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A8 News Blue Mountain Eagle FUN FAIR Continued from Page A1 Continued from Page A1 Among the many activities were the Grant County Safe Communities Coalition bicy- cle obstacle course and running contest, Warm Springs Tribes miniature golf course, the Awa- nas Pinewood Derby, Cub Scout Troop 800 paper airplane ODXQFKHUVDFWLYLW\DQGD¿UHKRVH game sponsored by the Malheur National Forest. Aasness said the dunk tank, a fundraiser for the Grant Union baseball and volleyball teams, was an especially popular game. The Dayville volleyball team sold 325 hamburgers and 190 recently welcomed dentist Kent Cherry to their of- fice. Linda Watson and Kathy Cancilla at the Healthy Together Project booth said the next com- munity health meeting will be 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, July 20 at the Canyon City Community Hall. Cancilla said they cover a new health topic every third Monday of the month and offer free dinner and child care. Health fair organizer Chris Yriarte, who works for the Malheur National Forest, has been spear- heading the event since it’s beginning in 1994. “I can’t say enough about it,” Yriarte said. “It’s one of the neatest things we do in Grant County for our community.” She planned the event with a health fair commit- tee comprised of staff from Blue Mountain Hospital, Grant County Health De- partment, Forest Service, hospital auxiliary mem- bers, and hospital and for- The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Siblings Dalaney, left, and Ryann Coombs dig into root beer flavored sno-cones. A total of 625 sno- cones were given away during Family Fun Day at the John Day City Park. hot dogs – just $1 each – to sup- port their program. Mt. Vernon All Class Reunion Friday, July 3: Sunday, July 5: 6:00pm - Meet and Greet at the Wagon Wheel. Taxi service available. 8:00pm - Games and foolishness at the Community Hall. 10:00am - noon- Pancake feed at Community Hall, followed by clean up. Please send RSVP and admission fees ASAP. . 1:00pm - Picnic and games Adults: $10, Age 12-18: at Holliday Park. Food will $5 and under age 12: be provided. free. Send admissions 8:00pm - Dance at the to the following : Community Hall. Beer Linda Dickens McCumber Garden and taxi service. 59640 Hwy 26 $5/person, $8/couple. Mt. Vernon, OR 97865 Saturday July 4: For questions call: Linda: 541-932-4748 or Rhonda: 541-620-1639 Emergency personnel, in- cluding the Blue Mountain ambulance crew, were on hand to show their vehicles to children and offer help if needed. Aasness noted that the Commission on Children and Families used to help organize the event, but since that agen- cy dissolved, she is doing the organizing. “If we can get more groups to help with the next year’s legwork, it would be great,” she said. She also welcomed more people to staff booths. For more information, con- tact Aasness at 541-575-1006. SPACE Continued from Page A1 looks at the structure of a pro- tein in E. coli, and factors that could encourage “misfolded proteins” — a possible cause of slow-developing diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases, among others. In a related contest this spring, two students — Jas- mine Martin, a seventh-grader at Grant Union, and Ben Hen- ry, a sixth-grader at Humbolt Elementary — designed space g n i h s i F t s e B C O N T E S T FIRE C O T in ! w o t s e PHO c n a h c W ith two ly or grand prize wee G k o fishing in G rant C ounty, and send in photos from your experience. You Could WIN $10 WEEKLY OR $100 GRAND PRIZE Open to all amateur photographers. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has stocked some big ones in local lakes and waterways this summer. This is your chance to catch supper and maybe win a prize, in the 2015 Best Fishing Photo Contest sponsored by the Blue Mountain Eagle, Boyd Britton Welding and Prairie Springs Fish Farm. • Photos will be judged for quality, content, viewer appeal. Remember, it’s not the biggest fish – but the best fishing photo that takes the prize! • Photos must be taken this summer in Grant County. • Digital format is best - e-mail to kristina@bmeagle.com or bring in a disc to the Eagle office, 195 N. Canyon Blvd., John Day. • Deadline for submissions: Sep. 21, 2015 for the grand prize. Fisherman’s Name:__________________________________________ Where the fish was caught:____________________Date taken: _________ Fish Species:____________________Weight & Length________________ Contact phone number:_______________________ Contact e-mail address:________________________________ For more info, call the Eagle, 541-575-0710 – and happy fishing! Continued from Page A1 As of Monday, the Malheur remained in Industrial Fire Pro- WHFWLRQ /HYHO , ZLWK ¿UHZRRG cutting still permitted all day but D RQHKRXU ¿UH ZDWFK UHTXLUHG after chainsaw shutdown. The forest also has seasonal restric- WLRQV RQ FDPS¿UHV DOORZLQJ WKHP RQO\ LQ ¿UH SLWV RU ULQJV “Smokey’s arm” — the indica- WRURQ¿UHGDQJHUVLJQV²SRLQWV to moderate. Meanwhile, the Oregon De- partment of Forestry has tight- HQHG SXEOLF ¿UH UHVWULFWLRQV IRU private and non-federal public forestlands protected by the agency in the Central Oregon District. The district includes Grant and 11 other Eastern Or- egon counties. Dry vegetation due to the drought and continuing warm weather prompted the decision, issued last Friday by George Ponte, district forester. “We are at a point where QHZ ZLOG¿UHV DUH JURZLQJ TXLFNO\ DQG EHFRPLQJ PRUH GLI¿FXOW DQG H[SHQVLYH WR FRQ- trol,” Ponte said. “These restric- tions are intended to eliminate KXPDQFDXVHG ¿UHV DV ZH ZLOO soon be busy enough with light- QLQJFDXVHG¿UHV´ That concern was echoed by Blue Mountain Eagle Early Deadline For July 8th Edition Ad, Classified & Legal Deadline Thursday, July 2nd by 5pm. e b l l i w Office Closed d r 3 y l Ju Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter Helping at the health fair registration table are Blue Mountain Hospital Auxiliary members Nancy Chase, left, Joyce Nodine and auxiliary president Sandra Flanagan. Hailey Delaney, left, and Kerry Randall of Norco Medical Supply share information with Mary Ann Wren of La Grande. est service retirees. Sponsors of the health fair include the Forest Ser- vice, Grant County Health Department, Blue Mountain Hospital and Blue Moun- tain Hospital Auxiliary. Yriarte said that ev- erything is donated, with the exception of the blood testing. “It’s about getting the information to people so they can make their own healthcare decisions,” she said. patches representative of Mis- sion 7. Awaiting the craft’s arrival at the Space Station is an in- ternational crew of astronauts with extensive science, medical and engineering backgrounds. The roster includes three Rus- sian astronauts, including the station commander, Gennady Padalka; one Japanese astro- naut; and two Americans, Kjell Lindgren and Scott Kelly. The crew will conduct ex- periments during the estimated 42 days the payload is expected to remain on the station. For updated information on the mission, including a count- down clock and live stream from the space station, visit http://bit.ly/1J8SZ8N online. the Mt. 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OPEN Tue-Fri 11am to 8pm (Closed this Sat, the 27th for a family funeral) “Downtown” Seneca 541-542-2819 Chic ken Fried Stea k! A MAN WAKES UP in the morning after sleeping on... an advertised bed, in advertised pajamas. He will bathe in an ADVERTISED TUB, shave with an ADVERTISED RAZOR, have a breakfast of ADVERTISED JUICE, cereal and toast, toasted in an ADVERTISED TOASTER, put on ADVERTISED CLOTHES and glance at his ADVERTISED WATCH. He’ll ride to work in his ADVERTISED CAR, sit at an ADVERTISED DESK and write with an ADVERTISED PEN. Yet this person hesitates to advertise, saying that advertising doesn’t pay. Finally, when his non-advertised business is going under, HE’LL ADVERTISE IT FOR SALE. Then it’s too late. AND THEY SAY ADVERTISING DOESN’T WORK? DON’T MAKE THIS SAME MISTAKE Advertising is an investment, not an expense. Think about it! Blue Mountain Eagle MyEagleNews.com Don’t get left behind, call today! Kim Kell 541-575-0710