History
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
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O UT OF THE P AST
75 years ago
Aug. 7, 1942
50 years ago
Aug. 10, 1967
‘Keep Oregon Green’
slogan very important now
By J.C. Iler, forest super-
visor
Dry forests and ranges
present a hazard to the securi-
ty of our people through pos-
sible loss of vital materials,
draining off manpower and
equipment and interference
with the military effort when
smoke and flame are visible to
enemy agents.
Forested areas have been
placed under restriction to the
extent of required registration
of each individual before en-
try and entry only for busi-
ness purposes in high hazard
areas. These restrictions alone
will not prevent the 97,000 to
170,000 forest fires for which
people are responsible each
year in the United States.
Only a few of these man-
caused fires occur each year in
the Malheur National Forest.
Geologists, officials to
view sites
Two busloads of geolo-
gists, highway officials, rep-
resentatives of various federal
and state agencies and Grant
County citizens will tour se-
lected geological sites in the
county Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
Headed by Tom Thayer, ge-
ologist with the Department of
Interior, and W.D. Wilkinson,
geologist from Oregon State
University, the geologists are
working with the State High-
way Department on turnout
areas for interpretive highway
signs to coordinate with a leaf-
let.
The department is planning
to publish a leaflet on geology
from a recreational standpoint
in Grant County.
The purpose of the trip is to
familiarize the agencies with
the project.
Eagle file photo
From Aug. 8, 2007: Front, left to right: Jacob Lallatin,
Connor Smith, (back) Shaylee Joslin, Justin Joslin and
Rozanne Mullin practice rafting skills Aug. 1 at Gleason
Pool in John Day.
25 years ago
Aug. 6, 1992
NOHA ‘just says no’ to
Canyon City
The Northeast Oregon
Housing Authority has flatly
rejected a request from Can-
yon City City Council mem-
bers to terminate an agreement
between the city and NOHA
to build low-income housing
units in the city. “NOHA has no
intention of cancelling our Co-
operation Agreement with Can-
yon City,” said Maggie Dean,
NOHA executive director, in a
letter sent to Mayor Tom Swit-
zer and council members July
30. “There have been several
request by the city council in
which I thought our position
was made very clear,” Dean
said. “We plan to hold the town
of Canyon Ciy to the Cooper-
ation Agreement they signed,
date Jan. 17, 1990, which al-
lowed NOHA to apply for and
develop public housing. We are
not willing to voluntarily cancel
the Cooperation Agreement.”
Dean said NOHA has up-
held its end of the agreement
with the city, and her letter
chides city council members
for their position on providing
public housing. “It is unfortu-
nate that, even with the new
members of the city council,
you are no longer in support of
public housing development.”
She said an analysis of 1990
census figures identifies a need
for low-income housing in
Canyon City and Grant Coun-
ty. An additional eight housing
units are planned for Mt. Ver-
non with five penciled in for
Dayville.
10 years ago
Aug. 8, 2007
Let’s get ready to raft
Gleason Pool was closed to
the public the evening of Aug.
1, as 12 youths and 12 adults
gathered there for an orien-
tation to river rafting. John
Decker, river ranger for the
Bureau of Land Management,
described what to expect and
what to do on a river trip.
He had small groups board
a raft and flip it, then practice
climbing back in, retrieving
other swimmers.
The training was planned
by the leaders of a youth
program through the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints to prepare for a trip the
group would take down the
Deschutes River. Mark Wit-
ty, leader of the young men’s
program, planned the event.
“There are two types of
boaters,” Decker said. “Those
who have flipped and those
who will again.”
The audience took his ad-
vice seriously.
“I learned to pay attention,
and do what you’re told, when
you’re told to do it,” Shaylee
Joslin said.
Three boats traveled on the
Deschutes Aug. 4, one to stay
dry and the others for those
who wanted to get wet.
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