Sean C. Morgan
After more than 42 years in the fire service, Jim Basting, 62, is retiring from the Oregon Department of Forestry as a forest protection supervisor with the Sweet Home Unit.
“I’ll miss it quite a bit,” Basting said. “I’ll miss the people especially.”
Turning 63 next month, “I figure it’s probably time to retire,” he said.
“I started as a seasonal in July of 1969,” Basting said. “I worked summers there in…