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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Walden
Continued from Page A1
Malheur National Forest.
It also expanded the Good
Neighbor Authority that
allows the Forest Service
to enter into forest steward-
ship agreements with states
to allow similar agreements
between the Forest Service
and counties.
With Democrats in con-
trol of the House, Walden
was less optimistic about
passage of the proposed
Resilient Federal Forest
Act, which calls for expedit-
ing removal of burned dead
trees and replanting after
wildfires and removing the
21-inch rule that hampers
commercial logging in East-
ern Oregon.
The proposed act also
clarifies that the 1937 O&C
Act mandates a minimum
annual timber harvest of 500
million board-feet in some
Oregon counties and makes
categorical exclusions pro-
vided in the 2018 Farm
Bill available on all eligi-
ble Bureau of Land Man-
agement and Forest Service
lands.
Wilderness and fires
Grant County Sheriff
Glenn Palmer expressed his
concern about difficulties
search and rescue teams face
in designated wilderness
areas and wilderness study
areas. Regulations protect-
ing WSA also put a bur-
den on local communities
that rely on natural resource
industries, he said.
Walden noted that while
only 4% of Oregon is des-
ignated wilderness, wild-
fires that originated in wil-
derness accounted for about
32% of burned acres in the
state. WSA protections are
even more stringent than for
wilderness and very difficult
to remove once in place, he
said.
He also responded to a
comment by Scott McDon-
ald about wasteful spend-
ing by the Forest Service.
McDonald wanted to see
fuel reduction and other pre-
ventive measures focused
on lands near homes, critical
infrastructure and national
parks.
Walden agreed to keep an
eye on how the Forest Ser-
vice spent money received
through a policy intended
to protect forest health proj-
ects from “borrowing”
during firefighting emergen-
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Rep. Greg Walden, left, speaks with Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer following a town hall meeting at the Mt. Vernon Community Hall on July 2.
implementation of call
authentication technology
so consumers can trust their
caller ID at no cost of their
own. The bill also includes
provisions that would help
carriers in rural Amer-
ica implement this new
technology.
Health care
The Eagle/Richard Hanners
Grant County Commissioner Jim Hamsher, left, speaks with Rep. Greg Walden following a
town hall meeting at the Mt. Vernon Community Hall on July 2.
cies. He noted that smoke
from recent wildfires near
Portland might affect vot-
ers and help change wildfire
policies.
Robocall bills
An estimated 47.8 billion
robocalls were placed in the
U.S. last year, Walden said.
About 12.8 million were
made in the 541 area code
in just the month of May this
year, he said.
Robocallers are trying to
steal your identity, Walden
said. He’s traced calls to his
cellphone back to Jamaica
and Greece and played back
a robocall he recorded from
a person claiming to be Vice
President Mike Pence call-
ing from Air Force Two.
Walden said he supported
passage of the 2018 Ray
Baum’s Act, which provided
the Federal Communica-
tions Commission with tools
to better enable consumers
and law enforcement to stay
ahead of scammers, includ-
ing calls from people outside
the U.S.
Walden supports passage
of the Stopping Bad Rob-
ocalls Act, which requires
Walden joined Rep.
Frank Pallone, D-New Jer-
sey, to introduce the No Sur-
prises Act to protect patients
from giant unexpected med-
ical bills during an emer-
gency room visit.
Up to one in five Amer-
icans are subject to these
surprise bills, Walden said.
He described the cases of
a woman who was billed
$17,000 for a lab test that
should only have cost $100
and a family with an infant
who had hemophilia receiv-
ing a $50,000 surprise bill.
The draft bill is mod-
eled after an Oregon state
law but applies to all health
plans, including federal
plans, Walden said. He also
described three bills aimed
at reducing drug costs by
stopping
pharmaceutical
Fourth
First match
First: Toby Thomas and Simmie Waddell
Second: Jeff Larson and Justin Larson
Second match
First: Casey Fretwell and Larry Powell
Second: Joe Chapman and Josh Chapman
Continued from Page A16
PRAIRIE CITY
Blue skies and a warm sun greeted resi-
dents and visitors to this year’s Fourth of
July parade in Prairie City.
The parade kicked off down Front Street
following the boom of the Whiskey Gulch
Gang’s black powder cannon.
The Baptist Assembly provided a rousing
medley of military tunes as the color guard
stood at Main Street.
Kids ran after candy thrown by float riders,
as big truck and derby car engines roared
and emergency sirens wailed.
Afterwards, parade watchers gathered in
the park next to the city hall for barbecue,
horseshoes and friendly conversation.
PARADE RESULTS:
Horse drawn vehicle
First: Calvary Horse Camp with Grand Mar-
shal Carla Wright
Classic cars
First: Ron Phillips, 1927 Model T
Second: Rod Tygret, 1952 Dodge half-ton
Third: Grumpy’s Graphics, 1935 Dodge
pickup
Float sweepstakes
First: American Legion
Second: Prairie Baptist Church vacation
Bible school
Walking individual
First: Little Miss Grace Ricco
Walking group
First: Prairie City High School varsity cheer-
leaders and the elementary girls from cheer
camp
TREAT
YOUR
FEET
companies that tried to avoid
competition.
The CREATES Act
would force innovating drug
companies to provide suffi-
cient samples so other com-
panies could produce com-
petitive generic drugs. Other
legislation would make it
illegal for brand-name drug
manufacturers to pay other
drug manufacturers not to
produce generic drugs. The
Blocking Act is aimed at
speeding up the introduc-
tion of generic drugs to the
market.
First elected to the Ore-
gon House of Representa-
tives in 1988, Walden served
in the house until 1995 when
he was appointed to the Ore-
gon State Senate to fill a
vacancy. He served in the
senate from January 1995 to
January 1997 and was suc-
ceeded by Ted Ferrioli.
Walden was elected to the
U.S. House in 1998 and has
won 11 successive elections
by significant majorities. He
has served as chairman of
the Energy and Commerce
Committee’s Subcommit-
tee on Communications and
Technology.
MONUMENT
About 400-500 people came to Monument
to attend a long list of July Fourth festivities
in the city park, beginning with a color run
and breakfast put on by the local 4-H group.
The parade circled the city park twice begin-
ning at 10 a.m. with emergency and gov-
ernment vehicles and riders on horseback
or ATVs.
Live music played all afternoon the city park,
along with apple bobbing and live auctions.
A talent show was put on in the evening fol-
lowed by a fireworks display at 10 p.m.
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Kids scramble for candy thrown by passing floats during the
Fourth of July parade in Prairie City.
Second: Chester’s Thriftway
Mounted individual
First: Grant County Queen Courtney Nichols
Second: Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon Rowdy
Israel
Decorated vehicle
First: Huffman’s Market
Second: Blue Mountain Care Center
Third: Prairie City Senior Center
ATVs, dirt bikes and 4-wheelers
First: Eric Timers and Kiera Teele, 4-wheeler
Second: JW Haskins, dirt bike
Demolition derby cars
First: Chad Law, 1973 Volkswagen dune
buggy
Second: Steve Patterson
Emergency vehicles
First: Grant/Harney Fire Prevention Co-op
Second: Prairie City Fire Department
Third: Thunderbolt Fire Service
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DAYVILLE
Residents and visitors flocked to Dayville
for a Fourth of July parade, car show and
horseshoe tournament.
PARADE RESULTS:
Best of Parade
Pomp Latshaw and Kimber Lutz from Day-
ville as Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher
Kids division
First: Grayson Schmadeka, Dayville
Second: Everleigh Schmadeka, Dayville
Motorized
First: Smarr Bunch, Dayville
Second: “Snyder” The International Pickup
driven by Tammy Burdick and George Ham-
sher, Mt. Vernon
Non-motorized
First: Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon Rowdy
Israel, Dayville
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Contributed photo
Taylor Hamilton carries Old
Glory in the Monument
Fourth of July parade.
About 84 people attended
the Founder’s Day picnic
potluck in Long Creek on the
Fourth of July.
Second: Grant County Fair Queen Courtney
Nichols, Dayville
CAR SHOW RESULTS:
People’s Choice
First: Sam Lane, 1951 Plymouth, Seneca
Second: George Hamsher, 1984 Chevy low
rider, Mt. Vernon
Third: Tammy Burdick, 1968 International
C1100, Mt. Vernon
Grandkids awards
Tanner Award: Jerry Ray, 1977 Ford Mus-
tang II, Drain
Zach Award: George Hamsher, 1979 Cor-
vette, Mt. Vernon
Nate Award: Sam Lane, 1951 Plymouth,
Seneca
Kiah Award: Colleen Clark, 1961 Metropoli-
tan, Mt. Vernon
Piper Award: Dean Fox, 1971 Volkswagen
convertible, Canyon City
EVENT RESULTS:
Star contest
Jody Winkelman, Dayville
Duck race
First: Piper Swagger
Second: Kathryn Hedrick
Horseshoe tournament results:
PARADE RESULTS:
Best of Show
Taylor Hamilton and Ashlyn Albrich carrying
the U.S. flag
Best float
Oregon Department of Forestry
Best vehicle
Ed and Sharon Falls driving a Massey Fergu-
son tractor
Best adult
Charlotte Hopkins
Best child
Jin Bo Ciochetti
EVENT RESULTS:
Corn hole
First: Carla Gibson and Craig Shurtleff
Second: Chris and Miranda Carlin
Horseshoes
First: Keith Adams and Rex Anderson
Second: Brian Jordan and Ron Allen
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