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A2 Family Blue Mountain Eagle O BITUARIES G RANT U NION S TUDENTS OF THE M ONTH — M ARCH Kaia Allen Grade: 7 Parents: Jeffery and Elena Allen Tiler Voigt Grade 8 Parents: Kellie Combs and Kaleb Voigt Andrea Comer Grade 9 Parents: Russ and Sheila Comer Annie Wall Grade 10 Parents: Bill Wall and Carol Faulkner McKenzie Nielsen Grade 11 Parent: Cory Nielsen Wyatt Weaver Grade 12 Parents: Cody and Kaidee Weaver S TUDENTS OF THE M ONTH L ONG C REEK S CHOOL Wednesday, April 27, 2016 FORUM Mary Ann Osborne May 8, 1935 — April 24, 2016 Mary Ann Osborne, 80, died April 24 at Valley View Assisted Living in John Day. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at the Mt. Vernon Community Center, with a potluck following. Osborne was born May 8, 1935, in Libby, Montana, to How- ard Blanchard and Merle (Nanny) Hampton. The family settled in Mitchell where she attended school. On Aug. 30, 1952, she married Ersel Hobart Osborne, with whom she had four children. They moved to Mt. Vernon in 1959, where they raised their family. She taught sewing as a 4-H leader for several years. She was the head cook at the John Day Senior Center for many years until she retired. 6KHZDVDFWLYHLQKHUFKXUFKHQMR\HG¿VKLQJDQGFDPS ing and loved spending time with her large family. Survivors include her daughter, Evelyn J. (Roy) Cates; son, Walter D. (Loreen Beeman) Osborne; grandchil- dren, Terri Dehiya, Stanley Duane (Kelly) Dehiya, Erse- la Dehiya, Kraig (Lanea) Osborne and Megan Osborne; great-grandchildren, Jimmy (Raven) Stiles, Mindee (Bran- don) Hutchison, Korey Fowler, Kayden Osborne and Kon- ner Osborne; and great-great-grandchild, Trig Hutchison. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Robert and Harold Blanchard; husband, Ersel Hobart Osborne; sister, Susan Pearl Franks; daughter, Patty Jo Osborne; and an in- fant son. John Poppino Connie Coghill, grade 4 Long Creek student of the month for January. Andrea Montes, grade 11 Long Creek student of the month for February. Albert Camper Jr., grade 6 Long Creek student of the month for March. (+,$/%.*,+,$ ESTACADA — John Poppino, who formerly worked for the Forest Service in Eastern Oregon, died April 14, following a head injury while logging near Estacada. A celebration of life will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Milwaukie. Memorial donations may be made to St. Paul’s Unit- ed Methodist Church memorial fund, 11631 S.E. Linwood Ave., Milwaukie, OR 97222, or Clackamas Extension In- novation Endowment, Oregon State University Founda- tion, 850 S.W. 35th St., Corvallis, OR 97333. Lois Maxine Woodworth Lois Maxine Woodworth, 86, died April 25 at her Prai- rie City home. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 30, at Prairie Baptist Church, 238 N. McHaley St., Prairie City. Interment will follow at Prairie City Cemetery and a reception at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Town of Prairie City Christmas Fund or the Prairie Baptist Youth Fund through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. For condolences, visit www.driskillmemorialchapel.com. Labhart said his greatest accomplishments included the establishment of the industrial Continued from Page A1 park in John Day. He reiterat- said there is actually an Associ- ed his goals of creating jobs, ation of Eastern Oregon Coun- providing services for seniors ties and he is a member. He said and maintaining quality health he plays an active role on steer- care facilities. He said, when he ing committees and at a variety was on the hospital board, they of meetings. implemented a recruitment pro- Labhart said he was the only gram targeting medical students member of the Grant County that has attracted doctors to Court who stated he believed Grant County. Hamsher said he too would an investigation of the Canyon &UHHN &RPSOH[ ¿UH ZDV ZDU focus on jobs, health care, se- ranted, though he said it should niors and veterans. He said he not be funded with county re- would also focus on public lands management. He said he would sources. Hamsher said he believed treat people with respect to try the Association of Eastern Ore- to come together for something gon Counties was too small to mutually advantageous for the KDYHOHYHUDJHWRLQÀXHQFHSROL entire county. He said federal cy. He said it was important for SROLFLHVRIWHQPDNHOLIHGLI¿FXOW ORFDODQGVWDWHRI¿FLDOVWRSXVK for everyone here, but he sug- hard for change in Salem and gested a different path. ³7KH LQ¿JKWLQJ ZH¶YH EHHQ Washington, D.C. He said he wanted to heal doing hasn’t been working,” the wounds in the community. Hamsher said. Labhart said, in the past, He said he was a man of action, who would get things done for county residents have put divi- the people. He touted the Hay sive feelings aside to come to- for John Day program he spear- gether as a community. He said headed to provide food for live- recent events have led to threats, VWRFNDIWHUWKH¿UH$VNHGDERXW harassment and vulgar messag- his greatest accomplishments, es on his answering machine. “We don’t need outside peo- Hamsher said the Prairie City City Council was once frac- ple telling us what to do,” he tured, but he helped usher in an said. “We can solve our own problems.” era of cohesiveness. Families First receives $3,000 grant Blue Mountain Eagle JOHN DAY — Families First Parent Resource Center has received a boost, thanks to a $3,000 grant the cen- ter received from Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation’s Community Giving Program. The funds will help sup- port Families First’s Parents as Teachers home visitation program. Parents as Teachers is an early childhood family support and parent educa- tion home-visiting model in which parent educators work with parents to strengthen protective factors and ensure young children are healthy, safe and ready to learn. The goals include increasing par- ent knowledge of early child- hood development, improving parenting practices, provid- ing early detection of delays and health issues, preventing abuse and neglect and in- creasing school readiness and success. About Obituaries )!-+,./%.*,+,$'/-) (..,-/$!&/+'.*'. *,/-)/()&)-./.*%- -..-//$!&'/)(/* .*!-+!%/'&+%. News obituaries are a free service of the Blue Mountain Eagle. The paper accepts obituaries 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. Partnership receives watershed restoration grant Funds will be shared among local groups and hired experts. JOHN DAY — The John Local soil and water conser- A TTENTION G RANT C OUNTY Day Basin Partnership has been vation districts and watershed awarded $149,613 from the Or- councils will receive support to egon Watershed Enhancement review existing plans, set local Did you know there may be VA benefits available for Board. priorities and establish resto- you as a result of your spouses’ military service? The grant was one of eight ration goals from the ground See your Grant County Veteran Services totaling $937,369 provided to up, while contractors will work Officer today for more information, located at Grant County Court House. local organizations statewide to at the basin-scale to compile support partnerships and plans existing plans, identify data Call 541-575-1631 for an appointment WKDW LPSURYH QDWLYH ¿VK DQG gaps, develop a monitoring wildlife habitat. program and otherwise help Open: Mon, Wed, & Fri 10am-4pm by appointment. WKHSDUWQHUVKLSFRPSOHWHD¿QDO plan by 2017. The John Day-based Grant Soil & Water Conservation District will receive $20,000 of the award to administer the grant. Jason Kehrberg, district manager of the Grant Soil & Water Conservation District, said, “This grant offers the sup- port we need to participate in the planning effort and report the local needs we are seeing LQWKH¿HOGDQGDUHDFRPPXQL ties.” The John Day Partnership formed in 2014 to build a basin wide plan that can attract addi- tional funding to support vol- untary restoration actions that work for wildlife and landown- ers. It includes a diverse mix of 23 partners, including local soil and water conservation "$"#%"!% districts, watershed councils, !% $%!#%#$%#!%"$$# forest and landowner collabo- $% $"% #$ ratives, tribes, state and feder- #$#%$#!# al agencies and conservation "%"%$" groups from across the basin. "!" The new partnership was nominated for the 2015 Out- %%#%!%%$% standing Partnership Award given by OWEB. 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