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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
O BITUARIES
Carol Joyce Brown
Jan. 30, 1935 - Jan. 29, 2017
Carol Joyce Brown, 81, of John Day passed away Sunday,
Jan. 29, at The Chesley House Assisted Care facility. Driskill
Memorial Chapel is in care of the arrangements.
Brown was born on Jan. 30, 1935, in Portland to Irving A.
and Blanche (Harris) Warnick. She married Fera B. Brown in
Forest Grove on Nov. 12, 1953.
Brown enjoyed painting and writing and loved to dance.
She is survived by her husband, Fera B. Brown, of Canyon
City; sons Tracy Brown and wife, Mary Brown, of Spirit Lake,
Idaho, and Kelly Brown and wife, Leanne Brown, of Long
Creek; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Elderberry House
of John Day through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon
Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. To leave a condolence, visit drisk-
illmemorialchapel.com.
Thomas Wesley Hunt
Aug. 20, 1935 - Dec. 31, 2016
Thomas Wesley Hunt, 81, passed
away Dec. 31, 2016, at St. Anthony’s
hospital in Pendleton with his family
at his side. A service will be held April
29 in John Day, with place and time to
be announced. Arrangements are under
the care of Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer
Chapel in Baker City.
On Aug. 20, 1935, Hunt was born
to Joe Hunt and Lucille Baker-Hunt in
Burns. He graduated from Grant Union High School. In 1954,
he joined the Air Force where he was stationed in Kent, Wash-
ington.
Hunt worked until he retired from Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife. After he retired, he worked for Driskill Me-
morial Chapel in John Day. Even after he retired, he walked
streams to record data and wherever else a friend needed some
assistance. He loved to work outdoors, even haying in his spare
time and fi xing fences.
Hunt repaired watches, was in the John Day Bird Club,
built bat houses and enjoyed hunting and fi shing. His last big
hunting trip was in Canada where he shot a moose. He was a
member of the Elks Lodge, American Legion, American Ri-
fl eman Association, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the
Audubon Society.
Hunt is survived by his daughter, Tanya; three grandchil-
dren; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in
death by his wife, Ireta Round; and sister, Jean Horrell.
Cards of condolence can be sent to Tanya and Lacy, 211 SW
Eighth St., Pendleton, OR 97801. To leave an online condo-
lence, visit grayswestco.com.
Darlene Anita Owens
Age 87 ~ Sept. 19, 1929
The John Day valley lost a unique lady
January 30, 2017.
“The Lady who wore the rose-colored glasses.”
She came to the valley in ‘85 towing her
16ft. trailer and lived in it for quite some
time. She was a mobile CNA that parked her
trailer on many of the local ranches, taking
care of many distinguished ladies and
gentlemen.
She bought a little piece of paradise on
the John Day River and enjoyed freedom
and a wonderful view for twenty years. She
travels on, leaving great friends and family
that loved her very much.
Family gone before her, were her Dad and
Mom, her brother, and her oldest son Bruce.
She leaves behind son Brett and daughter-
in-law Holly, and daughter-in-law Luree.
Grandchildren include Brandon, Jeremy,
Hannah, and Vanden.
She will find peace and harmony in the
Fort Rock Valley, as she once did as a
young girl.
Paid for by the family of Darlene Owens
Eula Mae Thompson
Sept. 28, 1925 - Feb. 1, 2017
Eula Mae Thompson, 91,
of Prairie City passed away
Wednesday, Feb. 1 at Blue
Mountain Care Center. A fu-
neral service was held at 1 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 4, at Driskill Me-
morial Chapel with Pastor Mike
Harvey of Grace Chapel in Prai-
rie City officiating.
Thompson was born Sept. 28,
1925, in Altoona, Kansas, to Er-
vin and Allie (Carver) Harrington. As a young child,
Thompson, her parents and her three sisters moved to
Oregon, settling in Pleasant Valley. Her family even-
tually moved to Haines, where Ervin worked for the
Union Pacific Railroad.
Thompson attended school in Haines and later grad-
uated from Baker High School. Following graduation,
she went to work in the Bates Hotel in Bates, where
she met Beresferd Thompson.
The couple married on Aug. 10, 1946. They re-
mained in Bates, raising their two children Teddy
and Roberta. Following the closure of the Edward
Hines Lumber Mill in Bates, the couple moved to
Prairie City where they spent the remainder of their
lives.
She was a member of the Bates Women’s Club,
American Legion Auxiliary, the Methodist Church
and a lifelong member of the Order of the Eastern
Star.
She is survived by her son, Teddy Thompson and
wife, Fonda, of Prairie City; daughter, Roberta Hutch-
ens and husband, Kent, of Creswell; two grandchil-
dren; three great-grandchildren; her sister, Helen Bo-
gart of Victoria, Texas; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bert;
three sisters, Irene, Valoria and Elaine; and a nephew,
Sherman Cairns.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Ameri-
can Alzheimer’s Association through Driskill Memori-
al Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845.
To leave a condolence, visit driskillmemorial-
chapel.com.
Mark N. Belshaw
Mark N. Belshaw, 54, passed away Saturday, Feb. 4. A ser-
vice will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Prineville
First Baptist Church, followed later that day with a burial at
the Canyon City Cemetery. Call Prineville Funeral Home for
more information, 541-447-6459.
Blue Mountain Eagle
A hunter education class starting
Feb. 27 will be held in the Grant Union
High School Library.
Classes are scheduled for Monday,
Wednesday and Thursday the first week
and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
the second week.
Classes start at 6 p.m. and will
run about two-and-a-half hours each
night.
Tentatively, there will be a live fire
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Oregon Department of State
Lands will hold a hearing to seek pub-
lic comments on proposed new rules
that would create an expedited permit
for certain activities that promote the
reconnection of incised waterways
with their floodplains from 4-5:30
p.m. Feb. 22 in the DRJ Conference
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field day at 9 a.m. March 11 at the po-
lice range.
The class is sponsored by the Ore-
gon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
No one under the age of 18 may
hunt wildlife (except on their own
land) without successfully completing
this course. All ages planning to hunt
as nonresidents in other states may be
required to have a Hunter Education
Card.
ODFW has established a $10 class
fee per student. This fee may be waived
in some circumstances. Pre-enrollment
is available at Ace Hardware, True Val-
ue Hardware, the local ODFW office or
other ODFW license sales outlets.
To register online, visit dfw.state.
or.us/education/hunter. At this site, reg-
ister as a new customer if you do not
have a Hunter ID and then click “reg-
ister for a class.”
For more information, call Bryan
Nelson at 541-575-1808 or Deanna
Maley at the ODFW office, 541-575-
1167.
Waterway rule-making hearing planned in John Day
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community safe and healthy.”
If school and child care vac-
cination records are not up-to-
date on Feb. 15, the child will
be sent home. Reminder letters
to parents were mailed on or
Blue Mountain Eagle
before Feb. 1.
In 2016, local health depart-
Children in school or child ments sent 41,045 letters to par-
care who are not up to date on ents and guardians informing
immunizations will be exclud- them that their children needed
ed from attending on Feb. 15.
immunizations to stay in school
The Oregon Immunization or child care.
A total of 6,995 children
Program is reminding parents
to check their records on fi le, were kept out of school or child
and update any missing vacci- care until the necessary immu-
nization infor-
nations for their
Immunization
mation
was
children before
is the best
turned in to the
the deadline.
schools or child
Under state
way to protect
care facilities.
law, all children
children against
Parents
in public and
seeking immu-
private schools,
vaccine-
nizations for
preschools,
preventable
their children
Head Start and
diseases such
should contact
certifi ed child
their
health
care facilities
as whooping
care provider
must have their
cough and
or local health
immunization
department.
records updat-
measles.”
No one can be
ed or have an
Stacy de Assis Matthews,
turned away
exemption.
from a local
“ I m m u n i - school law coordinator in
zation is the the Oregon Health Author- health depart-
best way to ity Public Health Division. ment because
of the inability
protect chil-
to pay for re-
dren against
vaccine-preventable diseas- quired vaccines. Many phar-
es such as whooping cough macists can immunize children
and measles,” said Stacy age 7 and older. Parents should
de Assis Matthews, school contact their neighborhood
law coordinator in the Ore- pharmacy for details.
To fi nd a provider parents
gon Health Authority Public
Health Division. “It helps can call 211Info — dial 211 —
keep schools and the entire or go to 211info.org.
Parents asked to
update children’s
vaccine records
Hunter ed class starts soon
Leslie “Hap” McCloud passed on to glory on January
15, 2017.
Hap started the Up River County Band and was
active for several years playing at motorcycle rallies,
Mt. Vernon Grange Pancake Feed, Valley View
Assisted Living, Prairie City Blue Mountain Nursing
Home at their Christmas party, and last but not least
in Tom Whale’s front living room.
Hap was a member of Blue Mountain Old Time
Fiddlers Association and the Oregon Bluegrass
Association.
Hap was always generous with his time to help where
ever he could, whether it was sharing his
huckleberries or helping with the music around the
communities. Hap never quite got around to sharing
where he found his huckleberry patch.
Hap is now in heaven, sitting on the bank of the river
of life, teaching the angels some good banjo licks and
starting up a new band.
We will see you there, Hap!
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T UESDAY ....................................................................... 35/29
W EDNESDAY ................................................................... 30/23
T HURSDAY ..................................................................... 31/22
F RIDAY .......................................................................... 46/28
S ATURDAY ...................................................................... 49/42
S UNDAY ......................................................................... 51/43
M ONDAY ........................................................................ 47/31
Exclusion Day for
immunizations
will be Feb. 15
Room at the Oregon Department of
Forestry office, 415 Patterson Bridge
Road, John Day.
The draft rules were developed with
input over six months from an advisory
committee composed of a diverse group
of stakeholders, including elected offi-
cials, environmental and agricultural
organizations, and agency technical
experts. The rules pertain to specific
stream restoration actions that function
similarly to natural beaver dams to im-
prove incised stream channels.
Members of the public who are un-
able to attend the hearing may send
comments via email during the public
comment period, which ends at 5 p.m.
March 3, to rules@dsl.state.or.us. For
more information, visit oregon.gov/
dsl/Laws/Pages/Rulemaking.aspx.
C ORRECTION
Celebrate with us
us!
years
50 year
You are cordially
invited to an open
house at The
Outpost for Bill and
Janet’s Golden
Wedding
Anniversary Party.
Sunday, February
12 th 2 PM-4PM
“Couples that fish together, stay together.”
In a Jan. 25 story, the Ea-
gle incorrectly stated the Mt.
Vernon wastewater treatment
facility was not up to code.
The facility is up to code,
according to the Oregon De-
partment of Environmental
Quality. The Eagle regrets the
error and encourages readers
to call 541-575-0710 to report
any errors.
About Obituaries
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Blue Mountain Eagle. The paper accepts
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575-1244; or mail, 195 N. Canyon Blvd.,
John Day, OR 97845. For more information,
or to inquire about a paid memorial, call
541-575-0710.
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