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Blue Mountain Eagle
MCDANIEL AND EMMEL
EARN PRAIRIE CITY
HOMECOMING CROWNS
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Seventh Street Complex
path, trails closed Oct. 24
Blue Mountain Eagle
John Day Canyon City
Parks and Recreation
District has announced
the trails and path around
the Seventh Street Com-
plex in John Day will be
closed from 3:30-6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 24. The
Grant Union High School
cross country team is
hosting its first meet in
John Day, using the Sev-
enth Street trails and
paths for the course.
OTEC and EOU announce
new scholarship program
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
The Prairie City homecoming court was announced at Friday
night’s football game. From left: Freshmen prince Cole Teel
and princess Kaitlynne Ashley, sophomores prince Masyn
Keith and princess Tianna Lawrence, juniors prince Brandon
Horrell and princess Jesaka Culley, seniors prince Carson
McKay and princess Shaelynn Bice and king Opie McDaniel
and queen Rilee Emmel.
EHLEN AND GEORGIYEV
BURNT RIVER HOMECOMING
QUEEN, KING
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
The Burnt River homecoming court of Unity was announced
at Friday night’s football game at the Prairie City field. From
left: junior queen Louisa Ehlen, junior prince Joao ‘John’
Vitor Castanho Vieira, junior king Georgiy Georgiyev, junior
princess Aijamal Kasymova, junior prince Jose Olea, junior
princess Yosita Raksasat, senior prince Saddam ‘Adam’
Yusupov and junior princess Hannia Verduzco.
Girvin completes basic training
Oregon Trail Elec-
tric Cooperative has
announced a new part-
nership with Eastern Ore-
gon University to award
local students the chance
to achieve their dreams of
higher education at Ore-
gon’s rural university.
The brand new OTEC-
EOU Rural Scholarship
Program will award four
freshmen the opportunity
to have their entire tui-
tion paid for by OTEC
and EOU if they commit
to attend the university all
four years.
The vision behind this
new program is to give
local students peace of
mind as they prepare for
the world outside of col-
lege and to stimulate rural
economies and communi-
ties by keeping local stu-
dents local.
Recognizing that each
dollar kept and spent in
the local economy returns
that money back to our
communities, this schol-
arship program provides
incentives for high school
graduates from Grant,
Harney, Baker and Union
counties to complete their
degree at EOU.
Contributed photo
U.S. Air Force Airman Kori Jo
Girvin graduated from basic
military training at Joint
Base San Antonio-Lackland,
San Antonio, Texas.
John Day. She is the sister
of Dalli and Paytin Girvin of
John Day.
The airman is a 2019
graduate of Grant Union
Junior/Senior High School.
Genevieve A. Winkler
March 3, 1922 – Oct. 17, 2019
Genevieve A. Winkler, 97, of John Day passed away
Thursday, Oct. 17, at Valley View Assisted Living in John
Day, Oregon.
She was born Genevieve Antionette
Bogush on March 3, 1922, in Castle
Shannon, Pennsylvania. Genevieve
married Lawrence (Larry) Winkler in
1943. They had three children: Law-
rence John, Jean Carol and Gail Lynn.
After Larry retired from a 30-year
career in the U.S. Air Force they set-
tled in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Gen worked as a civil service tele-
phone operator and Larry worked as
the maintenance manager for El Paso County. In 1989, a few
years after they both retired, Larry passed away.
Gen moved to Mancos, Colorado, in 2006 to reside with
her daughter, Gail, husband, Steve, and their three children.
In 2012, Gen moved to Dallas, Texas, with her daughter
Jean.
Valley View Assisted Living became her home in
2014. Genevieve enjoyed sewing, crocheting, baking and
gardening.
Genevieve is survived by her daughters, Jean (Jim) Levi-
son and Gail (Steve) Beverlin; grandchildren, Carly, Rachel
and Isaac Beverlin and Andrew and Brian Iden; son-in-law,
Robert (Myriam) Iden; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband,
Lawrence Winkler; son, Lawrence John; sister, Helen Bauer;
brother, John Bogush; and grandson, Caleb Jordan Beverlin.
A memorial gathering will be held at Valley View Assisted
Living at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27. Burial will occur in
Colorado Springs, Colorado. The family would like to thank
the personnel at Valley View Assisted Living and the pro-
viders from the Blue Mountain Hospice for all the love and
care Genevieve received. If desired, memorial contributions
can be made to the Blue Mountain Hospice, 422 W. Main
St., John Day, OR 97845. To leave an online condolence for
the family of Genevieve, visit driskillmemorialchapel.com.
Ron Holliday
Ron Holliday, 71, passed away at his home on Monday,
Oct. 21. Services are pending. To offer his family online
condolences, visit driskillmemorialchapel.com.
Scholarship in memory
of Greg Bremner awarded
to Prairie City graduate
Blue Mountain Eagle
Painted Sky Center for the
Arts receives $5,000 grant
Blue Mountain Eagle
Blue Mountain Eagle
U.S. Air Force Airman
Kori Jo Girvin graduated
from basic military train-
ing at Joint Base San Anto-
nio-Lackland, San Antonio,
Texas.
The airman completed an
intensive, eight-week pro-
gram that included train-
ing in military discipline
and studies, Air Force core
values, physical fitness and
basic warfare principles and
skills.
Airmen who complete
basic training also earn four
credits toward an associate
in applied science degree
through the Community
College of the Air Force.
Girvin is the daughter of
John and Brandi Girvin of
As long as a student
meets the OTEC-EOU
scholarship criteria, ful-
fills their obligations for
the OTEC Internship pro-
gram and successfully
completes a scholarship
renewal form each year,
the student may receive
a scholarship from OTEC
matched by funds from
EOU annually for up to
four years to complete a
bachelor’s degree.
Applications will open
on Nov. 1.
Details for the crite-
ria of the scholarship and
a link to applications can
be found at otec.coop.
Every year, OTEC
awards more than two
dozen scholarships to
high school seniors and
returning college stu-
dents, along with two
lineman scholarships,
four trade school schol-
arships and several lead-
ership opportunities for
high school students.
Since the launch of the
cooperative’s scholar-
ship program in 2000,
OTEC has awarded
more than 450 scholar-
ships to local youth with
a total overall invest-
ment of more than $1.4
million.
OBITUARIES
The Painted Sky Cen-
ter for the Arts is the recip-
ient of a $5,000 grant from
the Fred W. Fields Fund of
The Oregon Community
Foundation to purchase art
supplies, make building
improvements and create
a safe place for learning.
Painted Sky Cen-
ter for the Arts’ mission
is to advance arts educa-
tion and entertainment,
enhancing the quality of
life and promoting cul-
tural development in the
community. Through its
programs, the arts center
will be a dynamic orga-
nization that empowers
and transforms individu-
als through creative edu-
cation and experience.
Oregon Community
Foundation puts donated
money to work in Oregon
— more than $100 mil-
lion in grants and scholar-
ships support Oregonians
annually. For nearly 45
years, OCF grantmaking,
research, advocacy and
community-advised solu-
tions have helped indi-
viduals, families, busi-
nesses and organizations
create charitable funds
to improve lives for all
Oregonians.
Impactful giving —
time, talent and resources
from many generous Ore-
gonians — creates mea-
surable change.
The foundation makes
grants through an applica-
tion process that involves
local citizens in the review
and evaluation of requests
for funds. Application
materials are available
through the foundation’s
Portland office. Individ-
uals or businesses inter-
ested in establishing a
fund may contact the Bend
office at 15 SW Colorado
Ave., Suite 250, Bend OR
97702, 541-382-1170, or
visit oregoncf.org.
Levi Burke, a 2019 grad-
uate of Prairie City High
School, was awarded a
$1,000 college scholarship
that was set up in memory
of the late Greg Bremner, a
Canyon City resident.
Burke, who was the salu-
tatorian for the Prairie City
class of 2019, is a freshman
at Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College in Pendleton
where he’s also on the bas-
ketball team.
Colleen Wienhoff, CEO
of Wienhoff Drug Testing
and Bio-Med Testing Ser-
vice, in Salem, created the
scholarship fund.
The Grant County Road
Department in John Day,
where Bremner was the
safety and risk manager, is
a client of Bio-Med Testing.
Wienhoff stated in a press
release that she and her hus-
band, Kevin, became friends
with Bremner and his wife,
Tammy, and the couples
belonged to Christian motor-
cycle groups.
“Greg was passionate
about his community and
keeping the community safe
from drugs and alcohol,”
Greg
Bremner
Levi
Burke
Weinhoff said. “His dedica-
tion to this cause is why this
scholarship was named in
his honor.”
She added that her com-
panies are “committed to giv-
ing back to the communities
they serve. The problem of
drug addiction is crippling our
society and has been destroy-
ing families for generations.”
Grant County junior and
senior students who would
like to apply for the schol-
arship must submit an essay
on one of the many topics
of addiction and the effect
drugs and alcohol has on the
community.
Terri Burke, Levi’s mother
and also Bremner’s sister, said
the family was excited to hear
of the award.
“This scholarship means
so much to us,” she said. “The
best part is they (the judging
panel) had no idea Levi was
Greg’s nephew.”
Isobel Leathers
Every other Monday in John Day at
Blue Mountain Hospital
170 Ford Rd. • 541-575-1311
Isobel was born July 8, 1934 in Kimberly, Oregon, the only child of Roy and Ona Mae Leathers. She married Robert
William Neel in January 1953.
In 1962 she moved from Monument to Long Creek, Oregon, where she worked for Red Morgan at The Mountain
Inn. In 1965 she moved to Prineville, Oregon, working at The Casino for Tom Norton and then Troy and Marilyn Fowler.
Later she went on to work for Don Burson at The Club Pioneer.
In 1973 she moved to Missouri and worked for Harris Builders, Inc. until 1981 when she returned to Monument,
Oregon, to go to work for Georgia Rae McLaughlin and Steve Holmes. In 1984 she went to work in Prineville for B&B
Farms. Isobel retired in 2007.
She remained in her home on Lidstrom Lane in Prineville until spring of 2019, when she required nursing care for a short term at Prineville
Regency Nursing Home.
In her younger years, Isobel enjoyed riding horses with her friends and ranch work with her parents and grandparents, Del and Belle Neal.
Isobel shared many stories about riding for Kate and Dean Enright on the LS Ranch. She truly loved all animals.
In retirement, she spent her time making quilts out of old jeans for her family and friends.
She is survived by daughters, Jacki Groff, Jerri Tankersley (Butch) of Prineville, Oregon and Janell Hamilton (Johny) of Macon, Georgia;
grandchildren, Tracy Stubblefield (Joe), Jeff Warren (Jennifer), Leigh Apperson (Tracy) of Prineville, Oregon, Shannon Broadie of McMinnville,
Oregon, Chris Neel of Cordova, Alaska, Rusti Harris of Buckeye, Arizona, Bo Tankersley (Ashley) and Katie Bradford (Jason) of Tracy,
California; 22 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by son, James Neel; granddaughter, Sandi Kay Clark; her parents, grandparents and many lifelong friends.
Memorial services are scheduled for July 4, 2020 at the Monument Senior Center at 11 a.m. Paid for by the family of Isobel Leathers
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