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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
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Fairgrounds hosts gun show and bazaar
Variety of sellers offer
a little bit of everything
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
Eagle photos/Rylan Boggs
Justin May shows potential customers a cartridge at the Strawberry
Mountain Gun Show and It’s Almost Spring Bazaar at the Grant County
Fairgrounds March 18. May said the popularity of smaller pistols that
are more easily concealed is on the rise.
Vendors selling everything from homemade
chocolate to handguns gathered at the fairgrounds
this weekend to peddle their wares.
The Strawberry Mountain Gun Show and the
It’s Almost Spring Bazaar had 21 gun vendors and
25 craft vendors, according to fairgrounds manager
Mindy Winegar.
She said the show was smaller than usual be-
cause it was the same weekend as Wes Knodel’s
Rose City Gun and Knife Show at the Portland
Expo Center.
While many of the vendors were from the area,
they had sellers from La Grande, Burns and Baker,
Winegar said.
Locals Justin May and Brandy Whitmore ran
the Ace Hardware gun table at the show. While the
table had a variety of firearms, May said people
were purchasing more handguns than rifles, spe-
cifically the smaller, slimmer pistols designed for
concealed carry. The stand operates under Ace’s
Federal Firearm License and was able to perform
background checks on the spot.
Katherine J. Kuhl of KJ’s Love Truffles had car-
amel, chocolate dipped spoons and a wide range
of flavored chocolates for sale in the craft section
of the bazaar. Kuhl and her husband own and run
a ranch near Indian Creek, and she sells her treats
at farmer’s markets, bazaars and Etc. in John Day.
Another local craftsmen selling his goods was
Patrick Burns of Mt. Vernon. Burns hand-makes
knives, arrowheads and jewelry from obsidian and
other natural and synthetic materials. He said a
knife takes roughly four to five hours minimum,
and each piece comes with a polished juniper stand
for display. He does the majority of his work during
the winter and said it’s a good way to pass the time.
Though incredibly sharp and perfectly service-
able, Burns said most of his knives are bought as
display pieces.
Almost all of his materials are locally sourced,
with the obsidian coming from Glass Buttes in
Lake County. Burns enjoys the traditional arts, and
has a goal to fill an archery tag with a handmade
long bow and traditional arrows.
Alexander Bjornberg ties flies at the Strawberry
Mountain Gun Show and It’s Almost Spring
Bazaar at the Grant County Fairgrounds March 18.
Bjornberg is offering fly-fishing and fly-tying classes
as well as guiding trips through his company
Eastern Oregon Fly Fishing.
Patrick Burns’ handmade jewelry, knives and
arrowheads for sale at the Strawberry Mountain Gun
Show and It’s Almost Spring Bazaar at the Grant
County Fairgrounds March 18. Burns said each
piece takes a minimum of four to five hours.
John Day mountain bike park on track
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
Plans for the Seventh
Street bike park are rolling
forward.
The Grant County Eco-
nomic Council, a nonprofit
local group dedicated to im-
proving the economic strength
of the county, is working to-
ward a viable plan for a series
of mountain bike trails in an
11-acre site north of the Sev-
enth Street Complex in John
Day.
Mountain biking is the
fastest growing sport in the
nation for high schoolers,
council Treasurer Mytchell
Mead said. The park would
also be open to runners and
include workout stations.
Mead said the park would
help attract visitors and new
residents to the city.
Seven acres of the land
is owned by Grant County
School District No. 3, and
four acres is Parks and Recre-
ation land.
Before moving forward, an
interagency agreement would
New bike rule
at Seventh Street path
Starting March 27, bicyclists will not be allowed on the
Seventh Street Complex walking path.
John Day-Canyon City Parks and Recreation officials
said the new restriction is due to safety concerns they’ve
experienced from bike riders traveling too fast. There is
an exception for children on bikes who are under adult
supervision.
Signs will be posted along the Jimmy Allen Memorial
Trail with notice of the new rule.
need to be reached between
Parks and Recreation and
school district. If signed, this
would be followed by a stan-
dard land use review where
the community would be able
to comment on the project,
according to John Day City
Manager Nick Green.
The preliminary design
carries a roughly $146,000
price tag, much of which
would be paid for with grants
from the Autzen Foundation,
Collins Foundation and Ford
Family Foundation. The park
would be largely built and
maintained by volunteers
The city of John Day vot-
ed to supply the economic
council with $6,000 in start-
up money during a Feb. 28
city council meeting. These
funds come from former City
Manager Peggy Gray’s life
insurance fund, according to
Green. The funds were re-
cently discovered and are not
earmarked for any operations.
The bike park would also
require community fundrais-
ing and in-kind contributions
of donated materials and la-
bor.
Councilor Lisa Weigum
said the park would be “a
great amenity for our com-
munity,” and Councilor Steve
Schuette said he was in favor
of the park if it would help
get kids off their electronics.
A majority of city council-
ors supported the idea, and
Green said it was in line with
his economic development
plan to increase recreational
opportunities for those in the
area. He voiced his hope that
projects like this would make
John Day a more attractive
place to live for young fam-
ilies.
The bike park would ac-
commodate all skill levels
and include two pump tracks,
several boardwalk-style fea-
tures and 2 miles of trails. All
trails will adhere to guide-
lines established by the Inter-
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Association. The prelimi-
nary plan for the park was
designed by Sentieros Con-
sulting, a firm specializing in
such facilities, using a $3,000
grant from the Grant County
Chamber of Commerce.
GCEC is developing a
funding strategy that will al-
low construction to begin in
June with construction being
completed prior to the so-
lar eclipse in August, Mead
said.
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