http://www.bluemountaineagle.com en-us Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:20:09 GMT News and sports from the Blue Mountain Eagle and myeaglenews.com in Grant County, Oregon. http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24969 LONG CREEK - The reward is up to $3,000 now for information leading to a conviction in the string of livestock shootings in northern Grant County. News Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:58:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24968 Ann Shank Johns died of natural causes on August 21, surrounded by family. She was 92. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:36:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=49&ArticleID=24967 Young ones show budding ranching, rodeo skills Multimedia Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:52:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=49&ArticleID=24966 Dozens of kids strutted their stuff Aug. 24 during the KJDY and Dairy Queen Kids Day Parade. Multimedia Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:38:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=49&ArticleID=24965 There may have been clouds overhead, but it was all smiles in downtown John Day on Saturday, Aug. 28, for the Grant County Fair and Rodeo Parade. Multimedia Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:39:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24964 JOHN DAY - The theme could have been "Climate Change" last week for the 2010 Grant County Fair and Rodeo. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:31:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24963 Likely cause was spark from road - wind did the rest MT. VERNON - The wheel rim of a blown-out tire may have sparked last week's Picnic Creek Fire, which scorched about 28 acres near Mt. Vernon. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:30:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24962 Step Forward opens doors for developmentally disabled adults JOHN DAY - Ten local men have a new spot to call home. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:27:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24961 March 31, 1942 - Aug. 4, 2010 WILSONVILLE - Cherrill Marie Oury, 68, formerly of Dayville, died Aug. 4, 2010, at her home in Wilsonville. Visitation will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at Dayville Community Cemetery. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:24:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24960 Aug. 12, 1923 - Aug. 26, 2010 Mervin "Merv" Schouten, 87, of John Day, died Aug. 26, 2010, at Country Spice Residential Care Facility. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:24:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24959 Nov. 17, 1933 - Aug. 23, 2010 John Kenneth Wright, 76, of John Day, died Aug. 23, 2010, at his home. A graveside memorial service was held Aug. 28 at Canyon City Cemetery. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:23:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24957 PORTLAND - Portland Community College recently named student Lindsey Webb of Mt. Vernon to its president's list for the spring term 2010. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:21:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24958 Sept. 15, 1938 - Aug. 24, 2010 HERMISTON - James R. Schulze, 71, of Echo, died Aug. 24, 2010, at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:21:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24956 CANYON CITY - Volunteers are needed for the Start Making A Reader Today (SMART) program at Humbolt Elementary School for the 2010-2011 school year. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:19:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24955 GRANT COUNTY - Three local students will represent Grant County at this year's Oregon Statewide Spelling Championship. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:18:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24954 PENDLETON - The Pendleton Round-Up, which turns 100 this year, will be featured on a segment of Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Oregon Experience," at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:17:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24953 JOHN DAY - The local talent kept churning out the hits at this year's Grant County Fair Talent Search. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:14:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24952 The deadline for What's Happening items is 5 p.m. Friday. Call Cheryl at the Eagle, 541-575-0710. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:12:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&ArticleID=24951 Re: Don't link aid to religion, Letters Aug. 25: The letter writer seems to be falling under the spell of the liberal media, who never let a chance to bash Christians and the United States go by. Opinion Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:11:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&ArticleID=24950 I subscribed to your paper for real estate ads in Eastern Oregon, wanting a second home or parcel of land to hide out in God's country. Opinion Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:10:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&ArticleID=24949 I want all you fisherpersons that may have read last week's commentary "Bull trout - Once king of pristine waters" to know that I've been fishing and BSing long enough to realize that I can't show you a picture of a three-pound bull trout and convince anyone it weighed 10 pounds. Opinion Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:07:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&ArticleID=24948 After scanning the Eagle Aug. 25, my wife and daughter described their encounter while returning last week from a trip to Burns, with huge clouds of white butterflies, like a snowstorm, that left green "splats" on the windshield. Opinion Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:06:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&ArticleID=24947 If you shoot at a gnat with a bazooka, there's going to be some collateral damage. Which brings us to the federal Environmental Protection Agency's proposed new rules for CO2 emissions and the havoc they could wreak on the nascent forest biomass industry. Opinion Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:05:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24945 CANYON CITY - Searchers located a runner who apparently went off course and spent a chilly evening Saturday in the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness, the Grant County Sheriff's Office reported. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:04:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24946 Judge suspends driver's license for lifetime CANYON CITY - A John Day man will spend six months in jail and lose his driver's license for life for driving under the influence of intoxicants. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:04:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24944 SALEM - State Economist Tom Potiowsky told legislators last week that the current economic recovery is one of the "slowest on record," and projected a decrease of $377.5 million in state revenues since the June 2010 forecast. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:03:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24943 Arrests and citations in the Blue Mountain Eagle are taken from the logs of area law-enforcement agencies. Every effort is made to report the court disposition of all arrests listed. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:59:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24942 JD's New Life Center to join in national event Sept. 12 JOHN DAY - New Life Center in John Day will take part in "Back to Church Sunday," a national movement of churches across America, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 12. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:57:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24941 Country boy, Sam, decides to go to New York City. Neighbor lady, Mrs. Dunn, asks him to look up her son, John, whom she hasn't heard from in years. Sam says no problem. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:55:00 GMT http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=24940 PRAIRIE CITY - I hate to be the one to break the news, but because today is Aug. 25, there are only 121 days until Christmas. I just thought you should know. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:54:00 GMT