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MyEagleNews.com
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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The Eagle/Rudy Diaz
Deputy Savannah Wyllie is excited to serve her community
and serve the people of Grant County.
Deputy Savannah
Wyllie graduates
from the academy
New sheriff ’s offi ce
employee excited to
work in county
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant County Deputy
Savannah Wyllie gradu-
ated from the police acad-
emy and looks forward to
serving the residents in
Grant County.
Wyllie said she enjoyed
her time in the academy
and learned a great amount
on community policing.
She said, at the acad-
emy, they learned about
how to communicate with
people in tense moments
and how to de-escalate
any situation prior to ini-
tial action.
There were several
highlights at the academy
for Wyllie, such as the vari-
ety and amount of classes
she participated in and how
they taught the offi cers how
to speak to people. There
was more than one correct
way to talk to a person when
making a contact on duty,
she said.
“We had so many dif-
ferent classes and so many
things to learn,” Wyllie said.
“There was a diff erent thing
to learn each day, and every
day was a new day.”
She learned about the
importance of maintaining
a good attitude every day,
even when it’s a tough day.
She said she tries to look for
the positivity in everything
since everybody has a dif-
ferent background that she
works with.
“Your mindset changes
once you go through the
academy,” Wyllie said.
“Once you start this job,
you’re a whole new person.”
Wyllie said she is excited
to work for the county.
“For me, I deal with the
Eagle fi le photo
Children on the prowl for colored eggs at the Seventh Street Complex in John Day during the 2019 Easter egg hunt.
“I DEAL WITH THE
SAME PEOPLE
EVERYDAY, BUT
IT’S EASY TO
WORK WITH
THEM BECAUSE
EVERYBODY KNOWS
EVERYONE, AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE IN
OUR COMMUNITY
REACH OUT TO
EACH OTHER. IT’S
NOT JUST THE
POLICE DOING
COMMUNITY
POLICING;
EVERYONE IS
HELPING IN OUR
COMMUNITY.”
Mt. Vernon fi re department hosting Easter egg hunt Sunday
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Mt. Vernon Volunteer Fire
Department will hold its annual Eas-
ter egg hunt Sunday at 10 a.m. at
Clyde Holliday State Park.
According to a fi re department
fl yer, face masks will be required for
anyone 5 and up. The fi re department
stated, while it would be diffi cult
to keep within the social distancing
guidelines, they expect participants to
make an eff ort.
The department asks any-
one feeling ill to stay home. Those
with questions can call city hall at
541-932-4688.
While the John Day Elks Lodge
will not hold their usual Easter egg
hunt at the Seventh Street Complex,
they invite those in the community to
drop by Sunday between 11 a.m. and
1 p.m to pick up an Easter basket full
of goodies at 140 NE Dayton St. The
John Day Fire Department will not be
hosting its usual activities this year.
County, cities receiving
stimulus funding
—Savannah Wyllie, Grant
County Sheriff ’s Offi ce deputy
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
same people everyday, but
it’s easy to work with them
because everybody knows
everyone, and a lot of peo-
ple in our community reach
out to each other,” Wyllie
said. “It’s not just the police
doing community policing;
everyone is helping in our
community. I’m excited to
work for the people of Grant
County.”
Wyllie moved to Grant
County in 2017, and said she
enjoys the ability to go hunt-
ing, fi shing, hiking and more
within one county.
Wyllie said, while there
is a lot going on in the world
regarding diff erent commu-
nities and law enforcement,
she said the police in Grant
County care about the peo-
ple in the community and
want to help out.
“I’m trying every sin-
gle day to look out for peo-
ple that I don’t even know,
and I do care about even the
strangers that I meet every-
day,” Wyllie said.
The American Rescue
Plan, signed by President Joe
Biden earlier this month, is
pumping $360 billion into
state and local governments
to lessen the economic fall-
out of the pandemic’s impact.
The League of Oregon
Cities released a list of how
much cities in the county
will receive.
Grant
County:
$1.4
million
John Day: $340,810
Canyon City:$135,753
Mt. Vernon: $104,363
Prairie City $178,558
Monument $25,479
Dayville: $$29,760
Seneca: $46,678
Long Creek: $38,728
The LOC said the funds
would be direct payments
to cities with a popula-
tion greater than 50,000 and
counties and the state. For
those cities not receiving
immediate payment, states
have 60 days to distribute
half of the money by the end
of March or early April.
The league noted that cit-
ies and counties can expect
more guidelines from the
U.S. Treasury Department.
State Sen. Lynn Find-
ley said cities could not use
the money to reduce taxes
by legislation, regulation or
administration during Thurs-
day’s virtual town hall. He
also noted that cities and coun-
ties could not deposit money
into pension funds.
County Commissioner Jim
Hamsher said he would like to
wait for additional Treasury
guidelines before commenting
on how he thinks the money
should be spent.
“You’ve got to sit down
and look at the guidelines and
then sit down with your coun-
cil or court to see what’s going
to be the most benefi t to the
county and the city as a whole,
where it’s going to have the
most use,” Hamsher said.
Contributed
photo
Babette Larson
Young Miles
Larson enjoys
the Dayville
Easter egg
hunt in 2019 at
the city park.
DMV to reopen in Eastern
Oregon counties in May
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
Department of Motor
Vehicles offi ces in East-
ern Oregon counties plan to
reopen in May.
Amy Joyce, the DMV
administrator, said Friday
during a conference call
with the Association of Ore-
gon Counties that the DMV
is reducing the number of
appointment slots in most of
its Eastern Oregon offi ces to
expand to a “stand-by” model.
Joyce said the appointment
system with the DMV would
never completely go away.
She said people who come
in for appointments appreci-
ate the consistency that comes
with having a scheduled time.
She said the DMV’s future
is a hybrid system, where they
will keep appointments for
some and have a “walk-up”
capacity for people who do
not want to make an appoint-
ment or do not have access to
the internet.
Joyce said that renewal of
driver licenses, permits and
identifi cation cards would be
allowed online beginning in
early May.
Joyce said the DMV
expects the new feature to be
available on DMV2U.Ore-
gon.Gov in early May.
While some DMV services
have previously been avail-
able online, most have been
moved to appointment-only
sessions at local DMV loca-
tions during the pandemic.
Timely appointments can be
challenging to come by due to
the reduced capacity at DMV
offi ces.
Joyce said customers had
been telling the DMV they
like both appointments and
the ability to drop in.
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