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Education
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Two area students
Student musicians awarded for excellence
win Elks scholarships
Blue Mountain Eagle
Prairie City and
Dayville students
awarded
By Angel Carpenter
Amaya
Zweygardt
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — Prai-
rie City senior Amaya
Zweygardt and Dayville
senior Skylar Powell were
awarded this year’s John Day
Elks Lodge scholarships.
First-place
winner
Zweygardt will receive a
$2,000 scholarship, paid
out at $1,000 a year, and
second-place winner Pow-
ell will receive $1,000 with
$500 a year.
“We had several appli-
cations and outstanding stu-
Skylar
Powell
dents from most of our high
schools in Grant County,”
said scholarship chairman
Connie Wood. “I was very
pleased wit the way the stu-
dents dressed and handled
themselves. We have some
great young people in Grant
County.”
Wood expressed appreci-
ation for this year’s judges
Vera Shoberg, Carl Lino and
Mitch Saul.
“We appreciate each of
you very much,” she said.
JOHN DAY — Two Grant
Union student musicians were
awarded for their dedication
in the program during the
year-end District Concert.
Director Mary Ann Vi-
dourek presented senior
Devon Vargas with the 2016
National Choral Award, and
percussionist Ricky Weick-
um, a senior, the John Philip
Sousa Band Award.
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
The Grant Union 7-12
choir sings “YMCA.”
Grant Union music director Mary Ann Vidourek
presents percussionist Ricky Weickum, a senior,
with the John Philip Sousa Band Award as well as
a desk set during the May 24 District Concert held
at the school in John Day.
Local college graduates honored
JOHN DAY — Five local
graduates were honored at a re-
ception hosted by the College
Advisory Committee on June 1
at Grant County Regional Air-
port.
The students are Catrina
Gabbard, Julianne Hanson and
Kim Neault, who earned as-
sociate of arts Oregon transfer
degrees from Blue Mountain
Community College; and Jenni-
fer Garinger and Chely Carpen-
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ter, who both majored in phys-
ical activity and health through
Eastern Oregon University.
All completed their degrees
as online students in Grant
County while working with ad-
visors through the Grant Coun-
ty Center in John Day.
BMCC’s graduation is
7 p.m. Friday, June 10, and
EOU’s commencement is 10
a.m. Saturday, June 11.
For more information about
EOU and BMCC’s local online
degree programs, call Ashley
Armichardy at 541-575-1550
or Chris Cronin at 541-575-
2168.
FINDING DORY PG
The friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish
reunites with her loved ones, and everyone
learns a few things about the real meaning
of family along the way.
FRI-THURS
(12:45) (4:10) 7:10 9:40
Contact the Grant
County Chamber for
more information
541-575-0547
Jerry Franklin
GRI, ABR, SRES
Broker/Owner
160 E. Main • John Day, OR 97845
Office: 541-575-2121
Home: 541-820-3721
JFranklin@easternoregonrealty.net
www.easternoregonrealty.net
Our first planning meeting to begin organizing for
the 2017 solar eclipse was very well attended
with folks from communities across the county,
several agencies representing law enforcement,
forest service, emergency management,
businesses, elected officials and many residents
wanting to get involved with this major
undertaking. The Chamber President, Jerry
Franklin, welcomed the group and encouraged
them to seek out other groups and friends to get
involved. A slide presentation was given by
Tammy Bremner, who is the Chamber office
manager and will be heading up the event. She
identified a number of problems and challenges
that the county could encounter with the
anticipated influx of thousands of visitors from
around the world. There was good interaction
with the group and several good ideas and
suggestions were discussed. Our next planning
meeting will be held at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July
6, 2016 at the Canyon City Community Hall. We
expect to see more new faces and updates from
various leaders and volunteers who have already
started organizing events in their communities to
keep the visitors entertained while they are in the
area. We are encouraging everyone to call or
stop in and provide the Chamber with information
on any homes, cabins, extra bedrooms, lots or
acreage that could be rented out. We will create a
master list and will be able to provide locations
and contact information for you and our visitors.
cluding
stage man-
ager
for
the
col-
laborative
production
of “King
Rachel
Lear” with
Bentz
the
La
Grande
Shakespeare Company,
which opened last Feb-
ruary.
She is excited about
her new position and the
locales she will visit, such
as Japan and Thailand.
“I’m really looking for-
ward to exploring the port
cities we visit, as well as
the opportunity to work
with the latest in the-
atre technology,” Bentz
said.
After he reunites with an old pal through
Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is
lured into the world of international
espionage.
FRI-THURS
Grant County
HEALTH
Department
528 E. Main, St. E,
John Day
(12:45) (4:00) 7:00 9:30
NOW YOU SEE ME PG-13
The Four Horsemen resurface and are
forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull
off an impossible heist.
FRI-THURS
Monday - Friday
8am - 5pm
(12:45) (3:45) 6:45 9:30
Grant County Chamber
Monthly Newsletter
Well, if you like a variety of weather, we have
certainly had our fair share of surprises this year.
Having been raised in Michigan and moving to
Prairie City from Southern Nevada in 1974, I can
honestly say that we live in one of the greatest
areas of the West.
LA GRANDE — Ca-
reer plans are cruising
along for one recent Grant
Union Junior-Senior High
School graduate.
Rachel Bentz, a 2012
Grant Union graduate,
will join the technical
stage staff of Royal Carib-
bean Cruises, following
her graduation from East-
ern Oregon University in
La Grande this month.
Bentz anticipates start-
ing her new job in July,
aboard a ship stationed in
Shanghai, China.
A theater student at
both GU and EOU, Bentz
has been involved with
numerous EOU shows
in various capacities in-
Karen Triplett, FNP
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CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE PG-13
$9 Adult, $7 Senior (60+), Youth
Grant County
Chamber Members
Bentz’s career
cruising along
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Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant Union choir
member senior Devon
Vargas receives the
2016 National Choral
Award from director
Mary Ann Vidourek
at the May 25 District
Concert.
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• Acute Care
• Women’s Health
Exams
• Men and
Children Exams
• Immunizations
• Family Planning
• Contraception
• Pregnancy Testing &
Referrals
• HIV Testing &
Referrals
• Cacoon
• WIC
• High Risk Infants
• Maternity Case
Management
Grant County Health Department does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin,
disability, or age in admission, treatment, or participation in its programs, services and activitie s, or in employment.
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John Day, OR
541-575-1850
NOTICE OF 40 MILE CHIPSEAL PROJECT
ON MIDDLE FORK ROAD, COUNTY ROAD 20
Grant County
Chamber Members
Advertise Here
On MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 20 th , the Grant
County Road Department will begin its 40 mile Chip Seal
Project on the Middle Fork Road, County Road 20. It is
anticipated to continue through July 1 st . Work is scheduled for
Monday – Friday, 7:00 am-4:30 pm, and possibly later if
necessary.
Starting point of this project is the Junction of State
Hwy. 395 and County Road 20, and will proceed east, ending
at the Junction of County Road 20 and State Highway 7, by
July 1 st .
(It is estimated we will chip seal approximately five miles a
day).
A pilot car will be utilized for the duration. A bike
shuttle will not be available. Be prepared for possible loose
rock, and some delays.
For further information on this project, call the Grant
County Road Department, at 541-575-0138, or 541-575-3783.
Contact the Grant
County Chamber for
more information
541-575-0547
A MAN
WAKES
UP in the
morning
after sleeping on...
an advertised bed, in advertised
pajamas.
Our next Chamber meeting will be on Thursday,
June 16, the business meeting being at the
Chamber of Commerce office at 11 a.m. and the
lunch meeting being at the Outpost at 12 p.m.
The public is invited to both meetings. Our guest
speaker will be Mark Howell, Fire Prevention
Officer of the Blue Mountain Ranger District. He
will be speaking about the Red Flag Fire Weather
Program. Our second speaker will be Christy
Sweet, Curator for the Kam Wa Chung Museum.
She will share sotme information about the
museum and the number of visitors that have
been coming to John Day from around the world
to visit this unique attraction. See you there!
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!
Jerry Franklin,
President
Blue Mountain Eagle
MyEagleNews.com
04039
Don’t get left behind, call today! Kim Kell 541-575-0710