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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Carpenter graduates from police academy
OBITUARIES
Junior Wayne Lissman
Blue Mountain Eagle
Offi cer Zachary D. Carpenter
received his police offi cer certifi ca-
tion Jan. 25 at the Oregon Department
of Public Safety Standards Training in
Salem.
As a member of Basic Police Class
384, Carpenter was among 40 grad-
uating at the police academy after 16
weeks of coursework.
Carpenter is an offi cer with the
Bandon Police Department, where he
started work in April of 2018.
He was a corrections deputy at
the Grant County Jail in Canyon City
from 2015 through April 2018 and was
a reserve offi cer with the John Day
Police Department from November
2017 through April 2018.
He is the son of Jim and Angel Car-
penter of John Day and is a 2012 gradu-
ate of Grant Union High School in John
Day.
Junior Wayne Lissman, 94, passed away Jan. 12 in Burns.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Feb. 16 at LaFollette’s
Chapel, 332 W. Monroe St., Burns. Following the service,
refreshments will be served at the Burns Elks Lodge, 118 N.
Broadway Ave., Burns. Lissman will be interred in the fam-
ily burial spot at the Hilltop Memorial Cemetery in Nyssa.
In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations may be made to local
organizations providing support and or services to military
veterans.
Eugene ‘Gene’ Floyd Brady
Eugene “Gene” Floyd Brady, 97, of Roseburg, formerly
of John Day, passed away Jan. 23 at the Veterans Hospital in
Roseburg. A memorial will be held at noon Feb. 9 at Azalea
Grange south of Roseburg.
Norma Jean Bygness
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Bandon Police Department Offi cer Zachary D. Carpenter
Eagles
fl ock
together
Norma Jean Bygness, 76, of John Day passed away Jan.
28 at her daughter’s residence in John Day. No services are
planned at this time. Memorial contributions may be made
to the American Cancer Society or to the American Diabe-
tes Association through Driskill Memorial Chapel at 241 S.
Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. To leave online condo-
lences for the family, visit driskillmemorialchapel.com.
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Local students
named to dean’s lists
while completing a mini-
mum of 12 hours of graded
EOU coursework.
Jeffrey Parolini of Long
Creek was named to the
COCC fall 2018 dean’s
list. The list recognizes
students enrolled in 12 or
more graded credits who
receive a term GPA of 3.60
or better.
Duane Stokes of Mt.
Vernon was named to the
2018 fall semester dean’s
list at Pacifi c University. To
qualify, students must earn
a 3.7 GPA or better with at
least 12 graded hours.
Blue Mountain Eagle
Contributed photo
Thomas Dekany
PRAIRIE CITY HONOR ROLL
First semester
Seniors
4.0 GPA: Deja Ams-
den, Levi Burke and Josiah
Hoeffner.
Honor roll (3.5-3.99
GPA): Haley Pfeffer-
korn, Kyla Winton, Jona-
than Lawrence and Paige
Moore.
Honorable
mention
(3.0-3.49 GPA): Syd Hol-
man, Raven Maloy, Brett
Copenhaver and Lane
Williams.
Juniors
4.0 GPA: JoLynne Ash-
ley and Shaelynn Bice.
Honor roll: Aleah Johns,
Johna Long and Jessica
Reames.
Honorable
mention:
Cole Deiter, Rilee Emmel,
Shaine Madden, Mada-
lyn Way, Carson McKay,
Kaden Madden, Emily
Ennis, Lucas McKin-
ley, Hailee Wall and Abby
Winegar.
Sophomores
4.0 GPA: Aries Bice,
Brandon Horrell, Cait-
lin Willet and Declan
Zweygardt.
Honor roll: Jayden Win-
egar, Katie Hire and Mikiah
Kimble.
Honorable
mention:
Samantha Workman, Jayda
DuBois, Tristan McMahan
and Abbey Pfefferkorn.
Freshman
4.0 GPA: Issac Koop-
man and Riley Reames.
Honor roll: Marcus Judd.
Honorable mention: Seth
Moore and Hannah Wall.
Eighth-graders
4.0 GPA: Kaitlynne Ash-
ley and Janie Koopman.
Honor roll: Leif Rausch,
Laken McKay and Cole
Teel.
Honorable
mention:
Wyatt Nolan, Paige Shaw
and Betty Ann Wilson.
Seventh-graders
4.0 GPA: Cliff Bice.
Honor roll: Cayden
Howard, Jaycee Winegar,
Tristen Gibson, Cody Rea-
gan and Brooke Teel.
Honorable mention: Bri-
anna Kimble, Wes Voigt,
Nolan Madden, McKenzie
Lawrence and Kyler Shaw.
Second nine weeks
Seniors
4.0 GPA: Deja Ams-
den, Levi Burke and Josiah
Hoeffner.
Honor roll: Halcy Pfef-
ferkorn, Kyla Winton and
Lane Williams.
Honorable mention: Jon-
athan Lawrence, Raven
Maloy,
Paige
Moore,
Brett Copenhaver and Syd
Holman.
Juniors
Honor roll: JoLynne
Ashley, Shaelynn Bice,
Cole Deiter, Kaden Madden
and Jessica Reames.
Honorable
mention:
Aleah Johns, Johna Long,
Shaine Madden, Lucas
McKinley, Rilee Emmel,
Opie McDaniel, Carson
McKay, Abby Winegar,
Madalyn Way, Emily Ennis
and Hailee Wall.
Sophomores
4.0 GPA: Aries Bice,
Brandon Horrell, Cait-
lin Willet and Declan
Zweygardt.
Honor roll: Katie Hire
and Jayden Winegar.
Honorable
mention:
Jayda DuBois, Mikiah
Kimble, Samantha Work-
man and Tristan McMahan.
Freshman
4.0 GPA: Riley Reames
and Isaac Koopman.
Honor roll: Marcus Judd.
Eighth-graders
4.0 GPA: Kaitlynne Ash-
ley and Janie Koopman.
Honor
roll:
Laken
McKay, Leif Rausch and
Cole Teel.
Honorable
mention:
Wyatt Nolan and Paige
Shaw.
Seventh-graders
4.0 GPA: Cliff Bice.
Honor roll: Cayden
Howard, Jaycee Winegar,
Tristen Gibson, Brianna
Kimble, Code Reagan and
Brooke Teel.
Honorable
mention:
Wes Voigt, McKenzie Law-
rence, Nolan Madden and
Kyler Shaw.
Local students were
named to dean’s lists at
Eastern Oregon Univer-
sity, Pacifi c University and
Central Oregon Commu-
nity College.
EOU awardees include
Cody Nielsen of John Day,
James Hercher and Carmen
Vaughan of Long Creek
and Jozie Rude and Bri-
anna Zweygardt of Prai-
rie City. Qualifying stu-
dents achieve and maintain
a grade point average of
3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale
Honorary Page Program
applications available
Senate and House programs
will be accepted beginning
in January of 2019 for the
2019 Legislative Assembly.
The page program is vol-
untary and will run during
the regular session from
February to June. How-
ever, the House and Sen-
ate have different sched-
ules, and applicants need to
inquire about the particulars
of each. Applicants must be
between the ages of 12 and
18.
For more information
about the page programs,
visit oregonlegislature.gov
and follow the link under
“Citizen Engagement.”
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Oregon House of
Representatives and the
Oregon Senate will once
again host students from
around the state as part of
the Honorary Page Program.
This program is steeped
in history and allows stu-
dents to witness the legisla-
tive process in an up-close
and personal way in a space
of approximately six hours.
In the last legislative ses-
sion in 2017-18, over
400 students participated
in the Senate and House
programs.
Applications for both
2019 Fares
The family of Jeff Knowles would
like to thank all of you that were so
thoughtful and compassionate to us
in our time of sorrow. Thank you for
all the cards, flowers, food, prayers
and donations they were greatly
appreciated and so thoughtful.
Sincerely,
Sally, Trevor, Jena,
Drew, Jessica &
Grandsons Charley,
Jack & Cody
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