Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
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WEDNESDAY
June 24, 2015
Clark bulldogs with state’s best
GW Clark of
Long Creek
competes in
steer wrestling at
the Oregon High
School Rodeo
Association
State Finals in
Prineville. He was
third in the first
go-round and
placed 10th in the
final standings
at the June 10-13
event.
Sophomore earns third in first go-round
go-round in Prineville and
seventh in the second, plac-
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overall in steer wrestling at State High School Rodeo in
the June 10-13 Oregon High Reno, Nev. which begins later
School Rodeo Association’s this month, but he opted to en-
State Finals.
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Clark also competed in
sophomore year at Monument team roping and calf roping
School in May, rides with the throughout the year.
Harney County High School
He plans to compete in
Rodeo Club.
high school rodeos in the fall
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By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Contributed photo
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JD Farmers Market blooms
Twice as many
visitors enjoy
opening day
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – Visitors
milling about the John Day
Farmers Market for Satur-
day’s opening day found an
abundance of fresh produce,
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soaps, jewelry and other
handcrafted items.
“We’ve had a really good
turnout,” said co-manager
Sandy Bay, who organizes
the event with her husband
Jim. “We’ve had two times
as many visitors as usual –
We’re thrilled.”
Sandy said by the end of
the day, 250 visitors were
counted.
The market also started off
with twice as many vendors as
usual, 14 this year, and they
expect four more vendors
next Saturday.
Jim said the market offers
produce not only from farm-
ers, but also those with large
gardens who like to sell their
surplus.
He added that some ven-
dors just show up twice a year.
“It was the very best open-
ing,” he said. “It’s just going
to grow from here – there is a
lot of enthusiasm.”
To sign up for a table or
for more information, call the
Bays at 541-932-2725.
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Katherine Wood, left, buys tickets for a fundraiser drawing from John Day Community Garden secretary Becky
Carey at Saturday’s Farmers Market. At right is Sarah Russ, with JJ Collier in back. Proceeds from the drawing
will help improve the community garden’s irrigation system. Below left: Rose Howe of Monument shows her
soaps and lotions to Nancy Randleas and her grandchildren, baby Ezra and Logan, last Saturday. Below right:
On opening day of the 2015 John Day Farmers Market, several vendors were reporting brisk sales.
JD area welcomes BMW rally riders
Visitors benefit
local nonprofits,
enjoy scenery
Monument’s Pettit
qualifies in 5 events
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
MONUMENT – Track
athlete Sophia Pettit fin-
ished eighth grade at Mon-
ument School in May,
and is now making grand
plans for the summer
months.
She did well at the Or-
egon Mid-
dle School
Track Cham-
pionships,
earning first
in the long
jump and the
Sophia
100-meter
Pettit
dash.
She was
also third in the 200 and
10th in high jump.
Then, on June 10-
13, she competed at the
AAU Region 22 Nation-
al Qualifier Track and
Field Meet in Oakdale,
Calif.
She qualified in five
events, including the pen-
tathlon, for the AAU Junior
Olympics to be held in Vir-
ginia in August.
She earned golds in long
jump and triple jump, sil-
vers in pentathlon and the
100-meter dash, and bronze
in the 200.
Before Junior Olympics,
Pettit will be busy taking
part in a six-day academic
development experience in
Los Angeles at the National
Youth Leadership Forum:
Inside Sports & Entertain-
ment.
The straight-A student,
who is also involved in ex-
tracurricular activities at
her school, was nominated
by her English teacher Mi-
chelle Engle for the pro-
gram.
She’ll receive training
at the forum in fields such
as law, marketing, brand-
ing, business management,
recruiting and critical suc-
cess skills.
Sophia is the daugh-
ter of Earl and Nittaya
Pettit.
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Grant Union
Baseball
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – BMW mo-
torcycle riders motored to the
Grant County Fairgrounds
last weekend for their annual
Chief Joseph rally.
BMW Riders of Oregon
president Jay Bennett of Cor-
vallis said it’s the John Day
area roads, the strong BMW
biker community, and the
friendly local residents that
keep the group coming back.
Highlights included a
chuck wagon breakfast at
a local ranch, the proceeds
Track
athlete
prepares
for Junior
Olympics
S.R.
Lockwood
of
Anaheim, Calif., left,
shows his 3-wheeled
“Scorpion 3” motorcycle,
made from a kit with a
BMW motorcycle, at the
Chief Joseph Rally.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Mark and Joan Crosby drove from Reno, Nev., to last weekend’s Chief Joseph
BMW Motorcycle Rally held at the Grant County Fairgrounds in John Day.
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Stockgrowers Association. to eat a hearty breakfast and
also learn about ranch opera-
tions.
“It’s our way to try to con-
nect the riders to the commu-
nity,” Bennett said.
John Fiedor of Dayville
led a Geology Rocks tour for
riders on Friday and Satur-
day. Each tour covered 125
miles with seven stops.
See BMW, Page A18
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