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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Community garden seeks votes to win grant
Blue Mountain Eagle
Community members can
help John Day Community
Garden try to win grant fund-
ing with online votes.
The garden at the Grant
County Fairgrounds in John
Day has been entered the
Seeds of Change grant pro-
gram, and people can submit
online votes for the program
every day until April 19 at
seedsofchangegrant.com.
Seeds of Change is award-
ing $310,000 in total grants
to 24 garden projects around
the country to promote the
value of food, farming, sus-
tainability and nutrition ed-
ucation. Two school gardens
will receive $25,000, two
community gardens will re-
ceive $30,000 and 10 school
gardens and 10 community
gardens will receive $10,000.
For more information, visit
seedsofchangegrant.com.
File photo
File photo
Josie Hollowell of John Day helps her mother, Renee, weed a bed at the
John Day Community Garden. The garden has been entered in a grant
contest, and people can help by voting online.
Volunteers dig in during a work party at the John Day Community
Garden a couple of years ago. Vote at seedsofchangegrant.com to
help the garden win grant funding.
O BITUARIES
Helen Elizabeth Ricco
Helen Elizabeth Ricco, 98, of Prairie City passed away
Thursday, April 6, at Blue Mountain Care Center in Prairie
City. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April
15, at the Prairie Baptist Church with Pastor David Hoeffner
offi ciating. Vault interment will take place at the Prairie City
Cemetery, and a reception will follow at the Prairie City Se-
nior Center. Memorial contributions may be made to Blue
Mountain Care Center, Blue Mountain Home Health or the
Prairie City Senior Center. To offer condolences, visit drisk-
illmemorialchapel.com.
Ann Wise
March 20, 1937 - March 29, 2017
Ann (Goebel) Wise, 80, of John Day passed away
Wednesday, March 29, in Bend. A celebration of life will be
held at 1 p.m. April 29 at the Bend Senior Center.
Wise was born March 20, 1937, in Omaha, Nebraska.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Kidney
Foundation. Autumn Funerals Bend is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Contributed photo
Nonna Faye Reyes
Nonna Faye Reyes, 61, of Bend passed away March 31.
Reyes was born July 16, 1955. No services will be held at
this time. Autumn Funerals of Bend is in charge of arrange-
ments.
New John Day Elks Lodge officers are, front row, from left, Trustee Bob Hicks, Leading Knight Mark Womer, Lecturing
Knight Chuck Howe and Inner Guard Linda Cook; back row, Tiler Garth Leighton, Trustee Sharon Livingston, Exalted
Ruler Sandie Gilson, Secretary Connie Wood, Treasurer Angie Jones and Chaplain Sandi Johnson.
New Elks Lodge offi cers installed
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Looks
The John Day Elks Lodge No. 1824
installed offi cers on Saturday, April 1, for
the 2017-2018 fraternal year.
Installing offi cers were Tom Win-
ters, Carl Lino, Garth Leighton, Mar-
vin Rynearson, Gary Miller and Angie
Jones.
New offi cers for the year are Exalt-
ed Ruler Sandie Gilson, Leading Knight
Mark Womer, Lecturing Knight Chuck
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for such wonderful people.
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A girl, Bristol Mae Hughes, was
born April 7 in Mountain Home, Ida-
ho, to Maegan and Master Sgt. Travis
Hughes. She joins a brother, Trent.
Grandparents are Jeff and Jewel Warr
of Patterson, California, Donna Hughes
of Mountain Home and Terry Hughes
and Kim Hulse of Island City.
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