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News Blue Mountain Eagle The deadline for What’s Happening items is 5 p.m. Friday. Call the Eagle, 541-575-0710, or email editor@bmeagle. com. WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 Wind Down Wednesday HAPPENING plants and more. This week features en- tertainment from children from Monument playing violin and a special attraction for children. The markets continue every Saturday through mid-October. Call 831- 596-0656, email johndayfarmersmarket@ gmail.com or visit johndayfarmersmarket. com. SATURDAY, JULY 16 SUNDAY, JULY 17 • 8 a.m., Canyon City Park This new event features a 2-mile hike, 12-mile bike ride and 3-mile run. Partici- pants can sign up for one or all legs of the challenge either as an individual or part of a team. Poker cards will be drawn at five lo- cations throughout the hiking leg. For those also doing the biking and running legs, there will be two additional cards drawn that can be discarded or make a better hand. The event starts and ends at Canyon City Park. Poker hand tally and door prizes will be awarded at the end. Winners must be present. Entry fees are $20 a person or $40 per team, up to three members. Children under 10 can participate for free. For more information, email canyoncitychallenge@ gmail.com, or visit Canyon City Challenge on Facebook. Farmers Market Ritter, Range and Three-Mile schools 41st reunion The Eagle/Angel Carpenter • Noon, Ritter Hot Springs Students, families and friends are invited to a potluck at noon with coffee, lemonade, paper plates, silverware and napkins fur- nished. Call Vivian Morris, 541-421-3868, for more information. Visitors mingle at the Wind Down Wednesdays event at the John Day Elks Lodge this week. The event features vendors with everything from fresh fruit and candles, to jewelry and chair massages. The Elks Lodge offers food and drinks (soda, beer, wine) for sale, and music and games are provided as part of the event — no Elks membership is required. TUESDAY, JULY 19 Weekly wind down Wednesdays at the Elks Grant County Air Search meeting • 6 p.m., Grant County Regional Airport, John Day The public is invited to the bi-monthly meeting in the training room at the airport. Membership applications will be avail- able. Call 541-620-2708 for more infor- mation. SATURDAY, JULY 23 Gospel concert • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Southwest Brent Street, John Day Weekly features include vendors offer- ing a variety of locally grown produce, homemade food and handmade crafts, • 3 p.m., Long Creek SDA Church Everyone is welcome to attend the concert by Ladies Praise from Walla Walla, Washington. Call Vivian Morris, 541-421-3868, for more in- formation. O UT OF THE P AST July 13, 1916 Grant County Journal 100 years ago By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Each week through the summer, members and non- members alike can enjoy an evening at the John Day Elks Lodge No. 1824 for Wind Down Wednesdays from 5-8 p.m. The open air market fea- tures vendors with everything from fresh fruit and candles to jewelry and chair massages. Food, drinks, games and music are also offered, and no Elks membership is required. Vendor Sherrie Rininger, who also sells her handmade jewelry at the John Day Farm- ers Market on Saturdays, said several customers said it would be convenient to shop at an open-air market on a weekday evening. “We’re trying to give people an opportunity to have some place to come after work,” she said. She, Sandie Gilson and others planned together to cre- ate Wind Down Wednesdays, Eagle file photo From the July 14, 1966, edition of the Blue Mountain Eagle: Civil Defense Check– Grant County Jaycee Wives have been working with the local Civil Defense system this month in locating sheltered basements in John Day homes. Information obtained by club members is being turned over to Civil Defense, who will be able to assist home owners in improving their basements under shelter regulations. The Civil Defense office is seeking to find out how many basements there are in John Day for possible shelter use. Public shelters are available for families not having basement shelters. Above, Mrs. Ed Gunther (in basement stairway) answers questions for Jaycee Wives Mrs. Jim Dolan (left) and Mrs. Phil Hirl. July 11, 1941 Blue Mountain Eagle 75 years ago Bear awakens man from deep slumbers Ira Harer was awakened one dark night not long ago from heavy slumbers when a bear opened the fl ap of his tent and scratched Ira’s back. He developed chills and high temperatures. From the tent, the bear went to the grub box and helped himself with Mr. Harer making no audible ob- jections. Coughlin & Leuenberger, P.C. Welcomes Andrew G. Martin, Attorney at Law Mr. Martin has joined our firm effective July 1, 2016. He is an experienced lawyer licensed in Oregon and Idaho and has been practicing law since 2006. His practice will focus on business, natural resource, real estate, agriculture, land and water law. Coughlin & Leuenberger, P.C. David R. Auxier ~ J. David Coughlin Martin Leuenberger ~ Andrew G. Martin 1705 Main Street, Suite 400, Baker City, Oregon 97814 (541-523-6535) 1513 North Whitley Drive, Fruitland, Idaho 83619 (208-452-6535) www.bakercitylaw.com GHOSTBUSTERS PG-13 Comedy reboot with a new cast, including Kristin Wig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon & Chris Hemsworth. FRI-THURS (12:45) (4:00) 7:00 9:30 THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS PG A terrier named Max regularly invites his friends to hang out at his place while his owner is gone. FRI-THURS (12:45) (4:20) 7:20 9:35 MIKE & DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES R Comedy. Two brothers place an online ad to find dates for a wedding and the ad goes viral. FRI-THURS (12:45) (4:10) 7:10 9:40 $9 Adult, $7 Senior (60+), Youth 04158 A Wise Old Geezer There was an old geezer, and he had a lot of sense. He started up a business on a dollar eighty cents. The dol- lar for stock, and the eighty for an ad brought him three lovely dollars in a day, by gad! Well, he bought more goods and a little more space, and he played that system with a smile on his face. The customers flocked to his two-by-four and soon he had to hustle for a regu- lar room. Up on the square, where the people pass, he gobbled up a corner that was all plate glass. He fixed up the windows with the best that he had and told them all about it in a half page ad. He soon had ‘em coming, and he never, never quit, and he wouldn’t cut down his ads, not one bit. And he’s kept things humping in the town ever since and ev- ery-body calls him the Mer- chant Prince. Some say it’s luck but that’s all bunk – why he was doing business when times were punk! People have to purchase and the Geezer was wise – for he knew the way to get them was to advertise – As- sociated Advertising. A3 WHAT’S • 5-8 p.m., John Day Elks Lodge patio and parking lot, 140 N.E. Dayton St. An open-air market featuring food and drink specials, games, entertainment and shopping from local vendors will take place Wednesdays through Aug. 3. An Elks mem- bership is not required. For more informa- tion or vendor applications, contact Sandie Gilson, 541-575-1529, or the lodge, 541- 575-1824. Canyon City Challenge Wednesday, July 13, 2016 The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Enjoying the open air market are JJ Collier, left, Kristy Haberly, Sherrie Rininger and, back right, Amber Hensley. which will be on the schedule through the week of Labor Day. Rininger said the dif- ference with Wind Down Wednesdays’ open air mar- ket is that vendors are also allowed to sell items that are not handmade if they’d like. Vendor tables are $5 for each evening. For more information or vendor applications, contact Sandie Gilson, 541-575-1529, or the Lodge, 541-575-1824.