March 15, 2010 12:52 pm
The skate shop and tattoo parlor opened in 2009
 Yauncy White, left, owner of Shifty Skateboards and Tattoos assembles a customer’s recently purchased long board with Chris Layman, shop manager at the Baker City shop. (Baker City Herald/S. John Collins)
Within six months after opening in a small shop off Resort Street,
White jumped at the opportunity in December 2009 to expand into a
full-line skateboard and skating shoes and apparel shop at 1790 Main
St., formerly occupied by the Boots Leonard Gallery.
Then last September, White expanded again with the opening of a La Grande branch of Shifty Skateboards and Tattoos.
White, 35, said about 90 percent of the income at his Baker City
store comes from sales of skateboards and skating shoes and apparel,
while about 10 percent of the stores income is derived from tattoos.
His son Yauncy Jr., 15, and friends Chris Layman and Ben Knops work
at the shop and run it when he’s at the La Grande store, White said.
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March 15, 2010 12:49 pm
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The Baker County Fair Board is offering everyone a chance to grow
fresh vegetables this summer by breaking ground on a community garden.
The project is a partnership between the Fair Board and Oregon Rural
Action. The garden plot will be located just north of the rodeo
grounds, off Grove Street.
Anyone interested in learning more is encouraged to attend a meeting
at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Fair Board meeting room at the Community
Event Center, 2600 East St.
Organizers are hoping the garden will provide space for families or
individuals who don’t have the room at home, and also for members of
groups such as 4-H, FFA and Scouts who want to grow produce for the
local food banks.
The ground will be worked to create raised beds that will be rented to gardeners.
“There’s some decent soil there, but it needs some help,” said Jimmy Roberts, Master Gardener coordinator.
The fee and other garden guidelines will be discussed at Wednesday’s meeting.
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