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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak postpones trap
shoot fundraiser for the Lawrence family
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
Contributed photo
Dayville School students stands in front of a tree they deco-
rated while listening to Christmas music.
Bringing Dayville the gift
of normalcy in December
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
December in 2020 pro-
vided a new experience for
many during the holiday sea-
son, but many Dayville tradi-
tions came to fruition to end
the year on a high note.
Dayville City Recorder
Ruthie Moore said the city
held a variety of fun events
during the month of Decem-
ber that the community sup-
ported and participated in.
“It’s just fun, and I think
it’s really important and peo-
ple enjoy it,” Moore said.
“Just seeing the Christmas tree
still on the lamp posts ... brings
some normalcy to our life
during the really crazy time.”
Dayville held the city’s
25th annual Christmas Dec-
orating Contest, the Adopt-a-
Christmas-Tree event and the
city Christmas Tree Decorat-
ing activity followed by the
lighting ceremony.
For the first time this year,
the city had a Christmas Eve
jingle event. Bells were given
to all of the Dayville school
kids, and anyone wanting
them, with the instructions
to go outside on Christmas
Eve at 6 p.m. and ring their
bells for one minute. She said,
when she gave the jingle bells
to the teachers, the kids that
were around were excited.
“After a tough year, we
wanted to create a wonder-
ful activity for our families to
promote hope, togetherness,
and a little Christmas magic,”
Moore said.
Dayville School and stu-
dents stepped up this year in
participating in the various
Christmas activities, accord-
ing to Moore.
“We are especially grateful
to the students of the Dayville
School and their teachers, who
help spread Christmas cheer
with all of their wonderful tree
decorating,” Moore said.
Moore said, for the Day-
ville Christmas Decorat-
ing Contest, homes and
businesses located within eye-
sight of a city street or High-
way 26 within the city limits
and 5 miles outside of town
were automatically entered.
CHRISTMAS TREE
DECORATING
CONTEST
First: Kyle and Tiffany Hand
and family
Second: Sydney and Bran-
don Thompson and family
Third: Cindy and Skip
Inscore
Fourth: Tiffnie Schmadeka
and family
Fifth: Justin and Emma-
leigh Larson and family
Sixth: Lori and Brian Smith
Local businesses in Dayville
donated prizes for the winners.
For the seven-year-old
Adopt-a-Christmas-Tree
event, trees were placed on the
13 lamp posts lining Frank-
lin Avenue. Individuals, fam-
ilies, students and businesses
adopted a tree and then deco-
rated it.
Dayville School students
made ornaments to decorate
the city Christmas tree, an
event that has taken place for
the past seven years. Moore
said this year, the city used
a small spruce tree located
in the city park. Students in
grades kindergarten through
fifth grade decorated the tree
while listening to Christmas
music and then enjoyed good-
ies afterwards, according to
Moore.
A very small group of resi-
dents during the evening gath-
ered around the city’s Christ-
mas tree on Dec. 14. Moore
said they enjoyed seeing the
tree lit for the very first time
along with cookies and hot
chocolate.
“It’s fun to celebrate the
beauty of the Christmas sea-
son with our community fam-
ily,” Moore said. “We are
very fortunate to have great
people in our community
who are willing to put forth
the time and effort to make
Dayville looks festive for the
holidays.”
“I would just like to express
my appreciation for everyone
stepping up and really going
above and beyond this year
to help us have the Christmas
spirits here,” Moore said.
The clay pigeon shoot fundraiser sched-
uled on Jan. 16 in Monument for the Law-
rence family has been canceled due to the
recent COVID-19 outbreaks.
The event will be rescheduled for a later
date.
The fundraiser was planned to help Lon-
nie Lawrence and her son Rodger after their
home burned down on Christmas Day in
Monument. People can still donate to the
family through other fundraising efforts
held by different people in the county.
People can go to https://gofund.
me/90779eea to donate money to the Law-
rence family.
A donation account has also been set
up at the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Call
Jennie Mund at 541-934-2076 for more
information.
Eagle file photo
Lonnie Lawrence
OBITUARIES
Michael ‘Mick’ LeRoy Jenison
Ralph Peter Metcalf
July 13, 1943 – Dec. 23, 2020
Michael “Mick” LeRoy Jenison, born in Belmond, lowa, on
July 13, 1943, passed away on Dec. 23, 2020. Mick was raised
and graduated from Dayville. He joined the Army right after grad-
uation, returned to Dayville in 1964. Mick married Cheryl Mac
Arthur on Aug. 13, 1966, in Winnemucca, Nevada. They raised
two sons, Michael S. and Kevin T. Jenison. He worked mainly for
ODOT on the extra gang, then became assistant foreman in Spray,
retired on March 1, 1998, as the foreman for ODOT in Spray. He
loved his family and was very proud of them. His hobbies were
fishing and hunting with his family and friends.
Mick is survived by his wife, Cheryl; sons and daughters-in-
law, Michael and LeeAnn Jenison, Monument, Kevin and Sherri
Jenison, Redmond; brother Darin Jenison, John Day; sister Jeri
Grover, Flordia; granddaughter and husband Kaela and Miles
Steele; two great-grandsons Wyatt and Wade Steele from Red-
mond; sister-in-law Gwen and husband Rick Valade and fam-
ily; mother-in-law Bette Mac Arthur, Dayville; along with many
many family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Virginia Jenison;
father, Delbert “Ole” Jenison; sister Kaye Petersen; father-in-law
Keith Mac Arthur; brother-in-law Colin Mac Arthur; and niece
Linda Petersen.
March 22, 1939 – Jan. 3, 2021
Ralph Peter Metcalf, age 81, a longtime resident of Day-
ville, Oregon, passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 3, 2021.
A celebration of life will be held on Jan. 9, 2021, at 12 noon
in the Dayville Community Hall.
Ralph was born on March 22, 1939,
in Portland, Oregon, to Ralph Merton
Metcalf and Virginia Bell Dhooghe Met-
calf. He was a longtime log truck driver
and mechanic and retired from Metcalf
Logging in 2015.
Ralph married Merle Jane Green
Metcalf on Oct. 18, 1960, in Reno,
Nevada. Ralph and Merle had four chil-
dren, three sons and one daughter.
Ralph was an avid supporter of local
youth sports, rock collecting and reader. He was known for
his sense of humor, always giving everyone a hard time with
his wit, followed by his great smile. He was a loving husband,
father and grandfather who will be dearly missed.
Ralph was proceeded in death by his parents, Ralph and Vir-
ginia, and his sister, Joan Simmons.
He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Merle Metcalf
of Dayville, Oregon; his brother Raymond (Ralene) Metcalf of
Loomis, California; his sons Fritz (Kathy) Metcalf of Cotton-
wood, California, Adam (Shelley) Metcalf of Anderson, Cali-
fornia, and Lee (Dana) Metcalf of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; and
daughter Patti (Randy) Kimball of Dayville, Oregon; as well as
11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Dayville Com-
munity Church through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Can-
yon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. To offer online condolences
to Ralph’s family, visit driskillmemorialchapel.com.
James ‘JP’ Paul Garinger
Dec. 3, 1961 – Jan. 2, 2021
James “JP” Paul Garinger, age 59, of Long Creek passed
away peacefully at his residence with his loved ones by his side.
No services are planned at this time. Arrangements have been
entrusted to Driskill Memorial Chapel. To offer an online condo-
lence to JP’s family, visit driskillmemorialchapel.com.
Ron Bright
On Tuesday, Dec. 29, heaven gained another soul. Ron Bright
passed away in Boise, Idaho. He was 72.
Survivors include his wife, Carol; daughters Ronda (Justin)
Huff, Tanya (Steve) Balyeat and Cassie Bright; sisters MaryAnn
Walker and Linda (Clyde) Kight; and brother Ray Burn. He was
proceeded in death by his parents, Chester and Ruby Bright, and
sister Gayron.
He served in the Army from 1966-1969. Ron and Carol met
and married in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1969.
Ron was a mechanic by trade, but could fix anything. He took
great pride in bringing machinery back to life. He had many
friends he loved to chat with. He will be greatly missed.
No services are planned.
Clara Lemley
Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Clara Lemley’s memo-
rial service has been postponed until spring of 2021.
Anna Elaine Dalgliesh
Milan Uppendahl
Aug. 9, 1934 – Jan. 4, 2021
Milan Uppendahl, 86, of Prineville was a very godly man. He
was born Aug. 9, 1934, and passed away
Jan. 4, 2021.
Milan was in the military as a para-
trooper and then was a policeman for a
while. He married Donna Turman in 1956
and had three children. He then was a
farmer in Dallas, Oregon, until he moved
the family to a ranch outside of Dayville.
He was a very hard worker all his life,
and he absolutely loved going to auctions.
He and Donna moved to a small farm out-
side of Prineville in 1980 where he spent the rest of his life.
Milan was one of four brothers. He was third in line. He was
preceded in death by his oldest brother, Martin, and a few years
later, his brother Delmer. His younger brother, Gail, lives in Texas.
In 2010, he lost his wife after a seven-year battle with cancer.
Since then his eyes have been to heaven. He missed her so badly
that all he wanted to do since then was go to be with her.
Anna Elaine Dalgliesh, 89, of Baker City, Oregon, passed
away on Dec. 30, 2020. Should friends and family desire, memo-
rial contributions may be made to Best Friends of Baker through
Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel at 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker
City, OR 97814. To leave an online condolence for the family,
visit grayswestco.com.
Robert (Bob) Clyde Stewart
Paid for by the family of Bob Stewart
American Legian Auxiliary to meet Jan. 15
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Ellis Tracey Unit of
the American Legion Auxil-
iary will meet at 2 p.m. Fri-
day, Jan. 15, at the Grant
County Chamber of Com-
merce office in John Day.
All members are urged to
attend.
March 26, 1939–December 13, 2020
Bob went home to be with his parents on December 13, 2020. Bob was the second of four sons born to Mabel Thwaite Stewart Holt and Donald Lee
Stewart on March 26, 1939 in Forest Grove, Oregon. They moved to Redmond, Oregon in his early years where he and his brothers grew up, hunting
and fishing. Bob loved working on mechanical things and his first car was an old Model T. He was pressed into service working on his fathers log truck.
Bob attended and graduated from Redmond High School. He joined the Marine Corps serving one tour, working on and operating heavy equipment. He
lived by the motto “Once a Marine always a Marine”. Returning back to Oregon after being in the service Bob moved to John Day where he met another
fellow Marine and life long friend Dave Traylor. Bob worked for Edward Hines in John Day and Seneca. He always loved the Bear Valley area and eventually
bought his patch of heaven up there. Bob left Grant County for a couple of years after the mill closed and worked in Othello, WA where he met his friend
and cousin Jerry. He moved to Portland briefly in the 80’s and worked at Ken R Humke, a parts supplier. Bob was always traveling back to his love Grant
County, usually during 62 Days as Bob was a member of the Whiskey Gulch Gang. He was a black powder shooter, and loved to just shoot anything. No
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doubt those skills were honed in the high desert of Deschutes County when he and his brothers would hunt Jack rabbits and deer, and in the Marine Corps,
as everyone’s primary job was infantry. Being an avid tinkerer Bob worked on motorcycles, cars, trucks and anything mechanical. One of Bob’s final jobs
was working at Napa in John Day, where you would always meet a happy face and a good razing. His last project was restoring a vintage Orient car for
the Grant Canyon City Historical Museum. Bob loved looking at maps, he had two projects he was always looking at the routes of TheDalles-Canyon City
Military Road and the Y-reka trail both which came into Grant County. Bob is survived by his three brothers and sister-in-laws:Tom (Jan), Lowell (Stevie)
and Craig (Martha) and by many nephews, nieces, cousins and friends.
He will be remembered as a loved uncle, cousin, brother and friend.
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