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NEWS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Brown
COVID-19
BUSINESS REQUIRED TO CLOSE
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shopping malls must close.
• Playgrounds, sports
courts, skate parks and some
other outdoor recreation
facilities are closed. Facili-
ties allowed to remain open,
including golf courses, must
strictly follow social dis-
tancing guidelines.
• Child care facilities are
restricted to “stable groups
of 10 or fewer children,”
meaning that the children
must be in the same group
each day.
• Public and private
campgrounds are closed,
although veterans and camp
hosts can remain in state
parks. RV parks and other
housing may remain open.
• State agencies gener-
ally are closed to the pub-
lic, except by appointment
in some circumstances, and
state employees should work
remotely if possible. Brown
urged local, tribal and fed-
eral offices to do the same.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
• Medical spas, facial spas, day spas and
non-medical massage therapy services
Effective Tuesday, Gov. Kate Brown has
ordered the following businesses to
close. Other businesses must operate
remotely or within social distancing
guidelines.
• Fraternal organization facilities
• Amusement parks
• Hookah bars
• Non-tribal card rooms
• Aquariums
• Indoor and outdoor malls — except
for businesses allowed to remain open,
including food (takeout or delivery),
grocery, health care, medical, pharmacy
or pet store services
• Skating rinks
• Arcades
• Art galleries, except for being open by
appointment
• Barber shops and hair salons
• Bowling alleys
• Cosmetic stores
• Dance studios
• Esthetician practices
Through much of the
weekend, the governor had
been resisting issuing a state-
wide stay-home order. Pres-
sure mounted as local govern-
ment officials in the Portland
metro and Eugene-Spring-
field areas urged her to issue
such a statewide order. The
city of Portland was prepared
• Furniture stores
• Gyms and fitness studios, including
climbing gyms
• Indoor party places, including jumping
gyms and laser tag
• Jewelry shops and boutiques unless
they provide goods exclusively through
pick-up or delivery
to do so on its own.
In explaining Monday’s
order, Brown told reporters:
“I wanted to make sure that
we had an executive order
that worked for all of Ore-
gon. That we could ensure
that Oregonians in very rural
communities of the state,
like Adel and Ontario, could
• Museums
• Nail and tanning salons
• Senior activity centers
• Ski resorts
• Social and private clubs
• Tattoo/piercing parlors
• Tennis clubs
• Theaters
• Yoga studios
• Youth clubs
comply as well as folks in
metropolitan areas.”
She said she also wanted
an order that could be sus-
tained for a longer term: “For
example, maybe more than a
few weeks.”
Brown said she expects
the Legislature to hold a
special session in the next
week or so in response to the
pandemic.
A legislative committee
on Monday was working on
proposals. “It is important we
do things on a statewide level
so we not move the problem
around to different places,”
said co-chair Sen. Arnie
Roblan, D-Coos Bay.
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• Cover mouth and
nose when coughing or
sneezing.
• Stay home when
feeling ill.
The
coronavirus
spreads like the flu, when
someone who is sick
coughs or sneezes within
about 6 feet of another
person.
After someone con-
tracts COVID-19, the
disease caused by the
virus, illness usually
develops within 14
days.
Symptoms
mirror
those of the flu, includ-
ing fever, cough, runny
nose, headache, sore
throat and general feel-
ings of illness.
The health depart-
ment urges anyone with
these symptoms to call
211 or the Grant County
Health Department at
541-575- 0429.
Restaurants
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The Eagle/Steven Mitchell
The Eagle/Steven Mitchell
A Dairy Queen employee hands a customer their blizzards Thursday. Owner Benny Santos
said every employee has a timer set in their headsets to wash their hands.
ness Development Coun-
cil announced Monday that
all counties in Oregon are
listed on the SBA’s Eco-
nomic Injury Develop-
ment Loan. Small busi-
Curriculum/Student Success Act Specialist
The Grant County Education Service District is looking for a Curriculum/
Student Success Act Specialist. The curriculum specialist works with
the education industry in Grant County from pre-K to post-graduate in-
stitutions. The Grant County ESD Curriculum/SSA Specialist works with
staff and administrators of component districts as well as the ESD to
coordinate activities related to instructional leadership and the Student
Success Act.
Duties and Responsibilities:
•  Works with district personnel in a consultative and supportive
manner in a variety of curriculum and instructional and staff devel-
opment areas including but not limited to:
»
Aligning curriculum to state standards
»
Continuous improvement planning
»
Coordination of state and district assessments
»
Implementing and evaluating instructional strategies
»
Adopting instructional materials
»
Assisting with SSA application and plan monitoring
•  Writes well and synthesizes the writing of others into meaningful
materials and documents to support district curricular, school
improvement planning needs and for the purposes of developing
Grant County ESD grant proposals.
•  Assists with identifying and locating grant opportunities for Grant
County ESD and local district and then works collaboratively to de-
velop and implement grant proposals and their identified activities.
•  Prepares and submits reports on progress towards meeting, grant
and project activities as requested.
•  Attends meetings as requested.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
•  Demonstrated leadership and project organizational skills, with the
ability to plan for, meet deadlines, and coordinate multiple projects
as the same time.
•  Strong interpersonal skills to allow specialist to work effectively
with a wide range of teachers, principals, and superintendents.
•  Excellent written and oral communication skills.
•  Ability to be flexible, fluid and comfortable with ad hoc committee
work and a diverse student, teacher and administrative commu-
nity.
Education and Experience:
•  Master’s Degree preferred with coursework or equivalent training
in education.
•  Valid Oregon teaching license.
•  Experience and/or knowledge in the necessary foundation skills of:
»
developmentally appropriate practices;
»
needs of special populations;
»
curriculum development/alignment, instructional and assess-
ment strategies.
•  At least two years of successful experience classroom teaching in
appropriate grades.
•  Staff development experience in curriculum, instruction and
assessment.
ness owners can apply at
https://disasterloan.sba.
gov/ela/.
The
SBA
also
announced Monday that
it’s cutting red tape to
make it easier for small
businesses to stay in busi-
ness such as automatic,
one-year deferments on
existing SBA disaster
loans.
to meet with faculty to find
a way to work with students
and assess viable options,
but students will still be
provided lunch after spring
break.
Prairie City Superinten-
dent Casey Hallgarth said
that all the superintendents
in the county are on the
same page since they talk
once week through a con-
ference call. He also said
this is a unique situation
because this has never hap-
pened before with schools
closing for a pandemic.
“We’re trying our best,
but right now no one,
including Oregon Depart-
ment of Education and
Gov. Brown, have any
answers, and that’s to
be expected because we
have never dealt with this
before,” Hallgarth said.
With plans in devel-
opment and unanswered
questions to address, Hall-
garth said he wanted to
assure parents and students
that this is a bump in the
The Eagle/Rudy Diaz
An empty parking lot at Grant Union High School on March 19 at 2 p.m. when it’s usually
filled.
road and that everybody is
going to make it through.
Long Creek Superin-
tendent Karl Coghill said
that one unfortunate part
of the shutdown has been
its affect on graduation. He
hopes that seniors will have
a chance to enjoy a gradu-
ation ceremony since many
of them have built their life
to that moment.
School leaders are work-
ing with ODE to figure out
how seniors will meet grad-
uation requirements and
how the educational needs
of students will be met.
A MAN
WAKES
UP in the
morning
after sleeping on...
an advertised bed, in advertised
pajamas.
How to Apply:
Applications may be obtained at the Oregon Employment Department,
the Grant County ESD Office, or online at http://www.grantesd.k12.
or.us/documents/Grant-ESD-Employment-Application.pdf.
Grant County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for em-
ployment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color,
religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual ori-
entation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state
or local laws.
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Assistance program. The
FEMA program is a safety
net for available to individ-
uals and families who can-
not meet their basic needs
though other programs.
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Medical, Dental and Vision coverage available
PERS (Public Employee Retirement System) eligible position
Holidays – 10
220 day assignment
Salary Range - DOEE
Applications and resumes must be returned to the ESD Office at:
Grant County Education Service District
835 S. Canyon Blvd.
John Day, OR 97845
Homeowners and rent-
ers can also apply for disas-
ter loans as well. Those
who do not qualify will
be automatically referred
to FEMA’s Other Needs
Schools
Benefits:
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• 
Brian Hubbard prepares pizza for students Monday. An
anonymous donor bought lunch for kids in Grant County
from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Every other Monday in John Day at
Blue Mountain Hospital
170 Ford Rd. • 541-575-1311
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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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believe in America,” said
Santos. “We’ll get through
this, and in the end, we’ll be
stronger.”
Owner of the Ugly Truth
Bar
and
Grill Ali
Lenz said
her busi-
ness
has
taken
a
hit with-
out lottery
and alcohol Sierra Jones
sales.
“We are trying to make
ends meet to pay our
employees,” Lenz said.
Lenz said, with being
open four hours a day
and five days a week, she
was only able to keep one
employee while the other
two moved on.
She said she is not sure
how long the business can
sustain the restrictions.
“I don’t even know how
to answer that question,”
she said.
The Oregon Small Busi-
Don’t get left behind, call today! Kim Kell 541-575-0710