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June 9-10 in Canyon City.
Vendors and live music
will be downtown at Sel’s
Brewery both nights, and the
People Mover will be offer-
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District No. 3., is awarded
to a Grant Union senior who
lives within the Mt. Vernon
boundaries.
Both Brooks and Williams
made new discoveries about
Mt. Vernon along the way.
“I learned how many fam-
ilies and homesteads there
were in the area, and how
many businesses they had
until the 1950s,” Brooks said.
“At one point it was a pretty
booming town — now it’s al-
most a ghost town.
She said her first relative
to settle in the area was her
great-grandfather, Martin Lu-
cas, who retired from the Civil
War.
“He had sheep and was
more of a carpenter,” she said,
adding he helped build the
Episcopal Church in Canyon
City.
Williams said his father’s
ing free transportation.
Saturday begins with a
breakfast at 6 a.m. and a gold
rush walk and run at 7 a.m.
The parade starts at 11 a.m.,
and a barbecue and ice cream
social starts at noon.
A mock hanging, using a
volunteer from the Whiskey
Gulch Gang in a special har-
ness, is at 1 p.m.
For vendor information,
contact Dorman Gregory at
541-620-4032, and for pa-
rade information and pre-
registration, contact Leslie
Traylor at 541-620-4032 or
541-575-1862.
descendants came to the area
in 1908, and through his re-
search he’s found relatives he
didn’t know he had.
One of the many stories in-
cluded in the book is about Mt.
Vernon’s first school, which
was organized in 1873 and
built on Ingle Street.
“They didn’t go to school
many months out of the year
in those days,” Brooks said.
Back then, a fort was con-
structed around the school,
and, at times, the women and
children gathered there “to
protect them from the Indians
in the 1870s,” she said, adding
it was back in the days when
there weren’t many people
around.
In 1915, there were about
60 residents, but Mt. Vernon
wasn’t officially incorporated
until 1948.
The current population is
525.
Brooks and Williams both
agreed that Mt. Vernon’s
school, which closed in 2012,
was the heartbeat of the town.
“We had a pretty good
school,” Williams said.
“School was the best part
of Mt. Vernon in those days,”
Brooks said. “I’m getting old,
and I’m old-fashioned, but life
was different then. ... I like
that we still have a town, but I
wish it would turn around and
be like it was in the ’50s and
’60s.”
Brooks said the book can
be purchased at John Day
True Value Hardware, OK
Garage in Long Creek and the
Genealogical Society in John
Day or by contacting Brooks
at 541-932-4540 or Williams
at 541-932-4721.
Published by Eloise Boren
of ER Printing and Graphics in
Dayville, the 320-page book is
available for $40 a copy.
“I’m glad we have it done,
and I just hope everybody
enjoys it and appreciates the
work we put into it,” Brooks
said. “It was a learning expe-
rience, but it was fun.”
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suffers from chronic pain and
arthritis and is now considering
medical marijuana because of
the accessibility.
“It’s very accessible here. I
don’t go out of the county very
often,” she said.
In their first day of busi-
ness, Kidd said the majority of
her patients had been over 40,
with only a handful of younger
customers. In Oregon, the min-
imum age to buy recreational
marijuana is 21.
Only those with medical
cards can access and make pur-
chases from the new dispensary
in John Day, with the exception
of a limited number of super-
vised visitors being able to enter
the business.
The building features about
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
A jar of marijuana at the
Rocky Mtn. Dispensary in
John Day. The dispensary
opened Thursday, June 1,
and is the first of its kind
in Grant County.
$27,000 in security measures,
including glass break censors
at every entrance, motion cen-
sors at every door, door break
censors, key panels, an audi-
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Students of Humbolt Elementary raise their hands to answer Grant County Search and
Rescue volunteer Dan Vandehey’s question during the May 31 outdoor presentation at
the school. From left: Taylor Moss, Kennedy Benge, Ashlie Tipton, Tucker Carpenter, Edi
Hernandez and Owen Nehl (back, center).
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ble alarm, panic buttons and
360-degree infrared cameras.
The dispensary contracted the
system through Cannaguard, a
company that provides securi-
ty systems specifically for the
cannabis industry.
To ensure compliance with
regulations, the state can access
all cameras and needs only
provide one-hour notice before
performing an inspection of the
building, Olson said.
The dispensary is selling
only locally grown marijuana,
as well as edibles, and other
processed marijuana prod-
ucts, such as wax and shatter,
are imported from outside the
county.
As marijuana is still illegal
on a federal level, most banks
are unwilling to work with can-
nabis retailers. Therefore, the
dispensary will be operating on
a cash-only basis.
W e would like to thank Doug & Judy Hudson
for always keeping Canyon City Cemetery
looking trim, neat, beautiful and always green.
We have been so proud to take
family and friends there.
We wish you a long and happy retirement.
THE MUMMY PG-13
An ancient princess is awakened from
her crypt beneath the desert, bringing
with her malevolence and terrors that
defy human comprehension.
FRI - THURS (12:45) (4:10) 7:10 9:50
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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:
DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES PG-13
Captain Jack Sparrow searches for
the trident of Poseidon.
FRI - THURS (12:45) (4:00) 7:00 9:45
$9 Adult, $7 Senior (60+), Youth
Silvies Valley Ranch is proud to announce the winners
of our Educational Scholarships for 2017! This year
we are awarding 19 scholarships to local Grant and
Harney County graduates and want to extend our
congratulations to this year’s recipients, as well as to
all the 2017 graduates, on your great accomplishment!
2017 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Jacob White*
Jackson Thein*
Jeff Davies*
Trey Recanzone*
Scott Davies
Layle Bennett
Tonya McBain
Erik Davies*
Claire Hammond
Jamie Waltenburg*
Cheyenne Nichols
Kendall Hettinga
Rayce Houser*
Rayne Houser*
Dauna Bishop
Jessica Carter
Hailey Carter
George “G.W.” Clark
Dinorha Vidrio Landin
’13 Burns Union
’14 Burns Union
’15 Burns Union
’16 Burns Union
’17 Burns Union
’17 Burns Union
’17 Burns Union
’13 Crane Union
’17 Crane Union
’16 Dayville
’17 Dayville
’17 Dayville
’14 Grant Union
’14 Grant Union
’17 Grant Union
’17 Grant Union
’17 Grant Union
’17 Monument
’17 Monument
*Multi-Year Recipient
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WONDER WOMAN PG-13
Diana, princess of the Amazons and
trained warriors, leaves home to fight a
war to end all wars.
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Jan & Jake O’Rorke
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Kell said it was also im-
portant to carry certain
items while hiking. Humbolt
third-grader Riley Davis as-
sisted by showing items to
take, pulling each one out of
a bright yellow backpack —
which each student was given
at the assembly.
As Davis held up a flash-
light, food, water, a warm
hat and a whistle, Kell ex-
plained how each item could
help someone survive and be
found.
“If you do get lost, stop,
stay put, find an open clear-
ing, maybe hug a tree,” she
said. “Also, remember, if you
do get lost, there’s going to
be people like me looking for
you. Be visible, blow a whis-
tle, and if you don’t have a
whistle, make some noise.”
Volunteer Ramy Jisha
demonstrated how her dog
Ruger, a Dutch shepherd, is
trained to find a person.
First-grader Wyatt Davis
hid under a covered table in
the center of the gym. After
sniffing, shaking and tossing
an article of Wyatt’s clothing,
Ruger made a beeline for Wy-
att. Ruger then ran to his train-
er for his reward, a squeaky
toy.
“It’s all a game to him,”
Jisha said.
Outside, the students ex-
plored a search and rescue
trailer as Undersheriff Zach
Mobley showed them equip-
ment used in searches.
Search dog Gabby, a long-
haired German shepherd,
stood with her owner Cindy
Lemcke, enjoying some atten-
tion from the children.
Grant County Sheriff
Glenn Palmer, who leads
the search and rescue team,
said the team is following
Deschutes County’s “Hug
a Tree” program to teach
children what to do if they
become lost. He explained,
when a young boy went miss-
ing for 17 hours last year, the
search became more diffi-
cult because the boy was on
the move. Palmer said the
boy’s legs were scraped up
from running past bushes and
branches.
“They need to sit down
and make themselves visible
and audible,” he said. “We’re
trying to teach them to sit
down and hug a tree and make
themselves seen and heard.”
He added the volunteer
search and rescue team is al-
ways looking for more mem-
bers, and applications are
available. For more informa-
tion, call the sheriff’s office at
541-575-1131.
541-523-6377
Search and rescue dog Ruger jumps for his toy after
finding Wyatt Davis (still hiding under a table). Ramy
Jisha throws a toy to the Dutch shepherd, and her
daughter Sky holds a T-shirt belonging to Davis, which
was shown to Ruger for the scent.
Humbolt Elementary students, including first-grader
Jayden Daniels, pet German shepherd, Gabby, a search
and rescue dog belonging to Cindy Lemcke who visited
the school, along with other Grant County Search and
Rescue team. In back, is Grant County Sheriff Glenn
Palmer who coordinates the county search and rescue
team.
541-963-6577
541-573-6377
541-523-6377
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