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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Blue Mountain Eagle
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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.
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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
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Group and Individual Music Lessons: Group guitar, group
chamber choir, rock band, vocal, piano, and flute lessons available.
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Ongoing Classes: Knitting 101, Basic Drawing, Intermediate
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