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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
K-9
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to detect — such as heroin,
methamphetamine or LSD
— in a locker, Chastain said
Capa will sit, and he marks
the locker for the school ad-
ministrators to review.
No drugs were found at
Prairie City School or Grant
Union Junior-Senior High
School, and administrators said
the search helps provide a safe,
drug-free school environment.
Prairie City School Su-
perintendent/Principal
Julie
Gurczynski said the school is
trying to be more security- and
safety-conscious, which is why
she contacted Gray to set up
the K-9 search. She said the
assembly afterward was also
educational and helps promote
positive relationships between
the community and police.
“I thought it was a very pro-
ductive assembly and worth-
while for the students to under-
stand how a drug dog works
and that it is a valuable officer
in the police force,” she said.
“You could hear a pin drop
when he was talking. They
were all very attentive.”
Contributed photo
Baker City Police
Department K-9 Capa
sniffs school lockers for
drugs March 7.
Contributed photo
Capa, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois-German shepherd mixed breed drug K-9, enjoys a toy after sniffing lockers at
Prairie City School March 7.
Grant Union Principal Ryan
Gerry said the school wasn’t
able to schedule an assembly
this trip but would like to have
a K-9 search at least once per
year.
ning for three positions for
Grant County Transporta-
tion District. Doug Sharp
and Lisa Weigum are the
only candidates who have
filed for three Parks and
Recreation positions. Lin-
da Ladd, Karla Averett and
Ryan Gerry are running for
three Blue Mountain Hospi-
tal District positions.
Todd McKinley, Bill
Wilcox and Pat Holliday
are running for three open
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Michael Gibson are run-
ning for four open positions
for Long Creek School Dis-
trict No. 17. For the ESD,
Shilo Fretwell is running
for Zone No. 2, and Robert
Cockrell is running for Zone
No. 3.
Linda Cook, Jim Jerome
and Bryan Nelson are run-
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“We’re committed to pro-
viding a safe and healthy, drug-
free educational environment
at the school, and I think that
this is one way we can make
sure we don’t have substanc-
positions for John Day Ru-
ral Fire District. Mt. Vernon
Rural Fire District has three
open positions, and Homer
Harrison, Willis Kimball
and Dan Komning have filed
to run. No candidates have
filed for two open Prairie
Rural Fire District positions.
Jacqueline Burnette and
Valores A. Hall have filed to
run for two open Long Creek
Cemetery District positions,
and Marlene Woodley has
filed for the sole position for
Prairie Cemetery District.
James M. Moore is the only
candidate who has filed for
two open Mid-County Cem-
etery District positions. No
one has filed to run for two
positions for Fox Cemetery
District and one position for
Monument Cemetery Dis-
trict.
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mation, visit oregonvotes.
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office in the Grant County
Courthouse.
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es like that in our school,” he
said. “We want to do what we
can.”
Grant Union also imple-
mented random drug testing
this academic year for students
who participate in extracurric-
ular activities. Positive drug
tests result in suspension from
activities and athletics, but the
students are not penalized aca-
demically.
TAXES
budget, describe financial pol-
icies and explain any changes.
The budget message is pre-
sented to the budget commit-
tee at its first meeting.
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serve on governing bodies and
budget committees, Oregon
law provides ample opportu-
nities for public participation
and comment during the bud-
get process. Budget documents
are public records, available
for inspection, and meetings
are open to the public.
Budget officer
Local governments are re-
quired to have a budget officer
who, under supervision of the
governing body, prepares and
presents a proposed budget to
the budget committee, accord-
ing to an Oregon Department
of Revenue local budgeting
manual. The budget officer
cannot serve as a member of
the budget committee.
The proposed budget must
be balanced — where resourc-
es match expenditures and
other requirements for each
fund — and estimates must be
made in good faith.
The executive officer of
the district is responsible for
the preparation of a budget
message and may delegate
the task to the budget officer.
The message must explain the
The Olde Thrift Shoppe of the Methodist church
would like to thank the people of Grant County for
their continued support. It is your wonderful
donations that allow us to operate, and in turn we
are able to contribute to as many as fourteen local
charities. Your used and unused items have multiple
benefits. First we provide very modestly priced
clothing and household items to the people of our
area that they cannot get anywhere else. Because
of you, we are able to donate cash to all of the food
banks in Grant County, the area fire departments
and many other organizations. You enabled us to
pass on to the St. Vincent DePaul store in Prineville
a near truck load of clothing each month that they
can clean, repair and sell or send overseas. We
want you to know that we are also blessed by
having many dedicated volunteers that sort, clean,
price and sell your gifts to us. They deserve a great
deal of thanks as well. Once again, the Thrift
Shoppe and all of Grant County owe you many
thanks.
Budget committee
Budget committees are
comprised of the governing
body of a district and an equal
number of electors — who
cannot be officers, agents or
employees of the government
entity for which they would
serve — appointed by the
governing body.
Districts must publish no-
tice of the first meeting in a
newspaper — such as in the
Eagle’s legal notices in the
classifieds — or by hand or
mail delivery to district res-
idents. Some local districts
have already published notic-
es this year, and others must
do so to complete the budget
process by the end of the fis-
cal year, June 30.
Budget committees meet
as many times as necessary to
revise and complete the bud-
get, and at least one meeting
must provide the opportunity
for questions and comments
from anyone who is interest-
ed. Once complete, the com-
mittee approves the budget.
Budget hearing
The governing body must
then hold a budget hearing,
at which anyone may provide
testimony about the approved
budget.
Gerry said the test results are
confidential, and he could not
disclose whether any students
tested positive for drugs.
The Grant School Board
will continue discussion on a
drug-testing policy for middle
school students at the March
15 board meeting, which be-
gins at 7 p.m. at the district
office.
Beforehand, the body must
publish a notice of the hearing
with a financial summary in a
newspaper or by hand or mail
delivery.
Additional hearings may
also be held, but all must be
open to the public.
Budget adoption
After the hearing, the
governing body may make
changes to the approved bud-
get before adopting it — or to
the adopted budget before the
fiscal year begins. The gov-
erning body must hold anoth-
er budget hearing, however,
if the changes increase taxes
over the amount approved
by the budget committee or
increase the estimated expen-
ditures in a fund by more than
$5,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is greater.
After considering public
feedback, the governing body
formally adopts the budget,
makes appropriations and lev-
ies property taxes.
Over the course of the fis-
cal year, when actual revenues
and expenditures differ from
amounts estimated in the bud-
get, the governing body must
adopt a supplemental budget
to balance the differences.
Editor’s note: This is the
fourth entry in the Eagle’s
2017 “Your Taxes” series,
in which we will examine all
27 taxing districts in Grant
County so you know where
your property taxes are going.
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