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Visitation restrictions eased on hospitals
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
Hospital patients are now
allowed one visitor after a
health screening.
Gov. Kate Brown directed
the Oregon Health Authority
on June 11 to provide written
guidance to hospitals to loosen
the restrictions on visitations
and give further clarification on
screening protocols for individ-
uals entering a facility, accord-
ing to a press release.
A screening will be required
for all individuals seeking entry
into the facility. This screening
includes a visual observation,
temperature check and a variety
of questions.
According to Lori Lane, the
Blue Mountain Hospital Dis-
trict health information man-
ager, the questions will include:
symptoms including, but not
limited to, fever, sore throat,
runny nose, cough, shortness of
breath, and body aches; inter-
national travel within the last
14 days to Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention Level
3 risk countries; testing for, or
diagnosis of, COVID-19; con-
tact with known or suspected
COVID-19 cases within the last
14 days; and cruise ship travel
within the last 30 days.
A list of restricted coun-
tries can be found at cdc.gov/
coronavirus/2019-ncov/travel-
ers/index.html. Updated infor-
mation on cruise ships can be
found on cdc.gov/travel/page/
covid-19-cruise-ship.
For visitations, each patient
is now allowed one visitor at a
time. This includes inpatients,
emergency room patients, out-
patients and Strawberry Wil-
derness Community Clinic
patients, according to Lane.
If visitors have any of the
symptoms being screened for at
entry, have been determined to
have suspected, presumptive or
confirmed active COVID-19 or
refuse to comply with the facil-
ity’s infection control guidance
of wearing a mask, visitors will
be restricted.
If a patient is in end-of-life
care, they may be allowed to
have more than one visitor with
them.
For individual circum-
stances, such as end-of-life
care, a parent or guardian of a
child or someone assisting with
a disabled individual, a visitor
may be able enter the building
with their temperature over 100
or with symptoms.
“The revised executive order
will greatly benefit patients who
may have been without social
support during this time,”
according to the release.
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Red Cross
now testing
for COVID-19
antibodies
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The American Red Cross is
now testing blood, platelet and
plasma donations for COVID-
19 antibodies.
Healthy donors will receive
results within seven to 10 days on
their blood donor app. All donors
must schedule an appointment to
give blood and must have the
BLOODAPP on their device.
Text 90999 to BLOODAPP.
A John Day community
blood drive will take place
June 18 and June 19 at the
Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-
ter-day Saints. Sign up on the
Red Cross BLOODAPP or
online at redcrossblood.org.
OBITUARIES
Roberta Bennett
Laura Ellen Warren Guilliams
A memorial service for Roberta Bennett, a former Long
Creek resident, will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 20, at
Long Creek Cemetery, followed by dinner at the Seventh-day
Adventist Friendship Hall.
April 7, 1924 — June 13, 2020
Laura Ellen Warren Guilliams passed away on June 13, 2020, in
Dallas, Oregon, with family beside her. She was 96 years old.
Laura was born on April 7, 1924, in Prairie City, Oregon, to Wil-
liam and Ruth Warren. Her father, a World War I vet, preceded her
in death in 1932. Her husband, William Guilliams, died in 1984.
Her older sister, Nettie Downs, and younger sister, Stella Kula, and
brothers Tom, Bill Warren and Kenneth Kennedy have also pre-
ceded her in death.
She is survived by sisters Karrol, Karron, Karmen and brothers
Keith and Kerman; daughter, Sonja Guilliams Ely; granddaughters,
Val (Danny) Davis and Becky Sana; five great-grandchildren; and
nine great-great grandchildren.
Laura lived in Newport, Oregon, for several years before mov-
ing to Salem in 1961. She lived in West Salem for the last 22 to
years before moving to assisted living in Dallas. She worked as the
manager of the downtown 88 Cent store in Salem for many years,
retiring from work in 1984 to tend her husband during his illness.
Laura liked to go to the coast if she wasn’t outside tending her
flowers or small garden. She loved her dogs and her modest little
house. She also excelled at making pie crust for her granddaughters.
Per her request there will be no formal services. Donations in her
honor may be made to the Willamette Humane Society in Salem,
Oregon.
Verna Josephine Carter
Jan. 30, 1921 — June 1, 2020
Verna Josephine Carter passed away
June 1. She was born Jan. 30, 1921.
A service will take place at 11 a.m.
Saturday, June 27, at Grace Baptist
Church in Pendleton, Oregon.
A graveside service will take place
at 3 p.m. at the Long Creek Cemetery.
Dinner will follow at the Seventh-day
Adventist Friendship Hall on Main Street
in Long Creek, Oregon.
Marva Jean Ransom
Nov. 6, 1947 — May 26, 2020
Marva Jean Ransom was born on Nov. 6, 1947, to Floyd
and Norma Rynearson in Prairie City, Oregon. Marva grew
up and attended school in Prairie City. Upon graduation she
moved to Boise, Idaho, and attended
Lynx Business College earning a
degree in administration. While liv-
ing in Boise Marva met Robert Ran-
som. Marva and Robert were mar-
ried on Nov. 26, 1966, until Robert’s
passing in 2003. Marva and Robert
settled in Oakley, Idaho, where she
worked as a school bus driver for the
Cassia County School District for 35
years. During her children’s growing
up years, she was a 4-H leader teach-
ing 4-H members how to knit. Marva delivered Meals-on-
Wheels where she enjoyed checking in on the people she
served. Marva enjoyed playing bingo, the slot machines in
Jackpot and Fort Hall and going fishing and camping with
her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Floyd
and Norma, and husband, Robert. She is survived by her
son, Floyd and Carla; her daughter Cassandra; brother Mar-
vin and Lisa; sisters Marlene and Doug, Marnue and Gary,
Marge and Arthur; special friend Jack Sloan; and numerous
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Isobel Leathers
EO Media Group file photo
A youth at the Grant County Fair wins Reserve Champion for
the pig she raised. Grant County Extension Office/4-H are
working on a modified plan to hold youth livestock events
during the week of the Grant County Fair.
Leaders working on modified
plan to hold fair youth activities
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant County Oregon
Extension Office/4-H is work-
ing on modified plans to hold
livestock auctions and youth
activities that work within the
Phase 2 state guidelines, 4-H
Coordinator Bonni Booth said
Monday.
The plan, once com-
plete, will go to the Emer-
gency Operations Cen-
ter for approval. The EOC
will then forward the plan to
Gov. Kate Brown’s office for
review, Booth said. Booth,
who stepped into the position
in early April, said the infor-
mation coming from the state
“fluctuates,” and they will
“adapt accordingly” should
the plan need to be revised.
Under Brown’s Phase 2
guidelines, gatherings of up
to 50 people can take place
indoors, up from 25 from in
Phase 1, and outdoor gather-
Golf fundraiser planned
at Silvies Valley Ranch
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
Isobel Leathers passed away Sept. 27, 2019. A memorial ser-
vice will be held at noon Saturday, July 4, at Monument Ceme-
tery. There will be a visiting hour following with cake, pie, cof-
fee and punch at the Monument Senior Center.
Phyllis K. Fergurson
July 25, 1937 — June 4, 2020
Phillis (Hammond) Fergurson passed
peacefully at home surrounded by her
family on June 4, 2020. She was born July
25, 1937, to Phillip Hammond and Kather-
ine (Katie) Dickenson Hammond. She was
preceded in death by her husband, John W.
Fergurson, and her eldest son, Calvin Chit-
wood. Phillis was married to John when
she was 24 and would have been married
59 years on June 10, 2020. She is survived
by three children, six grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and
one great-great-granddaughter.
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ings can have up to 100 peo-
ple. Booth said the guide-
lines regarding the 100-person
capacity is ambiguous, at best.
“If you read the governor’s
guidelines, it’s kind of up to
interpretation,” she said.
Booth said the organizers
are doing their best to navigate
through the complexities and
moving goalposts of the gov-
ernor’s guidelines.
“I think times like this cre-
ate new ideas and thoughts
and innovative, creative meth-
ods to creating alternatives,
and it’s definitely a learning
opportunity for youth,” said
Booth.
The EOC, Fair Board
members, Grant County com-
missioners, the 4-H Exten-
sion team and Grant County
FFA advisors made the deci-
sion to begin drafting the plan
in May, according to a post
on the Grant County Oregon
Extension Office/4-H Face-
book page.
Golfing and fundraising
will come together at a tour-
nament between community
members from Grant and Har-
ney counties.
June 20 at The Retreat &
Links at Silvies Valley Ranch,
there will be a four-man
scramble tournament between
Grant County and Harney
County golfers.
Dr. Scott Campbell, who
grew up in Burns, owns Sil-
vies Valley Ranch, which is
located in both counties.
The scramble will be fol-
lowed by a barbecue and
silent auction. Prize money
will be awarded to the win-
ning individuals or teams.
All proceeds, which con-
sist of the entry fees, food
money and money raised
from auctions, will go to sup-
port the Harney and Grant
counties’ high school golf
programs, but there will be a
competitive aspect with the
donations.
The winning county of the
scramble will take 60% of the
purse while the other county
receives the remaining 40%.
“They’ll take the total of
the Grant County teams that
played, so let’s say there were
10 teams that played, they’ll
take their total scores, divide
it by 10, and that’ll be their
number,” Lundbom said.
“The Harney teams will take
their scores and divide them
by 10 or whatever their num-
ber is and that’s their number.”
Up to 20 teams, 10 teams
from each county, can partic-
ipate in the scramble, but a
member of the team has to be
from Grant or Harney coun-
ties. As of June 11, there were
about 17 teams that signed up,
but anybody can come out for
the $15 barbecue for non-play-
ing adults and juniors.
For more information, con-
tact Silvies Valley Ranch at
541-573-5150.
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