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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Eagle wins general excellence at state convention
Staff earns seven
first-place awards
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Blue Mountain Eagle earned the
top two honors in the Oregon Newspa-
per Publishers Association 2018 Better
Newspaper Contest.
For weekly newspapers with a sim-
ilar circulation size, the Eagle earned
the Elmo Smith Award of General Ex-
cellence, the top award judged on over-
all newspaper quality.
The Eagle also earned more individ-
ual awards in its circulation group in the
contest than any other weekly earned
their circulation group to earn the sweep-
stakes award for weekly newspapers.
The Eagle won seven first-place
awards, five second-place awards and
nine third-place awards.
Editor and General Manager Sean
Hart placed first in best writing, ed-
itorial, editorial page and coverage
of business and economic issues. He
placed third in local column, headline
writing and government coverage.
Former reporter Rylan Boggs placed
first in feature photo. He placed second
in headline writing and third in spot news
coverage, photo essay, sports photo and
news photo.
Reporter Angel Carpenter placed first
in sports photo. She placed third in writing.
Eagle designer Randy Wrighthouse
placed first in page one design.
The staff placed second in web de-
sign, photo essay, enterprise reporting
and spot news coverage and third in spe-
cial section.
Firefighters make progress on Wilson Prairie Fire
Blue Mountain Eagle
Contributed photo
The George and Susan Sintay family visited Hungary
for a reunion with George’s extended Szintai family.
On July 14, the travelers toured caves in Aggtelek,
Hungary, on the Slovakian border. From left: Trevor
Brown of Spokane, Washington; Scott Sintay of
Kennewick, Washington; Sallie Roberts of Houston,
Texas; Sara Jenson of Maple Walley, Washington;
George and Susan Sintay of John Day; Drew Brown
of Spokane; Brandon and Angela Smith of John Day;
and Sonna Smith of Seneca.
Take a photo with the Eagle on vacation and send it
to editor@bmeagle.com or 195 N. Canyon Blvd., John
Day, OR 97845.
Firefighters made signif-
icant progress Monday night
building fireline around the
Wilson Prairie Fire, located in
the southwest corner of Mor-
row County, according to an
Oregon Department of Forestry
press release.
The fire originated on lands
protected by ODF and spread
onto the Umatilla National
Forest. The fire is estimated to
be 120 acres, burning in grass,
brush, and timber.
Monday, firefighters were
challenged with the fire spot-
ting in pockets of dead white
fir. Monday night, the fire held
inside the existing retardant
lines used to “box in” the fire
and check the spread. There are
currently no evacuations or clo-
sures in place around the fire.
The cause of the fire is under
investigation.
Tuesday, additional resourc-
es were arriving to relieve fire-
fighting personnel who worked
throughout the night to stop the
spread of the fire. Firefighters
were able to use dozers to build
fireline around most of the fire
Monday afternoon. Firefighters
worked Tuesday to complete
the fireline, building handline
in steep rocky ground where
dozers were unable to work.
Resources assigned to the
fire Tuesday included two con-
tract crews, two Oregon De-
partment of Corrections crews,
three dozers, two water tenders,
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eight fire engines from ODF
and three initial attack mod-
ules from the Umatilla National
Forest’s Heppner Ranger Dis-
trict. Work also began Tuesday
mopping up fire and heat ad-
jacent to the fireline, strength-
ening these lines to reduce the
risk of fire moving outside the
perimeter.
Aerial resources will sup-
port the firefighting effort as
needed. These aerial assets in-
clude two Type 2 helicopters
used to drop water and cool
hot spots. These helicopters are
specially funded by Oregon’s
legislature to reduce impacts
from large fires on landowners
and Oregon’s natural resources
including water and air quality.
A Type 1 helicopter was expect-
Cliff Knox Project
released for public scoping
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Bike Riders Northwest participants take a journey
through the picturesque Malheur National Forest,
descending from Dixie Summit, westbound on Highway
26 Monday. The eight-day event that started July 21
travels through Seneca, Mt. Vernon, John Day, Sumpter,
Baker City, Catherine Creek, Unity and Long Creek.
Contributed photo
From right, Mark and Millie Lysne of John Day took
the Eagle on vacation with their 12-year-old grandson
Ronin Lysne and his mother, Tara Lysne, from
Clarkston, Washington, to a zipline tour with Timberline
Adventures in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, June 23.
Take a picture with the Eagle while on vacation and
send it to editor@bmeagle.com.
O BITUARIES
Clyde ‘Michael’ Euteneir
Clyde “Michael” Euteneir, 71, of Sumpter passed away
July 22 surrounded by his loving family. Arrangements have
been entrusted to Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. To
leave an online condolence, visit grayswestco.com.
BLUE MOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
FUNDRAISER SCRAMBLE 2018
SATURDAY JULY 28TH
The scoping period for the
Cliff Knox Project on the Prai-
rie City Ranger District of the
Malheur National Forest began
July 20.
The public will have 30 days
to submit comments, with the
period ending Aug. 20, accord-
ing to a Forest Service press
release. People who submit spe-
cific written comments during
this designated opportunity to
comment, or the future 45-day
comment period on the draft en-
vironmental impact statement,
will have standing to object to
the project.
The Cliff Knox Project
proposes 27,000 acres of fuels
treatments, 1,045 acres of fuels
reduction along strategic roads,
40,000 acres of landscape un-
derburning and about 5,000
acres of wildlife habitat desig-
nations.
Road activities, including
construction of 15 miles of tem-
porary road for log haul, closing
14 miles of currently open roads,
opening 2.5 miles of currently
closed roads, decommissioning
9.5 miles of currently open and
closed roads, decommissioning
and relocating about 2 miles of
roads and confirming closure of
28 miles of past administrative-
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ed to arrive Tuesday to support
the extended attack firefighting
for this fire. Single-engine air
tankers and large air tankers are
available if the fire moves out-
side the fireline.
Dry fuel conditions through-
out the region combined with
continued hot and dry weather
in the forecast have the poten-
tial for rapid fire growth.
Regulated closure is in ef-
fect for ODF’s Central Oregon
District. Specific restrictions,
intended to reduce human
caused fires, can be found at
odfcentraloregon.com.
For regulations on the
Umatilla National Forest, visit
bmidc.org. For regulations on
the Malheur National Forest,
visit fs.usda.gov/malheur.
ly closed roads, are proposed.
Additionally, typical road main-
tenance activities designed to
meet forest plan standards and
guidelines would be performed.
The Cliff Knox Scoping
Package containing the pro-
posed action and maps can be
accessed on the Forest Ser-
vice website at fs.usda.gov/
project/?project=50433, or a
hardcopy may be requested by
contacting Kathy Schnider at
541-820-3821 or kschnider@
fs.fed.us. Comments should
be submitted to Ed Guzman,
c/o Kathy Schnider, Prairie
City Ranger District, P.O. Box
337, Prairie City, OR 97869
or to comments-pacificnorth-
west-malheur-prairiecity@
fs.fed.us.
The Prairie City Ranger Dis-
trict will host two open house-
style meetings where the public
is invited to share information,
ideas or concerns, and discuss
the proposal with members of
the project’s interdisciplinary
planning team.
The first will be held from
5:30-7:30 p.m. Aug. 14 at the
Prairie City Senior Center, 204
N. McHaley St.
The second is from 5:30-
7:30 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Harney
County Chamber of Commerce,
484 N. Broadway Ave. Burns.
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the morning after
sleeping on an
ADVERTISED BED,
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170 FORD ROAD
JOHN DAY, OR 97845
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jknowles@bluemountainhospital.org
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