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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Dayville awarded $472,000 for community hall
Funding will address
structural needs, replace
kitchen and bathrooms
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
The city of Dayville received
$472,000 in grants to improve and
repair its 100-year-old community
hall.
U.S. Department of Agricul-
ture Rural Development announced
Oct. 13 that Dayville was awarded
$300,000 in Community Facility
Disaster Grants and $172,000 in
Community Facilities Direct Loans
and Grants to renovate the commu-
nity hall.
“The community of Dayville is
beyond thrilled that our beloved,
100-year-old community hall will
be receiving the much-needed res-
toration and renovations that it
so desperately stands in need of,”
said Dayville City Recorder Ruthie
Moore in a press release from U.S.
Sen. Jeff Merkley. “This old build-
ing is the heart of our commu-
nity and throughout its 100 years
has provided the space for dances,
movies, high school basketball
games, a box factory during WWII,
a skating rink ... weddings, plus so
much more.”
Moore said, without the ren-
ovations, the city would be in
jeopardy of losing the facil-
ity in the near future due to the
building beginning to show its
age.
“We are so grateful to the fund-
Eagle file photo
City Recorder Ruthie Moore and Mayor Ilah Bennett stand in front of the Dayville Community Hall last year.
ing agencies who are making the
restoration of this grand build-
ing happen, and we can’t wait
to fill our old building with 100
more years of memories,” Moore
said.
Dayville community hall was
built in 1920. The funds awarded
will help fund structural repairs,
install insulation and a new roof,
replace the kitchen and bathrooms
and more.
“Every Oregonian in every part
of our state — regardless of their
zip code or their income — should
have the facilities and infrastruc-
ture necessary to build commu-
nity and stay safe from risks like
wildfires and cyberattacks,” Merk-
ley said. “...These grants will help
cover some of those steep upfront
costs and put essential services
within reach for nearly 25,000
Oregonians.”
Malheur National Forest evaluating conditions for prescribed fires
Blue Mountain Eagle
The U.S. Forest Service said in a
press release Monday that it will con-
tinue with prescribed burns in John
Day, Prairie City and Hines.
The Blue Mountain Ranger District
began burning hand piles in the Upper
Camp Creek and Sulphur Creek project
areas on Monday and Tuesday.
Prairie City Ranger District may con-
tinue burning piles in the Elk 16 proj-
ect area, hand piles near the North Fork
Malheur River and grapple piles from
Short Creek Guard Station to the Crane
Prairie Guard Station, which started on
Monday.
According to the press release, the
Forest Service asks that the public
avoids these areas for their safety and
the safety of fire fighters.
For safety, roads, trails and areas
may need to close temporarily as fire-
fighter operations are taking place.
Smoky conditions may also reduce visi-
bility to a level that would require addi-
tional temporary closures.
The prescribed fire operations may
also impact camping and hunting. The
press release advises hunters to not
camp in or near a prescribed burn area.
With the potential for smoke to set-
tle in certain areas during active opera-
tions, the public can monitor the smoke
and air quality in the area and across the
state by visiting, oregonsmoke.blog-
spot.com.
For further information on the Mal-
heur National Forest, visit fs.usda.
gov/malheuror or call the Supervisor’s
Office at 541-575-3000.
Additional information regarding
the prescribed burning on the Malheur
National Forest is available at inciweb.
nwcg.gov/incident/7216.
Contributed photo
A prescribed burn on the Umatilla National Forest in 2019.
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