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50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
August 6, 1972
The long dormant city airport commission was resurrect-
ed last night at the request of George Hiatt, city manager, for
a briefi ng on conditions at the Baker Municipal Airport. This
is the fi rst offi cial meeting of the commission, an advisory
body that instructs the city manager on airport problems, in
more than a year.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 6, 1997
Logging and prescribed burning would increase on
federal forests across Eastern Oregon if a proposed plan for
managing those forests becomes reality.
In addition, the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land
Managment would close dozens of miles of roads, and
strive to improve rangelands and streams.
Those are among the principal components of an
unprecedented, four-years-in-the-making effort to create a
plan that will guide how the two agencies manage 35 million
acres of federal land east of the Cascades in Oregon and
Washington.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 6, 2012
Carol Delsman will be sure to tune in to the Olympics
for the javelin competition, cheering on her niece, Rachel
Yurkovich.
Well, probably not live — that contest happens at 2 a.m.
Tuesday.
Delsman, who lives near Baker City, is counting on an
update from her brother, who is in London.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 7, 2021
About 80 people attended a Baker School Board meeting
via Zoom on Thursday, Aug. 5, including members of a group
that oppose a state requirement that students and staff,
regardless of vaccination status, wear face masks when
classes begin Aug. 30.
Board Chairman Chris Hawkins also expressed concern
about the mandate, which Oregon Gov. Kate Brown an-
nounced last week in response to a surge in COVID-19 cas-
es statewide driven by the more contagious delta variant.
Superintendent Mark Witty made a presentation about
the mask issue during the early afternoon meeting.
“The top priority for us is the safety of staff and students,”
Witty said. “If we can’t maintain a healthy workforce, we will
be very challenged to keep schools open.”
In-person classes were canceled for the entire spring
term in 2020 due to the pandemic, and the 2020-21 year
started with students taking classes online.
Elementary students returned to in-person classes four
days per week on Oct. 14, 2020, and they were required
to wear masks. Middle school and high school students
returned to their schools for one day per week on Nov. 9,
2020, with the in-person scheduling expanding to two days
per week on Jan. 25, 2021, and to four days on April 12.
Masks were also required in those schools.
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and Oregon Depart-
ment of Education are requiring the mask mandate for this
fall to be reviewed monthly.
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BAKER CITY
Four have filed so far for council
Deadline for
candidates to
register is Aug. 19
Baker City Herald
Four people, including two
incumbents, have filed as
candidates for the Baker City
Council in the Nov. 8 election.
Four of the seven positions
on the council will be up for
election.
Those positions are held
now by Joanna Dixon, Johnny
Waggoner Sr., Dean Guyer
and Kenyon Damschen.
Waggoner and Guyer have
registered as candidates, as
have Edward Traverso and
Katie Lafavor.
Anyone interested in run-
ning for a seat can pick up an
elections packet from City Re-
corder Dallas Brockett at City
Hall, 1655 First St. Brockett
can also email packets on re-
quest, or call him at 541-524-
2033 for more information.
His email is cityrecorder@
bakercity.gov. To be eligible,
prospective candidates must
be registered voters who have
lived within the city for at
least 12 months prior to the
election.
The top three candidates
in the November election will
be elected to four-year terms
starting in January 2023. The
fourth-place candidate will be
elected to a two-year term.
Guyer
Waggoner Sr.
Waggoner was elected in
November 2020 to a two-year
term.
Guyer was appointed as a
council in December 2021 to
replace Lynette Perry, who re-
signed in August 2021 due to
health issues. Guyer is serving
the remainder of Perry’s term,
which ends Dec. 31, 2022.
Of the two nonincumbent
candidates, Lafavor is a former
Baker City recorder who now
works for the state, according
to her application.
Traverso wrote on his ap-
plication that he is a retired
teacher, principal and super-
intendent. He was a city coun-
cilor and mayor in Dorris,
California, a town in Northern
California, along Highway 97
just south of the Oregon bor-
der. Dorris has a population of
about 860.
The three other Baker City
councilors — Kerry McQuis-
ten, Shane Alderson and Jason
Spriet — are serving terms
that continue through the end
of 2024. All three were elected
to four-year terms in Novem-
ber 2020.
COVID cases steady during July
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Baker County’s COVID-19
situation changed little during
July compared with June.
The Oregon Health Au-
thority (OHA) reported
116 cases of the virus in the
county during July.
That’s five fewer cases than
in June.
Both months had more
cases than the combined total
of 76 cases during May (49),
April (13) and March (14).
After a monthly record of
646 cases in January 2022
during the omicron surge,
Baker County’s case rate
plummeted to 230 during
February and then dropped
even more rapidly during
March.
According to OHA, three
county residents have died
after testing positive for
COVID-19 since July 1,
bringing the county’s death
toll during the pandemic to
53.
The county had two re-
ported deaths between mid-
March and June 30.
Neither the state nor the
county has released age, gen-
der or other information
about the three deaths since
July 1.
The U.S. Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention
raised the COVID-19 com-
munity level to high for Baker
County on June 30, and it re-
mains at that level.
Ten of Oregon’s 35 other
counties are also at the high
level based on CDC criteria,
which include the case rate
and hospital admission rate
per 100,000 residents.
Union, Wallowa, Uma-
tilla and Morrow counties are
also at the high level. Grant
County is at the medium level.
The CDC recommends
these precautions for counties
at high level:
• Wear a mask indoors in
public.
• Stay up to date with
COVID-19 vaccines.
• Get tested if you have
symptoms.
• Additional precautions
may be needed for people at
high risk for severe illness.
Oregon has no current
requirements for wearing
masks.
Oregon health officials say
the number of cases signifi-
cantly underestimates the
actual level of transmission
because of the prevalence of
home testing, the results of
which don’t have to be re-
ported.
Baker County’s number of
reported tests dropped during
July, to a daily average of
about 18 tests, compared with
about 27 per day on average
during June.
The Baker County Health
Department has home test-
ing kits and vaccines, and can
answer questions related to
COVID-19.
The health department’s
phone number is 541-523-
8211. The office is at 2200
Fourth St.
Insko stepping down as president
at Eastern Oregon University
The Observer
LA GRANDE — Eastern
Oregon University President
Tom Insko announced Mon-
day, Aug. 1, that he is leaving his
post at the end of September.
Insko has been named pres-
ident and chief executive offi-
cer at Collins, a wood products
company based in Wilsonville.
“This was a difficult decision
because serving as president,
with this outstanding com-
munity of educators, students
and professionals, has been
among the most challenging
but fulfilling experiences of my
career,” Insko said in a release
announcing his departure. “I
am so proud of what we have
accomplished together over the
last seven years, and while I will
be serving Oregon in a different
way, my goal is to continue to
support and advance opportu-
nities for the people in Eastern
Oregon — and that includes
the students and community
at EOU.”
Insko was appointed East-
ern’s 12th president in 2015
after more than 20 years as an
executive at Boise Cascade.
The Observer, File
Tom Insko became the 12th president of Eastern Oregon University in
2015. Insko announced on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, he has been named
president and chief executive officer at Collins, a wood products com-
pany based in Wilsonville. He will leave EOU at the end of September.
An EOU graduate and lifelong
resident of La Grande, Insko
brought his business experience
along with a passion for ex-
panding opportunities through
education to his role as presi-
dent.
Under Insko’s leadership
EOU increased student access
to higher education and pro-
tected affordability by keeping
tuition flat during the pan-
demic in 2021-22. EOU has
had some of the smallest in-
creases in costs of all public
universities in Oregon during
his tenure while increasing its
diversity and growing student
retention rates.
Programs developed during
Insko’s tenure include the ex-
pansion of academic programs
like agriculture entrepreneur-
ship, reorganization of EOU’s
academic colleges and the addi-
tion of two new deans, securing
funding for the new fieldhouse,
the addition of men’s and wom-
en’s wrestling, lacrosse, and
baseball, renovations and up-
bakercityherald.com
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DEATHS
Charles Henry Campos: 65, of Baker
City, died on July 29, 2022. Arrangements
are under the direction of Gray’s West &
Co. Pioneer Chapel. To leave an online
condolence for Charles’ family, go to www.
grayswestco.com.
FUNERAL PENDING: Joyce Walter, Sunday,
Aug. 7, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Calvary Baptist
Church, 2107 Third St.
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
FOURTH-DEGREE ASSAULT (Baker County
Circuit Court warrant): Covan Xavier Bates,
20, Spanaway, Washington, 11:28 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 4 at the sheriff’s office; jailed.
DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED: Jimmy
Allan Hendricks, 50, Baker City, 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 3 at D and 10th streets;
cited and released.
Baker County Sheriff’s Office
Arrests, citations
FAILURE TO APPEAR (three Baker County
Circuit Court warrants): Kody Allen
McManus, 26, Richland, 9:22 p.m. Thursday,
Aug. 4 in Richland; jailed.
FUGITIVE (Payette County, Idaho, warrant):
Tyler Joseph Anders, 33, Baker City, 8:15 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 4 at the Baker County Jail,
where he was already in custody on other
charges.
PROBATION VIOLATION (two Baker
County Circuit Court warrants): Alan William
Wolfe, 35, Baker City, 6:44 p.m. Thursday,
Aug. 4 at the Baker County Jail, where he
was already in custody on other charges.
Oregon State Police
Accident report
grades to buildings across cam-
pus, the Rural Engagement and
Vitality Center, a reorganization
of the school’s diversity, equity
inclusion and belonging pro-
grams, and the just-launched
Moon Shot for Equity project
to eliminate achievement gaps.
“Tom was a nontraditional
president with a background in
operations and financial man-
agement, but it proved to be ex-
actly the kind of leadership we
needed,” said EOU Board Chair
Richard Chaves. “Tom’s pas-
sion for Oregon coupled with
a strategic education and fiscal
plan brought together everyone
under one vision, which has led
us to the strong position we are
in today. He set a high bar for
our next president, but we are
confident we will attract a high
caliber leader who can continue
to advance the path forward
putting the people and students
of Eastern Oregon first.”
Eastern Oregon Universi-
ty’s board of trustees will begin
transition planning for the uni-
versity at its upcoming annual
retreat, already planned for
Aug. 8-9 in Boardman.
On Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 5:07 p.m., OSP
Trooper Terry Simpson responded to a
single-vehicle crash on eastbound Interstate
84 near Milepost 334, about 30 miles
southeast of Baker City. Becki Sue Mort,
36, of Caldwell, Idaho, was driving a Kia
Sportage when she swerved to avoid a
deer standing in the slow lane. Her vehicle
crashed into the concrete center divider.
Mort was taken Saint Alphonsus Medical
Center-Baker City, where she was treated
and released.
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