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Forest Service to crush rock at four pits
O BITUARIES
Ronald Field
Ronald Field, 47, of Prairie City passed away Saturday,
Aug. 4, with his family by his side. A celebration of his life
will be held Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Prairie City Cemetery.
To offer condolences to his family, visit driskillmemorial-
chapel.com.
Norman Charles Strawn
Dec. 23, 1929 - July 24, 2018
Norman Charles Strawn was
born December 23, 1929, in Cen-
tral City, Nebraska, to Dwight and
Fern Strawn.
At the age of 4, his family
moved to Eastern Washington,
eventually settling in Richland.
During World War II, the Strawns
sold the farm to the U.S. govern-
ment — Norm was the oldest living
Hanford Project evictee.
After high school, Norm joined
the Army. He served four years during the Korean War,
spending the majority of his service stationed in England
with the Royal Artillery.
Norm moved to Burns after the war, where he met his
first wife, Barbara Timms. The two operated a mobile home
park at the edge of Hines for decades.
In the 1980s, Norm met Maria Daly. The two wed in
1989, moving to John Day shortly thereafter.
Norm enjoyed hunting, the outdoors and watching West-
erns. Later in life, he enjoyed singing to family, friends and
strangers alike.
He is survived by his wife, Maria; two step-daughters,
Florence Merritt of Kirkland, Washington, and Kathleen Sli-
gar of Portland; and his sister, Janice Hillmand, of Seattle.
Norm passed Tuesday, July 24. No services are planned
at this time. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in
Norman’s name to the John Day Senior Center.
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Malheur National For-
est will soon begin rock crush-
ing operations of 66,000 cubic
yards on four separate rock
pits.
Operations will take place
over the next several months
Donations matched
for CASA book drive
A local fundraising ef-
fort hopes to deliver 120
sets of books with a toy
to Grant-Harney County
CASA for children. Us-
borne Books and More
will match the donations
at 50 percent up to the first
$2,000 raised for a total of
$3,000, which would pur-
chase the desired amount.
Donations are required by
Aug. 16 so the books and
toys can be delivered to
children as they return to
school. Payments may be
made online at gofundme.
com/books-for-granthar-
ney-casa or mailed to Lau-
rel Coombs, Attn: CASA,
P.O. Box 23, Canyon City,
OR 97820.
For people interest-
ed in volunteering for
the court appointed spe-
cial advocate program, a
new training begins Oct.
2. For more information,
call 541-575-5574 or visit
grantharneycasa.org.
and may possibly extend
through the summer of 2019,
according to a Forest Service
press release. The affected
pits will be closed to the pub-
lic while work is being per-
formed.
Work will take place in the
Four Corners, Summit Prai-
Contributed photos/Jan Plemmons
Susie Gonzales, left, presents one of two Prairie City
Green Thumb Garden Awards to Maria Butler and her
husband, Ed, not pictured, for their yard design.
Large equipment will be
hauled between the sites at
various times.
Location maps of the af-
fected rock pits are posted on
the Malheur National Forest
website at fs.usda.gov/mal-
heur. For more information,
call 541-575-3000.
rie, Star and Crystal Springs
rock pits. Crushed rock will
be stockpiled in the pits and
available for future forest road
maintenance needs.
During operations in the
Summit Prairie rock pit, crews
will drain the pond to do work,
creating a larger pond.
Randy Hennen, left, receives an ornamental frog from
Susie Gonzalez of the Prairie City Green Thumb Garden
Club for his yard design, which includes a plethora of
native plants.
Prairie City residents awarded for beautifying ways
About Obituaries
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The paper accepts obituaries from the family or funeral home. Information submitted is
subject to editing. Obituaries submitted to the Eagle with incorrect information may be
corrected and republished as paid memorials. Obituaries longer than 300 words may be
published as paid memorials. Send obituaries by email, office@bmeagle.com; fax, 541-
575-1244; or mail, 195 N. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. For more information, or
to inquire about a paid memorial, call 541-575-0710.
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Blue Mountain Eagle
Two Prairie City residents were
awarded ornamental frogs from the
Prairie City Green Thumb Garden Club
for best yard design.
Randy Hennen received an award
for his yard, which includes wildflow-
ers with spotted areas of sage brush,
bitter brush and clump grasses.
“This all comes together to create
a visually pleasing yard as well as a
wildlife habitat,” said club secretary
Jan Plemmons.
The second winners, Ed and Maria
Butler, have a walking path to their
front door flanked with pink and laven-
der petunias.
“Walking up to the front door is a
beautiful pathway and a wonderful
journey of smell — very beautiful and
a lovely balance of color,” Plemmons
said.
Club member Susie Gonzales present-
ed the winners with the yard ornaments,
which are marked with the year and club
name.
OTEC promotes Tracy to engineering director
Blue Mountain Eagle
Oregon Trail Electric Co-
operative has promoted Char-
lie Tracy to director of engi-
neering.
Tracy moves into the po-
sition after a total of 13 years
as a systems engineer for the
cooperative. During that time,
Tracy has spearheaded mul-
tiple major projects, which
include transmission design
and substation
construction.
“I sincerely
believe in the
cooperative
model and in
the communi-
Charlie
ties we serve,”
Tracy
Tracy said.
Tracy has
also worked for TriAxis Engi-
neering in Corvallis as a utility
power line designer.
cy has been the anchor point
for the cooperative’s focus on
accessing innovative technol-
ogy in renewable energy and
how its future may be shaped
and impacted in areas such as
power supply, battery storage
and electric vehicles.
“Charlie’s passion, knowl-
edge and strategic focus in
these areas will be of great
benefit as he assumes his new
role,” Penning said.
“I look forward to support-
ing OTEC and our members
in all that the future holds,” he
said.
Tracy received his electri-
cal engineering degree from
New Mexico State Univer-
sity in 2002. He also earned
his professional engineering
license from the state of Ore-
gon in 2011. OTEC General
Manager and Chief Executive
Officer Les Penning said Tra-
Deadline approaches for conservation program enrollment
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The deadline to sign up
for enrollment in the Farm
Service Agency’s Conser-
vation Reserve Program is
Aug. 17.
“Any agricultural producer
that has eligible land should
review the benefits of this
program,” FSA Administra-
tor Richard Fordyce said in
a press release. “It removes
from production marginal,
David Warren Freeman
January 5, 1946 - July 29, 2018
Dave Freeman passed away July 29, 2018. Dave was born January 5, 1946 in Ontario, Oregon to Rex and
Wilma Freeman. He met his wife, Betty, of 52 years, while growing up in Payette, ID. They began
dating when they worked together at the Charm Theatre - Betty sold tickets and worked the snack
bar, Dave ran the projectors. They moved to Caldwell and lived there until Dave decided to go to
school at the University of Idaho.
Dave attended University of Idaho and earned a Bc in business, with a major in accounting. Dave and
Betty had two daughters, Jodie in 1969, and Amy in 1972. The family moved to Baker City, where Dave
worked as a staff accountant at Mitchell and Guyer. Needing a change of scenery, Dave went to work driving a log truck. He
eventually started his own logging company. After several years, Dave went back into accounting and got his CPA license.
He was able to become a partner at Mitchell and Guyer. Dave worked here for the rest of the family’s time in Baker City. In
1989 Dave acquired an accounting firm in John Day, OR and Betty worked as the office manager.
Dave and Betty lived in John Day for 25 years. While in John Day, Dave was blessed with two granddaughters, Paige in 1997
and Abbey in 2000. He finally retired in 2015. He and Betty moved to Lafayette, OR to be closer to Jodie, Amy and their
granddaughters.
Dave enjoyed being in the outdoors. He spent much of his time hunting, fishing, camping, rafting, and the Freeman
tradition of “Going for a ride”. Dave was also an active philanthropist, especially with groups supporting the outdoors and
children. He was always working on a “project” of some sort and willing to help anyone with a “project”. Dave loved to
tease his granddaughters, nephews, and nieces - times many of them won’t forget.
Loved ones surviving him include daughters Jodie Kester and Amy Freeman, granddaughters Paige & Abbey Kester,
brother Rex Freeman, sisters Janiece Haylett, Elaine ctepp, Linda Phelps, and Betty Dressen, and beloved Norwegian
Elkhound, Elka. He’s also fortunate to have a large family of cousins, sister and brother in-laws, nieces, nephews and
friends.
Dave was preceded in death by his parents, Rex and Wilma Freeman, brother Charles Freeman and wife, Betty Freeman.
A Celebration of Life will be on caturday, August 25, 2018 at 11 AM at the Payette United Methodist Church (502 N 11th ct.,
Payette ID), with a lunch to follow. This will be a joint service for both Dave and Betty, who passed on 7/11/18.
Memorial donations can be made to the Blue Mountain Hospital Ambulance, 170 Ford Rd, John Day OR, 97845, attn: Rebecca Rand.
erodible land and, in doing
so, improves water quality,
increases wildlife habitat and
provides more opportunities
for recreational activities, in-
cluding fishing, hunting and
wildlife viewing.”
For this year’s signup,
limited priority practices
are available for continuous
enrollment. They include
grassed waterways, filter
strips, riparian buffers, wet-
land restoration and others.
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L AST W EEK ’ S T EMPS
FSA will use updated soil
rental rates to make annual
rental payments, reflecting
current values. It will not offer
incentive payments as part of
the new signup.
USDA will not open a
general signup this year, but
a one-year extension will be
offered to existing CRP par-
ticipants with expiring CRP
contracts of 14 years or less.
For more information, call
541-523-7121.
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