out & about in Baker, Union &
Wallowa counties
■ ■ Churchill Trivia Night: teams
of up to five compete, spectators
ain
welcome; 5:30 p.m.; Churchill
School, 3451 Broadway St., Baker
City.
ee; ■ ■ Grande Ronde Amateur Charity
Golf Tournament: fundraiser for
arity
Grande Ronde Hospital Foundation;
La Grande Country Club, 10605 S.
McAlister Lane, Island City.
ry ■ ■ Hells Canyon Mule Days:
e,
see program at www.
hellscanyonmuledays.com; Wallowa
County Fairgrounds, 668 NW First
St., Enterprise.
■ ■ Lower Valley Indoor Farmers
668
Market: 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Old
Telephone Building, Main Street,
Wallowa.
st
free;
N.
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urth ■ ■ Bridge: 1 p.m.; Union County
Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St.,
ction La Grande.
■ ■ Chair Exercise: free and open to
e.
all ages; 10 a.m.; Union County
Bird
Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St.,
La Grande.
ierce ■ ■ Pregnancy & Childbirth Education
Series: 6 p.m.; Grande Ronde
Hospital, 900 Sunset Drive, La
208
Grande.
■ ■ Printmaking Open Studio: 10 a.m.;
Josephy Center for Arts and Culture,
403 N. Main St., Joseph.
et, ■ ■ Rip City Rally — Baker City:
4-6 p.m.; street fair with Portland
Trailblazers on Main Street.
■ ■ Strong Senior Dance Cardio and
eum, Stretching: 10 a.m.; Cove Baptist
Church, 707 Main St.
m.; ■ ■ Toddler Time: age 14 months-4
ve.,
years and caregivers; 10:20 a.m.;
Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth
arket: St., La Grande.
seph. ■ ■ Union Pacific Employees Club
#17: 6 p.m.; Cock-n-Bull Restaurant,
Adams Avenue, La Grande.
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■ ■ “500 Miles Through Spain —
Lessons from the Camino de
Santiago”: presentation by Jamie
Jacobson; 7 p.m.; free; Cook
Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St.,
La Grande.
■ ■ Adult Ceramics: 4 p.m.; Josephy
Center for Arts and Culture, 403 N.
Main St., Joseph.
■ ■ Baker County Library Evening
Storytime: pre-K; 5:30 p.m.; Baker
County Public Library, 2400 Resort
St., Baker City.
■ ■ Ballet Basics for adults: 12:10
p.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006
Fourth St., La Grande.
■ ■ Beginning Your Memoir: age 18+;
6:30 p.m.; Art Center East, 1006
Penn Ave., La Grande.
■ ■ Bingo: 6:30 p.m.; Union County
Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St.,
La Grande.
■ ■ Community Storytelling
Workshop: age 10+; free; 5:30
p.m.; Art Center East, 1006 Penn
Ave., La Grande.
■ ■ Cookie Walk: fundraiser for senior
center; 11:15 a.m.; Union County
Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St.,
La Grande.
■ ■ Cove Fresh Alliance: free
perishable food available; 10 a.m.;
Cove Methodist Church, 1708
Jasper.
■ ■ Exploring Oil Painting: 5:30 p.m.;
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center,
2020 Auburn Ave., Baker City.
■ ■ Individual Development Account
Program Orientation: 6 p.m.; free;
Enterprise Public Library, 101 NE
First St.
■ ■ La Grande Farmers Market: 3:30-6
p.m.; Max Square, Fourth Street and
Adams Avenue.
■ ■ Live Music by The Blue
Mountaineers: 11 a.m.; Union
County Senior Center, 1504 N.
Albany St., La Grande.
■ ■ Page Turners Book Club: 1 p.m.;
Cook Memorial Library, Archives
Room, 2006 Fourth St., La Grande.
■ ■ Pinochle: age 18+; 1 p.m.; Union
County Senior Center, 1504 N.
Albany St., La Grande.
■ ■ Rip City Rally — La Grande:
4-6 p.m.; street fair with Portland
Trailblazers on Adams Avenue.
■ ■ Strong Senior Fitness: 9 a.m.;
Cove Baptist Church, 707 Main St.
■ ■ Tai Chi — Moving for Better
Balance: free and open to all ages;
9 a.m.; Presbyterian Friendship
Center, 1204 Spring Ave., La
Grande.
■ ■ Union Carnegie Library
Storytime: 10 a.m.; Union Carnegie
Library, 182 N. Main St., Union.
■ ■ Union Senior Lunch: coffee at 11
a.m., lunch at noon; by donation;
United Methodist Church, 667 N.
Main St.
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■ ■ Baker City Farmers Market:
3:-6:30 p.m.; Court Street Plaza.
■ ■ Baker County Library Storytime:
10 a.m.; Baker County Public
Library, 2400 Resort St., Baker City.
■ ■ Bingo: all are welcome; doors open
at 5 p.m., games at 6 p.m. & 7 p.m.;
Union VFW.
■ ■ Chair Exercise: free and open to
all ages; 10 a.m.; Union County
Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St.,
La Grande.
■ ■ Dichroic Fused Glass Pendant:
age 15+; 6 p.m.; Art Center East,
1006 Penn Ave., La Grande.
■ ■ Homeschool Art: intro to art making
and art history; age 6+; 1:15 p.m.;
Art Center East, 1006 Penn Ave., La
Grande.
■ ■ Individual Development Account
Program Orientations: free;
noon, at IGNITE, 104 Depot St.,
La Grande; 6 p.m., at LaunchPad
Baker, 2019 Main St., Baker City.
■ ■ Intro to Wheel Throwing: age 16+;
6 p.m.; Art Center East, 1006 Penn
Ave., La Grande.
■ ■ Learn to Love Watercolors:
3-5 p.m. or 5-7 p.m.; Crossroads
Carnegie Art Center, 2020 Auburn
Ave., Baker City.
■ ■ Live Music by Terry LaMont: 11
a.m.; Union County Senior Center,
1504 N. Albany St., La Grande.
■ ■ Meditation Wednesdays: 5:15
p.m.; free; Cook Memorial Library,
2006 Fourth St., La Grande.
■ ■ Painting with Kodi: 5 p.m.;
Josephy Center for Arts and Culture,
Visiting film crew invites
community to talk about art
BAKER CITY — A Film
AmericArt2019 crew working
on a documentary about art and
culture in America will be in
Baker City Sept. 6-8 to capture
the town’s unique art scene.
The crew arrives on Friday
and will visit local artists and
members of the arts community
throughout the weekend.
On Sunday, the film crew and
Travel Baker County will host a
public meet and greet from 2:30
p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Powder
River Pavilion in Geiser Pollman
Park. All community members
are invited to share their stories
and talk about the arts with
Americart2019. Community
members can also sign the Ameri-
cart2019 14-foot art canvas that
has been traveling with the film
crew. The canvas will be unveiled
at the end of filming in Sonoma
County, California.
Baker City is one of 10 com-
munities invited to participate in
the project.
Americart2019 is produced
in partnership with the U.S.
Cultural & Heritage Marketing
Council.
Mules and a yodeling Texan
ENTERPRISE — Hells
Canyon Mule Days will celebrate
mules and mule skinners on the
weekend after Labor Day, Sept.
6-8. From its humble beginnings
in 1981, the annual event now
draws mule and donkey owners
— and spectators intrigued by
this long-eared equine — from all
over the West.
The three-day show includes
events and classes for every age
and skill level plus mule and
horse sales, a non-motorized
parade, quilt show, exhibits and
Western art, a cowboy poets gath-
ering and pit BBQ.
The action takes place at the
Wallowa County Fairgrounds in
Enterprise. The admission fee
is good for all three days: $10
adults, $8 seniors, $3 age 7-12. A
one-day pass is $5 for adults and
seniors and $2 for youth. For full
details on the 2019 event, view or
download the program at www.
hellscanyonmuledays.com.
Wallowa County native Julie
Kooch is the 2019 Grand Mar-
shal. Kooch has deep Wallowa
County roots going back to her
grandparents. She was raised on
the family ranch in the Joseph
Creek Canyon and later taught
in the Enterprise school for more
than 30 years. Kooch has been
part of Hells Canyon Mule Days
since the early days and now
serves as the official greeter at
the main entrance gate.
A notable part of Mule Days is
the Max Walker Memorial Cow-
boy Gathering on Friday at 6 p.m.
at the fairgrounds’ indoor arena.
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