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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 A17.
THURSDAY, NOV. 24
Community Thanksgiving dinner
• 1 p.m., The Teen Center, 145 W. Front St., Prairie City
The Prairie Baptist Church will host a community Thanks-
giving dinner. Everything will be provided for diners. For more
information, call the church at 541-820-3696.
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
WHAT’S
HAPPENING
Community Thanksgiving dinner
• 1-4 p.m., John Day Elks Lodge, 140 NE Dayton St.
A free holiday meal with ham, turkey and all the trimmings
will be offered. Contributions of side dishes and desserts are
welcome. The lounge will be open for pool, shuffl eboard, card
games and football on big screen TVs. Home deliveries are
available for seniors, veterans and disabled people who live in
John Day, Canyon City, Mt. Vernon and Prairie City. Call the
lodge in advance to make arrangements. Volunteers are also
needed to help cook, set up, clean up and deliver meals. For
more information, call the lodge at 541-575-1824.
THURSDAY - FRIDAY, DEC. 1-2
Dance team Holiday Showcase
• 6:30 p.m., Grant Union old gym
The Grant Union Gold dance team, junior high team and
Level 1-3 dancers will present their annual Holiday Showcase
to the public. Admission is one canned-food item, plus $5 with
a pre-sale ticket or $7 at the door. For more information, call the
Grant Union offi ce at 541-575-1799.
FRIDAY, DEC. 2
Carrie Young Memorial
• 5:30 p.m., John Day Elks Lodge
The annual by-donation spaghetti dinner, which includes
silent and live auctions, supports the elderly in Grant County.
Proceeds go toward the purchase of gifts and every day liv-
ing items for patients in local assisted living facilities, plus 160
home-bound elderly and handicapped people. To donate or for
more information, contact Lucie Immoos at 541-620-2098.
TUESDAY, DEC. 6
Red Hatters meeting
• 5 p.m., The Outpost restaurant, John Day
Members of the club will meet and have an ornament ex-
change.
Scarecrows to decorate
Monument in contest
Blue Mountain Eagle
Monument city offi cials are in search of cre-
ative submissions for their Fall Community
Scarecrow Event.
They are inviting local residents and those who
reside in other cities in Grant County to decorate a
scarecrow to display in Monument. The deadline
is Thursday, Dec. 1.
Entries will be judged and winners announced
on Wednesday, Dec. 7.
City councilor Mary Cade said they hope to
make this an annual event.
Anyone interested should notify city hall if
they would like to participate by calling 541-934-
2025 or through the city of Monument Facebook
page.
Eagle file photo
The city of Monument is holding
a scarecrow contest with
submissions due Dec. 1. In photo:
A scarecrow, created by Duke
Warner Realty, was entered in the
Dayville Fall Festival scarecrow
contest in October.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
The Level II dancers perform to “All I Want for
Christmas is You” at last year’s Holiday Showcase.
The event is set for Dec. 1 and Dec. 2 this year.
Light Up a Life
•6 p.m., Valley View Assisted Living, John Day
All are welcome to the candlelight remembrance which hon-
ors loved ones who have died. The service, organized by Blue
Mountain Hospice, includes readings, music and refreshments.
For more information, email mgibson@bluemountainhospital.
org or call 541-575-1648.
Runners, fi nd your ugly sweaters!
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Runners of all ages
should hunt down their ug-
liest Christmas sweater in
preparation for an upcoming
5K event.
Reitta Wyllie is ringing
in the season, organizing an
Ugly Sweater 5K at 10 a.m.
Dec. 10 in John Day.
The event is Wyllie’s se-
nior project, which will help
her fulfi ll her graduation re-
quirements at Grant Union
Junior-Senior High School.
“I chose this project be-
cause I ran cross country this
year,” she said, noting she
also participated in other 5K
events previously. “5Ks are
an easy and fun event that
most people can participate
in, and ugly sweaters make
it more fun and bring in the
Christmas atmosphere.”
All proceeds from the 5K
will benefi t the Tree of Joy,
a program which provides
gifts for children in need
throughout Grant County.
Grant County 4-H organizes
the Tree of Joy with partners
from the Families First Par-
ent Resource Center and De-
partment of Human Services.
“I want to make sure ev-
ery kid in need will receive a
Christmas present this year,”
Wyllie said. “The course will
start and end at The Corner
Cup (100 E. Main St.) and
run through Seventh Street
and down Main Street.”
There will be prizes
for the men, women and
children’s (12 and under)
divisions, and for the ugli-
est sweaters. Registration
forms can be picked up and
dropped off at The Corner
Cup or Grant Union.
Two Trees of Joy are now
set up with tags ready, one at
Chester’s Thriftway and the
other at the Outpost Restau-
rant. Gifts are due back un-
der the tree by Monday, Dec.
12.
For more information
about the 5K, call Wyllie at
541-792-0704.
Church Services In Grant County
Redeemer
Lutheran Church
Come Worship with us at
627 SE Hillcrest, John Day
1 st & 3 rd Sunday Worship
& Communion ...............................10 am
2 nd , 4 th & 5 th Sunday Worship ..........10 am
Wednesday Evening Bible Study.......6 pm
For information: 541-575-2348
FIRST
BAPTIST
CHURCH
Cornerstone
Christian
Fellowship
Sunday School....................... 10 am
Church....................................11 am
Afternoon Service.................... 1 pm
No Mid-week Services
Visiting Pastors
300 W. Main, John Day
139 N.E. D AYTON S TREET , J OHN D AY
541-575-1355
541-575-2180
Sunday Worship Service
10 am
Pastor Levi Manitsas
cornerstonejohnday@gmail.com
CHURCH OF THE
NAZARENE
Sunday School..............................9:30 am
Sunday Worship Service .............. 10:45 am
Sunday Evening Service................6:00 pm
Children & Teen Activities
SMALL GROUPS CALL FOR MORE INFO
Weekdays: Sonshine Christian School
521 E. Main • John Day • 541-575-1895
wwww.johndaynazarene.com