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Good Day Wish
To A Subscriber
A special good day to Herald
subscriber Richard Fox of Baker
City.
BRIEFING
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BCU Freedom Rally
scheduled for Thursday
Baker County United’s Sep-
tember Freedom Rally is set for
Thursday, Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. at
the large building at 890 Elm
St., corner of Elm and Indiana,
south of the laundromat.
The guest speaker is Isaac
Insko of Turning Point USA-East-
ern Oregon University.
The Constitution corner will
feature Susan Bland talking
about the Fourth and Fifth
amendments.
Coffee and cake will be
provided.
BCU will also have a “Register
to Vote” table in Baker City on
Tuesday, Sept. 20, which is “Na-
tional Voter Registration Day.”
The table will be at the old USA
gas station on Campbell Street
in front of Albertsons, from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 • $1.50
A capital honor: WWII veteran visiting D.C.
Kenneth Anderson,
95, participating in
Honor Flight this week
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
When Dave Cross found out
that his Baker City neighbor, Ken-
neth Anderson, was a World War
II veteran, Cross thought almost
immediately of Honor Flight.
And when Cross learned that
Anderson had never been to
Washington, D.C., Cross knew
what he had to do.
And now, several months later,
the pair is preparing to board a
plane for the nation’s capital.
Cross, himself a military vet-
eran who served in the Army for
27 years, will accompany Ander-
son, 95, who served in the Navy,
on an all-expenses-paid trip to
Washington, D.C.
They will visit the World War II
Memorial and Vietnam Memorials,
the National Archives, the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier at Arlington
National Cemetery, and the U.S.
Capitol, among other destinations.
“I’m looking forward to it,” An-
derson said on Monday morning,
Sept. 19, the day before he em-
barks on the journey. “I’m proud
to have been nominated.”
“I consider it an honor to ac-
company Mr. Anderson on this
flight,” Cross, 61, said on Friday,
Sept. 16.
Honor Flight is a nationwide
program that pays for veterans
of World War II, and the Korean
and Vietnam wars, to travel to
Washington, D.C., to visit the
memorials for their wars along
with many other sites.
Anderson
See Flight / A5
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BIGGEST GAME
Marla’s Mall now open
at new location
Marla’s Mall, which offers
gently used clothes and other
items for free, is open in its new
location near Baker High School.
To get there, access the
parking lot at 9th and G streets
(north of the football stadium).
Marla’s Mall is in the building
just west of BHS.
It is open Monday through
Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 11:30
a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Hours
are subject to change based on
the BHS schedule, but updates
are posted on the Marla’s Mall
page on Facebook. The phone
number is 541-524-2309.
Offerings include clothing
(women’s, men’s and chil-
dren’s), hygiene items, purses
and shoes.
Marla’s Mall is in honor of
Marla Cavallo, a BHS teacher
who died of cancer in 2007 at
age 45.
New book chronicles Baker’s 1972
state championship basketball game
against Jefferson
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BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Mostly sunny
A
Wednesday
ndrew Kaza always figured
someone ought to make
a movie about the most
famous basketball game in Baker
High School history.
Then he realized nobody had even
written a book.
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Rain showers
The space below is for a postage label
for issues that are mailed.
So Kaza decided he would fill this void in the
annals of Oregon high school athletics, one that
had existed for half a century.
Kaza’s book, “High Contrast: A Story of Bas-
ketball, Race and Politics in Oregon 1972,” was
released in late August.
Above: The 1972 Baker High School boys
basketball team. Top row, left to right: Head Coach
Gary Hammond, Rick Scrivner, Craig Erickson, Wes
Morgan, Daryl Ross, Mike Davis, Mark Johnson,
Randy Daugherty, Assistant Coach John Heriza.
Bottom row, left to right: Statistician Gerry Steele,
Tim Wood, Fred Warner Jr., Greg Sackos, Dick
Sheehy, and manager Verl Cote.
Photo Courtesy of Ann Ross
The author, who grew up in Beaverton and
lives in Redmond, recounts the March 25, 1972,
Class AAA boys state championship basketball
game in Portland’s Memorial Coliseum, pitting
the underdog Baker Bulldogs against the pow-
erful Jefferson Democrats from Portland.
Not that there can be much suspense after 50
years, but Baker lost, 59-52.
See Game / A2
Andrew Kaza’s new book chronicles the
1972 Oregon Class AAA state championship
basketball game between the Baker Bulldogs
and the Jefferson Democrats.
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Baker County housing crunch
means vouchers are less useful
BY CLAYTON FRANKE
Baker City Herald
Jayson Jacoby/Baker City Herald, File
Officials say a lack of affordable housing in Baker City means govern-
ment housing vouchers aren’t always usable.
TODAY
Issue 56
14 pages
Classified ....................B4-B6
Comics ..............................B7
Community News.............A2
Baker County’s lack of affordable housing
means most of those who receive govern-
ment-subsidized housing vouchers aren’t able
to use them, according to staff at the North-
east Oregon Housing Authority (NEOHA).
“We have a shortage of affordable hous-
ing,” said Desiree Myers-Nallusamy, housing
manager for the Housing Authority. “A lot of
the rents in our areas are much higher than
Crossword ...............B4 & B6
Dear Abby .........................B8
Home & Living ............B1-B3
Horoscope ..............B4 & B6
Lottery Results .................A2
News of Record ................A2
what HUD allots for a house, apartment or
duplex.”
HUD is the US Department of Housing
and Urban Development, which adminis-
ters money to local Public Housing Author-
ities — like NEOHA — for Housing Choice
Vouchers each year. The local authorities
then pull names from a waiting list of appli-
cants and inform them they’re eligible to re-
ceive a voucher.
Opinion .............................A4
Sudoku..............................B7
Senior Menus ...................A2
See Housing / A3
Sports ..................... A5 & A6
Turning Backs ..................A2
Weather ............................B7