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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
McKrola to attend
D.C. youth tour
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Grant
Union
High
School’s Madi McKrola is
one of four students selected
to join students from across
the country traveling to the
nation’s capital for the Na-
tional Rural Electric Co-op
Association’s Washington,
D.C., Youth Tour.
June 7-14, McKrola will
join Baker High School’s
Jayme Ramos, Silvies Riv-
er Charter School’s Chase
Wilcox and Imbler High
School’s Gracey Smith to
represent Oregon Trail Elec-
tric Cooperative for a one-
week, all-expenses-paid trip
to Washington, D.C., to cel-
ebrate the 2018 youth tour,
joining 2,000 students from
across the country.
The delegates will vis-
it famous historical sites,
meet with congressional
leaders and learn leadership
skills. The students will also
create podcasts and digi-
tal photo projects as they
learn about electric cooper-
atives and current issues in
energy and climate change
legislation that face their
communities.
Applications for the 2019
Madi McKrola
tour will be available begin-
ning November 2018 for ju-
niors in high school.
Oregon Trail Electric is
a nonprofit electric coopera-
tive serving 23,000 members
in Baker, Grant, Harney and
Union counties. Youth Tour
funds come from unclaimed
capital credits and their earn-
ing and do not affect electric
rates.
B RIEFLY
Tree School East
set for April 21
The Oregon State Univer-
sity Forestry & Natural Re-
sources Extension Service
will present Tree School
East April 21 at Baker High
School in Baker City. Tree
School East is a one-day
mini-college for woodland
owners, professional for-
esters, ranchers or anyone
else interested in Oregon’s
natural resources. This year
will feature 29 classes, from
in-depth forest management
trainings to broader natu-
ral resource management
and appreciation, including
multi-aged forest manage-
ment, protection from forest
insects and diseases, con-
trolling invasive weeds, how
to survive in the wild, timber
harvesting with small-scale
equipment, geology of north-
east Oregon, drone technolo-
gy for woodlands, farms and
ranches and chainsaw oper-
ation and maintenance. For
complete information on the
event and how to register,
call the OSU Baker County
Extension Service office at
541-523-6418 or email Ex-
tension Forester Bob Parker
at bob.parker@oregonstate.
edu.
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Parks grant
committee seeks
members
The Oregon Parks and
Recreation Department is
seeking candidates to serve
on the Local Government
Grant Program advisory
committee. The two open
positions are for a city rep-
resentative for cities with a
population less than 15,000
and for a citizen representa-
tive for the public at large.
The program awards more
than $5 million annually to
outdoor recreation projects
throughout the state. The
advisory committee consists
of 10 members that meet
annually in June to review
applications. Members typi-
cally serve four-year terms.
The annual application re-
view is a three-day meeting
in Salem. Member’s travel
expenses are reimbursed by
OPRD. Contact coordinator
Mark Cowan at mark.cow-
an@oregon.gov for more
information or an interest
form.
Oregon State
Police launches
new non-
emergency
number
People can now contact
Oregon State Police dispatch
for non-emergencies by dial-
ing *OSP (star OSP).
*OSP (*677) is a mobile
phone direct call number es-
tablished to provide the pub-
lic with a quick, easy-to-re-
member number to use for
nonemergency reporting of
traffic safety, highway haz-
ards and obstructions, mi-
nor crashes and requests
for assistance. *OSP is not
an emergency number, and
9-1-1 still remains the emer-
gency number to call for an
emergency. *OSP rings di-
rectly into the Oregon State
Police dispatch center and is
answered by a live dispatch-
er 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.
The Department in col-
laboration with Oregon De-
partment of Transportation
and Oregon’s cellphone
providers have secured this
number to make it easier to
contact OSP for nonemergen-
cy police services and road
hazards.
Currently, Verizon, AT&T,
Sprint, T-Mobile and US Cel-
lular have worked with the
department to facilitate this
service. It is the department’s
goal that, as this program de-
velops, other cell providers
will partner with us in this
venture to provide access to
all cellphone users.
For members of the public
who do not have cellphone
service, or have providers
that do not currently support
this access number, they can
still dial the department’s toll
free phone number 800-452-
7888.
New blankets,
stuffed animals
sought for foster
children
Student Jeffrey Hensley is
collecting items for a senior
project, Comfort for Kids.
Hensley requests donations
of new blankets and stuffed
animals for foster children
going into new homes. Items
may be dropped off at Etc.,
Dairy Queen, Grant Coun-
ty Automotive, Chester’s
Thriftway and Squeeze In
from Feb. 15 to March 15.
All donations will be taken
to the Department of Hu-
man Services to be deliv-
ered. For more information,
contact Hensley at 541-620-
0975.
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