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Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Putting Grant County on the Tesla map
B IRTHS
Z OEY L ANEÉ R OSEBERRY
Janelle Martens and Aar-
on Roseberry of Prairie City
announce the birth of their
daughter, Zoey Laneé Rose-
berry, at 8:45 p.m. on Aug.
3, 2016, in John Day. She
weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounc-
es and was 19.5 inches long.
Grandparents are Rob Gibson
of Mesa, Arizona, Lonnie Keith of Canyon City and Mike Mar-
tens of Rathdrum, Idaho. Great-grandparents are Earlene Durant
of Prairie City and Carolyn Roseberry of Peoria, Arizona. Zoey
joins one sister and four brothers: London, 10, and Kayden, 9, of
Arizona; Dominik, 5, Brayden, 3, and Jarrett, 2, of Prairie City.
O BITUARIES
Chester Allyn Bennett Jr.
Chester Allyn Bennett Jr., 84, of Hermiston died Monday,
Sept. 26, while visiting friends in Pine Top, Arizona. He was
born Jan. 6, 1932, in Corvallis. Arrangements are pending
with Owens Livingston Mortuary in Show Low, Arizona.
Brewing Company plans to
have charging available as well.
The charging station now
appears with others in the net-
work on the computer console
in Tesla vehicles, Franklin
said.
“It’s just another tool to
draw people to John Day and
Grant County,” he said.
Stacy Stemach and Doug
Watson, who were here to
help promote the charging sta-
tion, were the fi rst people to
use it. Stemach said the Tesla
vehicles can travel about 260
miles on average before re-
charging.
“I think the technology is
just going to keep improving,
so what is possible in this car
today wasn’t possible 10 years
ago,” Stemach said. “I think
they’re just hoping to keep
improving the batteries and
keep getting higher and higher
capacity and faster charging.”
By Sean Hart
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant County Cham-
ber of Commerce hopes one
of its newest projects will pro-
vide a jolt to the local econ-
omy.
The chamber recently in-
stalled a 100-amp Tesla elec-
tric vehicle charging station
at its offi ce, 301 W. Main St.,
John Day.
The high-powered outlet
will quickly charge Tesla bat-
teries, and Chamber President
Jerry Franklin said he hopes
the free, 24/7 availability of
the service will bring some
people into Grant County who
otherwise may have avoided
the area.
“It’s the wave of the fu-
ture,” he said. “If people know
it’s here, they might change
their route to come through
Grant County.”
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
From left to right: Chamber President Jerry
Franklin, Doug Watson and Stacy Stemach ride
in Stemach’s Tesla after charging it at the new
charging station at the John Day Chamber of
Commerce Sept. 14.
Franklin said charging sta-
tions have been available in
Bend, Baker and Burns for
a while. He said the Harney
County Chamber of Com-
merce has reported the station
in Burns is used “quite a bit”
and the cost of the electricity is
negligible.
He said Historic Hotel
Prairie in Prairie City also has
a charging station, and 1188
Bear Creek fi re contained
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Bear Creek fire
north of Seneca was held at
19 acres and is 100% con-
tained according to For-
est Service public affairs
specialist Shiloh Burton.
Crews are mopping up the
blaze with the goal of hav-
ing it fully contained earli-
er this week, according to
Burton.
While it is no lon-
ger summer, officials
urge everyone to be
aware of fire dangers and
make sure their fires are
“dead out” and not left
unattended.
Firewood cutting is al-
lowed all day on the north
half of the forest consisting
of the Blue Mountain and
Prairie City ranger dis-
tricts. On the south half,
firewood cutting is only al-
lowed until 1 p.m. Both re-
quire a one-hour fire watch
once chainsaw operations
cease.
For more information,
please contact the Malheur
National Forest at 541-
575-3000.
From left to right: Laurie Montgomery, Eric Amstad, Nick Green, Russ Comer, Shannon Winegar and Mike
Cosgrove examine a map of a proposed trail near Magone Lake on Friday, Sept. 30.
A TTENTION G RANT
C OUNTY
V ETERANS :
Did you know a service-connected
disabled veteran is entitled to
FREE use of Oregon State Parks?
See your Grant County Veteran Services
Officer today for more information,
located at Grant County Courthouse.
Open Mon, Wed, & Fri, 10 am - 4 pm,
by appointment. Call 541-575-1631
Your Rural Fa mily Health Clinic
Grant County
HEALTH
Department
528 E. Main, St. E,
John Day
Monday - Friday
8am - 5pm
Services Provided:
Karen Triplett, FNP
• Primary Care
• Acute Care
• Women’s Health
Exams
• Men and
Children Exams
• Immunizations
• Family Planning
• Contraception
• Pregnancy Testing &
Referrals
• HIV Testing &
Referrals
• Cacoon
• WIC
• High Risk Infants
• Maternity Case
Management
Grant County Health Department does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin,
disability, or age in admission, treatment, or participation in its programs, services and activitie s, or in employment.
Appointments
available
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around Magone Lake. Fund-
ing for the trails would come
from the ODOT Active Trans-
portation Section and the Rec-
reational Trails Grant admin-
istered by Oregon Parks and
Recreation
A fi nalized plan for the
trails will likely be released
later in October, according to
Laurie Montgomery, a Forest
Service writer and editor.
One of the proposed trails
would run from the 7th Street
Complex in John Day up to
Magone Lake and service a
network of proposed trails
around the lake.
City Manager Nick Green
said it’s typical to see peo-
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grants while the other 20 per-
cent would be local fundrais-
ing.
Another proposed trail
would be a paved path run-
ning from Prairie City to Mt.
Vernon. The trail would get
cyclists off of Highway 26,
and allow better access to the
river.
This trail would help ease
tensions between motorists
and cyclists as well as help at-
tract Cycle Oregon, an annual
road bike ride that brings cy-
clists from across the country,
back to the area.
Green said the new proj-
ects would appeal to young
families and retirees looking
to settle in the area, bring
tourists in and paint the city as
progressive and forward look-
ing. The developments would
be low cost and high reward
and could even be built by
prison labor, according to
Green.
The trail system could be
done in time for next year’s
solar eclipse, according to
Green.
TRAILS
KJDY,
Sunday, 7 a.m.
“From Beginning
to End”
Eagle photos/ Rylan Boggs
A trail marker indicating a bike route on a tree near
Magone Lake. Taken Friday, Sept. 30.
ple with thousands of dollars
of bikes on their cars come
through John Day and never
stop, adding these trails would
give them a reason to stop,
eat lunch and experience the
community.
The proposed trail would
cross two different sections of
private land requiring memo-
randums of understanding to
be signed by the landowners.
The trail would be an-
chored by a BMX and moun-
Are you
part of a
I think of you and miss you every day,
Clayton. You will never be forgotten.
Love, Mom
tain bike fl ow course built
north of the complex.
The proposed site would
cover 11 acres, seven of
which are owned by school
district and four of which are
owned by the parks and recre-
ation department.
The fl ow course would be
a collaborative effort between
the city, COTA and the Grant
County Economic Coun-
cil. Funding for the projects
would come from 80 percent
N ONPROFIT
in Grant County?
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The Blue Mountain Eagle is working to
create a master list of nonprofits in Grant
County. We are looking for the NAME of the
nonprofit, CONTACT PHONE NUMBER,
EMAIL, ADDRESS and WEB SITE if available
to be added to or updated on the list for
this year’s Grant County Giving Back
section, coming out in October.
Either call the information into
the Eagle office at 541-575-0710 or email
office@bmeagle.com.
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