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A special good day to Herald
subscriber Marvin Sundean of
Baker City.
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Vendors sought for
Christmas bazaar
Baker County is hosting the
annual 4-H Christmas bazaar
Dec. 2-3 at the Baker County
Fairgrounds show barn. Vendors
interested in reserving a spot at
the bazaar are encouraged to
call the Baker County Extension
Offi ce at 541-523-6418. Tables
are $40. The bazaar hours
will be from noon to 5:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 2, and 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3.
Baker City ends
residential burning ban
Baker City’s residential burn-
ing ban, which had been in effect
since late July, was canceled on
Sept. 30, concurrent with the
Oregon Department of Forestry
reducing fi re danger to moder-
ate. Although outdoor burning is
now allowed in the city, resi-
dents need to comply with city
ordinance 3302, which requires
that residents obtain a free burn
permit from the front window at
the Baker City Fire Department,
1616 Second St. Interim fi re
chief David Blair urges people to
be cautious, as conditions are
still dry, especially shrubbery and
beneath trees. More information
is available by calling the fi re
department at 541-523-3711.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2022 • $1.50
New gates
block part
of road at
Lookout
Mountain
Pumpkins,
a helicopter
and a
bull’s-eye
urday, Oct. 29.
Unusual fundraiser
The event is a fundraiser for
benefits Spc. Mabry
the Spc. Mabry James Anders
J. Anders Foundation Foundation, which provides
BY LISA BRITTON
lbritton@bakercityherald.com
T
hink you can hit a bull’s-
eye with a pumpkin?
Think you can do that
from a helicopter?
Tickets are on sale now for
the Pumpkin Chunkin’ Bash,
organized by Baker Aircraft at
the Baker City Airport on Sat-
scholarships to graduates of
Baker County and North Pow-
der schools.
Spc. Anders was killed in ac-
tion in Kalagush, Afghanistan,
on Aug. 27, 2012. He was 21.
Anders was buried with full
military honors at the Haines
Cemetery, and is also honored
at the Memorial for the Fallen
at Fort Carson.
County officials say there
is no public right-of-way
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
“One hundred percent of
proceeds go to the scholarship
fund,” said Gen Woydziak, An-
ders’ mom.
To date, the fund has
awarded $65,000 in scholar-
ships.
The issue of locked gates on previously
open roads near Lookout Mountain in east-
ern Baker County didn’t end when county
commissioners earlier this year settled a law-
suit the county filed against a property owner
who installed a locked gate in 2017.
That gate prompted the county, in Febru-
ary 2019, to sue the owners of land near the
head of Connor Creek, northeast of Lookout
Mountain.
A settlement approved on Jan. 20, 2022,
states that the property owner can lock a gate
on the road that connects Connor Creek Road
to Daly Creek Road only if the fire danger has
been extreme for at least 26 straight days.
The county also agreed to pay $125,000 to
the landowners who were defendants in the
lawsuit — Timber Canyon Ranch LLC, Ken-
nerly Ranches LLC and Forsea River Ranch
LLC.
A couple weeks before the settlement was
signed, the 3,500-acre property was sold to
Allen Potato LLC of North Powder. The set-
tlement terms, including the limitation on
when the gate on the Connor Creek Road
can be blocked, is binding on the new owner,
said Kim Mosier, the county’s attorney.
Although the settlement dealt with the gate
on the Connor Creek Road, the document
references another road, one cited in a coun-
terclaim the defendants filed in the county’s
lawsuit.
This is a section of the Lookout Mountain
Road. That road connects to both the Daly
Creek and Manning Creek roads, just north
of Lookout Mountain itself.
Pumpkin toss
The Pumpkin Chunkin’
Bash is happening at the Baker
Airport, which is just east of
Interstate 84 about 3 miles
north of Baker City.
See Pumpkins / A3
Nightly candlelight
climate vigils planned
A local organization, Climate
Vigil, is hosting a nightly candle-
light vigil during October from
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on the
steps of Crossroads Carnegie
Art Center, 2020 Auburn Ave.
All are welcome and invited
to bring a candle or electric
light to raise awareness about
the impacts of rising average
temperatures. Contact peter@
climatevigil.org to learn more.
Your chance to try to hit a
bull’s-eye by dropping a
pumpkin from a helicopter
will happen on Oct. 29 at
the Baker City Airport.
Baker Aircraft/Contributed Photo
See Gates / A3
City seeks to
aid in FireMed
ambulance
transition
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used with any carrier.
“People should have choices,” he
said.
He also offers pre-paid cell ser-
vice with AT&T and Verizon.
He works on most repairs in his
shop, but also has contacts to assist in
data recovery, such as from devices
that are damaged beyond repair.
He said he especially draws on
his experience at Sprint, where he
learned to “harvest the parts” of re-
turned cellphones.
Baker City staff are working with officials
for the new ambulance provider to help lo-
cal residents transfer their ground ambu-
lance memberships and avoid any lapse in
coverage.
Starting Oct. 1, Bay Cities Ambulance,
part of the Metro West Ambulance com-
pany, became the official ambulance pro-
vider for Baker City and much of the rest of
Baker County.
Baker County, which by Oregon law is
responsible for ensuring ambulance cover-
age, hired the company in early June after
the Baker City Council, in late March, no-
tified county commissioners that the Baker
City Fire Department would cease ambu-
lance service after Sept. 30.
The city was part of the FireMed pro-
gram, which sells memberships that pay for
ground ambulance transports.
The transfer doesn’t affect LifeFlight air
ambulance transport, and people who have
memberships in that network will continue
to be covered, City Manager Jonathan Can-
non wrote in an email sent to FireMed sub-
scribers on Sept. 30.
The situation is different for ground
ambulance transports because Bay Cities
Ambulance has a separate program, called
LifeGuard.
In his email, Cannon wrote that current
FireMed members whose subscription ex-
pires after Sept. 30, 2022, will automatically
transfer to the LifeGuard program.
See Phones / A2
See FireMed / A3
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New business focuses on cellphones
BY LISA BRITTON
lbritton@bakercityherald.com
Ben Arvat is bringing 15 years
of experience with cellphones to
his new business, Baker Wireless
Repair.
“I knew there was a need for this
in town,” he said.
His shop is located in the Baker
Tower, 1705 Main St., on the Au-
burn Avenue side of the building.
Prior to moving to Baker City,
Arvat worked for Cricket, Sprint
and Verizon in western Oregon.
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Most recently, he worked for the
state for about five years, then re-
turned to the cellphone repair busi-
ness by working out of his home
in 2020.
“Word of mouth started catching
on,” he said.
He opened his retail store Sept. 12.
Repairing cracked screens is the
biggest part of his business, but he
also stocks accessories, specialized
cases and screen protectors, and
an assortment of “unlocked” cell-
phones that can be purchased and
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