Community
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
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Deja Amsden leans out of her crib to give two children a scare at the Canyon City haunted house on Halloween.
Eagle photos by
Rylan Boggs
Grant County Deputy Clerk,
Julie Ellison (left) and Grant
County Human Resource
Manager, Laurie Wright
(right) pose for a photo in the
Grant County Courthouse on
Halloween.
Bransen Keith gets quite
a fright while holding the
hand of his mother, Jenny
Keith, as James Keith
looks on at the Canyon
City haunted house on
Monday.
Katie Nicolato (left) and Jeff Nelson,
dressed as Dr. Zoidberg and Bender
from the television show Futurama,
pose for a photo after winning first
place at The Outpost’s costume
contest on Saturday.
Trick-or-treaters exit the Canyon City haunted house Monday.
Tia Dilley, a sales associate at Len’s
Drug, poses for a photo behind the
cash register on Monday.
Valerie Luttrell answers the phone at John Day dispatch on
Halloween. Luttrell won first place and $50 in the city of John Day
costume contest.
Bids less than expected for old fi re hall
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
The city of John Day may
not earn as much as expected
from the sale of its old fi re
hall.
Offers have been signifi -
cantly lower than the expected
value of $85,000, City Man-
ager Nick Green said at the
Oct. 25 City Council meeting.
The low offers were attributed
to renovation work needed on
the building interior and roof.
The city still plans to sell
the building while retain-
ing the old city hall property
nearby. Council members dis-
cussed installing a facade on
the old city hall to make it less
of an eyesore, or turning it
into a parking lot. Councilors
also said a well on the proper-
ty was worth preserving.
In other council news:
• The council accepted a
three-year contract between
the City of John Day and the
Grant County Police Offi cer’s
Association.
• The council discussed
the status of an ongoing wa-
ter dispute between John Day
and Canyon City. Since July,
Canyon City has been paying
only a portion of the amount
billed by John Day for the
treatment of their wastewa-
ter. No action was taken, but
the council seemed confi dent
Canyon City would pay its
bills by the end of the year.
• The council discussed
working with the group Ore-
gon Solutions on a long-term
community project like a
recreation and wellness cen-
ter, wastewater treatment
plant or new school bond.
Oregon Solutions focuses
on one long term project
for a community, accord-
ing to City Manager Nick
Green.
• Green updated the coun-
cil on a dog management
ordinance currently being
drafted. John Day Police
Chief Richard Gray said
the ordinance could not be
effectively enforced as is.
A teleconference between
Green, Justice of the Peace
Kathy Stinnett and city at-
torney Jeremy Green is
planned Friday, Oct. 28, and
a draft of the ordinance will
be presented to the coun-
cil at the next meeting on
Nov. 8.
• The council re-capped
a prior meeting with state
Sen. Ted Ferrioli. During
the meeting, they discussed
future funding for the dis-
patch center. Ferrioli said
that increasing taxes, such
as the 911 tax, was an un-
popular position. Ferrioli
was, however, optimistic the
state Legislature could help
finance a fiber optic system
for the city and other capital
improvement projects.
• Several grant deadlines
were discussed, including
The Town of Canyon City would like to
express our appreciation and thanks
to the Helping Hands Outreach of the
Church of the Nazarene. Your good
works have repeatedly helped the City
and its residents.
Thank you
an ERA rural advantage
grant, a DEQ recycling fea-
sibility grant and a FEMA
assistance to firefighters
grant.
The next John Day City
Council meeting will be
Nov. 8 at the new fire hall on
Canyon Boulevard.
Debbie Ausmus
245 South Canyon Blvd.
John Day, OR 97845
OPEN WED. & THUR.
9 am - 5 pm
541-575-1113
24 hrs/7 days wk
debbie.ausmus@
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