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TURNING BACK THE PAGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
August 22, 1972
Deer hunting prospects for the month-long archery
season, Aug. 26-Sept. 24, which opens statewide Satur-
day, is tabbed “conservative” for area bowmen, but the
outlook could improve with the weather, according to Dick
Humphreys, Oregon Game Commission game biologist.
Both deer and elk either sex will be eligible targets for the
bowmen.
Livestock Association
plans free picnic Aug. 25
Andrew Gettle, the Baker City Mural Crew and supporters attended the mural’s completion ceremony
on Aug. 17, 2022.
The Baker County Live-
stock Association, assisted
by the Baker County Cat-
tlewomen, will have a free
picnic hosted by Baker City
Feeders on Thursday, Aug
25. Participants should bring
a salad or dessert. Dinner
and beverages will be sup-
plied. The gathering starts at
5 p.m., with a feedlot tour at
5:30 p.m. and picnic at 6 p.m.
For directions to the location,
or more information, call
541-519-4628.
Resort Street mural finished
BHS football players
to sell Gold Cards
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 22, 1997
Jim Tomlinson of Lake Oswego, a lieutenant and second
in command with the Lake Oswego Police Department, has
been hired as Baker City’s new police chief.
Tomlinson will begin his new duties in Baker City in about
two weeks, according to Karen Woolard, city manager.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 24, 2012
A pair of work crews, one based in Baker City and one in
Halfway, cleared debris from about 130 miles of hiking trails
this summer on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.
The two Oregon Youth Conservation Corps crews also
built fences to protect aspen groves near Whitney Valley,
part of a Forest Service project to encourage beavers to
recolonize streams.
The fi ve-person Baker City crew started work on June 18,
and the fi ve-member Halfway crew on June 25.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 24, 2021
While almost everyone is sleeping, Jesse Brown is apt
to be in the driver’s seat of a pickup truck, chasing his
headlights through the night on one of the great byways of
the West, to a city where steers wait to be wrestled to the
ground.
When the sun emerges, Brown might be in Kalispell,
Montana.
Or Tremonton, Utah.
Or Prineville, Oregon.
Or any of a dozen other places where people gather in
bleachers to watch men in jeans grapple with steers and try
to stay aboard bulls or broncs for eight seconds.
Brown, who grew up in Baker City and still lives here — at
least when there’s not a rodeo going on, which isn’t all that
often — is one of the top steer wrestlers in the world.
Brown, 29, is ranked second this season, with earnings of
$75,184.
That puts Brown in a great position to achieve one of his
top goals — qualifying for the “Super Bowl of Rodeo,” the
National Finals Rodeo Dec. 2-11 at the Thomas & Mack
Center in Las Vegas.
In 2020, Brown made it to the National Finals for the fi rst
time.
But it was a near thing.
The top 15 nationally ranked competitors in each rodeo
event can compete in the National Finals.
In late September 2020, with two rodeos left in the
season, Brown was in 16th place, just $500 short of 15th-
place.
In a rodeo at Rapid City, South Dakota, Brown won the
second round and claimed $2,010.
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potatoes, green beans, rolls, ambrosia, bread pudding
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for those under 60.
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the whole thing,” Gettle said.
The mark was quickly incorporated into
From a destination brochure standpoint,
the ongoing layers of the swirling design,
Baker County doesn’t have the beaches or
practically erased, and at this point Gettle is
nightclubs or gleaming towers that might lure likely the only person who could find the ac-
some tourists.
cident itself on the completed mural.
But as a place of journeys, pastimes and
In Gettle’s own life there’d been another
natural abundance, Baker shines. And that’s
accident, far less harmless, that had likewise
what local artist Andrew Gettle set
made its mark on him. He wears a
out to capture on Resort Street’s
prosthetic, having lost his left leg fol-
newest mural, recently completed
lowing a motorcycle crash and an
on the blank rear wall of The Trail-
extended coma. For him the hours
head bike and ski shop, between
invested in the mural, while he was
Valley and Court avenues.
able to simply stand while painting,
On Aug. 17 Gettle, along with
weren’t taken for granted. He’s even
several members of the design com-
had to modify his equipment sev-
Gettle
mittee and official mural crew, gath-
eral times to better fit the demands of
ered with supporters to celebrate the
work and travel.
mural’s completion, signing off with a custom
While he doesn’t actively lament the lost
Sasquatch-decorated cake and a formal chris- limb, he had been an exceptional athlete in
tening.
high school. The injury and subsequent re-
Gettle chose to call his painting “Diverse
covery became part of a bolstering passion for
Reality,” a nod to the wild range of experi-
bicycling and outdoors exploration. He even
ences the area has always offered and culti-
cycled on behalf of a childhood cancer fund-
vated, in keeping with the theme of journey-
raising event, the Great Cycle Challenge.
ing painted to the wall.
Luck had it that these pastimes connected
He especially wanted the community to be
him to the owners of The Trailhead, so when
a part of its creation, inviting kids and pass-
the Resort Street wall was vandalized some
ers-by to add to the art as he was making it.
months ago, design committee head Be Tie-
As he presented before the crowd he’d mused
demann proposed that, instead of conducting
on what public broadcasting painting instruc- a back and forth war with delinquents and
tor Bob Ross might have called a “happy acci- paint crews over a blank space, they could try
dent” when the first layers had been applied.
something new, resolving to put up a lasting
“I’d painted it ‘perfect’ with all the colors
piece of art.
separated, and I told my granddad to do any
Since the mural’s completion, Tiedemann
color anywhere,” Gettle said.
says she’s received interest from several loca-
His grandfather had chosen green, and
tions that want to participate in having their
with the help of the extension pole went to
walls painted, a process that can take some
add a mark somewhere near the top, only to
time for approval. Interested property owners
slip at the last second.
can call her at 404-993-0116 for an applica-
“He dropped a green mark right through
tion.
BY IAN CRAWFORD
icrawford@bakercityherald.com
Noxious weed of the week: Baby’s breath
BY JEFFREY PETTINGILL
The enemy
Baby’s breath (Gypsophila
paniculata L.)
This somewhat desirable
plant is used all over the
world in the floral trade. This
perennial plant from Eu-
rope has small white flowers
that exist at the terminal end
of the branch. It has a long
narrow leaves which occur
up and down all stems. The
bushy plant can tumble like
many other plants to spread
its seeds. The plant was intro-
duced as an ornamental and
has since spread to pastures,
rangeland, and roadsides.
The attack
Once established it spreads
rapidly and due to its strong
taproot it can be difficult
Rich Old/Contributed Photo
Baby’s breath is widely used in
the floral trade, but it can crowd
out more desirable vegetation.
to control and survives in
drought and sandy solids.
The rosette is quite prolific
which gives it the ability to
choke out the native vegeta-
tion. It has also been found to
be harmful to livestock. The
worst problem is that many
people will pick the plant
FUNERALS PENDING
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
HARASSMENT: Thomas Allen Talbott,
25, Baker City, 2:34 p.m. Sunday, Aug.
21 at the police department; cited and
released.
CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker County
Justice Court warrant): Keith Edward
Gassin, 47, Baker City, 12:58 a.m.
Saturday, Aug. 20 on Walnut Street near
Myrtle Street; cited and released.
SECOND-DEGREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF:
Michael Ray Fedderly, 60, Baker City,
4:57 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19 in the 400
block of Spring Garden Avenue; cited
and released.
Entry deadline nears for
Great Salt Lick Contest
Time is winding down to
submit an entry for the Great
Salt Lick Contest and Auction,
which happens Saturday, Sept.
17, at Churchill School.
In this contest, founded by
Whit Deschner, anyone is wel-
come to turn in a salt block
that has been licked into an
artistic form by livestock or
wildlife.
Enter blocks by Sept. 15 —
and get a replacement block
— at Oregon Trail Livestock
Supply in Baker City or Rich-
land Feed and Seed.
At the event, viewing starts
at 5 p.m., and the auction
starts at 7 p.m.
Cash prizes will be awarded
in various categories thanks to
local sponsors who have do-
nated $1,225.
After judging, all blocks
will be auctioned by Mib Dai-
ley. Proceeds go to the OHSU
Parkinson’s Center of Oregon
— since it began in 2006, this
auction has raised $160,000.
For more information, visit
whitdeschner.com/the-great-
salt-lick-contest or contact
Deschner at 541-519-2736 or
deschnerwhit@yahoo.com.
and then toss it out later, thus
spreading the weed.
Astronomy presentation
set for Aug. 25
The defense
As baby’s breath can be de-
sirable please don’t remove it
from the site, unless you throw
it into the fire or into a tied-
off garbage bag. If there are
just a few plants, use a shovel.
If the weed becomes a prob-
lem, quality herbicides such as
Opensight or Milestone. 2,4-D
and Roundup Pro will just
make the plant mad and de-
stroy desirable vegetation.
Treatment should be done
in the spring, or wait until fall
when the fall rosettes are in-
jured by the frost. In the fall
the perennial plants are send-
ing nutrients to the roots to
survive the winter and herbi-
cides work by being carried
into the roots.
An introduction to astron-
omy is featured at the next
session of the Baker Commu-
nity Sciences & Arts Lecture
Series on Thursday, Aug. 25.
“The Casual Observer’s Guide
to the Night Sky” will be pre-
sented by Ciera Partyka-Wor-
ley and Casey Howard from
Boise State University. The
talk starts at 6 p.m. in OTEC’s
conference room, 4005 23rd
St. Attendance is free. Topics
include stargazing, astronomy
with a telescope, naked eye
astronomy, the planets and
moon, and a look at Jupiter
and Saturn.
These talks are scheduled
for the last Thursday of the
month (except for November,
to avoid Thanksgiving). The
next topics are:
• The Future of Energy
with OTEC: Sept. 22, 6 p.m.
• Potatoes, Cattle & Tech-
nology — Trends in Eastern
Oregon Ag: Oct. 27
• A Brief History of Art —
Fabulous Facts, Divine Dis-
coveries & Creative Connec-
tions: Nov. 17
News of Record
Tom ‘Mac’ Kerns: A celebration of
Mac’s life will take place Saturday, Sept.
3 at 10 a.m. in the Haines Methodist
Church. Donations can be made to the
Eastern Oregon Museum in Haines
through Coles Tribute Center, 1950
Place St., Baker City, OR 97814. To light a
candle in memory of Mac, go to www.
colestributecenter.com.
Frank William Hermann: A celebration
of his life will take place on Sept. 9 at
1 p.m. at the Harvest Christian Church,
3720 Birch St. in Baker City. To leave an
online condolence for Frank’s family, go
to www.grayswestco.com.
Peggy Anna Pittman: Graveside
service will be Saturday, Sept. 10 at
10 a.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Friends are invited to join the family
for a reception afterward at the Baker
City Christian Church, 675 Highway 7.
Memorial contributions can be made to
Smile Train, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital
or Shriner’s Children’s Hospital through
Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500
Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.To
light a candle in Peggy’s memory, or to
offer online condolences to her family,
go to www.grayswestco.com.
Baker High School football
players will soon begin selling
Bulldog Gold Cards, which
offer discounts at local busi-
nesses. Football players will
have the $10 cards starting this
weekend. Proceeds benefit the
BHS football program.
Baker County Sheriff’s Office
Arrests, citations
DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED:
Robert Wayne Jarboe, 47,
Huntington, 11:01 a.m. Sunday,
Aug. 21 in Huntington; cited and
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