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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
A3
Mt. Vernon Scout awarded the Eagle
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Kenna Combs
Paige Gerry
Students win
BMW logo contest
Logo to be used
for 2017 Chief
Joseph Rally
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant County art students
stepped into the role of graph-
ic designer, creating imagery
for a BMW logo contest.
The BMW Riders of Ore-
gon motorcycle club fl ocks to
the Grant County Fairgrounds
in John Day each June for its
annual Chief Joseph Rally,
and each year a new logo is
designed to promote the event.
Last year, rally master
Doug Tewksbury proposed
the idea of having local school
students submit designs for the
logo in a contest. The process
began in September, and a win-
ning design was chosen in De-
cember.
Kris Beal, president of
the Juniper Arts Council, and
Grant Union Junior-Senior
High School art teacher JJ Col-
lier helped organize the contest,
and members of the BMW
group judged the submissions.
Students from all the Grant
County schools were invited to
participate, and entries were re-
ceived from Prairie City School
and Grant Union.
Out of 108 entries, Grant
Union seventh-grader Paige
Gerry won the contest and $100
from the motorcycle group.
Grant Union eighth-grader
Kenna Combs placed second,
receiving $25. Receiving hon-
orable mention were Ashley
Henry, Kimberly Teague, Man-
Contributed photo
With this logo design,
Grant Union seventh-
grader Paige Gerry won
a contest judged by the
BMW Riders of Oregon
motorcycle club to design
the logo for the 2017 Chief
Joseph Rally in John Day,
which takes place June
23-25.
ao Kanazawa, Brianna Majors
and Levi Carpenter.
“Congratulations to all the
students who participated in
the 2017 Chief Joseph Rally
logo design contest,” Tewks-
bury said. “It is wonderful to
see the creativity and thought-
fulness put into so many of the
designs.”
The contest allowed stu-
dents to create their own hand-
drawn designs or a digital im-
age.
Collier said she had her stu-
dents enter the contest as part
of an assignment, and several
entered two pieces of art.
“They (the BMW Riders
of Oregon) were very specifi c
about the imagery they want-
ed,” Collier said. “It’s great to
be given the opportunity for
the students work within spe-
cifi c parameters for a graphic
design client.”
Earning the rank of Eagle
is an accomplishment not
achieved by many members
of the Boys Scouts of Amer-
ica — just 4 percent earn the
award.
Brogan McKrola, 18, of
Mt. Vernon defi ed the odds
and was honored with the Ea-
gle Scout Award on Sunday,
Jan. 8.
Scoutmaster Darrel McK-
rola handed his son the award
at the Court of Honor held at
the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints in John
Day.
John Day City Manager
Nick Green, a former Eagle
recipient, was a speaker at
the meeting, which had about
30 in attendance.
“It was defi nitely a long
and diffi cult process, but it
taught me a lot of valuable
skills and life lessons that I’ll
be able to use throughout my
life,” Brogan said.
When asked what his fa-
vorite part of Scouting is, he
replied, “I enjoyed all of it.”
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 A17.
FRIDAY, JAN. 20
Working lands con-
servation easements
public meeting
• 12-2 p.m., Grant County
Regional Airport conference
room
The Northwest Rangeland
Trust and the Trust for Public
Land will present information
on how working lands conser-
vation easements can protect
the ecological and agricultur-
al benefi ts of farms and ranch-
es. Lunch will be served. For
more information, contact the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs at 541-575-1866.
Contributed photo
Brogan McKrola, center, stands with his parents, Kim
and Darrel McKrola, after receiving his Boy Scouts of
America Eagle Scout Award.
He added, “I want to thank
my parents and Scout leaders
for pushing me to complete
my Eagle.”
In order to achieve the
rank of Eagle Scout, McK-
rola had to earn 21 merit
badges and show leadership
by planning, developing, and
completing a community ser-
vice project.
Brogan led several vol-
unteers from the community
in October 2013 to build a
retaining wall between the
then-new Grant Union High
School track and the Grant
WHAT’S
HAPPENING
SATURDAY, JAN. 21
American Legion
Auxiliary meeting
• Noon, Valley View As-
sisted Living, John Day
The Ellis Tracy Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary
will meet to discuss business.
All members are encouraged
to attend.
THURSDAY, JAN. 26
School District No. 3 offi ce;
the former track was de-
stroyed after Canyon Creek
fl ooded May 15, 2011.
The project, which took
20 hours to complete, was
made possible, in part, with
donations from Tidewater
Contractors, Mills Building
Supply and Darrel McKrola,
a general contractor.
Brogan is a senior at Prai-
rie City High School, previ-
ously attending Grant Union.
He has been active in basket-
ball, football, baseball, cross
country and student council.
seminars and annual meet-
ing. Seminar topics include
“Land Trusts and Working
Land Easements,” “Con-
trolling Juniper with Her-
bicide” and an overview of
the Cavender Wetland En-
hancement project. At noon,
Monument FFA members
will serve a fundraiser tri-
tip lunch at a cost of $8 per
plate. The annual meeting
will follow the landowner
seminars at 2:30 pm. Those
planning on attending the
seminars and lunch are
asked to RSVP at 541-934-
2141 or mswcd@centurytel.
net.
Landowner seminars
and annual meeting
Grant County Little
League Sign-ups
• 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.,
Monument Senior Center
The Monument Soil and
Water Conservation District
will host its 2017 landowner
• 5-7:30 p.m., Humbolt
Elementary, Canyon City
Sign-ups for Little League
baseball and softball players
will be held in the computer
As a member of 4-H, McK-
rola has raised and shown
swine, and has been a 4-H
counselor for the past two
years.
He plans to serve a two-
year mission for his church
after high school and then
enlist in the Navy or attend
college for electrical engi-
neering.
Throughout most of Bro-
gan’s time as a Scout, his
father has been his scoutmas-
ter, leading a group of several
scouts in Troop 800.
“I’m really proud of him,”
his father said. “He really dis-
played great leadership in our
program. Less than seven of
every 100 Scouts make it to
the Eagle rank, so I’m proud
that he stuck with it and did
all the work he needed to.”
In 2015, 162 boys in the
Blue Mountain Council, Boy
Scouts of America, earned
the Eagle Scout Award pro-
viding more than 21,877 ser-
vice hours. The Blue Moun-
tain Council, headquartered
in Kennewick, Washington,
serves youth in northeast Ore-
gon and southeast Washington.
lab at Humbolt Elementary.
Players must have a birth
certifi cate and three proofs
of residency to sign up.
For more information, call
541-390-5790.
SUNDAY, JAN. 29
Grant County Farm
Bureau annual meeting
• 1 p.m, Outpost Restau-
rant, John Day
The annual meeting will
include presentations by
Shanna Northway of OSU
Extension Offi ce on suc-
cession planning, intern-
ships and agro tourism and
Jack Southworth on Forest
Service land management
practices, along with guest
Steve Beverlin, Malheur Na-
tional Forest supervisor; the
election of offi cers; and the
goals and direction of the
Bureau for 2017.
Open Mon.- Fri. 5 am - 7 pm
• Sat. 6 am - 7 pm • Sun. 6 am - 6 pm
Don’t forget to check out our selection of Cooper’s Express chicken!
Pick up your
application and
save 10 cents a
gallon!
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