Community
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
meetings this week, see our list in the classifi eds on Page B9.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21
Congressional candidate meet and greet
• 6:30-8 p.m., Canyon City Community Hall
Democrat Jim Crary, who is running against Republican
Rep. Greg Walden for the U.S. House of Representatives 2nd
Congressional District, will give a presentation and answer
questions. Hosted by the Grant County Democrats, information
will also be presented about Measure 97. For more information,
call 541-542-2633.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 23-25
Three-man/Last Chance Golf Scramble
• John Day Golf Course
For more information call the golf course at 541-575-0170.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24
Farmers Market
• 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. Children from Kimberly will provide entertain-
ment this week. The markets continue every Saturday through
mid-October. Call 831-596-0656, email johndayfarmersmar-
ket@gmail.com or visit johndayfarmersmarket.com.
Color Me Free Fun Run and Walk
• 9 a.m. registration, Grant County Airport Industrial Park,
John Day
Heart of Grant County will kick off Domestic Violence
Awareness Month with the third annual run and walk, which
begins at 10 a.m. The cost is $20 per person or $40 per fami-
ly. For more information call 541-575-4335 or email heartgc@
ortelco.net.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
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WHAT’S
HAPPENING
$25 per couple and $7.50 for children ages 6-12, with under 6
free. For more information call 541-934-2244.
Alleluia! concert
• 2 p.m., Prairie City Community Center
Strings & Beyond and friends will present a celebration of
praise and worship with doors opening at 1:30 p.m. Admission is
by donation, and all proceeds benefi t the Prairie City Ministerial
Association and Prairie City Community Center renovations.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 25
Contributed photo
Ghost Town Blues Band will perform at 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 at the Diamond Hitch Mule Ranch in Kimberly.
will be served at 6 p.m. For more information, visit mulesacros-
samerica.com or call 541-934-2140.
George Winston benefi t concert
Rally for the Cure women’s golf scramble
• Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 6:30 p.m., Prairie City
Community Center
George Winston will appear in a solo guitar concert. Pro-
ceeds will benefi t the Prairie City Community Center Resto-
ration Project. Tickets are $20 each and can be purchased in
advance at Roan Coffee in Prairie City. For more information,
call 541-620-1492.
• 9 a.m., John Day Golf Course
A continental breakfast and registration kick off the
event, followed by tee-off at 10 a.m., and a Rally KP con-
test and balloon launch after golf. A hamburger feed and
an auction will begin at 4 p.m. The cost for golf and dinner
is $40 and includes a goodie bag and magazine subscrip-
tion, and the cost for dinner only is $8. Proceeds will go
to the Susan G. Komen Foundation and will stay in Grant
County. RSVP by Sept. 30. For more information, call the
clubhouse at 541-575-0170 or Kimberly Ward at 503-583-
0362.
SATURDAY, OCT. 1
Harvest Bazaar in Unity
• 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Unity Community Hall
Start holiday gift shopping season early at the third annual
Harvest Bazaar. Several vendors will have a large variety of
items available: crafts, art, jewelry and more. Call 541-446-
3314 for more information.
Monument Buckaroo Festival and Harvest
Auction
Ghost Town Blues Band in concert
• 12-7 p.m., Monument
The event, benefi ting the Monument Senior Center, begins
with food booths in the park at noon. A beer garden and music
are available at 1 p.m., and a live auction in the park will start at
3 p.m. An elk and salmon dinner, with additional auctions and
raffl e drawings, will be held at the senior center from 5-7 p.m.
The cost for dinner is a suggested donation of $15 per person,
• 6 p.m. dinner, 7:30 p.m. show, Diamond Hitch Mule Ranch,
Kimberly.
Enjoy horns, harmonies and homegrown instruments all the
way from Beale Street in Memphis. Ghost Town Blues Band
will perform at the ranch 2 miles south of Kimberly on High-
way 19 between mile posts 107 and 108. Tickets cost $20, and
camping costs $15. A barbecue pork dinner by Gypsy Spoon
SUNDAY, OCT. 2
Rally for the Cure co-ed golf scramble
• 9 a.m., John Day Golf Course
Sign-ups for the four-person teams are at 9 a.m. with sign-up
sheets available in the clubhouse prior to the event. Tee-off is
at 10 a.m. A bring-your-own-meat barbecue dinner will be held
at 4 p.m. Salad will be provided. The cost for dinner is $3, and
the fee for golf is $10 per person. Nonmembers will also have
to pay the green fee. The proceeds will be split 50/50 between
prize money and Rally for the Cure. RSVP by Sept. 30. For
more information, call the clubhouse at 541-575-0170 or Kim-
berly Ward at 503-583-0362.
O UT OF THE P AST
A look back on news from
Grant County over the past
100 years, pulled from past
issues.
Sept. 19, 1941
Blue Mountain Eagle
75 years ago
Oct. 5, 1916
Grant County Journal
100 years ago
IMPORTANT CHECK-
ING STATION
One of the important deer
checking stations in the county
will be at the Taylor Service sta-
tion at the Y near Bates on the
John Day highway.
Many check in and out of
here each year and there will be
a 24-hour service maintained.
Full camp equipment can be
had at the store ranging from
ammunition to everything in the
food line for camp life. Mayme
Taylor, the boss, is giving away
a beautiful 17 jewel Waltham
watch for the largest doe brought
in. Contestants to be eligible
must have placed a $5 order at
the store. She is also running the
Bashe Sage big buck contest.
per conference was held La-
bor Day week at Suttle Lake.
Washington, Idaho and Ore-
gon were represented and the
speaker for the conference was
from Washington, D.C. The
Game Commission and Forest
Service attended the meeting
where 56 shooters compet-
ed. Ivan McDaniel of Long
Creek won fi rst in the scope
shoot with a score of 29 out
of a possible 30. Bob Asher of
Mt. Vernon placed fi rst on the
iron site shoot with 21 out of
a possible 30. Chuck Daniels
of Baker county placed sec-
ond in the iron site contest. Jim
Chitwood of Umatilla county
received second honors in the
scope shoot. Eldon Deardorff
of Baker county placed third
in the scope shoot. Six winners
were tagged with fi ve of them
coming from Eastern Oregon.
Sept. 22, 1966
Blue Mountain Eagle
50 years ago
Sept. 19, 1991
Blue Mountain Eagle
25 years ago
Clay Porter of Long Creek
is the best buckaroo in the
county. That was the decision
of the judges of the bucking
contest at the county fair, and
there were very few of those
who followed the contests
from day to day that ques-
tioned the decision. It was not
walk away, for there were a
number of the boys on the job
who ride bad ones in their ev-
ery day work. Porter would be
a good rider in any company.
He is reported to have ridden
at the Round-up right up to the
fi nals and some of those who
saw the show even claim that
he would have stood an excel-
lent show for the prize saddle
had he been fortunate enough
to have drawn one of the hard-
est bucking horses.
Trappers Win At Matches
MONUMENT — A trap-
With the season underway,
hunters in Grant County are
being asked to be alert to signs
that could help solve the mys-
tery of Steve Welch, a pilot
from Madras whose airplane
vanished in the John Day area
this past Jan. 1.
Extensive search and res-
cue efforts have failed to turn
up any traces of the missing
plane or pilot. A search lasting
several days was initiated just
after the New Year.
Welch was on a fl ight from
Madras to John Day last Jan. 1.
He was tracked on radar from
Madras to Aldrich Mountain.
The radar signals faded at 2:29
p.m. southeast of Fields Peak.
He had intended to return to
Madras that afternoon.
It is presumed the airplane
went down somewhere be-
tween Aldrich Mountain and
Madras, and that it is obscured
from aerial view by the forest
canopy.
On the day of the fl ight, he
was wearing brown duck jeans
and chore jacket with an un-
der-jacket of charcoal and ol-
ive camoufl age, a brown plaid
wool cap, brown leather pull
on boots with white rubber
soles and wedge gloves and
eyeglasses. He also had a bag
with green nylon shell and yel-
low lining.
Anyone fi nding or sighting
anything out of the ordinary is
asked to contact either Grant
County Sheriff Fred Reusser
at 575-1131 or Ray or Shirley
Welch at 475-6523.
Missing plane believed
down in John Day area
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