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December 28, 2015
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A special good day to Herald subscriber Don Curtiss of Baker City.
Scouts will pick up Christmas trees on Saturday morning, 3an. 2 Baker City Scouts will be picking up Christmas trees the morning of Saturday, Jan. 2 beginning at 9 a.m. Residents can leave their tree near the curb in plain view from the road. Scouts will collect the trees and deliver them to bins, donated for use by Baker Sanitary Service. Baker Sanitary Service will utilize their equipment and facilities to recycle the trees. Donations for this service are appreciated, but not required. They may be placed in an envelope and attached to the front door of the residence where Scouts can retrieve it. Checks can be made payable to II
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Jeff Wisdom, left, his wife, Julie Wisdom, and their nephew, Harrison Berg, help explain the various branches of the Wisdom family tree during their recent visit to Baker City.
Contributions will stay local, supplementing Baker County scouting activities, camping and supply purchases. For more information, contact Emily Braswell, Eastern Oregon District Executive, at 541-5197677, or search "baker city Christmas tree pick up" on Facebook.
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Veterans Service ONce closed today through Wednesday The Baker County Veterans Service Office will be closed today through W ednesday. The office, at the Baker County Courthouse, 1995Third St., will re-open on Thursday.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Overshadowed the last two years when he played behind a pair of seasoned guards, CJ McCollum has blossomed into a rising star for the PoltlandTrail Blazers. McCollum had 35 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists to lead the Blazers to a 98-94 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night. No Blazers player in the past 29 years had put up numbers similar to McCollum's near triple-double. Clyde Drexler had at least 34 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists five times.
Inmates at the Powder River Correctional Facility made these gift bags for locaI children.
More than a dozen children in Baker City had a little more this Christmas thankstotheeffortsoflocal benefactors behind bars. Inmate participants in Powder River Correctional Facility's iPCRFl alternative incarceration program iAIPl created and filled gift bags thathave been distributedto 21 children in the area. No prison money was used to buy the gifts that are intended to make the lives of toddlersand youths a little better. The inmate donors used money they have earned doing work release or otherjobsat the prison. Theireffortsare a partof the community projects they choose to participate in while in the AIP. SeeGift BagsIPage2A
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John W. Wisdom, the builder of the house,posing in his Mason attire. Each day the Wisdom men would haul water in to the house to wash their beards.
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John Berg leads the way around the Wisdom House, describing it from his memories. The first phone was right near the kitchen, he says — turning the crank connected the caller to the operator, who then connected to the person you were calling. Next stop, the kitchen: He says a big S. John Collins /Baker City Herald mahogany table sat in Wisdom family members traveled to Baker City to spend Christmas at the dining room, surthe historicWisdom house/vacation rental at the corner of Second and rounded by 12 chairs. Broadway streets. And the banisterBerg eve r y one, it seems, has dom Jr. and granddaughter of John grandchildren's visits. slid down the banister. W. Wisdom. When Johnson was Veronica Johnson of Baker City Berg, 71, spent this Christmas restoring the house, holiday at the Wisdom House along bought the historic home in March she started doing with his brothers — Bruce Berg, of this year, began restoration and research and found Brad Bergand JeffWi sdom — and Loy Wisdom's book, opened it asa vacation rental this "Memories." their families. summer. The house style is a mixture of i Jeff changed his last name from However, it couldn't Joh nson Berg to Wisdom to carry on the Gothic and Italianate, patterned be reprinted without family name.) after Wisdom's grandparents' home the family's permission, and she The four men are the greatin Kentucky. was toldno relatives remained. The last Wisdom to live at this "I was told there were no more grandsons of John W. Wisdom, the man who had the home built in house was Loy Winter Wisdom, the Wisdoms, and that made me sad," Johnson said. 1878 at 2035 Second St. for $6,000. daughterofJohn W. Wisdom. She Their mother was Jane Wisdom diedin 1979 after 95 years in the Berg — thedaughter ofJohn Wishome, and that ended the Wisdom SeeWisdom/Page8A
Baker County Search and Rescue members found the body of Joanne Beverly Brown, 87, a Baker City woman reported missing by her family on Christmas Day, about 12:15 p.m. Saturday on a hillside above her south Baker City home. Baker City Police Chief Wyn Lohner said there is no indication that foul play was involved. "It's just a tragic thing," Lohner said. Family members contacted police about 4 p.m. on Christmas Day, saying Brown had not been seen since around Dec. 7-9, Lohner said. Relatives, who had traveled fiom LaGrande toBaker Cityand found Brown's home empty on Christmas Day, told police that Brown frequentiy hiked on the hillside above her home, which is at 445 Highway 7, near the south Baker City limits. SeeFoundIPage3A
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