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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
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GU musicians win district competition
Back row, from left: Jeffrey
Hensley, Billy Copenhaver,
Duane Stokes, Elijah
Humbird, Ricky Weickum,
Nick Springer, Clay
Johnson, Cauy Weaver,
Ty McDaniel. Middle row:
Blake Stone, Reitta Wyllie,
Brooke Pereira, Brogan
McKrola, Auna Waldner,
Josh Carpenter, Sam Bentz,
Daniel Soto Llarena and
director Mary Ann Vidourek.
Front row: Serena Pace,
Dauna Bishop, Eli Carniglia,
Annie Wall, Chloe Bentz
and Mariah Boyd. Not
pictured: Marta Faulkner,
Chase Workman, Maia
Adams and Rose Allen.
All District
concert is set
for May 19 at GU
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
PENDLETON – They’ve
done it again.
The Grant Union band
won the March 18 Oregon
Music Education Asso-
ciation’s District 6 large
group festival competition
for the third consecutive
year.
“The ensemble played
with great enthusiasm and
attention to musical de-
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said director Mary Ann RIWKHLUDFFRPSOLVKPHQW´
The
band
includes
Vidourek. “This group has
underclassmen
improved throughout this many
who play well, she said,
which helps the program,
since those musicians will
continue to improve as
they progress through high
school.
The selections the band
played included: “National
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.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
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 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 johndaycom-
munitygarden@gmail.com.
SUNDAY, APRIL 5
Sunrise service and breakfast
• 6:30 a.m., Airport Road, John Day
All are welcome to the Grant County Ministerial Associa-
tion’s annual Easter sunrise service and breakfast. Volunteers
will be at the horseshoe curve on Airport Road to assist people
getting to the service site. A free shuttle will also be available,
but waiting area seating will be limited. A complimentary break-
fast will follow at about 7:45 a.m. at First Christian Church, 311
N.E. Dayton St., John Day. Donations will be accepted for the
breakfast, with all the proceeds going to the Grant County Food
Bank.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8
Cycling tourism meeting
• 1:30-4:30 p.m., Squeeze-In Restaurant, John Day
Oregon State Parks and Recreation will talk about the suc-
cess of bicycle tourism and what can be done to expand it.
Lunch can be ordered before or during the meeting. People do
not need to stay for the entire meeting. For more information,
call 541-620-1819.
Gluten-free meeting
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sponsored by the Red Cross, the LDS church and the U.S. For-
est Service. Call Joan Bowling, 541-575-1248 or Paula Long,
541-620-4751.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 10-11
Church rummage sale
• 9 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, John Day
The Ladies of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church will hold their
annual rummage sale with bargains galore, in the church’s par-
ish hall on Southwest 2nd Avenue. For more information, call
541-575-1350.
SATURDAY, APRIL 11
Genealogy seminar
• 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Kimberly Rock Products pit
There will be jackpots; Annie Oakley; men’s, women’s
and kids competitions; and more. The cost is $3 per shoot.
Monument School students in grades 5-8 will provide con-
cessions. Proceeds will go toward their upcoming field trip.
This is also the last in the series of four shoots to win a Sav-
age 17 HMR Bolt Action rifle. Participants must be at three
of the shoots to qualify. The cost for the separate competition
is $25 for 25 shots. The pit is located at the 9-mile marker on
County Road 402, between Kimberly and Monument. Call
541-934-2143.
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – The Grant
County Library will be closed
Monday, April 13, due to staff
training.
The library will reopen with
April 14, with regular Tuesday
hours of 10 a.m.-noon, and 1-7
p.m. Call the library at 541-575-
1992 for more information.
Hearing Clinic
Schedule an appointment today
(541) 382-3100
Thursday, April 9th • 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Blue Mountain Hospital
Visiting Specialists Plaza
135 Ford Road, John Day, OR 97845
1601
Clay pigeon jackpot shoot
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The Mt. Vernon City Council will hold a
public Hearing on an Ordinance of the
City of Mt. Vernon Establishing Time,
Place,
and
Manner
Regulations
Concerning
Medical
Marijuana
Dispensaries;
and
Declaring
an
Emergency. The hearing will take place
at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, April 14th
during our regular council meeting at
the Mt. Vernon City Hall, 199 W. Main
St., Mt. Vernon OR 97865. The
Document is available for public review
at Mt. Vernon City Hall.
• 9 a.m., Mt Vernon Community Center
Featured speaker is former National Genealogical Society
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lectured at the national, state and local level. Classes during
the daylong seminar include: vital records on the Internet, and
newspaper and Oregon Trail research. The cost is $35 in ad-
vance or $40 at the door, which includes lunch. Contact the
Grant County Genealogical Society at 541-932-4718 or gcgso-
ciety94@yahoo.com.
• 6 p.m., John Day Elks Lodge
Candlelight vigil
• 7:15 p.m., The Corner Cup, John Day
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The last gluten-free meeting will be on May 13.
All are welcome to the event which promotes aware-
ness of sexual assault and child abuse. The walk will
FRIDAY, APRIL 10
start at 7:30 p.m., from The Corner Cup to the Grant
Disaster Preparedness Fair
County Library and back. People may also support the
• 5 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, John cause by staying back at The Corner Cup, where fire
Day
pits will be going. Pinwheels for Prevention Gardens
All are welcome to the free fair where people will be able to will be displayed throughout the community, repre-
browse information booths and demonstrations on safety and senting healthy, safe children, and a brighter future for
preparedness. The evening includes a chili dinner and prize families. The annual event is sponsored by Heart of Grant
drawings, from 5-6:30 p.m. Presentations will begin at 6:30 County and Grant-Harney County CASA – Court-Appoint-
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Red Cross; a Cascadia Subduction Earthquake DVD presenta- information.
Library closed
for training
The choir also per-
formed
and
received
higher scores than last
year.
Vidourek noted the
choir received training at
a clinic with one of the
adjudicators to help them
improve.
“I have a very young
choir, but they are learn-
ing and growing and have
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the Grant Union director
said.
The junior and se-
nior bands and combined
choir will be joined by
the Humbolt Elementary
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
School choir and sixth-
grade band next month for
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May 19.
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