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WEDNESDAY
June 3, 2015
Pros end season in Stayton
Rams’ batting barrage too much for GU
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
STAYTON – The Prospector base-
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in Stayton, and held the lead through
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This was the Prospectors’ last home game before heading to
See PROS, Page A18 the state playoffs.
Contributed photo
Denali
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She finished
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PETTIT FLIES
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Eighth-grader plans to
continue in the sport
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
MONUMENT – Sophia
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eighth-grader, has reached
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Youth ride fast in
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Results:
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2nd - Gus Rowell
3rd - Josie Kimball
Peewee Division
1st Cooper Holly
2nd Anna Jacobs
3rd Tatyn Harper
Junior Division
1st Wyatt Nolan
2nd Garrett Nolan
3rd Bailey McCracken
Intermediate Division
1st Paige Pentzer
2nd Denali Twehues
3rd Sam McCracken
Runners ‘on mark’
for Gold Rush Run
Historic sites
part of 5K run
and walk
Blue Mountain Eagle
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Sophia Pettit, a Monument eighth-grader, takes
the top of the podium for her first-place finish
in the 100-meter dash at the Statewide Middle
School Championships last Saturday. Top
photo: Pettit competes at the May 30 middle
school championships in La Pine.
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Contributed photo
The Grant County ASA Wildfire softball team
poses with the Eagle at the Mother’s Day
weekend tournament in Richland, Wash. The
team placed second in the silver bracket.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Thomas Hyatt, left, and Joseph Shearer toured through
Grant County while on a 4,134-mile tandem cycle ride
across America to raise awareness of organizations
doing research and helping blind or visually impaired
people. Hyatt has been blind from retinitis pigmentosa,
a progressive genetic eye disease, for more than 26
years. The friends started in Florence and will end in
Virginia, with the trip expected to take more than 100
days. Shearer’s wife, Susan, is driving along in a support
vehicle. Both riders said they’ve been impressed with
the friendly people they’ve met on their tour, including
those in Dayville who allowed them to stay the night
at a community church. For more information about
BlindRide 2015 go online to www.crazyguyonabike.
com/BlindRide2015 and click on the links for the
Prineville, Dayville and Prairie City legs of the tour.
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Team finishes
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Eagle file photo
Dogs enjoy trotting along with their owners during
the 2014 Gold Rush Run in Canyon City. This year’s
run, set for 7 a.m. Saturday, June 6, launches a day
full of activities at the annual ’62 Days Celebration.