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Prescribed fi res planned
GRANT UNION STUDENTS
OF THE MONTH
Blue Mountain Eagle
Seventh grade
Gracey Kenyon
Parent: Sheree Kenyon
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Prescribed fi res are
planned on the Malheur
National Forest.
Emigrant Creek Ranger
District fi re crews success-
fully completed Silvies 12,
approximately 800 acres,
according to a press release.
Crews were tentatively
planning to begin ignitions
on Silvies 7, 500 acres,
early this week. Silvies 7 is
south of Forest Road 31.
Prairie City Ranger Dis-
trict fi re crews successfully
completed 250 acres on Elk
16 C, with approximately
50 acres to complete this
week. The unit is located
east of Forest Road 16 and
Forest Road 1675 and west
of the North Fork of the
Eighth grade
Charley Knowles
Parent: Jessica Knowles
Malheur River. Crews will
tentatively begin ignitions
on Elk 16 unit QA, 100
acres, the week of May 24.
Blue Mountain Ranger
fi re crews completed igni-
tions on 1,600 acres on
Murderers Creek 6 and
will continue monitoring
through the week. The unit
is off the South Fork of
Murderers Creek and adja-
cent to John Young Mead-
ows. Crews are considering
ignitions on Galena 30, 41,
40c and Soda Bear 4a for
later in this week or early
the week of May 24.
Additional
informa-
tion is available on Inci-
Web
athttps://inciweb.
nwcg.gov/incident/7426.
For more information, call
541-575-3000.
Grant County Senior Citizens
Advisory Council to meet
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant County Senior
Citizens Advisory Council
will meet at 11 a.m. Wednes-
day, June 2, at the Prairie City
Senior Center, 204 McHaley
Ave., Prairie City.
The purpose of the
semi-annual meeting is to
introduce new members of
the council appointed by the
Grant County Court, and
entertain new business pro-
posed by council members.
Board training will be pro-
vided. There will be informa-
tion sharing on senior pro-
gram funding for 2022.
The public is welcome.
OTEC holds annual meeting
Blue Mountain Eagle
Oregon Trail Electric
Cooperative held its vir-
tual annual meeting May
15 at OTEC’s Baker City
Headquarters.
Board President Charlene
Chase and CEO Les Penning
provided reports on the status
of the cooperative, then turned
it over to OTEC’s attorney Ron
Williams, who announced the
election results of three Board
of Directors positions.
For Position 4, Union
County, G. Austin Bingaman
received 2,569 votes, and
Charles Gillis received 806
votes.
For Position 5, Baker
County, Wayne Overton
received 3,120 votes.
For Position 6, Grant
County, Gary Miller received
3,021 votes.
OTEC member-owners can
watch a recording of the meet-
ing livestream on otec.coop/
annual-meeting-board-elec-
tions. Member-owners can
also view OTEC’s 2020
Annual Report on the same
page.
OBITUARIES
Robert Douglas Blakeslee
Contributed photo/Tony Randall
Ninth grade
Landon Boyd
Parent: Jonathan Boyd
Fire burns along the ground in the Soda Bear prescribed
fi re area in 2019.
10th grade
Majik Leigh Myers
Parent: Gina Leigh
Watershed council
receives grant
Blue Mountain Eagle
12th grade
Mason Kidd
Parents: Danny and
Jasmine Kidd Sr.
Prairie City kindergarten
registration set for May 26
Blue Mountain Eagle
Kindergarten registration
for Prairie City School will
take place at 3 p.m. Wednes-
day, May 26, at the baseball
fi eld on the south side of the
school.
A child must be 5 years old
by Sept. 1 to join the kinder-
garten class for the 2021-2022
school year.
Parents should bring their
child’s immunization record
and a copy of their birth
certifi cate.
Registration
packets
will also be available in the
school’s offi ce and can be
mailed.
For more information, con-
tact Becky Sharp at 541-820-
3314 or sharpb@grantesd.
k12.or.us.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE
EOU announces winter term dean’s list
Blue Mountain Eagle
Eastern Oregon Univer-
sity named 629 students to
the dean’s list for the 2021
winter term. Qualifying
students achieve and main-
tain a grade point average
of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0
scale while completing a
minimum of 12 hours of
graded EOU coursework.
Local students named
to the dean’s list include
Heather Mosley, Canyon
City; Avery Lenz, John
Day; James Hercher, Long
Creek; Rachel Henry,
Teela Kilby and Andrew
Lusco, Mt. Vernon; and
Brianna Zweygardt, Prai-
rie City.
Patricia ‘Patty’ Moore
A graveside service for
Patricia “Patty” Moore will be
held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May
22, at Canyon City Cemetery.
A potluck reception will fol-
low at Clyde Holliday Park.
For those who would like to
make a memorial donation in
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December 14, 2020
Patricia “Patty” Moore, of
John Day, slid the last drink
to the other end of the bar
on December 14, 2020 at St.
Charles Regional Medical
Center in Bend, Oregon.   A  Graveside Ser-
vice will be held on Saturday May 22, 2021
- 2:00 p,m, at Canyon City Cemetery in John
Day.  A  potluck reception will follow at the
Holiday Park.
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eye; he was well known for
his sense of humor. He was
an active member of his com-
munity, serving on the school
board and as a member of the
Elks Club for over 20 years,
as well as the chairman of the
Monument Senior Center.
Bob is survived by his wife
of 63 years, Linda; his chil-
dren, Charles Blakeslee, Deb-
orah (John) Cole and Law-
rence (Bonnie) Blakeslee;
and his sister Suzanne (Jim)
Girdler; four grandchildren;
and fi ve great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death
by his mother and father and
his grandson, Seth Logan
Blakeslee.
A small private family ser-
vice will be held at a later date.
memory of Patty, the family
suggests Hope 4 Paws through
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & Cremation Services,
P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR
97834. Online condolences
may be shared at tamispine-
valleyfuneralhome.com.
The family of
Thelma Kite would like
to thank her friends and
relatives that came to her service,
sent cards, food and flowers.
A special thanks to:
Cinnabar Adult Foster Care, Home
Health & Hospice for taking
such good care of her. Also,
Pastor Altnow for the
wonderful service.
Walt Gentis
& Family
Patricia Moore
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Contributed photo
Robert Douglas Blakeslee
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11th grade
Katelyn Hughes
Parent: Nathan Hughes
The Oregon Water-
shed Enhancement Board
awarded funding to the
South Fork John Day Water-
shed Council for Stakeholder
Engagement at their March
9-10 board meeting.
The award was one of 85
grants totaling $10,095,681
provided to local organiza-
tions statewide to support fi sh
and wildlife habitat and water
quality projects.
The South Fork John Day
Watershed Council received
funding to work with private
landowners on restoration
eff orts in conjunction with the
recently awarded South Fork
John Day Regional Conser-
vation Partnership Program
through the Natural Resource
Conservation Service.
Projects that can be
funded through the South
Fork John Day RCPP need
to be located within the South
Fork John Day Watershed
priority areas and practices
include Juniper removal,
cross fencing, upland water
developments and forest
health treatments.
The council is also look-
ing for input from landown-
ers regarding projects they
need to improve their agricul-
tural operations.
If any landowners are
interested in signing up, have
questions or would like to
provide feedback, contact
Amy Stiner, astiner@out-
look.com, 541-792-0435.
March 5, 1937 – May 10,
2021
Robert (Bob) Blakeslee of
Monument, Oregon, passed
away the evening of May 10
with his family at his side.
Bob was born in Living-
ston, Montana, March 5,
1937, to proud parents Don-
ald and Edith (Foddness)
Blakeslee. He joined an older
sister, Suzanne. They lived on
the family ranch at the base
of Emigrant Peak on Six Mile
Creek in the Paradise Valley,
Montana. He was a graduate
of Park County High School
in Livingston, and afterward
he joined the Army Reserves
and served for two years.
On June 7, 1958, he mar-
ried Linda Burnett. They
raised three children, Charlie,
Debbie and Larry, on the fam-
ily ranch, and in 1975, they
moved their family to a ranch
on Rudio Creek in Kimberly,
Oregon. In 1982, they moved
to Long Creek where he
started his carpentry business
building beautiful log homes
and later retired in Monument,
Oregon, where he spent his
remaining years.
Bob’s fi rst love in life was
fl y fi shing. He was a master at
the barbecue and an avid out-
doorsman. He had a warm
smile and a twinkle in his
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