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TURNING BACK THE PAGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
November 4, 1972
ENTERPRISE — “I’ve told the kids all along that I thought
we were number one, and I think they’re fi nally starting to
believe it.”
Mike Murray’s bubbling message came after the Pine-Eagle
Spartans had wrestled a 13-6 victory from a determined En-
terprise squad Friday night to win the Wapiti League champi-
onship.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 4, 1997
There’s still plenty of discarded vehicles and junk in Baker
City, despite two citywide clean-ups in the past 18 months.
City Manager Karen Woolard recently toured about 95 per-
cent of the city’s residential areas and found 242 discarded
vehicles and 85 junk piles. Woolard made that tally without
driving through any alleys.
“I was unpleasantly surprised at how many (junk piles and
discarded vehicles) there are,” Woolard said this morning. “It’s
a beautiful town and for the most part it’s clean, but there are
those places that need attention.”
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 2, 2012
The Baker FFA Chapter’s Ag Mechanics team fi nished 14th
out of 40 teams competing at the national FFA convention last
week in Indianapolis.
The Baker team received a gold medal.
Team members Joel Rohner and Mark Voboril each
received individual goal awards, and Cameron Kerns and
Mickayla Hall received silver awards.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 4, 2021
Bob Reinhardt’s master’s thesis is growing into a full-fl edged
endeavor that he says will take years to complete.
Probably until he retires.
“It’s a long-term project,” he said.
It’s also a project that involves a Baker County village that
disappeared.
Reinhardt’s work started 15 years ago at the University of Or-
egon when he began researching the old town of Detroit, along
the North Santiam River in the Cascade foothills east of Salem.
Detroit disappeared beneath its namesake reservoir after a
dam was built in the early 1950s.
While studying the history of Detroit, Reinhardt discovered
more towns that had the same fate — including Robinette, at
the eastern edge of Baker County.
“I had advisors who said there are dozens of these places in
the American West,” he said.
Reinhardt learned more about the topic during a stint as
executive director at the Willamette Heritage Center in Salem.
“It gave me the opportunity to return to the topic,” he said.
He’s now in his fi fth year at Boise State University, where he
is an associate professor in the department of history.
He has named his project “The Atlas of Drowned Towns.”
In 2020, he received a “digital project for public” discovery
grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to help
“recover and interpret the history of these towns that were
displaced or disappeared,” he said.
The list includes Robinette, which was on the banks of the
Snake River east of Richland.
Robinette, named for James Robinette, who settled in the
area in 1887, had its post offi ce established in 1909.
The town, which had a population of 25 to 30 for much of
its history, was abandoned in 1957 as construction neared
completion on Brownlee Dam on the Snake.
Brownlee Reservoir inundated the site of Robinette in
1958.
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SENIOR MENUS
FRIDAY (Nov. 4): Chicken-fried chicken, mashed potatoes
with gravy, rolls, mixed vegetables, Jell-O with fruit
MONDAY (Nov. 7): Chicken with homestyle noodles in gravy,
rolls, broccoli, 3-bean salad, cheesecake
TUESDAY (Nov. 8): Ground beef steak with onions, mashed
potatoes with gravy, peas and carrots, rolls, fruit cup
WEDNESDAY (Nov. 9): Tuna salad, croissant chips, pickle
wedges, green salad, pudding
THURSDAY (Nov. 10): Meatloaf, mashed potatoes with
gravy, carrots, rolls, green salad, apple slices
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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ODOT encourages drivers
to be ready for winter driving
BY DICK MASON
The Observer
As winter weather arrives in
Northeastern Oregon, the state
transportation department is
reminding motorists to be pre-
pared for adverse driving con-
ditions.
Travelers are being urged to
have winter gear in their vehi-
cles, including warm clothing,
flashlights, blankets, ice scrap-
ers and chains they know how
to use.
“We are always encourag-
ing drivers to be prepared,” said
Tom Strandberg, a public infor-
mation officer for the Oregon
Department of Transportation
in La Grande. “We encourage
people to practice putting their
chains on in a safe location be-
fore they need to use them.”
Drivers are also advised to
make sure their vehicle’s batter-
ies are strong since their power
drops in cold weather, their tires
are properly inflated and have
plenty of tread and they have
at least half a tank of fuel at all
times, especially if they are leav-
ing town.
Meanwhile ODOT’s staff
transitioned into its winter
schedule starting Tuesday, Nov.
1. Work schedules will again
be split up so there is an eve-
ning shift, making it easier for
ODOT’s staff to respond quickly
when a storm hits.
“There will be people avail-
able to start plowing snow in
the middle of night if necessary,”
Strandberg said.
Oregon State Police/Contributed Photo, File
Dozens of vehicles line Interstate 84 near milepost 230 after a multiple-car crash on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022.
ODOT hires additional sea-
sonal employees to do winter
road maintenance work. Strand-
berg said because of the continu-
ing labor shortage afflicting all
of the United States, ODOT this
year has not been able to hire
as many seasonal workers as it
needs.
“We are still working to fill
some vacancies,” he said.
In response to the open posi-
tions, Strandberg said, ODOT
is shifting people from other
departments to do winter road
maintenance work if they have
the proper experience.
ODOT crews will again be
applying salt to Interstate 84 to
help keep the roads as free of
snow and ice as possible. ODOT
started doing this five years ago
and, Strandberg said, it is prov-
ing to be an excellent tool for
reducing accumulations of snow
and ice on Interstate 84.
“It has been a positive pro-
gram that keeps our roads safer,”
he said.
Strandberg said some motor-
ists initially expressed concerns
about the corrosive impact salt
could have on vehicles but this is
not proving to be a problem.
Local Briefing
Financial advisor collecting
pet supply donations
Katherine A. Bailey, financial advi-
sor with Edward Jones in Baker City, is
hosting a pet supply drive to benefit Best
Friends of Baker City. Donations of cat
and dog food (wet or dry), and kitty lit-
ter, can be brought to her Edward Jones
office, 2017 First St., (corner of First
Street and Washington Avenue) through
the close of business on Friday, Dec. 16.
Edward Jones cannot accept gift cards,
cash, check or monetary donations of
any kind.
Idaho Power campgrounds
remain open; water turned off
Idaho Power Company campgrounds
in Hells Canyon remain open, but drink-
ing water has been turned off. Fish-clean-
ing stations and RV dumps are also closed.
In Hells Canyon, loops C and D at
Woodhead Park are closed for the season.
The U.S. Forest Service’s Hells Canyon Vis-
itors Center is also closed.
LDS church releasing new
‘Friend to Friend’ episode
Primary children, parents and teach-
ers are invited to view a new “Friend to
Friend” episode titled “Friend to Friend:
News of
Record
DEATHS
Charles James ‘Jim’ Conro: 92, of
Haines, died Oct. 30, 2022, at his
residence in Spring Ridge Senior Living
in Meridian, Idaho. Arrangements are
under the direction of Coles Tribute
Center in Baker City. To leave an online
condolence for Jim’s family, go to www.
colestributecenter.com.
FUNERAL PENDING
Daryl Ray Schuchardt: Memorial
service will take place Friday, Nov. 4
at 2 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer
Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Memorial
contributions in Daryl’s honor can be
made to Tunnel to Towers or St. Jude’s
Children’s Hospital through Gray’s West
& Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave.,
Baker City, OR 97814. To leave an online
condolence for Daryl’s family, go to
www.grayswestco.com.
POLICE LOG
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
FIRST-DEGREE CRIMINAL
MISCHIEF, INTERFERING WITH
A POLICE OFFICER, SECOND-
DEGREE DISORDERLY CONDUCT,
OBSTRUCTION: Justin Michael Shelton,
32, transient, 12:17 a.m. Wednesday,
Nov. 2 at Washington Avenue and
Resort Street; jailed.
NEWS, SPORTS
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My Heavenly Father Loves Me.” This film
will be released Saturday morning, Nov. 5
at 8 a.m. and be available any time there-
after. It will feature music, activities and
messages from the Primary General Presi-
dency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-
ter-day Saints.
Fast Sunday will be Sunday, Nov. 6, and
members will have the opportunity to
share testimonies during the Sacrament
Service, as well as to make donations to
help the less fortunate. Sunday School
classes will be held during the second hour
of worship services.
The “Come, Follow Me” lesson for
the week of Nov. 7 will be taken from the
Books of Hosea (chapters 1-6; 10-14) and
Joel with “a focus on the importance of
keeping the covenants made with God and
His willingness to forgive us if we stumble
along the way.”
Vector Control District
board meets Friday
The Baker Valley Vector Control Dis-
trict’s board of directors will meet Friday,
Nov. 4 at 10:30 a.m. at 1933 First St. in
Baker City.
The Vector Control District is the
200,000-acre, property tax-funded dis-
trict responsible for controlling mosqui-
toes in much of the Baker, Bowen and
Keating valleys.
“I have not heard many neg-
ative comments,” he said, add-
ing he believes this is because of
the small amount of salt ODOT
crews apply. “We use as minimal
an amount as possible.”
Despite the use of salt it is still
critical for motorists to use trac-
tion tires or chains when bad
weather hits, Strandberg said,
particularly large trucks. Strand-
berg said a high percentage of
the interstate’s winter closures
are caused by trucks that jack-
knife because their drivers are
not using chains when they are
required.
Man injured
after falling from
horse near Reds
Horse Ranch
The Observer
LA GRANDE — A man in his early 60s was
injured Monday afternoon, Oct. 31 after he fell
from a horse about a mile from Reds Horse
Ranch in the Eagle Cap Wilderness.
A Life Flight Network helicopter was sent to
rescue the man after his party notified first re-
sponders of the accident. The patient was able
to walk to the helicopter with the assistance of
members of Union County Search and Rescue
and was then flown to Saint Alphonsus Med-
ical Center-Baker City, according to Union
County Emergency Manager Nick Vora.
Vora said that initial reports indicated that
the man was not able to walk and would have
to be carried to the helicopter. He said addi-
tional rescue personnel were ready to be flown
in to help move the patient to the helicopter
until it was determined he could walk to the
helicopter with assistance.
The man was injured about 6 miles from the
Moss Springs Trailhead, which is about 8 miles
south of Cove.
Those who assisted Union County Search
and Rescue, in addition to Life Flight, included
the Union County Sheriff’s Office.
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