Community & History
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. For
recurring meetings, see our list in the classifi eds on Page A17.
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.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
A7
WHAT’S
HAPPENING
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10
Grant County Talent Search Contest
• 6 p.m., Grant County Fairgrounds
The annual county fair talent show featuring three age di-
visions is scheduled for the fi rst day of the fair. In the adult
and youth divisions, fi rst and second places win $100 and $50,
respectively. In the child division, prizes are $50 and $25. First-
place winners in each division are eligible to represent Grant
County at the Oregon State Fair Aug. 28. Entry forms are avail-
able at grantcountyfairgrounds.com.
FRIDAY, AUG. 12
Freestyle bullfi ghting
• 7 p.m., Grant County Fairgrounds
Free with admission to the fair is a new event this year:
freestyle bullfi ghting, where competitors face off against bulls
without harming them.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, AUG. 12-14
Two-man best ball golf tournament
• John Day Golf Course
Call 541-575-0170 for more information.
SATURDAY, AUG. 13
The Brother’s 5K Run/Walk
• 8:30 a.m., Seventh Street Complex, John Day
All proceeds from the event benefi t the Taner Gilliam and AJ
Dickens Scholarship Foundation. For more information, con-
tact Megan Workman, 541-620-1822.
Farmers Market
• 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Southwest Brent Street, John Day
Weekly features include vendors offering a variety of lo-
cally grown produce, homemade food and handmade crafts,
plants and more. This week features entertainment from the
Monument Violin Players. The markets continue every Sat-
urday through mid-October. Call 831-596-0656, email john-
dayfarmersmarket@gmail.com or visit johndayfarmersmar-
ket.com.
Eagle file photo
Grant County Fair Parade
• 10 a.m., John Day
The parade begins at 10 a.m., with registration from 8-9 a.m.
The route begins at Grant Union Junior-Senior High School
traveling north on Highway 395, until it veers northeast on
Southeast Dayton Street, and then turns west on Highway 26 to
the unpaved area near NAPA Auto Parts.
A cappella group — from left, Olivia, Miranda, Molly
and Jess — sings “Zion Melody,” each taking turns
at lead vocals, at last year’s talent search.
Bats! program
• 10 a.m. to noon, John Day Senior Center
This free class will explain Medicare. To reserve a seat, call
800-722-4134 or email shiba.oregon@oregon.gov.
• 6:30-8:30 p.m., Fossil Beds monument Clarno Unit
Ecologist Tom Rodhouse and Ranger Shelley Buranek will
speak about bat ecology, the importance of bats and the park
service’s role in preserving bats, followed by a short, easy hike
to watch for bats as they emerge from their daytime resting
places. Bring a fl ashlight, a jacket and appropriate footwear.
The Clarno Unit is on Highway 218, about 15 miles west of
Fossil.
Sammy Kershaw in concert
• 8:30 p.m., Grant County Fairgrounds, John Day
Country music star Sammy Kershaw will perform in the
grandstands. Briana Renea will open the show starting at 7:30
p.m. Gates open at 6 p.m. Pre-sale tickets cost $55 for VIP
seating, $40 for bleacher seating, $30 for grandstand seating
and $20 for standing only. For more information, contact the
fair offi ce, 541-575-1900.
SUNDAY, AUG. 14
MONDAY, AUG. 15
Medicare 101 class
THURSDAY, AUG. 18
Building Your Budget class
• Noon to 2 p.m., John Day
Community Connection of Northeast Oregon will host a free
budgeting class at the Department of Human Services offi ce,
725 W. Main ST., John Day. R.S.V.P. to Housing Manager Deb-
bie Votaw by Aug. 16, 1-800-838-3186.
SATURDAY, AUG. 20
Spaghetti feed and silent auction
• 5:30-7:30 p.m., John Day Senior Center
The proceeds from this by-donation event will benefi t the
Greater John Day Ministerial Association to help Grant County
people in need.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, AUG. 20-21
Cow Kids Rodeo
• 10 a.m., Grant County Fairgrounds
The annual rodeo event for youths up to age 16. Events
among three age categories include calf and steer riding,
dummy and breakaway roping, wolly bullies, pole bending,
barrels, goat tail undecorating, goat tail tying, goat tying and
stickhorse race. For more information, contact Simmie Wad-
del, 541-620-0596.
Cinnabar Mountain Playdays
• 9 a.m., Grant County Fairgrounds
The fi nal days of the summer youth rodeo event series. En-
tries open at 8 a.m., and the rodeo starts at 9 a.m. For more
information, email cmplaydays@gmail.com, or call Didgette
McCracken, 541-575-3520, Janet Plocharsky, 541-792-0077,
or Emma Winkelman, 541-620-1199.
O UT OF THE P AST
A look back on news from
Grant County over the past 100
years, pulled from past issues.
Aug. 10, 1916
Grant County Journal
100 years ago
A few days ago, we heard
a Sumpter resident pay Prai-
rie City on returning from a
trip to that place, one of the
highest compliments possi-
ble. “I spent a day about the
lobby of the hotel and on the
streets and conversed with
many of the business men
and others of the town. Not
once did I hear an expression
of other than praise for the
town. All were enthusiastic
over Prairie City, its bright
future and their confi dence in
the growth of the town. Not
once did I meet a person with
a grievance or a tale of woe.
No one had a story to tell of
the rascality of his neigh-
bor.” What a difference is
the spirit of stranger encoun-
ters in Sumpter. Prairie City
is a place that is improving,
a community that is advanc-
ing. It is this spirit of boost-
ing–confi dence in the future
of the place that is the real
foundation of that growth. —
Sumpter American
Eagle file photo
From the Aug. 8, 1991, edition of the Blue Mountain
Eagle: The East-West Shrine All-Star football game,
which will be played this weekend in Baker city, will
feature three local representatives. Aaron Pryor,
No. 55 (left), will be representing Grant Union High
School while Kenrik Lynch, No. 1 (right), will be
representing Prairie City High School, as will Kirk
Marks (center) who will be an assistant coach for the
East’s team. The Prospectors were able to advance to
last year’s State AA Football Championships, only to
lose to Vale, and Prairie City advanced to last year’s
State 8-Man Football Championships, only to lose
to Camas Valley. Marks was the head coach for the
Prairie City team last year.
Aug. 8, 1941
Blue Mountain Eagle
75 years ago
It’s Here.
The danger fi re month of
the year.
August, dog days, hot,
murky, sticky, dry and every-
thing out of doors is infl amma-
ble and almost combustible.
And so there lies ahead
of us a month of super-cau-
tion, be careful, be cautions,
vigilant, and do your spark-
ing in the car. One spark in
the grass and bingo goes the
prairie fi res. The countryside
has never been the fi re men-
ace that it is now. A wayward
spark and the country would
be a furnace of fi re.
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
Beginning August 15, Tidewater Contractors, Inc., working for the
Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will be chip sealing a
30-mile section of U.S. 26 (John Day Hwy.) in eastern Oregon between
the junction of OR Hwy. 19 (mile post 124.17) and Mt. Vernon (mile
post 154.36). A short section of U.S. 395 in Mt. Vernon will also
receive a chip seal application beginning at the junction of U.S. 26 and
extending north three-tenths of a mile. The chip seal work is expected
to take about three weeks to complete. The work is expected to start at
the junction of OR 19 and continue east.
TRAFFIC IMPACTS: Travelers can expect up to 20-minute delays,
reduced speeds, day and nighttime flaggers, loose rock on the
roadway, and pilot cars directing single lane traffic through the work
zones. Some loose rock may be on the roadway through mid-
September. Construction activities can be expected Monday through
Saturday. Work zone pilot cars will be equipped with bike racks to help
transport bicycle riders through the construction area, upon request.
Please drive slowly and minimize all distractions.
To accommodate the pavement resurfacing work through Mt. Vernon
and Dayville, parking on the highway will not be allowed for about a
day while the chip seal operation is being constructed in town. Notices
will be posted in the area prior to the no parking restriction.
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 out of the work zone area during the
project. Animals can be driven on highway sections after the chip seal
has been applied.
More information: Tom Strandberg, ODOT Public Information
Officer, 541-963-1330, email thomas.m.strandberg@odot.state.or.us
ODOT staff appreciates your support for this project that will
help preserve and extend the useful life of the highway surface.
THANK YOU!