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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.
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541-575-1113
727 W Main St.
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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
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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.
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