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HISTORY SPECIAL SECTION INSIDE CONSOL W edNesd ay , The CITY JOUR NAL AND 26, 2018 School d ays — Stud LONG CR l Hoefler e Mountain EAGLE T EEK EAGL E, ESTABL e ditioN Eagle ISHED OC TOBER 18 68 s ectioN in days g one by chalkbo ents’ early education marked by tin pails, By Chery For the Blu b, 4 Pages ards and a tough trek oday’s stu den pretty easy. ts have it For concern is most, the biggest enough to waking up early to the car or make a mad dash dressed and bus stop on time, plies in tow with school sup- walk probab . Even those who trek and can ly have a short ing routine push their morn- with minute spare. s to But for get an edu students trying to cat or more ago ion a century , the school started lon g before the day tered the y en- cla and ended ssroom door — Rebel Sch oolhouse Contributed es are, tho long after. Chanc- , Canyon photo/DeWi City, date tt Museum your parent se stories from unknown lengthy one . and great-g s, grandparents mal powere — on foot or ani- fini d, and she d school in trudging ma randparents about all of inclement through the weather. types eighth or nin in the “olden ny miles to school Many of th grade, Riverside days” are You can School stu ranch fam the schools served or two grades of high or one true. be ilie school.” And there that they did sure, however, Chester Bennet, Da dents, top row, fro Contributed each having s in that area, were no m ve “uphill bot n’t make the trek Deardorff, Fred Deard Laurance and tea left, Walter McLeo photo/Grant County Historic According its own teacher. terias serving breakf cafe- h wa Coombs d, Chest cher Anna al Museum to a Jan. 27, lunch in tho ast and er Reyno and Blanch orff, Violet McPh Wil Eag After the gol ys.” se liam 200 le days. lds, article by Na 3, carried ear s; e Presto d rush in the Alpha Nash, Bla n; next row son, Hazel Lauran next row, from left 1860s, fam homemade Students dia Sch Tur ultz nch ner , of Pra ilie lun ers into Gra s followed min- row, from left, Gladys e Deardorff, France , from left, Anna Be ce, Archie Peterson Carrie teachers, wh irie City, “Early tin pails or whatever ches in s , nn other parts nt County and Coombs, Hilda Presto Sweet, Eldon Deard Stanbro, Mae Benn ett, Myrtle Hiatt, Ett Harry pay and usu o received little er they had available. contain- of were don Lessons ally boa populating Eastern Oregon, Cooley. Teachers we n, Avis Preston, Ha orff, Hattie Cooley, et and Dora Coom a Hiatt, pupil’s bs; front home, were rded at the and ofte e on chalkboards, re Lee and Naomi Sta rold French people arri the area. More n the stu res nbro, Alf Anna Wil ble , pon Cly for de si- ving into the an ma red Lau den liams. their own education r meant more 190 ing water king sure drink small ones ts had — at least children nee 0s and at their as available, and a dipper were ding a fire was goi ng Grant County’s newspaper since 1868 • N o . 39 er 2018 H istory Blue Mountain W edNesday , s ePtember 26, 2018 IDATED FR OM THE s ePtemb • 22 P ages • $1.00 www.MyEagleNews.com first newspa Grant Count per published in y, with its firs t edi the final dec ades of the 19th in 1908, esta blishing the firm ty Times and finally the Grant when the offi cial popula tion first week in two prio r American conflicts — of of February. A permit wit h the volunteers enlisted in the first six conflict. the deadly conflict afte r declar the sky see med to be on fire,” The flu is a very con tagious dis the 1918 flu 1918 Spanis h influenza pandemic have pinpoi nted the ma soldiers in the The flu soo first global war. n made its way to the COLOR RUN ish flu in a single year than in the Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter Andrew Copenhaver, left, and Melissa Hale lead 2-year-old Tye in the Color Me Free Run along with Debbie Hale, right. A RAINBOW OF FUN FOR FAMILIES Kickoff event raises domestic violence awareness By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle A bout 50 participants braced themselves as brilliant hues of pow- ders were thrown at them during Heart of Grant County’s Color Me Free Run on Saturday. Those lacing up for the fun run and walk, held at the John Day industrial park, started with a white T-shirt and ended with a rainbow of colors on their shirt, pants, hair and face — the pow- ders, made with cornstarch, are nontoxic and wash out. “It’s an event for our commu- nity to kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October,” said Heart’s executive director and vic- tims advocate Shelley Whale-Mur- phy. Kim Hernandez of John Day leads her children Milo, 5, and Emily, 2, in the Color Me Free Run. She organized the event with victims advocate Cindy Kalin and office coordinator Tammy Larkin. “It’s a team effort — we all did our part,” Whale-Murphy said. She lauded the volunteers who helped during the event, about 15 in all. “I can’t thank them enough,” Whale-Murphy said. “It’s really fun, and they al- ways have a blast when they participate in the throwing.” High school students Sierra Cates and Morgan Dethman helped man a red paint powder station. See COLOR, Page A18 Where’s Walden? Congressman addresses lack of in-person town halls Annabelle Raschio, 6, of John Day makes a run for it as Morgan Dethman throws powder paint. In back is 9-year-old Joseph Burns of Hines. McLean sentenced to 75 months for sexual abuse Case involved a minor and an adult victim Blue Mountain Eagle By Jade McDowell EO Media Group Rep. Greg Walden was in Eastern Oregon on Thursday, but most residents were likely unaware. Oregon’s lone Republican Congressman gave an update to the Hermiston Rotary Club on legislation he was working on and took questions from club members before head- ing to another event in The Dalles. Such semi-private, EO Media Group/E.J. Harris U.S. Rep. Greg Walden talks with attendees after a contentious town hall meeting about health care May 8, 2017, in Baker City. under-the-radar appearances have become a popular line of attack for his critics. “Where’s Walden?” they ask. The activist group Indi- visible even held a “Where’s Walden?” caravan in late See WALDEN, Page A18 A homeless John Day man charged with sex crimes against multiple victims plead- ed guilty to two charges Thurs- day. George Earl McLean, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree sexual abuse and one count of strangulation, both felonies, in a plea agree- ment in which 16 other charges were dismissed, including rape, sexual abuse, sexual penetration, strangulation, ha- rassment and menacing. G r a n t County Cir- cuit Court Judge William D. Cramer George Jr. sentenced Earl McLean to 75 McLean months in pris- on for the sex abuse charge, the mandatory minimum for the Measure 11 crime, which prevents Mc- Lean from being eligible for sentence reductions. McLean was required to register as a sex offender and lost the right to possess fire- arms. See MCLEAN, Page A18
