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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
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Hospice fundraiser draws a crowd
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
Strutters, striders, strad-
dlers and strollers walked, ran,
pedaled and pushed their way
to the Blue Mountain Hospital
on Saturday morning.
Participants had four op-
tions: a 1.5-mile walk from
the Seventh Street Park, a
4-mile walk from Dog Creek,
a 6-mile run from Pine Creek
or a 13-mile bike ride from
Prairie City. Start times were
staggered so everyone met
back at the hospital around
the same time.
Prizes were awarded for
youngest and oldest partic-
ipants, largest family and
largest business. All proceeds
from the event went to Blue
Mountain Home Health &
Hospice.
“Sometimes people think
hospice is just a sad thing,”
Blue Mountain Home Health
and Hospice director Sylvia
Dowdy-Ross said. “So it’s
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
nice to get everybody out
and do some physical activity Drs. Raffaella Betza, left, and Janessa Sickler run during the Strut, Stride, Straddle and
and do it in remembrance of Stroll Saturday, May 6. The event was expected to raise $1,000-2,000 for Blue Mountain
somebody and just make it a Home Health & Hospice.
community activity.”
The two walked the four Liberte said. “It’s fun to get she expected the event to raise
Susan Garner and John
LaLiberte walk regularly but mile stretch in about an hour out in the morning and get a $1,000-2,000.
“We’re just really push-
with their dogs, Hank and good walk in.”
enjoyed the organized event.
Hospice volunteer Sher- ing people to get out and do
“It’s so much fun, and it’s Toby.
“I used to run when I was ri Dowdy said the event was healthy things,” Dowdy said.
good to challenge yourself,”
Garner said. “We walk every younger, so it’s nice to be in one of two fundraisers the “That’s one of the reasons we
a race for a good cause,” La- hospice program hosts, and do this.”
day but not fast like this.”
B RIEFLY
Prescribed burns
planned on
Malheur National
Forest
Malheur National Forest
fire managers continue to
evaluate conditions for op-
portunities to conduct spring
prescribed burning across the
forest as part of the hazardous
fuels reduction program. A
variety of projects are planned
in each of the three ranger dis-
tricts. Follow “2017 Malheur
NF Prescribed Fire” on Inci-
web online at https://inciweb.
nwcg.gov/incident/5139/ for
updates.
Program
available for
wildfire damage
to livestock fences
Lightning fires damaged
permanent fencing in Baker
and Grant counties on private,
BLM and U.S. Forest Service
allotments in 2016. Private
landowners and permittees in
these affected areas may be
eligible for assistance under
the Emergency Conservation
Program administered by the
Baker-Grant County Farm
Service Agency Office. Re-
storing permanent livestock
fences is the only practice that
may be eligible. Producers
who have suffered a loss from
this natural disaster may con-
tact the Baker-Grant County
FSA Office at 541-523-7121,
ext. 2, and request assistance
until May 31.
Seven locals
named to EOU
dean’s list
Eastern Oregon Universi-
ty named 509 students to the
dean’s list for the 2017 win-
ter term. Qualifying students
achieve and maintain a grade
point average of 3.5 or higher
on a 4.0 scale while complet-
ing a minimum of 12 hours
of graded coursework for the
duration of the term.
Local students earning
the honor include Jamie Wal-
tenburg, Dayville; Hannah
Brandsma, Michael Luttrell
and Mikayla Luttrell, John
Day; Carmen Vaughan, Long
Creek; Skye Manderscheid,
Mt. Vernon; and Amy Black,
Prairie City.
Quinton named
to UO dean’s list
University of Oregon
freshman Dawson Quinton of
Canyon City made the dean’s
list for winter term with a
3.85 GPA. He is enrolled in
the Robert D. Clark Honors
College as an economics ma-
jor. To qualify, a student must
be an admitted undergraduate
and complete at least 15 cred-
its for the term with a grade
point average of at least 3.75,
and at least 12 of the cred-
its must be taken for letter
grades.
Grant Union
greenhouse
open in May
The Grant Union green-
house will be open from 9:30-
11:30 a.m. and from 1-3 p.m.
Mondays through Thursdays
during the month of May. The
annual Mother’s Day sale will
be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May
12-13, also including a yard
sale.
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The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
Grant County Sherriff’s Office Deputy Brandon
Hutchison stands for a photo on Tuesday, April 18.
“My father has worked in law enforcement for years
and years, it’s something I’ve always had a great
respect for,” Hutchison said.
Hutchison graduates
from academy
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant County Sheriff’s
Office Deputy Brandon
Hutchison graduated from
the Oregon Department of
Public Safety Standards and
Training’s 16-week basic po-
lice class in April.
During the academy he
received training in survival
skills, firearms, emergency
vehicle operations, ethics,
cultural diversity, problem
solving, community policing,
elder abuse, drug recognition,
and dozens of other subjects.
“It’s a pretty wide vari-
ety of training that you get,”
Hutchison said.
He lived in Kentucky
and worked in the outdoor
industry for nine years but
had been interested in law en-
forcement for years. When he
moved back to Grant County
with his family, the sheriff’s
department was hiring. After
a few ride-alongs, he inter-
viewed and got the job.
His father, Tom Hutchi-
son, works as an Oregon
State Trooper.
“My father has worked
in law enforcement for years
and years, it’s something I’ve
always had a great respect
for,” he said.
As a deputy he will be
performing a variety of du-
ties including paper service,
search and rescue, traffic vi-
olations and more. Despite
growing up with a father in
law enforcement, Hutchison
said he was surprised by the
volume of calls and how
much goes on in the county.
“I honestly didn’t real-
ize how busy you stay,” he
said. “Growing up in such a
small community, I always
assumed things were pretty
quiet, but we do stay very
busy.”
Hutchison said he was
still working on getting his
feet under him and process-
ing the weeks of training at
the police academy. For now
he’s focusing on the basics
but expressed interest in the
variety of specialized train-
ing programs, such as K-9
and drug enforcement, avail-
able to deputies.
“Being a new deputy, all
of that sounds interesting,”
he said.
The Oregon Youth
Authority is hiring
temporary and permanent
part-time Group Life
Coordinator positions at the
Eastern Oregon Youth Correctional
Facility in Burns, Oregon. For specific
qualifications and the application process,
visit http://www.oregon.gov/jobs and
reference job number OYA16-EOYCF.
For questions, please call 541-573-3133.
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G RANT C OUNTY Q UILT S HOW
Presented by the
Friday & Saturday, May 19th & 20th 2017
G RANT C OUNTY F AIRGROUNDS
Trowbridge Pavilion, John Day, OR
$5.00 for both days
Payments may be made at the Tax Collector’s Office at
the Grant County Courthouse in Canyon City, or the
payment may be mailed and postmarked no later than
May 15th, 2017. Please remember that delinquent taxes
accrue interest at the rate of 16% per year. If you have
any questions, please call the tax office at
575-0107 or 575-0189.
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Sunday workshop
from the
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Canyon City, OR 97820
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Maggie’s workshop is Sun. May 21st, 9am-4pm - $25.00
Vendors for lots of shopping include:
Lou’s Heartfelt Quilting, Marilyn’s Pickets and
Patchwork, Quilts and Beyond, Shiny Thimble
Quilt Studio, and Thimbles and More.
DOOR PRIZES AND
SPECIAL AWARDS TOO!
Our guild will be selling
raffle tickets for this
gorgeous quilt and drawing
a name on Saturday.
There will be a
delicious menu
to choose from
For information or class sign up send email to
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or call Lou’s Heartfelt Quilting (541) 620-2798,
Quilts and Beyond (541) 820-4777,
or The Shiny Thimble 932-4111.
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2017 by 5:00 p.m.
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