Community & History
Blue Mountain Eagle
Lenten luncheon
W HAT’S
HAPPENING
• 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., United Methodist Church, 126 NW Canton
St., John Day
A soup meal will be served, followed by a service. All are wel-
come. For more information, call 541-521-2247.
Grant County geology meeting
• 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Canyon City
Forest Service geologist Hannah Grist will talk about the sedi-
mentary rocks of the Aldrich. Coffee, tea and cookies will be provid-
ed. There is no cost, and all are welcome to attend. For more infor-
mation, call 541-575-3346.
Blackwood Legacy Quartet gospel performance
• 7 p.m., John Day Seventh-day Adventist Church, 110 Valley
View Drive
The Nashville group will perform a free show. For more informa-
tion, call the church, 541-575-1216, or visit blackwoodlegacy.com.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 10-11
Love and respect video conference
• 6:45-10:15 p.m. Friday
• 8:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Saturday
• Prairie Baptist Church, 238 N. McHaley St., Prairie City
Everyone is welcome to attend a seminar designed to help cou-
ples and singles achieve the relationship of their dreams, based on
Ephesians 5:33. The cost to attend is $20 per person. For more in-
formation or to register, visit eventbrite.com. For more information,
call 541-820-3696.
SATURDAY, MARCH 11
Second Saturday Gathering
• 9:30-11:30 a.m., Outpost restaurant, John Day
• 5:30 p.m. Outpost Restaurant, John Day
Blue Mountain Community College is sponsoring a social art-
work guided painting class. Artist Kim Randleas will lead the fi rst
class. The cost is $25 and includes instruction, canvas, supplies and
light refreshments. All skill levels are welcome. Participants should
“dress for the mess.” For more information, or to reserve a spot, con-
tact Ashley Armichardy at 541-575-1550. Preregistration is required,
and forms may be picked up at the Grant County Education Service
District at 835 S. Canyon Blvd.
FRIDAY, MARCH 17
• 5-7 p.m, SDA Friendship Hall, Long Creek
The Long Creek Historical Society will present an evening featur-
ing live music by the Grant County Jammers, with corned beef and
all the fi xings on the menu. Proceeds will benefi t the Fort Townsend
Museum building. For more information, call 541-421-3010.
Special Olympics vs. law enforcement basketball
FRIDAY, MARCH 10
THURSDAY, MARCH 16
Social artwork guided painting class
St. Patrick’s Day benefi t dinner
THURSDAY, MARCH 9
• 6:30 p.m., Grant Union Junior-Senior High School
Grant County Special Olympians will host local law enforcement
for a friendly basketball battle. There will also be audience-involved
games and a bake sale. The cost of admission is $3, or $10 for a
family. The Special Olympics athletes are also seeking sponsors, and
those who donate $25 or more will be mentioned on the game pro-
gram. Proceeds will be used to pay for delegation fees, uniforms and
travel expenses for competitions. For more information, call Deron-
da Lallatin at 541-620-4295 or visit Sue-Z-Q’s Thrift Store.
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come. For more information, call 541-521-2247.
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 classifieds on Page A17.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
CASA benefi t prime rib dinner
File photo
Shooters take aim at the 2014 Memorial Trap Shoot at the
Seneca Range. Several shoots are planned in Kimberly
and Seneca in the near future.
• 5:30 p.m., John Day Elks Lodge
Doors open for a benefi t dinner with silent, live and des-
sert auctions at 5:30 p.m. with dinner starting at 6:30 p.m.
Individual tickets cost $25, and couples cost $45. For more
information, call 541-575-5574 or visit grant-harneycasa.
org.
SATURDAY, MARCH 18
Ladies of Grant County are invited to attend the fi rst of a four-part
series on the components of the “love commandment.” Kathy Rog-
ers and Lis Davis will present music at the no-host breakfast. Coffee
and tea are complimentary.
Trap shoot
• 9:30 a.m., Seneca Range
Practice starts at 9:30 a.m., and the shoot begins at 10 a.m. Ev-
eryone is welcome. Food and shells are available. For more informa-
tion, call Ab Bezona at 541-240-1452.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15
Community blood drive
• 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Dayville School gymnasium
To schedule an appointment or for more information, contact
Dayville High School Leadership or visit redcrossblood.org and use
the sponsor code “DayvilleSchool.”
Lenten luncheon
• 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Seventh-day Adventist Church, John Day
A soup meal will be served, followed by a service. All are wel-
Ron and Carol Hyder Memorial Jackpot Shoot
• 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Kimberly Rock Products pit, milepost 9 on
Highway 402
Events include jackpots, Annie Oakley and more, plus men’s,
women’s and children’s competitions. Concessions will be available
on site. The cost is $3 per shoot. Call 541-934-2143 for more infor-
mation.
SUNDAY, MARCH 19
Trap shoot
• 9:30 a.m., Seneca Range
Practice starts at 9:30 a.m., and the shoot begins at 10 a.m. Ev-
eryone is welcome. Food and shells are available. For more informa-
tion, call Ab Bezona at 541-240-1452.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22
Lenten luncheon
• 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Canyon
City
A soup meal will be served, followed by a service. All are wel-
come. For more information, call 541-521-2247.
O UT OF THE P AST
March 6, 1942
Blue Mountain Eagle
75 years ago
March Tires and Tubes
Rationed for Grant County
The Grant County tire ra-
tioning board issued permits
during February for eight
passenger tires and eight pas-
senger tubes. Permits were
also issued for 10 truck tires
and 10 truck tubes and four
truck retreads. All prospective
applicants in the eligibility
list are urged to present their
claims before the 20th of the
month and the rationing board
is urging that those who can
meet the eligibility require-
ments endeavor to fi le their
claims, as all tires left over
in the monthly quotas do not
carry over for the follow-
ing month. March quotas for
Grant County are eight pas-
senger tires, seven passenger
tubes, 26 truck tires, 29 truck
tubes and 11 truck retreads.
No retreaded passenger car
tires will be available for ra-
tioning in March, as the war
production board has not au-
thorized the manufacture of
passenger car camelback for
this month. Applicants are
urged to present their claims
before Saturday of each week,
says K.A. Snow, as the ra-
tioning board is so swamped
in work that day that it is im-
possible to give personal in-
terviews. Quotas for the entire
state of Oregon are 1,313 pas-
senger tires, 1,099 passenger
tubes, 3,038 truck tires and
3,414 truck tubes.
March 9, 1967
Blue Mountain Eagle
50 years ago
Grade School Cuts Bud-
get
A cut of $12,931.82 in the
Eagle file photo
From March 7, 2007: Students in Andrea Combs’ seventh-
and eighth-grade class had a “read in” at Seneca School.
There were plenty of snacks, blankets and pillows to
make a day of comfortable reading.
amount of taxes to be levied
for the next fi scal year for the
John Day-Canyon City ele-
mentary school district was
made by the board of directors
at a meeting Tuesday evening.
The regular board meeting
was held a week earlier to
allow time to hold a budget
hearing. The budget must be
presented to the Intermediate
Education District board pri-
or to March 15. In the second
main item at the meeting, a
review of the teachers evalu-
ation report was made. Teach-
ers are required, by law, to
indicate in writing by April 1
their intention to have a con-
tract renewed.
The school budget was cut
due to an error of including
the $2,000 for bus replace-
ment in the general fund as
well as in a special fund and
by dropping the special read-
ing program. The bus replace-
ment fund is expected to run
for a 10-year period. It is an-
ticipated that the amount of
the sinking fund plus interest
thereon will be suffi cient to
replace the three buses at the
end of this period. This is the
same procedure that has been
followed in the past. Action
by the school board in drop-
ping the special reading pro-
gram was taken because the
program is not needed now
due to smaller class loads
and improvement in teaching
personnel. The board felt that
with the addition of a full time
librarian, as required by new
state standards, and the addi-
tion of a part-time library aide
at the Humbolt school, the
needs of the students could
be met. The state secretary
will be available to do record
keeping and other service
tasks, thus allowing teachers
additional time for reading
programs. This is the fourth
year for the reading program.
Mrs. Darlene Brush was the
fi rst special reading teacher.
Mrs. Joan Bennett has carried
on the program for the past
three years. Applications for
the secretary-library aide job
are being accepted at the John
Day school offi ce. Typing is
required plus some ability in
fi ling. Bookkeeping expe-
rience is not necessary but
would be helpful.
ride again.
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