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Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Nelson earns Ph.D. in nuclear engineering Forest Service reopens
Big Creek Trail 3151
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Noel Nelson, Grant Union High
School valedictorian of 2008, earned
a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from
North Carolina State.
Nelson, who finished his doctorate
in fall 2018, participated in the spring
2019 commencement ceremony.
His dissertation was titled “Valida-
tion and Uncertainty Quantification
of the Data Integration with Modeled
Predictions (DIMP) Inverse Radi-
ation Transport Model for Holdup
Measurements.”
His father, Bryan Nelson, said
holdup — a deposit of radioac-
tive material that typically builds up
over time in processing equipment at
nuclear fuel fabrication facilities —
must be tracked for nuclear security
and radiological safety reasons.
Noel Nelson dedicated his master’s
thesis and doctoral dissertation to the
loving memory of his mother, Deanna
Nelson, who passed away just before
his high school graduation ceremony.
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Noel Nelson, left, stands with his father, Bryan Nelson, after earning a Ph.D. in
nuclear engineering from North Carolina State University.
She always encouraged him to follow
his dreams and do his best, Bryan Nel-
son said.
The recent graduate is already
employed as a nuclear safety engineer
with the U.S. Department of Energy,
National Nuclear Security Adminis-
tration Production Office at the Oak
Ridge Reservation in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee.
Forest Service officials
on the North Fork John Day
Ranger District have reopened
the portion of Big Creek Trail
3151 that was closed in July
due to an unsafe bridge that
crosses Big Creek approxi-
mately a mile and a half uphill
from the North Fork John Day
River Trail.
The bridge supports were
completely rotted, making the
bridge unstable and prompt-
ing the temporary trail clo-
sure. Forest Service employ-
ees have established a safe
stream crossing downstream
of the bridge, allowing the
trail to be reopened for public
access. The trail is suitable for
pack and saddle horse use and
may require hikers to wade
through shallow water at late
summer and fall low stream
flows.
For more information, con-
tact the North Fork John Day
Ranger District at 541-427-
3231. For a list of trails on the
Umatilla National Forest, visit
fs.usda.gov/umatilla or down-
load the Pacific Northwest
Forests app onto a mobile
device.
Upper crust: Fair’s pie
contest winners announced
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Culvert work will close Forest Road 15
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The Emigrant Creek
aquatics
staff
have
announced a temporary
road closure on Forest
Road 1500. The closure
will be in place Aug. 28
through Oct. 18.
The closure is part
of the East Fork Wolf
Creek Culvert Replace-
ment project and will
be in effect to replace a
culvert on the East Fork
Wolf Creek. The cul-
vert replacement will
improve sediment trans-
port, retain hydrologic
connectivity and protect
water quality, critical
to maintaining resilient
stream and riparian hab-
itat that sustains water
and forage for multiple
uses.
Multiple detour routes
have been established to
allow visitors access to
the area. Be prepared for
heavy equipment mov-
ing in and out of the area
during the work period.
For more information,
contact Howard Rich-
burg at 541-573-4322.
Winners of the Grant County Fair Pie Contest include
Dalena Norton, who won first place for her double crust pie
in the adult division; Tiffnie Schmadeka, who won first place
for her single crust pie in the adult division; and Grayson
Schmadeka, who won first in the youth division for his pie.
SMART seeking reading
volunteers in Prairie
City and Long Creek
Blue Mountain Eagle
SMART Reading is kick-
ing off its 28th year of pro-
viding shared reading time
and books to kids in Oregon
with a campaign to find local
volunteers who want to give
just one hour a week to read
with pre-kindergarten through
third-grade students at ele-
mentary schools in Prairie
City and Long Creek.
Over 95% of students who
participate in SMART show
improvement in measures of
literacy development, vocab-
ulary and reading enjoyment.
With the help of 15 volun-
teers, SMART plans to serve
over 40 children in Prai-
rie City and Long Creek this
year.
The aim is to help foster
a love of reading in children,
as well as provide them with
books to keep and read with
their families.
“SMART Reading volun-
teers are critical to making
our program happen,” said
SMART Area Manager Jen-
nifer Zardinejad. “Without
reading volunteers, our pro-
gram simply would not exist.”
Volunteers have been at the
heart of SMART’s work since
its founding 28 years ago, and
are critical to the success of its
mission. To learn more, call
541-797-7726 or visit smar-
treading.org.
OBITUARIES
Charles ‘Chuck’ Corwin
60TH ANNIVERSARY
Jack and Katie
Johns
Jack and
Katie
Johns will
celebrate
their 60th
wedding
anniversary
Sept. 7.
Jack and Katie (Herburger) Johns
are celebrating their 60th wedding
anniversary from 1-3 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 7, at the Fox School House in
Fox. Cake and refreshments will be
provided. The daughters of the cou-
ple invite family and friends to join
this celebration. The couple requests
no gifts.
Charles “Chuck” Corwin, 95,
of John Day passed away June 26
at Valley View Assisted Living. A
celebration of life will be held at
2 p.m. Sept. 7 at the Canyon City
Cemetery.
A gathering will follow at daugh-
ter Lynda Christensen’s house.
Carol Ann Kilpatrick
Carol Ann Kilpatrick, 69, died peacefully in her sleep on
Saturday night at her home in Beaverton, surrounded by her
family. Memorial information as well as a full obituary will
be released at a later date.
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photos
The Monument 4th of July Fun Festival would like to thank
all the volunteers, participants, visitors, the Grant County
Chamber of Commerce and the following businesses and
people for supporting our 2019 event: Gibco, Mill’s Building
Supply, Rose Howe, Ed Staub & Sons, Ciochetti family, John
Day Golf Club, Mosier’s Home Furnishings, Les Schwab Tires,
Doug’s Auto, Pioneer Feed, NAPA Auto Parts, JD Rents,
Nydam’s Ace Hardware, Roger Lawrence, Radio Shack, A.K.
Moss, Chester’s Thriftway, John Day True Value, Grant County
Republicans, Apricot Apiaries, Windwave Communications,
Inland Machinery Company and those who donated desserts.
A MAN
WAKES
UP in the
morning
after sleeping on...
an advertised bed, in advertised
pajamas.
Every other Monday in John Day at
Blue Mountain Hospital
He will bathe in an ADVERTISED TUB, shave with an ADVERTISED RAZOR,
have a breakfast of ADVERTISED JUICE, cereal and toast, toasted in an
ADVERTISED TOASTER, put on ADVERTISED CLOTHES and glance at his
ADVERTISED WATCH. He’ll ride to work in his ADVERTISED CAR, sit at an
ADVERTISED DESK and write with an ADVERTISED PEN. Yet this person
hesitates to advertise, saying that advertising doesn’t pay. Finally, when his
non-advertised business is going under, HE’LL ADVERTISE IT FOR SALE.
Then it’s too late.
AND THEY SAY ADVERTISING DOESN’T WORK?
DON’T MAKE THIS SAME MISTAKE
Advertising is an investment, not an expense. Think about it!
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