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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
O BITUARIES
Ranchers’ donations feed area students
By Carl Sampson
Blue Mountain Eagle
Whenever the 600 students
in Grant School District 3
have beef for lunch they hear
a morning announcement that
the meat was provided by local
ranchers.
The beef is donated as part
of Ranchers Feeding Kids, a
program begun about six years
ago with the help of former
Oregon State University exten-
sion agent Gary Delaney.
Under the program, a ranch-
er contacts District Superinten-
dent Curt Shelley to donate a
healthy animal. Shelley, him-
self a third-generation ranch-
er, then arranges for the brand
inspection and even picks up
and transports the animals to be
processed at a USDA-inspect-
ed plant in Prineville or Nam-
pa, Idaho.
“It increases the students’
knowledge of where their food
comes from, and promotes the
The Eagle/Carl Sampson
Cattle graze west of John Day. Area ranchers donate
cattle to schools through Ranchers Feeding Kids, a
program that helps the school district save money on
beef and promotes local agriculture.
local stockgrowers and buying
local,” said Shelley. “Our kin-
dergartners know where their
food comes from. ... I think
there’s a huge educational val-
ue.”
The cut-and-wrap is paid for
either by the local stockgrowers
association or a grant from the
Farmers Ending Hunger non-
profi t organization.
The rancher gets a tax de-
duction, the students get lunch
and a lesson about where
their food comes from and the
school district saves money.
It’s a “win-win for every-
body,” Shelley said. In the past
three years alone, he estimated
the ranchers’ donations have
saved the district more than
$30,000.
“We have not bought ham-
burger the last three years,” he
said. He estimated the district
has received 12,000 to 15,000
pounds of hamburger in that
time.
Ranchers have donated
about 20 animals in the past
three years, Shelley said. The
ranchers are Mat and Jennifer
Carter, Justin and Jenny Ja-
cobs, Ben and Chandra Holl-
iday, Willis and Melanie Kim-
ball, Gail and Shirley Enright
and Ed Heiple.
“The last three years it’s
been a great thing for our dis-
trict,” Shelley said.
Students at Humbolt,
Seneca and Grant Union Ju-
nior-Senior High School all
benefi t from the beef dona-
tions, he said.
“The kids, staff, adminis-
tration and school board all
appreciate the local stock-
growers,” Shelley said. “I
would argue it’s one of the
great things about living in
Grant County.”
Ranchers who want to do-
nate cattle to the district can con-
tact Shelley at 541-575-1280.
County agrees to save Keerins Hall pavilion
Resident requests
recreational pot
By Richard Hanners
Blue Mountain Eagle
board handles about two or
three appeals per year.
The court also unani-
mously approved a budget
resolution providing $2,500
in contingency funds for Jus-
tice Court, a $468 per month
agreement for nursing ser-
vices at the jail that Britton
called a “smoking deal” and
spending $432 to upgrade
wireless access in the district
attorney’s offi ce.
Henry ‘Butch’ Goslin
Henry “Butch” Goslin passed away Wednesday, Oct. 11,
at his home surrounded by his loved ones. A memorial poker
party is scheduled in his honor on Nov. 4 in Prairie City.
It will be held where he was known for spending his time,
the shop, at 642 N. Johnson St., Prairie City. There will be
a potluck dinner beginning at 4 p.m.; bring a dish to share.
Playing cards and sharing stories will begin at about 6 p.m.,
and the night will end Butch Goslin style. In lieu of fl owers,
memorial contributions may be made to Angel Wings Net-
work, which provides assistance to cancer patients and their
families, through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon
Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. To leave a condolence for the
family, visit driskillmemorialchapel.com.
Geraldine May ‘Geri’ Pasko
May 17, 1920 - Oct. 11, 2017
Geraldine May “Geri” (Gourley) Pasko, 97, of John Day
passed away Wednesday, Oct. 11, at Valley View Assisted
Living in John Day. A memorial service will be held at 2
p.m. Oct. 22 at Valley View Assisted Living.
Pasko was born May 17, 1920, to Horace B. Gourley and
Bessie May (Crockett) Gourley in Portland. She graduated
from Franklin High School in Portland. She married Richard
Edely Pasko in Portland on Sept. 17, 1939.
She was a housewife and worked as a maid for motels,
wait person for restaurants and apartment manager for CTL
Apartment Management, retiring in 1985 after 12 years of
service. While working for CTL Apartment Management,
she earned many bonuses, awards and trips for her hard
work and good management.
She enjoyed sewing, knitting, crocheting, gardening and
piano. She was a member of the Moose Lodge and National
Genealogical Society.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Eddy
Pasko.
She is survived by her son Richard E. Pasko of Raymond,
Washington; son David L. Pasko of John Day; daughter Bet-
ty K. Starr of Mt. Vernon; and foster daughter Nancy Elliot
of John Day.
Memorial contributions may be made to Blue Mountain
Hospice through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon
Blvd., John Day, OR 97845.
To leave a condolence for the family, visit driskillmemo-
rialchapel.com.
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The Grant County Court
approved a new roof for the
Keerins Hall pavilion at the
Grant County Fairgrounds
Eagle file photo
during their Oct. 11 meet-
Grant County Judge Scott Myers and Grant County
ing.
County Judge Scott My- Commissioner Boyd Britton, left, participate in a Grant
ers and Commissioners Boyd County Court meeting in this file photo.
Britton and Jim Hamsher
agreed that the older building new building.
through sales of recreational
Myers noted that the build- marijuana.
was structurally sound but
needed a new roof, siding and ing was insured for $1.6 mil-
Currently, the business is
lion.
windows.
licensed to sell medical mar-
Fairgrounds Manager Min-
“The building is structur- ijuana. Olson asked the court
dy Winegar said the leaking ally sound but aesthetically to consider lifting the coun-
roof couldn’t wait for a grant needs fi xing,” he said. “The ty’s prohibitive restrictions on
and asked for advice. She not- building will easily outlast a sales of recreational marijua-
ed that the Oregon State Uni- 30-year roof.”
na, but the court members in-
versity Extension Service had
The court also agreed dicated an initiative to change
been interested in moving into to spend $1,000 on a re- the law would have to come
Keerins Hall if it was remod- placement wood stove from from the citizens, Myers told
eled.
Mosier’s Home Furnishings the Eagle.
Hamsher said he had for a rental house at the fair-
The court unanimously
looked over Keerins Hall. grounds.
re-appointed three members
Tearing down the building
In other county court to the Board of Property Tax
and replacing it would not be news, Haley Olson from Appeals through June 2018
cheaper than remodeling, and Rocky Mountain Dispensary — Myers as chairman and
parking space could be lost to spoke to the court about tax Clair Kehrberg and Robert
zoning setbacks required of a revenue the county could earn Quinton. Myers noted that the
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at 6:13 a.m. Oct. 1, weighing 6 pounds, five
ounces, and measuring 18.5 inches long.
Parents are Sarah Myers and Johnathan
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