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Blue Mountain Eagle
The deadline for What’s Happening items is 5 p.m. Friday.
Call the Eagle, 541-575-0710, or email editor@bmeagle.com.
For meetings this week, see our list in the classifieds.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11
SATURDAY, APRIL 21
W HAT’S
HAPPENING
John Day Farmers Market meeting
A7
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
• 5:30 p.m., Outpost restaurant
Anyone interested in participating in the farmers market is
welcome to attend. The meeting includes setting the date for
the May sign-up meeting for vendors. For more information,
call 541-733-8778 or 541-932-4718.
Wild and Scenic film festival
• 7 p.m., Madden Brothers Performing Arts Center, 116 NW
Bridge St., John Day
The festival features a collection of a dozen films that speak to
the environmental concerns and celebrations of the planet. Suds Pub
will be present for food and drinks, and a raffle will be held. Tickets
cost $15 for adults, and children 17 and under are free. The event
is hosted by the Blue Mountain Land Trust and sponsored by the
Madden Brothers Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available by
visiting bmlt.org.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 21-22
Rep. Lynn Findley town hall
Rummage sale
• 6 p.m., John Day Fire Hall
Rep. Findley (R-Vale) will hold a town hall meeting to give an
update about the 2018 Legislative Session, respond to questions
and engage with constituents.
• 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monument Senior Center
Proceeds benefit the senior center operation fund at the third an-
nual rummage sale. Chili, rolls, coffee and maple bars will be served
April 21. 4-H’ers will serve hot roast beef sandwiches and desserts
April 22. For more information, call Judy Harris at 541-934-2244.
SATURDAY, APRIL 14
JC Oliver Memorial Team Roping
Second Saturday gathering
• 9:30 a.m., Outpost restaurant, John Day
Ladies of Grant County are invited to the gathering. The theme
will be “Keep Walking,” and a short video will be included. Mu-
sic will be presented by Kathy Rogers at the no-host breakfast.
Coffee and tea are complimentary.
Clay pigeon shoot
Eagle file photo
Grima Horgan loads rhubarb into a bag at the John Day
Farmers Market last year. A meeting about the market will
take place today, April 11.
• 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Kimberly Rock Products pit, mile marker
9 on Highway 402
Events include jackpots, Annie Oakley and more, plus men’s,
women’s and children’s competitions. Proceeds will go to Grant
County Search & Rescue. The cost is $3 per shoot. For more
information, call 541-934-2143.
Members of the credit union are invited to review the past
year’s performance and learn about upcoming goals at the 60th
anniversary annual meeting. For more information, call the credit
union at 541-575-0264.
Tree School East
Sam Riggs concert
• Baker High School, Baker City
Tree School East, presented by the Oregon State University
Forestry & Natural Resources Extension Service, is a one-day
mini-college for woodland owners, professional foresters, ranch-
ers or anyone else interested in Oregon’s natural resources. This
year will feature 29 classes, from in-depth forest management
trainings to broader natural resource management and apprecia-
tion. For complete information on the event and how to register,
call the OSU Baker County Extension Service office at 541-523-
6418 or email Extension Forester Bob Parker at bob.parker@
oregonstate.edu.
SUNDAY, APRIL 15
Old West Federal Credit Union meeting
• 1 p.m., John Day Senior Center, 142 NE Dayton St., John
Day
FRIDAY, APRIL 20
• 7:30 p.m., Madden Brothers Performing Arts Center, 116
NW Bridge St., John Day
Country rock singer-songwriter Sam Riggs from Austin, Tex-
as, and his band will perform with opening act Tylor & The Train
Robbers from Idaho. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $30 for
seated, $25 for general admission and $15 for children, available
at maddenbrothers.tix.com.
• 1 p.m. Saturday
• 10 a.m. Sunday
• Grant County Fairgrounds, John Day
The event is an American Cowboy Team Roping Association
qualifier. All proceeds benefit the Grant County Family Heritage
Foundation. Doors will open an hour prior, and admission is free.
SUNDAY, APRIL 22
Candidate forum
• 1 p.m., Grant County Fairgrounds pavilion
All local candidates in the upcoming election are expected to at-
tend a candidate forum sponsored by the Mt. Vernon Grange. Ted
Ferrioli, former state senator and current member of the Northwest
Power & Conservation Council, will moderate the event. Each can-
didate will be allowed to speak for five minutes, with an opportunity
for a three-minute rebuttal. Questions from the audience for Ferrioli
to present will be gathered during an intermission. Coffee and cook-
ies will be available during the intermission. For more information,
contact Jean Sagert, 541-575-1007.
FRIDAY, APRIL 27
Bluegrass in Baker
Child sexual abuse prevention program
• 7:30 p.m., Lefty’s Taphouse, 1934 Broadway, Baker City
The Eastern Oregon Regional Theater will present the show,
featuring Grammy Award-winning artist Laurie Lewis and
Friends. The event is a fundraiser for the restoration of Baker
Orpheum Theatre. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 the day of
the show. Tickets are available by visiting bakerlivetheatre.com,
calling 541-523-9652 or at Betty’s Books at 1813 Main St. in
Baker City. For more information, visit bakerlivetheatre.com.
• 2-4 p.m., Canyon City Community Hall
Stewards of Children is a prevention training program that teach-
es adults how to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child
sexual abuse.
The program is designed for organizations that serve youth and
individuals concerned about the safety of children. Community
members are welcome. For more information, contact Lisa Weigum
at lweigum@gobhi.net or Tracey Blood at pcaorinfo@gmail.com.
Display told story of WWII interment camps
Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant Union’s Social Sci-
ences Department hosted an
“Architecture of Internment”
display Thursday and Friday.
The traveling museum
featured large posters with
enlarged letters, maps and
photos from the wartime Jap-
anese internment camps.
The display explores how
Oregonians participated in
the decision to incarcerate
Japanese Americans and
Japanese immigrants during
World War II.
The history is told with
12 large posters showing
how individuals, organiza-
tions, businesses and elected
officials advocated for the
incarceration of Oregonians
of Japanese ancestry or stood
by while it happened, as well
as others who stood up with
small and large acts of brav-
ery.
Dougharity-Spencer
showed the display to her
Modern World History stu-
dents Thursday, and the class
has been talking about the
subject all week, she said.
“How would you react if
someone came in and told
you to pack up and leave?”
she asked the students.
Students
said
they
were shocked at what they
learned.
“Nobody did anything to
prevent the Japanese from
being treated this way,” said
Donavan Smith. “They just
accepted it.”
Trenton Kidd said he was
surprised the Japanese were
moved into camps.
Sammi Buckhaults and
Shanniyah Hall, both sopho-
mores, said they were upset
at how the Japanese were
treated.
“I think everyone should
be treated equal because ev-
erybody is human,” Buck-
haults said.
“Everyone should be
treated the same,” Hall said.
“It doesn’t matter what color
or race they are.”
The greatest number of
Japanese lived in the Port-
land area and Hood Riv-
er and Malheur counties,
Dougharity-Spencer said.
She said some moved near
Seneca to work in the timber
industry during that time.
She first heard about the
display from retired Seneca
School head teacher Adele
Cerny.
Last fall, Doughari-
ty-Spencer learned more
of the court case, Minoru
Yasui vs. United States of
America, when she attend-
ed a civics leadership con-
ference in Salem. Yasui, a
Japanese-American attor-
ney, challenged the consti-
tutionality of the internment
camps.
Learning more about it
inspired her to bring the ex-
hibit here for the students
and public.
FAR LEFT: Grant Union
social studies teacher
Cindy Dougharity-Spencer
discusses the ‘Architecture
of Internment’ display
with her students on
Thursday afternoon. LEFT:
Grant Union sophomores
Shanniyah Hall, left, and
Sammi Buckhaults look at
the display.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
The display has also re-
cently traveled to Walla
Walla Community College,
University of Oregon and
Klamath County Library.
The $700 cost for the ex-
hibit was paid for by the Ru-
ral Organizing Project.
Dougharity-Spencer had
some parting words for her
class before dismissal.
“A lot of people lost
homes and livelihoods
while they were gone (at the
camps),” she said.
She added, the majority
of their properties were not
taken care of — some were
ransacked — while others
lost homes because they
couldn’t pay their mortgage.
“It’s important to ac-
knowledge it because the
same things can come up,
and how we handle them de-
termines what happens in the
future,” she said.
The exhibit at Grant
Union also included several
pieces of Asian-inspired art-
work by local students.
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