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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4,2016
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Linda Dixon
541-709-1045 • mogirl65@gmail.com
Badger Megan Hufford against Pine Eagle / Photo by Sam Stephens
Well guess I will put my flower
bulbs back in the bag. Still just a lit­
tle to early. Gosh when we get a
nice warm day we are all ready for
gardening and mowing. But can't
mow the white powdery stuff. Wow
almost didn't recognize the bright
round object in the sky to the east.
THE SUN. Whoops it's gone again.
Don't forget the free Beef Dinner
on Feb 4 . Locks of love donations
the same night.
Bingo Night
Snow did not detour seven brave
women. They made their way to the
Grange.. My husband said just
mention the word "go" and women
are out the door. Yep, that is our
motto.
Seven people attended bingo
Thursday night hosted by Karen
Page and Carol Bouchard. Suzanne
Watson won black out. Ladies had
lots of food,fun and giggles...
Snow did keep a few at home...
Beef Week
This week kicks off the Beef
Week at school. See Erin Thomp­
son's letter to the editor in this issue
for
more
details.
New in Union County
Snacz 4-H is a 4-H program. It
focuses on Youth leadership,
Community change and Health.
What is Snacz? It’s a new 4-H
program happening in Union
County. The goal is to engage youth
as advocates for creating “healthy
snacking zones” in their schools
and nearby stores. Youth are work­
ing with adult volunteers and 4-H
Snacz Ambassadors to plan and
conduct outreach activities to pro­
mote healthy snacking among peers
and parents, to advocate for changes
in school policies and practices to
support healthy snacking. Several
communities in Union county have
Snacz clubs. It is only Union county
for now, though they may go to
Baker County next year. Club
members in North Powder this year
are Jessup, Abby and Sarah Orr,
Gus and Olivia Mack-Skeels. They
meet every other week and are fin­
ishing at the end of March. There
are now “Badger Snacz “ signs at
CJ'S store. There will be a ribbon
cutting some time in February.
There will be a meeting on Febb. 4
around 2:30 p.m. at the elementary
school staff room.
Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras will be celebrated on
Tuesday Feb. 9 from 4-7 p.m. at the
Wolf Creek Grange. Join us for
dinner and fun. Music by Kirby
Records. Donations accepted.
Valentine Sweethearts Dinner on
Saturday Feb. 14, at the Wolf Creek
Grange. Dinner will be served at 5
p.m. or 6:30 pm. A five course meal
served with your choice of Cran-
Tami Waldron • tami@pinetel.com
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This week's news as of Tuesday
morning... the temperature is at 0. Yes,
that definitely is the number that re­
minds you to keep your faucets run­
ning, your diesel truck plugged in, and
to stoke up the fire. Burrrrr.
Success
Cindy Plano shared the following:
"Let me just say..... We live in an awe­
some place. The communities came
together to support our Biscuit Feed in
a big, big way! The New Bridge
Grange will have $700 to donate to
Jacob's Dream. Thank you to everyone
for coming out to the dinner and for
the extra donations. Also, I would per­
sonally like to thank all of the wonder­
fill people who volunteered their time
to help with all of the work. We are
just thrilled with the success of this
event. Thank you!"
As always, the event was fabulous,
the dinner delish', the visiting "over the
top." Thank you New Bridge Grange
for your fabulous community spirit!
Attention all Veterans
Mark your Calendars for Feb. 20,
2016 from 10-1 p.m. at the VFW Hall.
Halfway VFW Post #7847 will be
sponsoring a meet and greet with Rick
Gloria, Baker County Veterans service
officer.
Rick will then be in Eagle Valley
meeting with Veterans at Richland
City Hall from 2-5 p.m.
Rick will be doing a power point
presentation at the beginning of each
meeting with a question and answer
session following. If you would like
to meet with Rick with specific ques­
tions, accommodations will be made
for that.
If you need transportation to either
of these meetings, please contract John
Duggan, Commander VFW Post
#7847 at 541-403-4332 and arrange­
ments will be made for the Pine or
Eagle Valleys.
Firemen's Breakfast
The Annual Firemen's Breakfast
will be held this weekend, Feb. 5 and
6. All you can eat pancakes, eggs,
hashbrowns, juice, milk, coffee or tea.
$5 a plate. All monies go into the bum
out fund. The event is held in the of
Halfway Elementary Cafeteria and the
serving will be from 6-10 a.m.
Charter School
On Feb. 6, the jr. high basketball
teams will play at Imbler starting at 10
a.m. That afternoon starting at 3:15
p.m. the varsity plays against Joseph,
in Joseph.
Feb 8, starting at 4 p.m. there will be
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Located at 2550 Broadway
in Baker City
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a pre-school meeting, then that
evening at 7 p.m. a school board meet­
ing.
Feb. 10 is District FFA leadership
meeting in Imbler.
Valentine Parties
The elementary grades k-6 will have
their classroom Valentine's parties on
Feb. 11 starting at 2:30 p.m.
Wolves
Yes wolves, two of them visited one
of my neighbors last week. There were
two collared wolves,
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in
the window at what could have been
their dinner. ODFW was called.
Bible Study
Revelation Bible Study; Fridays and
Saturdays through March 12 - starting
at 6:30 at the Richland Seventh-day
Adventist Church. Comer of Highway
86 and New Bridge Road. This is a
videO-based Bible study by Kenneth
Cox..
Eagle Valley 4-H Annual Dinner
file Eagle Valley 4-H Annual dinner
was held on Sunday, January 31. The
club meets the fourth Thursday of
every month, with the next meeting
being scheduled for Feb. 25 at 6:30
p.m. according to Jayme Shouse, in
the Richland Christian Church Base­
ment For more information, contact
Alaina Gotzman at 541-893-3214 or
Jayme Shouse at 541-540-3259.
Skiing
Skiing Across the Wallowas will be
held on Thursday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m. at
Pine Eagle Charter School Library,
Halfway. Veteran skier and photogra­
pher Dave Clemens will present a
slide show about skiing across the
Wallowa Mountains. Photos were
taken during several ski trips made
across the range by Dave, wife Sue,
and fellow skiing enthusiast Dave
Petrie between 1982 and 1990. Pic­
tures of the ski track groomed and
maintained by Roger Sanders in the
northwest comer of Pine Valley during
the same era will also be presented.
The event is sponsored by the Cornu­
copia Arts Council, and is free and
open to the public.
Dance
A Country Dance will be held on
Friday, Feb. 5, 7-10 p.m. at the Pine
Valley Grange Hall. Cost for the
dance is $3 for singles, $5 for couples,
and $10 for a family. Coffee, tea, and
punch are provided; you are invited to
bring finger foods to share.
Pizza
The Jr. High Wrestlers Take n' Bake
Pizza Fundraiser will be held on Sun-
"LOVE IS IN THE AIR"
Valentine Dinner
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day, Febr. 7, noon to 1 p.m. Make it a
Pizza Super Bowl! The Junior High
Wrestling Team is now taking orders
for delivery or pick-up of 12" pepper­
oni, Hawaiian, or supreme pizzas in
timé for your Super Bowl party. Piz­
zas are $12 each or two for $20, and
will be available for pick up at the
Halfway Elementary cafeteria or de­
livered by 1 p.m. to homes of busi­
nesses in Halftvay, Richland, or Hells
Canyon area. To order, call 541-742-
2726, 541-742-6822, or visit their
Facebook page. Funds raised will go
toward purchasing new light-weight
wrestling mats.
Severe Weather Training
Severe Weather Training Workshop
- Thursday, Feb. 11, 6 p.m. at the
Halfway City Hall and Friday, Feb.
12,11 a.m. at the Richland City Hall.
Baker County Emergency Manage­
ment and the National Weather Serv­
ice will be offering a Severe Weather
Training Workshop and Flood Fight
Workshop to all members of the com­
munity. Included will be Spotter
Training, which includes definitions
of severe weather, training on cloud
and storm recognition, storm hazards
and safety tips, and weather reporting
procedures. Flood Fight workshop
will cover equipment, procedures,
and safety tips when dealing with
flood events. Anyone interested is in­
vited to attend. Questions can be di­
rected to Tim Barker (NOAA/NWS)
at 208-334-9860 or Jason Yencopal
(Baker County Office of Emergency
Management) at 541-523-6415.
Panhandle Poker Run
The Panhandle Snowmobile Poker
Run Sunday, Feb. 14,9 a.m. Register
at Halfway Lions Hall. The annual
event sponsored by the Panhandle
Snowmobile Club is always a lot of
fun, with warming fires at each stop
along the trail and plenty of hot dogs.
Last year's 1st place winner pocketed
$1600, so come on over and try your
luck! Keep updated with Poker Run
plans and snow conditions at these
Facebook page links.
50th Annual Crab Feed
Saturday, March 12,11 a.m. at the
Halfway Lions Hall will be the Crab
Feed. Tickets are available now for
the Halfway Lions Club Crab Feed at
the Bev'rage Cellar in Halfway, Ryder ,
Brothers in Baker City, or from Dick
Crow (call 541-742-6192) or Teresa
Ekstrom (541 -742-4909). If you need
tickets mailed to you, you may send
a check and a self-addressed, stamped
envelope to Halfway Lions Club, P.O.
Box 441, Halfway, OR 97834. The
cost is $40 each, and tickets will not
be available at the door.
Ending
As Valentine's day approaches, here
this thought - Love puts the fun in to­
gether, the sad in apart, and the joy in
a heart. -Author Unknown
Have a wonderful, warm, week
everyone. Thanks for reading
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2016 Walk for Warmth will be
Saturday Feb. 12 at the Senior Cen­
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Registration is at 10:30 a.m. with a
“Soup Supper' around noon. Pro­
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need of winter heating assistance.
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Feb. 10-PTCO meeting 5 p.m.
second grade classroom
Feb. 12 PTCO Carnival 5 p.m.
Feb. 15 City Hall Closed/ No
school
Feb. 16 School Board Meeting
Music Room 7 p.m.
OWow, someone donated Lisa
Gardner books, James Patterson,
Mary Higgins Clark and several
more authors. What was special is
we didn't have those books on our
shelves. Awesome. I also received
lots of Clive Cussler books (new).
For those of you not liking fiction,
stop in and check out our non-fic­
tion section. We will soon be adding
a bar code to each patrons library
card. This will speed our process up
even more.
Have a blessed week. Hug your
kids, smile at your neighbor and
stay safe.
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