Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Blue Mountain eagle. (John Day, Or.) 1972-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 2015)
B2 Ou tdoo rs B lu e Moun t a in E ag l e W edn e sd ay , S ep t emb e r 16 , 2015 A s an c tu a r y o f s t a r s B lu e Moun t a in E ag l e DAYV ILLE – The s ta r s – ce le s t ia l , no t mov ie - we re ou t in a l l the i r f ine ry la s t Sa tu rday n igh t a t the Thom - a s Condon V i s i to r Cen te r o f the John Day Fo s s i l Bed s Na t iona l Monumen t . Abou t a dozen peo - ple – some G ran t Coun ty re s iden t s and some f rom a fa r – made i t to the f ina l “ s ta r pa r ty” o f the summe r sea son a t the cen te r , loca t - ed abou t 9 m i le s we s t o f Dayv i l le . Ju l ie F le sne r o f Po r t - land saw a f lye r abou t the s ta r -gaz ing even t on the Fo s s i l Bed s ’ Facebook page . A f requen t day t ime v i s i to r to the t ra i l s o f the monumen t , she dec ided she had to ca tch the n igh t sky prog ram th i s t ime . “ I look a t th i s a s my sanc tua ry ,” she sa id o f the pa rk , “and I love the s ta r s .” Na t iona l Pa rk s Se rv ice re t i ree John F iedo r , a Day - v i l le re s iden t , ho s ted the show . He ha s been o f fe r ing the s ta r -wa tch ing p rog ram s s ince 2004 , f i r s t a s a range r and fo r the pa s t f ive yea r s a s a vo lun tee r . He doe s fou r o r f ive p rog ram s a yea r a t the cen te r , and a l so ha s he lped w i th p rog ram s a t o the r loca - t ion s . “Th i s i s one o f my fa - vo r i te p rog ram s ,” he sa id . “The sk ie s a re so wonde r fu l ou t he re .” Sa tu rday ’ s s ta r pa r ty wa s an indoo r -ou tdoo r a f - fa i r , s ta r t ing a t abou t 7 :30 p .m . w i th a 30 -m inu te s l ide show and ta lk in the cen te r ’ s aud i to r ium . W i th day l igh t fad ing f rom the h i l l s , F iedo r gave an in t ro to the s ta r s the g roup wou ld see and added in fac t s abou t a s t ronomy , the l i fe and s ize o f s ta r s , h i s to ry , and even an upda te on com ing s and go ing s a t the In te rna t iona l Space S ta t ion . Then the g roup t rooped ou t s ide to the pa t io , whe re F iedo r u sed a l igh t po in te r to o r ien t the v iewe r s to s ta r s and con s te l la t ion s a s the M i lky W ay g rew b r igh te r ac ro s s the n igh t sky . Some con f igu ra t ion s we re fam i l ia r , l ike the B ig D ippe r . O the r s , l ike Peg - a su s , took a l i t t le coach - ing : “See the g rea t squa re – the re ’ s the ho r se , bu t i t ’ s up s ide down whe re we see i t he re .” Pa r t ic ipan t s a l so took tu rn s pee r ing in to a re f lec t - ing te le scope to v iew va r i - ou s s ta r s and s ta r c lu s te r s – even the And romeda Ga l - axy , ou r own ga laxy ’ s nea r - e s t ne ighbo r . F iedo r no ted And rom - eda i s some 2 .5 m i l l ion l igh t yea r s away – mean - ing the l igh t seen now f rom i t da te s back to the s ta r t o f the mode rn ice age s on Ea r th . “Y ou look back in t ime when you look a t the sky ,” he sa id . “T e le scope s a re re - a l ly t ime scope s .” Fo r mo re in fo rma t ion on the Fo s s i l Bed s and the Na t iona l Pa rk s Se rv ice ’ s N igh t Sk ie s p rog ram s , Con t r ibu ted pho to /Sco t ta Ca l l is te r v i s i t the www .np s .gov / t iona l P a rks Se rv ice re t i ree John F iedo r , a Dayv i l le res iden t , hos ted the s ta r pa r ty a t joda and c l ick on Exp lo re Na the Thomas Condon V is i to r Cen te r o f the John Day Foss i l Beds Na t iona l Monumen t . Na tu re . I t ’ s E a s y - I t ’ s FREE - I t ’ s Fun ! WEEK 2 OF 13 9 . R a v e n s VS R a i d e r s Ny da m ’s ‘15 FOOTBALL CONTEST The he lp fu l p lace . Ha rdwa re 1 0 . O r e g o n S t a t e VS S a n J o s e ® 652 W . Ma in , John Day Mob i le G lass o f Oregon , Inc . c cb#175517 2 . D a y v i l l e / M o n um e n t VS J o s e p h • W indow s • S c r e en s • G l a s s , P e x ig l a s s & M i r ro r s -Doo r s • Au to G l a s s R ep l a c em en t & R ep a i r 27825 W i ld e rn e s s L an e • 541 -575 -1055 1 2 . N o t r e D am e VS G e o r g i a 1 5 . O h i o S t a t e VS N . I l l i n o i s Log Cab in Espresso John Da y Po la r i s 821 W . Hw y , John Da y | 541 -575 -5778 IN W 7 . R am s VS R e d s k i n s 00 50 $ CCB #130005 Fo r a l l you r au tomo t iv e n e ed s ! P r e c i s i o n 541 -575 -0211 Au tomo t iv e & ATV : Repa i r A u t o B o d y R e p a i r & T o w i n g Serv ice • Pa r ts 541 -575 -0358 on a l l mak e s & mod e l s 200 E . Ma in S t . , John Day 5 . C h a r g e r s VS B e n g a l s We ’ re he re when you need us ! V E LV E T CAR WASH 8 0 3 S . C a n y o n B l v d . , J o h n D a y Da i l ing ri P i Dl ir l ri RULES D isp layed in th is adve r t isemen t a re 19 spo r ts -m inded bus inesses . In 15 o f these ads you ’ l l f ind l is ted an impo r tan t game schedu led fo r th is weekend . Each game is numbe red . C l ip the o r ig ina l en t ry b lank and w r i te , in nume r ica l o rde r , the adve r t ise r ’s name and the team you th ink w i l l w in the game l is ted in the ad . On ly one en t ry pe r pe rson pe rm i t ted — bu t a l l membe rs o f the fam i ly may en te r p rov ided they use the o r ig ina l en t ry b lank . Mus t be 10 yea rs o ld to en te r . En t r ies mus t be b rough t to the B lue Moun ta in Eag le in John Day no r you can ma i l you r en t ry to : Foo tba l l Ed i to r , 195 N . Canyon B lvd . , John Day , OR .M . FR IDAY. O la te r than 5 P 97845 bu t make su re i t is pos tma rked no la te r than F r iday and rece ived by the B lue Moun ta in Eag le by noon Monday . O r you can fax you r o r ig ina l en t ry to (541 ) 575 -1244 , A t tn : Foo tba l l Ed i to r . Emp loyees o f the B lue Moun ta in Eag le o r membe rs o f the i r immed ia te fam i l ies a re no t e l ig ib le fo r p r ize money . W inne rs w i l l be announced in the Wednesday pape r fo l low ing the games . $50 w i l l be awa rded to the w inne r . In case o f a t ie , the p r ize w i l l be sp l i t . Con tes t ends in 13 weeks . A l l dec is ions o f the Judge w i l l be f ina l . M ILLER C OORS B REWING E chan i s D i s t r ibu t ing Company 541 -575 -1 170 5 55 Game No . 15 w i l l be the t ieb reake r eve ry week . S imp ly w r i te in wha t you th ink the f ina l sco re w i l l be fo r each team . When the t ieb reake r is necessa ry to de te rm ine a w inne r , the c loses t po in t sp read w i l l be the dec id ing fac to r . 3 . P r a i r i e C i t y /B u r n t R i v e r VS N o r t h L a k e CORNERSTONE SURVEY ING , INC . “Suppo r t ou r G ran t Coun t y Spo r t s” S in c e 1995 P ro fess iona l Su rveyo r 233 S . Canyon B lvd . John Day , OR . 97845 541 .575 .1813 co rne rs tonesu rvey@cen tu ry te l .ne t 1 . G r a n t U n i o n VS S t a n f i e l d Qua l i ty Hea l th Ca re C lo se to Home B lue Moun ta in Ho sp i ta l 170 Fo rd Road • 541 -575 -1311 Ca rs • T rucks Accesso r ies Au to G lass Repa i r & Rep lacemen t FREE INSURANCE EST IMATES • FREE LOANER CAR Hou rs 8 :00 a .m . - 5 :00 p .m . 700 S . Canyon B lvd . , John Day • 541 -575 -1786 Nex t to T r iang le O i l EAGLE P h o n e N o . 6 . P a t r i o t s VS B i l l s N o . 1 N o . 2 195 N . C an yon B l vd . • John D a y 541 -575 -0710 • F a x 541 -575 -1244 ad v e r t i s ing@b lu emoun t a in e ag l e . com www .M yE ag l eN ew s . com N o . 3 N o . 4 . o i N o . 5 a Iao a N o . 6 N o . 7 OWNER - J eb Bow l ing B lu e Moun ta in N am e W i n n e r 8 . S e a h aw k s VS P a c k e r s Comp l e t e Au to Bod y & Pa in t OFF IC IAL ENTRY FORM A d v e r t i s e r 706 S . Canyon B lvd . • John Day 541 -575 -1968 C y Grant ount 1 3 . N e b r a s k a VS M i am i IZES PR & H S IN CA CH WEEK EA G am e T r iang le M in i Ma r t 4 . C ow b o y s VS E a g l e s Cong ra tu la t ions to Mon te S immons W inn ing w i th 12 co r rec t p icks ! Jason Do le & Randy Ho rne r we re t ied a t 11 ! CCB # 1 7 7 1 8 0 Good luck nex t week ! N o . 8 N o . 9 N o . 1 0 N o . 1 1 N o . 1 2 N o . 1 3 1 1 . W a s h i n g t o n VS U t a h S t a t e N o . 1 4 N o . 1 5 W i n n e r T i e B r e a k e r S c o r e Have fun & good luck !