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Outdoors/Sports
Blue Mountain Eagle
Summer ball keeps talent sharp
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
P ORSCHES ON DISPLAY
GU boys log many
basketball miles
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — Several
members of the Grant Union
boys basketball team kept busy,
and on the road, for summer
basketball.
“We played a lot of basket-
ball this summer, logging a lot
of miles on the mini-bus, but
gaining valuable experience
and team chemistry,” said head
coach Steve Speth, adding the
Contributed photo
Grant Union basketball team members attend a
basketball camp in Spokane, Wash. From left, Wyatt
Weaver, Nathan Gehley, Cauy Weaver, camp coach,
Ricky Weickum, Zack Deiter, Brady Burch and Duane
Stokes.
time spent playing ball was fun.
“We won 16 games and lost
seven against good competition,
mainly schools a couple classi-
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off playing at Crook County,
played a couple of home games,
then participated in an overnight
tournament in Umatilla early in
the summer.
Eventually,
the
team
wrapped up the summer season
at a Gonzaga team camp in Spo-
kane, Wash. There, they com-
piled a 5-3 record in one of the
top pools at the camp.
“We played teams from
Washington, Idaho, Montana,
Wyoming and Canada at the
camp,” Speth said.
Following the camp, the
team enjoyed time at the Sil-
verwood amusement park near
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, before
the long bus ride home.
Players attending team camp
were: Duane Stokes, Cauy
Weaver, Zack Deiter, Brady
Burch, Ricky Weickum, Wyatt
Weaver and Nathan Gehley.
Contributed photo
John Day hosted 25 Porsches and 50 members of the Zone 6 Grand Tour during
the final two days of the tour’s 15-day, 4,700 mile tour. Tour members stopped by
the Squeeze-In restaurant for lunch on the deck. The members were on their way
home from traveling through Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming,
Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia since July 25.
The spittin’ image
of a winner
Tressa Ranft, 15, of John
Day, spits her seed for
a distance of 15 feet, 6
inches.
Minimum Bid
Lot #1. 4’x8’ Culvert with Door (used)
$50.00
Lot #2. 5’x7’ Flat Bottom Culvert (used)
$75.00
Lot #3. 18”x40’ Culvert (Rough Shape)
$75.00
Lot #4. 3’x32’ Culvert with band (used)
$200.00
Lot #5. 3’x19’ Culvert (used)
$150.00
Lot #6. 4’x13.5’ Culvert (used)
$200.00
Savanna Randleas shows
off her prize T-shirt after
winning the youth ages
8-15 division in the the 2015
watermelon seed spitting
contest at the Grant
County Fair. Randleas had
a distance of 21 feet, 3
inches.
Local 5-year-old knows
her watermelon seeds
Lot #7. 3 pieces of 6’x27’ Flat Bottom
Culvert, (used)
$350.00
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Lot #8. 1992 Viking Truck Snowplow
11.5 wide
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$175.00
JOHN DAY — Young
Mahayla Moss put her spit-
ting skills to good use at
the Grant County Fair.
The 5-year-old from
John Day projected her way
to a win during the annual
watermelon seed spitting
contest sponsored by Bis-
nett Insurance and the Blue
Lot #9. 1994 Frink Truck Snowplow
11.5 wide
$175.00
Lot #10. 3 Tool Boxes (1 wooden, 2 metal)
$50.00
Lot #11. 4 Pickup Tool Boxes (all metal)
$100.00
Lot #12. Large Floor Jack
$50.00
Lot #13. Swamp Cooler
$50.00
Lot #14. 1992 Ford Explorer, 4x4
(Blue, 245,846 mi.)
$200.00
Lot #15. 14’8”x7’4” Cattle Guard
$500.00
Lot #16 2 Homemade Cattle Guards
$100.00
Lot #17 8 Pieces of Aluminum water
pipe, 6” wide
$150.00
pipe, 4” wide
$175.00
Lot #19 Spring Cattle Guard
$150.00
$50.00
Lot #22 1973 Ford Water Truck
(runs, but not drivable)
Specialized 24-hour care for
loved ones. Peace of mind
for the whole family
$400.00
Mountain Eagle. Her win-
ning distance was 6 feet, 8
inches.
Mahayla, who was in
the children’s 7 years and
younger division, said this
was her first time compet-
ing.
When asked if anyone
else in her family was ever
a seed-spitter, she boast-
ed, “Nope, I’m the first
in my family ever to do
it!”
Her choice of seeds is
simple — “I just saw some
seeds in the watermelon
and got them.”
As for her technique —
without revealing any de-
tails, in case it’s a secret —
let’s just say she uses her
tongue and then “gives it a
good blow.”
For her efforts, Mahayla
won a 2015 “Seed Spitting
Champion” T-shirt.
“Maybe you’ll see me at
the fair someday wearing
it,” she said.
And
maybe
she’ll
wear it at the 2016 fair,
if she returns to compete
again.
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Eagle photos/Cheryl Hoefler
Mahayla Moss, 5, of
John Day, with her
prize T-shirt from the
2015 watermelon seed
spitting contest at the
Grant County Fair. Her
winning distance was 6
feet, 8 inches.
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Lot #23 1994 Ford 250 Pickup
(141,374 mi.)
Lot #24 2 Pallets of Lime
Lot #25 4 Furniture type card holders
$1,500.00
$50.00
$100.00
Lot #26 3 Room Partitions
$25.00
Lot #27 Broce Broom, 8’ (used)
$10.00
Items may be viewed at the Road Department, 27941
Lower Yard Road, John Day, OR between the hours of
7am - 4:30pm, Mon - Thur . For more info,
call 541-575-0138 or 575-3782
Sealed bids with Lot no. identified on
the envelope must be received by the
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later than 9am on Aug. 26, 2015
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Trenten Carpenter, 10,
of John Day, spits for
a distance of 13 feet in
the watermelon seed
spitting contest.