Champions!
The
Blue Mountain
PRAIRIE CITY BOYS
EAGLE
league champs for the
first time in 11 years
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Grant County’s newspaper since 1868
W edNesday , F ebruary 14, 2018
Police:
5 pounds
of pot
leads to
arrests
• N o . 7
• 20 P ages
• $1.00
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Brotherly love
McGuire sisters marry Stinnett brothers
Wyoming,
Colorado men
face multiple
charges
By Sean Hart
Blue Mountain Eagle
Two out-of-state men were
arrested after
police
said
they
found
5
pounds
of
marijua-
na Thursday
during a traffic
stop in Grant
Daniel
County.
Aaron
Daniel
Presley
Aaron Pres-
ley, 32, of
Cheyenne,
Wy o m i n g ,
and
James
Clarence
Mack,
54,
of Colorado
Springs, Col-
James
orado, each
Clarence
face charges
Mack
of exporting
more than 1 pound of mari-
juana from the state, criminal
conspiracy to export more
than 1 pound of marijuana
and possession of more than
4 ounces of marijuana in a
public place, according to in-
formation filed in court Fri-
day by Grant County Chief
Deputy District Attorney
Mara Houck.
Wedding plans made
while brothers hunted
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
W
hen the McGuire sisters met the
Stinnett brothers, it was a “dou-
ble match” made in heaven.
On Nov. 13, 1977, Kathy
McGuire married Frank Stinnett and Laurie
McGuire married Charlie Stinnett in a double
wedding ceremony.
Both sets of siblings grew up on Humbolt
Street in Canyon City, and Kathy and Laurie
were friends with Frank and Charlie’s sisters.
“I met Frank on Valentine’s Day,” Kathy
said. “He gave his sister and me a ride to
school to Grant Union.”
Through the girls’ friendships, Laurie also
met Charlie.
The two couples courted, and Kathy said
when they decided to tie the knot, it was a
short engagement.
“They (Frank and Charlie) went elk hunt-
ing for two weeks, and we made wedding
plans,” Kathy said.
See LOVE, Page A10
See ARRESTS, Page A10
Predator control returns to Grant County
Federal position
unfilled for nearly
20 years
Contributed photo
A double wedding ceremony
was performed by Pastor Milo
Franke, center, for Charlie
Stinnett and Laurie McGuire,
left, and Kathy McGuire and
Frank Stinnett, right. The
ceremony took place on Nov.
13, 1977, at the Assembly of
God Church in John Day. Both
couples celebrated their 40th
wedding anniversary three
months ago.
“
We always say
that last half
day of elk season
is the definition of
love.”
Kathy Stinnett
County prepares to
take ownership of
tax foreclosures
By Richard Hanners
Blue Mountain Eagle
By Richard Hanners
eight years ago. He then landed
an aerial hunting position for
Wildlife Services out of Burns for
about three years before continu-
ing that work in Baker City about
four years ago. Wildlife Services
A windfall or a headache.
Grant County will take ownership in April
of nearly three dozen foreclosed properties,
some with back taxes accumulating since the
1980s. But while a few properties will attract
buyers, some have little value, and some actu-
ally pose liabilities.
The Grant County Court will decide how
to deal with the properties after April 8. The
county hasn’t filed for foreclosure on prop-
erties with back taxes for a long time, so the
county court has requested advice on the pro-
cess from Ron Yockim, the county counsel in
Roseburg.
Grant County Judge Scott Myers said sev-
eral ideas include holding a sealed auction
See CONTROL, Page A10
See TAX, Page A10
Blue Mountain Eagle
It’s been nearly two decades
since a federal animal damage
control officer has been assigned
to Grant County.
The last person to hold that
position was Ed Nikolaus, who
worked part-time in 1999, Wild-
life Services State Director David
Williams told the Eagle.
That all changed last year fol-
lowing the lobbying efforts of
several local ranchers. Nick Lulay
is the new Wildlife Services agent
for Grant County. Lulay said he
learned about hunting and trap-
ping while growing up in Lyons.
Contributed photo
A coyote attacks a sheep in this photo from the USDA National
Wildlife Research Center, the research arm of Wildlife Services.
“A lot of my training has been
on the job — especially aerial
hunting,” he said. “You don’t or-
dinarily get a lot of opportunities
to do something like that.”
Lulay’s career in animal dam-
age control began when he volun-
teered to work for a trapper about