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25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 28, 1997
A Greyhound bus crossed the freeway and wrecked after
one of the passengers attacked the driver and comman-
deered the bus near Durkee Friday night.
Jorge Luis Castillo, 26, Chicago, who also listed Pasco
and Kennewick, Wash., addresses, was lodged in the Baker
County Jail on 47 counts of fi rst-degree kidnapping and 47
counts of reckless endangering.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 27, 2012
Baker County’s best-known ghost town has been livelier
than usual this summer.
Sumpter’s history, which mixes a rich legacy of gold min-
ing with anecdotal tales of various hauntings, has proved
irresistible to the ever-growing arena of reality TV.
A crew is producing a multi-episode series in and around
Sumpter this summer that combines the area’s historical
and supernatural attributes, said LeAnne Woolf, a Sumpter
city councilor.
The working title of the series is “Ghost Mine,” she said.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
July 29, 2021
Matt and LaDonn McElligott have been named Baker
County Fair Friends of the Year for 2021.
“I thought part of the criteria was you had to be old,” Matt
laughed.
The McElligotts, who live between Haines and North
Powder, actually found out that they were going to be named
Fair Friends in 2020.
But the usual festivities that go along with the award were
canceled due to the pandemic, although some fair events
did happen.
This year, the McElligotts were honored on Tuesday, July
27 at the annual dinner and pie auction at the Baker County
Event Center.
The couple claim to have no idea why they received the
honor, but their longtime involvement with and dedication to
4-H programs exemplify the criteria for the award.
LaDonn’s involvement in the program began when she
was a child growing up in Montana. She showed heifers and
steers and her mother was a 4-H leader, just like LaDonn is
now. The family’s passion for showing animals is genera-
tional.
“Once you’re involved in it, you want your kids to be in-
volved in it because it’s a really good learning tool for them,”
LaDonn said.
Matt was also involved in 4-H during his childhood in
Ione, in Morrow County, where he showed pigs and steers
for years. He met LaDonn at Montana State University and
they’ve been married for nearly 32 years.
Their two children, Kayla and Lee, were born at Nampa,
Idaho, and the family moved to Oregon in 2006. They’ve
lived on their ranch near North Powder ever since.
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Sister city
Mayor Kerry McQuisten met with
the Taiwanese Consul General and Vice
Consul to discuss having a sister city with
them.
“Really, we’re just at a place where they
suggested a city that would be a good
match for Baker City. It’s pronounced
‘elon’, just like Elon Musk but it’s Yilan,”
said McQuisten.
She said the mayor of Yilan has to go
through the process and get approval.
As soon as he does, McQuisten said the
consuls will be in touch with her to move
forward.
Councilors will bring the water ordi-
nance back to their next meeting for dis-
cussion.
• Councilors unanimously approved
the first full reading and second reading
by title only of the wastewater ordinance,
with similar housekeeping changes to the
water ordinance.
One of the changes made to the ordi-
nance includes: “No new development
requiring water or sewer service shall be
permitted without extension and con-
nection to City water and sewer facili-
ties.”
• Councilors unanimously approved
the Federal Aviation Administration
grant in the amount of $442,737 for the
Airport Master Plan Update and the Avi-
ation GIS survey of the airport property.
At a previous City Council meeting, the
Council awarded TO Engineers the proj-
ect based on the recommendation of the
airport commission.
According to a staff report from Owen,
the FAA grant covers 90% of the project
costs. The Oregon Department of Avia-
tion has awarded the city a grant in the
amount of $32,000 and the City will con-
tribute the remaining $17,000 allocated in
the 162 Fund of the 22-23 budget.
This project will take between 18-24
months to complete.
Nimiipuu Experience performers visit Baker
BY IAN CRAWFORD
icrawford@bakercityherald.com
Performers of the Nimiipuu
Experience, colloquially Nez
Perce, arrived in ornate, historic
dressage on July 21 for tradi-
tional performance and oral
history of the indiginous nation
before a small crowd of Baker
citizens.
The term Nez Perce was
French for ‘Nose Pierced’, at the
time applied to a wide region
of native territories. The Nimii-
puu did not historically practice
nose piercing, however the mis-
nomer stuck in parlance long
enough to become adopted in
culture.
“I love when they bring little
ones here, they will soon be-
come great allies,” said Stacia
Morfin, the founder and lead
performer of the program. Sev-
eral children attended and even
joined the dance circle.
All of Baker County was
once in the Nimiipuu territory,
stretching from now Canada
down to Nevada, from the Co-
lumbia basin to the ranges of
Wyoming.
Together with Maurice “Pis-
tol Pete” Wilson, the perform-
Roots
Continued from A1
During the day, some fam-
ily members visited the family
homestead.
“The house still stands,”
Schmitt said. “There are roses
out there that Grandma Ella
planted.”
The reunion wrapped up
Sunday, July 3, with lunch at
Geiser-Pollman Park where
ers led a battle song in timed
harmony before a staff of eagle
feathers, something Pete says
is as entwined in their culture
as the flag and the national
anthem. The stars and stripes
themselves are stitched into his
attire, colors he earned by rite of
his service in the navy.
“You’ll see that I have a very
beautiful dress on,” said Stacia,
“and actually this dress is about
220 years old, and it’s made out
of bighorn sheep.” Stacia was
adorned in extensive bead-
work, material that likely took
weeks and months to produce
by hand, no less with Vene-
tian beads, delivered through
world-spanning trade routes in
the 1800s.
Anthropology marks the
presence of humanity in North-
eastern Oregon for nearly two
eons. Their earliest indicators
dated to nearly 16,000 years
ago, according to carbon dat-
ing. The tribal stories as well
reached far, far back.
“It was about 8,000 years ago
when Mount Mazama blew,”
said Stacia, “And our oral his-
tory tells us that when the sky
our brother, he became black,
everyone wore their family
t-shirts.
“It was just a wonderful
event,” Schmitt said.
She said they wanted to help
younger family members un-
derstand their roots.
“I feel this really close con-
nection to Baker and my
heritage, and I wanted them
to see the hardworking and
good people they came from,”
Schmitt said.
Ian Crawford/Baker City Herald
Maurice “Pistol Pete” Wilson and
Stacia Morfin hosted the Nimii-
puu Experience at the Cross-
roads Carnegie Art Center on
July 21, 2022.
and you could not see anything
for approximately thirty days.”
“We go back to time imme-
morial,” said Pete, “what I want
to see is not just one or two
generations, I want to see six
or seven generations down the
road that we’re still here and
still strong.”
Following the route and
eventual surrender of Chief
Joseph, the tribe were forbid-
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DEATHS
Rex Kirkwood: 65, of Baker City, died at
his home on July 27, 2022 with his family
at his side. Arrangements are under the
direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
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Eldon Deardorff: A Celebration of
Eldon’s Life will be held on Saturday,
July 30, 2022 at 10 a.m. at 44256 Eagle
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POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, Citations
DUII: Robert Douglas Jamison, 62,
Nampa ID, 10:58 a.m, Monday, July 25 in
the 600 block of Campbell Street; cited
and released.
THEFT III: Melissa Labelle Galvan, 42,
Baker City, 6:03 p.m., Tuesday, July 26, in
the block of 700 Campbell street; cited
and released.
WARRANT ARREST (Out of state warrant):
Earl Duane Major, 52, Baker City, 10:28 p.m.,
Tuesday, July 26, Baker City; jailed.
BURGLARY I: Chloe Taylor Virginia
Stoffelsen, 26, Baker City, 10:28 p.m.,
Tuesday, July 26, Baker City; jailed.
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Two Baker
County Circuit Court Warrants): Makayla
Paige Lafferty, 25, Baker City, 12:15 a.m.,
Wednesday, July 27, in the block of 500
Campbell Street; cited and released.
Baker County Sheriff’s Office
Arrests Citations
PROBATION VIOLATION (Baker County
Circuit Court Warrant): Moriah Lynn
Smith, 31, Baker City, 6:52 a.m., Tuesday,
July 26, in the block of 3400 K Street; cited
den from speaking their native
language, or expressing their
culture, which Stacia and Pete
wanted to emphasize. Loss of
language was also a deep cul-
tural wound, as the tribe was
subjected to conform with the
nation that now enveloped
them.
“That’s why, today, I try to
express to the kids about how
important it is,” Pete said, re-
flecting on getting his great
grandkids involved in Pow-
Wow, “I told them, ‘you guys
want to go to the Pow-Wow
floor? I’ll make you guys out-
fits!’ ”
At the close, Pete supplied
rhythm to his hide drum as Sta-
cia lead the audience in a sim-
ple, traditional group dance.
The small, strafing steps added
together to turn the whole
group into a churning wheel on
the dance floor. They stuck on
for photos and questions after
the group, and encouraged oth-
ers to visit the Lewiston, Idaho
area.
For more information about
experiencing the Nimiipuu cul-
ture, you can go to www.nez-
percetourism.com or call 208-
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and released.
PROBATION VIOLATION (Two Baker
County Circuit Court Warrants): Andrew
Jay Cully, 33, Baker City, 9:41 a.m.,
Tuesday, July 26, in the block of 3400 K
Street; jailed.
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Baker City Council approved giving
City Recorder Dallas Brockett permission
to pursue the psilocybin ballot title for the
Nov. 8 statewide election.
Councilors unanimously approved the
first full reading of the ordinance and the
second reading by title only at their regu-
lar meeting Tuesday, July 26.
Councilors decided at their July 12
meeting to instruct staff to prepare the
ballot title.
The ordinance bans psilocybin, or psy-
chedelic mushrooms, manufacturing and
service centers.
In other news:
• Public Works Director Michelle
Owen presented the water ordinance with
some modifications. In her staff report,
Owen said the modifications include
some minor housekeeping issues, such as
title or process changes.
• The ordinance also modifies the
code by including current Finance and
Public Works Department policies and
procedures.
“It’s not that we’re doing anything dif-
ferently than what we’ve been doing for
the last 20 years that I’ve been here. I’m
just trying to make the ordinance match
what we’ve been doing,” said Owen.
Owen said they are not charging any-
one differently than they have been since
1979.
Additional language said “should a cus-
tomer require a turn-on during weekend
hours wherein a city employee must be
called in to perform the water turn-on,
there shall be enforced a fee set periodi-
cally by resolution.”
Councilor Jason Spriet asked to have
clearer language in the ordinance regard-
ing property changes in ownership.
“I just don’t want there to be any mis-
communication where we have some-
body who owns it, applies, builds the
house and then leaves,” said Spriet.
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