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GRANT UNION SWEEPS DISTRICT The – PAGE A13 Blue Mountain EAGLE Grant County’s newspaper since 1868 W EDNESDAY , N OVEMBER 1, 2017 • N O . 44 • 18 P AGES • $1.00 www.MyEagleNews.com Ferrioli appointed to regional power council Bentz interested in Senate seat By Richard Hanners Blue Mountain Eagle A major shakeup is in the works for Oregon Senate District 30. Sen. Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day, was recently appointed to represent Oregon on the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Con- servation Council. His appointment must be confirmed by the Senate Rules Committee, which will take up the ap- pointment Nov. 13- State Sen. 15. Ted Ferrioli Ferrioli told the Ea- gle he wants to see the security of the regional power grid enhanced to protect it from cyber- attacks and even an electromagnet- ic-pulse attack by North Korea. “Power distribution systems are a favorite target,” he said. “The Pacifi c Northwest has long known a sense of peace and security.” He also cited his work on the Sen- ate’s Natural Resources Subcommit- tee protecting steelhead and salmon. “We can’t have any species go ex- tinct on our watch,” he emphasized. Ferrioli said he’s not a climate change denier. “The question of anthropogenic impacts is like asking how many an- gels can fi t on the head of a pin,” he said. “What difference does it make? The fact is that adding carbon to the environment has been a concern of Oregonians for a decade.” Ferrioli noted that the regional power council has focused on carbon reduction by way of conservation, which he characterized as the “cheap- est solution.” See FERRIOLI, Page A10 Fall into fun Contributed photo Long Creek Ambulance crew member Craig Palmer assists injured hunter James Moyer (out of view) with other volunteers. In the foreground is the six-point bull elk, shot by Moyer, which he was field dressing when he wounded himself. Injured hunter rescued Mapleton man stabs himself while field dressing an elk By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter Humbolt Elementary School kindergartners Trig Hutchison, front, and Javier Barajas chase through a maze Thursday during a field trip to the John Day Community Garden. Youngsters pick out pumpkins By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle G iggles and chasing were all part of the fun for 40 Hum- bolt Elementary School kindergartners Thursday as they en- joyed a fall fi eld trip to the John Day Community Garden. Dayden Dobell picked one of the many pumpkins grown by commu- nity gardeners for the children. “I got a big one,” he said. He and the other students enjoyed tracking through a straw bale maze set up by Grant Union High School FFA. “I like it,” Dobell said. “You can hide in the maze and run around.” Briar Burril said playing hide and seek in the maze was fun. Thomas Shaw also enjoyed the maze, and said he found a spider — not a real one. Kindergarten teacher Becky Rhinehart said a parent decorated the maze that morning. The embel- lishments included friendly looking spiders, pumpkins and a mummy. Rhinehart and Adriane Ineck’s classes, as well as a few younger children, joined in the fall fun. This is their third year visiting the pump- kin patch and the second year they’ve had the maze, Rhinehart said. “It’s an opportunity for them to get out and be kids,” she said. “They get to pick out their own pumpkin and they also have apple cider and popcorn.” See more photos on Page A10 Fredrick Maurer, 1, chooses a pumpkin, just his size. Meadowbrook complex gets major face lift Apartment buildings are 37 years old By Richard Hanners Blue Mountain Eagle The Meadowbrook II apartment complex on East Highway 26 in John Day is getting a major face lift that will present a whole new look – for outsiders and in- siders alike. Warm, sunny weather helped kick off the project last week. Boise-based Northwest Real Estate Capital Corp. be- gan managing the Meadow- brook II housing complex in 2001 and acquired the prop- The Eagle/Richard Hanners Workers and materials gather at the Meadowbrook II housing complex in John Day as a $3.15 million renovation project kicked off in sunny weather. erty through bankruptcy in 2012, project developer John Vance said. “Meadowbrook II has provided John Day and Grant County with an affordable housing option since 1980, but has not received any signifi cant renovations over that time,” Vance said. “This rehab project will ensure Meadowbrook II continues to serve this community for an- other 37 years, if not more.” Meadowbrook II has 19 units ranging from studio apartments to three-bedroom units. All residents are in- come-restricted, Vance said. The company will pay the motel expenses of residents who stay in motels during the renovation and provide a sti- pend for those who choose to stay with relatives or friends. The residents also receive a meal voucher, he said. The apartment complex was given a 94b score by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s Real Estate See COMPLEX, Page A10 An injured hunter was flown to a hospital in Bend on Thursday afternoon, after emergency workers packed him out of a remote site in northern Grant County. James Lee Moyer, 51, of Mapleton shot a six-point bull elk across the Indian Creek drainage, about 15-20 miles east of Meadowbrook Summit, early that morning, Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer said in a press re- lease. Moyer made his way to the elk and was field dress- ing the animal when the knife he was using slipped, stabbing himself about two inches above the navel, Palmer said. Moyer’s wife, who was 650 yards across the can- yon with her husband’s parents when the incident took place, made it to his side where cellphone ser- vice was available and a call was made to 911 at 11:31 a.m. Long Creek and John Day medical units were dispatched as well as the Grant County Sheriff’s Of- fice and the sheriff’s Grant County Search and Rescue team. Oregon State Police and the Oregon Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife also responded. Palmer said Air Link from St. Charles Medical Center in Bend landed about 150-200 yards above Moy- er’s location. Palmer credited search and rescue crews as well as hunters in the area, with clearing logs, trees and re- growth from the road where the helicopter landed. Moyer was carried on a backboard to the helicopter. Search and rescue per- sonnel, ODFW and Oregon State Police assisted Moyer in field dressing and packing the bull elk to an awaiting vehicle.
