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The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Husband and wife duo
Casey and Heidi Hallgarth
led the 2017 Philly Trip for
Grant Union seventh- and
eighth-graders over spring
break.
Empire State Building, where
they traveled to the 86th floor.
The Holocaust Museum,
Valley Forge, the 9-11 Memo-
rial, the World War II Memo-
rial, Arlington Cemetery, the
Washington Monument and
St. Patrick’s Cathedral were
just a few of the other stops
along the way.
Trip organizers were
Humbolt sixth-grade teach-
er Casey Hallgarth and his
wife, Heidi. But it was Imbler
teacher Georgia McKee who
started the Philly trips for
Imbler students several years
ago.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Three Philly Trip students
share their experiences of
their spring break getaway,
including, from left, eighth-
grader Jordyn Young,
seventh-grader Sam
McCracken and eighth-
grader Quinten Hallgarth.
Heidi and son Cameron
went on the trip when he was
in eighth grade. Casey, who
previously worked as a teach-
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
er in Imbler, tapped McKee
for help in organizing a trip
for his students.
After the two years, Ca-
sey said he thought this first
Philly Trip might be the
last.
“It was hard,” Casey said,
“but after seeing the kids and
the parents on the trip, it was
totally worth it.”
Quinten, Sam and Jordyn
all agreed the trip was worth
their effort.
“It was 100 percent worth
it,” Quinten said.
Casey said he appreciated
the community making the
trip possible with $100,000 in
donations.
Planning is already under-
way for Philly Trip 2019.
ART
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he will become a world-re-
nowned painter.
“The first time I saw his
work I felt like I was in the
presence of a very holy thing,”
Sheen said.
Sheen works with many
artists but said Seacord’s work
stands out with its elements of
light, love and connection to
the universe.
Seacord compares his paint-
ing process to dancing with
someone. When stepping out
on to the floor, one might know
the style of dance but has no
idea the sequence of moves to
be performed. Dancing pro-
vides a palette of options, much
like Seacord has a palette of
paint.
He is a self-taught artist and
learned to paint by replicating
different techniques to control
what went onto the canvas.
Over time, his skill set became
broader.
Because painting is a very
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
Contributed image
David Seacord’s “Frozen Wild Freedom.”
emotional and spiritual process
for Seacord, he said people can
look at one of his pieces and
see his state of mind when he
created it. He compares it to a
tracker gleaning information
from an animal’s paw print in
the mud.
Unlike many artists, Sea-
cord said he rarely suffers from
an artistic block. Much like
tuning a piano, he is able to sit
down with a brush and access
the professional skills he has
learned.
“Whenever I go into my stu-
dio, pick up a brush and am re-
ally ready to be present, what-
ever is using me as its brush is
ready to go,” he said.
Sometimes the strongest re-
actions to art come from those
who are not often exposed to it,
Seacord said, which is why he
enjoys putting on shows such
as an upcoming concert and
David Seacord stands for
a photo outside his Prairie
City home.
exhibition at the United Meth-
odist Church in John Day.
Those in attendance will be
able to see Seacord’s work and
hear him sing and play guitar
and grand piano in the church.
The exhibition begins at 7
p.m. Friday, April 28, and ends
at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 30. On
April 29, Seacord will perform
a concert at 7:30 p.m. with Pe-
ter and Rachel Lyttlewood of
Long Creek.
Two Monument
students to attend
speech state
championships
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Two Monument High
School students will com-
pete at the April 20-22 OSAA
Speech State Championships
at Western Oregon University
in Monmouth.
Successfully defending
the district title she earned
last year, Monument senior
Brittani Hays was a repeat
champion in Prose, placing
second in Poetry at the April
7-8 district speech and debate
competition held at Pine Ea-
gle High School in Halfway
where six teams competed.
Monument
sophomore
Sophie Pettit earned a cham-
pionship in Expository and
placed second in Radio
Broadcast.
Pettit also earned third
place and a wild card selec-
tion in the Lincoln-Douglas
Values Debate for state com-
petition.
“Our two competitors
scored so well in their events
that Monument High School
placed third behind Hood
River Valley and the host Pine
Eagle,” said Monument coach
Earl Pettit.
He compared the speech
championships to track and
field competition, in that the
top two in each event qualify
for state, with the addition of a
few wild card selections.
Hays said she enjoyed
competing with a variety of
students, from 1A- to 6A-lev-
el schools.
Contributed photo
Monument sophomore
Sophie Pettit and
senior Brittani Hays will
advance to the April
20-22 OSAA Speech
State Championships
at Western Oregon
University in Monmouth.
“Everybody is so good,
you really have to put a lot
of drama and acting into it,”
Hays said. “It was a tough
competition.”
She said coach Pettit is a
positive influence, giving ad-
vice about “what to do, and
what not to do” for the con-
tests.
Hays said with Prose, they
take an excerpt from a book
and try to tell the story as if
it’s their own — she plans to
share a gloomy family tale.
Sophie Pettit said Expos-
itory involves teaching about
a subject using visual aids.
She chose to speak about a
subject she’s well acquainted
with — achieving top speed
in sprinting.
She said she’s looking for-
ward to competing in the state
speech finals.
“I’m a little nervous, but
excited,” she said.
O UT OF THE P AST
75 years ago
April 17, 1942
THE PROMISE PG-13
The Promise follows a love triangle set
during the last days of the Ottoman Empire.
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Frank, a single man raising his child
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The Fourth Registration
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enrollment of men between
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inclusive, has been proclaimed
by President Roosevelt and
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the United States, and every
other male person residing
in continental United States,
or in the Territories of Alaska
and Hawaii, or in Puerto Rico,
other than persons specifically
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after April 28, 1897, who have
not heretofore been registered
under the Act, must register. It
is estimated that nearly 13 and
a half million men will be af-
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These men will not be subject
to military service under pres-
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be called for such duties if they
were needed.
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assault in Grant County. If you or
someone you know has been a victim
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