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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
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QUILTS, QUILTS AND MORE QUILTS
GC Piecemakers
guild holds
16th annual show
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — Diane Da-
vis of Mt. Vernon had two
quilts among 100 total on dis-
play at the 16th annual Grant
County Quilt Show.
The event, held last Fri-
day and Saturday at the Grant
County Fairgrounds pavil-
ion, featured row after row
of quilts in an array of col-
ors, styles and unique qual-
ities.
Davis brought two quilts
for the show, including a
rich pink entry, titled “Drag-
onflies and Fuschias,” and
a nine-patch and snow-
ball pattern with a western
theme.
“I like creating,” said Da-
vis, who learned to sew and
quilt from her grandmother
when she was 10 years old.
She passed the joy of quilt-
ing on to her two now-grown
daughters, teaching them
when they were 10 and 12.
“One of the things I’ve
gotten into, because I had
breast cancer a few years
ago, is to make quilts and
donate them,” Davis said.
She made a quilt last year
for Blue Mountain Hospital,
which was raffled off, with
the proceeds donated to a
program to help breast can-
cer patients.
Davis also made five
quilts to give to people af-
fected by the Canyon Creek
Complex fire last year.
“I hardly keep a quilt,”
she said. “I usually give
them away.”
Several quilters joined a
Sunday workshop at the pa-
vilion with Dawn Kitzmill-
Linda Gingrich of John Day, left, and Diane Higbie
of Seneca check out the quilts on display.
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Diane Davis of Mt. Vernon shows her “Dragonflies and Fuschias” quilt at the
Grant County Fairgrounds pavilion in John Day where the 16th annual Grant
County Quilt Show took place Friday and Saturday.
People’s
Choice
Awards
April 15
1st place: Jean Miller
2nd place: Janice Childress
3rd place: Donna Speakman
The show had 100 quilts on display in John Day at
the Grant County Fairgrounds pavilion Friday and
Saturday.
April 16
1st place: Evelyn Johns
2nd place: Janice Dickens
3rd place: Janice Childress
The winner of the rafle quilt
was Andrea Martinez of
John Day.
Diane Higbie won the Cray-
on Challenge, in which con-
testants chose a crayon and
sewed a quilted item that in-
cluded that color, plus black
and white.
er of Baker City learning a
“Buggy Barn” pattern.
Davis said the Grant
A TTENTION G RANT
C OUNTY
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disabled veteran is entitled to
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See your Grant County Veteran Services
Officer today for more information,
located at Grant County Courthouse.
Six vendors sold fabric, supplies and quilts at the
event.
County Piecemakers Quilt-
ing Guild sponsors the quilt
show and use the funds to
assist the community.
Local man ights aggressive brain cancer
Donations
will help with
mounting
expenses
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — Grant
County native Curt Pereira is
in a ight for his life, under-
going radiation therapy after
having a highly cancerous
glioblastoma brain tumor re-
moved.
His wife Lisa said they are
hoping and praying it goes
into remission.
While the Pereiras’ focus
has turned to this crisis, there
are still bills to pay. An ac-
count for donations has been
set up at U.S. Bank in Curt
Pereira’s name, and contribu-
tions can be made at any U.S.
Bank.
A GoFundMe account has
raised $1,125 as of Tuesday
at GoFundMe.com (search
“Curt Pereira”). Updates on
Curt’s health, along with well
Curt
Pereira
wishes, are in-
cluded at the
site.
O t h e r
fundraisers
are in the
works, includ-
ing a spaghet-
ti feed with a
dessert auc-
tion, Lisa said.
Curt is employed at Tide-
water, but due to the size of
the mass, Curt will be off
work for three weeks or lon-
ger, she said.
“This will risk our house
amongst other things,” she
said. “Those who know Curt
know how quick he is to help
anyone and everyone, and I
am hoping others will help
him in return.”
She said each donation
will go toward their house
payment and medical bills and
asked for continued prayers.
On March 17, doctors re-
moved a 5-centimeter tumor,
and now Curt is undergoing
daily radiation therapy in
Bend for a total of six weeks.
Curt had his irst cancer sur-
gery in November 2012, when
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THANK YOU!
The junior and senior classes from Spray High
School, along with the Spray School
District staff, would like to express our
appreciation to the community of
John Day and surrounding areas.
We thank the following businesses for hosting
our annual job shadow week.
We couldn’t do it
without your willingness to help!
John Day Fossil Beds
John Day River Vet Center
Chester’s Thriftway
Les Schwab Tire Center
Blue Mountain Hospital
Len’s Drug
John Day Police Department
Grant County Jail
Gray Guns in Spray
Newton Mechanics in Monument
Again, thank you!
Sincerely, Spray High School Students & Staff
V ETERANS :
doctors removed a 1-centime-
ter brain tumor.
She said, while glioblasto-
ma is aggressive, the doctors
do “everything possible to put
it into remission.”
She said they have fam-
ily near Bend housing them
while Curt undergoes the
Monday through Friday treat-
ments, and he travels home on
the weekends.
The Pereiras were expect-
ing a pathology report on
Tuesday this week, past press
time.
“We’re praying they have
some good news,” Lisa said.
“His surgeon, Dr. (Kent)
Yundt, got all of the tumor,
and his team of doctors are
going after this aggressive-
ly.”
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