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A2 Family Blue Mountain Eagle O BITUARIES Wednesday, April 20, 2016 E AGLE ON V ACATION Board desires to sell Bates School building Phillip A. Lynall Nov. 21, 1964 — April 7, 2016 HERMISTON — Phillip A. Lynall, 51, of Irrigon, for- merly of Long Creek, died April 7 in Hermiston. Lynall was born Nov. 21, 1964, in Stoneham, Mas- sachusetts, to Ronald and Delores Humphrey-Lynall. He was raised in Los Angeles, and served for eight years in the U.S. Army. After an honorable discharge, he returned to California where he attended college and earned an associate degree. On Sept. 16, 1987, he married Elizabeth Salo in San Pablo, California. He worked as a truck driver both in long haul and local transport. The couple lived in Long Creek for 15 years where they served on the volunteer fire department. In 2010, they moved to Irrigon. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, and enjoyed socializing, watching court TV, playing video games and liked animals and football, especially the San Francisco 49ers. Survivors include his wife, Liz Lynall of Irrigon; daughter, Jennifer Lynall of Bend; mother, Delores Var- gus of Los Angeles; siblings, Ron, Gary, Lyle, Shirley, Carolyn, Pamela and Cheryl; and numerous aunts, un- cles, cousins, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father. Memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Hos- pital for Children. Arrangements are under the care of Burns Mortuary of Hermiston, 685 W. Hermiston Ave., P.O. Box 289, Herm- iston, OR 97838. For online condolences, visit burnsmortuaryhermis- ton.com. By Robby Bullock For the Blue Mountain Eagle Contributed photo Grant Union class of 1970 alumnae Meredith Cole Olsen, Carolyn Conklin Stephens, Kathleen Curtis Yencopal, Roxie Watson Lissman and Christine Martin Edwardsen took the Eagle on vacation to Portland where they met for a Girly Girl Minds gathering. Their get-together included a walking tour of trails, the OHSU tram, Tillicum Bridge, Max, downtown and more. Take a photo with the Eagle (print or mobile editions) and email it to cheryl@bmeagle.com or bring it to the Eagle offi ce. S TUDENTS OF THE M ONTH A PRIL — P RAIRIE C ITY S CHOOL Jacquelin Winegar A funeral service will be held for Jacquelin Winegar at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at Redmond Memorial Cem- etery in Redmond. Winegar, of Prairie City, died Oct. 23, 2015, at age 76. Memorial contributions may be made to Blue Moun- tain Care Center in Prairie City through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. For online condolences, visit www.driskillmemorial- chapel.com. Contributed photos Prairie City School junior Lindsay Wall was named student of the month for April. Wall was noted by teacher Raymond Field for her outstanding achievement on and off campus, and for showing determination, responsibility and quality work in media arts, fine arts and as a student leader. “She is a joy to have in class and has a very bright future ahead her,” Field said. About Obituaries News obituaries are a free service of the Blue Mountain Eagle. The paper accepts obitu- aries from the family or funeral home. Information submitted is subject to editing. Obituaries submitted to the Eagle with incorrect information may be corrected and republished as paid notices. Send obituaries by e-mail, cheryl@bmeagle.com; fax, 541-575-1244; or mail, 195 N. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. For more information, or to inquire about a paid memorial, call 541-575-0710. A MAN WAKES UP in the morning after sleeping on... an advertised bed, in advertised pajamas. Prairie City School seventh-grader Declan Zweygardt was named April student of the month by school staff, for his drive, excellence and determination to grow in every class. Zweygardt performs at an outstanding level in weights and conditioning, according to staff, and has a natural talent as an artist. He is a stand- out leader and has an outstanding future ahead of him. ~ C elebration of Life ~ 35 3¤ª¡¤ထ33636¤ထ3 3 ££3ª33¦¡န33 3ª ¦33¤3¨¤33ª3 3 ª3¡3¤3¤¤33 36 ¡¤333 3 3¡3¡န3 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! Blue Mountain Eagle MyEagleNews.com Don’t get left behind, call today! Kim Kell 541-575-0710 W hen: April 2 3 , 2 0 16 at 1:0 0 p.m . W here: J ohn D ay S enior C enter PRAIRIE CITY — The fu- ture of the Bates School build- ing was the topic of an April 18 town hall meeting in the Prairie City School cafeteria. Prairie City School Board members invited the public to hear the school district’s plans for the facility, actions they have already taken and discuss moving forward with remov- ing the building from school grounds. Tours were given of the facility prior to the meet- ing. Robert Waltenburg, Grant County ESD superintendent, facilitated the gathering, at- tended by school board mem- bers and local citizens on both sides of the issue. The school building, which once served students in grades 1-8 in the logging town of Bates, was moved to Prairie City School property in 1977. It was used as classroom space until 2012, after the el- ementary library was moved out and music classes ended. After that time, the building was used for storage of the Camp Logan supplies, and has been empty since 2015. The school board has come to the consensus the district needs to sell the building, due to concerns over maintenance and/or remodeling costs need- ed to make it usable again. The school board deems it would be too expensive to rectify the likely issues of mold, asbestos and lead-based paint in the structure. As enrollment at the school has dropped off in re- cent years, school staff are also unable to justify a need for the added space. “The School Board desires to sell the Bates Building be- cause we do not foresee need- ing the classroom space,” Su- perintendent Julie Gurczynski said. “Thousands of dollars are needed for maintenance in the main school building and to educate our students with modern technology and cur- riculum, and that’s where we would like to focus the money and resources.” Educational priorities in- clude continuing to increase student computers, acquiring Smart Boards for all class- rooms and math textbook pur- chases, in addition to salary and insurance cost of living in- creases for staff and increased PERS costs. However, Frances Preston, Bates School Class of 1965, disagrees with moving the Let our family of Pharmacists Did Someone Say, “VET”? serve you! 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Preston went door-to-door polling Prairie City residents last February on their interest in “saving the Bates building.” At the town hall, she said, “As a result of my obtaining signatures, I listened to what the people had to say, and at that point, I changed my rea- son for saving the building from historical, moving the building to the Bates State Park to establish a museum, to educational.” Citizens she spoke to had different ideas of uses for the building. Some of the ideas were a charter school, a com- munity learning center, a dorm to house foreign exchange stu- dents, housing for families in emergencies and a vocational tech center. Several at the meeting who went to school at Bates spoke out in favor of saving the building or portions of it. Suggestions included using the lumber for re-building ef- forts by those burned out of the Canyon Creek Complex fi re, and re-visiting the Friends of Bates and Oregon State Parks — both of which declined of- fers in recent years to take the building — to see if they might now be interested. Others were concerned about the cost of maintaining the building. Diana Smith said the building has too many is- sues to merit the costs of keep- ing and restoring it. She said she understood the sentimen- tality of saving the building, but that was outweighed by the issue of practicality. Teacher Christie Winegar said, “It’s beyond it’s func- tionality,” adding, even if en- rollment should go up, there are already a half-dozen emp- ty rooms in the main school building to accommodate them. Wanda Voigt questioned how expensive it would be to demolish the building, be- cause getting rid of some of the health hazards in the build- ings, such as lead-based paint, can be costly. Most at the meeting were against demolishing the build- ing before other options were explored further. Mike Wall, school board chairman, said, “Our main ob- jective is to have someone pur- chase it and move it. We don’t want the Bates building torn down. It has too much history. It just needs to be moved away because there is no use for it.” W EATHER F ORECAST FOR THE WEEK OF A PRIL 20-26 J OHN D AY ..................................................................... HI/LO T UESDAY ....................................................................... 59/43 W EDNESDAY ................................................................... 56/38 T HURSDAY ..................................................................... 46/36 F RIDAY .......................................................................... 54/36 S ATURDAY ...................................................................... 65/32 S UNDAY ......................................................................... 74/39 M ONDAY ........................................................................ 77/44 Discharge JD River near John Day 339 Middle Fork @ Ritter 666 North Fork @ Monument 2600 JD River @ Service Creek 3640 JD River @ McDonald Ferry 4720 Canyon Crk @ Thissells Ranch Bridge 176 Canyon Crk @ Adams Drive Bridge 187 Heppner & Condon The Eagle/Robby Bullock Prairie City resident Frances Preston, a 1965 graduate of the Bates School who is leading the effort to save the 40-year-old building, points out details in the structure’s woodwork during tours prior to the town hall meeting Monday. 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