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Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Emergency rental assistance program open for applications
Blue Mountain Eagle
Qualifi ed renters can sub-
mit applications to the Oregon
Emergency Rental Assistance
Program (OERAP) for fund-
ing to pay rent, rent arrears,
future rent and certain home
utility costs, according to a
press release.
“For the fi rst time, renters
can access rental assistance
through a statewide, central-
ized application portal,” says
Oregon Housing and Commu-
nity Services (OHCS) Execu-
tive Director Margaret Salazar.
“Together with our communi-
ty-based partners, we are pri-
oritizing resources toward our
most vulnerable households to
help keep Oregonians in their
homes during these challeng-
ing times.”
OHCS is coordinating with
OERAP local administrators
—1 7 community action agen-
cies and one public housing
authority — across the state
to emphasize an equitable
approach in the processing of
applications and distribution of
funds. This coordinated part-
nership helps ensure OERAP
makes the greatest impact on
reducing housing instability
and homelessness.
Every renter that applies
will have their application
reviewed, and relief resources
will be distributed to those
who meet the following fed-
eral eligibility requirements:
• have income less than
80% of area median income;
• have an individual in the
household who has qualifi ed
for unemployment benefi ts
or experienced a reduction in
household income, incurred
signifi cant costs or experi-
enced other fi nancial hard-
ship due to the coronavirus
pandemic;
• demonstrate a risk of
experiencing homelessness or
housing instability due to past-
due rent or utilities.
Federal guidance requires
that grantees prioritize house-
holds with incomes less than
50% AMI and households
with one or more members
that have been unemployed for
at least 90 days.
OHCS is using four fac-
tors in addition to these two,
including: household size,
months behind on rent, 2020
wildfi re impact and if the
household lives within a cen-
sus tract identifi ed by the
nationally recognized Urban
Institute Rental Assistance
Priority Index as a census tract
with a high prevalence of low
income renters at risk of expe-
riencing housing instabil-
ity and homelessness due to
COVID-19.
OHCS received approxi-
mately $204 million in federal
funds for this program. The
city of Portland, and the coun-
ties of Multnomah, Washing-
ton, Clackamas, Lane and
Marion received additional
federal Emergency Rental
Assistance allocations that
total approximately $76 mil-
lion and opted to accept appli-
cations from residents through
their own application pro-
cess. Applicants are prohibited
from accepting payment from
the same expense from diff er-
ent providers and are asked to
select one program. All Orego-
nians are welcome to apply to
OERAP. Tribal governments
also received allocations
directly from U.S. Treasury.
Applications
will
be
accepted on a continuous basis
until 2022 or until program
funds run out. In most cases,
payment will be made directly
to the landlord or utility pro-
vider. To fi nd out additional
information about criteria or to
apply to the OERAP program
visit oregonrentalassistance.
org. For assistance contact the
local Community Connection
of Northeast Oregon offi ce:
541-575-2949.
OBITUARIES
Helen Marie Bogart
Helen Marie Bogart, age 97, passed away on Dec. 21,
2020, in Spokane Valley, Washington. A celebration of her
life will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 5, 2021, at Clyde
Holliday State Park in Mt. Vernon.
Memorial contributions may be made to the John Day
Senior Center through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S.
Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845.
To off er online condolences to her family, visit driskillme-
morialchapel.com.
Robert Lee Butler
Robert Lee Butler, age 91, passed away Jan. 14, 2021, at his
home in Baker City with family by his side. A graveside memo-
rial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 8, at Moon
Creek Cemetery in Mt. Vernon, Oregon. Memorial contribu-
tions may be made to the Wounded Warriors Program or to the
American Heart Association through Gray’s West & Company
Pioneer Chapel at 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814. To
leave online condolences for the family, visit grayswestco.com.
Homer L. Harrison
A celebration of life for Homer L. Harrison will be held
at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 5, 2021, at Clyde Holliday State
Park. Bring a chair. If inclement weather, the celebration
will be moved to the Mt. Vernon Grange Hall. Online con-
dolences may be shared at tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Donald L. Neugart
Attend a Rocky Mountain
Elk Foundation Dinner
and Benefit Auction
Jason Leighton of John Day has been named to Southern
New Hampshire University’s winter 2021 dean’s list. The winter
term runs from January to May.
Full-time students who have earned a minimum grade-point
average of 3.500 to 3.699 are named to the dean’s list. Full-time
status is achieved by earning 12 credits; undergraduate day stu-
dents must earn 12 credits in fall or spring semester, and online
students must earn 12 credits.
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Proceeds benefit elk and other wildlife.
Barbara Joyce
Weatherford Buce
November 6, 1928 – May 15, 2021
Barbara Joyce Weatherford Buce,
92, of La Grande, passed on into heav-
en early the morning of May 15, 2021. 
A Memorial Service will be held at the
Damascus Road Community Church in
La Grande on Saturday, June 5, 2021
at 11:00 am.   
 Barbara, better known as Bobby, or
lovingly known as “The Queen” was born in The Dalles, Oregon on No-
vember 6th in the year of “Our Lord only knows”…(1928).  She was well
known for her sense of humor, fast paced lifestyle, generosity, timeless
beauty, and she honestly believed everything should be covered in dia-
monds or “bling blings” as she called them. She was a classy lady who
grew up driving a wheat truck on her family’s ranch in Olex, Oregon.  She
attended Arlington High School and later Northwest Nazarene College.  
On the fifty yard line of that same high school, Bobby married her sweet-
heart Thomas A. Buce, at sunrise on Easter Morning in April 1950. They
had three children, then moved to Corvallis where Barbara worked to put
Tom through school at OSU.
Tom’s employment at Boeing airlines moved the family to Seattle,
Washington where they resided until retirement.  Her career in Seattle
involved owning her own real estate company, where she flipped houses
using her incredible interior design skills. 
Even after Bobby was retired, she never stopped being active. In her
later years, she enjoyed traveling. Whether it was on a cruise, or some-
where around the world, but her heart always belonged on her ranch
in Grant County on Rudio Mountain. Her last chapter was moving to La
Grande, Oregon where she attended church and made many new friends.
Bobby is survived by her three children, Alana Durand (Bill), Heidi Zim-
merlee-McCrary, and Tom M. Buce (Carol); grandchildren, Tara Edwards
(Scott), Bobbi Durand, Molly Williams (Josh), Jake Buce (Megan); great
grandchildren, Garret Halverson, Gavin Zimmerlee, and Amelia Edwards. 
She was preceded in death by her mother and father Frank and Daisy
Weatherford; siblings, Earl and Gayle Weatherford; grandchildren, Shan-
non Zimmerlee-Halverson and Jamie Zimmerlee; great grandchild, Char-
lotte Edwards.
Online condolences may be made to the family at:
www.lovelandfuneralchapel.com.
Paid for by the family of Barbara Buce
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have a breakfast of ADVERTISED JUICE, cereal and toast, toasted in an
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Carole Elaine Tucker, age 83, of Prairie City passed away
on May 16, 2021, at Valley View Assisted Living in John Day.
A memorial service will be held Sunday, May 30, at 2 p.m.
at the Prairie City Assembly of God Church in Prairie City.
Online condolences may be off ered to her family at driskillme-
morialchapel.com.
Iva E. Speelman, age 82, passed away on Dec. 3, 2020, at her
residence in Prairie City. A potluck gathering will be held to cel-
ebrate her life on Saturday, May 29, 2021, home of her daughter,
Elaine Livran, in Sumpter, Oregon beginning at noon. Online
condolences may be made at driskillmemorialchapel.com.
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Saturday, June 5
4:00—Doors open
5:30—Dinner
7:30—Auction
Place: Pavilion—
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ticket Information:
Gale Wall (541) 620-0455
Jason Leighton named
to SNHU dean’s list
Oct. 6, 1946 – May 4, 2021
Donald L. Neugart, age 74, passed away May 4, 2021, at St.
Alphonsus in Nampa, Idaho. No services are planned at this time.
Donald was born Oct. 6, 1946, in Coos Bay, Oregon to
Ray and Leta (Ingram) Neugart. He graduated from Myrtle
Point High School in 1964 and attended Southern Oregon
University earning his bachelor’s degree in business.
Donald served three years in the United States Army as
a spec 4 upon his discharge. He went on to own and operate
Land Title and Escrow in John Day, Oregon, retiring in 2006.
He was a member of the American Legion and enjoyed
camping in his RV, sports, shooting and classic cars.
Survivors include his brother, Larry R. Neugart, of John
Day, Oregon; nephews, Jeff Neugart of Chandler, Arizona,
and Brad Neugart of Cold Spring, Minnesota.
To off er online condolences to Don’s family, visit gray-
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Pianist Hunter Noack will perform concerts at the Cant Ranch
at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument at 6 p.m. June
26 and June 27.
A portion of the tickets are free for Grant County residents.
The concert will be outdoors and following CDC Covid-19
guidelines.
Tickets are available at inalandscape.org. Click on “Sched-
ule & Tickets.” Click on “Live Events.” Scroll and click the pre-
ferred date. Click the green ticket button. Select the ticket that is
for “Grant County Residents.”
Classical Music in the Wild is an outdoor concert series where
America’s most stunning landscapes replace the traditional con-
cert hall. A 9-foot Steinway grand piano on a fl atbed trailer is
brought to National Parks, urban greenspaces, working ranches,
farms and historical sites for classical music concerts that con-
nect people with each landscape.
To meet the acoustical challenges of performing in the wild,
music is transmitted via wireless headphones. Attendees are not
confi ned to seats and can explore the landscape, wander through
secret glens, lie in sunny meadows and roam old growth forests.
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Piano performance planned
at Fossil Beds in June
Don’t get left behind, call today! Kim Kell 541-575-0710
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