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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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