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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Youth Arts Program wraps
up third summer camp
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Students learn
art, music, drama
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Students had a creative out-
let during two-week Summer
at the Youth Arts Program in
Dayville.
The program, in its third
year, had 20 youth signed up
for music, art and theater class-
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instruction.
The students showcased
their talents July 1 at the Day-
ville School as a kickoff to the
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tion.
Music instructors Rebecca
Bogardus, Samantha Floyd
and Janine Goodwin taught
choir, ensemble, music theory
and private lessons.
Floyd, who will begin ninth
grade at Grant Union Junior-Se-
nior High School in the fall, was
a new teacher this year.
Bogardus, who is also the
Youth Arts Program director,
said Floyd plays several in-
Contributed photo
The summer Youth Arts Program ensemble practice
at Dayville School. From left: Grace Carothers,
assistant teacher Janine Goodwin, Katrine
Bogardus, Jessica Reames, teacher Samantha
Floyd and Jaydon Hoffman.
struments and attended for two
years before becoming a teacher.
“She did a marvelous job,”
Bogardus said. “She had three
piano students and was so pa-
tient with them. By the end of
the two weeks, they were play-
ing with two hands. I was really
impressed.”
She added that Floyd led an
ensemble of instrument players
who prepared three ensemble
pieces.
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way,” she said.
Savanna Martin taught stu-
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dents fundamental art principles
and helped them create mixed
media works, sculptures, water-
colors and more.
Students who signed up for
drama were cast in two short
plays, directed by Kathryn Hed-
rick. Hedrick used games to help
teach basic theater principles.
Katie Fitch helped ensure the
classes went smoothly and took
photographs.
“While the camp was tons
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comes from the skills and re-
lationships the students have
acquired and their growing en-
thusiasm for the arts, which will
undoubtedly be contagious,”
Bogardus said. “They connect-
ed with each other across school
and geographical divides in
ways that will provide years of
shared memories and vault them
into exploring the world around
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The program was funded by
the Juniper Arts Council, Shelk
Fund, Ward Family Fund and
Oregon Trail Electric Consum-
er Cooperative, and The Peo-
ple Mover provided transpor-
tation. For more information,
visit studiobogardus.com or
call Bogardus at 541-987-
2440.
Contributed photo
The Grant County Wildfire 13-14-15 softball team posed with the Eagle at
the state tournament: back row, from left, Kori Jo Girvin, Marissa Smith,
Jordyn Young, Madi McKrola, Tiler Voigt, Tammy Clark and Kaylee Wright;
front row, from left, Macy Strong, Baylee Combs, Hailie Wright, Shaine
Madden and Taylor Allen.
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Contributed photo
Youth at the Natural Resource Camp enjoy a science lesson.
Youth campers combine
learning with lots of fun
Group gains
knowledge in
forest health
Blue Mountain Eagle
Chip Seal on Hwy. 395 & U.S. 26
Beginning
around
July
28
the
Oregon
Department
of
Transportation (ODOT) will be chip sealing a five-mile-long
section of the John Day-Burns Highway (U.S. 395) south of John
After a multiple year hi-
atus, the Natural Resource
Camp was back, offering
three days of fun, games and
learning.
Nineteen campers stayed
at Lake Creek Youth Camp
June 27-30 where they en-
joyed horseshoes, volleyball,
hearty food and a nightly
Contributed photo
Nineteen Grant County youth enjoyed the June
27-30 Natural Resource Camp at Lake Creek
Youth Camp.
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The youth were sixth-
through eighth-graders from
Day between Canyon Creek Road and the Paulina-Izee Highway
junction, mile post 10-C to 18-C. The project is expected to take
about three days to complete.
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Starting in August chip seal work will also take place along U.S
26 between Mt. Vernon and the junction of OR Hwy. 19 (mile
post 124.17–154.03),
taking about three weeks to complete.
More information will be shared when a start date for this US 26
project is confirmed.
TRAVEL IMPACTS: Expect up to 20-minute delays, reduced
speeds, loose rock on the roadway, flaggers, and pilot cars
Give us a call today
directing single lane traffic through the work zones. Minor delays
541-676-9158 - Heppner
541-384-2801 - Condon
during nighttime/early morning hours for road sweeping. Please
slow down and watch for construction activities in the area and
plan extra travel time during this highway preservation project.
We welcome the opportunity to visit with
you about our services!
REQUEST TO RANCHERS: To prevent chip rock adhesion
problems due to animal waste on the roadway, ODOT is asking
ranchers to keep all cattle and other livestock off the work areas
Heppner & & Condon
Heppner
Condon
of US 395 July 21 through August 2 , and US 26 August 1
Grant County schools.
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“Healthy Forest Ecosys-
tems,” and camp participants
learned from professionals
in subject areas, from range-
land management to stream
morphology.
On top of engaging work-
shops, campers also had the
option of mountain bike rid-
ing with Russ Comer, Lisa
Weigum and Haley Hueck-
man of Grant County Safe
Communities
Coalition,
building bluebird houses that
will be hung in the Logan
Valley area and enjoying a
morning birding walk with
Tom Winters.
The OSU Extension put
on the event with help from
several partners. OSU Ex-
tension agent Shanna North-
way said several generous
donors made the camp pos-
sible. Northway organized
the event with Allison Field
of the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs and Col-
leen Malaney of the Forest
Service.
“We will be back next
year with another exciting
lineup of hands-on work-
shops and fun outdoor activ-
ities,” Northway said.
through 31 . Animals can be driven on appropriate open range
highway sections after the chip seal has been applied.
NOTE: Chip seal work is weather dependent. All dates are subject to
change, depending on weather condition. Check ODOT’s Region 5
website www.tinurl.com/odot-region5 and www.TripCheck.com for
update information.
More information: Contact ODOT Public Information Officer Tom
Strandberg at 541.963-1330 mobile 541.663-6261 email:
Thomas.m.Strandberg@odot.state.or.us.
Your local ODOT maintenance and construction staff appreciates
your support for this project that will help preserve and extend the
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