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Blue Mountain Eagle
Dayville to build new fi re hall
By JUSTIN DAVIS
Blue Mountain Eagle
DAYVILLE — The city
of Dayville has secured over
$400,000 from various sources
to build a new fi re hall.
The old building had to be
shut down after a fi re truck
backed into it in 2020, leav-
ing the cement block structure
unserviceable.
Dayville City Recorder
Ruthie Moore said the accident
compromised the building’s
integrity, which ultimately led
to the condemnation of the
structure. Eff orts to replace
the structure began immedi-
ately after the condemnation
of the old fi re station.
“We
knew
immedi-
ately that we had to fi nd the
resources to build a new fi re
hall,” Moore said. “Our insur-
ance money was not adequate
to do that,
so we began
looking for
additional
funds
—
going out for
grants, we
Moore
started hold-
ing fundrais-
ers and we had some great
donations from local busi-
nesses and residents, so that
started the process.”
Part of the funds to replace
the fi re hall came in the form
of a $32,200 federal grant
recently secured by Sens. Jeff
Merkley and Ron Wyden.
Moore said a number of
community members con-
tacted Oregon’s two U.S. sen-
ators to request their help in
securing funds for the project.
“It was a joint eff ort to
receive that additional fund-
ing,” she said. “We are very
fortunate to receive over
$134,000 from the Ford Fam-
ily Foundation. We received
an additional $79,898 from
USDA Rural Development
prior to the additional $32,200
we just received.”
The most recent federal
grant is in addition to just shy
of $80,000 the city received
previously due to Wyden and
Merkley’s eff orts.
“When you add those
two together, you’re look-
ing at $110,000 or so that we
received from the senators and
their programs,” Moore said.
“Without their assistance, we
would not be proceeding at all.
We’re very fortunate that we
had some great federal pro-
grams that stepped up.”
Moore said the city has
also received donations from
local businesses in the form of
cash or pro bono work.
“We had a local business,
North River Electric, donate
$25,000 in electrical work,”
she said. “We were able to
receive $35,000 in local dona-
tions from fundraisers and just
some generous residents.”
The total cost to rebuild
the fi re hall is estimated at
$462,000, and Moore said
the city now has all the funds
needed for the project.
“We already went out to
bid,” she said. “We’re await-
ing the fi nal steps of signing
the bid; the city just has to sign
the bid documents.”
High Country Contracting,
owned by Wayne Overton,
will be the contractor for the
project. Overton is a local res-
ident and will be starting the
project immediately. Moore
said the city expects to have
the project completed before
the end of the year.
Man dies in horse accident at Thomas Creek
Blue Mountain Eagle
THOMPSON
CREEK
— A local man was killed
in a horse accident while
out moving cattle west of
Daniel McKrola
May 9, 2022
Daniel McKrola, 80, of Prai-
rie City/John Day, died May 9,
2022 at the Blue Mountain
Care Center in Prairie City af-
ter a long and difficult struggle
with Progressive Supranuclear
Palsy. A memorial service will
be held August 6th~10 AM at
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
in Canyon City, Oregon. Inter-
ment will follow at the Prairie
City Cemetery. Family and
friends are invited to a recep-
tion at Holliday Park after the
committal service. It will be a potluck picnic. The family will fur-
nish the meat, bread and cold drinks and ask guests to bring side
dishes as they are able. Come and visit with the family and share
your memories of our “Uncle Dan.”
Danny Jo was born in Burns, Oregon to Duce and Kathryn
McKrola of Seneca, Oregon. He was their third son and was fol-
lowed many years later by a sister. Several months after his birth,
his name was changed to Daniel Joseph. He was a devoted uncle
to his three nephews and two nieces and carried that devotion
on to his 8 grandnieces and 6 grandnephews. He loved to give
gifts and reveled in shopping for unusual items. His great joy was
filling the Christmas stockings and preparing elaborate Easter egg
hunts.
The McKrola family moved to John Day around Dan’s first
birthday. He attended John Day Elementary School and graduat-
ed with honors from Grant Union High School in 1960. While he
was in high school, he participated in band, football, Varsity Club,
class plays, basketball and served as the baseball team manager
and as a Senior served as Student Body Treasurer. He was named
to the Shrine East West football team as well as the Elks Team. He
was also selected as the Elks Outstanding Student.
Daniel graduated from the United States Merchant Marine
Academy in 1965 and served as a professional mariner for a little
over 25 years before retiring. He had the opportunity to visit over
40 countries. In the early days of his career, he worked on ships
delivering supplies to the military during the Vietnam War. Later
he worked on ships delivering supplies in the Middle East. For
the last several years of his career he worked on S.S Cornucopia
traveling up and down the west coast delivering liquid ammonia
from Alaska.
Daniel retired when his request for time off for his nephew’s
graduation was denied; insuring such conflicts would not arise
again. He continued to travel throughout Europe, Russia and vis-
ited all 50 states. Daniel returned to college, earning three more
degrees, to do genealogical research, shop, follow Grant Union
sports and keep up with his nieces and nephews and their chil-
dren. He said, “I have many wonderful grandnieces and nephews
of whom I am very happy with. Most of them are very literate
when it comes to computers and if they’re too little their parents
are.”
We are so grateful for the help we received these last 8 years
from Bev and Bill Davis of Mother’s Creek Ranch, the staff at Set-
tler’s Park in Baker City, Dr. David Hall, Dr. Emily Lieuallen and
finally the tender care from all the staff at Blue Mountain Care
Center in Prairie City and Blue Mountain Hospice. We would not
have been able to navigate our way through this journey without
you.
Daniel was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers
Michael Charles and Dale Charles.
He is survived by his sister Beth Spell and her husband Jim
of John Day; sister-in-law Mary McKrola and her husband Scott
McNeely of Springfield, Oregon; nephews, Jason McKrola of
Springfield, Oregon, Shane Spell and his wife Laura Jane of Sea-
side, Oregon, and Colby Spell of Newberg, Oregon; nieces, Sarah
McKrola of Eugene, Oregon and Mikaela Cloyd and her husband
Jerry of Ogallala, Nebraska; grandnephews, Matthew, Logan and
Gavin Cloyd, Charlie and Olin McKrola-Dey and Beckett Spell and
grandnieces, Alcina, Natasha and Abigail Cloyd, Summer and
Kara Spell, Ruby Joey McKrola-Dey, and Claire and Lily Spell.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made
to either Shriners Hospital, St. Thomas Episcopal Church Cove
Scholarship Fund or to the Grant Union Alumni Scholarship Fund
through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home and Cremation Ser-
vices, PO Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences can
be shared at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com
Paid for by the family of Daniel McKrola.
Magone Lake on Friday,
July 22, the Grant County
Sheriff’s Office announced
in a news release.
Kenneth
“Kenny”
Brooks, 64, of Fox was
working in a remote sec-
tion of Thompson Creek
on the Malheur National
Forest when the accident
occurred, and family mem-
bers were with him when
he died, according to the
news release.
Grant
County
dis-
patchers were notified of
the incident at 1:41 p.m.
and alerted emergency
responders. Grant County
sheriff’s deputies and
Search and Rescue Team
members, Blue Mountain
Hospital ambulance crews,
Oregon State Police troop-
ers, Life Flight and U.S.
Forest Service personnel
all responded to the area.
A Life Flight helicop-
ter was unable to land near
the scene due to the rug-
ged terrain. With no road
access, emergency medi-
cal services personnel rode
to the site on horseback.
Two miles of trail was
cleared into the area, but
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Malheur fi re danger at high
JOHN DAY — The Malheur National Forest has raised fi re
danger levels and has begun imposing public use restrictions in
some areas.
Eff ective Friday, July 22, the agency has raised the fi re dan-
ger level from moderate to high in the north zone of the forest
(the Blue Mountain and Prairie City ranger districts) but has not
yet put any public use restrictions into eff ect.
In the forest’s south zone (the Emigrant Creek Ranger Dis-
trict), where the fi re danger was already at high, campfi res, char-
coal fi res and stove fi res are now banned except in the follow-
ing campgrounds: Buck Spring, Delintment, Emigrant, Falls,
Idlewild, Joaquin Miller, Rock Springs, Tip Top and Yellowjacket.
Other restrictions in the south zone include:
• No smoking except in an enclosed vehicle or building, a
developed recreation site or an area at least 3 feet in diameter
that is cleared of all fl ammable material.
• No chain saw use between 1 and 8 p.m. Operators must
have a shovel and a fi re extinguisher, and a one-hour fi re watch
is required after saw operations cease.
• No use of internal or external combustion engines without
a spark arrestor.
• No use of a vehicle off Forest Service roads except when
parking in a cleared area within 10 feet of the roadway.
• Generators allowed only in cleared areas at least 10 feet in
diameter with approved spark arrestor.
Industrial fi re precautions are also being put in place.
Industrial Fire Precaution Level II is in force eff ective Fri-
day, July 22, in the south zone of the forest and Monday, July
25, in the north zone.
Under Level II rules, many activities related to logging and
other industrial operations are banned between 1 and 8 p.m.
OSU canning hotline open
Grant County Sheriff ’s Offi ce
Contributed Photo
Emergency medical techni-
cians rode horses to get to
a man who was seriously in-
jured in a horse accident west
of Magone Lake on Friday, July
22, 2022.
the efforts did not come in
time to transport Brooks to
a hospital before he suc-
cumbed to his injuries.
Sheriff Todd McKinley
thanked the volunteers and
other first responders who
worked to save Brooks’
life.
“As your sheriff, I
am ever humbled by the
response of those that try
their best to serve and
support the citizens of
this county, day by day,”
he said.
CORVALLIS — With canning season in full swing, the Ore-
gon State University Extension Service has opened its food
safety and preservation hotline, OSU announced.
The hotline’s toll-free number, 800-354-7319, will be
answered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday until Oct. 7.
The line is staff ed by master food preserver volunteers from
Lane and Douglas counties.
Last year, volunteers fi elded 1,487 calls. The most common
calls have to do with preserving salsa, tomatoes and tuna.
Additional information and resources — including a link to
a free canning timer and checklist app — is available on OSU
Extension’s home food preservation website at https://tinyurl.
com/cjwr4kzt.
BEO reports Q2 earnings
HEPPNER — BEO Bancorp, parent company of the Bank
of Eastern Oregon, had consolidated net income of just over
$2.1 million or $1.76 per share in the second quarter, the com-
pany announced.
The company had total assets of $836 million, net loans
of $493.1 million, deposits of $770.8 million and shareholder
equity of $45.2 million.
“Second quarter earnings are up 12.4% compared to the
same period in 2021; earnings per share increased 12.1%,”
President and CEO Jeff Bailey said in a news release.
“Total assets have increased 15.7%, with deposits up
16.7%,” he added. “Net loans are down 1.2%, but this is attrib-
utable to payoff s of (Paycheck Protection Program) loans.
Organic growth without PPP loans is 9.0% year over year. With
our balance sheet being asset-sensitive, earnings have benefi tted
from the increased interest rates.”
The Bank of Eastern Oregon operates 20 branches and four
loan production offi ces in Oregon, Washington and Idaho,
including a branch in John Day.
Blue Mountain Eagle
Timothy Leland Bailey
November 18, 1945 ~ June 30, 2022
Timothy was born in Hope, Maine
on November 18, 1945 to Leland L.
and Mildred (Smith) Bailey. He grew
up in Maine (Jonesport, Bridgeport,
South Hope, Both Bay Harbor),
Phoenix, AZ, Portland OR, and Gale-
ta California. He received his G.E.D.
in 1964 in Keitra, Morocco, and he
took coursework at Eastern Oregon
University.
Tim joined the US Navy in 1963
and was discharged in 1969 as a
Petty Officer, Second Class. He saw
postings in San Diego, CA, Moroc-
co, Rhode Island, Antarctica, North Carolina and Vietnam. Over
his career, Tim worked for and/or owned various construction,
trucking and industrial service companies, including: Peter Kiewit
Construction on I-84 improvements; started his own construction
firm, Harbor Construction of Kenai Alaska; and worked with Kiew-
it Pacific on wastewater treatment facilities in Honolulu Hawaii,
among others. He retired in 2011.
Tim married Karen K. Suksdorf in 1969 in Baker, OR.
Timothy sang and played trumpet in his youth, painted, and
etched glass, enjoyed a wide variety of music and movies, rel-
ished the opportunity to be outdoors camping, hunting and fish-
ing whether in Maine, California, Alaska, Hawaii or Oregon, and
occasionally mined in the Mormon Basin, Eastern Oregon.
Tim is survived by Peggy Brennan of Kenai, AK; Karen K. Bai-
ley (née Suksdorf) - wife; children - Kirk of Sarasota, FL; Mark of
Eugene, OR, Erika of Cobb Island, MD; grandchildren - Timothy
of Augusta, MT; Richard of Cobb Island, MD; Aven of Sarasota
FL. He was preceded in death by Leland L. Bailey - father, Mildred
Smith Bailey - mother, Faith Ann – sister.
In lieu of flowers, the family invites those who wish to honor
Tim’s life to contribute what they can to one or both of these rep-
utable organizations serving the needs of all veterans: Veterans
Expeditions (https://www.vetexpeditions.com); Wounded Warrior
Project (https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org).
Paid for by the family of Tim Bailey.
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