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Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant County sheriff
applies for ATV grant
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
CANYON CITY — The
county approved a request
from the Grant County Sher-
iff ’s Offi ce to apply for a
$50,000 ATV grant from the
state on Wednesday, Oct. 27.
Sheriff Todd McKin-
ley told Grant County Court
members that a representa-
tive from the Oregon ATV
grant program contacted him
and encouraged him to apply.
The grant, which the
county has never applied for
before, would be for $50,000
from June of 2022 to June of
2024 to help off set the cost of
ATV patrols.
McKinley said the money
would be used for enforce-
ment in egregious cases such
as driving under the infl uence
on trails and county roads. He
said the ATV patrol would pri-
marily educate people and assist
people in accidents.
McKinley said the best way
to use the grant would be to
apply to off set costs for an exist-
ing patrol position. In the second
year, he said, representatives with
the program suggest applying to
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
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fund a full-time patrol person.
He said the county’s match
would be 20%. Essentially, he
said, the county’s patrol person
would bill hours to the program
and off set costs for the vehicle,
which the county already owns.
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
John Day Police
As of Wednesday, Oct. 27,
the John Day Police Depart-
ment was still on track to shut-
ter by Nov. 1. According to
McKinley, while city patrol
offi cers stopped taking calls in
mid-October, the department
continued to have a uniformed
resource offi cer at Grant Union
High School.
McKinley said the county
was in talks with Grant School
District No. 3 about enter-
ing an agreement to provide
a uniformed resource offi -
cer at Grant Union at a cost of
$45,000 per year.
He said the Sheriff ’s Offi ce
could potentially approach
other schools about additional
positions.
However, McKinley also
said his patrol deputies are
spread thin without John Day
police offi cers patrolling the
city.
Jack E. Howard
November 18, 1931 ~ October 22, 2021
Jack E. Howard, 89, a longtime res-
ident of the Forest Grove community,
died Friday evening, October 22, 2021 at
Willamette Valley Medical Center in Mc-
Minnville.
 Private Cremation Rites were held at
the Hoyt Crematory in Forest Grove.
 JACK EARL HOWARD was born No-
vember 18, 1931 in Sacramento, Califor-
nia, the son of the late Edgar J. Howard
and Jessie Marie (Stokes) Howard. He
was raised and received his early edu-
cation in Bates, Oregon, graduating from
Prairie City High School Class of 1950.
He then attended College of Idaho. After
that Jack enlisted in the US Army. 
 He was a Veteran of the Korean conflict; he joined the Unit-
ed States Army on February 16, 1951 in Portland, Oregon. Jack
served for three years, until receiving his honorable discharge on
January 28, 1954 at the rank of Sergeant. He had received the Na-
tional Defense Service Medal; the United Nations Service Medal;
the Korean Service Medal; the Bronze Service Star; the Combat
Badge and the Parachute Badge.  He was a medic in the 187th
Airborne division.  Following his Military discharge, Jack attended
the University of Oregon and graduated in 1958 with a Bachelor
of Science-Education.
 Jack was united in marriage to Patricia Jean Galbraith on June
13, 1954 at the United Methodist Church in Prairie City, Oregon.
After completing their college educations they moved to the For-
est Grove community, where they have loved life since 1958. They
moved to the Jennings McCall Retirement Community, in 2018.
They celebrated their 67th Wedding Anniversary this past June. 
Jack taught chemistry and a variety of sciences at Forest
Grove High School for thirty-two years, until he retired at the age
of fifty-eight years old. He coached many sports including Track,
Football, Basketball and he started the Forest Grove high School
Cross country program. Jack also served as a ski club advisor. He
had a motto he shared often with his daughters.  “I never give up
on a student”
Jack was a member of Habitat for Humanity; Fish Food Pan-
try having been one of the co-founders, the Day Break Rotary
Club; as well as participating in community theatre. He performed
in Music Man and My Fair lady. He also served as 4H leader for
his daughter’s horse interests.
 Jack and Pat enjoyed travel of all sorts. They rafted the Col-
orado River, Backpacked and hiked  many a trail and  mountain.
They traveled to many countries, Canada, Mexico, Austria, Ger-
many, Ireland, England, Kenya, and Tanzania.  They enjoyed Peru,
Ecuador, and the Galapagos islands. China, Tibet and Bali were
highlights on their list of places visited.  They spoke with strang-
ers everywhere they traveled and 9 times out of 10 there was a
significant human connection to people or places they knew and
loved. 
They traveled by motorhome and pulled their pop up trailer
on many adventures. Some of those favorite times were spent at
Death Valley, California and Borrego Springs, California.  Jack also
enjoyed gardening, going to the gym, bicycling and sharing time
with his family and friends. 
He was preceded in death by his parents, Edgar and Jessie
Marie Howard; his two sisters, Donna Edmonson and Marva
Coombs and his son, Dwight Jay Howard.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia Howard, of Forest Grove,
Oregon; his two daughters and sons-in-law, Gail and Michael
Clary, of Sunriver, Oregon and Marilyn and Joe Rodriguez, of
Gaston, Oregon and his sister, Sandra Burns, of Prairie City, Ore-
gon.  Also surviving are his three grand-daughters and spouses,
Alisha and Justin Carey, of Forest Grove, Oregon; Meghan and Mi-
chael Whitlock, of Hood River, Oregon and Allison Rodriguez and
her partner, Colton Underhill, of Forest Grove, Oregon; his three
great-grandsons, Howard and Bradley Carey and Alden Whitlock
and many nieces and nephews.
The family suggests that remembrances may be contributions
to Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, 700 S.W. Campus Drive,
Portland, Oregon 97239, in his memory. 
A Celebration of Life is being discussed for the Spring of 2022.
Paid for by the family of Jack Howard.
Steven Mitchell/Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant County resident Becky Kennedy, left, with her children
Gracie Dryden, 7, and Bobby Dryden, 3, stopped off at the
John Day Elks Lodge on Friday, Oct. 29, for the lodge’s annual
Halloween party. The event was back to normal this year after
pandemic restrictions prompted organizers to scale back the
festivities last year.
County reports 14th COVID death
Blue Mountain Eagle
Another Grant County resi-
dent has died from COVID-19.
The latest fatality was a
66-year-old man with under-
lying health conditions who
died on Sunday, Oct. 31, at
St. Charles Medical Center in
Bend, the Grant County Health
Department announced in a
news release Monday.
Public health offi cials in
Oregon do not release the
names of people who die from
COVID-19, citing privacy con-
cerns. The man was the 14th
Grant County resident to die
from COVID-related causes
since the start of the pandemic.
As of Monday, the county has
had a cumulative total of 1,014
cases of the disease, accord-
ing to Oregon Health Author-
ity data.
“We encourage everyone
to be respectful as a family in
our community grieves,” the
Health Department said in its
news release.
The department also urged
these precautions:
• Wear a mask indoors
and wear a mask outdoors if
6 feet of distancing cannot be
maintained.
• Wash your hands often
with soap and water for at least
20 seconds.
• Avoid touching your eyes,
nose, or mouth with unwashed
hands.
• Cover your mouth and
nose when you cough or
sneeze.
• Stay home if you feel ill.
Anyone with symptoms of
COVID-19 should call 211 or
call the Grant County Health
Department at 541-575-0429.
John Day resident joins
Angus Association
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wyatt Suchorski of John
Day is a new junior mem-
ber of the American Angus
Association, the organization
announced.
Junior members of the
association are eligible to
register cattle in the Ameri-
can Angus Association, par-
ticipate in programs con-
ducted by the National Junior
Angus Association and take
part in association-sponsored
shows and other national and
regional events.
Headquartered in Saint
Joseph, Missouri, the Amer-
ican Angus Association is the
largest beef breed associa-
tion in the world, with more
than 25,000 active adult and
junior members.
CLARIFICATION
Title omitted: An article in our Oct. 27 edition titled “Seed-
ing the future: Forestry partners look to extend funding for
Malheur restoration” did not clearly identify Mark Webb as the
executive director of the Blue Mountains Forest Partners.
The family of Charissa (Rissy) Palmer
would like to thank everyone for their
kind expressions of sympathy and
thoughtfulness it was deeply appreciat-
ed. Thank you is easy to say but doesn’t
express how grateful we are to live in a
community with so many loving people.
JOHN DAY — With the
U.S. Food and Drug Adminis-
tration’s authorization of booster
doses of the COVID-19 vac-
cine, the Grant County Health
Department announced it would
begin administering the jabs on
Monday, Nov. 1.
The department has orga-
nized a series of clinics in the
Trowbridge Pavilion at the Grant
County Fairgrounds. Health
care providers will adminis-
ter booster doses of Moderna
vaccine to eligible people who
had their initial shots at least
six months ago, regardless of
whether their initial vaccination
was with the Moderna, Pfi zer or
Johnson & Johnson formula.
No appointment is necessary.
On Monday, Nov. 1, fi rst
responders and health care
workers can get the booster dose
from 10 to noon, and those 80
and over can drop by the fair-
grounds for the jab from noon
to 2 p.m.
On Tuesday, Nov. 2, those
aged 75 to 79 can come by the
fairgrounds between 10 a.m.
and noon, while people between
70 and 74 can get the shot
between noon and 2 p.m.
On Wednesday, Nov. 3, those
between 65 and 69 can get the
booster from noon to 1:30 p.m.,
while people 60 and older with
underlying medical conditions
can get shots from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
On Friday, Nov. 5, people
who work in high-risk settings,
including corrections, agricul-
tural, grocery and postal work-
ers, can get shots from 9 to
10:30 a.m. From 10:30 to noon,
people with underlying health
conditions aged 55 to 59 can get
the boosters.
The Grant County Health
Department will hold additional
booster shot clinics in the future
to accommodate those who are
not able to attend the fi rst round
of clinics.
No appointment is neces-
sary to get a booster shot, but
the department said people
need to bring an Oregon driv-
er’s license or state-issued ID
card in addition to a vaccine
card. Those who have insur-
ance are asked to bring their
insurance cards.
The department said that
people don’t need to show up
to the fairgrounds before their
scheduled time as there are
enough doses to go around.
OBITUARIES
Glenn Gary Pryse
April 13, 1935 — Oct. 8, 2021
Glenn Gary Pryse, 86, was born April 13, 1935, in Prairie City
and passed away Oct. 8 in Boise at the VA Medical Center. A ser-
vice will be held in June.
He graduated from Prairie City High
School and attended college in Pasadena,
California, before transferring to Eastern
Oregon University then enlisting in the
Army. Gary served during the Korean War
and was honorably discharged in Decem-
ber 1956. After his military service, he
pursued his life’s passion as a timber faller
for nearly 50 years. He was a successful
businessman, owning multiple businesses
throughout his life with his logging com-
pany being the most notable.
Above all else, Gary was a family man. He was a loving hus-
band, brother, father, grandpa, uncle, cousin, and friend. Gary was
passionate about the outdoors and loved the mountains and big
timber. He was an avid hunter, gun enthusiast, and enjoyed fi sh-
ing. There are not many areas in Grant County Gary had not tra-
versed, whether hunting or logging. Gary also enjoyed sports, bas-
ketball being his favorite. He was a lifetime member of the NRA
and belonged to the American Legion Post No. 106.
Gary was proceded in death by his father, John Jenkins
“Jenks” Pryse; his mother, Mona Arlene Pryse; and brother, Rob-
ert (Ronna) Pryse.
He is survived by spouse LaRue Pryse; brother Larry (Gaye)
Pryse; brother Jim (Linda) Pryse; daughter Deneice Anderson;
son Shaun (Tina) Pryse; son Dan (Shonelle) Pryse; daughter Amy
(Robert) Allee; daughter Laura (Tim) Brown; stepson Frank Pri-
mozic; stepson John (Debbie) Primozic; 11 grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; and many nephews, nieces, cousins, and
beloved family friends.
Gary is sorely missed by his loved ones.
Memorial contributions can be made to the American Legion
Post No. 106 through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon
Blvd., John Day, OR 97845.
Donald Tuter
Dec. 28, 1934 — Oct. 27, 2021
Service on Dec. 11 at 11 a.m. at Eastside Foursquare Church
in Prineville. Arrangements are through Prineville Funeral
Home Heritage Chapel.
Dominique Karpenska
Dominique Karpenska, 40, died on Oct. 30 at St. Charles
Regional Medical Center in Bend. Arrangements are under the
direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Ser-
vices. Online condolences may be shared at www.tamispineval-
leyfuneralhome.com.
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