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MOSIER
ogy and science and made
it come alive,” he said. “I
ended up getting my under-
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graduate degree in organ-
Mosier said medical ismal biology at Portland
school is not for the “weak State University.”
willed” and the work load is
Mosier said he’d be hap-
tough, but added he feels at py to answer questions peo-
home in the hospital setting. ple have about the medical
“My whole life has been fi eld and school.
in hospitals” while helping
His advice to those con-
care for his younger brother, sidering a medical career
Stuart, he said.
is to choose it for the right
Stuart, who is one year reason: helping others.
his junior, was diagnosed
“It takes an incredible
with focal segmental glo- amount of dedication and
merularsclerosis,
which drive to help people and
affects the kidneys. He has be a good doctor,” he said.
received kidney dialysis “Doing this for the money
treatments on a regular basis will not get you through the
since he was a boy.
11 years it takes you to get
The elder brother helped there.”
with those treatments on
Mosier and his fami-
many occasions, including ly will live in Tri-Cities,
when they
Washington,
were college
for
more
roommates.
rotations at
The
treat-
hospitals
ments
are
and
clin-
three
days
ics
there,
a week for
including
Both doctors of medicine, o b s t e t r i c s ,
eight hours
each of those M.D.s, and doctors of os- p e d i a t r i c s
teopathic medicine, D.O.s, and internal
days.
M o s i - are licensed physicians, medicine.
er said his practicing in all areas of
He plans
brother has medicine. Students of os- to graduate
been his main teopathic medicine have in May of
i n s p i r a t i o n additional training in the 2018.
in his choice musculoskeletal system,
He’s fi n-
to become a and focus on a “whole per- ishing up his
son” approach to treatment third
doctor.
year
“ T h a t ’ s and care.
of medical
my biggest
school, and
thing,”
he
during his
said. “I’ve seen the good fourth year, he’ll begin nar-
medical care we’ve had with rowing down what type of
Stuart, and the bad medical medicine he’d like to prac-
care. I want to provide good tice with auditions for resi-
care for all my patients, so dency programs.
they don’t go through some
For now, he’s lean-
of the struggles we’ve been ing toward family medi-
through.”
cine, internal medicine or
When he’s “stressed out surgery.
and burned out,” he said he
He said his time spent
thinks of his brother, who at Strawberry Clinic was
doesn’t have the luxury of a a good opportunity to see
day off from his condition. a variety of health issues
Two Grant Union teach- under one roof.
ers who were infl uential for
“I want to thank Dr.
him were math teacher Matt Leiuallen, the medical as-
Jones and biology teacher sistants, providers, nurs-
Randy Hennen.
es, everyone up here who
He described Jones as a helped make this a great ro-
teacher who cares about his tation,” he said. “Also, the
students.
patients who allowed me to
“Math is not easy for ev- see them — it was much ap-
eryone, and he makes it eas- preciated.”
ier to understand,” Mosier
The biggest reward, for
said.
his work, he said, is “seeing
“In medical practice, a patient who improves be-
people don’t understand cause you were able to treat
what’s going on with them properly.”
them,” he said. “I like to
“It reminds you that
think I incorporate the same you’re not just a person
teaching styles as (Jones) to that takes tests and stud-
help educate people on their ies until 3 a.m.,” he said.
conditions.”
“This is because you want
“Mr. Randy Hennen got to help people. It’s a nice
me really interested in biol- reminder.”
What’s
behind a
medical title?
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
BIOMASS
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The result is a dry, crispy
material that can be ground up
and burned as fuel.
“It’s about a half-step below
making charcoal,” Lei said.
At its peak generating ca-
pacity, the Boardman Coal
Plant blasts through roughly
300 tons of coal every hour.
Since torrefi ed biomass be-
haves similarly to coal, that
means it will take 8,000 tons
to keep the facility humming
for a full day.
To get that kind of supply,
PGE has partnered with a
newly incorporated company
called Oregon Torrefaction,
which will use small-diam-
eter and beetle-killed trees
to create the fi nal prod-
uct. The full-day test burn
will be conducted later this
year.
Oregon Torrefaction reg-
istered as a benefi t corpo-
ration with the state July 1,
incorporating environmental
quality into its bottom line.
Its partners include the U.S.
Endowment for Forestry and
Communities, Bonneville En-
vironmental Foundation and
Ochoco Lumber Co., based in
Prineville.
Bruce Daucsavage, presi-
dent of Ochoco Lumber, said
their goal is to prove torrefi ed
biomass can become a viable
and sustainable commercial
business in Oregon, providing
rural jobs while also improv-
ing forest health.
“There’s so much interest in
Contributed photo/Oregon Torrefaction
A large torrefier is being installed at a chipping yard
in the Port of Morrow, which will process forest
clutter into biomass for the Boardman Coal Plant.
this,” Daucsavage said. “The
technology is already proven.”
With the decline of the tim-
ber markets, Ochoco Lumber
now owns the last remain-
ing sawmill in John Day. The
company was rejuvenated in
2012 by a 10-year stewardship
contract with the Malheur Na-
tional Forest, purchasing wood
off federal restoration projects
at fair market value.
However, Daucsavage said
a signifi cant portion of what’s
harvested from those projects
can’t be used at the lumber
mill. The trees are either too
small or too damaged to make
boards. They could be chipped,
but those markets aren’t worth
enough for Ochoco Lumber to
turn a profi t.
On the other hand, if the
clutter isn’t harvested, it will
simply dry out and become
nothing more than kindling for
explosive wildfi res, like last
year’s Canyon Creek Com-
plex. Torrefaction could be
the solution, Daucsavage said,
especially if biomass can gain
traction as a coal substitute.
“It’s a really interesting
green story,” he said.
The majority of biomass
for the PGE project will come
off national forests, Daucsav-
age said. Oregon Torrefaction
is in the process of installing
a large torrefi er at a chipping
yard in the Port of Morrow,
and from there the material will
be trucked eight miles to the
Boardman Coal Plant.
It will take approximate-
ly 800 truckloads to deliv-
RODEO
She learned her horsemanship skills
working on her family’s ranch, involved
in branding, fencing, haying and other
jobs.
Carter and Hutchison will stay busy
this year and next visiting rodeos and pa-
rades in other counties.
“When I go to other rodeos, I’ll pro-
mote the Grant County Fair and Rodeo
and try to bring more people into our
community and help it expand more,”
Carter said.
Hutchison will also have the role of
promoting the local fair and rodeo.
She is the daughter of Wade and Sim-
mie Waddel of John Day, and she is a
sophomore at Grant Union Junior-Senior
High School.
She said being a part of the Grant
County Fair and Rodeo court is some-
thing she’s aspired to since she was
younger.
“It’s something I wanted to do to im-
prove and make the program larger,” she
said. “I want to be a role model and have
younger girls look up to me and try this
when they get older. It improves your
public speaking and teaches you many
lessons that you can carry on for the rest
of your life.”
Hutchison was 4-H grand champion
for sewing and won the fashion review,
modeling the navy blue romper she won
DOGS
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“If it’s already attacked
other animals and already at-
tacked me, who knows what it
would do to a kid,” she said.
Bolman and Norton aren’t
alone.
John Day City Manag-
er Nick Green said he began
looking into problems with
dogs after what appeared to be
a high rate of incidents since
he started in the position this
summer.
“There seems to be a lot of
incidents related to animals
on the loose,” he said. “Some-
times that’s pet owners who
just allow their dogs to run
free. Sometimes it’s strays.
But it makes it challenging for
people who are out walking
their dogs on a leash when a
loose dog comes up.”
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
Trinity Hutchison rides in
the Grant County Parade on
Saturday, Aug. 13.
in the sewing division. She also won a
4-H blue ribbon, showing a pig.
Hutchison has been heavily involved
in youth rodeo events, the Cinnabar
Mountain Playdays and the Cowkids Ro-
deo, competing since age 2.
She won her division in goat tying and
dummy roping, and placed third in bar-
rels at the Aug. 14 Cowkids Rodeo, and
she placed third for the senior division at
the Aug. 20-21 Cinnabar Mountain Play-
days rodeo.
When she’s not doing rodeo or help-
Solving the
dog problem
John Day City Council
will try to fi nd a solution
to problems with dogs as a
public nuisance at the next
meeting at 7 p.m. Sept. 13
at the John Day Fire Hall.
Green plans to discuss the
problem with the John Day
City Council at the Sept. 13
meeting to try to come up
with a creative solution to
solve the problem.
In John Day and Prairie
City, which are served by
John Day Police Depart-
ment, 58 dog complaints
were reported between Jan.
1 and Aug. 8 this year, an
average of about eight per
month. Of those, 16 were for
attacking an animal or a per-
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er all 8,000 tons of biomass.
Daucsavage said they hope to
start torrefaction in the next
few days.
“The idea is to invest dollars
back into forest health and ru-
ral communities,” Daucsavage
said.
Matt Krumenauer, of Salem,
is the CEO of Oregon Torrefac-
tion. He said the project with
PGE is a perfect opportunity to
see if the markets for biomass
and utilities can match.
“PGE was already planning
to cease coal operations,” Kru-
menauer said. “They’ve been
the most progressive and most
interested in seeing if this could
be a viable alternative energy
solution for them.”
Brendan McCarthy, PGE’s
state environmental policy
manager, said a number of fac-
tors will come into play before
they decide whether biomass
in Boardman makes sense for
ratepayers. Cost and supply of
the fuel is all part of the equa-
tion, as well as what it would
take to retrofi t the plant’s emis-
sion controls for a new power
source.
If the full day test burn is
successful, the next step will
be to see if biomass can be
used to power the plant for
multiple days in a row. So
far, McCarthy said they are
encouraged by what they’re
seeing, but it will continue
to be a major effort moving
forward.
“It’s complicated,” McCa-
rthy said. “You can see how
creating this whole new way
of energy, you really need to
work through everything.”
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6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9
and 10
Admission is $8 each day; children
under 5 and adults over 65 have free
admission.
Rodeo Slack starts at 8 a.m. Saturday
and is free.
Lindsey Wyllie of John Day will an-
nounce at the rodeo.
“It is the last weekend of the regular
season,” he said. “It decides who goes
on to the fi nals and who is out.”
He added younger competitors will go
up against seasoned cowboys.
“It’s going to be electric,” Wyllie said.
“Come out and root on your favorites.”
ing on the family farm, Hutchison also
participates in sports, including volley-
ball and track.
Hutchison said she and Carter will
hold fundraisers this year to help with
their travel and wardrobe expenses.
The pair recently met with Pendle-
ton Round Up’s 2013 Queen Brittany
Doherty who taught them arena safe-
ty, how to ride in at the opening of the
NPRA Rodeo and various ways to pro-
mote the fair and rodeo.
“I might try for Miss NPRA and then
from there the Pendleton Round Up
court,” Hutchison said.
son, and eight citations were
issued.
In 2015, there were a to-
tal of 102 complaints for an
average of 8.5 per month in
John Day and Prairie City,
Green said, with 185 in
Grant County.
Although the rate this
year appears similar to 2015,
Justice of the Peace Kathy
Stinnett said she is seeing
more than twice as many dog
cases this year than usual —
12 in the first six months,
compared to an average of
six per year.
“Dog owners and vic-
tims all seem to be very
uninformed about what’s
involved in dog laws,” she
said. “Anybody who owns
a dog needs to be aware of
what the law says.”
Stinnett said a dog’s
keeper — not necessarily
the owner — can violate the
Oregon dog as a public nui-
sance law if the dog is off
of a leash on any property
except the keeper’s, wheth-
er or not the dog displays
aggression. Chasing people
or vehicles, damaging prop-
erty, spreading garbage, tres-
passing and barking can also
be cited. The court can also
order a dangerous dog to be
euthanized, she said.
For the fi rst offense, Stin-
nett said she often offers a di-
version program that waives
the fi ne if no other offenses
are reported in six months.
Maintaining a dog as a public
nuisance is a class B viola-
tion, she said, with a maxi-
mum fi ne of $1,000 — not in-
cluding restitution to victims.
Stinnett said the offenses
also cost the county resourc-
es in court time and provid-
ing assistance to victims.
John Day Police Chief
Richard Gray said animal
complaints are also taxing
on police resources. He said
a single incident may take
more than an hour of an offi-
cer’s time that could be used
for crime prevention.
“We’ve had kids get bit.
We’ve had cats get killed.
We’ve had dogs bite other
dogs,” he said. “It ultimately
goes back to the owner. The
owner needs to have control
of their animal.”
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