BAKER CITY HERALD — 5A
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016
Event in Baker City raises $53,000 for Hunt of a Lifetime By Lisa Britton
For the Baker City Herald
Clay McEnroe uses the words “amazing” and “incredible” to describe the first local fundraiser for Hunt of a Lifetime, held June 25 in Baker City. He estimates about 500 people attended the event at Lefty’s Taphouse. “It was incredible,” he said. “It’s amazing the support we got. It was everybody in town, from every walk of life.” He’d hoped to raise at least $20,000 for the nonprofit organization. The event raised $53,000
with the dinner, raffle and auctions, which featured about 20 guns among the 80 items. “Not bad for a one-day deal,” McEnroe said with a laugh. McEnroe volunteers with Hunt of a Lifetime, a nonprofit organization that grants hunting and fishing trips for children age 21 and younger who have been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. The young hunters are provided with everything they need — clothing, tags, license, gun, travel expenses and food.
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On Saturday, breakfast will be served from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday’s schedule is 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. The cost both days is $7. Kurt Miller, local organizer for the Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally, is happy the VFW breakfast is returning for the rally’s 10th year. “(The breakfast) has been a true benefit to our visitors who come to town,” Miller said. VFW, a nonprofit organization, offers support, gives gifts and pays respects to retired veterans, particularly on holidays at various senior centers. “We just try and give back to the veterans and let them know that they’re appreciated in our town,” Henshaw said. Proceeds from this weekend’s breakfasts will go to charity. VFW charities include the National
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Everett Bork, 45, and his wife, Jennifer Bork, 34, were arrested Wednesday afternoon and lodged in the Baker County Jail on charges of possession of methamphetamine. The Borks and Troyer were arraigned Thursday in Circuit Court, Shirtcliff said. Jacob Grammon was released Wednesday afternoon because police failed to find
All of the money raised on June 25 will fund local hunts. “Every bit of that stays in Oregon,” McEnroe said. “Every dime of that goes right back to the kids.” Every fall, the Oregon chapter of Hunt of a Lifetime receives five tags that can be used anywhere in the state from September to November. He and the crew who help organize hunts all volunteer their time. In addition to the main fundraiser, a quilt made by Mary Jo Grove was auctioned to benefit Chelsie Thompson, the 6-year-old North Powder girl
Home for Children, an organization dedicated to supporting families with active duty military members, and the Billie Ruth Bootsma Cancer Clinic in Baker City. Some of the money will also go toward the annual VFW Youth Shoot, a shooting competition for kids 15 and younger. Proceeds will pay for prizes for top winners, as well as a raffle drawing. Finally, VFW is aiming to build a new flag pole with some of the money raised. Henshaw hopes to match City Hall’s flag pole in height. Last year’s breakfast raised $1,300, Henshaw said. VFW used just $200 for its costs, with the rest going to the organization’s selected charities. Henshaw hopes to top that amount this year. “Last year, it was bigger than it had been in the past,” Henshaw said. “We’re hoping to see a better turnout this year.” Besides the money used to pay for
a gun in the vehicle in which Grammon and Troyer were traveling. In a search of the pickup truck, officers found two air pistols that looked like replica firearms, Police Chief Wyn Lohner stated in a press release. Shirtcliff said a witness had claimed to have seen Grammon with what looked like a gun, which gave police probable cause for the arrest. When police found only air pistols there was not suf-
whose left leg was amputated just above the knee after she was run over by a lawnmower at her home June 3. The quilt raised $4,750 for the Thompson family. When asked about a future fundraiser for Hunt of a Lifetime, McEnroe said “everybody’s taking a big deep breath” at the moment. However, he said one idea is to rotate a yearly fundraiser at different cities in Eastern Oregon. For more information about Hunt of a Lifetime, visit www.huntofalifetime. org.
breakfast, donors can write notes with a donation in cash or check to a charity of their choice, Henshaw said. Though the breakfast has existed from the bike rally’s debut, Henshaw said it wasn’t well-organized until about seven or eight years ago, though he has been post commander for two years. Henshaw, who works as a plumber apart from VFW, joined the Marine Corps in 2005 and served six years active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. He came back to Baker City, his hometown, three years ago and joined the VFW. “I came here because I felt comfortable and next thing I knew they made me post commander,” Henshaw said. As Henshaw and the VFW give back to the Baker City community, patrons will be able to enjoy ham, eggs, potatoes and biscuits with sausage gravy. Although breakfast is served at 7 a.m., bar manager Kevin Churchill expects people to start gathering around 6 a.m.
ficient evidence to charge Grammon and he was released, Shirtcliff said. The investigation began Tuesday night after police received information about suspected drug activity at the Borks’ home where Troyer and Grammon also had been staying, Lohner said. Troyer and Grammon were arrested after officers initiated a “high risk” traffic stop with their guns drawn at 8:02 a.m. Wednesday
on Church Street between Second and Third streets, Lohner said. Troyer was stopped while driving a 1997 Ford F150 pickup truck. He was arrested on a detainer related to previous charges of first-degree theft, delivering methamphetamine, possessing methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm. The two Baker County warrants charged him with failure to pay fines, and
Motorcyclist in serious condition after I-84 crash A British Columbia motorcyclist who was thrown from his bike when it ran off the inside freeway shoulder Wednesday morning was listed in serious condition today at a Walla Walla, Washington, hospital. Brian Hugh Saunderson, 73, of Campbell River, British Columbia, crashed in the median off the westbound lanes of Interstate 84, according to the Oregon State Police media log. Saunderson was flown by Life Flight air ambulance to Providence St. Mary Medical Center. Sr. Trooper Edward Mercado responded to the crash at 11: 17 a.m. Wednesday. The OSP report stated that Saunderson’s Harley-Davidson motorcycle rolled after his bike exited the road via the inside shoulder for unknown reasons. The driver and the motorcycle came to rest in the median. Police said other motorists stopped to help at the scene before Life Flight arrived.
Bundys won’t get delay in their trial
PORTLAND (AP) — A federal judge has rejected Ammon and Ryan Bundy’s request for a trial delay. The Bundys and more than a dozen other defendants are scheduled for trial in September on charges stemming from the January takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Ammon Bundy’s lawyer Marcus Mumford seeks both the delay and his client’s pretrial release, contending he and Bundy have been unable to watch hours of video evidence with his client still jailed. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that Bundy was recently moved from the jail in downtown Portland to one on the outskirts of the city. In arguing against a delay, Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Gabriel said the September date allows the Bundys to have a fair and speedy trial in Oregon and time to prepare for a February trial on a different matter in Nevada. contempt of court, Lohner said. The contempt charge stemmed from an original charge of delivering methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school. Troyer was wearing a wig at the time of his arrest, which police believe was an attempt to disguise his identity. In a search of Troyer’s pickup truck, police found, in addition to the two air pistols, several other wigs and narcotics paraphernalia
containing methamphetamine residue, Lohner said. Police served the second search warrant at the Borks’ home at 2037 Seventh St. at about 1:15 p.m. Wednesday. Police arrested Everett and Jennifer Bork after finding a small amount of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia at the house, Lohner said. The couple’s two juvenile children were removed from the home by child protective service workers.