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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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hard for change in Salem and gested a different path.
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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,
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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.
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obituaries from the family or funeral home. Information submitted is subject to editing.
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Partnership receives
watershed restoration grant
Funds will be shared among
local groups and hired experts.
JOHN DAY — The John Local soil and water conser-
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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
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wildlife habitat.
program and otherwise help
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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
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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
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