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Grant School District Su-
perintendent Curt Shelley
said testing is scheduled in
June for all three schools,
Seneca, Humbolt Elementary
and Grant Union Junior-Se-
nior High.
“Testing facilities are
swamped right now, and it
may take longer than expected
to get results,” he said. “With
the recent indings in Port-
land Public Schools and a few
others around the state it has
been brought to the attention
all school districts really need
to test for the safety of all. We
have not tested for lead in my
tenure as superintendent (one
year); however we will plan to
test on a regular basis moving
forward.”
Prairie City School District
Superintendent Julie Gurczyns-
ki said she authorized the
testing of drinking fountains
and cooking water earlier this
month and expects the testing
to be complete within the next
month.
Long Creek School District
Ofice Manager Jennifer Gar-
inger said the school will be
testing for lead, but she did not
know when.
Monument School District
has not responded to the Ea-
gle’s record request.
The districts will also need
to develop a plan to test for
radon by this fall, as the Or-
egon Board of Education is
fast-tracking adoption of a
new rule that requires schools
to test for both lead and radon
and report those results to the
public.
The board heard a irst
reading of the rule Thursday
and plans adoption Aug. 17. A
public hearing on the proposal
is scheduled for Aug. 2.
The requirement will entail
additional costs to schools and
the Oregon Department of Ed-
ucation. The Legislative Fiscal
Ofice is working on an esti-
mate on what those costs will
be. Legislative leadership has
asked the Emergency Board to
allocate money to pay for it.
Gov. Kate Brown in April
directed the Oregon Depart-
ment of Education and Oregon
Health Authority to review
existing requirements for envi-
ronmental testing and address
the problem of lead in drinking
water.
During the review, health
and education oficials learned
that neither the education de-
partment nor the health author-
ity has the power to require
schools test for lead, said Emily
Nazarov, operations policy ana-
lyst with the education depart-
ment’s government and legal
affairs section.
The health authority has au-
thority to require testing of pub-
lic water systems, but schools
are excluded from the agency’s
jurisdiction.
Long Creek, Monday, July 4
12 p.m.: Founders Day celebration at
Long Creek City Park
For more information, call city hall at
541-421-3601.
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Dayville, Saturday, July 1-3
July 1
5 p.m.: Youth Arts Program art, mu-
sic and drama presentations at Dayville
School gym
July 2
10 a.m.: 3-on-3 basketball at Day-
ville School with sign-ups from 9-9:30
a.m., $15 per team
2-4 p.m.: Beer and wine tasting at
Dayville Merc
2:30 p.m.: Tribute to Jake Streeter,
city park
3 p.m.: Horseshoe tournament
4 p.m.: Scavenger hunt with digital
camera or cellphone, teams of two
4:30 p.m.: Pie contests
5 p.m.: Jake Burger stand
6 p.m.: Parade with Grand Marshals
Skip and Cindy Inscore (line up east end
of Dayville)
7 p.m.: Baked goods auction
7:30 p.m.: Duck race, $5 each ($200
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Eagle file photo
The late Jake Streeter, and
Brandon Thompson, flip Jake
Burgers together at last year’s
Fourth of July celebration in
Dayville, near the park.
prize for irst, $100 for second and more
prizes)
8 p.m.: Music in the park
Sunday, July 3
7:30-9 a.m.: Community Breakfast
at the Community Church, by donation.
For more information, call city hall,
541-987-2188.
Monument, Monday, July 4
Monument’s Fourth of July Jubilee
has fun for everyone scheduled for Inde-
pendence Day.
7-9 a.m.: Pancake breakfast at the se-
nior center
7:30 a.m.: Top Road Challenge 5K
Run
9 a.m.: Horseshoes
9:30 a.m.: Booths open
10 a.m.: Parade
10:30 a.m.: Baking contest
11 a.m.: Family games, Frisbee golf
1 p.m.: Carnival
2 p.m.: Watermelon-eating contest
3 p.m.: Auction
4 p.m.: Lip sync
5 p.m.: Corn Hole
6 p.m.: Chili cook off
7 p.m.: Bingo at senior center
10 p.m.: Fireworks over the river
The proposed rule would
require school districts, charter
schools and education services
districts to conduct lead and
radon testing and to submit an
environmental monitoring plan
to ODE for keeping water, air
and physical spaces safe for
students and staff.
The health authority already
had authority to require schools
to test for radon, but the new
rule will provide compre-
hensive guidance to schools
on all of the testing required.
Schools will be required to
report their test results to the
education department and to
the community annually.
Phil Wright and Paris
Achen contributed to this re-
port.
For more information, call Lonnie,
541-934-2696; Lorna, 541-934-9871;
Jamie, 541-934-2876; or Heather, 541-
934-2690.
Prairie City, Monday, July 4
Prairie City has some new events
scheduled for their celebration, with the
theme “Remember Why it’s the 4th of
July.”
7-10 a.m.: Fabulous Flapjacks at the
Teen Center
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Strawberry short-
cake
11 a.m.: American Legion hamburg-
ers at VFW Hall
12 p.m.: Parade with Grand Mar-
shals Del and Mary Raymond (line up
on North Johnson, judging at 11:15 a.m.)
1 p.m.: Fay Burril Memorial Jackpot
Horseshoe Tournament and barbecue
next to city hall
12-3 p.m.: Family fun at the park,
water slides and a rock climbing wall
Dusk: Fireworks on the Ox-
bow Ranch property on Strawberry
Road
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Both Fisher and Landin
say they are unarmed, and
they say they intend to remain
peaceful. By law, they are not
allowed to carry guns because
both men are convicted felons.
The Forest Service said the
memorial items are prohibited
and need to go, but the agency
has not speciied a timeline for
when it could be removed by
the agency.
“The Forest Service does
not want to have any conlict
or confrontations,” said Stea-
rly. “Law enforcement is in
contact with those folks, and
communications are in place.”
The men said they won’t
leave until a permanent memo-
rial is in place at the site. They
said others will take their place
when their stay limits are up.
“We are prepared to do this
for as long as we need to,”
said Fisher. “We have wall
tents with wood stoves if we
need them. We have snow ma-
chines. We have whatever it
takes.”
Fisher and Landin are both
currently unemployed. Before
he began camping with Fisher,
Landin worked as a gas atten-
dant in Burns. They are now
supported by food and mone-
tary donations from Finicum
supporters and friends.
In late May, four men were
cited for allegedly attempting
to install a permanent cross in
concrete at the site. The Har-
ney County Sheriff’s Ofice
charged the men with third
degree criminal mischief, a
violation that could carry a
$5,000 ine.
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