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Blue Mountain Eagle
G RANT C OUNTY M EETINGS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
12 p.m. – Seniors Meal, Straw-
berry Grange Hall, Prairie City.
12 p.m. – Women’s Support,
Heart of Grant County, for domes-
tic violence survivors. 541-575-
4335.
1:30 p.m. – Strawberry
Grange, 204 N. McHaley, Prairie
City. 541-820-3530.
5:15 p.m. – Grant Union
Grad Night Committee, GUHS
library.
6 p.m. – Long Creek Fire De-
partment, City Hall.
6 p.m. – Prairie City, council/
planning commission. City Hall.
6:30-8:30 p.m. – Family His-
tory Center open, Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. 541-
656-8069.
7 p.m. – Monument City
Council, City Hall.
7 p.m. – Dayville City Coun-
cil, City Hall.
7 p.m. – Girl Scout Leaders,
60545 W. Highway 26, John Day.
541-575-1106.
7:30 p.m. – Let Go Group,
AA, St. Elizabeth Parish Hall. 541-
575-0114.
THURSDAY, MARCH 12
9 a.m.-5 p.m. – Family Histo-
ry Center open, Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, John
Day. 541-656-8069.
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. – Grant
County Family Violence Coun-
cil, AFS, 725 W. Main St., John
Day. 541-575-4335.
Noon – Seniors Meal, bingo,
John Day Senior Center, 142 N.E.
Dayton St. 541-575-1825.
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5:30 p.m. – Library Adviso-
ry Board, library, 507 S. Canyon
Blvd., John Day.
5:30 p.m. – Juniper Arts
Council, United Methodist
Church, John Day. 541-932-4892.
5:30-7:15 p.m. – Youth Con-
nection, Living Word Christian
Center, Mt. Vernon. 541-932-
4910.
6 p.m. – “The Girlfriends”
Women’s 12-step Recovery, John
Day Church of the Nazarene. 541-
620-0065.
6 p.m. – Long Creek City
Council, Community Hall. 541-
421-3601.
6:30 p.m. – Grant County
Stockgrowers, Keerins Hall.
7 p.m. – Monument School
Board, high school.
7 p.m. – John Birch Society,
Mt. Vernon. 541-932-4547.
FRIDAY, MARCH 13
3-6 p.m. – United Methodist
Church, food boxes, 126 N.W.
Canton Street, John Day.
6 p.m. – AA, open to nonmem-
bers too, Long Creek Community
Center. 541-421-3888.
6:30 p.m. – Mt. Vernon
Grange, potluck. 541-575-1007.
7 p.m. – Whiskey Gulch
Gang, Sels Brewery, Canyon City.
541-575-0329.
SATURDAY, MARCH 14
10 a.m. – Sewing Circle, Pot-
luck, Quilts and Beyond, Prairie
City. 541-820-4777.
10 a.m.-4 p.m. – Loose
Threads donation quilting
group, Shiny Thimble, Mt. Ver-
non. 541-792-0670.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 15
Fun Jam, musicians and listen-
ers welcome. Call for time, loca-
tion, 541-575-1927.
MONDAY, MARCH 16
10 a.m. – County Senior Site
Council, John Day Senior Center,
142 N.E. Dayton St., John Day.
Noon – Seniors Meal, John
Day Senior Center, 142 N.E. Day-
ton St. 541-575-1825.
6 p.m. – Mt. Vernon Fire De-
partment, 541-932-4688.
6 p.m. – Grant County Farm
Bureau, Outpost Restaurant.
6 p.m. – Airport Commission,
terminal building. 541-575-1151.
7 p.m. – Dayville Fire Depart-
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7:30 p.m. – Outlaw Group,
AA, Presbyterian Church, Mt. Ver-
non. 541-932-4844.
TUESDAY, MARCH 17
10-11 a.m. – Story Hour,
Grant County Library. 541-575-
1992.
12 p.m. – Seniors Meal, Mon-
ument Senior Center.
5-7 p.m. – Food Bank, Com-
munity Meal, Teen Center, Prairie
City. 541-820-3696.
5:30 p.m. – Canyon City
Council, City Hall.
6 p.m. – Watershed Council,
Long Creek. 541-421-3018.
6 p.m. – Humbolt School
PTA, school cafeteria. 541-932-
4998.
6:30 p.m. – Grant County
Bird Club, potluck. 541-575-1598.
6:30 p.m. – Long Creek
School Board, school library.
6:30 p.m. – New Beginnings
Recovery Group, Living Word
Christian Center, Mt. Vernon. 541-
932-4910.
7 p.m. – Prairie City Rural
Fire Board, City Hall.
7 p.m. – Venturing Club, Boy
Scouts, Church of the Nazarene,
John Day. 541-575-2765.
7 p.m. – Granite City Coun-
cil, City Hall.
7:15 p.m. – Scout Troop 898,
John Day Elks Lodge, John Day.
541-575-2531.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18
9 a.m. – Grant County Court,
Canyon City.
9 a.m. – Shepherd’s Closet,
Prairie City Assembly of God. 541-
820-3682.
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. – TOPS,
Methodist Church library, 126
N.W. Canton St., John Day. 541-
575-3812, 541-932-4592.
teammates and our constant struggle to get better.”
Coach’s Comment: “Sage never gives up. He is a great team leader
and a great example of character. Sage is one of the hardest working
young men that I’ve ever coached.”
– Coach Jeff Schafer
EST.
February was a warm one in JD
Blue Mountain Eagle
PENDLETON – It was
warmer than normal in the
John Day area in February,
according to preliminary
data received by NOAA’s
National Weather Service in
Pendleton.
The average temperature
was 40.2 degrees, 4.1 de-
grees above normal.
High temperatures av-
eraged 51.8 degrees, 4.4
degrees above normal. The
highest was 64 degrees on
Feb. 14. Low temperatures
averaged 28.6 degrees, 3.8
degrees above normal. The
lowest was 12 degrees on
Feb. 23.
There were 19 days with
a low temperature below 32
degrees.
Precipitation
totaled
1.02 inches during Febru-
ary, which was 0.27 inches
above normal. Measurable
precipitation – at least .01
inch – was received on seven
days with the heaviest, 0.38
inches reported on Feb. 28.
Precipitation this year has
reached 1.37 inches, which
is 0.36 inches below nor-
mal. Since October, the wa-
ter-year precipitation at John
Day measured 6.11 inches,
0.80 inches above normal.
Snowfall totaled 2 inches
with at least 1 inch of snow
reported on one day. Feb.
28 had the heaviest snow-
fall and the greatest depth
of snow on the ground, at 2
inches.
The highest wind gust
was 48 mph, recorded on
Feb. 6.
The outlook for March
from NOAA’s Climate Pre-
diction Center calls for
above-normal temperatures
and near- to below-normal
precipitation.
Normal highs for John
Day rise from 51 degrees at
the start of March to 57 de-
grees at the end of March.
Normal lows rise from 27
degrees to 31 degrees. The
30-year normal precipitation
is 1.27 inches.
T-ball coming to Parks and Rec
Parents can sign
up tykes in April
Recreation board of direc-
tors voted March 4 to offer
a T-ball program this spring.
T-ball previously was of-
fered through Grant County
Little League.
Registration will begin
Saturday, April 11, and will
be open for a few weeks.
Practice will begin Mon-
day, May 11.
Details such as fees and
ages for participants will be
worked out the next Parks
and Rec board meeting, set
for Thursday, March 19.
new way of tracking deer will
improve how they determine
the animals’ boundary distri-
butions.
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“Historically, we have
During winter the does are managed mule deer herds
generally early in pregnancy based on data from a 1960s
and will not have their fawns population model and con-
until June.
ventional wisdom on how
“Captures up to the third they are distributed among
trimester should be OK for the Wildlife Management Units,”
doe and unborn fawn,” said said Chip Dale, ODFW Klam-
wildlife veterinarian Dr. Col- ath and Malheur Watersheds
in Gillin. “We have no infor- Manager.
mation from published stud-
He said a similar study in
ies that show capture events Central Oregon revealed that
on pregnant animals reduce movements and distribution of
fawning rates or cause abor- mule deer have changed.
tions. We certainly haven’t
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over the year.”
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Ryan Torland, district wild-
life biologist for Grant County
said, “Our unit boundaries are
socio-political and may not line
up with what deer herds are
actually doing. For example,
many deer that spend winter
in Murderers Creek are in the
Silvies Unit during hunting sea-
son.”
Information gathered could
change how populations are
monitored through updated
population modeling tech-
niques. Eventually, this infor-
mation could lead to hunting
season changes so tags better
align with actual mule deer
movements.
“For example, when herds
are spending time in two dif-
ferent units, tag changes would
occur in both,” Torland said.
Blue Mountain Eagle
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went 2-2 for fourth.
“Braden had to wrestle
back through the consolation
side of a huge 32-man bracket,
and knocked off six wrestlers
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Antonio Smith and Ethan
Moore also each won a match,
and Russell Hodge won two
matches, losing on a close de-
cision.
“We are very proud of
these young men, and they
show that the future looks
good for Grant Union wres-
tling,” Lusco said.
The three who placed will
advance to the Middle School
State Meet in Woodburn on
Saturday.
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