A2 BAKER CITY HERALD • THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2022
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TURNING BACK THE PAGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
July 14, 1972
Pacifi c Northwest Bell restored service yesterday at 4:15
p.m. to telephone subscribers in the area around the armory
after a residential cable had been cut at the corner of
Campbell and H streets.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 14, 1997
Baker City has laid off police offi cer William Steele and
plans to hire a replacement as soon as possible.
Steele was laid off without pay effective July 1, said City
Attorney Tim Collins.
Steele had been onpaid administrative leave since mid-
May, when a Baker County grand jury indicted him on two
counts of menacing and one count of fourth-degree assault.
The charges are in connection with an alleged 1995 assault
on his former girlfriend. He has pleaded not guilty.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 13, 2012
Baker County Commissioners talked Wednesday about
continuing interest in trying to glean gold from the gravel
piles left by the Sumpter Dredge.
Commission Chair Fred Warner Jr. responded to a ques-
tion about the proposed dredge tailings project, which would
attempt to capture gold left behind by the 2.5-million-pound
dredge that operated in the Sumpter Valley from 1913 to
1954.
“This isn’t going to go as fast as people want it to,” Warner
said.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 15, 2021
Offi cials from a state agency have rescinded a proposed
$8,400 fi ne against Baker County after admitting that they
were wrong in concluding earlier this year that County Com-
mission Chairman Bill Harvey removed asbestos-containing
fl ooring from a building without a required license.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
in late March issued the county a civil penalty for three
asbestos-related violations.
The two alleged violations that included a proposed fi ne
were:
• $4,800 for placing material that included asbestos in
an open dumpster.
• $3,600 for removing asbestos-containing material
without a license to do so.
The third violation, which does not carry a fi ne but which
DEQ did not rescind, involves the county starting renovation
on a building without doing an asbestos survey.
The building, at 2200 Fourth St., houses the Baker Coun-
ty Health Department. The county bought the 5,000-square-
foot building from New Directions Northwest, for $500,000,
in August 2020.
County Commissioner Bruce Nichols told the Herald in
May 2021 that New Directions, as required by law, disclosed
prior to the sale that the building had materials that might
contain asbestos.
Asbestos, a known carcinogen, was used in many build-
ing materials, including fl ooring, in past decades.
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SENIOR MENUS
FRIDAY (July 15): Spaghetti with beef sauce, Italian veggies,
garlic bread, green salad, apple crisp
MONDAY (July 18): Sweet and sour chicken, rice, Oriental
veggies, rolls, green salad, cookies
TUESDAY (July 19): Pork roast, scalloped potatoes, peas,
rolls, applesauce, lemon squares
WEDNESDAY (July 20): Chef salad, breadsticks, fruit, peach
crisp
THURSDAY (July 21): Orange-glazed chicken, rice, vegeta-
bles, rolls, cottage cheese and fruit, sherbet
FRIDAY (July 22): Beef pot roast, red potatoes, baby carrots,
rolls, green salad, cheesecake
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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Local Briefing
Lions Club Jubilee breakfast,
horseshoe tournament set
Campbell St., or register the day of the
event. For information, call Hinrichsen at
541-523-7778.
The Baker Lions Club Jubilee breakfast
will happen July 16 and 17 from 7 a.m.
to 11 a.m. at Geiser-Pollman Park during
Miners Jubilee weekend. Cost is $10
adults, $8 children ages 3-10.
Saturday’s menu is sausage, pancakes,
eggs, coffee and juice. Sunday features
ham, pancakes, eggs, coffee and juice.
The Lions will also sponsor a horseshoe
tournament on Saturday, July 16, at 2 p.m.
Teams of two (men, women or co-ed) can
enter for $5 per person.
Cash prizes are awarded for top teams.
Entry forms are available at Gregg Hin-
richsen State Farm Insurance, 1722
Closures planned on forest roads
Sections of two roads on the Wal-
lowa-Whitman National Forest will be
closed at times during July due to road work.
The Sumpter-Granite Highway will be
closed intermittently from Blue Springs
Summit to the Mount Ireland Road (Forest
Road 7370) during the following periods:
• 9 a.m. on July 18 to 5 p.m. on July 22.
• 9 a.m. on July 25 to 5 p.m. on July 29.
Grant County is completing the road-
work in cooperation with the Forest Ser-
vice and Federal Highways. Road master
Lecture
ogies for the betterment of our area and
this lecture series is a great way to pro-
mote that.”
All talks will begin at 6 p.m. at OTEC’s
conference room. Here is the schedule:
• July 28: “The Dynamic Geology of
Eastern Oregon” with Dr. Scott Burns.
• Aug. 25: The Casual Observer’s Guide
to the Night Sky with physics students
from Boise State University.
• Sept. 22: The Future of Energy with
OTEC.
• Oct. 27: “Potatoes, Cattle and Tech-
nology — Trends in Eastern Oregon Ag”
with Will Price of the OSU Extension
Service and Jess Blatchford of Blatchford
Farms.
• Nov. 17: “A Brief History of Art —
Fabulous Facts, Divine Discoveries and
Creative Connections” with Nancy Cof-
felt.
Monthly lectures
Lewis has talks scheduled once a month
on the fourth Thursday — except for No-
vember, to avoid Thanksgiving.
The topics vary from geology to astron-
omy to farming technology.
“What’s local? What’s regional? What
do people want to know about?” she said.
Information
More information on the lecture series,
including a schedule of lectures and
information on presenters, can be found
at facebook.com/Baker-Community-
Sciences-Arts-Lecture-Series.
For questions, contact Lewis at
bakerlectureseries@gmail.com.
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The talk starts at 6 p.m. in the confer-
ence room at Oregon Trail Electric Coop-
erative, 4005 23rd St.
Attendance is free for all presentations
in the series.
Lewis said Burns helped inspire the lec-
tures.
“Scott said ‘give me an excuse to come
to Eastern Oregon,’ ” she said.
Lewis received a grant from the Baker
County Cultural Coalition, and the
American Association of University
Women donated money to help market
the series.
OTEC offered use of the conference
room at no cost.
“It all fell together, and we started look-
ing for other speakers,” Lewis said.
“We’re thrilled to be a partner in this
lecture series,” said Joe Hathaway, com-
munications manager for OTEC. “OTEC
is dedicated to the continuing educational
support of our communities, as well as
supporting innovative ideas and technol-
Bulgaria
Continued from A1
Ivanov said his goal is to
provide educational resources
to people in rural towns who
might not have access to these
resources otherwise.
“In the countryside, nobody
will knock on your door and
try to show you some educa-
tional books,” he said.
That’s why he decided to
travel from Bulgaria, a coun-
try of about 7 million resi-
dents in the Balkan region of
southeastern European coun-
try, to Baker City.
“I like the area, I like the
mountains, I like the people,”
Ivanov said.
His passion for education,
he said, comes from his own
family.
“I come from a very edu-
cated family in Bulgaria,” Iva-
nov said. “Education is a pri-
ority for me.”
In his hometown of
Pazardzhik, his grandmother
taught kindergarten for 10
years and was a librarian for
Alan Hickerson said the county is doing
a deep excavation — the reason for the
road closure — and plans to repave the
road around the end of August.
There is no detour.
On the La Grande Ranger District, For-
est Road 5125 along the upper Grande
Ronde River will be closed from July 5-31
where it passes over Limber Jim Creek.
Access to road 5130 will remain open, as
will the area behind the closure via the
5140 road, although the road is rough and
recommended only for high clearance ve-
hicles, according to Forest Service public
affairs specialist Matthew Burks.
The road will be closed while workers
replace a culvert and build a structure de-
signed to help aquatic organisms pass.
Contributed Photo
Dr. Scott Burns of Portland State University
will talk about the dynamic geology of East-
ern Oregon during the first in a new monthly
lecture series that starts July 28.
another 20, while his mother
has been teaching for 28 years.
And Ivanov is quite edu-
cated himself.
He has two bachelor’s de-
grees — one in business ad-
ministration and one in tour-
ism — from two different
Bulgarian universities, and
he’s currently working on his
master’s degree in marketing
and management from a third
university.
In order to pay for all those
degrees, he sells the books.
It’s his sixth summer work-
ing with Southwestern Advan-
tage, a Nashville, Tennessee,
publishing company that em-
ploys college students from
over 200 campuses around the
world to visit American towns
to sell educational materials.
And in his six years, Ivanov
has been around — he has
peddlers permits in about 40
American towns — from Col-
orado to Iowa to Washington
to Idaho to Oregon.
This is his third summer
working in the Beaver state.
“Oregon is the best place
I’ve worked so far,” Ivanov
said. “I love Oregon.”
He said he also loves his job,
though it’s not always easy.
“Believe it or not, it’s a hard
job,” he said. “A lot of rejec-
tion, hot weather, rain, even
snow last year.”
He said he works 12 to 13
hours every day except Sun-
days, and meets with 20 to 30
families per day. His gratifica-
tion, he said, comes from in-
teraction with clients.
“Seeing those people have
something that would save
them time on homework, help
them go to college and get
good scholarships, that’s the
main reason I’ve been doing
the job for six summers,” Iva-
nov said.
Those families that do talk
with Ivanov have the chance
to interact with a student of
relative status in Bulgaria. Iva-
nov represents his university
on the national student coun-
cil in Sofia, the nation’s capi-
tal. He’s one of 11 students on
an executive team that works
with officials like the Bulgar-
ian Prime Minister and Minis-
ter of Economics on education
and other social issues.
What makes Ivanov’s pres-
ence even more unique is that
another book salesman from
the program won’t be back for
at least 10 to 15 years.
And people in Baker City
who buy Ivanov’s books have
another connection in Bul-
garia to look forward to: he
plants a tree back home for
each one of his clients. He’s
planted 3,105 trees so far.
Ivanov will leave Baker City
in mid-August to work in
Burns for a month before head-
ing back to Bulgaria. He said
he doesn’t know if he’ll work
selling books for the seventh
straight summer next year.
But he does plan to become
even more educated — with
another master’s in marketing
and eventually a doctorate, so
he can become a college pro-
fessor.
“I love education,” Ivanov
said. “Education can get you
from one state to another or
from one country to another.”
News of Record
DEATHS
James D. ‘Jim’ Jones: 84, of Haines, died
July 9, 2022, at his home, surrounded by
his loving family. His graveside service
took place Thursday, July 14 at 11 a.m. at
the Haines Cemetery. Cliff Cole officiated
the service and full military honors were
rendered to honor Jim’s 20 years of
service in the U.S. Navy. To light a candle
in Jim’s memory or to leave an online
condolence for his family, go to www.
grayswestco.com.
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
VIOLATION OF RESTRAINING ORDER:
Lon Adams Mansuetti, 26, Baker City,
8:49 p.m. Monday, July 11 in the 1500
block of Campbell Street; jailed.
VIOLATION OF RESTRAINING
ORDER, SECOND-DEGREE CRIMINAL
TRESPASSING: Dale Rex Taylor, 81, Baker
City, 11:37 a.m. Monday, July 11 in the
2900 block of Walnut Street; cited and
released.
Baker County Sheriff’s Office
Arrests, citations
CONTEMPT OF COURT: Andrew Jay
Culley, 33, Baker City, 6:42 p.m. Tuesday,
July 12 at the Baker County Jail, where
he was in custody on other charges.
FAILURE TO APPEAR (Baker County
Circuit Court warrant): Gary Lee
Waldrupe, 66, Huntington, 8:28 p.m.
Monday, July 11 at the Huntington Lions
Park; jailed.
Oregon State Police
Arrests, citations
RECKLESS DRIVING: Joshua Deangelo
Herron, 23, Houston, 3:11 p.m. July 9 on
Interstate 84, Milepost 366 eastbound,
following two complaints about a
moving van that was driving erratically;
cited and released.
CARELESS DRIVING: Cary John Shaw,
39, Parma, Idaho, 8:14 a.m. July 9 on
Interstate 84, Milepost 326 eastbound;
cited and released following an incident
in which the commercial truck he was
driving hit from behind a car in the slow
lane, forcing the car into the guardrail.
ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF
A MINOR: Jereme Allen Miller, 34,
4:03 p.m. on July 7 in the 1200 block of
Campbell Street; cited and released.
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