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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Nick Springer Event focuses on health for teens
will go to D.C.
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
GU junior is one
of four selected
for OTEC
Youth Tour
Blue Mountain Eagle
Nick Springer is one of
four regional students who
will head to Washington,
D.C., in June as a delegate
for Oregon Trail Electric
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Springer, who lives in
Prairie City, is a junior at
Grant Union Junior-Se-
nior High School.
He and three other re-
gional
high-schoolers
— Heather Keniry of La
Grande, Emily Faulk of
Imbler and Elina Jenks of
Hines — will represent
Oregon and the Northwest
as they join nearly 2,000
students from across the
United States for the June
9-16 tour.
During
the
tour,
the
del-
e g a t e s
will
vis-
it famous
historical
sites, meet
Nick
Springer with con-
gressional
leaders and learn leader-
ship skills.
They will create pod-
casts and digital photo
projects as they learn
about electric coopera-
tives and current issues in
energy and climate change
legislation that face their
communities and the na-
tion.
High-school
sopho-
mores interested in pur-
suing this opportunity
during their junior year
can find details at www.
otecc.com under the
“Community” tab. Ap-
plications for the 2017
tour will be available in
November.
A MAN
WAKES
UP in the
morning
after sleeping on...
an advertised bed, in advertised
pajamas.
He will bathe in an ADVERTISED TUB, shave with an ADVERTISED RAZOR,
have a breakfast of ADVERTISED JUICE, cereal and toast, toasted in an
ADVERTISED TOASTER, put on ADVERTISED CLOTHES and glance at his
ADVERTISED WATCH. He’ll ride to work in his ADVERTISED CAR, sit at an
ADVERTISED DESK and write with an ADVERTISED PEN. Yet this person
hesitates to advertise, saying that advertising doesn’t pay. Finally, when his
non-advertised business is going under, HE’LL ADVERTISE IT FOR SALE.
Then it’s too late.
AND THEY SAY ADVERTISING DOESN’T WORK?
DON’T MAKE THIS SAME MISTAKE
Advertising is an investment, not an expense. Think about it!
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JOHN DAY — Junior high
and high school students came
away from the March 16 Teen
Health Fair at Grant Union
Junior-Senior High School
armed with information on
healthy living.
Students in grades sev-
en through 12 from Grant
Union, Prairie City and Day-
ville schools attended the
event, sponsored by the Grant
County Health Department
and Grant County School-
Based Health Clinic. All
Grant County schools were
invited.
Health Department man-
ager Jessica Winegar coordi-
nated the event, and several
organizations had represen-
tatives teaching short work-
shops on a variety of topics.
The most popular of the
11 stations seemed to be the
Jeopardy-style game about
alcohol, tobacco, marijuana,
inhalants and energy drinks,
led by Russ Comer and Lisa
Weigum of Grant County
Safe Communities; the Ore-
gon State University exten-
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led by Shanna Northway; and
the simulated driving game
which shows what happens
when people text while at the
wheel, led by Haley and Debi
Hueckman.
Students also learned
about nutrition, good hand
hygiene, dental health, bully
prevention, common causes
of ACL injuries and how to
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The Grant County Deputy
District Attorney Matt Ipson
and Heart of Grant County
representatives also taught the
consequences of sexting, and
Blue Mountain Hospital Dis-
trict paramedics and EMTs
taught what to do in case of
9-1-1 bleeding emergencies.
“So far, we have heard
great things from the stu-
dents,” Winegar said, adding
they plan to continue to offer
the event in the future.
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Dayville School students show a competitive spirit during the Jeopardy-style
game sponsored by Grant County Safe Communities Coalition during last
week’s Teen Health Fair at Grant Union.
Grant County Deputy District Attorney
Matt Ipson teaches the harms and
consequences of sexting with a group
at the Teen Health Fair held March 16
at Grant Union Junior-Senior High
School. Ipson is assisted by Heart of
Grant County representatives, Executive
Director Shelly Whale, back left, victim
advocate Cindy Kalin, and victim
intervention specialist Kathy Smartt from
the DA’s office.
Grant County Health Department
Manager Jessica Winegar, left,
shows James Jones and Serena
Pace the germs on their hands
using a special liquid and a black
light at the School-Based Health
Center at Grant Union.
Don’t get left behind, call today! Kim Kell 541-575-0710
Teacher of the Year
nominations now open
RE-ELECT
CHRIS
Blue Mountain Eagle
LABHART
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Listening and working for all the people of Grant County
Did You Know...
Chris has visited every town and city in Grant฀
County and has attended city council meetings฀
and school board meetings in all the฀
communities.
Nominations are now be-
ing accepted for the 2016-17
Oregon Teacher of the Year
award.
The Oregon Lottery and
Oregon Department of Ed-
ucation have partnered for
the competition which rec-
ognizes noteworthy teachers
across the state.
The teacher chosen for the
award and their school will
each receive a $5,000 cash
prize. He/she will continue
to teach in the classroom and
have opportunities to speak
throughout the state. The
winner will also be able to
apply for the National Teach-
er of the Year award and at-
tend events such as Interna-
tional Space Camp, National
Teacher of the Year confer-
ence and National Teacher of
Debbie Ausmus
245 South Canyon Blvd.
John Day, OR 97845
OPEN WED. & THUR.
9 am - 5 pm
541-575-1113
Each year, the county has allocated monies฀
from the SRS excess road fund for county฀
schools, cities and towns
24 hrs/7 days wk
debbie.ausmus@
countryfinancial.com
In fiscal year 2014-15, Grant County schools฀
received $511,117
In fiscal year 2014-15, cities and towns in฀
Grant County received $606,118
Chris has worked hard as a member of the฀
Association of Oregon Counties Public Lands฀
and Natural Resources steering committee to฀
help ensure funding for our schools, cities฀and
towns
For fiscal year 2015-16, schools, towns
and cities will again receive SRS excess฀road
funds. Payments should be out in April
Integrity • Honesty • Respectful • Experienced
Paid for by Committee to Elect Chris Labhart.
Wishing you a
Happy
Easter!
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the Year Recognition Week in
Washington, D.C., and meet
the president at the White
House.
Two runners-up will re-
ceive $2,000 each.
Anyone can nominate a
teacher, but teachers may not
nominate themselves. The
deadline is May 13.
For more information,
visit www.oregonteacheroft-
heyear.org.
ODF raises
$6K for
food banks
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JOHN DAY — Oregon
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Drive for Oregon, raised over
$6,600 for local food banks in
Grant and Wheeler counties.
The amount will provide
for nearly 20,000 meals for
families in need.
The money was raised
from several ODF employ-
ee-sponsored fundraisers in-
cluding a chili feed and yard
sale, silent auction for tree
planing in the Canyon Creek
Complex Fire area, and items
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The John Day Unit part-
nered with the U.S. Forest
Service for seedlings used in
the tree planting, and Malheur
Lumber Company donated a
Landowner Preference cow
tag which was auctioned off.
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320 pounds per employee, up
from 250 pounds in 2015. The
12 John Day employees aver-
aged over 2,200 pounds each.
For more information on
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trict and the John Day Unit,
visit www.ODFcentralore-
gon.com.