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Wednesday, August 5, 2020
EOHLA launches new resource to aid McCloskey named
to OSU honor roll
those most impacted by COVID-19
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Eastern Oregon Healthy Living Alli-
ance has launched the Eastern Oregon
Mutual Aid Network to connect commu-
nity needs with community volunteers
and resources.
The Eastern Oregon Mutual Aid Net-
work is an online resource that brokers
connections between people who have
been impacted by COVID-19, including
low-income, older adults and individuals
with special needs, to those who are will-
ing and able to offer support, according
to a press release.
There are different types of support
folks can request, including assistance
purchasing or transporting food from
grocery stores to one’s home, picking up
and delivering one’s prescription drugs
and transporting food boxes from food
pantries to one’s home. There are mul-
tiple ways local organizations and indi-
viduals can offer aid, including volun-
teering at the local food pantry, signing
up to support a community member and
donating to the Mutual Aid GoFundMe.
All donations from the GoFundMe help
support grocery assistance and general
funding for food pantries. The Mutual
Aid Network operates in 12 counties in
Eastern Oregon, including Baker, Gil-
liam, Grant, Harney, Lake, Malheur,
Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union,
Wallowa and Wheeler counties.
EOHLA was formed in 2014 to sup-
port and provide community health pro-
grams in Eastern Oregon. EOHLA is
part of the Nutrition Oregon Campaign,
a statewide campaign grounded in the
science of the developmental origins of
health and disease that shows the rela-
tionship between early life environment,
including access to nutrition and lifelong
chronic disease risk, and how that risk is
passed from one generation to the next.
Funding for the Mutual Aid Network
is provided by the Oregon Community
Foundation Recovery Fund and The Ford
Family Foundation COVID-19 Special
Allocation Funding. This funding sup-
ports the work EOHLA, Nutrition Ore-
gon Campaign, Oregon Food Bank and
Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Orga-
nization have under way to support food
access during the pandemic.
For more information or to request or
offer help on the Eastern Oregon Mutual
Aid Network, visit https://eohla.org/east-
ernoregonmutualaid or contact Meghan
Chancey at 907-712-7595.
Quinton hired as EOU SBDC business adviser
Blue Mountain Eagle
Eastern Oregon Univer-
sity Small Business Devel-
opment Center has hired
Dawson Quinton, a Grant
County native, as a business
adviser serving Grant and
Wheeler Counties.
Dawson is a 2020 grad-
uate of the Robert D. Clark
Honors College at the Uni-
versity of Oregon. He
holds a Bachelor
ers and community
of Science degree
members as possi-
ble,” Quinton said.
in economics with
EOU
SBDC
minors in business
Director
Greg
administration and
Smith said, “We
entrepreneurship.
are pleased to have
“Coming
back
Dawson
someone with the
home to help new
Quinton
educational back-
and existing busi-
nesses will be both
ground and familiar-
challenging and rewarding. ity with the area that Daw-
I look forward to meeting son has. This will go a long
with as many business own- way in strengthening part-
nerships which benefit busi-
ness owners, assisting entre-
preneurs and helping to
grow and sustain the local
economy.”
EOU SBDC offers free,
confidential business advis-
ing. To schedule an appoint-
ment, call 541-792-9045 or
email eousbdc@gmail.com.
The office in La Grande
can be reached by calling
541-962-1532.
Painted Sky Day Camp
session three begins Aug. 10
BIRTHS
Grayson Michael Jones
A boy, Grayson Michael
Jones, 7 pounds, 2 ounces,
was born June 25 to parents
Meaghan and Travis Jones
of John Day. Grandparents
are Jeff and Christy Keffer of
Bates and Mike and Pat Jones
of Purdy, Virginia.
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Piecemakers Quilt Guild
will hold raffle next year
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The Grant County Piecemakers Quilt Guild was unable to
hold the 2020 quilt show because of state regulations regarding
COVID-19.
Because the show was canceled, the guild was unable to raise
enough funds for the quilt raffle this year. The quilt raffle will
instead take place next year during the 2021 Grant county Piece-
makers Quilt Guide quilt show.
Tickets purchased for the 2020 raffle will be held until the
2021 raffle.
OBITUARIES
Ernestine Hill
Ernestine Hill, 88, a longtime Grant County resident, passed
away April 2 in The Dalles. A graveside service will be held for
Ernestine at the Canyon City Cemetery at 11 a.m. Aug. 15. To
leave an online condolence for the family, visit www.driskillme-
morialchapel.com.
Betty Wilt
Jan. 8, 1965 — July 31, 2020
Betty Wilt was born Jan. 8, 1965. Betty graduated from Was-
son High School, Colorado Springs, in 1984. Betty graduated
from the Colorado School of Mines with a degree in Geologic
Engineering in 1989. She was a member
of the university swim team. Betty worked
30 years as a federal employee, making
the rounds with Department of Interior –
USGS, USDA Forest Service and Bureau
of Indian Affairs. Betty retired in 2018 due
to Huntington’s disease. Betty enjoyed
cooking, mountain biking, photography,
reading and traveling. Betty was fond
of saying, “One day at a time. We’ll get
through this.” Betty was an active member
of St John’s Episcopal Church, Ketchikan,
Alaska, and St Thomas Episcopal Church, Canyon City, Oregon.
Betty died in Colorado Springs on July 31, 2020, from pancyto-
penia. Betty is survived by her wife of 28 years, Kerry Foster. In
her immediate family, survivors include: her father Charles Wilt
of Colorado Springs; her sisters Janet Bowerman of Colorado
Springs and Ellen Worth of Nevada; brother Charles Wilt Junior
of Canon City, Colorado; and sister Teresa Wilt of Nevada. Letters
of condolence can be mailed to: Kerry Foster, P.O. Box 26411,
Colorado Springs, CO 80936.
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non-advertised business is going under, HE’LL ADVERTISE IT FOR SALE.
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Painted Sky Center for the Arts will hold day camp ses-
sion three from Aug. 10-21.
The camp is open to students ages 6-12. The cost is
$200 and $125 for each additional child added. Member-
ship discount rates apply. Payment must be received prior
to the start date.
Drop off is from 8-8:30 a.m. and pickup is from
11:30 a.m. to noon Mondays through Fridays at
the purple door of the art center (downstairs, back
entrance).
For more information, visit paintedskycenter.com
Jennifer I. McCloskey was named to the scholastic honor roll
for spring term 2020 at Oregon State University.
McCloskey, John Day, is a senior studying applied visual arts.
A total of 7,004 students earned a B-plus (3.5) grade-point
average or better to make the listing. To be on the honor roll, stu-
dents must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work.
Don’t get left behind, call today! Kim Kell 541-575-0710
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John Michael Surplus
September 22, 1957 ~ July 19, 2020
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John Michael Surplus (Mike) was born in San Bernardino, California on September 22nd, 1957 to John and Charlene Surplus. He was sent home to
heaven on July 19th, 2020 after a long and courageous fight with cancer. One in which cancer wasn’t even prepared to handle. Mike moved with his
family to John Day, Oregon around the age of 5 to which became his home for the remainder of his youth. During his time at Grant Union High School
he was a standout athlete in football, basketball and baseball. His senior year he was tabbed as the best basketball player in the state of Oregon, if
you knew Mike he would talk about that state championship game of ‘76 against the Burns Hilanders often! He graduated in 1976 and went on to play
basketball at Eastern Oregon University for the next two years. Between the years of 1979 and 1984 Mike and Tami welcomed their two daughters Kali
and Sheena and resided in Burns, Oregon. Mike left his job logging in John Day to take a role at Dalton’s distributing, the couple spent many years in
Burns raising their daughters and becoming a part of a community he loved so much. Mike continued to live in Burns, with a few side stops in Bend and
Boise up until diagnoses when he moved to Pullman, Washington to be with his daughter Kali and her family. The group then relocated to Vancouver,
Washington to be closer to Sheena as well.
Theses years proved to be some of the best in his life, lots of family trips, memories and good conversations were had. Mike was grateful to his good
friends that he spoke with even in the hardest of times, he was the hardest worker you could every imagine and would hang his hat on that everyday. He
loved his family with all his heart which is evident in any picture you see. His big smile and unwavering loyalty will be missed greatly by all that had the
chance to cross paths with him. Mike is survived by his daughters Kali Gesser and Sheena Raffaele, his son in laws Jason Gesser and Eddie Raffaele, his
nephew Jay Trost and his grandchildren, Jordyn Gesser (17), Kolten Gesser (13), Kruz Gesser (7) and London Raffaele (3). Per his request there will be no
service. The guy we call “Popi” will be laid to rest in his favorite place in the world, the islands of Hawaii.
Paid for by the family of Mike Surplus
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