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Blue Mountain Eagle
The deadline for What’s Happening items is 5 p.m. Friday.
Call the Eagle, 541-575-0710, or email editor@bmeagle.com. For
meetings this week, see our list in the classifi eds on Page B9.
THURSDAY, NOV. 3
Cooking class series by Iva Gill
• 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Prairie City Senior Center, 204 N. McHa-
ley Ave.
Focusing on cookies, this is the fi nal in a series of three
cooking classes held as a fundraiser for the Prairie City Senior
Center. There is a $25 sign up fee. To reserve a place, call Fran-
ces Preston at 541-820-4463.
SUNDAY, NOV. 6
Ring Praise concert
• 6:30 p.m., Community Presbyterian Church, Mt. Vernon.
The public is invited to attend a handbell and piano concert,
sponsored by the Presbytery of Eastern Oregon.
WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY, NOV. 9-11
United Methodist Church Christmas sale
• 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday
• 9 a.m. to noon Friday
• 126 NW Canton St., John Day
Members of United Methodist Church’s “Ye Old Thrift
Shop” will hold their annual Christmas sale in the church’s fel-
lowship hall. Items such as Christmas decor, ornaments, kitchen
items, holiday tins, clothing and much more will be for sale.
THURSDAY, NOV. 10
Red Cross Disaster Action Team meeting
• 6 p.m., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, John Day
A potluck begins at 6 p.m., followed by a meeting. County
FSA
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vice Agency has succeeded
for farmers in Grant County,
who deserve access to the
kinds of assistance they need
to keep their crops, livestock
and businesses healthy.”
Program Technician Tra-
cy Griffi th will lead the of-
fi ce, which focuses on local
needs.
“Food, feed or fi ber is
what our agency deals with,”
Luschen said.
The agency helps com-
munities with a variety of
programs, including disaster
recovery such as replanting
trees and helping reconstruct
livestock fences destroyed
in the Canyon Creek Com-
plex fi re last year.
“It’s going to be awhile
before they have enough
trees, so we’re going to be
working on that program for
the next few years,” Lus-
chen said.
Through its Conserva-
tion Reserve Enhancement
Program, the agency works
with landowners who have
streams and rivers going
through their property to
help enhance the riparian ar-
eas by installing fencing and
replanting native vegetation,
Luschen said.
The offi ce will also as-
sist farmers growing crops
private insurance companies
typically do not insure, pro-
viding fi nancial assistance to
producers of non-insurable
crops when low yields, loss
of inventory or prevented
planting occur due to natural
disasters, according to the ag
department.
WHAT’S
HAPPENING
Emergency Management Coordinator Ted Williams will speak
about the 2017 solar eclipse and answer questions. For more
information, contact DAT captain Joan Bowling at 541-575-
1248.
SATURDAY, NOV. 12
Mt. Vernon Grange Christmas bazaar
• 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mt. Vernon Grange
Holiday shoppers are invited to attend the annual Christ-
mas bazaar. There will be 23 booths, with new and returning
vendors. The grange will serve hunter’s stew and rolls for $5.
Desserts and drinks will also be available. For more informa-
tion, call Jean Sagert at 541-575-1007 or Mary Ellen Brooks at
541-932-4540.
MONDAY, NOV. 14
Red Cross blood drive
• 12:30-6 p.m., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, John Day
To make an appointment or for more information, call
1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org.
Grant County Genealogical Society
04750
A MAN
WAKES
UP in the
morning
after sleeping on...
an advertised bed, in advertised
pajamas.
He will bathe in an ADVERTISED TUB, shave with an ADVERTISED RAZOR,
have a breakfast of ADVERTISED JUICE, cereal and toast, toasted in an
ADVERTISED TOASTER, put on ADVERTISED CLOTHES and glance at his
ADVERTISED WATCH. He’ll ride to work in his ADVERTISED CAR, sit at an
ADVERTISED DESK and write with an ADVERTISED PEN. Yet this person
hesitates to advertise, saying that advertising doesn’t pay. Finally, when his
non-advertised business is going under, HE’LL ADVERTISE IT FOR SALE.
Then it’s too late.
AND THEY SAY ADVERTISING DOESN’T WORK?
DON’T MAKE THIS SAME MISTAKE
Advertising is an investment, not an expense. Think about it!
Blue Mountain Eagle
Snow-removal
contract awarded
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
As the current contract
ends, Grant County will re-
quest proposals to coordinate
Firewise, an organization that
helps communities and prop-
erty owners reduce fi re danger
funded by the county’s Secure
Rural Schools payments.
County Economic De-
velopment Coordinator and
Firewise liaison Sally Bart-
lett requested approval from
the Grant County Court Oct.
26 to request proposals for
the Firewise and Communi-
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it does not reach areas with-
out ample blood fl ow, such as
the skeleton.
Daniel has had fi ve verte-
brae fused in his spine. He has
had three hip reconstructions.
He has plates in his knees and
ankles. He’s had surgeries on
his wrists and hands. He suf-
fers hearing and vision impair-
ment.
Yet, as he aimed his rifl e at
the bull, he was just another
boy accomplishing a dream of
hunting elk with his father.
“He’s always enjoyed hunt-
ing and fi shing and outdoors
stuff. It’s less restrictive for
him,” his father, Mike, said.
“We can do this, and it’s some-
thing we can do together.”
Daniel said hunting is “lots
of fun.” He said he’s shot a
turkey and a few deer back in
Michigan, but this was his fi rst
chance to bag an elk.
The hunt was made possible
by the Outdoor Dream Founda-
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
Commissioner Boyd
Britton at a Grant
County Court meeting
Wednesday, Oct. 26.
ty Wildfi re Protection Plan
coordinator position. Bartlett
said she expected the current
coordinator, Irene Jerome, to
tion, a nonprofi t organization
that helps children diagnosed
with life-threatening illness-
es experience their hunting or
fi shing dreams. From there, a
variety of other organizations
and people volunteered to help
make it happen.
Daniel’s hunt was spon-
sored by the Rocky Mountain
Elk Foundation, and Gale Wall
and Tim Unterwegner from the
local chapter got on board as
the camp cooks. Wall said Gor-
don Conroy of Broken Horn
Outfi tters also sponsored and
helped. Several guides — Sam
McDaniel of John Day, Mark
Crawford of Mt. Vernon and
Mike Robertson of Sandy —
stepped up as well. Wall said,
when landowners were asked,
all were happy to help, includ-
ing Ken Brooks, Mike Kilpat-
rick, Jerry Updegrave, Allan
Mullin and Amy Kreger.
“It’s a really neat organi-
zation that takes these kids
on these hunts fulfi lling these
dreams that they’ve had,” Wall
said. “It was my pleasure to
help. It’s pretty amazing the
A TTENTION G RANT C OUNTY
V ETERANS :
Did you know there may be VA benefits available for
you as a result of your spouses’ military service?
See your Grant County Veteran Services
Officer today for more information,
located at Grant County Court House.
Call 541-575-1631 for an appointment
MyEagleNews.com
Don’t get left behind, call today! Kim Kell 541-575-0710
Eagle file photo
Norma Rynearson of Prairie City shows Maudean
Brown of Mt. Vernon a hand towel she crocheted
at a previous Mt. Vernon Grange Christmas bazaar.
The event is set for Nov. 12 this year.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16
Red Cross blood drive
• 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, John Day
To make an appointment or for more information, call
1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.
org.
County solicits proposals for Firewise coordinator
HUNT
Thank you to those who helped make our
October 2016 yard sale a success. We
appreciate everyone who donated,
purchased, helped set-up, helped cleanup,
loaned tables and displays, priced items,
and staffed the sale. The funds raised help
keep the Grant County Genealogical
Society Library and Research Center open
for Genealogical Research.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Open: Mon, Wed, & Fri 10am-4pm by appointment.
St. Thomas
Episcopal
Church
R obbins Farm Equipment
3850 10th St.
Baker City
10218 Wallowa Lake Hwy.
La Grande
1160 S Egan
Burns
86812 Christmas Valley Hwy.
Christmas Valley
541-523-6377
541-963-6577
541-573-6377
541-523-6377
will celebrate its
140th anniversary
in Canyon City
on Nov. 6 at
10:00am with the
new bishop.
Potluck to follow,
all members and
friends are
invited.
139 S. Washington,
Canyon City
04754
submit another bid for the po-
sition.
Bartlett requested the coor-
dinator hold the position a min-
imum of three years. She said
this was the minimum amount
of time it would take someone
to be able to learn and effective-
ly work the position.
Bartlett said Firewise
would also be willing to cover
the costs of setting up an offi ce
space for a new coordinating
employee if the county was
able to provide the space to
house them.
She also asked for the
court’s approval to move for-
ward on grant applications that
would help with water storage
reservoirs.
The court approved all of
foundation’s offering this op-
portunity for these kids. It’s pret-
ty special.”
Mike said everyone involved
made the experience even more
enjoyable. Daniel had to pull
double duty as not only the hunt-
er but also the technology advis-
er, helping some of the older
guys use their computers, but he
said he enjoyed the experience.
“These guys have been
amazing to him,” Mike said.
“It’s overwhelming. They’ve
been very accommodating. If
we needed it, they made it hap-
pen.”
Even before they saw the elk,
the Boschs said experiencing
the Eastern Oregon countryside
was a treat in itself. Daniel said
“just the different surroundings,
the hills” were amazing.
But the scenery was sec-
ondary as Daniel aimed at the
fi ve-by-four bull and prepared
to pull the trigger.
When the shot rang out and
appeared to be true, the hunt-
ing party believed Daniel had
killed his fi rst bull. When they
went to track the animal, how-
ever, the group was unable to
fi nd him. They searched for
hours and continued searching
the next day to no avail.
Daniel continued hunting the
rest of the week and saw more
elk but never got another shot
— until some of the volunteers
brought out a variety of different
guns for him to shoot for fun.
Daniel wanted to thank ev-
eryone who helped make his
dream hunt a reality. Although
he didn’t bag an elk, he said he’d
never forget the experience.
Bartlett’s requests.
In other county court news,
Roadmaster Alan Hickerson
presented the court with his
intent to award a snow-remov-
al contract for Grant County
Road 24, Baker County Road
520 and the Granite area for
this winter. The court approved
Columbia Helicopters’ bid of
$104,000 for the contract.
Hickerson also request-
ed funds to purchase a new
toolbox and fuel tank for the
department’s new 2016 F-450
fl atbed truck, which the court
approved.
The court also approved a
request from the Grant Coun-
ty Human Resources Manager
Laurie Wright for new person-
nel fi le folders.
PALMER
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committee was registered
as of Monday in the Grant
County sheriff race: Todd
McKinley for Sheriff. That
committee, created June
21, has reported $10,101.35
in contributions, includ-
ing $500 from Kelly, and
$7,483.98 in expenditures
as of Monday.
Kelly fi led a similar
complaint against the Com-
mittee to Recall Boyd Brit-
ton Aug. 5.
Secretary of State Com-
munications Director Molly
Woon said in an email both
complaints are still being in-
vestigated.
Palmer was the treasur-
er of the Re-Elect Glenn E.
Palmer for Grant County
Sheriff committee, which
was created in 2008, but the
committee was discontinued
in 2012, according to ORE-
STAR. The Glenn E. Palmer
Legal Expense Trust Fund
has been reporting contribu-
tions and expenditures as re-
quired. The fund, approved
by the Oregon Government
Ethics Commission April
12, was created after the
state Department of Justice
opened an investigation into
allegations against Palmer,
which is ongoing.
Trustee Jodie L. Fleck
submitted an amended quar-
terly statement Aug. 15 for
the second quarter, from
April through June, correct-
ing two errors. Fleck said in
the statement a $100 dona-
tion from a fi ctional char-
acter, John Galt, should not
have been included in the
original statement as it con-
stituted an anonymous dona-
tion. The original statement
also inadvertently failed to
aggregate donations from
Bradley Miller, she said.
The amended second-quar-
ter statement shows a total
of $20,450.15 in donations,
including the Galt donation,
and $5,268.93 in expenses.
Submitted by Fleck Oct.
11, the third-quarter state-
ment, from July through
September, shows $1,569
in donations and $390.59
in expenses, including the
$100 Galt donation that was
donated by the trust to Grant
County CASA, which can
accept anonymous dona-
tions.