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A2 FAMILY Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Students must have immunization records by Feb. 19 Blue Mountain Eagle Feb. 19 is School Exclu- sion Day, and the Oregon Immunization Program is reminding parents that children will not be able to attend school or child care starting that day if their records on file show miss- ing immunizations. Under state law, all chil- dren in public and private schools, preschools, Head Start and certified child care facilities must have up-to-date documentation on their immunizations or have an exemption. “Immunization is the best way to protect chil- dren against vaccine-pre- ventable diseases such as whooping cough and mea- sles,” said Stacy de Assis Matthews, school law coordinator in the Ore- gon Health Authority Pub- lic Health Division. “It helps keep schools and the entire community safe and healthy.” If a child’s school and child care vaccination GRANT UNION STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — JANUARY 12th grade Ellie Justice Parents: Ken and Julia Justice 11th grade Peyton Neault Parents: Cooper and Kimberly Neault Eighth grade Macy Carter Parents: Mat and Jennifer Carter Grant Union graduate Reitta Wyllie was named to the fall 2019 dean’s list 10th grade Isaac Koopman Parent: Jane Kimble Seniors Freshmen 4.0 GPA: Shaelynn Bice. Honor roll: Jolynne Ashley, Rilee Emmel, Emily Ennis, Johna Long, Kaden Mad- den, Carson McKay, Lucas McKinley and Madalyn Way. Honorable mention: Cole Deiter, Aleah Johns, Connor Jones, Shaine Madden, Opie McDaniel, Hailee Wall and Abby Winegar. Honor roll: Kaitlynne Ash- ley and Laken McKay. Honorable mention: Leif Rausch, Cole Teel, Paige Shaw and Boe Workman. 4.0 GPA: Aries Bice, Caitlin Willet and Declan Zweygardt. Honor roll: Katie Hire, Brandon Horrell, Jayden Winegar, Jesaka Culley and Samantha Workman. Honorable mention: Tanner Way and Abbey Pfefferkorn. Seventh grade Natalya Smith Parents: Gene and Sheri Clark Sophomores Honor roll: Marcus Judd. Honorable mention: Hanna Wall and Masyn Keith. Blue Mountain Eagle The Mt. Vernon Scholar- ship Fund is accepting appli- cations from Mt. Vernon area students who will complete their high school education in 2020 and will be attend- ing an accredited vocational/ technical school, college or university. Applicants must live within the area of the former Mt. Vernon School District 6. The boundaries are commonly known as Laycock Creek and A MAN WAKES UP in the morning after sleeping on... an advertised bed, in advertised pajamas. MyEagleNews.com Serious speed! Eighth-graders 4.0 GPA: Cayden Howard and Jaycee Winegar. Honor roll: Tristen Gib- son, Porsche Kite, Cliff Bice, Brooke Teel and Wes Voigt. Honorable mention: McK- enzie Lawrence, Cody Rea- gan, Kyler Shaw and Madisyn Propeck. Seventh-graders 4.0 GPA: Clyde Holliday, Josie Horrell, Reece Jacobs, Tamara Judd and Eric Rausch. Honor roll: Lilly Rockh- ill, Eli Hinkle, Addisen Saul, Gracie Voigt and Hagen Workman. Honorable mention: Skylar McKay and Zoey Beam. Fields Creek on the east and west, Malheur National For- est on the north, Harper Creek on the southwest and Ingall Creek on the southeast. The scholarship was estab- lished in 2003 by the Mt. Ver- non High School Classes of 1955-1959. Information and application forms are avail- able from Grant Union High School counselors or from Rick Hehn, 7827 Mountain Aire LP SE, Olympia, WA 98503. The application dead- lines is may 1, 2020. Eagle file photo Hannah Hinman, the execu- tive director for Grant-Har- ney County CASA, hopes the Oregon Legislature will provide additional funding for the organization during the session. becoming a volunteer. Hinman said this is the second time that she has attended CASA Lobby Day, and she is confident about this year’s short session. “It appears that we have much more momentum than we did last year,” she said. The politically divisive nature of last year’s ses- sion overshadowed many issues where the state legislature has common ground, the welfare of children being one of them, Hinman said. Hinman said she wants to thank the legislators for their support of Grant-Har- ney County CASA’s volun- teer advocacy for neglected and abused children. “I hope to highlight the heightened need for CASA advocacy in our counties, particularly in Harney, which had the highest child victimization and children in care rates in the state in 2018,” she said. SENIOR LIVING ADVISOR Pay one price for two great services: high-speed Internet INDEPENDENT LIVING • ASSISTED LIVING • MEMORY CARE and a full-featured home phone Simply Broadband Max 19 99 A Place for Mom has helped over a million families find senior living solutions that meet their unique needs. BROADBAND ULTRA + PHONE + SECURE Per Month With Qualifying Phone Service 67 97 Per Month 6 Mbps + Free Wi-Fi Router + 1 Year Price Lock Call today and pay less 12 Mbps + Free Wi-Fi Router + 2 Year Price Lock Protect Your Identity, Devices & Files 855-972-6641 There’s no cost to you! S171565-1 (888) 651-5669 You can’t get BS from a buffalo. ™ ! We’re paid by our partner communities *Internet access service and charges not included. Frontier does not warrant that the service will be error-free or uninterrupted. Nest products: Additional $9 shipping fee per Nest device. Nest products must be purchased with new Internet service or eligible Frontier Secure services. Taxes, governmental and Frontier-imposed surcharges, minimum system requirements and other terms and conditions apply. Nest®, Nest Learning Thermostat™, Nest Protect™, Nest Cam™ and the Nest logo are trademarks or service marks of Nest Labs, Inc. ©2017 Frontier Communications Corporation Betty Jean Murray was born September 7th, 1929 in Mitchell, OR to Chester Keeton and Crystal (Stephens) Keeton. She passed away at her home in Hood River, OR on Feb. 2nd, 2020, in the company of her family, from complications of a stroke. Betty was 90 years old. Betty attended schools in Mitchell, Oregon and Central California, graduating high school at Hepner, Oregon in 1947. After graduation, Betty married her sweetheart, Wilbur Murray of Dayville, Oregon. The couple lived in Dayville where Wilbur was involved in both logging and ranching. Around 1954 Betty and Wilbur moved to The Dalles, Oregon, where Betty was a homemaker and mom to a growing family. In 1961, they moved to Hood River. Wilbur was a trained auctioneer, and he and Betty started the family business, Murray’s Auction Center, at their home property on Belmont Drive. Over the years, the livestock auction evolved into a furniture and estate auction, and then into a retail furniture store. During this entire time, Betty was a fulltime mom to three kids as well as the bookeeper and financial manager of the business. She continued in this role as the business expanded into town, into what are now the two Murray’s owned furniture stores;; Murray’s Furniture and the Ashley Homestore. In what little spare time she had outside of taking care of the family and the business, Betty always really enjoyed being outside working on her flowers. She kept a beautiful yard and was quite proud of it. Betty and Wilbur also enjoyed traveling, with their favorite place being Reno, Nevada. They had many favorite slot machines where they hit many big jackpots and had a great time doing it. Betty was a wonderful wife and mother and was loved immensely by her family. She was a sweet, kind, generous person who will be greatly missed by all. She was baptized into Christ at the Hood River Church of Christ. Betty is survived by her son Greg Murray of Hood River; daughters Lynn Murray Lee of Lake Oswego, OR, Kit Borton (Gary) of Hood River, OR; brother Jim Keeton of John Day, OR; four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years Wilbur Murray; son-in-law Tim Lee; and her parents. A private service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Heart of Hospice C/O Anderson’s Tribute Center. Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson’s Tribute Center (Funerals • Receptions • Cremations) 1401 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031. Visit www.AndersonsTributeCenter.com to leave a note of condolence for the family. Paid for by the family of Betty Jean Murray. S171191-1 Last Week’s Temps 24/7 F ORECAST A UTOMATED : 541-575-1122 R OAD CONDITIONS : 511; TRIPCHECK . COM NOAA W EATHER R ADIO FOR J OHN D AY 162.500 MHz Hannah Hinman, the executive director for Grant-Harney County Court Appointed Special Advocates, planned to join staff and volunteers in Salem Feb. 11 with the Oregon CASA Network to lobby the Oregon Legisla- ture as they go into session. The state network’s 2020 legislative priorities include funding to hire one full-time employee at each of its 22 local CASA locations across the state, which would cost $141,740 and a one-time investment of roughly $2.5 million to fund additional advertising and recruit- ment activities. Addition- ally, the organization is looking to expand training for a more extensive and more diverse group of vol- unteers that would serve 1,000 more children in fos- ter care. There are currently 69 children in care between Grant and Harney counties, Hinman said, but Grant County accounts for only about a quarter of them right now — usually it is closer to a third. “Our organization is currently able to serve about half of the total in both counties,” she said. Hinman said there are about five volun- teers awaiting training and another five people who have expressed interest in Save with Frontier Internet Bundles Bundle and save today Don’t get left behind, call today! Kim Kell 541-575-0710 John Day ...........................................................HI/LO Tuesday ........................................................... 32/21 Wednesday ..................................................... 43/26 Thursday .......................................................... 46/40 Friday ............................................................... 51/41 Saturday .......................................................... 42/32 Sunday ............................................................. 39/26 Monday............................................................ 44/23 By Steven Mitchell Blue Mountain Eagle Call today to connect with a S171204-1 Blue Mountain Eagle Local director headed to Capitol for CASA Lobby Day Mt. Vernon Scholarship Fund accepting applications at Northwest Nazarene University. To make the list, stu- dents must earn a GPA of 3.5-3.99. 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! May 13, 1947 — Jan. 14, 2020 Steven Milton Devine passed away Jan. 14, 2020, in John Day, Oregon. Steve was born May 13, 1947, in For- est Grove, Oregon, the son of Milton and Gladys Devine. He grew up in Cherry Grove, Oregon, and graduated from Forest Grove Union High School in 1965. He joined the National Guard, then enlisted in the Navy, serving on the USS Coral Sea from 1967 to 1969. After being dis- charged, he worked at Tektronix, in the fiber glass indus- try and as an auto mechanic. Upon retirement he moved to Monument, Oregon, and pursued his hobbies of old cars and woodworking. He is survived by his son, August Devine, of Lake Oswego, Oregon, his sister, Pat, of Mon- ument and his beloved cat, Spidey. His good sense of humor will be missed. PRAIRIE CITY HONOR ROLL — FIRST SEMESTER Wyllie named to Northwest Nazarene dean’s list Blue Mountain Eagle Steven Milton Devine before Feb. 5. Parents seeking immu- nizations for their chil- dren should contact their health care provider or local health department, or call 211Info — just dial 211 or go to 211info.org. No one can be turned away from a local health depart- ment because of the inabil- ity to pay for required vac- cines. Many pharmacists can immunize children age 7 and older. Contact a neighborhood pharmacy for details. records are not up to date on Feb. 19, the child will be sent home. In 2019, local health departments sent 22,547 letters to par- ents and guardians inform- ing them that their children needed immunizations to stay in school or child care. A total of 4,043 children were kept out of school or child care until the neces- sary immunization infor- mation was turned in to the schools or child care facil- ities. This year, letters to parents were mailed on or Juniors Ninth grade Jasmine Bryers Parent: Lisa Hunt- er-Kennedy OBITUARIES S171561-1 Chalk FUN! With Tessa Coalwell (Wooden Trays): Friday, February 21, 5:30 - 7:30 PM. Chalk FUN! with Tessa Coalwell (Irish Blessing): Friday, February 28, 5:30 - 7:30 PM. Blessing. Group and Individual Music Lessons: Group guitar, group chamber choir, rock band, vocal, piano, and flute lessons available. See paintedskycenter.com/music-lessons to sign up or get started. 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