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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Health in focus at fairgrounds
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
People fl ocked to the
25th annual Grant County
Family Health Fair, packing
into the county fairgrounds
pavilion in John Day for
what coordinator Chris Yri-
arte said was a successful
event.
Yriarte said most of their
regular vendors returned,
and they had several new
faces this year.
Committee
members
helping Yriarte included
Veanne Weddle of Senior
Services, Lisa Rynear-
son from the Forest Ser-
vice, Jessica Winegar from
the Grant County Health
Department, Marcy Wasi-
luk from Strawberry Wil-
derness Community Clinic
and Jim and Lynette Sul-
lens who are retired from
the Forest Service.
The venue moved from
Grant Union Junior-Senior
High School, where it was
held in year’s past, to the
Grant County Fairgrounds.
Yriarte said the move
made sense because they
had been transporting the
tables and chairs, borrowed
from the fairgrounds, to
the school. Now, they have
everything in one spot.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Marcy Wasiluk, director of Strawberry Mountain
Community Clinic in John Day, hands giveaway items to
Tammy McKenna of Mt. Vernon at the health fair.
Also new this year was
a kids zone where children
could get creative, paint-
ing rocks or playing with
puppets, along with other
activities.
Jeremy Buller, trauma
coordinator at St. Charles
Medical Center in Red-
mond, had several small
groups signing up for train-
ing in “Stop the Bleed”
where he taught simple
techniques.
Members of the Grant
County Sheriff’s Offi ce
Search and Rescue team
were among those receiving
training.
“You don’t need spe-
cialty equipment to control
Wayne Stewart
Scholarship has new
deadline this year
life-threatening bleeding,”
Buller said. “The goal is to
train as many people as we
can.”
Another new addition to
this year’s health fair was an
American Red Cross blood
drive.
Aleah Johns, who will
be a senior at Prairie City
School this fall, helped
coordinate the event for her
senior project.
There were several new
vendors including Can-
yon Mountain Center own-
ers Jim and Sandy Bay,
who brought a portable lab-
yrinth; ODS Community
Dental of Portland; Ore-
gon Health Insurance Mar-
ketplace; John Day Farmers
Market; Childcare Resource
& Referral; Families First
Parent Resource Center; and
OSU’s Food Hero booth.
Tai chi instructor Krish
Hamilton led a couple
well-attended demonstra-
tions in the practice.
Wasiluk had information
about a Community Health
Worker program the clinic is
launching in July, which will
support people with chronic
disease management and
can include in-home visits.
Several booths were led
by the clinic, Blue Moun-
tain Hospital and the Grant
County Health Department.
Yriarte said the com-
mittee created a new way
to lead visitors through
all the booths by using a
“passport.”
Those fi lling their pass-
port, which often led to
interactions with those
manning booths, could be
entered into a drawing for
prizes.
Prizes for children fi ll-
ing out passports included a
boys and girls bicycle, with
a helmet, and fi shing poles.
“It’s a great turnout,”
Yriarte said, adding some
were there for the blood
draws or blood donations,
and some came for both.
Magone Lake Bike Trail
kickoff event constructs
fi rst half-mile of new trail
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Malheur National
Forest, in conjunction with
the Eastern Oregon Trail
Alliance and Blue Mountain
Land Trust’s “Blues Crew”
from Walla Walla, Wash-
ington, hosted the Magone
Lake Bike Trail Network
kickoff event June 8-9.
The kickoff was a two-
day event resulting in the
construction of the fi rst
0.61 miles of the new bike
trail system. Participants
included 26 volunteers and
four Forest Service employ-
ees, including Prairie City
District Ranger Ed Guzman.
The full 18-mile trail
project, with 8 miles of
road-to-trail conversion and
10 miles of contractor-built
new trail, has a three year
window for completion.
The kickoff weekend initi-
ated work on a road-to-trail
conversion segment. The
new trail segments will all
be constructed using a grant
from Oregon Parks and Rec-
reation Department, Rec-
reational Trails Program.
Contract work will begin in
2020.
“We can’t thank our state
and private partners enough
for their support of this proj-
ect,” said Jared Bowman,
Malheur’s North Zone rec-
reation planner.
For more information on
future Magone Bike Trail
Network work days, Bow-
man at 541-820-3863.
Gibson earns Master of Social Work
Blue Mountain Eagle
Widener University con-
ferred degrees to more than
1,100 graduates in a cere-
mony May 17 at The Mann
Center for the Performing
Arts in Philadelphia.
Michelle Gibson of
John
Day
graduated
with a Master of Social
Work from Widener’s
School of Human Service
Professions.
OBITUARIES
BEO ranked in top 100
community banks in nation
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Grant County students of higher
education who apply for the Wayne
Stewart Scholarship should take note
of an earlier deadline this year.
Applications must be postmarked
by Friday, June 28. There is also a new
mailing address for the applications.
A total of $608,000 was awarded
to 122 recipients for the 2018-2019
scholarship year. The funds are avail-
able thanks to the late benefactors
Wayne Stewart of Dayville and his son
Eminger Stewart III, who made pro-
visions in their wills for a perpetual
scholarship.
For applications and more informa-
tion, visit the Grant County Education
Service District website at grantesd.
k12.or.us, and click on “Scholarships.”
Scholarships should be mailed to
U.S. Bank Wealth Management, Trust
Department, 131 E. Main St., Medford,
OR 97501.
American Banker magazine has
ranked Bank of Eastern Oregon
among the top 200 community banks
in the country.
The magazine, a trade publication
based in New York City, named BEO
Bancorp of Heppner to the list based
on average return of shareholder
equity between 2016 and 2018.
Banks with less than $2 billion in
assets were eligible. At 10.71% aver-
age return, BEO Bancorp ranked 97.
President and CEO Jeff Bailey said
he was pleased with the recognition.
“This is testimony to the dedica-
tion of our employees and the tre-
mendous support of our customer
base,” Bailey said in a statement. “We
are proud of our track record serv-
ing eastern Oregon and southeastern
Washington communities for over 74
years and are delighted to be the one
of only three banks located in Oregon
that can make the claim of being in
the top 200 community banks in the
country.”
For more information, visit beo-
bank.com.
Deerhorn, Middle Fork campgrounds closed June 25-28
Blue Mountain Eagle
Malheur National Forestrecre-
ation staff have announced a tem-
porary closure for the Deerhorn and
Middle Fork campgrounds from
June 25-28. The campgrounds are
being closed temporarily for haz-
ard tree removal as part of the Camp
Valley Project. For more informa-
tion, visit fs.usda.gov/malheur or
call 541-575-3000.
Blue Mountain Eagle
Ruth Irene Smith
Nov. 24, 1931 — June 18, 2019
Ruth Irene Smith, 87, of John Day, Oregon, passed away
on June 18 at her residence. A memorial
service will be held on Wednesday, June
26, at 10 a.m. at The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints in John Day
with Bishop Dave Archibald offi ciating.
Graveside interment will be held imme-
diately following the church service at
Rest Lawn Cemetery in John Day.
Ruth was born on Nov. 24, 1931, in
Los Angeles, California, to Hector Nivi-
son and Ellynne Trumbull. She gradu-
ated from high school in Mt. Vernon,
Oregon. On Sept. 27, 1951, she married Randel Smith in John
Day. Ruth was a homemaker and enjoyed crocheting, sew-
ing, coloring and reading; she also loved genealogy and fam-
ily history. She was also a faithful member of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, loving to greet people as
they came in the door. Ruth was proud to have served on a
mission for the church.
She is survived by her children, Dixie Smith of Cres-
cent City, California, Randy Smith of Florida, Debbie Wess-
ley of Crescent City, California, Mindy Sue of Oklahoma,
Laurel Baucum of John Day, Oregon, and Hector Smith of
Washington. She is also survived by her grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
Ruth is preceded in death by her husband, Randel Smith
Sr.; and her son, Randel Smith Jr.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Jude’s
Children’s hospital through Driskill Memorial Chapel at 241
S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845.
To leave an online condolence for Ruth, visit driskillme-
morialchapel.com.
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