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A BRIEF LOOK AT WHAT’S
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DECEMBER 2229, 2021
FREE CHRISTMAS DINNER TAKE A TOUR OF THE
PROVIDED IN PENDLETON UNDERGROUND, YEAR-
PENDLETON — The Pendle-
ROUND
ton Community Action Coalition,
Salvation Army and CAPECO will
provide a free community Christ-
mas dinner for the Pendleton and
CTUIR communities on Saturday,
Dec. 25, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
at the Pendleton Salvation Army.
Tax-deductible donations to sup-
port this project can be sent to
CAPECO, 721 SE Third St., Suite
D, Pendleton, OR 97801, or made
at www.capeco-works.org/donate.
html. Include “Christmas Dinner”
on all donations.
BOOK CLUB FOR AGES 5
AND YOUNGER OFFERED
AT ACE
LA GRANDE — Art Center East
is off ering a Little Pinecones Book
Club for ages 0-5 on Jan. 11 from
10:30-11:30 a.m. Maggie McGrew
will have storytime then lead the
children in an art-making activity
related to the book. Please enter
through the Penn Avenue door. A
parent or guardian must stay with
their child for the duration of this
class. Cost is free.
Parents are asked to fi ll out a
form prior to class. The form is
available at https://artcentereast.
org/calendar/little-pinecones-
book-club-2022-01-11/. Or for
more information, call 541-624-
2800.
McGrew has a bachelor’s in
anthropology and a master’s in
museum education and cura-
tion from Florida State. She has
worked as an after school teacher,
summer camp counselor, and
gymnastics and dance coach for
more than 5 years, and also at the
Ringling Museum and Selby Bo-
tanical Gardens in the education
department.
Students will learn basic ac-
guitar as a hobby for 18 years. He includes the announcement of the
People’s Choice award. This an-
companiment techniques, chord
started at the age of 48 and said
shapes and changes, elementary
he had the benefi t of a group class nual show celebrates artists of the
PENDLETON — The Pendleton music theory, and new songs to
similar to the one off ered here. He Pacifi c Northwest.
Underground is open year-round play. No experience is necessary.
“The Big” will be on display
also has decades of experience as
to provide a peek into what the
through Jan. 29. Works can also
Students will be provided with a
a teacher in other fi elds.
town was like in the town’s early
be viewed online at https://art-
singing mask, included in the cost
ACE CLOSES ‘THE BIG’
days. The Underground is open
centereast.org/calendar/the-big-
of the class, which is $70 for ACE
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday,
aces-annual-open-exhibit-2/.
members or $85 for nonmembers. EXHIBIT JAN. 14
LA GRANDE — Art Center
Friday and Saturday. Guided tours
ACE is located at 1006 Penn
Students need an acoustic gui-
East’s current art show “The Big”
are approximately 90 minutes and tar, digital tuner, capo, notebook
Ave. and is open Wednesday
will have a closing reception on
include the tunnels, Cozy Room
through Friday from noon-5 p.m.
and pencil.
Friday, Jan. 14, from 6-8 p.m. This
bordello, Chinese opium dens,
and Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Thurber has been playing
living quarters and jails. Guests
must be 6 years or older.
There are no tours on Christ-
mas Day or New Year’s Day.
Tour reservations are required
because each group is scheduled
Delivery to La Grande and Baker City medicinal patients twice a week (Tues and Wed.)
by time. To reserve a space, call
starting on September the 21st. Order must be submitted by 11 am pst the day of delivery.
541-276-0730. Cost is $15 per
person through Jan. 1, 2022,
when the price increases to $20
for ages 13 and older and $15
for ages 6-12. For information,
check the Underground’s page
on Facebook or visit the website
www.pendletonunderground-
tours.org.
NOW AVAILABLE!
POLAR BEAR PLUNGE IS
JAN. 1 AT WALLOWA LAKE
WALLOWA LAKE — Can you
brave the cold?
The Beth Gibans Memorial
Wallowa Lake Polar Bear Plunge
is set for 10 a.m. on New Year’s
Day, Jan. 1, at the north end of
Wallowa Lake.
SKIP THE LINE, SHOP ONLINE
Burntriverfarms.com
‘CAMPFIRE GUITAR’
BEGINS JAN. 10 AT ACE
LA GRANDE — John Thurber
will off er Campfi re Guitar — a
beginning and intermediate gui-
tar class for adults — on Fridays
in January, beginning Jan. 10.
Sessions are from 6-7 p.m. at Art
Center East, 1006 Penn Ave. (en-
ter through Penn Avenue door).
541-200-6699
1055 NW Washington Ave.
Ontario
OR License: 050 1003704D5A3
Do not operate a vehicle or machinery under the influence of this
drug. For use only by adults twenty-one years of age and older.
Keep out of reach of children.