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A2 Family Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, July 27, 2016 E AGLE ON V ACATION O BITUARIES Theda Larayne Boyer Jan. 15, 1923 - July 15, 2016 From left, Lyle McCumber, Linda McCumber, Marilyn Raymond and Wayne Dickens pose with the Eagle during a trip to Homer, Alaska. Take a photo with Eagle (print or mobile editions) on vacation and send it to editor@bmeagle.com or drop it by the Eagle offi ce. BEO collecting supplies for elementary students Blue Mountain Eagle Bank of Eastern Oregon is once again offering its 13 branch lobbies as drop-off sites to collect school supplies for local elementary students during July and Au- gust. Each year, BEO employees join in the bank’s efforts to collect these supplies for their community schools, according to a BEO press release. Each Bank of Eastern Oregon branch will also offer a drawing for backpacks fi lled with supplies for lucky students, in addition to collecting supplies for their local grade schools or ESD offi ces to distribute. Parents of grade school students can fi ll out a drawing ticket to enter for a chance to win a school backpack for their students. You do not have to be a custom- er, and no purchase is necessary. New insurance requirements given for sports physicals County Health Department has new hours By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle The Grant County Health Department and Strawber- ry Wilderness Community Clinic in John Day have an- nounced new insurance re- quirements for student-ath- lete sports physicals. A pre-participation sports physical is required ev- ery two years at the public schools for those students who are involved in sports. In the past, the Health De- partment and clinic provided physicals for a nominal fee; however, offi cials say due to changes in requirements by health insurance providers that has changed. They now require a full adolescent well-child exam at the time of the sports phys- ical, which are fully covered annually by all insurance plans. Strawberry Clinic has openings available with visiting nurse practitioner Patricia Widenoja, and the Health Department has ap- pointments available with nurse practitioner Jess Furka. The health department has new hours: 7 a.m. to noon and 1-6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, and from 8 a.m. to noon Fridays, with a nurse available. Wednesday and Thurs- day, Aug. 17 and 18, have been designated for adoles- cent well-child exams at the Health Department. The Strawberry Clinic hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The School-Based Health Center at Grant Union Ju- nior-Senior High School will be open Tuesday, Aug. 30, and nurse practitioner Karen Triplett will be available for adolescent well-child exams there as well. For more information, contact Strawberry Clinic at 541-575-0404 or the Health Department at 541-575-0429. The Eagle wins 10 state awards Blue Mountain Eagle The Blue Mountain Eagle won 10 awards at the annual Oregon Newspaper Publish- ers Association’s 2016 Better Newspaper Contest. The Eagle took home fi rst place for Best Special Sec- tion for their 2015-16 Explore Grant County Visitor Guide. Eagle publisher Marissa Williams said the honor was earned as a team effort by the staff. “We are thrilled to bring Cowboy Chapel H our KJDY, Sunday, 7 a.m. “Sing Along” home fi rst place for the 2015 Explore Grant County vis- itor guide,” she said. “This guide represents our beautiful county and people who live here and wouldn’t be possible without the support of local businesses and community members.” She added, “To be recog- nized in 10 categories by oth- ers in our industry is an honor, and I am proud of our staff at the Eagle. A notable amount of awards were received for our coverage of the Canyon Creek Complex fi re. This was a diffi cult event that affects everyone in the county, and to be able to share their stories with others and be recognized for our work is a great honor.” In addition to the Best Spe- cial Section honor, the Eagle garnered two additional fi rst- place awards, three second place awards and four third place awards. The fi rst-place awards were in: • Best Graphics, to edi- torial graphic designer Alan Kenaga, for “An Apocalypse” Canyon Creek Complex fi re map. • Best Page One Design, to graphic designer Randy Wrighthouse, for “An Apoca- lypse” front page. The Eagle also received second-place for Best Writ- ing, with the honor going to Cheryl Hoefl er for “Program Assists Folks in The Golden Years,” “Sociable Toddler Progressing Well a Year After Coughlin & Leuenberger, P.C. Welcomes Andrew G. Martin, Attorney at Law Coughlin & Leuenberger, P.C. David R. Auxier ~ J. David Coughlin Martin Leuenberger ~ Andrew G. Martin 1705 Main Street, Suite 400, Baker City, Oregon 97814 (541-523-6535) 1513 North Whitley Drive, Fruitland, Idaho 83619 (208-452-6535) www.bakercitylaw.com J OHN D AY ..................................................................... HI/LO T UESDAY ....................................................................... 81/49 W EDNESDAY ................................................................... 87/52 T HURSDAY ..................................................................... 95/54 F RIDAY .......................................................................... 83/57 S ATURDAY ...................................................................... 84/50 S UNDAY ......................................................................... 92/51 M ONDAY ........................................................................ 98/58 24/7 F ORECAST A UTOMATED : 541-575-1122 R OAD CONDITIONS : 511; TRIPCHECK . COM WWW . BLUEMOUNTAINEAGLE . COM / INFO NOAA W EATHER R ADIO FOR J OHN D AY 162.500 MHz A CADEMIC R EPORT Blue Mountain Eagle Mr. Martin has joined our firm effective July 1, 2016. He is an experienced lawyer licensed in Oregon and Idaho and has been practicing law since 2006. His practice will focus on business, natural resource, real estate, agriculture, land and water law. L AST W EEK ’ S T EMPS Brain Injury” and “Grateful For my Dance With Cancer.” Two additional sec- ond-place awards went to An- gel Carpenter for Best Feature Photo “Together Forward” and Best Spot News Report- ing for the article “An Apoc- alypse.” Four third-place awards included: Best Writing, An- gel Carpenter, “Team Spirit,” “Lampton Gets 30 Years in Prison” and “HAY FEVER Rolls Into Town”; Best News Photo, Angel Carpenter, “To- gether. Forward.”; Best En- terprise Reporting, Scotta Callister and Angel Carpen- ter, “DEQ fumes” series; and Best Graphics, Randy Wrighthouse, “The State of New Idaho.” Jake Waldner, a 2011 Grad- uate of Grant Union High School, earned his master’s of business administration degree from Wi l l a m e t t e Jake University’s Waldner Atkinson Graduate School of Management in May, graduating with a 3.7 GPA. Waldner is employed with Banfi eld Corporate Offi c- es as a program manager. Theda Larayne Boyer, 93, of Baker City passed away on July 15 at Mead- owbrook Place. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sept. 3 at Coles Tribute Center, 1950 Place St., Baker City. On Jan. 15, 1923, Theda Larayne Rhea was born to parents, Ralph Rhea Sr. and Stella (Keerins) Rhea. She was a decendent of an earlier homestead family, the Keerins, who built a home and began a long ranch- ing business. Raised in Grant County, Theda spent much of her childhood at the family homestead at Izee. She attended and graduated high school in John Day, and after high school, she worked for D’ Clarks for 28 years in Baker City. On April 20, 1941, she married Phillip J. Boyer in Vancouver, Washington, who passed away in 2001. They managed and operated the John Day Air- port for many years. From a very young age, Boyer loved fashion, and her friends and family fondly described her as a fashion icon; her fashion design and dress were impeccable. She loved to knit and she enjoyed making beautiful sweaters. She was an avid golfer, both in John Day and Baker City, and she was also an avid bowler. Bowling for Ellingson Lum- ber, Boyer won many trophies for both bowling and golfi ng. The Episcopal Church in John Day, Eastern Star in John Day, Quail Ridge golf course in Baker City and the Offi cers Wife Club in Montana were clubs and organizations she was proud to have been a member of and affi liated with. Boyer is survived by her niece Peggy Rhea-Case of La Grande; niece Margaret Rhea of Portland; nephew Kerry Rhea of Canyon- ville; nephew Daniel Rhea of Washington, D.C.; niece Julie Rhea of Portland; nephew Pat Rhea of Vancouver; nephew Greg Jeffries of Tualitan; and nephew Mark Jeffries of Vancouver. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ralph Sr. and Stella Rhea; her husband, Phillip Boyer; her brother Bill C. Rhea; her sister Rosemary Jeffries; her brother Ralph Rhea Jr.; and neph- ew Mike Jeffries. Memorial contributions may be made to the Oregon Hu- mane Society through Coles Tribute center at 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814. To leave a condolence or share a memory, visit colestrib- utecenter.com. Richard Carl Sumner Nov. 8, 1944 - July 16, 2016 Richard Carl Sumner, 71, passed away peacefully in his sleep, at his Bend home on July 16, following a year and a half standoff with cancer. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 22, at Room 1868, 152 NW Fourth, Prineville, OR 97754. Sumner was born in Prineville, Nov. 8, 1944, to Carl F. and Joyce C. (Bernard) Sumner. He attended ele- mentary school in Prineville, John Day and Mt. Vernon. He always had a spe- cial affection for his time spent in Mt. Vernon. He graduated in 1963 from Grant Union High School in John Day. His favorite classes were mechanical drawing, wood shop and conservation — all classes that suited his ability to work with his hands and be outdoors. Sumner worked as an auto mechanic, tool and die worker for Precision Castparts, fi berglass sales and service and the last 16 years in food service, with his wife, Kaew. Richard was an excellent marksman and took great pride in a fast draw pistol group, competing in numerous Western states. His favorite hobbies included boating, camping, hunting, dancing and being with friends and relatives. He always felt a great close- ness to his friends and relatives, and he enjoyed spending time and sharing stories with them. Richard is survived by his wife, Kaew; daughters Mim Bents (Michael) and Selena; son Ton Pouangphat; mother, Joyce Bernard Pryse; brother Marv Sumner (Vicki); nephews Terry Sumner (Kathy), Trent Sumner, Nathan Sumner (Melissa) and Ty Sumner (Felicia); two grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and seven great-nieces and -nephews. Richard is preceded in death by his father, Carl Franklin Sumner. Memorial contributions may be made to Juniper Ridge Funer- al Home, 678 N. Main St., Prineville, OR 97754. Donald ‘Don’ Elliott Donald “Don” Elliott, 58 of John Day passed away Sun- day, July 24. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Sat- urday, July 30, at the Canyon City Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Nazarene Church in John Day. Memorial contributions may be made to the Don Elliott Memorial Fund through Old West Federal Credit Union. Arrangements are under the care of Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. To leave a condolence, visit driskillmemorialchapel.com. C ORRECTION The Eagle was provided an incorrect birth date for Chris- tina Long in her July 6 obituary. She was born Oct. 8, 1976. The Eagle regrets the error. The corrected obituary is avail- able to view and print online at myeaglenews.com. 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 submitted 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. W EATHER F ORECAST FOR THE WEEK OF J ULY 27-A UG . 2 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Plenty of sunshine Hot with plenty of sun Hot with plenty of sun Sunny and very warm Sunny and nice Sunny and not as warm A full day of sunshine 97 97 98 96 87 83 87 57 57 56 54 47 43 47