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Community Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, March 30, 2016 A3 Contributed photo The Inland Northwest Chorale of Hermiston will perform at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Canyon City Community Hall. The deadline for What’s Happening items is 5 p.m. Friday. Call Cheryl at the Eagle, 541-575-0710. SATURDAY, APRIL 2 %HQH¿WEUHDNIDVW A-HUNTING WE WILL GO! • 8-10 a.m., Prairie City Senior Center A bene¿ t breakfast and silent dessert auction will be held to help with medical and travel expenses for Brian Johns of Prairie City. The menu includes pancakes, sausage, fruit, coffee and juice. To make a donation, text or call 541-808-4877, 541-792-1051 or 541-620- 0920. &RPPXQLW\*DUGHQRSHQV • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 3rd Street Extension, John Day The John Day Community Garden kicks off the 2016 grow- ing season with an orientation and work party. New members are welcome to come check out the garden, help spruce it up for the coming season alongside veteran gardeners and sign up for a plot. HAPPENING Fees are $25 for a 5x20 plot or $15 for a 5x10 one, which in- cludes use of the watering supply and garden shed full of tools. A pumpkin patch is planned again this year, and there is an open gardening area for crops that don’t ¿ t in the raised beds. A meal of homemade soup, focaccia bread and beverag- es will be served at noon. The garden is located on the Third Street Extension across from the Grant County Fairgrounds rodeo arena. To learn more, visit the John Day Community Garden on Facebook. WHAT’S ,QODQG1RUWKZHVW&KRUDOH • 4 p.m., Canyon City Community Hall All are welcome to a performance by the Inland Northwest Cho- rale of Hermiston, under the direction of R. Lee Friese. The group will perform “Psalm Settings, O Praise the Lord, All Ye Nations” by Georg Philipp Telemann; “Kyrie” by Nortman Luboff; “Sine Nomine” by Vaughan Williams; and “Frostina,” seven country songs by Robert Frost. The chorale will also perform the next day at Helix School. To learn more, visit Inland Northwest Musicians on Facebook. SUNDAY, APRIL 3 2OG:HVWDQQXDOPHHWLQJ • 1 p.m., John Day Senior Center, 142 N.E. Dayton St. Old West Federal Credit Union members are welcome to attend the group’s annual meeting. There will be door prizes including two $250 cash prizes. Refreshments will be served afterward. TUESDAY, APRIL 5 &DQFHUIUHHIRRGVSUHVHQWDWLRQ • 6 p.m., Seventh-day Adventist Church, Dayville Blue Mountain Hospital dietitian Kim Jacobs will offer a pre- sentation on foods that naturally discourage cancer cells and ideas for living a healthy, cancer-free life. All are welcome to the free talk which will be in the church’s fellowship hall on South Fork Road. FRIDAY, APRIL 15 <RXWK$UWV3URJUDPFRQFHUW • 7 p.m., Methodist Church, John Day The Grant County Youth Arts Program will present its spring concert, “April Showers,” at the United Methodist Church, 126 NW Canton St., John Day. Admission is by donation. YAP Director Re- becca Bogardus will direct the youth and adult choirs, and the com- bined À ute choir and string ensemble. Janine Goodwin will direct the children’s choir and the string ensemble. The directors will also per- form as soloists. The program will include songs composed for the ensembles, Disney songs, Irish ¿ ddle tunes, show tunes and classical music. YAP is sponsored by the Juniper Arts Council. FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 15-16 WKDQQXDOTXLOWVKRZ • 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Grant County Fairgrounds, John Day Trowbridge Pavilion at the Grant County Fairgrounds will come alive with colors and patterns at the 16th annual Grant County Quilt Show presented by the Grant County Piecemakers Quilt Guild. Ad- mission is $5 a person, for both days. Featured quilter this year is Dawn Kitzmiller, formerly of Traditions in Baker City, who will present a workshop teaching from the “Buggy Barn” books from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The fee for the workshop is $25. Several regional quilt shops will have goods for sale and Java Jungle will of- fer a menu of food items. There will be a quilt rafÀ e, door prizes and awards. For more information or to sign up for the workshop, email gcpiecemakers@gmail.com or call 541-932-4111. The Eagle/Cheryl Hoefler Clockwise, from near left, Bentlee Haynes, 3, of Prairie City, Saige Lundbom, 4, of John Day, Ester Lynn Harper, 4, of John Day; and Hayla Reiley, 3, of Prairie City, search in all directions during the Easter egg hunt in Mt. Vernon City Park. Youngsters hop to it at area Easter egg hunts %\&KHU\O+RHÀHU Blue Mountain Eagle It doesn’t matter if Easter arrives early or late — egg hunters are always ready for a good time. Dayville’s Easter egg hunt in the town’s park drew 44 young participants this year. Those winning the coveted gold eggs were Mason Moore, Sivanna Hodges, Riley Han- sen, Halle Parsons, Ashlynn Langum, Kara Hansen, Mal- achi Bogardus, Riley Gregg, Tyler Thompson, Jarin Wilson, Belle Walcyzk and Jack Fisher. There was even a hunt for the grown-ups, much to the de- light of their cheering children. Joan Walcyzk won a prize for the mom who brought the most children, and Dustin Wilson won for being the dad who came the farthest. In Mt. Vernon, youngsters Contributed photo Riley Hansen of Canyon City shows off her bounty from the Easter egg hunt in Dayville. The Eagle/Cheryl Hoefler Cowboy Chapel H our Maveryk, 3, and his mother, Miranda Bartlett, both of Canyon City, go through his stash of goodies after the Easter egg hunt in Mt. Vernon. and their parents ¿ lled the park for the annual egg hunt there, with drawing prizes giv- en out afterward. Prior to the hunt, the Mt. Vernon Fire Department, or- ganizers of the annual event, treated children to rides KJDY, Sunday, 7 a.m. “Psalm 14:1.” throughout town atop ¿ re en- gines. Let our family of Pharmacists serve you! S ATURDAY , A PRIL 23 B AKER H IGH S CHOOL A one-day mini-college for family forestland owners, foresters, farmers, contractors, loggers, arborists, teachers and the general public. 25 Education Classes, including: • Post-Fire Forest Restoration • Making Money with Juniper • What’s Killing My Trees? • Surviving in the Wild • Applied issues in Honey Bee Health & Biology • Minimizing your Federal Tax Burden • Water, Timber and Easements • Understanding and Protecting Real Property Rights • Chainsaw Operation & Maintenance Plus vendors, exhibits and demonstrations Give us a call today 541-676-9158 - Heppner 541-384-2801 - Condon We welcome the opportunity to visit with you about our services! 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