Baker City Municipal
Airport — also known by its original name of Heilner Field — might be
renamed as Mabry J. Anders Field to honor a local man who was killed
last August while serving as a U.S. Army Specialist in Afghanistan.
Baker City Councilors will hear about the plan when they meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at City Hall, 1655 First St.
Anders,
21, and Sgt. Christopher Birdwell of Windsor, Colo. were shot to death
on Aug. 27, 2012, by an Afghan National Army soldier in a
“green-on-blue” attack in Kala Gush, Afghanistan.
Both men were assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, from Fort Carson, Colo.
The
Airport Commission met Jan. 17 to consider the matter. Four of the
seven commissioners attended — Josh DeCarl, Terry Schumacher, James
Davis and Mark Berthelsen. All of them were in favor of changing the
name.
DeCarl proposed the name change to the Airport Commission.
Anders is the stepson of commissioner Troy Woydziak.
Woydziak
and his wife, Anders’ mother, Genevieve, also run Baker Aircraft, the
company contracted by the city as the fixed-base operator of the
airport.
There were just four commission members voting because
Woydziak and Councilor Dennis Dorrah didn’t attend the January
commission meeting. And a replacement member for Jake Jacobs hadn’t been
named at that point.
City Manager Mike Kee suggests in his
written report to the councilors that they “discuss (the proposed name
change) and allow for a period of public comment” before making a
decision.
He also states that if the councilors decide to change
the name of the airport it could “take up to 18 months for the changes
to show up on charts, directories and other publications.”
Story: http://www.bakercityherald.com
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