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A2 FAMILY Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, January 1, 2020 OBITUARIES The deadline for What’s Happening items is 5 p.m. Friday. Call the Eagle, 541-575-0710, or email editor@bmeagle. com. For meetings this week, see our list in the classifieds. WHAT’S Thursday, Jan. 2 HAPPENING Judge William D. Cramer Jr. retirement party • 3 p.m., Grant County Courthouse A retirement party will be held for Grant County Circuit Court Judge William D. Cramer Jr. after 23 years of judicial service to Grant and Harney counties. Saturday, Jan. 4 Republican Party nominating convention for Senate District 30 • 12:15-4 p.m., Grant County Regional Airport, John Day The Oregon Republican Party will hold the Nominating Convention for Senate District 30. The event is open to the public. Sunday, Jan. 5 Sen. Jeff Merkley town hall • 12:30 p.m., Mt. Vernon Community Hall U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, will hold a town hall meeting. Attendees at the Oregon State Snowmobile Association con- ference, held in John Day in 2018, ride at Huddleston Sno-Park. Monday, Jan. 6 Thursday, Jan. 16 Grant County Snowballers meeting • 6 p.m., John Day Fire Hall The snowmobile club meets the first Monday of the month. Intermediate drawing class • 5:30-7:30 p.m., Painted Sky Center of the Arts, Canyon City Intermediate students will pursue new subject matters such as composition, design elements, perspective and fig- ure proportions in this 12-week course. Tuesday, Jan. 14 Basic drawing class • 5:30-7:30 p.m., Painted Sky Center for the Arts, Can- yon City The popular basic drawing class by Robert Rex is back, teaching attendees to draw basic shapes, apply shading and much more in this 12-week course. Contributed photo Pearl Shearer Pearl Shearer, a long time resident of Long Creek, passed away peacefully on Dec. 20, 2019. She was 91 years old. Pearl was born July 29, 1928, in Sheridan, Wyoming, to Verna Perry and Chris Neff. She was the oldest of three children. Pearl led a very active life and was full of life. She enjoyed working in her yard and always wanted it to look nice. She loved music and loved to dance. Before her eye- sight started to fail, she enjoyed reading and watching TV. She liked football and the Seattle Seahawks. Pearl loved to watch her two great-grandsons play high school basketball; she was quite a cheerleader for them and rarely ever missed a game. She worked at various businesses is Long Creek but mostly at the Mountain Inn. Pearl is survived by her grandson Glenn Moodenbaugh and wife, Danna; her daughter Carolyn Nelson; a grand- daughter Jerry Nodine; a daughter-in-law Gracie Crump; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Clarence (Buster) Shearer; her son Eugene Crump; one daughter Chrissy Crump; one brother Butch; and one grandson Eugene Crump Jr. No services will be held upon request of the deceased. Lyla Blumebrooks Monday, Jan. 27 John Day Valley Bass Club meeting • 7 p.m., The Outpost restaurant, John Day The club meeting is held that last Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at The Outpost. Springer hired as new county planning director Lyla Blumebrooks passed away Dec. 23, surrounded by her family and loved ones. Services will be planned at a later date. Richard Gene Ray Richard Gene Ray, 94, of Canyon City passed away Nov. 29. Services have been planned for a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to Driskill Memorial Chapel. Norma Lemberger Norma Lemberger, 74, of John Day passed away Dec. 25 at her residence with her family by her side. Arrange- ments have been entrusted to Driskill Memorial Chapel. To leave condolences, visit driskillmemorialchapel.com. Fern Newcomb By Rudy Diaz Blue Mountain Eagle A new planning director for Grant County was announced on Dec. 27 after the job had been advertised to county employees. Shannon Springer received the offer from the county court. Springer imme- diately accepted the job to become the new county planning director. She has worked in the department since Sep- tember 2001 with a couple of breaks in between. “I love being able to help people through the process of developing their property because most people don’t do it more than once and need help understanding what the steps are,” said Springer. “We have always tried really hard to get people to where they want to be.” The planning director carries out multiple tasks, but the primary job is to review land use applications if some- body would want to build or divide their property or establish a specific use for some of the property. A person would need to submit an application, which would be reviewed by the plan- ning director against a criteria in the land development code. The planning director also reviews Fern Newcomb, 88, of John Day died Dec. 23 at home with her family at her side. Arrangements are under the direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home and Cre- mation Services. Online Condolences can be shared at tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com. About Obituaries News obituaries of 300 words or less are a free service of the Blue Mountain Eagle. 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. BEO president elected as statewide banking board officer The Eagle/Rudy Diaz Shannon Springer accepted the job of Grant County planning director at the Grant County Court meeting Dec. 27. planning requests and flood develop- ment permits, assigns addresses out- side of the city limits and oversees building permitting for the entire county. Springer is currently the assis- tant director to Hilary McNary, but will start her new 40-hour a week position on Jan. 4. “She is highly qualified for the posi- tion, and she has been a planning assis- tant for many years,” said Grant County Court Judge Scott Myers. “She is well appreciated by our public. We get com- ments on our planning office and com- pliments quite often.” Spray School to celebrate building’s centennial Blue Mountain Eagle Blue Mountain Eagle The Grant County Library will be closed from 1-5 p.m. Wednes- day, Jan. 15, for system updates. The Stone Building, which has housed the Spray School, will be turning 100 years old. Superintendent/Princi- pal Larry Johnson invites people to share pictures, stories or anything that would be of interest to others about the Spray School. Also, a celebration is planned with a reunion event April 26 at 2 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium. Johnson extends an invi- tation to anyone connected to the school — either as past students, past employ- The Family of Ron Holliday would like to thank everyone for the cards, flowers and the donations to FFA. A special thanks to our neighbors, Jack & Teresa South- worth & Mat and Jennifer Car- ter. ees or those who had par- ents or relatives who attended or worked at the school. For more information or to send items, contact Johnson at 541-468-2226, ljohnson@spray.k12.or.us or Spray School, 303 Park Ave., Spray, OR 97874. Jeff Bailey, president and CEO of Bank of East- ern Oregon, was recently elected as secretary/trea- surer of the Community Banks of Oregon Board of Directors. A native Oregonian, Bai- ley has spent more than two decades with the Bank of Eastern Oregon. He’s also active in the Heppner Cham- ber of Commerce and Wil- low Creek Economic Devel- opment Group. Other board officers elected to the CBO, which represents banks headquar- tered in Oregon, were Ron Green, chair (Oregon Pacific Bank, Florence), and Ken- neth D. Trautman Jr., imme- diate past president (Peo- ple’s Bank of Commerce, Monday - Thursday 7am- 6pm Monday - Thursday 7am- 6pm Friday 8am - 5pm Friday 8am - Mendy Sharpe 5pm FNP Apppointments available S162712-1 Library to close afternoon of Jan. 15 Medford). Also, new four- year directors elected during the Dec. 6 election included Randy Compton, Kate Saly- ers and Jim Schlotfeldt. Those re-elected to new four-year terms were Trey Maust and Joseph J. Pos- tlewait. Others currently serving on the board are Jarrett Stuchlik and Craig Wanichek. “Oregon’s community banks are fortunate to have this accomplished group of bankers leading the Com- munity Banks of Oregon. Their commitment and pas- sion for community bank- ing will be invaluable to our organization and the com- munities we serve,” said Linda Navarro, president and chief executive offi- cer of CBO and the Oregon Bankers Association. 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