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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Fall festival on tap
at Cottonwood
A SHOW OF HANDS FOR KINDNESS
Vendors from JD
River Territory
can sign up now
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Cheryl Hoefler
Humbolt Elementary first-graders and staff from Peggy Murphy and Mandy Ipson’s classes, along with
Heart of Grant County staff, give a show of hands with a poster the students created following a “Hands
and Words are Not for Hurting” presentation led by Heart staff. In the project, the students also took the
pledge, “I will not use my hands or my words for hurting myself or others.” In back, from left, teacher
Peggy Murphy, Humbolt educational assistant Jenny Juve, Heart executive director Shelly Whale, Heart
victim advocate Cindy Kalin, Humbolt educational assistant Suzy Burton, teacher Mandy Ipson, and
Humbolt educational assistant Crista Waldner.
WASCO – Oregon’s new-
est state park, Cottonwood
Canyon, in Gilliam County,
will be the setting for a fami-
ly-oriented festival on Sept. 12.
“Taste of Oregon’s Old
West” will showcase the lo-
cally grown food and bev-
erages, recreation, specialty
lodging and dining, culture,
and landscape of the John Day
River Territory of Oregon.
Visitors will have a chance
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gion including honey and
wheat snacks, natural beef,
microbrews, wine, and fruit.
There will also be homestead
skills and demonstrations, and
information on recreational
opportunities such as ranch
and cabin stays, agriculture
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will be highlighted, as well
as horseback rides along the
John Day River and a guided
hike.
Admission is free; there
may be a small fee with some
activities.
Prospective vendors and
exhibitors must be located
within or adjacent to the John
Day River Territory – Gil-
liam, Sherman, Wheeler and
Grant counties. Sign up by
contacting Jaclyn McCurdy at
541-739-2321, or email city-
hall@cityofrufus.com.
Established in 2013, the
8,000-acre state park is the
second largest in Oregon. For-
merly a ranch, it features rug-
ged, steep and scenic canyons
carved by the winding John
Day River.
Cottonwood Canyon State
Park is located on County
Road 206, about 16 miles
southeast of Wasco, and 25
miles northwest of Condon.
For more information
about “Taste of Oregon’s Old
West,” visit www.johndayriv-
erterritory.com.
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