WEDNESDAY
June 29, 2016
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Bob Quick, left, and Troy Easton of Roy, Utah, stopped at Blue Mountain Hospital in John Day to visit with the local ambulance crew as they
journey from Cannon Beach to Fire Island, New York. Easton is a paramedic who saved Quick who had a massive heart attack in 2004.
Near-death experience leads to
LIFE-AFFIRMING JOURNEY
Heart attack victim and paramedic
who saved him roll through John
Day on cross-country ride
By R.J. Marx
EO Media Group
W
hat a way to make a
friend — in the back
of an ambulance as
you’re suffering cardiac failure.
Landscaper Bob Quick
of Roy, Utah — just west of
Ogden — led an unhealthy
lifestyle. He paid the price in
2004.
“I could tell he was dy-
ing as soon as I saw him, for
sure,” paramedic Troy Easton
said. “Complete cardiac fail-
ure, ashen, blood pressure,
80 over nothing, he was real
anxious, you know you’re
dying. He said, ‘Please do
everything you can to save
my life.’”
Easton, fi rst on the scene,
said Quick had no pulse and
was not breathing when they
“let him have it,” shocking
him with 360 joules from a
defi brillator.
For 3 1/2 minutes, Quick’s
life hung in the balance.
Submitted photo
See JOURNEY, Page B10
The route Bob Quick and Troy Easton will follow on their ride.
Supporters golf for CASA kids
Event raises
$6,000 for
program
13-14-15 All-
Stars to play
South Salem
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Twenty-four golfers teed
off Saturday in support of kids
at the Sixth Annual Grant-Har-
ney County CASA (Court Ap-
pointed Special Advocates)
Golf Scramble.
The event, held at the John
Day Golf Club, raised $6,000.
The proceeds will be used
to train and support citizen
volunteers in Grant and Har-
ney counties.
“I’d like to thank our lo-
cal business sponsors and
participants who contributed
to the success of this event,”
said CASA Executive Direc-
tor Tracey Blood. “About 30
percent of our funding comes
from state, and we rely on
fundraising, grants and donors
to fund the other 70 percent.”
Grant-Harney
County
CASA will also hold a golf
scramble with Kids Club of
Harney County on Saturday,
Aug. 20, at Valley Golf Club
8-9-10 softball All-Stars take
third in Milton-Freewater
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Travis Jones of John Day drives the ball during
Saturday’s CASA Golf Scramble with his teammates
(back, from left) Alex Finlayson of Canyon City, Dave
Nelson of John Day and Ed McCrary of John Day.
in Burns.
Blood said children who
navigate the court system with
a CASA volunteer are more
likely to be adopted than lin-
ger in long-term foster care,
are half as likely to re-enter
the foster care system and are
more likely to do better in
school.
In 2015, 47 children were
served by Grant and Harney
county CASA advocates. Cur-
rently, 42 children are assigned
to the Grant-Harney CASA
program, with 25 children
served by a CASA volunteer.
Ten adults serve as CASA vol-
unteers in the two counties.
“We are always looking for
volunteers and are especially
in need of volunteers in Har-
ney County,” Blood said.
Results:
First place: Ryan Torland, Steve
Schuette, Ken Peterson and Randy
Horner
Second place: CASA volunteer Ed
McCrary, Dave Nelson, Alex Finlayson
and Travis Jones
Closest to the Pin (KP): Ken Peterson
Men’s Longest Drive: Chuck Wilson
Women’s Longest Drive: Aidan
Broemeling
Three Grant County All-
Star softball teams battled it
out in Milton-Freewater last
week in the District 3 tour-
nament.
8-9-10 All-Stars
The Grant County 8-9-10
Softball All-Star team slid
into third place at the tour-
nament.
The team, led by manager
Zach Williams and coaches
Levi Watterson and Marissa
Williams, came out on fi re
Sunday, June 19, beating
Baker 17-4, followed by an
18-2 win over Milton-Free-
water the next day.
In the semifi nals last
Wednesday, they suffered an
11-6 loss to La Grande.
The Grant County team
was up 6-1 in the second in-
Contributed photo/Tanni Wenger Photography Studio
Grant County 8-9-10 All Star Lauren Wenger focuses
on getting an out at the District 3 tournament.
ning, then lost ground, giv-
ing up six runs in the fourth
and three in the fi fth.
Drewsey
Williams
pitched through the fourth,
throwing several strikes for
Grant County until she was
hit by a line drive. Lauren
Wenger was 4-4 for the team.
On Thursday, Grant
County was overcome by
Pendleton, 18-6.
Williams pitched three in-
nings with seven strikeouts,
and Brilynn Combs fi nished
out the game.
Wenger was 3-3, and Hal-
le Parsons was 2-3.
Manager Zach Williams
said he was proud of the
team.
“Overall, for being 9 and
10 year olds, they did a great
job,” he said.
See SOFTBALL, Page B10