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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Grant County receives 100 Moderna
doses, begins vaccinations
Long, Weaver named
to OSU honor roll
Blue Mountain Eagle
Hospital inoculating frontline
health care workers
Local students were named
to the fall term 2020 scholas-
tic honor roll at Oregon State
University.
Johna M. Long, a freshman
studying nutrition from John
Day, and Wyatt T. Weaver, a
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
Blue Mountain Hospital District has received
100 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
and has started vaccinating its frontline health care
workers.
BMHD Director of Emergency Services
Rebecca Rand said she believes the hospital will be
receiving another shipment but she is unsure when.
“It’s just like everything else,” she said. “It gets
pushed to us, and there is no set date.”
Rand said one vial contains 10 to 11 doses. Yes-
terday, BMHD vaccinated 11 people.
She said over the next week the hospital would
vaccinate health care workers, contractors and other
frontline employees affiliated with the hospital.
Rand said the hospital’s goal is to start small and
make sure “every piece is in place.” She said that is
how most hospitals have rolled out their respective
COVID-19 vaccination processes.
OBITUARIES
Helen M. Bogart
July 4, 1923 – Dec. 21, 2020
Helen M. Bogart a longtime Grant County resident, came into
this world with a bang on the Fourth of July, 1923! She joined her
husband, Ken, in Heaven on Dec. 21, 2020, at age 97 years! She
passed peacefully at The Good Samaritan
Society nursing home in Spokane Valley,
Washington.
She was active in the Episcopal Church
in Canyon City; member of the Order of
Eastern Stars; along with her husband,
Ken, started what is now The Old West
Credit Union in their home in Bates; was a
Cub Scout den mother; leader of the Bates’
Majorettes; member of Bates Womens
Club; helpful in many endeavors of the John
Day Senior Citizens Center and its transpor-
tation program, often driving the bus herself when there was no driver
available.
More important than all these, she loved her family and put them
above all others including herself.
Helen was preceded in death by: her only love, Ken; her father,
Ervin Harrington; mother, Allie; and sisters, Valoria, Irene, Eula and
Elaine.
She is survived by: daughter Susan Kirkwood and husband, Jim;
son Ken (Danny) Bogart and wife, Bruna; grandchildren, Robert
Kirkwood and wife, Anna, Tanja Bogart and husband, Mark Durgin,
Michael Kirkwood and wife, Rhonda, Wendy Ambrose and hus-
band, Taylor, Chad Bogart and wife, Autumn, Julie Lake and hus-
band, Daniel, and Candace Bogart; and many nieces and nephews.
Helen had 13 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Service will be held in the spring of 2021 in John Day, Ore-
gon. Place, date and time will be announced in the Blue Moun-
tain Eagle.
Contributed photo
Blue Mountain Hospital District’s Dr. Emily Lieuallen, left, receives the
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Jenelle Moulton Monday as BMHD
vaccinated 11 frontline workers.
Housing Resource Center receives $5,000 grant
Blue Mountain Eagle
Banner Bank has awarded
Community Connection of
Northeast Oregon’s Hous-
ing Resource Center a $5,000
grant for its prepurchase,
financial capability and mort-
gage default counseling and
education services.
Community Connection
conducts Homebuying Edu-
cation workshops, Build-
ing Your Budget classes and
Becoming a Rental Super-
star classes in Baker, Grant,
Union and Wallowa coun-
senior studying mechanical
engineering from John Day,
made the list.
A total of 8,378 earned a
B-plus (3.5) GPA or better
to make the listing. To be on
the honor roll, students must
carry at least 12 graded hours
of course work.
ties. Community Connection
offers Individual Develop-
ment Accounts for first-time
homebuyers to help them
save up to $12,000 for a down
payment, $4,000 for vehicle
replacement and $2,000 for
rental assistance (first, last
and deposit). Community
Connection has also offered
Down Payment Assistance
Funds to first-time homebuy-
ers. A certain portion of those
funds are still available and
reserved for veterans.
Community
Connec-
tion has two certified pre-
purchase housing counselors
that help people determine
affordability for purchase
price and mortgage payment.
The counselors help them get
lender qualified by reviewing
credit (coming up with strat-
egies to improve credit), debt
analysis (devising repayment
plans if necessary) and bud-
get review to ensure they can
sustain a mortgage payment
and other housing-related
responsibilities.
Community Connection
also has a certified foreclo-
sure intervention and default
counselor to help folks eval-
uate strategies for retaining
ownership of their home and
avoiding foreclosure. The
benefits of counseling saves
lenders thousands of dol-
lars in foreclosure fees, cre-
ates sustainable payments for
homeowners and stabilizes
the economy. In 2019, Com-
munity Connection produced
37 positive resolutions, sav-
ing homeowners a collective
$729,727 in monthly mort-
gage payments, reinstate-
ment amounts and principal
balance reduction.
Donald Clay Porter Sr.
September 9, 1936 ~ December 17, 2020
Donald Clay Porter, age 84, of John Day, passed away December 17, 2020, in Boise, Idaho. A memorial service is planned to be
held at a later date.
Don was born September 9, 1936, in Prairie City, Oregon, to Clarence and Mildred (Meade) Porter of Long Creek, Oregon. He
grew up on a ranch east of Long Creek, Oregon, and would take a horse and buggy to attended elementary school at the Carter
School, a one-room schoolhouse where his mother Mildred was the teacher. He graduated from Long Creek High School in 1956.
Don married Arleta (Deda) Anderson in 1958, in Stevenson, Washington. The two made Long Creek, Oregon, their home and
welcomed two sons, Daniel Richard and Donald Clay Jr. A few years later they moved their family to Milwaukie, Oregon.
Serving Eastern Oregon since 1959!
Don was actively involved with the John Day Senior Center and enjoyed hunting, fishing, reading, baking zucchini bread, and working in the yard. He loved
to go for a walk every day with his walking stick and visiting with neighbors along his way. He was always ready to lend a helping hand where needed had
a cheerful gentle smile and a hearty laugh.
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Don was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Mildred Porter. Don is survived by his wife, Deda of Canyon City, Oregon; sons, Dan Richard (Mary)
Porter of Portland, Oregon; Donald Clay Jr. (Denise) Porter of Long Creek, Oregon; granddaughter, Trisha (Noah) Shields of Portland, Oregon; grandson,
Danny Delegato Porter of Portland, Oregon; great-granddaughter, Riley May Shields of Portland, Oregon; brother, Jerry (Sylvia) Porter of La Grande, Ore-
gon; nieces, Mita Porter of La Grande, Oregon; Holly Jo (Ed) Hodges of Eugene, Oregon; Heidi (Josh) King of Seattle, Washington; nephew, Dan Lee (Karen)
Porter of Vancouver, Washington; and several grand nieces and nephews, as well as many more beloved relatives and friends.
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Don worked for over 30 years with Northwest Natural Gas in Tualatin, Oregon, before moving back to Grant County, Oregon, to enjoy the beautiful views
and quiet life.
There’s No Place Like Home
For The Holidays
Memorial contributions in his honor may be made to the John Day Senior Center through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, Oregon
97845. To leave an online condolence for the family of Donald, please visit: www.driskillmemorialchapel.com. Paid for by the family of Don Porter.
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Evelyn K. Ogilvie
We’d like to deliver our sincere best wishes to
your door this holiday. May the season bring
much happiness, health, and good fortune to
you and your loved ones.
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Paid for by the family of Evelyn Ogilvie
April 13, 1920 ~ December 17, 2020
Evelyn Ogilvie passed away on December 17, 2020, peacefully, surrounded by her family; she was 100 years young. A celebra-
tion of life will be held at a later date.
Evelyn was born April 13, 1920 on the family wheat ranch, 17 miles south of Lind, Washington. She was the eldest of three
daughters born to Carl and Lela Kelso. The family moved to Walla Walla, Washington, where Evelyn attended elementary,
high school, and Walla Walla Business College. Upon graduation, she was employed as the office manager for Teague Motor
Company in Walla Walla.
Evelyn was active in the community, serving as secretary of the YMCA, president of the YMCA Businesswomen’s Association,
secretary of the Blue Mountain Ski Club, secretary of the PNW Ski Association Teacher Certification Committee, Local Charter
President, and state secretary of Epislon Sigma Alpha.
During the war she was co-chair of the Walla Walla Chamber of Commerce Victory Bells Association, promoting the sale of war bonds, and served as the
office hostess for the Walla Walla Air Base social functions. She was a Red Cross Junior Grey Lady at the Veterans Hospital working with war casualties
from the Alaska Theater of War.
On August 5, 1950, she married Carlos Ogilvie and moved to John Day where she joined the family business John Day Motor Company, serving as office/
business manager and later as a partner.
Evelyn proudly continued her lifetime of service to her community and our veterans by joining the American Legion Auxiliary–Ellis Tracy unit #77, where
she served as unit president multiple times and district president under 10 state presidents. She held many state offices/chairmanships and was the director
of Oregon Girls State in 1974 and state president of the A.L.A. in 1987- 1988. She went on to serve at the national level as Foreign Relations VP, National
Executive Committee Woman, Western Division Vice President, Girls State Committee member, and counselor at Girls Nation, just to name a few. Evelyn
was a member and past president of the John Day Ladies Golf Association, Daughters of the Nile, John Day United Methodist Church, John Day Elks Club #
1824, and was named the S.E. District Elk of the year in 2008-2009.
As an avid Bridge player, Evelyn enjoyed playing Bridge well into her nineties.
She is survived by her daughter, Tammy Ogilvie of Beaverton, Oregon; granddaughter Alexandra Deuel of Missoula, Montana; and grandson Griffin Deuel
of Beaverton, Oregon. Memorial contributions in Evelyn’s honor can be made to the Blue Mountain Hospice or John Day United Methodist Church through
Driskill Memorial Chapel, 2410 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, Oregon 97875.