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News Blue Mountain Eagle BLM seeks nominations for advisory councils Blue Mountain Eagle PORTLAND — The Bu- reau of Land Management seeks public nominations for open positions on 34 Re- source Advisory Councils, including six in Oregon and two in Washington state. Advisory councils are composed of 10-15 mem- bers who help the BLM carry out its stewardship of 245 million acres of public lands. They are citizens who have interests or expertise in public land management, including conservationists, ranchers, outdoor recre- ationists, state and local government of¿cials, tribal of¿cials and academics. For more information about RACs in Oregon and Washington, visit http://www. blm.gov/or/rac/index.php. Wanted: Candidates Several positions open in Prairie City Blue Mountain Eagle PRAIRIE CITY — Open- ings are available in Prairie City for the mayor’s position and three city council seats in this year’s general election. Councilors are elected for a four-year term and the may- or for two years. Candidates may ¿le no sooner than June 1 and no later than Aug. 30. The last date to withdraw a candi- dacy ¿ling is Sept. 2. The general election this year is Nov. 8. For more information, contact Taci Philbrook, city recorder and election of¿cer for Prairie City, at City Hall, 541-820-3605. 8SDA seeks proposals Blue Mountain Eagle PORTLAND — 8SDA’s Natural Resources Conser- vation Service is seeking applications from conserva- tion groups, local and state agencies, tribes, nonpro¿ts, private companies and oth- ers for the next round of the Regional Conservation Part- nership Program. Interested partners can learn more by contacting their local 8SDA Service Center. Pre-proposals are due by May 10. The John Day Service Center is at 721 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day. Call 541-575-1274. To learn more about the partnership program, visit www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/ portal/nrcs/main/national/ programs/farmbill/rcpp/. Sonshine accepting preregistrations Blue Mountain Eagle JOHN DAY — Son- shine Christian School is accepting preregistrations for the 2016-17 school year. Spots will be reserved for children who have been preregistered. The deadline is Aug. 1, and there is a fee. Students must be 3 years old by Sept. 1 and toilet-trained for pre- WOLVES Continued from Page A1 Oregon Wild, a Portland based conservation group with long involvement in wolf is- sues, opposes lethal control. ³ODFW should not be kill- ing members of the Imnaha Pack, or any wolves for that matter, while the wolf plan re- mains under review and out of date,” Executive Director Sean Stevens said in a prepared statement. ³Given ambiguity in the current wolf plan, increased poaching, premature (state endangered species) delisting, and renewed calls from special interest groups for aggressive killing, the public has every reason to be concerned for Or- egon’s recovering wolf popu- lation.” Oregon Wild questioned whether the livestock pro- ducers involved have taken suf¿cient defensive measures against wolves. Morgan said the sheep producer had three protection dogs with the sheep, checked the livestock three times a day, employed a range rider to haze the wolves and used midnight spotlighting. The cattle pro- ducer delayed pasture rotation to keep cattle closer to a public road, pastured yearlings with cows, frequently checked calv- school, and 4 years old by Sept. 1 for prekindergarten. Preschool sessions will be from 9-11 a.m. two days a week, and prekindergar- ten from 9-11:30 a.m. three days a week. Sonshine Christian School is located at John Day Church of the Naza- rene, at 521 E. Main St. For more information, call 541-575-1895 from 9 a.m. to noon or 1-4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. ing cattle and used range rider patrols as well, Morgan said in a news release. The onset of lambing and calving season made more at- tacks a possibility, he said. ³Even more cattle and sheep will be on these private lands soon as calving and lambing season continues, in- creasing the risk for even more losses from this group of dep- redating wolves,” he said. Cascadia Wildlands, a Eugene-based conservation group, said it was ³deeply sad- dened” by the ODFW action but said it appears the state agency ³has meaningfully de- liberated over its decision.” The group said it doesn’t condone using public taxpayer money to ³kill wolves on be- half of private interests” but acknowledged the ³situation appears to be escalating in Wallow County.” The group said lethal control is allowed under the state’s wolf plan. The inclusion of OR-4 in the kill order is particularly dif¿cult because he’s sired many wolf pups over the years and ³fueled wolf recovery across the state,” said Josh Laughlin, executive director of Cascadia Wildlands. ³His role and that of the other three wolves should be celebrated and remembered.” The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association supports the kill Your Rural Fa mily Health Clinic Grant County HEALTH Department Wednesday, April 6, 2016 MURAL Continued from Page A1 Poppenga is in the midst of a two-week visit at the school, which ends this week. The community is welcome to meet Poppenga at a reception at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in the school gym. She is the ¿rst artist-in-res- idence at Dayville School in several years. Her visit was made possible by a grant from the Juniper Arts Council. The project has been done in stages on large sections of plywood laid out on the gym Àoor. After the initial ³four seasons” background theme was decided and colored ar- eas were blocked in, students played the primary role in the what Poppenga calls ³chil- dren’s narrative art.” They helped brainstorm what elements and animals they felt should be included in the scene such as harvesting, feeding cattle, fences, snow falling, geese Àying in the sky and, of course, the ³D” on the mountain outside town. Then they were assigned to ¿nd im- ages for those elements. Print- outs of animals in various po- sitions and perspectives from which to choose were taped on the gym wall for reference. The process also involved an ³introduction to line,” Poppenga said, in which the students learn that every mark leads to the next mark. Students worked on different parts of the mural each day. Whatever element or section a student painted one day, was continued or added to by someone else later. A Dayville Tiger head and paw prints will be added alongside the ³Welcome to Dayville” lettering at the top. Exterior paint was used for the mural, which will then be Eagle photos/Cheryl Hoefler Artist-in-residence Carol Poppenga talks with Dayville students Bud Farmer, left, and Tanner Walczyk as they add a beaver to the mural. Skylar Powell makes an owl come to life on the summer panel of the Dayville mural. Dayville School juniors and seniors work on a mural depicting the four seasons of Dayville, under the direction of artist-in-residence Carol Poppenga, standing at the far end. The mural will be mounted over the existing one comprised of handprints at Dayville City Park. covered in a 89 ¿lter coat- ing, Poppenga said, to protect it and preserve the colors as much as possible. Poppenga, of Lewiston, Montana, is a muralist and a studio artist, who has also Services Provided: • Pregnancy Testing & Referrals • HIV Testing & Referrals • Cacoon • WIC • High Risk Infants • Maternity Case Management Grant County Health Department does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, or age in admission, treatment, or participation in its programs, services and activitie s, or in employment. been visiting schools across the country since the late 1990s. She is also retired from the Air Force and Montana Air National Guard. Poppenga has been staying at the home of Cindy and Skip Inscore, who both teach at Dayville School. Cindy said school staff looked over several artists’ portfolios, but their ¿rst choice was Poppenga, for her work at schools and her spe- cialty in mural work. Poppenga said she has of- fered guidance, suggestions and encouragement along the way, but said, ³My role is to facilitate what they are doing, show them how and then turn them loose.” ³It’s their work,” she said. To learn more about Pop- penga, visit poppenga.com. Public comment sought on station proposal in Clarno 8nit KIMBERLY — The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument has released an environmental assessment for a proposed ranger station/of- ¿ce in the Clarno 8nit. Public comments on the issue will be accepted until Sunday, April 10. The current substandard condition of the water treatment building as a ranger of¿ce and vehicle storage area, lack of site security and safety features and the inadequate size of the build- ing are cited among the reasons warranting a new ranger station. A new facility would im- prove operational ef¿ciency, enhance resource protection, order, acknowledging it is a ³dif¿cult” decision. ³It’s an unfair situation for the livestock owners and the wolves themselves,” said OCA wolf committee chair Todd Nash, a Wallowa County rancher. ³Wolves are doing what they naturally do, but have been put in a situation in Or- egon where they are going to be in constant conÀict with livestock and hunter’s game,” Nash said in a prepared state- ment. Blue Mountain Eagle meet or exceed health and safety standards and building codes and enhance visitor ex- perience and safety. Public comments may be made online at http://park- planning.nps.gov/clarnorang- erstation, by email to joda_su- perintendent@nps.gov, or by mail to Superintendent, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, 32651 Highway 19, Kimberly, OR 97848. Call 541-987-2333 for more infor- mation. 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