A2 BAKER CITY HERALD • TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2022
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TURNING BACK THE PAGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
August 8, 1972
ADVERTISEMENT (Albertsons) — chuck steak, 69 cents
a pound; lean ground beef, 79 cents a pound; cantaloupe,
12 cents a pound; watermelons, 6 cents a pound; Olympia
beer, 99 cents a six pack of 11-ounce bottles; store now
open 24 hours a day.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 8, 1997
Five men have been chosen as fi nalists for the job of Bak-
er City police chief. Chosen from 23 applicants, they are:
• William Stowell, a lieutenant and second in command
at the La Grande Police Department.
• Alan Anderson, Hermiston police chief.
• Robert Elkins, police chief in Molalla.
• Larry Blanton of Vend, a sergeant with the Deschutes
County Sheriff’s Offi ce.
• Jim Tomlinson of Lake Oswego, a lieutenant and sec-
ond in command at the Lake Oswego Police Department.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 10, 2012
Baker City Police are investigating a rash of vandalism
that took place between Tuesday night and Wednesday
morning.
Police Chief Wyn Lohner said the vandals used “large,
heavy objects of opportunity” to break windows on vehicles
parked in at least 12 locations in the community. He
declined to release other details about the crimes as the
investigation continues.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 10, 2021
The Van Arsdall name has quite a legacy at the Oregon
Shrine game.
Mason Van Arsdall, a multisports athlete for Baker High
School, became the third-generation Van Arsdall to compete
at the East-West Shrine Game in the 2021 rendition on
Saturday, Aug. 7. Van Arsdall started on the offensive line
for the East and helped the team to a 34-6 victory over the
West.
“It’s great to keep the tradition and I just feel awesome
that I get to be a part of this,” Van Arsdall said.
Van Arsdall’s father, Jef, and grandfather, Jim, both played
in the Shrine Game in previous years. Jef was selected out
of Seaside High School in 1990 and Jim represented Frank-
lin High School in 1961.
“I’m incredibly proud of him,” Jef Van Arsdall said. “He’s
a great kid and he’s dedicated to his team and he’s just a
good dude. It’s a great sendoff to represent Baker one last
time and be the hometown athlete.”
The East-West Shrine Game involves the state’s elite
football players from the 1A to 4A state levels. Football
coaches from across the state nominate players to compete
in the game and partake in the fundraising and festivities.
The Shrine Game raises money for the Shrine Hospital for
Children in Portland and is recognized as the organization’s
largest fundraiser.
The players involved are aware of the game’s cause,
but Van Arsdall has learned the importance of the game
through his predecessors who previously played in the past.
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peas, rolls, applesauce, ice cream
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and pickles, tater tots, coleslaw, apple crisp
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11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; $5 donation (60 and older), $7.50
for those under 60.
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Federal grant will help ranchers
develop non-lethal wolf deterrents
try is a new game camera being
developed with artificial intelli-
gence that can be programmed
to identify specific animals and
notify producers.
“There is a huge need for the
producer to have real-time in-
formation on where the pred-
ators are, and when they are
there,” she said. “They can go
and incorporate their non-le-
thal tools and human presence
when they need to be there.
Hopefully, it will make non-le-
thal tools that much more ef-
fective.”
In Prairie City, Gage said
composting dead livestock may
prove to be an effective tech-
nique for ridding ranches of
carcasses that might otherwise
attract wolves.
“If we can minimize those
attractants, everybody wins,”
she said.
The NRCS grant is meant to
build on similar livestock-pred-
ator conflict prevention work
the alliance is undertaking in
other states, including Wash-
ington, Idaho, Montana, Cal-
ifornia, New Mexico and Ar-
izona.
By proving which tools are
most effective in different ar-
eas and terrain, Gage said it
could lead to a more perma-
nent source of funding to assist
ranchers.
“The end goal of this project
is to provide durable funding
for producers who are facing
the challenges of sharing work-
ing lands with wildlife,” she
said. “The work that they’re
putting into preventing conflict
with their livestock is not sus-
tainable financially.”
BY GEORGE PLAVEN
Capital Press
The USDA has awarded a
$100,000 grant to the nonprofit
Western Landowners Alliance
to test new non-lethal tools
ranchers can use to protect
their livestock from wolves.
Funding comes from the
Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service through its Con-
servation Innovation Grants
program, which supports the
development of new manage-
ment strategies to improve nat-
ural resource conservation on
private lands.
The alliance will work with
four ranchers and three county
wolf committees in Oregon,
evaluating different approaches
to minimize wolf-livestock con-
flicts — including range riders,
high-tech cameras and com-
posting dead animal carcasses.
“My goal, or my biggest
hope, is that this project is go-
ing to help working lands re-
main viable,” said Ellie Gage,
who is administering the
NRCS grant. “The deck is al-
ready stacked against these
producers.”
Gage and her husband,
Mark, ranch in Central Ore-
gon, where they run a small
herd of cattle near Prineville
and Powell Butte. She is also
chairwoman of the Crook
County wolf committee.
For the last several years,
Gage said she has been in-
volved in the alliance, partici-
pating in the group’s Women
in Ranching program. In May,
she was asked to do outreach
for the NRCS grant proposal,
recruiting partners interested
Steve Tool/EO Media Group
An Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist uses shears on
the carcass of a calf that was killed by a wolf. Using an NRCS grant,
ranchers will be testing non-lethal means of keeping wolves away
from livestock.
in studying non-lethal deter-
rents.
“The response was really
overwhelming,” she said.
Four livestock producers
signed up — two in Wallowa
County, one in Baker County
and one in southwest Oregon.
Wolf committees in Wal-
lowa, Baker and Grant counties
agreed to collaborate, as well as
Prairie City in Grant County,
which has a site for composting
roadkill and dead livestock.
The grant was awarded July
15, and will reimburse ranch-
ers for half their costs as they
implement non-lethal methods
aimed at keeping wolves away
from sheep and cattle.
Gage said two producers
will experiment with high-fre-
quency radio ear tags on their
cattle. The idea is that will al-
low range riders to locate herds
more quickly and efficiently in
large pastures, lowering costs
and maintaining a more con-
sistent human presence among
herds to scare off wolves.
“Some of these allotments
might be several thousand
acres,” Gage said. “If you can
spend less time looking for
your cows, and locate them
quickly with the help of ear
tags, then you can get to them
... more efficiently.”
Another piece of technology
that Gage said she is excited to
Stretch of 100-plus days News of Record
in Umatilla County one
of hottest on record
DEATHS
K eith N. Carpenter: 79, of Baker
BY ANTONIO ARREDONDO
East Oregonian
UMATILLA COUNTY —
Last month’s heat wave wasn’t
just hot. The weeklong stretch
was one of the hottest periods
in Umatilla County history.
Ann Adams, assistant fore-
caster of the National Weather
Service, shared details on the
heat, which stayed above 100
degrees for seven days starting
July 25 and ending July 31.
The stretch is one of the lon-
gest periods of sustained heat
in Pendleton history, Adams
said. It’s the second year in a
row the county saw summer
records after an extremely hot
2021 summer. While most of
that summer’s heat came in late
June, it wasn’t as concentrated.
“We got pretty warm last
year, but the days were spread
out a lot,” Adams said.
There was no week in 2021
where every day saw tempera-
tures rise above 100 degrees.
Meanwhile, the week of July
25, 2022, is tied for the sec-
ond-longest mark in Pendleton
history at seven days.
The record for most consec-
utive days with high tempera-
tures above the century mark is
11 in August 1967. While that
stretch was longer, the days
were slightly cooler, if above
100 degrees can be considered
“cool.”
The average high tempera-
ture in 1967 during their re-
cord stretch was 102.5 degrees.
Conversely, the average high of
the stretch this July was nearly
4 degrees warmer at 106.1 de-
grees. Of the three stretches of
heat of more than a week in
Pendleton history — the other
being a week in July 1968 —
the latest is the hottest on re-
cord.
The Hermiston area may
have hotter annual averages
than Pendleton, but this didn’t
stop the heat from setting other
records. The city saw the same
seven-day streak of above 100
degree days starting July 25.
While this stretch may fall to
fifth place in terms of length —
Hermiston dealt with 14 days
of heat in June of 2015 — it still
has the hottest stretch of the
top five.
In addition to an average
high temperature of 107.3 de-
grees, Hermiston set three
daily records during the
stretch. According to the Na-
tional Weather Service website,
the temperatures on July 28, 29
and 30 were all the hottest on
record.
July 29 was the hottest day
in recorded history for July
in both cities. Pendleton saw
a high of 111 degrees, while
Hermiston had a high of 112
degrees.
The other two days saw
slightly lower marks, but still
set daily records. July 28 had a
high of 108 degrees in Pendle-
ton and 109 degrees in Herm-
iston, and July 30 was 110 de-
grees in both cities. Adams says
these temperatures are about
15 degrees higher than the av-
erage high for the time.
The heat may have died
down last week, but it came
roaring back Monday, Aug.
8. Adams said temperatures
should rise past 100 degrees
again, with a high of 102 de-
grees in Pendleton and 104 de-
grees in Hermiston.
City, died Aug. 4, 2022, at his home.
No services are planned at this time.
To light a candle in Keith’s memory,
or to offer online condolences to his
family, go to www.grayswestco.com.
John ‘Hops’ Mahoney: 51, of
Baker City died Aug. 1, 2022. His
graveside service and interment
will be Thursday, Aug. 11 at 10 a.m.
at Mount Hope Cemetery. A
celebration of his life will continue at
his family home, 2517 Court Ave.
Naomi Jane Becktold: age 2, of
Baker City, died July 15, 2022, in
Boise, in her mother’s arms. A public
service for Naomi will take place
Friday, Aug. 12 at 2 p.m. at the
Baker City Christian Church, 675
Highway 7.
Allen R. Morris Sr.: 76, of Richland,
died Aug. 7, 2022, in Highwood,
Montana. Local arrangements
are under the direction of Tami’s
Pine Valley Funeral Home. Online
condolences can be shared at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Ar rests, citations
DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED,
VIOLATION OF RELEASE
AGREEMENT: Christian Reynolds
Oliver, 22, Baker City, 4:43 a.m.
Monday, Aug. 8 on Interstate 84,
Milepost 304 westbound. He was
previously cited and released
for driving while suspended at
12:15 a.m. Monday at Auburn
Avenue and Second Street.
SECOND-DEGREE CRIMINAL
TRESPASSING: Chaz Jordan
Williams, 20, Baker City, 11:37 a.m.
Sunday, Aug. 7 in the 1100 block
of Campbell Street; cited and
released.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF INTOXICANTS: Zachary John
Thomas Christman, 19, Baker City,
2:43 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 7 at Resort
and A streets; cited and released.
SECOND-DEGREE CRIMINAL
TRESPASSING: Salisa Marie Salas,
40, Baker City, 1:16 p.m. Saturday,
Aug. 6 in the 1500 block of Second
Street; jailed.
Baker County Sheriff’s Office
Arrests, citations
PROBATION VIOLATION: Cory
Dennis Deshirlia, 45, Huntington,
9:10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 7 at Birch
and D streets in Baker City; jailed.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF INTOXICANTS: Fermin Siso
Curiel, 70, Baker City, 2:03 a.m,
Sunday, Aug. 7 on Old Trail Road,
cited and released.
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