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eager to have him start working
on the transition right away.
Cronin said the District
3 board will have a special
meeting at 7 p.m. Monday,
March 9, to accept Witty’s
resignation letter and consid-
er options for hiring a new
superintendent. The board
also will look into forging
an agreement with the Bak-
er district regarding Wit-
ty’s time over the next four
months.
The district also has other
staff changes in the works,
with Monty Nash retiring and
Kim Smith succeeding him
in the principal’s job at Hum-
bolt Elementary School. The
board, meanwhile, has two
new board members – Ben
Holliday and Kelly Stokes –
drawn from the ranks of the
district budget committee.
They were appointed to ¿ll
the vacancies left by resigna-
tions of Ryan Joslin and An-
drew Janssen, and must face
election in May if they are to
continue on the board.
Cronin said both are wel-
come additions to the board,
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
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coming with experience in
the district.
Witty was one of three
¿nalists for the Baker job.
The others were Robert Vian,
67, a district superintendent
in 2ro¿no, ,daho, and Betty
Palmer, principal of South
Baker ,ntermediate School.
The Baker board is promot-
ing Palmer to assistant super-
intendent for curriculum and
instruction.
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Geiger presented a sepa-
rate letter to the Court, say-
ing the board has worked
hard to have a voice on for-
est issues and to represent
the desires of the people.
He said it was clear
the Court didn’t want in-
put from the board but has
“farmed out the future use
of our forest to people that
have no stake in the out-
come of these forest issues.”
Judge
Scott
Myers
thanked Geiger for his ser-
vice.
The resignations came
after the Court heard a pre-
sentation on the Malheur
National Forest’s Elk 16
Vegetation
Management
Project, the third major res-
toration project detailed for
the Court in three weeks.
Pengelly told the Court
that although he didn’t sign
the letter, he agreed with
the sentiment. He expressed
frustration about the timing
of Forest Service presenta-
tions to the Court, saying
several have come too late
for the board to participate
fully.
He said it was particular-
ly unfortunate in the case of
the Big Mosquito Project,
discussed at the Feb. 18
Court meeting. He said he
saw a lot of “give and take”
in that project, which could
have ended with the board
saying, “this isn’t so bad.”
However, when the com-
ment periods have already
expired, they don’t get that
chance to participate, he
said.
“We’re just a bunch of
people trying to find out if
the Forest Service is doing
the right thing, and we don’t
feel they are,” he said.
Britton credited Pengel-
ly for taking the time to at-
tend the most recent Forest
Partners meeting, noting his
experience in mining could
be valuable as the collabo-
rative continues its work on
future projects.
Nicky Sprauve, who
was elected last fall to the
Grant County Public Forest
Commission, said it seems
the Court “has sold out, or
rolled over to the people of
the forestry.”
Saying it was just his
personal opinion, he likened
the Forest Service actions to
cutting the people’s throats.
“You’re no worse than
,S,S for your tactics on the
people,” Sprauve said, re-
ferring to the ,slamic State
terrorists. “You’re no worse
DOUGH
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Bake for Good: Kids Learn
Bake Share, has each student
giving one of their loaves of
bread to the food bank.
Fifth-grader Aiden Tay-
lor and sixth-grader Summer
Keith helped with the demo,
following the directions San-
del shared in front of about 90
of the schoolmates.
Taylor seemed to have the
most fun as he tried throwing
dough for a pizza, and Keith
braided bread dough with
ease.
The students also answered
questions about bread-baking
science.
Sandel, who gives presen-
Humbolt
sixth-grader
Summer Keith works on
braiding a loaf of bread
at the demonstration.
tations to students in Oregon
and Washington, was also
scheduled to visit Burnt River
School in Unity for a demon-
stration.
“The students learned sci-
ence, math and language arts
– and we had fun,” Boethin
said.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Humbolt sixth-grader Summer Keith tries her
hand at kneading the dough, as Aiden Taylor, left,
and presenter Nate Sandel look on.
Grant Court sets meeting
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er. Mark Webb, local landown-
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The Court will not hold a
morning session that day, but
will resume its regular meeting
time of 9 a.m. on Wednesday,
March 11.
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GRANT SCHOOL DISTRICT #3
Budget Committee Vacancy
Grant School District #3 is accepting applications
for two openings on its budget committee.
Applicants must reside within District 3’s
Boundaries and be a registered voter for one
year. Those interested in applying may pick up an
application from Superintendent Mark Witty, 401
N. Canyon Blvd., Canyon City. Application
deadline is Wednesday, March 11.
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than sitting the people down
of Grant County, lifting
their necks up and cutting
their throats.”
Britton broke in, saying
“,’m sorry, that’s enough.
That’s inappropriate.”
Sprauve said he was
just saying that was how it
looked to him, “not that it’s
so,” and that he had a right
to express his opinion.
Commissioner
Chris
Labhart told people in the
audience they should direct
their comments and con-
cerns to the Court, not to
others in the audience.
The discussion calmed
with a statement from Zach
Williams, a member of the
collaborative, who urged
people to build on the prog-
ress of the past few years.
The collaboration pro-
cess may not be perfect, he
said, but it has given the
community a voice in the
process that didn’t exist
before. He said the partici-
pants have worked hard for
years to create a relationship
with the Forest Service and
get past the agency-bashing
and litigation that marked
the past, tactics that weren’t
working for anyone.
With the accelerated res-
toration underway, the Mal-
heur is headed for a harvest
of 75 million board feet, up
from lows of 10-20 million
board feet. The John Day
sawmill, once headed for
closure, is still running and
there is work in the forest,
which Williams credited to
commitments from the For-
est Service at both regional
and local levels.
He said there’s “a pace
and a scale of restoration”
today that provides for hun-
dreds of local jobs. The
three projects outlined to
the Court in February alone
represent some 70 million
board feet of timber.
“To say the Forest Ser-
vice isn’t doing anything
would be disingenuous,” he
said.
He acknowledged the
frustration felt by Pengelly
and others, and said he ap-
preciated seeing new peo-
ple come to the most recent
collaborative meeting to see
how it works. He stressed
that some projects com-
ing to the Court now have
been in process for a long
time – Big Mosquito since
2011 – but several are just
beginning. He urged people
to follow the new projects.
“We’ve got to keep mov-
ing forward,” he said.
The full text of the res-
ignation letter is published
online at www.MyEagle-
News.com.
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CANYON C,TY – The
Grant School District No. 3
board of directors will hold
a special meeting at 7 p.m.
Monday, March 9, at the Dis-
trict of¿ce, to discuss upcom-
ing administrative changes.
Topics include appoint-
ing an interim principal for
Humbolt Elementary for the
rest of the 2014-15 school
year, accepting a letter of res-
ignation from Superintendent
Mark Witty, and discussing
the hiring of the next super-
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