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A new career? She nailed it!
Local college
celebrates its
first graduate
By &heryl +oeÀ er
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – Gradua-
tion day is a proud occasion
for any student.
Karla Andrew’s comple-
tion of the nail technology
program at Eastern Oregon
College of Industries and
Arts LLC in John Day is not
only a proud time for her,
but a monumental event too,
for the college.
Andrew is the first grad-
uate from the College of
Cosmetology at EOCIA,
which opened last Febru-
ary. She completed the 600
hours required for the pro-
gram, and is now in the pro-
cess of becoming licensed
with the State of Oregon
Board of Cosmetology.
A 1989 Prairie City High
School graduate, Andrew
lives in Baker City, where
she already has a full-time
The Eagle/Cheryl Hoefler
Karla
Andrew
of
Baker City is the first
graduate of the school
of
cosmetology
at
Eastern Oregon College
of Industries and Arts
in John Day. Andrew
completed the 600 hours
required in the school’s
nail technology program.
job waiting for her at Kel-
ly’s Glamour Nails, where
she herself has had her nails
done over the years.
A single mother, Andrew
is bursting with pride over
B IRTHS
Braeden Michael Webb
James Robert and Haylea Danielle
Webb of Mt. Vernon announce the birth
of their son, Braeden Michael Webb, at
11 a.m. on June 22, at Blue Mountain
Hospital in John Day. He weighed 8
pounds, 4 ounces, and was 20 inches
long.
Grandparents are Jerry and Kath-
leen Webb of Mt. Vernon, and Darra
Kemmerer of Damascus. Great-grand-
parents are Elvin and Jane Webb of Mt.
Vernon.
her hard-earned accom-
plishment, and so are her
children and grandchildren,
she said.
She’s eager to get going
on her career, but admits it’s
somewhat bittersweet leav-
ing the school after several
months spent there.
“The students are very
warm and accepting,” An-
drew said. “I can’t believe
it’s finally over.”
She had words of praise
for EOCIA’s owner and ad-
ministrator Nina LeAnne
Gast, who is also a certified
cosmetology instructor at
the school.
“She can teach anybody
anything,” Andrew said.
Living in Baker City and
attending school in John
Day did provide its chal-
lenges. Andrew stayed in
John Day Tuesday-Satur-
day, spending the weekends
in Baker City.
“I wish there was more
rental housing here so the
school could take on more
students out of the area,”
she said.
Gast agreed that addi-
tional rentals in the John
Day area might encourage
prospective students to at-
tend EOCIA. With two
teachers – Darian Maynard
is the other certified cosme-
tology instructor – the col-
lege can accommodate up to
30 students. With Andrew’s
departure, the school is cur-
rently at six.
More students could also
help handle the number of
clients in the community
taking advantage of sa-
lon services the school of-
fers at reduced rates, Gast
said.
EOCIA offers a range of
courses in barbering, hair
design, nail technology and
esthetics, offered individu-
ally or in combination, on a
full- or part-time basis.
Class hours are 8:30
a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sat-
urday.
Appointments
are preferred for client
services.
For more information,
call
541-575-0700,
or
visit “EOCIA, LLC Col-
lege of Cosmetology” on
Facebook.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Historical novel is
set in Prairie City
Blue Mountain Eagle
The John Day Valley in
the late 1800s – that’s the
setting for a new novel, “By
the River,” by
Jane Meador
Nagler.
Nagler,
writing
un-
der the pen
name
Jae
Carvel, now
Jane
lives in East
We n a t c h e e , Meador
Nagler
Wash., but she
has a sound
connection to Grant County,
specifically Prairie City.
Her great-grandparents
came to the area by wagon
train in the 1800s, and her
parents, grandparents and
great-grandparents all lived
in Prairie City. Nagler her-
self graduated from Prairie
City High School in 1954.
It was stories from her
Grant County ancestors
that became the inspiration
for her tale of Sarah Ann
Martin, an 1869 wagon
train traveler who becomes
a young widow with three
young children after her
husband disappears near
Laramie, Wyoming. Martin
remarries and raises nine
children, while living the
life of a pioneer rancher’s
wife. The story chronicles
the work of homesteading
for the families in the area,
and the changing times as
miners and ranchers filled
the upper John Day Valley
during the second half of
the century.
Nagler added her own
imagination of her ances-
tors’ lives during that time
period, hoping to fascinate
fans of historical fiction, ro-
mance and personal adven-
ture tales.
“By the River” is avail-
able at Amazon, in both
paperback and Kindle edi-
tions. Copies are also avail-
able at some Grant County
museums.
Carvel can be reached by
email at jaecarvel@nwi.net
or by phone, 509-670-6622.
E AGLE ON VACATION
GRANT COUNTY
LIBRARY
LIBRARY HOURS:
Mon, Wed., Sat. 1-5 pm •
Tues. 10 a.m. to noon and 1-7
pm Thurs.: 1-5 pm and 7-9
pm • Fri. and Sun.: Closed
Check out
these
new
books
on our
shelves
“The Gods of
Guilt” by
Michael
Connelly
“Military
Blunders” by
Michael Coffey
grantcounty.plinkit.org
Phone: 541-575-1992
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O BITUARY
Paul Bennett
Paul Bennett, 90, a former
Memorial donations may be
longtime resident of Long Creek, made to Community Hospice,
died July 3 in Longview, Wash.
P.O. Box 2067, Longview, WA
A Celebration of Life will be 98632.
(A full obituary will be in next
held in September, date to be an-
week’s issue.)
nounced, in Long Creek.
About Obituaries
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obituaries by e-mail, cheryl@bmeagle.com; fax, 541-575-1244; or mail, 195 N. Canyon Blvd.,
John Day, OR 97845. The deadline to submit an obituary is noon Monday for the Wednesday
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W EATHER F ORECAST
Sunny
Wednesday
80/46
Mostly
sunny
Thursday
82/50
Sunny
Friday
88/53
Mostly
sunny
Saturday
90/55
Mostly
sunny
Sunday
87/53
Mostly
sunny
Monday
86/44
Sunny
Tuesday
84/42
L AST WEEK
J ULY 14
John Day
81/52
Sheep Rock 81/53
15
16
17
18
19
20
84/54 80/55 80/52 85/49 92/55 92/60
86/54 90/54 84/52 86/52 91/60 98/61
R IVER F LOWS
Discharge Last Year Average % of Avg.
John Day (Mainstem)
46
37
82
56
Ritter (MF)
25
46
59
42
Monument (NF)
121
225
264
46
Service Creek (Mainstem)
188
166
389
48
McDonald Ferry (Mainstem) 248
174
444
50