FAMILY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Longhorn steer fi nds new home in front
of Grant County Chamber of Commerce
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
A steer found a new rest-
ing place at the Grant County
Chamber of Commerce offi ce.
Chamber members Bruce
and Kimberly Ward, Jerry
Franklin, Tammy Bremner
and Sherrie Rininger, along
with Carroll Walton from
Tidewater, all worked together
on April 10 to install the cast
aluminum replica steer in
front of the chamber where a
pond used to be.
“I want to recognize Wal-
ton from Tidewater who took
part of his Saturday to bring
the cement mix truck and
make a special batch used
to fi ll the pond and make a
framework that the steer is
fastened to.”
Bruce Ward said the con-
cept of the project is to make
people aware of the import-
ant pieces that made Grant
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A steer statue stands where the pond used to be in front of the
Grant County Chamber offi ce.
County in the beginning
which was logging, mining
and ranching.
He said before the city of
John Day bought the Oregon
Pine, Ward approached the
D.R. Johnson Lumber Com-
pany to do some clean up. He
also asked them if the cham-
ber could put up a display on
the property that highlighted
ranching, logging and mining.
He said, when the city
purchased the property, he
approached them about the
same concept, but it did not go
anywhere so the next idea was
to incorporate the display idea
at the chamber.
“We bought the steer fi ve
OBITUARIES
Brandi Lee ‘Bump’ Anderton
March 31, 1972 – April 12, 2021
Brandi Lee “Bump” Anderton, age 49, of Prairie City,
Oregon, passed away at her residence. A graveside service
was held on April 19, 2021, at the Prairie City Cemetery in
Prairie City, Oregon.
Brandi was born in Ontario, Ore-
gon, on March 31, 1972, to Wayne
and Rhonda Bernard. She grew up in
Vale, Oregon. During school, Brandi
was involved in many clubs and sports
activities. She was one hell of an ath-
lete. Her favorite sport was volleyball,
and she was the fi rst female to make
the Vale varsity baseball team. She was
involved in 4-H and rodeo and was on
several rodeo courts, and was even a
queen.
After graduating from Vale High School, Brandi moved
to Boise, Idaho, and attended Boise State University. She
worked for the airlines, where she met her best friend and
husband, Kyle. They were married in 2006; two years later,
they welcomed their twins, Alexis and Colby. She attended all
their sporting events and anything that involved her kids. She
was the best mom to her babies and would do anything for her
family and friends. Brandi was loving, caring and would give
you the shirt off her back if it meant helping someone else.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Lloyd
and Hallie Urquhart, Louise and Willis Claypool and Arthur
Bernard.
Survivors include her husband, Kyle Anderton; twin chil-
dren, Alexis and Colby Anderton; stepchildren, Taylor (San-
dra), Katelyn and Nick Anderton; parents, Wayne and Rhonda
Bernard; brother, Eric Bernard; sisters, Tani Bates and Teri
(Walt) Jordon; nieces and nephew, Emily, Megan and Samual
Bernard; as well as many cousins and friends.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Prairie City
School District Athletic Department through Driskill Memo-
rial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845.
years ago from the Oxbow,
and it’s been sitting there until
last week,” Ward said. “We
thought, ‘Well, maybe we
can make a miniature display
right here at the Chamber of
Commerce.’”
Ward said the hope is to
install an ore cart on a set of
tracks to represent mining and
possibly having a cast of a tim-
ber feller or something timber
related to represent logging.
The chamber is also plan-
ning to have a steer naming
contest for the community
to give a name to the sturdy
statue in front of the chamber
offi ce.
“Some people have already
commented that it may or may
not exactly represent the cat-
tle industry although there
are longhorn steers scattered
around the county, but it’s the
concept of timber, mining and
ranching that it completes,”
Ward said.
Thirty-nine free TV channels available for Grant County
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant County residents
can now enjoy free broadcast
TV provided by a nonprofi t
organization.
Locast, a nonprofi t orga-
nization providing free, local
broadcasts, extended their
growing streaming service to
Oregon.
“Locast is excited to bring
its streaming TV service into
John Day and the entire Grant
County,” said a Locast spokes-
person. “It’s our 31st market.
Oregon is a diverse state and
staying up on local TV news
and weather is important to the
people living across the more
than two dozen counties sur-
rounding Portland.”
Portland and the greater
metro area can watch all of
their local TV stations via the
internet on their phones, tab-
lets, laptops or streaming
devices according to a press
release from Locast.
While the channels are
broadcasted from Portland, 27
counties outside of the city,
including Grant County, have
access to the free off ering.
People looking to cut their
cable cord and cancel their TV
subscriptions will have access
to channels such as ABC,
CBS, NBC, Fox, The CW,
Telemundo, Univision, Azteca
America, CourtTv and more.
“Locast is a nonprofi t pro-
viding a public service,”
The most valuable and
respected source of local news,
advertising and information for
our communities.
www.eomediagroup.com
Gerald Walli Slind
November 1, 1936 ~ April 12, 2021
Gerald Walli Slind died April 12, 2021,
of a combination of respiratory and
cardio-vascular issues. Gerald was born
November 1, 1936, near La Crosse,
Washington. He was the second of five
children born to Gilbert and Magna
(Walli) Slind, which included three oth-
er sons, Oris, Alan, and Marvin, and a daughter, Irene Ann.
states a Locast spokesperson.
“There are many who can-
not receive an off -air signal
using an antenna or who can-
not aff ord cable or satellite to
watch their local TV channels.
Locast gives everyone with
Internet access a path to watch
all of their local TV channels
using their phones, tablets,
computers or streaming media
devices.”
A user will have to set up
a free account with Locast
that requires only an email
to gain access to the content.
No credit or debit card infor-
mation is needed to start an
account. While not necessary,
users can donate money to the
organization to help fund the
services.
People can either donate $5,
$10 or $25 a month or $60 or
$100 a year plus a 50 cent pro-
cessing fee.
“Locast off ers its service for
free,” said a Locast spokesper-
son. “Because we are a non-
profi t, we ask for donations,
much like public broadcast-
ing channels. For a $5 monthly
donation, we will suspend the
donation request interruptions
that run periodically across the
channels. Most of our 2.5 mil-
lion registered users are con-
tent watching for free, but for
those willing to help donate to
our operations and expansion
eff orts, they can enjoy uninter-
rupted service.”
For more information, visit
locast.org.
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After graduation, he enlisted in the US Air Force. His assignments in-
cluded duty in Greenland, Newfoundland, and at McChord Air Force Base
near Tacoma, WA. After his military service, he briefly attended Skagit
Valley College before he began farming near Burlington. He married Shir-
ley (Osborne) Miller in 1962, and a daughter, Jada Marie, was born in
1964. They later divorced.
There will be a memorial service May 1st at 3 o’clock MST at Nyssa
Christian Fellowship, 220 S 5th St. Nyssa, OR. Due to the Covid-19 pan-
demic, the service will also be live streamed on Facebook at the Nyssa
Christian Fellowship Facebook page.
April 4, 1933 – March 23, 2021
Suzanne Marshall, 87, of Hines, Oregon, passed away March
23, 2021.
She was born to the late Carl and Louise Knudsen, April 4,
1933, in Portland, Oregon. Suzanne grew up in Portland, where
she attended grade school and graduated from Lincoln High
School. Sue went on to earn her bachelor’s degree from Ore-
gon State University as well as her elementary education teach-
ing certifi cate. She later enjoyed substitute teaching grades 4
through 6.
Sue was an avid horse woman and rode hunter jumpers at
the Columbia Riding Academy where she met her husband, Ted
Marshall. They were close friends and school mates from mid-
dle school until they both graduated from OSU and were married
in 1955. Sue and Ted settled in Bend, Oregon, where they raised
their three children. They moved to Burns in 1978 and enjoyed
47 years of marriage before Ted passed in 2002.
Sue was an active mother and community member partici-
pating in 4-H, Campfi re Girls, Cub Scouts, PEO and other vol-
unteer organizations. She continued to follow her passion for
horseback riding, golf and playing bridge throughout her active
years.
Sue enjoyed sharing her interests with others and was always
keen to provide learning experiences to youth in her community.
Sue was immensely proud of her family and leaves behind noth-
ing but beautiful memories. Sue will be remembered as a caring
mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
She is preceded in death by her mother, father, brother and
her husband.
She is survived by: daughter Sheryl (Mike) Miller of John
Day, Oregon; daughter Sandy (Scott) Campbell of Silvies, Ore-
gon; son Ted (Angela) Marshall of Burns, Oregon; granddaugh-
ter Adrianne (Sean) Lee of Danville, California; grandson Mike
(Beth) Miller of Albany, Oregon; grandson Tygh Campbell of
Silvies, Oregon; grandson Rand (Heather) Campbell of Bend,
Oregon; and four great-grandchildren.
Charles “Buzz” Bradley Glass Jr.
November 14, 1933 – April 1, 2021
Charles “Buzz” Bradley Glass Jr., 87, of John Day, Oregon, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2021. The irony of his
passing on April Fools was not lost on his family.
Gerald worked as a welder for Skagit Steel, in Sedro Woolley, WA. Af-
ter taking classes at Mount Hood Community College, he completed his
education at Oregon State University (OSU), and began teaching indus-
trial arts in Estacada, Oregon. He later earned his Master’s Degree, and
administrative certification, from OSU. He taught in Adrian, OR, and then
taught and served as principal and eventually superintendent in school
districts in Adrian, Spray and Prairie City, OR.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Gilbert and Magna Slind, his
brother, Oris, and his sister, Irene Ann.
Suzanne Marshall
A girl, Everleigh Grace Hicks, 7
pounds, 5 ounces, 20 1/4 inches in
length was born at 9:32 p.m. Sunday,
April 11, 2021, in John Day to parents
Eddy and Jordyn Hicks of Canyon City.
She joins siblings Paige, 10, and Taylor,
9, of Prairie City. Paternal grandparents
are Dean and Barbara Hicks of Canyon
City. Maternal grandparents are Jason
and Becky Johnson of Butte Falls.
He attended grade school and began high school in La Crosse. In De-
cember of 1952, his family moved to Burlington, Washington, where he
graduated from Burlington-Edison High School in 1954.
He is survived by his wife, Adele, her daughters, Shannon (Jim) DuBois,
Melissa (Knute) Cline and their families of Washington; his daughter, Jada
Marie (Brent) Ishida, of Adrian, OR; two grandsons, Blake (Kendee) Ishida
and Mark Thomas (Madison) Ishida, both of Adrian, granddaughter Am-
ber (Eddie) Kinkade; seven great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Alan
(Helen) of Port Angeles, WA, and Marvin (Mickey) of Decorah, IA.
Yvonne M. Saunders, 85, of Seneca passed away April 10,
2021, in Meridian, Idaho. An obituary with service details will
be published at a later date.
BIRTHS
Gerald grew up in a Norwegian-American community centered around
Selbu Lutheran Church, which was only a few miles from his family’s farm
outside of La Crosse, WA. He was baptized and later confirmed in that
congregation.
After his retirement, he married Adele Rosenquist, and resided near
Edison, WA. Due to health issues, he moved in with Jada Marie and her
family near Adrian, OR.
Yvonne M. Saunders
Buzz was born November 14, 1933, in Fairfield, California, to Charles Bradley Glass Sr. and Bessie Barkley. He grew up
on the Ehmann Duck Club in Benicia, California.
With a passion for the outdoors and a penchant for mischief, Buzz spent his youth exploring the marshland. He repaired
washed-up boats before heading off for countless adventures with his dog Suzy in tow.
After graduating from Benicia High School in 1951, Buzz proudly enlisted in the United States Navy Reserve for 27
years as a heavy equipment mechanic. In time, his unwavering belief in our armed forces inspired others to serve.
Following his retirement, Buzz pursued classes at Solano Community College. He showed us time spent learning
never goes to waste.
Always up for a wacky adventure, he was never afraid to find his own way in life and taught us that life is lived now. He was an avid cross-country traveler
and attended car shows as the proud owner of a historic Model A. His free spirit was captured in the moments when he’d drive right past ‘Do Not Enter’
signs, much to the panic and amusement of his fellow travelers.
Buzz’s sparkling wit and puns kept those around him in stitches. An honest man, we could be sure most of every story was true. His passions were many,
including animals, fishing, music, bridge, cribbage, camping, gardening, and tinkering. He had the uncanny ability to find happiness in all he did. A man
of compassion and generosity, Buzz was active in his community and continued his commitments to the bird club, democrat club, and attending church
with his wife late into life. He was a pillar to his family, and the wonderous tales from his life will be cherished by many.
He was preceded in death by his former wife and mother of his children, Sharron Yvonne Abeel of Napa, California; wife and fellow adventurer, Kathey
Beck Glass of Magalia, California; parents, Charles Bradley Glass Sr. and Bessie Barkley Glass of Benicia, California; and sister, Elizabeth Drotor of Arvada,
Colorado.
Buzz is survived by his wife, Margaret Glass of California; children, Bradley (Susan) Glass of North Carolina; Curtis (Lorraine) Glass of Washington; Cynthia
Stephen) Mitchell of California and Brenda (Jay) Tarramasso of Oregon; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends.
Memorial contributions can be made to Hope for Paws or the Alzheimer’s Association through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day,
Oregon 97845.
Paid for by the family of Charles Glass.
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