geiser-Pollman Park starting
around 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 16.
He will be there most of the day.
“What I hope to get out of this trip
is to see more of the beautiful dis-
trict we call home, meet more of its
amazing residents and listen to what
they want their congressperson to do
to better represent them,” Yetter said.
with it and help other people
out with it.”
“I was really excited to see
people from the younger gen-
eration coming out to sup-
port,” Simko said. “Usually
when we have these walks,
it is more of an older demo-
graphic.”
But Simko also said the
presence of the older gener-
ation is “extremely valuable”
considering their perspective
on abortion rights and the
nearly half a century that’s
passed since Roe v. Wade.
“This isn’t their first time
they’ve been protesting in
support of Roe v. Wade and
women’s rights,” Simko said,
referring to some of the older
participants in Saturday’s
walk.
Vickie Valenzuela was
among that group.
Valenzuela, who will soon
turn 76, said she has a per-
sonal perspective about how
women struggled prior to the
Roe v. Wade ruling.
She said that in 1936 her
mother had an illegal abortion
— done by her own mother
and sister — because at the
time it was a “shame for un-
married women to have chil-
dren,” and she couldn’t afford
to feed a child.
Because of the unsafe na-
ture of the operation, Valenzu-
ela said her mother couldn’t
have children for the next 10
years — until Valenzuela her-
self was born.
It’s a story Valenzuela says
led to her participation in
abortion rights activism.
Simko said she hasn’t
planned any more walks yet,
but that after Saturday’s event
she was “encouraged” to do
so.
And the walk’s participants
— both young and old — were
enthusiastic as well.
“I hope we have more of
these,” Hall said. “If I hear
about another one I’ll make
sure to definitely invite more
people.”
cited and released.
VIOLATION OF RESTRAINING ORDER:
Brandon Cole Cook, 47, Baker City,
7:16 p.m. Sunday, July 10 at Virtue Flat;
cited and released.
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Malheur County
Circuit Court warrant): Aaron James
Langley, 33, Huntington, 9:02 a.m.
Friday, July 8 at the old lime plant; cited
and released.
News of Record
DEATHS
Cass Vanderwiele: 75, of Baker
City, died July 11, 2022, at his home,
surrounded by his loving family. A
celebration of his life will take place
later in the fall, the date and time to
be announced. To leave an online
condolences for Cass’ family, go to www.
grayswestco.com.
Jonathan Ray Aragon: 62, of Baker
City, died July 7, 2022. No services are
planned at this time. To light a candle
in his memory, or to offer online
condolences to his family, go to www.
grayswestco.com.
Road; cited and released.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
INTOXICANTS: Kirsten Lanee Ornelas, 38,
Baker City, 9:25 p.m. Sunday, July 10 at
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POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF INTOXICANTS: Beverly Betniflore
Daniels, 41, Baker City, 10:03 p.m.
Sunday, July 10 at Broadway and Main
streets; cited and released.
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Ada County, Idaho,
warrant): Stacey Lee Bork, 33, Baker City,
5:09 p.m. Sunday, July 10 in the 2400
block of Oak Street; jailed.
SECOND-DEGREE CRIMINAL
TRESPASSING, FELON IN POSSESSION
OF A FIREARM: Coty Daniel Hanson, 25,
Baker City, 6:56 p.m. Friday, July 8 on
Dewey Avenue near Carter Street; cited
and released.
FAILURE TO APPEAR (3 Baker County
warrants): John Marsik Guthrie Jr., 50,
Baker City, 5:47 p.m. Friday, July 8 in
the 1100 block of Washington Avenue;
jailed.
PROBATION VIOLATION: Kenny Lee
Hellman, 53, Baker City, 1:52 p.m. Friday,
July 8 at Grove and Campbell streets;
jailed.
Baker County Sheriff’s Office
Arrests, citations
FOURTH-DEGREE ASSAULT: Kyle Allen
Harp, 31, Huntington, 12:23 a.m.
Monday, July 11 on the Snake River
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