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Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Crow project objection period open
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Emigrant Creek Ranger Dis-
trict has announced the 30-day objec-
tion period for the Crow Hazardous
Fuel Reduction Project Environmental
Assessment.
The project area is Emigrant Creek
watershed, Crowsfoot Creek-Emigrant
Creek, Whiskey Creek-Emigrant Creek
and Bear Canyon Creek subwatersheds,
within Harney County. The project is
identifi ed in the Harney County Commu-
nity Wildfi re Protection Plan as a Wild-
land Urban Interface. The objectives are
to (1) reduce hazardous fuel loadings
to alter fi re behavior and move the area
towards conditions that will allow fi re
to play a more frequent and natural role
on the landscape while exhibiting his-
torical fi re eff ects from burning at low
to moderate intensities during planned
and unplanned ignitions, and (2) salvage
harvest recently killed trees that are sur-
plus to other resource needs in order to
reduce hazardous fuels and capture the
economic value of those dead trees.
Alternative 3 has been identifi ed as
the Preferred Alternative. Alternative 3
would reduce hazardous fuels on up to
28,000 acres of forested stands in the
project area with the use of commercial
and non-commercial treatment activities.
Prescribed fi re would also be utilized
on up to 31,060 acres to remove excess
fuel accumulations and reduce the risk
of large stand-replacement fi res. Forest
road activities are proposed as connected
actions and include road maintenance
and use, temporary road construction,
and confi rmation of previous adminis-
tratively closed roads.
This proposed hazardous fuels reduc-
tion project is subject to the objection
OBITUARIES
Derwin ‘Dude’ Arnold May
process pursuant to 36 CFR 218, subpart
A and C.
Objections, including attachments,
may be fi led with the Reviewing Offi -
cer (Malheur National Forest, Forest
Supervisor, Craig Trulock), Attn: 1570
Appeals and Objections, by regular mail
at P.O. Box 909, John Day, OR 97845, by
fax to 541-575-3001, or by hand-deliv-
ery, to Malheur National Forest Supervi-
sor’s Offi ce, 431 Patterson Bridge Road,
John Day.
Electronic objections, in acceptable
formats, may be submitted electronically
to objections-pnw-malheur@usda.gov
with Subject: OBJECTION: Crow Haz-
ardous Fuels Reduction Project.
For further information contact
Joshua Giles, the responsible offi cial,
at the Emigrant Creek Ranger District
Offi ce, 265 Highway 20 South, Hines, or
at 541-573-4300.
Feb. 29, 1944 – March 21, 2021
Derwin “Dude” Arnold May, age 77, of Seneca, Oregon, for-
merly of Canby, Oregon, passed away Sunday, March 21, 2021,
at Blue Mountain Hospital in John Day,
Oregon. The family will spread his ashes
along with his dog Fred at his favorite
hunting grounds and at the Oregon Coast
in the summer of 2021.
Dude was born in Tillamook, Oregon,
on Feb. 29, 1944, to Arnold and Beulah
(Aspinwall) May. He graduated from
Nestucca High School in Tillamook,
Oregon, and served in the Army for four
years. He married Regina (Cantrell) May
in Reno, Nevada, on May 14, 1993. Dude
worked as an electrician and a mechanic for 22 years for Canby
Utility in Canby, Oregon, retiring in 2005.
He enjoyed hunting, fi shing, bowling and softball. He spent
approximately 30 years coaching fast pitch softball. He was a
high school coach for the Canby Tornados, Molalla Indians and
the Canby Cougars. Dude also played a bit of slow pitch softball
in his early years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Arnold and Beulah
May, and one sister.
Dude is survived by his loving wife, Gina May, of Seneca,
Oregon; brother, Stan May, of Cloverdale, Oregon; sister, Elea-
nor Shenk, of Spokane, Washington; stepson, Matthew Kun-
zman, of Welches, Oregon; and stepdaughter, Zena Peik, of St.
Charles, Illinois.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Children’s Heart
Foundation/American Heart Association or the Alzheimer’s
Association through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon
Blvd., John Day, OR 97845.
To leave an online condolence for the family, visit driskillme-
morialchapel.com.
Hire awarded OTEC trade school scholarship
Blue Mountain Eagle
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative
awarded fi ve local students scholarships
to attend either a trade school or line-
man school.
Katie Hire of John Day, Jacob
Swindlehurst of Burns and Riley
Youngblood of North Powder were each
awarded a $2,500 OTEC scholarship to
attend trade school.
Aidan Patton of Imbler and Nolan
Scheen of Burns were recently each
awarded a $5,000 OTEC scholarship to
pursue a career as a lineman.
“We are pleased to award these schol-
arships to help support these students as
they pursue their career paths and gain
the valuable skills needed for in-demand
jobs in the trades or in the electric util-
ity industry,” said Joe Hathaway, com-
munications manager at OTEC. “Mem-
ber-owned cooperatives like OTEC are,
Katie Hire
by their very nature, community part-
ners and we have always been proud to
support the educational goals of local
students and give back to the communi-
ties in our service territory.”
Scholarship winners are selected
from a pool of candidates from OTEC’s
service territory in Baker, Grant, Har-
ney and Union counties. Scholarship
funds come from unclaimed capital
credits.
“We encourage all OTEC members,
regardless of age, who want to pursue a
trade or attend lineman school to apply
for our scholarships,” said Hathaway.
“Lineman schools and trade schools
provide excellent opportunities for
those who don’t want to pursue college,
but want to learn marketable skills,
work in an interesting living-wage job
and carry little or no student debt.”
Applications for both trade and line-
man school scholarships are open year-
round: otec.coop/scholarships.
OTEC’s 2021 academic scholar-
ship recipients will be announced this
spring.
Arlita Anja Arnett
March 19, 1940 – March 19, 2021
Arlita A. Arnett, age 81, of Mt. Vernon, Oregon, passed away
March 19, 2021, at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, Oregon,
with her family by her side. A private family celebration of life
will be held at a later date.
Arlita was born on March 19, 1940, in
Mt. Vernon, Oregon, to Herman and Jose-
phine (DeSouza) Smith. She graduated
from Mt. Vernon high school in 1958. She
married Jerry Arnett at St. Elizabeth Cath-
olic Church in John Day, Oregon, on June
11, 1960. Together they had four children:
Marlene, Kevin, Joanna and Mark.
Arlita enjoyed gardening, puzzles,
baking and crocheting. She mostly loved
spending time with her family, family
gatherings and time spent with her grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Arnett; her
parents, Herman and Josephine Smith; and one brother, Gary
Smith.
Survivors include her daughter Marlene (Joe) of Mt. Ver-
non, Oregon; daughter Joanna (Pete) Majors of Mt. Vernon, Ore-
gon; son Kevin Arnett of Mt. Vernon, Oregon; son Mark (Cola)
Arnett of Puyallup, Washington; six grandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions can be made to Hope 4 Paws through
Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR
97845.
To off er an online condolence to the family, visit driskillme-
morialchapel.com.
New Oregon FBI head says focus is on violence, not ideology
By Garrett Andrews
EO Media Group
The FBI’s new special agent
in charge for Oregon stressed
the bureau will continue target-
ing violent extremists, whether
they’re white supremacists or
antifa.
Kieran Ramsey said his
agency will keep its focus on
“the crime and not the ide-
ology” in a press conference
March 10. It’s a phrase also
favored by his predecessor,
Renn Cannon, whom Ramsey
replaced in January.
“It doesn’t matter about the
ideology in the end,” Ramsey
said. “Our concern is those spe-
cifi c threats of violent criminal
activity.”
Ramsey was introducing
himself to
media mem-
bers
from
rural Oregon.
He met
with Port-
land-area
journalists
Kieran
and called
Ramsey
gun violence
in the state’s largest metropol-
itan area a public health crisis.
Questions on March 10
concerned
black-market
marijuana, sex traffi cking
and cow mutilations, though
extremism was the most
popular topic. Ramsey said
the bureau doesn’t prioritize
among the various forms of
violent extremist, from anar-
chists and militia members
to racially or ethnically moti-
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vated white supremacists.
“All forms are prevalent
in Oregon, unfortunately,” he
said.
As to whether the FBI is
eying U.S. Capitol riot sus-
pects in Central Oregon, Ram-
sey cited a recent statement by
FBI Director Christopher Wray
that 55 of the FBI’s 56 fi eld
offi ces were currently involved
in investigations related to the
insurrection.
“I’ll leave it to you to
assume whether that’s here in
Oregon or not,” he said. “The
fact is our eff orts are focused
on identifying and disrupt-
ing any potential domestic
extremists.”
In light of property dam-
age associated with protests,
Ramsey said the FBI works to
distinguish lawful protesters
from disruptors who would
damage property and injure
police.
“What we saw through
the summer, through the fall,
even as recently as this past
January with the insurrection,
is there are actors out there
who are committed to vio-
lent activity, no matter what
the banner is above them and
no matter who is in the seat of
government,” Ramsey said.
“They are intent on burning,
rioting and destruction.”
Ramsey will work out of
the FBI’s Portland Field Offi ce
overseeing satellites in Bend,
Eugene, Medford, Pendleton
and Salem. A major function of
the FBI in Oregon is in coordi-
nating the responses of federal
and local law enforcement. In
addition, FBI agents in Oregon
commonly conduct investiga-
tions into terrorist threats, hate
crimes, organized crime and
child pornography.
Ramsey’s most recent
assignment was overseeing
the FBI’s Hostage Recovery
Fusion Cell, an interagency
group focused on recovering
American hostages held over-
seas. In that role he reported to
both the FBI director and the
national security adviser to the
president.
Ramsey said reports of high
turnover at the bureau in the
Trump era do not match his
experience.
“I had a front seat in terms
of dealing with executives
at the highest level, and I can
tell you, in the FBI, we keep
our heads down, we keep
going. We’re mission-fo-
cused and mission-driven,”
he said.
Forest hosting Passport in
Time project this summer
Blue Mountain Eagle
Applications are due April
19 for a Passport in Time proj-
ect on the Malheur National
Forest planned from June 28 to
July 2.
This is the fi nal season of
a multi-year project to learn
more about the lives of Chi-
nese miners as part of the Ore-
gon Chinese Diaspora Project.
Field surveys in known placer
mining areas will be conducted
looking for evidence of camps.
A metal detector survey
and limited test excavation at
likely camp locations are also
planned.
COVID-19
protocols
will be followed, includ-
ing wearing masks and social
distancing.
For more information, con-
tact Katee Withee at katee.
withee@usda.gov or Don
Hann at donald.hann@usda.
gov. Apply at passportin-
time.com/or-chinese-diaspo-
ra--malheur-mines-2021.html.
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