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A2 Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Family Four students win OTEC scholarships Blue Mountain Eagle Three GU students to attend June Girls State Blue Mountain Eagle JOHN DAY — Grant Union Junior-Senior High School students chosen to at- tend the 2016 American Le- gion Auxiliary Oregon Girls State Session in June include juniors Reitta Wyllie, Natalie Stearns and Dauna Bishop. The girls will travel to Willamette University in Sa- lem for the June 12-18 event. Approximately 200 Ore- gon high school junior girls are expected to attend, said Tammy Bremner, the Girls State chairman for the local Ellis Tracy Unit No. 77 for the American Legion Auxil- iary. The nationwide program is designed to increase the delegates’ awareness and knowledge of governmen- tal processes, while learning about the duties, privileges, rights and responsibilities of citizenship. There is also an Oregon Boys State session held at Willamette Universi- ty the same week. In other American Legion Auxiliary news, the group’s April 16 meeting was a lun- cheon held at Valley View Blue Mountain Eagle Four Grant County stu- dents won 2016 Oregon Trail Electric Co-op schol- arships. Hannah Brandsma and Rayne Houser, both 2014 graduates of Grant Union Junior-Senior High School, and seniors Taylor McClus- key from Grant Union and Jamie Waltenburg from Dayville each received $5,000. Eight students from Baker County, four from Harney County and 10 from Union County also Assisted Living Facility. Auxiliary president Ruth Harris presented a new spot- light program, and highlight- ed Joan Bowling, honoring her with a poem. Bowling is the organiza- tion’s chaplain and Ameri- canism Essay chairman. Bonnie Gause won a prize drawing at the meeting, a cookbook with fruit and vegetable recipes. Harris announced the three Girls State attendees will help with Poppy Days distribution on Memorial Day Weekend. According to preliminary data received by NOAA’s National Weather Service in Pendleton, temperatures at John Day averaged warmer than normal during the month of April. The average temperature was 49.7 degrees — 3.0 de- grees above normal. High temperatures averaged 65.8 degrees — 5.4 degrees above normal. The highest was 81 degrees on April 21. Low 1 1 inches below normal. Since October, the water year pre- cipitation at John Day has been 5.6 inches — 2.37 inches be- low normal. The highest wind gust was 37 mph on April 22. The outlook for May from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center calls for above normal temperatures and near-to- above normal precipitation. Normal highs for John Day rise from 65.0 degrees at the start of May to 73.0 degrees at the end of May. B REAKING N EWS A LERTS Debbie Ausmus 245 South Canyon Blvd. John Day, OR 97845 OPEN WED. & THUR. 9 am - 5 pm AND POWER EQUIPMENT, INC. YEARS 541-575-1113 727 W Main St. John Day 541-575-1156 received scholarships. “We are pleased to award these scholarships to help support these stu- dents as they pursue their higher education and ex- plore career paths,” said OTEC General Manager Jamie Waltenburg Werner Buehler. Applications for the 2017 scholarships will be available online in Novem- ber. For more information, visit www.otecc.com/com- munity. Ana Cristina Burgess myeaglenews.com/breakingnews RENTS Taylor McCluskey O BITUARIES Several students from Grant County have been named to dean’s lists. At Eastern Oregon University, the honored students for winter 2016 are: Mariah Meyerholz, Canyon City; Daryl Ann Powell, Dayville; Hannah Brandsma, Michael Lut- trell, Mikayla Luttrell, Mi- chelle Marraccini and Alex- ander Mygrant, all of John Day; Sage Flower, Kimber- ly; and Stephanie Croghan, Mt. Vernon. At Pacifi c Universi- ty, the honored students for fall 2015 are: Rayce Houser and Rayne Houser, Canyon City. April warmer than average in John Day temperatures averaged 33.5 degrees — 0.6 degrees above normal. The lowest was 26 de- grees, on April 16. There were seven days with the low temperature below 32 degrees. Precipitation totaled 0.77 inches during April — 0.62 inches below normal. Measur- able precipitation — at least .01 inch — was received on eight days, with the heaviest, 0.21 inches, reported April 4. Precipitation this year has reached 3.09 inches — 1.30 Rayne Houser A CADEMIC R EPORT Blue Mountain Eagle Blue Mountain Eagle Hannah Brandsma 24 hrs/7 days wk debbie.ausmus@ countryfinancial.com 33333 Lois Maxine Woodworth, 86, of Prairie City passed away April 24 at her home. A funeral service was held Saturday, April 30, at the Prairie Baptist Church. an interment followed to the Prairie City Cemetery. Reception then followed at the Baptist Church. Maxine was born on July 18, 1929, to Robert and Gladys Brown of Villisca, Iowa. Maxine was the oldest of three children. During the Great Depression she spent her growing up years living in Iowa, Missouri, Texas and California before the family moved to Vale, where she graduated high school in 1947. The family had a farm and Maxine worked alongside her parents on the farm, and then later worked in a bakery in town. She married her husband Paul Woodworth on January 1, 1950. They were married 65 years before his passing in 2015. She was a devoted wife, homemaker and the mother of six children. She worked at sev eral jobs in the area including Blue Mountain Care Center and the Prairie City school cafeteria until retirement in 1994. The Woodworths were residents of Prairie City since 1953. She assisted her husband with the Prairie City Christmas program. In the early days she would shop for the needy child, and wrap the gifts and then they’d de liver them to the homes of needy families. She always assisted her husband when a need arose with other projects like the 1976 4 th of July bicentennial activities. She was an active member of the Prairie City Baptist church and she se rved as church treasurer, Sunday school teacher and nursery worker for many years. Maxine leaves behind her children, Stan (Doreen) Woodworth of Burns, Ken (Jan) Winder of Newberg, Le s (Pam) Woodworth of Prairie City, Vanessa (Glenn) Verheyen of Fruitland, Idaho and Mark (Judy) Woodwo rth of Bend, 14 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Also one sister, Colleen Lewin of Inchelium, Wash . and a brother Richard (Peggy) Brown of Payette, Idaho. Maxine was well known for her witty sense of humor, vast knowledge of trivia, and an avid reader. Sh e was well known for her love of sewing and participation in local craft shows. She was often complimented on her beautiful sewing skills. For each grandchild she made quilts for them as infants and again when they married as a keepsake. She sewed everything from doll clothes to her daughter’s wedding dress. She won many blue ribbons for her sewing and craft entries at the county fairs. Even in retirement Maxine enjoyed quilting, readin g, gardening, finding bargains at garage sales and doing handwork. She will be greatly missed but not forgotten. Maxine was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Paul, one son, David, and two infant granddaughters. The family would like to thank the Prairie City Baptist church, pastor David Hoeffner and the church family for their support and prayers during this difficult time. Our gratitude also to Dr. Hall for his exc ellent care and the dedicated staff at Blue Mountain Hospice. The family would also like to publicly thank her dear frie nd Carla Wright for driving her to appointments, and taking her shopping these last few years. As well as our love a nd thanks to her sister Colleen for coming to stay with Mom and helping out these past few months. We know she loved you both. You may light a candle for Maxine at driskillmemorialchapel.com. Memorial contributions may be made to the Town of Prairie City Christmas fund, or the Prairie Baptis t Youth Fund through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. Ana Burgess of John Day died April 23 at Georgetown Hospital in Wash- ington, D.C. A celebration of life will be at noon Saturday, May 14, at Drisk- ill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day. Burgess was born in Argentina to Walda and Carlos Evans. She had a master’s degree in industrial psychol- ogy and was an author. In October of 2001, she married Ron Burgess in Oregon City. She enjoyed life to the fullest, her children and grandchil- dren. Those who truly knew her, know her accomplishments. She is survived by a number of family and friends. For condolences, visit www.driskillmemorialchapel.com. Jacob ‘Jake’ Streeter Dec. 15, 1953 — April 25, 2016 Jacob “Jake” Streeter, 62, of Day- ville, died April 25 at Blue Mountain Hospital in John Day. A celebration of life was held April 30 at Dayville Community Hall. Streeter was born Dec. 15, 1953, in Ewen, Michigan, to Clair and Marcella (Vivant) Streeter. He attended Dayville High School. He worked for the Oregon Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife for 18 years and the Dayville School District for fi ve years. He also had a contracting business with his brother- in-law and Ed Winkelman. In 1975, he married Cindy Gregg in Dayville. His hobbies included winemaking, classic cars and running a saw mill. He liked helping friends, family and neighbors with home improvement projects and often had more than one proj- ect going at a time. He enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchil- dren. His favorite time was the annual family trip to the beach. Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Cindy Streeter of Dayville; daughters, Jessie (Nick) Swagger of Redmond and Janna (Dennis) Streeter of Sunriver; mother, Sal Streeter of On- tonagon, Michigan; sisters, Mary Snyder of John Day and Viola Wolfe of Ewen; brother, Bud Streeter of Bruce Crossing, Mich- igan; and grandchildren, Tanner, Zach, Nathan, Kiah and Piper. He was preceded in death by his father, Clair Streeter; moth- er-in-law, Glee Gregg; uncle, Bud Streeter; and niece, Melanie Johnston. Memorial contributions may be made to the Autism Society of America or the Multiple Sclerosis Society through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. For condolences, visit www.driskillmemorialchapel.com. Duane L. Cheadle A memorial service for Duane L. Cheadle, formerly of John Day, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 7, at Living Wa- ters Church of God, 521 N.W. Fifth St., Prineville. Pastor Doug Shrock will offi ciate. Cheadle died Nov. 8, 2015. Arrangements are under the care of Whispering Pines Funer- al Home, 3168 N.E. Third St., Prineville, OR 97754. 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 submit- ted 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. The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. www.eomediagroup.com Paid for by the family of Maxine Woodworth L AST W EEK ’ S T EMPS W EATHER F ORECAST FOR THE WEEK OF M AY 4-10 J OHN D AY ..................................................................... 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