Community
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Students show ‘Panther
spirit’ in jog-a-thon
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Contributed photo/Jeanne Strange
Buckaroo Festival grand marshals Betty Richards, left,
and Donna Campbell sit together at Saturday’s event.
Tom Campbell was also a grand marshal.
Kids run gym
laps for fun to
benefit school
Buckaroo Festival-goers
dine on salmon and elk
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Moving along at the Prairie City School jog-a-thon are, from left, sixth-grader Brooke
Teel, first-grader Connor Teel and third-graders Sam Rausch and Jonathan Leighty.
Third-grader Brenna
Johns runs at full speed
during the Wednesday,
Sept. 20, jog-a-thon at
Prairie City School.
they ran past.
She said this is their sec-
ond year holding the jog-a-
thon, and they plan to make it
an annual event.
“We have a great amount
of help from our parent
volunteers,” she said. “We
couldn’t do it without them.”
She added, “I love being
able to give our elementary
kids a chance to participate
in homecoming week and be-
ing able to show their Panther
spirit. They love it.”
A host of volunteers in
Monument rolled up their
sleeves to make Saturday’s
Buckaroo Festival & Harvest
Auction a success.
The event featured fun,
games and food for the whole
family, including a dinner of
salmon, elk and corn on the
cob.
“It’s my passion,” said
event coordinator Judy Harris,
who is the Monument Senior
Center fundraising chairman.
“100 percent of everything
we do goes toward the senior
center.”
Harris said the festival
started when she was a child
and some of the elder people
planned it to raise money for
the grange hall.
She revived the event last
year and plans to make it an
annual event, the funds bene-
fiting the senior center, which
is also a community gathering
place.
The 2016 event brought in
$1,300, which Harris said is
amazing for the community.
She said this year has been
even more successful. So far,
$1,700 has been raised, with
pledges still to be counted.
This year’s grand marshals
were Tom Campbell, Betty
Richards and Donna Camp-
bell.
Games in the park includ-
ed corn hole, horse shoes and
stick horse races. The local
4-H group was there, also
fundraising, serving chili and
brats for lunch.
The highlight was dinner.
Ray Davis of Monument
donated an elk, which pro-
vided 400 steaks. Bruce
Hansen, from Sauvie Island
and Rudio Meadows, added
enough salmon, which he
caught, cleaned and fileted,
to feed the 250 hungry din-
ers.
Hansen also brought corn
on the cob, and Missy Boy-
er of Hermiston whipped up
mashed potatoes.
Harris said everyone’s help
was needed and appreciated.
“I can’t say enough about
everyone who helped, because
it takes an army to make it
happen,” she said.
Next year’s event is already
scheduled for the third week-
end in September.
“It’s been exciting to see it
grow and see the community
come together,” Harris said.
Kindergartner Erik Teel pauses as parent volunteer
Jenny Jacobs marks his jog-a-thon sheet. Teachers and
volunteers marked each lap the students completed.
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Energetic Prairie City stu-
dents were unstoppable Sept.
20, participating in an hour-
long, music-filled school jog-
a-thon.
Fifth-grader Lilly Rockh-
ill was among the 92 partic-
ipants, in grades preschool
through sixth, running laps
with gusto around the school
gym.
“I’m excited to raise mon-
ey for the school to help out
in a lot of ways,” she said.
Parent-teacher committee
president Lindsay Rausch
said the fundraiser was a “re-
sounding success” that will
benefit some of the organi-
zation’s efforts, including the
artist in residence program
and playground equipment.
“Those are the big things
we’re planning for,” she said.
Fourth-grader Kaitlyn De-
Hart, who raised $31, said
she also ran in last year’s jog-
a-thon.
“It’s fun,” she said. “My
brother and sister run with
me.”
Donors could either con-
tribute a flat sum of money,
or give a certain amount for
each lap.
As of Thursday, pledges
were still being tallied. Last
year, the event raised $1,244.
Some students just en-
joyed the running.
“We get to run a lot,” said
first-grader Jase Whatley.
“Everybody, including fifth
and sixth grade, is running
together.”
Audrey Colson, also a
first-grader, ran 29 laps, and
with five or 10 minutes left,
she wasn’t ready to quit.
“I like to run,” she said. “I
high-fived the Panther (mas-
cot) and the cheerleaders. I
love the music.”
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rie City School Title 1 assis-
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