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News Blue Mountain Eagle A3 Wednesday, December 9, 2015 Local daycare forced to shut down Police, state agency investigating potential malfeasance By Sean Hart Blue Mountain Eagle Contributed photos Father and son translation team Chung and Nick So work together on the archival documents at Kam Wah Chung. HISTORY Growing Tree Infant Center in John Day is closed pending an investigation by local law enforcement and a state agency. John Day Police Chief Richard Gray said the de- partment has an open in- vestigation related to the daycare facility. He said he could provide no further details. The Oregon Department of Education’s Early Learn- ing Division, which licens- es all daycares throughout the state, is also conducting an investigation. Karol Collymore, pub- lic affairs director for the early learning division, said Growing Tree has been closed since last month. “Currently, they are on an emergency suspension as of Nov. 24,” she said, adding she could not pro- vide specific details about the agency’s investigation. “In general, if we sus- pend a child care center, it’s because there was a potential violation of the rules.” Collymore said, depend- ing on the outcome of the investigation, the license could be revoked or rein- stated. Continued from Page A1 The funds, totaling more than $12,000, included $2,000 from the Oregon Cul- tural Trust through the Juniper Arts Council, $8,000 from the museum fund of Oregon State Parks and $2,500 from the Or- egon Community Foundation. The Friends group applied for grants for over a year. The documents are per- sonal and business corre- spondence, medical records and prescriptions, books and business records, which con- tain a wealth of information about Kam Wah Chung, local Chinese and American history and Hay and On. Four people will do the work: Christy Sweet, Kam Wah Chung museum curator, who is responsible for preserv- ing and organizing the vast amount of materials, artifacts and the physical building of Kam Wah Chung and the In- terpretive Center. Chung So, a native Chi- nese professional translator who grew up in the same area as Hay and On and has worked with the Kam Wah Chung pa- pers for documentaries. Micah Sprouffske, a local teacher and Chinese transla- tor, who has spent extensive time on the materials. Cline, a local Chinese medicine practitioner. The Friends group also re- ceived donated lodging and have more than 100 hours of volunteer contributions to prepare for the project. According to Cline, the OTEC to return $2.3 million in capital credits to members Blue Mountain Eagle Oregon Trail Electric Co- operative members are en- couraged to check their mail- boxes this month for a slice of the $2.3 million in capital credits the cooperative is re- turning to its members. The amount is nearly dou- ble the $1.2 million returned in 2014, according to OTEC General Manager Werner Buehler. “It is a great opportunity for the cooperative to give its members ‘credit’ — in the form of a check — for con- tinuing to help build, sustain and grow their electric coop- erative,” Buehler said. Current members who have eligible capital cred- its of $15 or more will be mailed a check in mid-De- cember. Those with capital credits of $14.99 or less will receive a credit in the amount owed to them on their December bill. “It is always good for our board to be able to return Cap- ital Credits during the holiday season,” said Buehler. “It brings good cheer and is part of our cooperative principle, to help where we can during tough economic times.” For more information, vis- it www.otecc.com. Outdo SAN T A Christy Sweet, museum curator, consults with volunteer Carol Faulkner about digital scans of documents. material offers valuable in- sight on what life was like during that period. “It’s like a hidden treasure waiting to be revealed by the appropriate translator,” he said. Cline said they’ve also been collaborating with the Malheur National Forest ar- chaeological unit to connect some of the mining cabins and camps in the area with Kam Wah Chung. “We are excited to get started on this next stage of revealing some of the fasci- nating history of this area,” Cline said. 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