Community
Blue Mountain Eagle
The deadline for What’s Happening items is 5 p.m. Fri-
day. Call the Eagle, 541-575-0710, or email editor@bmea-
gle.com. For meetings this week, see our list in the classi-
fieds on Page B7.
FRIDAY-MONDAY, JUNE 2-5
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
W HAT’S
HAPPENING
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takes place when someone has Alzheimer’s, learning to decode
the verbal and behavioral messages delivered by someone with
dementia and identifying strategies to connect and communi-
cate at each stage of the disease. There is no cost, but registra-
tion is required. To register, call 800-272-3900. For a full list of
upcoming classes, visit www.alz.org/oregon.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 9-10
Joe Wolter Horse Clinic
’62 Days celebration
• Grant County Fairgrounds, John Day
Horse trainer and competitor Joe Wolter returns to John Day
to head up a colt starting, cow work and roping clinic. For spec-
tators, the cost is $30 per day. Rider pre-registration is required.
To sign up for the clinic, call Patti Hudson at 541-421-3456.
Learn more about Wolter at joewolter.com.
• Canyon City
The event, hosted by the Whiskey Gulch Gang, commemo-
rates the discovery of gold in Canyon City on June 8, 1862. The
theme for this year’s celebration is “Miner’s Eclipse.” Parade
Grand Marshal is Sharon Livingston of Long Creek. Activities
include the parade, Gold Rush Run/Walk, an art show, pie and
ice cream social, kids games and contests, a hanging reenact-
ment and the Oregon State Fastdraw Championship. F.C. Sels
Brewery will feature live music Friday and Saturday evenings.
For more information, call Leslie at 541-620-4032.
SATURDAY, JUNE 3
Free children’s fi shing
• 9 a.m. to noon, McHaley Pond, east of Prairie City
The event includes free fishing for kids with prizes,
crafts and games, fishing help and other activities. The
annual event is sponsored by the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
and the Malheur National Forest. The pond is a half-mile
east of Prairie City; turn right at the Forrest Conservation
Area sign. For more information, call Emily Davis at 541-
777-2831. The event coincides with Oregon’s free fishing
weekend when a license is not required, but regulations still
apply.
TUESDAY, JUNE 6
Mad Hatters Meeting
• Noon, Lake Creek Lodge, Logan Valley
The Grant County Mad Hatters will meet. Lunch will be
served. To RSVP by May 31, call Marge Conlee at 541-575-
2701.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 10-11
Eagle file photo
Sam McCracken swings the rope in his favorite event,
dummy roping, at the Cinnabar Mountain Playdays rodeo
last year. A playday is planned June 10-11.
THURSDAY, JUNE 8
Alzheimer’s Association class
• 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., DHS offi ce, 725 W. Main St., Suite
E, John Day
The Alzheimer’s Association Oregon Chapter will present
“The Basics + Effective Communication Strategies.” Informa-
tion covered includes detection, causes and risk factors, stages
of the disease and treatment, as well as how communication
Cinnabar Mountain Playdays
• 8 a.m., Grant County Fairgrounds, John Day
The theme is “Tough Enough to Wear Pink.” The youth ro-
deo starts at 9 a.m. Membership is $30 per person or $45 per
family, and membership is required. Entry fees are $2 per event
or $10 for the day. For more information, call 541-575-3520 or
541-792-0077, or email cmplaydays@gmail.com.
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13-14
Spay and neuter clinic
• John Day River Veterinary Center
Dogs will be seen on Tuesday and cats on Wednesday. The
veterinary center is at 59989 Highway 26, west of John Day.
For more information, call the center at 541-932-4428.
Horse training clinic returning to John Day
Blue Mountain Eagle
Horse trainer and compet-
itor Joe Wolter will conduct
a colt-starting, cow work and
roping clinic June 2-5 at the
Grant County Fairgrounds in
John Day.
Known for his deep under-
standing of livestock and his
simple, thoughtful approach
to helping both animals and
people, Wolter holds training
clinics all over the world and
at his own facilities in Asper-
mont, Texas, and Ballantine,
Montana. He has conducted a
clinic in John Day for the past
four years.
“We’re very lucky to have
someone of this caliber coming
to Grant County,” said clinic
sponsor Patti Hudson of Long
Creek, who recently returned
from a three-week clinic tour in
England with the Wolter fam-
ily. “Joe has been well known
in the U.S. for years, and his
popularity is really growing in-
ternationally.”
Wolter began his career
working for renowned horse-
man Ray Hunt on the Soldier
Meadows Ranch in Nevada.
Later, he joined legendary roper
and rawhide braider Bill Dor-
rance to conduct the fi rst ranch
roping clinics. He also worked
Contributed photo
Joe Wolter works with a horse during last year’s training clinic. This year’s clinic is planned June 2-5 at the Grant County Fairgrounds in John Day.
with Dorrance’s brother, master
horseman Tom Dorrance.
Today, Wolter trains hors-
es and competes as his clinic
schedule allows. He has won
numerous versatility ranch
horse competitions and ranch
roping events.
A few spots are still avail-
able for riders in John Day.
Anyone interested can contact
Hudson at 541-421-3456. For
spectators, the cost is $30 per
day. For more information
about Wolter, visit joewolter.
com.
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