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WHAT’S
Elks scholarship winners announced
Blue Mountain Eagle
The John Day Elks Lodge
No. 1824 scholarship fi rst-
place winner is 2017 Rimrock
Christian Academy home
school graduate James Clay
Johnson, and in second place
is Jessica Carter, a 2017 Grant
Union High School graduate.
Johnson will receive
$2,000 to be paid out at $1,000
a year over two years, and
Carter will receive $1,000 to
HAPPENING
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017
James Clay Johnson
be paid out at $500 a year over
two years.
Scholarship chairman Con-
nie Wood said there were sev-
eral applicants for the scholar-
ships, which made the decision
diffi cult for the judges.
“A big thank you goes out
to the judges and to each stu-
dent who took the time to ap-
ply,” Wood said. “I would like
to thank everyone for their
help making our lodge part of
a great community.”
Jessica Carter
SATURDAY, JULY 8
Cinnabar Mountain Playdays Rodeo
• 8 a.m., Grant County Fairgrounds, John Day
The youth rodeo 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 informa-
tion, call 541-575-3520 or 541-792-0077, or email cmplay-
days@gmail.com.
Potluck and bingo
• 4 p.m., Mt. Vernon Community Center
The Cinnabar Mountain Rendezvous will host bingo and
a potluck dinner. Please bring a dish to share. For more in-
formation, call Drew at 541-792-0393.
D ISTANCE EDUCATION STUDENTS HONORED
Contributed photo
Local graduates of Eastern Oregon University and Blue
Mountain Community College’s distance education
programs were honored at a reception June 6 at the
Grant County Regional Airport. In the photo, from left, are
Dr. Michael Jaeger, Rhiannon Bauman, Cassie Lemons,
Michelle Marraccini, Ersela Dehiya and Katrina Page.
O BITUARIES
Ruth Holmes
Ruth Holmes, 90, passed away Saturday, July 1, at Blue
Mountain Care Center in Prairie City. A memorial service
will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, July 7, at the John Day Golf
Club. Arrangements are under the direction of Tami’s Pine
Valley Funeral Home and Cremation Services. Online con-
dolences may be shared at tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.
com.
Oren ‘Jerry’ Moore
Oren “Jerry” Moore, 86, passed away on Saturday, July
1, at Blue Mountain Care Center in Prairie City. There will
be a private interment with military honors at the Canyon
City Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
Online condolences may be shared at tamispinevalleyfuner-
alhome.com.
Kam Wah Chung park
hosts receive state award
Couple share
love of museum
far and wide
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Kam Wah Chung Muse-
um park hosts Mel and Mary
Magers received the Oregon
Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment’s 2016 Gen Angdahl
Award, which honors out-
standing park hosts.
The Magers were one of
eight who were nominated by
park rangers for the award.
From Cave Creek, Ari-
zona, the Magers have been
giving tours of the Kam Wah
Chung Museum since 2012
and talking up the site wher-
ever they go.
“Kam Wah Chung is an
amazing story,” Mary said.
“It’s a jewel in John Day, and
it’s amazing the distance peo-
ple travel to see it.”
Last year the museum had
7,645 visitors from 47 coun-
tries and all 50 states.
So far this year, they’ve
had 2,337 visitors from 25
countries — including Ka-
zakhstan, Spain, Thailand and
The Netherlands — and 30
states.
Mel said he and Mary
started their journey as park
hosts in 2011.
After a visit to the Oregon
Coast, the couple thought they
would try being park hosts on
the eastern side of the state,
where they expected warmer
weather, Mel said.
That fi rst summer, they
worked at a Ukiah/Dale prim-
itive campsite.
“That was the coldest June
I’ve ever spent. There was
Let our family of Pharmacists
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Mel and Mary Magers stand in front of Kam Wah Chung Museum June 22 as they
wrap up their annual summer volunteer work in John Day at the interpretive site and
museum. The couple was named Oregon’s 2016 Outstanding Park Hosts.
snow,” Mel said.
In the last six years, the
Magers have logged over
3,700 hours of service in six
different locations.
“Oregon has so many
beautiful state parks and won-
derful opportunities,” Mary
said.
“When you travel through
the park systems, you meet a
lot of great park hosts,” Mel
said. “It’s through conversa-
tions with them that we said,
‘Gosh, we could do this.’”
He said his favorite sto-
ry of Doc Hay, the Chinese
doctor who owned Kam Wah
Chung in the gold rush days,
was when Hay’s nephew
inquired about a pile of un-
2017
serve you!
cashed checks.
A trunk was found hidden
under Hay’s bed with sever-
al uncashed checks stashed
away.
“When Doc Hay’s nephew
Bob Wah asked, ‘Why didn’t
you cash these checks?’ his
uncle replied, ‘They needed
the money — I didn’t.’”
Today, the checks would
be worth $231,000.
Mel said he also enjoys
telling about Lung On, Hay’s
business partner, who spoke
English more fl uently than his
counterpart.
“He (Lung On) had one of
the fi rst cars in Grant County
and had the fi rst dealership,
gas station and repair shop,”
Mel said.
Tourists visiting from Port-
land and Salem enjoyed a tour
of the museum Friday, June
22.
Ellen Berger of Beaverton
said she was fascinated to
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POLE BENDING
GOAT TYING
DUMMY ROPING
KEYHOLE RACE
FLAG RACE
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BREAKAWAY
Membership: $30 individual/$45 Family ~ Entry Fees: $2/Event or $10/day
Membership in the Cinnabar Mountain Playdays is required. Playdays are open to all children up to the age of 18 as
of January first of the current year. MEMBERSHIP DUES MUST BE PAID IN FULL IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE. NO
EXCEPTIONS. Daily entry fees must be paid at time of entry. Proof of age is required to compete and must be
presented to a Director no later than the second playday attended by the membership holder. Forms of identification
that will be accepted to prove date of birth are bith certificate, driver’s license or immunization record.
Contestants must compete in at least four (4) Playdays to be eligible for year-end awards.
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learn about Doc Hay.
“His gift, to just be able to
touch the pulse and prescribe
the (herbal) medicine,” she
said. “The tour guides were
very knowledgeable. It was
very interesting.”
Don Merritt, who is cura-
tor of the museum, said he ap-
preciates the Magers’ service.
He said some people vis-
it the museum because they
heard the Magers talk about
the museum elsewhere.
“They would do a presen-
tation and keep promoting us
wherever they go,” he said.
“They’re fantastic and real-
ly care about the place, and
always go the extra mile to
share information with the
visitors.”
The Magers left for the
season the last week of June
and plan to return next year.
“When we come back in
June, it’s like coming home,”
Mel said.
A man wakes up in
the morning after
sleeping on an
ADVERTISED BED,
in ADVERTISED
PAJAMAS.
He will bathe in an ADVERTISED TUB, shave with an ADVERTISED RAZOR,
have a breakfast of ADVERTISED JUICE, cereal and toast, toasted in an
ADVERTISED TOASTER, put on ADVERTISED CLOTHES and glance at his
ADVERTISED WATCH. He’ll ride to work in his ADVERTISED CAR, sit at an
ADVERTISED DESK and write with an ADVERTISED PEN. Yet this person
hesitates to advertise, saying that advertising doesn’t pay. Finally, when his
non-advertised business is going under, HE’LL ADVERTISE IT FOR SALE.
Then it’s too late.
AND THEY SAY ADVERTISING DOESN’T WORK?
DON’T MAKE THIS SAME MISTAKE
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