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Community & History
Blue Mountain Eagle
information, contact Leslie Traylor at 541-620-4032.
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 .
W HAT’S
HAPPENING
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20
Kerry Grombacher concert
• 7 p.m., John Day United Methodist Church
The Juniper Arts Council is bringing Kerry Grombacher
back to Grant County for an encore concert. Kerry, a mod-
ern-day troubadour, is a singer/songwriter whose songs are
rooted in the Western landscape. The concert is free and open
to the public. The JAC will accept donations for its scholar-
ship fund. For more information call JAC President Kris Beal
at 541-932-4892.
John Day Farmer’s Market
• 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – SW Brent St., John Day.
Crafts, baked goods, produce, kids activities, enter-
tainment, information booths. For more information, call
541-792-0958 or email johndayfarmersmarket@gmail.
com.
Local author meet and greet
• 11 a.m. to noon, Grant Union Jr./Sr. High School library
The Juniper Arts Council will host a meet and greet with local
author D. L. Jones (Don Jones.) Don, who taught history at Grant
Union for 26 years, has penned his novel about Carlos Quintana,
a Civil War veteran. Don will talk about himself, writing histor-
ical fi ction and his book. There will be a question and answer
• 10 a.m., Outpost Restaurant, John Day
Local entrepreneurs and startups are encouraged to at-
tend. For more information, email David at david@envme.
com.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27
THURSDAY, SEPT. 21
SATURDAY, SEPT. 23
TUESDAY, SEPT. 26
Entrepreneurs meeting
Health Care for All Oregon program
‘Era of Megafi res’ presentation
• 6:30 p.m., Grant County Regional Airbase, John Day
Blue Mountain Forest Partners collaborative group, in
conjunction with the Malheur National Forest, will host
a presentation given by Dr. Paul Hessburg, who has con-
ducted fire and landscape ecology research for more than
27 years. This presentation is designed to help audiences
better understand fire, its natural role in forest health, how
management practices over the years have altered this and
created conditions that contribute to larger, hotter, more de-
structive wildfires, and how to better meet this challenge.
There is no cost, and the public is invited to attend.
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Eagle file photo
Nine-year-old Riley Gregg looks out the window of Frank
Stinnett’s Cessna 172 XP during the annual Fly-In at the
Grant County Regional Airport last year. The fly-in is
scheduled for Sept. 30 this year.
period and Don’s book will be for sale. The meet and greet is
in conjunction with the all school reunion school tours of Grant
Union. Tours will be offered at 10, noon and 1 p.m. Please meet
in the foyer in front of the old gym to start the tour. For more
information contact JAC President Kris Beal at 541-932-4892.
Chili feed, pie auction and cake walk
• 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Grant County Library
Fun for all ages is offered at the library during its annual
celebration. For more information, call the library at 541-575-
1992.
Grant Union all-class grand reunion
• 6 p.m., John Day Elks Lodge
Graduates from all Grant Union classes are invited to attend.
If advance payment has not been made, the cost at the door is
$10 and does not cover food. A no-host bar will be available,
and live music will be provided by Frank Carlson. For more
• 6:30 p.m., Canyon City Community Hall, 129 S. Wash-
ington St.
The program will focus on the quality, accessibility and
affordability of healthcare, and achieving a universal, sin-
gle-payer health care system for Oregonians. The guest
speakers are Bill Whitaker and Anna Maria Dill, members
of Health Care for All Oregon. A short video will be shown,
followed by questions and discussion about health care con-
cerns and a legislative update. The showing is sponsored by
the Grant County Democrats, Oregon Rural Action and Blue
Sage Ecumenical Council. The free program is open to pub-
lic.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 30
Fly-in and breakfast
• 7-11:30 a.m., Grant County Regional Airport
Grant County Air Search will sponsor free airplane rides for
children in grades 1-12 at the annual fl y-in. Parental escorts are
allowed, and required for children under 12. Breakfast will be ca-
tered by the Snaffl e Bit, and the cost is $8 for adults and $5 for
children. A “The Star-Spangled Banner” fl yover and candy drop
will also be featured, and aircraft will be on display as available.
For more information, contact airport manager Haley Walker at
541-575-1151.
Color Me Free Fun Run and Walk
• 9 a.m., John Day Industrial Park
Heart of Grant County’s fourth annual run and walk to kick
off Domestic Violence Awareness Month benefi ts the organi-
zation’s services and support for survivors. Participants re-
ceive white T-shirts that paint throwers color during the event.
Registration begins at 9 a.m. and costs $20 per person or $40
per family. Free hot dogs and water will be available. The
event starts at 10 a.m. For more information, call 541-575-
4335.
O UT OF THE P AST
10 years ago
Sept. 19, 2007
A dream fulfi lled, an elk
come true
He proudly says he got him
at No-Telling-Creek down
yonder Mystery Mountain.
After near misses in New
Mexico and Grant County,
Grant Union High School
freshman Stuart Mosier’s life-
long dream of bagging a big
elk came true on Sept. 3 when
he dropped a six-point from
496 yards away.
“I can’t even remember
what I was thinking when I
held my gun up there, I was
so nervous,” said Mosier. “My
dream has been fulfi lled. It was
an awesome experience.”
The dream began when
Mosier, diagnosed with renal
failure at the age of 7, became
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“Well, 33 is my lucky num-
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September 3rd, was the three-
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on our third hunt.”
The morning hunt unsuc-
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almost decided to pack it in for
the day when MHH guide Rick
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who had been spotting for the
expedition, informed him that
he’d seen a trophy-size elk
earlier that morning. Robinson
estimated the bull might en-
ter through the timber into the
open meadow directly below
their ground-blind later that
evening.
Mosier, who had been prac-
ticing hitting targets of up to
400-yards in days prior, de-
cided to wait it out with Wirth,
his mom, Brenda, and Wirth’s
kids, Matt, William and Nicole.
As the cloudless hot sum-
mer day turned into a cool
evening, a herd of elk came
through the patchy timber.
Mosier, spotting the big bull at
about 400 yards away, picked
up his Benelli, took aim and
fi red too high, scattering the
elk.
“At fi rst I thought I had hit
him,” said Mosier with a smile.
“But Phil told me to keep my
eye on two trees in the distance
because he had run off, but Phil
said he would come back out.”
Wirth was right. The six-
point bull took off through the
meadow in a dead sprint and
Mosier took aim again, this
time at 496 yards, and didn’t
miss.
“That was a diffi cult shot
even for hunters who have been
at it for more than 30 years,”
said Wirth. “I’m proud of the
way Stuart held it together. He
focused and did it all himself.”
It took the team until 10:30
p.m. to take care of the bull and
get it back to camp — a little
late, considering Mosier had to
be at school the next morning.
In all, Mosier said the best
part of fi nally getting his dream
elk was spending time with
his mom and the Wirths. Next
year, he hopes to draw a tag
and get another one.
And in the end, while Mosi-
er fulfi lled his dream, he also
taught Wirth sometimes it is
more important to have hope
than it is to have your hope ful-
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