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50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
August 27, 1972
Demolition crews have begun work on the radar station
southwest of Baker. The structure was recently purchased
through the General Services Administration by the school
district in Payette, Idaho.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 27, 1997
The Baker City Council on Tuesday decided to join Baker
County in applying for a state grant to pave bicycle lanes on
Hughes Lane.
Both the city and county are eligible to receive as much
as $100,000. Each would have to come up with a 20-per-
cent match in cash or in-kind services.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 27, 2012
New modular classrooms greeted Haines School kinder-
gartners and fi rst-graders on today’s fi rst day of school.
The new classrooms were needed because of the rural
school’s burgeoning enrollment, said Beth Bigelow, Haines
principal.
She credited the growth to students who are returning
to the public school from online programs, homeschooling,
private schools and transfers from other districts.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
August 28, 2021
Brian Ratliff has sliced open and probed the innards of
quite a number of cows, but he’s never come across a case
as confounding as the missing tongue.
“This is a stumper,” Ratliff said on Thursday, Aug. 26. “I
don’t have an answer.”
The mystery started the day before for Ratliff, the district
wildlife biologist at the Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife’s (ODFW) Baker City offi ce.
A ranch manager found the carcass of a three-year-old
cow that morning on a public grazing allotment near the
head of Fox Creek. That’s near Lookout Mountain, about 14
miles north of Huntington.
Ratliff investigated the case as a possible wolf attack.
Wolves from the Lookout Mountain pack have killed three
head of cattle, and injured three others, this summer sever-
al miles to the west.
Wolves didn’t kill the cow at Fox Creek — Ratliff is sure
about that.
He’s also confi dent in his conclusion about why the cow
died.
Almost the whole of the cow’s tongue — at least a couple
pounds of fl esh — was missing.
The wound severed two arteries at the base of the
tongue, and Ratliff said a veterinarian told him that a cow
with that injury would bleed to death relatively rapidly.
That was the only injury which happened prior to the
cow’s death, Ratliff said.
The carcass was undisturbed with one exception — birds
had pecked out one eyeball.
He estimated the cow died either late on Aug. 24 or early
on Aug. 25.
Ratliff said tracking conditions were “phenomenal,” with a
large area of dry, soft dirt around the carcass.
He didn’t fi nd any predator tracks, but there were tracks
from deer, elk, mice, squirrels and birds. There were also
human boot tracks — presumably from the ranch manager
who found the carcass.
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MONDAY (August 29): Chicken-fried chicken, mashed pota-
toes, carrots, rolls, green salad, pudding
TUESDAY (August 30): Beef stew, broccoli, cottage cheese
with fruit, lemon squares
WEDNESDAY (August 31): Meatloaf, mashed potatoes with
gravy, mixed vegetables, rolls, coleslaw, birthday cake
THURSDAY (Sept. 1): Chicken a la king over rice, mixed vege-
tables, rolls, fruit, sherbet
FRIDAY (Sept. 2): Baked ham, scalloped potatoes, corn on
the cob, green salad, rolls, lemon squares
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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Baker grad’s coffee house, bakery honored
BY LISA BRITTON
lbritton@bakercityherald.com
Karma Coffee in Dallas, Oregon, was voted
the Willamette Valley’s best coffee house and
earned second place for best bakery in a contest
held earlier this year.
And the shop has a direct connection to
Baker City.
The owner is Amanda Warren, who gradu-
ated from Baker High School in 2013.
She is the daughter of Anthony Bailey and
Julie Hertel.
Her inspiration for opening a coffee shop
was Mad Matilda’s, a place she spent time when
she was growing up in Baker City.
“Mad Matilda’s made me want to open a cof-
fee shop,” she said.
She worked at Dutch Bros. in college, and at
Starbucks after that.
“I liked making coffee,” she said.
Then she decided to open her own shop.
She bought and remodeled an old house in
Dallas, which is about 15 miles west of Salem.
The shop opened in 2018.
Warren handled the coffee part of the busi-
ness, and her mom was in charge of the bakery.
“She came up with most of the original reci-
pes,” she said.
In addition to food and drinks, the coffee
shop features local artists on a rotating basis,
and employs about 25 people.
Karma Coffee is located at 1062 Main St. in
Dallas. For updates, check the Instagram page
Karma Coffee Bar and Bakery.
Anthony Bailey/Contributed Photo
Amanda Warren, who grew up in
Baker City and graduated from
Baker High School in 2013, owns
Karma Coffee in Dallas, Oregon,
west of Salem.
Officials monitoring 4 small fires in Eagle Caps
Baker City Herald
Wallowa-Whitman Na-
tional Forest officials are
monitoring four small light-
ning-caused fires in the Eagle
Cap Wilderness.
The blazes, all 0.1 of an
acre or smaller, were started
Monday, Aug. 22 or Tuesday,
Aug. 23, according to the Wal-
lowa-Whitman. Fire officials
surveyed the fires from the air
this week.
Two fires are in the Goat
Creek area, about 1/4 mile
apart. The two others are in
the North Minam River drain-
age, about 1 mile apart. Two
other fires were doused by
rain from thunderstorms.
For more than 20 years the
Wallowa-Whitman has had a
policy in place that allows of-
ficials to monitor, rather than
fight, lightning-sparked fires
in the wilderness so long as
the blazes don’t threaten pri-
vate property or structures.
The four current fires aren’t
close to private inholdings or
to high-use trails.
“When the fires are active,
smoke may be visible from
the surrounding areas,” said
Anthony Botello, deputy for-
est supervisor for the Wal-
lowa-Whitman. “We will be
watching these closely and
have a good plan in place
when/if they become more
active. The fires are in the
middle of the Wilderness and
playing a natural role in re-
ducing fuels.”
“These remote Wilderness
fires that pose no threat to
private lands should be moni-
tored closely,” said Todd Nash,
Wallowa County commis-
sioner.
“They also serve as a benefit
by reducing heavy fuel loads
caused by long interruptions
in the natural fire regime. I
fully support the Forest Ser-
vice current response.”
under 2,500, counties with
populations under 15,000, and
special districts in these cities
and counties. NEOEDD will
use the same criteria to priori-
tize the free services.
Cities, counties and non-
profits can submit a request for
services online at https://bit.
ly/3R6nIZy.
“We may also refer organi-
zations to Sequoia Consulting
for help to identify appropriate
grant sources for a project or
to prepare an organization to
apply for and successfully man-
age a grant,” Dawson said.
More information is avail-
able by emailing Chantal Iv-
enso at chantalivenso@neoedd.
org or by calling 541-426-3598,
extension 4.
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.
Free grant-writing
training for nonprofits
HALFWAY — Lisa Daw-
son and Sara Miller from the
Northeast Oregon Economic
Development District will
teach a free workshop series
in Halfway in September and
October focusing on success-
ful grant writing for nonprof-
its.
The classes will take place
on four Saturdays from
10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Sept.
10 and 24, and Oct. 8 and 22.
The classes will be at the Lions
Hall in Halfway. Registration
deadline is Sept. 8. Register at
https://tinyurl.com/29sm299c
or find the link at neoedd.org/
events/ or call 541-426-3598.
Community Connection gets
grant for housing counseling
Community Connection
of Northeast Oregon has re-
ceived a $25,863 grant from
the U.S. Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development
to provide housing counseling
to residents in Baker, Grant,
Union and Wallowa counties.
For information about
Community Connection’s
Housing Resource Center, call
Debbie MacBaker at 541-963-
3186 or email her at debbie@
ccno.org.
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 —
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Meal, other activities
planned at LDS church
The La Grande Stake of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-
ter-day Saints will hold a Stake
activity on Saturday, Aug. 27
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the
Baker City church building,
2625 Hughes Lane. A meal will
be served, followed by activi-
ties for anyone who wants to
join in.
On Sunday, Aug. 28, a spe-
cial “Back to School Devo-
tional” will be broadcast to
all church buildings at 7 p.m.
PDT. Sister Bonnie Cordon,
Young Women General Pres-
ident and Elder Ken Firmage,
Area Seventy, will be speaking.
Contact your Ward’s leader-
ship for more information on
both activites.
The “Come, Follow Me”
lesson for the week of Aug. 29
will be based on select chapters
from the books of Proverbs
and Ecclesiastes with a focus
on the meanings of “wisdom”
and “godly fear” as used in
these scriptures. For lesson de-
tails, download the free mobile
app called “Gospel Library” or
visit the Church website.
BCU plans Patriot
Night Out Aug. 27
Baker County United is
planning a Patriot Night Out
event Saturday, Aug. 27 in the
covered area at Geiser-Poll-
man Park.
The event, which celebrates
the group’s first anniversary,
starts at 4:30 p.m. with an
auto rally starting at Windmill
Lane, with vehicles heading
west on Campbell Street, then
on Main to Broadway to 10th
and then back onto Campbell
to the park.
A free barbecue will start at
the park at 5 p.m. The menu,
catered by Elkhorn Custom
Meats and Deli, includes ham-
burgers and hot dogs, baked
beans, broccoli salad, chips,
cookies and lemonade. Bottled
water will also be available. Ev-
eryone at the barbecue will re-
ceive a free ticket for a raffle of
a 30-foot flag pole, including
installation.
BCU is a nonpartisan com-
munity service organization.
The mission of BCU is:
• to educate and build a
Baker County network of cit-
izens who actively pursue
self-governance by champion-
ing our inalienable God given
rights.
• to regain and maintain a
local representative govern-
ment that protects the same,
guided by our Constitution
and the Bill of Rights, with em-
phasis on our county’s culture,
history, heritage.
• to restore a self-sustaining
economy.
BHS football players
to sell Gold Cards
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.
Free services for some cities,
counties, nonprofits
The Northeast Oregon Eco-
nomic Development District
(NEOEDD) is offering up to
20 hours of free help to cit-
ies, counties and nonprofits
in Baker, Union and Wallowa
counties. The free services
include project and organi-
zational development, grant
prospecting, grant writing and
project administration services.
The services are possible
due to funding from the Or-
egon Legislature and an Ore-
gon foundation, according to a
press release from NEOEDD.
NEOEDD will provide ser-
vices based on available staff
time, an organization’s readi-
ness to proceed, and the timing
of grant deadlines.
“Our goal is to assist as many
organizations as possible; how-
ever, our funding is limited, so
we may not be able to serve ev-
ery eligible organization,” said
Lisa Dawson, NEOEDD exec-
utive director.
The money from the Ore-
gon Legislature supports ser-
vices to cities with populations
News of Record
DEATHS
Carl LaVerne Heath: 84, of Baker City,
died Aug. 24, 2022, at his residence.
Service information will be updated
when details are confirmed. To leave an
online condolence for Carl’s family, go to
www.grayswestco.com.
FUNERALS PENDING
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 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. In lieu of flowers, 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
leave an online condolence for Peggy’s
family, go to www.grayswestco.com.
Cass Robertson Vanderwiele:
Celebration of life/anniversary
celebration, Sept. 10 from 4 p.m. to
6 p.m. at the Thomas Angus Ranch
party barn, 42734 Old Trail Road, north
of Baker City. It will be a time to visit
with Cass’s family and offer them love,
support and condolences. Friends and
loved ones are welcome to stop by
at their convenience between those
times. Memorial contributions can
be directed to Colton Accounting, on
Church Street in Baker City. Cass loved
making sure the children of Baker, who
were in need, had a great Christmas. A
foundation will be created to honor his
wishes in his name. To leave an online
condolence for Cass’s family, go to
www.grayswestco.com.
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THANK YOU!!
The Powder Valley Senior Class of 2023 would
like to thank the Ropers, Cowboys and Com-
munity for supporting us this last weekend in
Haines at the Benefit. It was a lot of fun and
we really appreciate You All!!
We would also like to Thank our Amazing sponsors:
Josh Anderson// Sage Veterinary
Boehringer & Ingelkeim
Jason and Rosi Williams
Old West Credit Union
Ken Tew and Ag Insurance
Merk Animal Health
Appliances and More
Hustler Hunting
Zoetis
J and J Timber Resources
Ne-Hi Enterprises
Auto Ranch
Adam Kerns and ACI
McGinn Trucking
Les Schwab
Little Muddy Ranch
Cambridge Technologies
D & B Supply
Mulit-Min 90
North Powder Fire Department
Cody and Lexi Shaw of Triple Arrow Cattle Co.
THANK YOU ! ! !
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