Community
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
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W HAT ’ S H APPENING
The deadline for What’s Happening items is 5 p.m. Friday.
Call Cheryl at the Eagle, 541-575-0710.
community clean-up day and reunion meals, as well as lo-
cal emergency needs.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25
Prospector Baseball dinner, auction
Lenten service and soup lunch
• 11:30 a.m., St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, John Day.
This is the last Lenten lunch in the series. A soup-and-bread
lunch will be from 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., followed by a brief
service. All are welcome.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, MARCH 25-26
Red Cross blood drive
• 1-6 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, John Day
The church is at 944 E. Main St. To schedule an appoint-
ment, call 1-800-RED-CROSS.
• 6:30 p.m., Grant Union Junior-Senior High School, John
Day
The evening, which will be in the old gym, includes a silent
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tioned off for up to four hours of manual labor. Dinner, catered
by Kris and Kjer Kizer, will include a menu of pulled pork,
roasted red potatoes, Hawaiian coleslaw and cobbler. Admis-
sion is $10 a person; tickets are available from baseball players
or Coach Brian Delaney, 541-792-1068.
Clay pigeon jackpot shoot
Family Game Night
Let’s dance!
• 7-9 p.m., Grace Chapel, Prairie City
All are welcome – families, couples and individuals – to
“Family Game Night” at Grace Chapel, 154 E. Williams. Bring
your favorite board or card games and snacks to share for an
evening of fun and friendly competition. Call 541-620-4198 for
more information.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27
Monument Spring Fling
10 a.m., Monument Senior Center
All are welcome to the annual dinner and Dutch auction
fundraiser. Admission is a $2 registration fee. The main
dish, bread and drinks will be provided; those attending are
asked to bring a side dish. Tickets for the Dutch auction
are 25 cents each. Donations of auction items are needed.
Proceeds assist the Monument Service Club in the many
community activities they support such as CPR classes,
SATURDAY, MARCH 28
Community Garden work party
• 9 a.m.-noon, John Day Community Garden, 3rd Street Ex-
tension
Volunteers and new gardeners are welcome to help spruce up
the garden for the 2015 season. Bring work gloves and tools, if
you have them. For those interested in a garden space, the cost
GU teacher is honored – again
Two Grant Union
graduates name
Shelley for
teaching award
Blue Mountain Eagle
LA GRANDE – For the
second year in a row, Grant
Union Junior-Senior High
School teacher Elizabeth
Shelley has
been
rec-
ognized by
former stu-
dents as “in-
spirational.”
Hannah
Elizabeth
B
r
andsma
Shelley
and Mikayla
Luttrell, first-year honor
students at Eastern Oregon
University in La Grande,
nominated Shelley for the
2015 Inspirational Teacher
award. She is one of 19 ed-
ucators from Oregon and
Washington to receive the
honor.
Brandsma, the daugh-
ter of Terry and Megan
Brandsma, and Luttrell,
the daughter of Valerie
Luttrell, are 2014 grad-
uates of Grant Union
Junior
Senior
High
School.
As students who have
maintained dean’s list
standing during the fall
term, the pair were offered
the opportunity to nomi-
nate a teacher who influ-
enced them on their road
to higher education and
academic excellence.
EOU presents the an-
nual awards to recognize
outstanding teachers who
“encourage and repre-
sent the importance of
higher education to their
students.”
Things will be hopping in Dayville
2nd annual
Bunny Hop 5K
set for April 4
Blue Mountain Eagle
DAYVILLE – Things
will be hopping in Day-
ville for the community’s
S TUDENT
OF THE MONTH
February – Long Creek
School
second annual Bunny Hop
5K Run/Walk on Saturday,
April 4.
Registration starts at 8
a.m. and the race at 9 a.m.
Participants can park at
the Dayville School gym,
where bus transportation
will be available to the
starting point up South
Fork Road.
is $15 for a 5 by 10-foot bed and $25 for a 5 by 20-foot one. The
work parties continue until the garden’s April 11 opening. Call
541-620-0719 or email johndaycommunitygarden@gmail.com.
The race route heads
north on scenic South
Fork Road toward town,
ending at Dayville City
Park.
The cost is $10 a person.
Proceeds from the event
benefit the upcoming Day-
ville Fourth of July cele-
bration.
An Easter egg hunt will
follow the race at 10:30
a.m. in Dayville City
Park.
For more information
or registration forms,
email ewinkelman@op-
gcpa.com. Forms may be
retur ned to that email or
to City of Dayville, P.O.
Box 321, Dayville, OR
97825.
• 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Kimberly Rock Products pit
Events include jackpots, Annie Oakley, mens and womens
competitions, and more. The cost is $3 per shoot with proceeds
going toward the Dayville School students’ upcoming Wash-
ington, D.C., trip. Several prizes will be up for grabs, including
top prize, a Pendleton Round-Up package. Concessions will be
available, plus a “best bake sale ” auction. The pit is located at
the 9-mile marker on Highway 402. Call 541-934-2143.
• 1-4 p.m., John Day Senior Center
Grab the kids and maybe some neighbors too, and get ready
to cut a rug or just enjoy the music. UpRiver Country Band will
provide the music. Coffee, punch and cookies will be served,
and there will be door prizes too. The cost is $5 for couples and
$3 for singles.
TUESDAY, MARCH 31
Mad Hatters of Grant County
• 11:30 a.m., Silver Spur Restaurant, Mt. Vernon
Mad Hatters of Grant County will meet for lunch. Anyone
interested is welcome to join them. If you’ve got purple and red
hats and accessories, be sure to wear them. Call Norma Rynear-
son, 541-820-3597.
Bentz plans JD town hall visit
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – State Rep.
Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario) will
hold a town hall meeting in
John Day this Saturday. The
meeting will be from 4:30 to 6
p.m. at The Outpost Restaurant.
Bentz plans to present in-
formation on legislative issues
including the proposed $7.2 mil-
lion school budget, the low-car-
bon fuel standard, automatic voter
registration, sage grouse habitat
recovery funding, and more. The
session wraps up a series of eight
town halls scheduled by Bentz for
Friday and Saturday, across House
District 60. The itinerary also in-
cludes a stop in Harney County,
from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Saturday at
the Apple Peddler in Hines.
Thank you!
I would like to thank
everyone for their
thoughtfulness,
food, flowers and
help while I was
recovering after
knee surgery.
-Tracy Bird
Spring break
free movie time!
Blue Mountain Eagle
CANYON CITY – There’s still time to catch a free mov-
ie this week during spring break.
Grantville Theater will show animated, PG movies at
2 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, March 25 and 26.
People are advised to arrive early to get a seat.
Movie titles are posted on the theater door and on the
Grantville Theater Facebook page, or call 541-575-0210.
Contributed photo
Michael Martin
Grade 4
Long Creek School
MEETING NOTICE
FACEBOOKERS:
UPPER MAINSTEM AND SOUTH
FORK JOHN DAY RIVER
AGRICULTURAL WATER QUALITY
MANAGEMENT AREA PLAN
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fan today!
Go to:
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The Biennial Review of the Upper
Mainstem and South Fork John Day
River Agricultural Water Quality
Management Area Plan will be held
Monday, April 6, 2015 at 4:00pm
at the USDA Conference Room at
721 S. Canyon Blvd., in John Day.
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TREAT
YOUR
FEET
Contact
Jason Kehrberg or Pat Holliday
at 541-575-0135 with any questions.
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Our Services by a registered nurse include:
• Pedi-Spa treatment for your feet
• Particular attention to Diabetic Foot
• Multifunctional massage chair
• Skin Inspection • Callus Removal • Nail Cutting
We also check your blood pressure, blood sugar level and oxygen saturation.
Call
541- 575-1648
for an appointment
$35 00 fee
Blue Mountain Hospital
FOOT CLINIC
www.bluemountainhospital.org
Services available at the
Home Health Office,
422 W. Main, John Day.
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