News
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
SHOPPING LOCAL, EATING FRESH
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W HAT ’ S H APPENING
Contributed photo
Jean Miller, right, of Sagebrush Creations sells
some baked goods to Mark Sotelo, as David
Hamilton, in back, looks at the fresh baked bread at
the Farmers Market in John Day.
Rabbit Wilde will perform at 8 p.m. Aug. 6 at the
Diamond Hitch Mule Ranch in Kimberly.
The deadline for What’s Happening items is 5 p.m.
Friday. Call the Eagle, 541-575-0710, or email editor@
bmeagle.com. For recurring meetings, see our list in the
classifi eds on Page A15.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27
Wind Down Wednesday
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Noah Pogne, 17, and Dawna Pogue, 12, of Kimberly
entertain visitors at Saturday’s John Day Farmers
Market. The markets continue from 8:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. each Saturday until mid-October on SW
Brent Street in John Day.
SATURDAY, JULY 30
O UT OF THE P AST
Farmers Market
A look back on news from
Grant County over the past
100 years, pulled from past
issues.
July 25, 1941
Blue Mountain Eagle
75 years ago
Insects reach a new high
The insect world is thriv-
ing. Every dog has his day
and bugs have their season.
Soft winters, damp springs
and warm summers, and with
nothing to interfere, the bug
world has gone into the tril-
lions and there are bugs ev-
erywhere and what a lovely
season for earwigs and they
are getting bigger and thicker
than ever. Ants, beetles, slugs
and snails and aphids and
there seems to be a new bug
for every fl ower and they even
fee upon weeds. A law ought
to be passed against them, or
something done. At least we
can talk about them.
July 28, 1966
Blue Mountain Eagle
50 years ago
John Day, Prairie Hair-
cut Prices Up
Haircut prices in John Day
and Prairie City have been in-
creased by 25 cents. The new
prices are effective August 1.
Prices for haircuts for chil-
dren under 12 years-old and un-
der will be $1.75. Adults hair-
cuts increased from $1.75 to $2.
Those who are raising the
price are West’s Barber Shop,
Gene Roberts and Oliver
Campbell, all of John Day,
and Larry McCallister of Prai-
rie City.
July 26, 2006
Blue Mountain Eagle
10 years ago
Campers survive attack
of bore beetles
Surprise invasion startles
group by the fi re.
1619 ROAD – Part of
the reason we live in Grant
County is to enjoy the out-
doors. Camping is a personal
favorite of my family. It is a
time to cut loose, a time when
everyday rules no longer ap-
ply. For instance, eating with
dirty hands, not showering,
spending every waking min-
ute outside and dealing with
the elements are just a few
of the things that await us on
our camping trips. However
on our latest excursion, we
were in for a surprise. Mother
nature was about to give us a
new experience.
My family and I were
camping with friends on July
15. We were sitting around
a campfi re enjoying the ca-
maraderie that can only be
shared under the stars around
an open fi re. About two hours
earlier, my husband, Kirt,
had fallen a dead lodgepole
pine and pulled it to camp
with his truck. The snag was
about 30-feet long. He cut it
into rounds that were about 18
inches across. They also made
nice little stools for around
our campfi re.
The attack started slow.
“Hey, you have a bug on
you,” someone would say,
quickly smacking the invader.
One or two would be
Eagle file photo
From the July 25, 1990 edition of the Blue Mountain
Eagle: Grant County Little League members
bounced back from an opening game setback to
capture second-place honors in the District 3 Little
League Majors Division tournament held last week
in La Grande. Joining in the festivities were (from
left to right) Mitch Saul, Kelsy Wright, Josh Mollett,
Bo Workman and John Hicks. In the rear are (left to
right) Tyler Garrison, Ty Cronin, Seth Cooksey, Wade
Burgett and Andy Carey. Coaching and managing
the team were Mike Workman (rear left) and Mike
Burgett. Not pictured are Morgan Bowe, Jasper
Buchbower, Josh Wood, Brandon Voigt and manager
Ken Purnell.
found on one of the campers,
but that was no big deal; one
expects a certain amount of
insects during a camping trip.
Within about 10 minutes,
everyone in camp was fi nd-
ing several of the large, black
bugs on them. That was a
large number of bugs con-
sidering there were 16 of us.
They seemed to be coming
from everywhere.
They fl ew low and before
long utter chaos ensued.
The sight may have been
comical. We were jumping
around frantically smacking
the bugs off each other and
ourselves.
“What are they?” we shout-
ed. No one knew for sure what
kind of bugs they were or
whether they would bite.
It soon occurred to us
that they were coming from
the fi rewood Kirt had cut up.
Those foolish enough to be
sitting on the makeshift stools
were the fi rst to notice where
the invaders were coming
from.
We quickly began trying to
WHAT’S
rid ourselves of the unknown
pests the only way we knew
how.
“My fi rst reaction was to
throw all the wood in the fi re
and burn them all up,” Kirt
said.
And that is exactly what
we did. Everyone began
pitching the logs and their
insect occupants into the fi re.
Before long, every log was
gone, which seemed like a
good idea, until we realized
that the little critters were still
fl ying around looking for a
new residence.
The children in the group
were OK at fi rst, but when
the bugs came out in earnest,
well, they were no longer
calm. Andrea Combs took the
four littlest ones to tone of the
tents for a soothing story.
With the youngsters out of
the way, we had a bug slaugh-
ter. It didn’t take long for the
remaining insects to realize
that they weren’t wanted, and,
with their previous home on
fi re, they fl ew into the forest
to fi nd another, more friendly
domain. The excitement was
over and we went back to our
campfi re, adding a new sto-
ry to our list: “Attack of the
Bugs.”
I wanted to find out what
kind of bugs they were and
if they were any threat to
humans. The next morning
I picked up a bug carcass
for my investigation and
put it in a small Styrofoam
cup.
Sonna Smith, my neigh-
bor and a biology teacher at
Grant Union, was my fi rst
source of information. Sonna
said it looked like a bore bee-
tle, but she wasn’t sure.
My next source of infor-
mation came from the Forest
Service. According to Ed Ue-
bler, forester and silvicultural
analyst, they are wood bor-
ers. They are a type of beetle
that bores into trees, makes
a home and lays its larvae
there.
“They are a secondary
invader. They mostly attack
dead or dying trees, trees that
are already being stressed
from some other source,” Ue-
bler said.
They are not a threat to
people and probably only
landed on us because we had
destroyed their home.
• 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Southwest Brent Street, John
Day
Weekly features include vendors offering a variety of
locally grown produce, homemade food and handmade
crafts, plants and more. This week features entertain-
ment from Youth Arts Program participants. John Fiedor
from the Chamber of Commerce will speak about the
horse’s family tree, with fossils for viewing, at 10 a.m.,
11 a.m. and noon. The markets continue every Saturday
through mid-October. Call 831-596-0656, email john-
dayfarmersmarket@gmail.com or visit johndayfarmers-
market.com.
Spaghetti dinner fundraiser
• 4 p.m., Mt. Vernon Community Hall
Cinnabar Mountain Rendezvous is hosting a fundraiser
for Lisa Shaffer, who will be having surgery for kidney
cancer July 29. A silent auction will end at 6 p.m. A raffl e
and door prizes will also be available. Volunteers welcome.
For more information, call Kristin, 541-620-8384; Wade,
541-620-0550; Drew, 541-792-0393; or Leslie, 541-620-
0442.
SATURDAY, AUG. 6
Rabbit Wilde in concert
• 8 p.m., Diamond Hitch Mule Ranch, Kimberly
The northwest Americana folk band will perform at
the ranch two miles south of Kimberly on Highway 19
between mile posts 107 and 108. Tickets cost $20, and
camping costs $15. A street taco dinner provided by the
Monument Flying Tigers at 6:30 p.m. costs $8. For more
information, visit mulesacrossamerica.com or call 541-
934-2140.
WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY, AUG. 10-13
Grant County Fair
• 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday
• 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. Friday and Saturday
• Grant County Fairgrounds, John Day
For more information, visit grantcountyfairgrounds.com.
Come join us for lunch at the
Prairie Senior Center any
Wednesday at noon for one of
our special meals!
204 N McHaley Ave.,Prairie City
541-820-4100 • 541-820-3780
541-820-4463
Hope to see you there!
A TTENTION G RANT C OUNTY V ETERANS :
Did you know Grant County
Veterans Services Officer is available
to assist YOU in applying for all VA
benefits you may be entitled to?
See your Grant County Veteran Services
Officer today for more information,
located at Grant County Court House.
Open: Mon, Wed, & Fri 10 am - 4 pm,
by appointment.
Call 541-575-1631
04049
Seamstress Michele Bishop, left, visits with her
daughters, Makayla, center, and Dauna, who also
make items for the booth at the John Day Farmers
Market, including aprons, pillows, totes and more.
• 5-8 p.m., John Day Elks Lodge patio and parking lot,
140 N.E. Dayton St.
An open-air market fea-
turing food and drink spe-
cials, games, entertainment
HAPPENING
and shopping from local ven-
dors will take place Wednes-
days through Aug. 3. An Elks
membership is not required. For more information or ven-
dor applications, contact Sandie Gilson, 541-575-1529, or
the lodge, 541-575-1824.
Robbins Farm Equipment
3850 10th St.
Baker City
10218 Wallowa Lake Hwy.
La Grande
1160 S Egan
Burns
86812 Christmas Valley Hwy.
Christmas Valley
541-523-6377
541-963-6577
541-573-6377
541-523-6377