News Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, January 31, 2018 A7 Daddy-daughter disco is Feb. 9 By Angel Carpenter Grima Horgan, left, shows Shannon Deep her fresh vegetables, eggs and flowers at a previous John Day Farmers Market. A meeting about the market will be held Feb. 7. Blue Mountain Eagle The John Day-Canyon City Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring a groovy “Night to Disco” for their eighth annual dad- dy-daughter dance Friday, Feb. 9. This year’s event, which takes place at the John Day Elks Lodge 1824, starts with an All-American dinner from 5-6 p.m., followed by the dance from 6-8:30 p.m. Program manager Bob- bee Hueckman said hav- ing this year’s dance in the lodge’s upstairs ballroom will provide a fancier atmo- sphere. “The DJ is Chris Gib- son, providing fun music and lights for the disco theme,” she said. “It’s going to be fun, age-appropriate, little girls’ disco dance music.” Girls ages 5 and up and their fathers or father figures will receive a free 5-by-7- inch photo by Tanni Wenger Photography Studio, with a goody bag for the girls. Op- tional photo packages will be available for purchase. Dinner includes ham- burgers and fries, as well as nacho, salad and sundae bars. The cost for the dinner and dance is $45 per couple and $5 for each additional daughter. Without dinner, the cost is $25 per couple with no charge for additional daugh- ters. Preregistration forms are available at jdccparksandrec. Contributed photo Shaun Robertson and his daughter, Riley, dance at last year’s daddy-daughter dance. “A Night to Disco” is the theme for this year’s dance Feb. 9. weebly.com or at the office, located at 845 1/2 Bridge St. in John Day. Forms and fees must be turned in before Feb. 2. Last year, a total of 136 dancers attended the event. Parks and Rec office man- ager Kimberly Ward said the daddy-daughter dance is one of her favorite activities. “To see all the beautiful girls dressed up and spend- ing quality time with their dads or dad figures is heart- felt,” she said. “I’m hoping the ballroom will allow for lots of disco dance moves and make the girls feel like a princess at the ball.” The Elks Lodge is located at 140 NE Dayton St. For more information, call Hueckman or Ward at the Parks and Rec office at 541- 575-0110. Eagle file photo Market or being a vendor is welcome to attend. WHAT’S HAPPENING 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. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7 Ag water quality management area meeting • 4-6 p.m., USDA John Day Service Center, 721 S. Can- yon Blvd., John Day The Local Advisory Committee for the Upper Mainstem and South Fork John Day River Ag Water Quality Manage- ment Area will hold an interim meeting to discuss compil- ing and tracking restoration activities and best management practices that maintain and protect water quality in the man- agement area. For more information, contact Pat Holliday, 541-575-0135, ext. 101. Farmers market meeting • 5:30 p.m., Outpost restaurant, John Day Anyone interested in helping with the John Day Farmers B RIEFLY Applicants sought for new transportation committee plications are due by mid- night Feb. 19. ODOT staff is available to answer questions and can be reached at CI- ACadmin@odot.state.or.us. The Oregon Transporta- tion Commission is seeking Oregonians interested in vol- unteering for the new Contin- uous Improvement Advisory Committee. This committee was created by the Oregon Legislature in the recent transportation funding bill, HB 2017. The committee will advise the commission on how to improve the Oregon Department of Transporta- tion by recommending ways to make the agency more ef- ficient, recommending mea- sures to gauge the agency’s performance and addressing audits. Information on the committee is available on ODOT’s website, oregon. gov/odot/get-involved. Ap- Fire refresher, pack test scheduled Eastern Oregon Training Group classes for the 2018 fire season are open for reg- istration. RT-130 Wildland Fire Refresher and a pack test will be held April 28. The class begins at 8 a.m. at the 5J School District, 2090 Fourth St., Baker City. The pack test starts at 2:30 p.m. at the Bak- er Middle School track, 2320 Washington St., Baker City. The cost for RT-130 is $100, and the pack test is $40. These annual classes are required for anyone planning on fighting fire at the federal or state lev- el. Eastern Oregon Training Group is a member of the Na- tional Wildfire Suppression Association, and NWSA’s lead instructor Jaime Davila will be teaching all classes. Registration can be completed at oregonfiretraining.com. For more information, call Laurel Goodrich at 541-403-0907 or Jeff Sherman at 541-519- 6213. Extension offering community classes The Oregon State Univer- sity Extension Office Open Campus Grant County at 116 NW Bridge St. in John Day is offering a basic Quickbooks class from 5:30-7 p.m. Feb. 7 and Feb. 20. The fee is $40 for both sessions. Aimee Rude is the teacher. For more infor- mation, call the office, 541- 575-1911. Local students named to dean’s lists Blue Mountain Eagle Students from Grant Coun- ty were named to dean’s lists at multiple universities. Nine local students re- ceived the honor for fall term 2017 at Eastern Oregon Uni- versity: Mariah Meyerholz, Canyon City; Kendall Hettin- ga, Dayville; Hannah Brands- ma, James Johnson, Cody Nielsen and Shawna Oates, John Day; Hannah Flower, Kimberly; Stephanie Croghan and Lucinda Harper, Mount Vernon. At the close of fall term, 529 EOU students qual- ified for the dean’s list. These students maintained a GPA of 3.5 or higher while complet- ing at least 12 hours of graded coursework during the term. Northwest Nazarene Uni- versity’s Office of Academic Affairs announced that three Grant County students were among 738 students named to the dean’s list for the 2017 fall semester. Janelle King of Can- yon City, Reitta Wyllie of John Day and Karl Coghill of Long Creek earned the honor. To be eligible in the College of Arts & Sciences, a student must earn a 3.5 grade-point average while taking at least 12 graded credit hours of classes at the undergraduate level. To be el- igible in the College of Gradu- ate & Adult Studies, a student must earn a 3.5 grade-point av- erage while taking at least six graded credit hours of classes at the undergraduate level, or a 4.0 grade-point average while taking six graded credit hours at the graduate level. Dawson Quinton of Can- yon City, a sophomore eco- nomics major at the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon, was named to the fall 2017 dean’s list with a 3.84 GPA. The Uni- versity of Oregon names its top students to the dean’s list in recognition of their academ- ic achievements, and 1,789 UO students qualified for the honor for fall term. The dean’s list is compiled for fall, winter and spring terms. To qualify, a student must be an admitted undergraduate and complete at least 15 credits for the term with a grade point average of at least 3.75, and at least 12 of the credits must be taken for letter grades. Total undergrad- uate enrollment for the term was 19,164. Monument School first-semester honor roll Seniors Freshmen Fifth-graders 4.0 GPA: Bailey Thomas and Aubrey Werner. Honor roll: Samantha Ad- ams Choate and Donovan Schafer. 4.0 GPA: Morgan Cole and Bethany Wilburn. Honor roll: Evangeline Schultz. Honorable mention: Nich- olaus Devine and Madalynn Grassl. Juniors 4.0 GPA: Kyla Emerson and Faythe Schafer. Honorable mention (3.0- 3.49 GPA): Cade Milton. Sophomores 4.0 GPA: Aubrey Bowlus. Honor roll (3.5-3.99 GPA): Drew Wilburn. Eighth-graders Honor roll: Aubreianna Osborne. Honorable mention: Tell Cox and Nic Ciochetti. Sixth-graders Honorable mention: Dolan Pool. Fourth-graders 4.0 GPA: Jin Bo Ciochetti. Honorable mention: Reece Cox and Whitley Hudson. FRIDAY, FEB. 9 Daddy-daughter dance • 6-8:30 p.m., John Day Elks Lodge The John Day-Canyon City Parks and Recreation District is sponsoring a “Night to Disco” daddy-daughter dance. The dance is for girls 5 years old and up and their fathers or father figures, with goodie bags and a photo included. New this year is the option of dinner prior to the dance from 5-6 p.m., consisting of hamburgers and fries and na- cho, salad and sundae bars. For dinner and the dance, the cost is $45 per couple with $5 for each additional daughter. Without dinner, the cost is $25 per couple with no charge for additional daughters. Preregistration forms are avail- able at jdccparksandrec.weebly.com, or the office at 845 1/2 Bridge St. in John Day. Forms and fees must be turned in before Feb. 2. For more information, call the office at 541-575-0110. SATURDAY, FEB. 10 Crohn’s Awareness 5K • 9 a.m., Canyon City park Organized as a senior project, all proceeds from the event will go to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. The race starts and ends at the Canyon City park, and registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Pre-registration forms can be picked up from Jen- ny at John Day Eye Care. Admission cost with T-shirt is $20, without a shirt is $12. For just a shirt, the cost is $15. A map of the route will be located at the starting point. For more information, contact McKenna Lynn at 541-620-4998 or see the Crohn’s Awareness 5K Community Facebook page. The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. www.eomediagroup.com