Community
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
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WHAT’S
HAPPENING
The deadline for What’s
Happening items is 5 p.m.
Friday. Call Cheryl at the Ea-
gle, 541-575-0710.
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 9
Lenten lunch
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.,
Redeemer Lutheran Church,
627 S.E. Hillcrest, John Day
A soup meal will be served
from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.,
followed by a service until
12:45 p.m. All are welcome.
Call 541-575-1326 or 541-
575-0766.
FRIDAY, MARCH 11
Highway sign dedica-
tion
11 a.m., John Day Elks
Lodge
All are invited to a dedi-
cation ceremony for the two
WWI Veterans Memorial
signs to be erected on High-
way 395 in Grant County.
The northbound sign will be
at milepost 119.5, north of Mt.
Vernon, and the southbound
one at milepost 4.7 south of
Canyon City. Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation crews
will install the signs Mon-
day-Tuesday, March 14-15.
The signs are going up at sev-
eral locations along the 383-
mile stretch of Highway 395
in Oregon, recently designated
the WWI Veterans Memorial
Highway. The ceremony will
be held in the Lodge parking
lot or dining room, depending
on the weather. Coffee and
refreshments will be served
afterward.
SATURDAY, MARCH
12
Almost Spring Bazaar
9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Keer-
ins Hall, Grant County Fair-
grounds
Vendors will be on hand
with an array of items for sale
— crafts, home decor, collect-
ibles, art, jewelry and more.
Admission is free. Vendor
space is $35 per 6-foot table,
plus $5 for electricity. Set up is
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday,
March 11. Call the fair of¿ ce,
541-575-1900, for informa-
tion or to reserve a table.
Second Saturday
Gathering
9:30-11:30 a.m., Outpost
Restaurant, John Day
Colleen Clark, Sherry
Nance and Lis Davis will be
this month’s main speakers.
Kathy Rogers and Lis Da-
vis will present music for the
gathering.
Complimentary
coffee and tea will be offered
at the no-host breakfast for
women.
Owyhee River presen-
tation
2 p.m., Grant County Li-
brary, John Day
Writer Bonnie Olin will
offer a presentation based on
her book, “The Owyhee River
Journals,” an illustrated jour-
ney into the canyonlands of
the Owyhee River in Nevada,
Idaho and Oregon. The book
features 125 color photos of
rarely seen landscapes by pho-
tographer Mike Quigley. Olin
will share a brief history of the
area, discuss its uniqueness,
read a short excerpt and show a
20-minute video of a 2006 ex-
pedition into the Deep Creek
and East Fork of the Owyhee.
A question-and-answer period
and book signing will follow.
The library is at 507 S. Can-
yon Blvd. Call 541-575-1992
for more information.
Bingo Fun Night
5 p.m., Seneca School
Everyone is welcome to
“Bingo Fun Night,” a fund-
raiser for the Seneca School
PTA. Doors open at 5 p.m.,
and the games start at 6 p.m.
The cost is $10 for two cards
for all-night play, with no limit
on the number of cards. There
will be a 50/50 board for a cash
prize of $350 to the winner,
plus other prizes through the
evening. Concessions will be
available: potato bar, nachos,
hot dogs, chili, maple bars and
beverages. Donations are wel-
come; call 541-620-0461.
SATURDAY-
SUNDAY, MARCH
12-13
Strawberry Mountain
Gun and Knife Show
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Satur-
day; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday;
Trowbridge Pavilion, Grant
County Fairgrounds
People can buy, sell or trade
such goods as guns, knives,
camping and hunting equip-
ment, and archery supplies.
Admission for adults is $5 per
day or $8 for both days; for
youth ages 7-18, $2 per day,
and for children 6 and under,
admission is one can of food.
Again this year, attendees will
be entered in a drawing for
gun-related merchandise. Ven-
dor space is $40 for an 8-foot
table. Call the fair of¿ ce, 541-
575-1900, for information or
to reserve a table.
MONDAY, MARCH
14
Little League sign-ups
5-7 p.m., Humbolt, Prai-
rie City schools
Grant County Little
League sign-ups for youth
ages 7-14 will be in the com-
puter labs at both Humbolt El-
ementary in Canyon City and
Prairie City School in Prairie
City. Required documents in-
clude the player’s birth certif-
icate and three pieces of proof
of residency. Signups can
also be done online at www.
eteamz.com/grantcountylittle-
leagueOR. Call 541-575-0725
for more information.
TUESDAY, MARCH
15
Genealogical Society
luncheon
Noon, Outpost Restau-
rant, John Day
Guest speaker will be
George Sintay presenting the
topic, “Mining.” All are wel-
come to the ho-host luncheon
offered by the Grant County
Genealogical Society.
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 16
Lenten lunch
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.,
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian
Church, Mt. Vernon
A soup meal will be served
from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.,
followed by a service until
12:45 p.m. All are welcome.
This is the last Lenten lunch
of the 2016 season. Call 541-
575-1326 or 541-575-0766.
Foster parent orienta-
tion
5:30-7:30 p.m., DHS,
John Day
Those interested in foster
or adoption through the state
of Oregon are welcome to at-
tend a foster parent orientation
at the Department of Human
Services of¿ ce, 725 W. Main
St., John Day. For more infor-
mation, call 541-575-0728.
Democrat meeting
6:30 p.m., Canyon Moun-
tain Center, 511 S.E. Hillcrest
Road, John Day
All local Grant County
Democrats are encouraged to
attend the meeting. For more in-
formation, call 541-542-2633.
Contributed photo
From left, Reagan Shelley, Dauna Bishop, Taylor McCluskey, Dawson Quinton and Maggie Justice are all
smiles following the Northwest Science Expo Regional in Bend March 5. All five Grant Union students
placed in their categories and advance to the state competition April 8 at Portland State University.
Science students succeed
Five GU high-
schoolers will
compete at state
April 8
Blue Mountain Eagle
BEND — All ¿ ve Grant
Union students who attended
the Northwest Science Expo
Regional competition in Bend
placed in their categories and
advance to the state level ex-
position.
The winning students and
their categories are:
Reagan Shelley, sopho-
more: ¿ rst place, behavioral
and social science.
Taylor McCluskey, se-
nior: second place, human
science.
Dauna Bishop, junior:
third place, human science.
Maggie Justice, sopho-
more: ¿ rst place, environmen-
tal and earth science.
Dawson Quinton, senior:
second place, environmental
and earth science.
All are under the guidance
of Grant Union science teach-
er Randy Hennen.
Awards also went to
four of the students: Shel-
ley, Outstanding Research
in Psychology; McCluskey,
Air Force Outstanding Stu-
dent Research Project OSU
$2,000 scholarship; Justice,
Sustainability Solutions Ini-
tiative Award; and Quinton,
NASA Outstanding Earth
Systems Project Award and
U.S. Stockholm Junior Water
Project Award.
The regional expo was
held at Central Oregon Com-
munity College on March 5.
All ¿ ve will compete at
the state competition Friday,
April 8, at Portland State Uni-
versity.
Grant Union’s annual sci-
ence fair will be this Thurs-
day, March 10. Interviews
will be from 1:18-2:09 p.m.
New childcare sprouts in John Day
Facility provides
complete care for
children ages 3
months to 6 years
By &heryl HoeÀ er
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — Parents in
need of child care for their “lit-
tle sprouts” have a new option
in John Day.
Little Sprouts childcare,
which opened Feb. 1, offers
a complete program for chil-
dren ages 3 months to 6 years.
Monthly rates are available for
two, three, four and ¿ ve days
a week, plus drop-off rates
while spots are still open. Mul-
tiple-child discounts are avail-
able.
Licensed for 15 children, the
childcare provides a structured
daily schedule with music, art
and baking opportunities, and
a menu that includes organic
milk, whole grains and fresh
fruits and vegetables.
“Little Sprouts is a setting
I’m working on developing a
program that provides activi-
ties that are the building blocks
necessary for further education-
al achievements,” owner Stacie
Klusmier said. “Children are
born with a natural enthusiasm
for learning.”
Early states of play that in-
volve imagination and ¿ ne and
gross motor skills are the foun-
dations needed for future learn-
ing potential, she said. It’s also
during this time that children
experience some of their ¿ rst
independent social interactions.
“Little Sprouts is dedicat-
ed to making this a safe and
nurturing atmosphere for this
to happen, and to facilitate the
emerging special personalities
that all our little ones have,”
Klusmier said.
She feels lucky to have
found staff members who share
her passion for this age group.
“They have a variety of
years of experience, special
classes they have taken and
are all tremendously good with
children,” she said.
Running her own childcare
is something Klusmier said she
has always thought about do-
ing.
Early in her college educa-
tion, she took early childhood
education classes and was a
preschool teacher in her early
20s. She intended to pursue
an elementary teaching career
and knew she enjoyed working
with children of all ages. She
decided occupational therapy
would be a better ¿ t for her, and
in 1999, earned a bachelor’s
degree in that ¿ eld from Loma
Linda University in California.
During her career, Klus-
mier has worked with people
of all age groups, including at
a neonatal intensive care unit
where she performed early re-
À ex testing, feeding readiness
and developmental testing for
children from birth through 24
months.
She currently works at Blue
Mountain Hospital where she
provides occupational therapy
in an inpatient setting as well
as the home health department.
She provides therapy for Grant
County Early Intervention, ear-
ly childhood special education
and developmental testing for
Malheur County schools.
Klusmier decided to open
a childcare center because
she has two young daughters
and wanted a place where
their children could be to-
gether. She also wanted a
convenient location for her
husband, Jim, for dropping
off and picking up their girls,
and for lunches together, as
schedules permit.
“I have really enjoyed get-
ting to know other families
in our small town,” Klusmier
said. “Even when my chil-
dren are grown, I look for-
ward to continuing to get to
know the youngest members
of our community, along with
their parents.”
Little Sprouts, at 227
N.W. Second St. in John Day,
is open from 7 a.m. to 5:45
p.m. Mondays-Fridays.
For more information, call
541-974-8760.
Thursday, March 17, 2016
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