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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Health fair focuses on
keeping residents healthy
Grant Union
hosts 23rd
annual health fair
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
Lisa Weigum helps Cooper Cobb find the right size helmet during the helmet
exchange at the Family Fun Day in the John Day City Park Saturday, June 17.
Fun for the
whole family
10th annual
Family Fun Day
draws a crowd
Blue Mountain Eagle
The 10th annual Family
Fun Day entertained both
parents and children Saturday
afternoon.
Just down the street from
the Farmers Market, kids
of all ages enjoyed a rock
climbing wall, water slide and
bouncy palace, among other
attractions in the John Day
City Park.
Kids were able to ex-
change old helmets for new
ones, or purchase a new hel-
met for $6.
Cooper Cobb was one
kid getting a new helmet to
wear while biking and riding
a scooter. Cobb and his fam-
ily regularly come to the fun
day, and he was most excited
about getting to play in the
water.
The event is a fundraiser
for Families First Parent Re-
source Center.
“The goal is to provide
any support necessary for par-
ents to have successful par-
enting experiences,” Katrina
Randleas said. “Our main
target is kids under 5, but we
do provide some services for
older kids.”
Attendees at the Grant
County Health Fair were able
to access more affordable
healthcare to keep them-
selves healthy.
From hearing to blood
pressure tests, everyone from
fi refi ghters to senior citizens
showed up to take part.
Set in the Grant Union
High School gym, dozens of
booths offered a variety of
tests and information to any-
one interested.
Event organizer Chris
Yriarte said they put on the
health fair “for the benefi t
of the community, and to
make people more aware
so they can be proactive
on taking care of their own
health.”
Yriarte has been involved
with the health fair since its
inception, 23 years ago.
“We’re here to offer dif-
ferent booths to give them
information on what they
can do for themselves to try
to keep themselves healthy,”
she said.
Dayville resident Char-
lene Farmer took advantage
of the $16 blood test offered
by the Strawberry Wilderness
Clinic at the health fair.
She said she had been
coming to the fair for several
years and enjoyed the lower
prices for tests.
Not
everything
was
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
Charlene Farmer smiles while she gets her blood
pressure taken during the Grant County Health Fair on
Friday, June 16.
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
Fair organizer Chris Yriarte stands for a photo at the
Grant County Health Fair on Friday, June 16.
pressure cuffs and needles,
though. John
LaLiberte
worked a booth from the
John Day Community Gar-
dens where he sold raffl e
tickets for a variety of gar-
O BITUARIES
Karl E. ‘Gene’ Garrison
Sept. 25, 1929 - June 10, 2017
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
Sam Costello, left, and Will Costello scale the climbing
wall during Family Fun Day in the John Day City Park
Saturday, June 17.
Kids were able to stay
cool on the hot afternoon with
a dunk tank, water slide and
Gleason Pool. Between ac-
tivities, kids fueled up with
hamburgers, hot dogs and
popsicles and took a break
to watch puppet shows.
Karl E.“Gene” Garrison, 87, of Prairie City passed
away June 10, at his home. A private family memorial will
be held at a future date.
Garrison was born to Karl S. and Ruth R. (Kellerhals)
Garrison in Tulare, California, on Sept. 25, 1929. He grad-
uated from Tulare Union High School and later joined the
United States Navy. He married Carole (Morrison) Ellis in
1998.
Garrison worked as a rancher and feedlot manager, horse
trainer and farrier.
He enjoyed team roping and fl y fi shing. He was a lifetime
member of the United States Team Roping Championships.
He is preceded in death by his brother, Robert Garrison.
He is survived by his wife, Carole Garrison, of Prairie
City; daughter, Karla Sue Bullock of Visalia, California;
sons, Michael Garrison of Queens Creek, Arizona, Cliff S.
Garrison and wife, Lynn, of Visalia, California, Wade A.
Garrison and wife, JoCarol, of Tulare, California, Karl Cody
Garrison and wife, Estella, of Rancho Santa Margarita, Cal-
ifornia, and Clay A. Garrison of Twin Bridge, Montana;
step-daughter, Lisa Ann McNair and husband, Corey, of Al-
bin, Wyoming; sister, Joey Keiser of Alhambra, California;
15 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Blue Mountain
Hospice through Driskill Memorial Chapel at 241 S. Can-
yon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845.
To leave a condolence for the family, visit driskillme-
morialchapel.com.
dening tools, fertilizers and
gift cards.
“The community garden
is at the health fair because it
promotes health exercise and
nutrition,” LaLiberte said.
Wilson wins
heritage
foundation
basket
drawing
Blue Mountain Eagle
Jessica Wilson of Izee
won the Grant County Fam-
ily Heritage Foundation’s
Mother’s Day basket draw-
ing.
The basket contained a
retail value of $700 in prizes
from local businesses, and
111 tickets were purchased.
The fundraiser kicks off
the foundation’s efforts to
install a cooling system and
electrical upgrades to the
Heritage Barn at the Grant
County Fairgrounds.
The project is designed to
increase comfort for the an-
imals, 4-H and FFA partici-
pants and attendees.
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