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About The Blue Mountain eagle. (John Day, Or.) 1972-current | View Entire Issue (April 22, 2015)
A10 News Blue Mountain Eagle Candidates set sights on boards Service District - At large, John Stearns, John Day; Zone CANYON CITY – Dozens 1, Megan Brandsma, John of Grant County residents have 'D\ =RQH QR ¿OLQJ =RQH stepped up to run for seats on 4, Becky Tatum, Prairie City; various local schools, parks, =RQHQR¿OLQJ ¿UH WUDQVSRUWDWLRQ DQG FHPH- • Grant County Transpor- tery boards in the May election. tation District - At large (elect County Clerk Brenda Percy four), Veronica Flanery; At large said ballots will go in the mail (elect three), Deronda Lallatin, April 29. Ron Smith, Shelley Bezona. A few positions drew no • Dayville School District ¿OLQJV RU IHZHU ¿OLQJV WKDQ No. 16 - Pos. 2, Casey Fretwell; the available openings - by the Pos. 3, Tandi Merkord; Pos. 4, deadline, so write-ins are ex- Sydney Thompson; Pos. 5, Gina SHFWHGWR¿OOWKRVHVHDWV Fisher. Voters will receive ballots • Long Creek School District listing the candidates for dis- No. 17 - Pos. 1, Patti Hudson; tricts in which they reside. Pos. 2, Jasmine Cave; Pos. 4, Here are the board posi- James Kreamier; Pos. 5, Mi- tions and candidates, by dis- chael Gibson. trict. Positions are for a single • Grant School District No. seat unless otherwise noted. 3 - At large (elect three), Zach • Grant County Education Williams, Amy Stiner, Tracie Blue Mountain Eagle Unterwegner; Zone 1, Kelly Stokes; Zone 3, Ben Holliday. • Prairie City School District 1R3RVQR¿OLQJ3RV Douglas Emmel; Pos. 5, Margie :DOWRQ3RVQR¿OLQJ • Monument School Dis- trict No. 8 - At large No. 2, Leland Spencer; At large Nos. QR¿OLQJ • John Day Rural Fire Dis- trict - At large (elect three), Dean Elliott, Dale Stennett; At large (elect two) Bill Wil- cox, Todd McKinley. • Mt. Vernon Rural Fire District - At large (elect two), Steven Silva, Neil Bauer. • Prairie City Rural Fire District - At large (elect WKUHHQR¿OLQJV • John Day/Canyon City Parks & Recreation District - At large (elect two), Zach Williams, Russ Young. • Blue Mountain Hospi- tal District - Pos. No. 1, Karla Averett; No. 3, Aaron Lieual- len, Dotty Parsons; Pos. No. 4, Virginia Miller; Pos. No. 5, Hal Smith, Marsha Delaney; At large, Amy Kreger. • Dayville Cemetery Dis- WULFW$WODUJHQR¿OLQJ • Fox Cemetery District - At large (elect two), Jack Johns; At ODUJHHOHFWRQHQR¿OLQJ • Long Creek Cemetery Dis- trict - At large, Wanda McHatton. • Mid County Cemetery District - At large, Mike Moore; At large, Julie Ellison. • Monument Cemetery Dis- trict - At large (elect two), no ¿OLQJ • Prairie Cemetery District - At large (elect two), Carla Wright, Jim Sullens. If you have questions about your rights as a victim of crime, please call the Grant County District Attorney’s Office Victim Assistance Program at 541-575-4026. Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Wanted: Volunteer Weather spotters Volunteers can take training in John Day Blue Mountain Eagle JOHN DAY – Volunteers should mark their calen- dars for the next Skywarn Weather Spotter training, coming up Tuesday, May 26, at the Grant County Regional Airport in John Day. The training is free. It starts at 1 p.m. and lasts about two hours. Advance registration is not required. There will be light refreshments and door prizes. The training is co-sponsored by Grant County Emergency Man- agement. Weather spotters trained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service are key volunteers who assist me- teorologists by providing up-to-date information about storm activity. For more information about the training, contact Dennis Hull at 541-969- 7136 or dennis.hull@ noaa.gov. Additional in- formation is also available at the National Weather Service website at weath- er.gov/pendleton.