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A6 Community Blue Mountain Eagle The deadline for What’s Happening items is 5 p.m. Fri- day. Call the Eagle, 541-575-0710, or email editor@bmeagle. com. For meetings this week, see our list in the classifieds. Wednesday, May 9, 2018 W HAT’S FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 18-19 Community art show • 6 p.m. Wednesday • 6:30 p.m. Thursday • Grant Union Junior-Senior High School art room Those interested in hearing about a travel opportunity to Peru with the Grant Union travel group are invited to attend an informational meeting on either date. For more information, call JJ Collier at 541-575-1799, ext. 36. • 5-8 p.m. Friday • 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday • Madden Brothers Performing Arts Center, John Day Artists, photographers and authors are encouraged to display their work at the 12th annual art show. Art will be accepted from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, May 17, and from 10 a.m. to noon Fri- day, May 18. There will be a $5 charge for displaying three pieces of work from artists and photographers, and a $5 charge for authors. Help setting up for the show would be appreciated. To enter work into the show or for more information, contact Patricia Ross at 541-932-4856 or Joan Hopper at 541-379-8963. THURSDAY, MAY 10 SATURDAY, MAY 19 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MAY 9-10 HAPPENING Travel Club meeting Prairie City School kindergarten roundup Lake Creek Youth Camp cleanup • 3 p.m., Prairie City School, Mrs. Sharp’s room The roundup is for children who will be 5 years old before Sept. 1. A birth certificate and copy of their immunization re- cord is required. • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Lake Creek Camp, Logan Valley Anyone interested in helping clean up can show up, and groups of three or more may call ahead in order to provide a general head count for lunch, which will be provided for the volunteers. Those who plan to be working outside are asked to bring gloves and rakes. For more information, call RoseAnn Palmer at 541-575-2831. Facts about Dyslexia • 5:30-7 p.m., Grant County ESD, 835A S. Canyon Blvd., John Day Dr. Scott Smith, from InterMountain ESD in Pendleton and an ambassador for Decoding Dyslexia Oregon, will present the program. For more information, email Scott.Smith@imesd. k12.or.us. RSVP and register at facts-dyslexia.eventbrite.com. THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 10-11 The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Artists Jennifer Moody of Canyon City and Mary Snyder of John Day look at a painting by June Shull of Prairie City at the Grant County community art show last year. The event will take place May 18-19 this year at the Madden Brothers Performing Arts Center. Child trauma care events • 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Outpost restaurant, John Day • 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Grant Union Junior-Senior High School Thursday’s presentation is “Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma” and focuses on helping parents, foster parents and other caregivers. Friday’s presentation is “Trauma Informed Care for Professionals” and offers help in understand- ing children who have experienced trauma. For more informa- tion, call Lisa Weigum at 541-815-6614. more information, visit johnbarryrose.com. To donate or spon- sor, contact Kasey Every at 208-250-7540. Mother’s Day treats • 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Grant County Historical Museum, Can- yon City The museum will offer free admission to mothers and a chocolate treat. For more information, call the museum at 541- 575-0362. Living History tours • 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Grant County Historical Museum, Canyon City Tours will cover the museum, featuring live actors and pre- sentations of Grant County’s background and some of its most famous figures, and will also visit nearby St. Thomas Episco- pal Church, a 142-year-old church that has survived three fires during Canyon City’s history. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 7-17, and children under 7 are free. Participants are asked to preregister at bmlt.org/upcomingevents/2018/5/19/ living-history. For more information, visit the registration web- site or call Blue Mountain Land Trust at 541-620-5754. Seneca Oyster Feed Second Saturday gathering Farmers Market meeting • 9:30 a.m., Outpost restaurant, John Day Ladies of Grant County are invited to the gathering. The theme will be “Enough is Enough” with a short video. Music will be performed by Kathy Rogers and Lis Mulder at the no- host breakfast. Coffee and tea are complimentary. • 5:30 p.m., Outpost restaurant, John Day People interested in becoming a part of the local farmers market are encouraged to attend the meeting, with a no-host dinner. Updated guidelines and vendor applications will be available. For more information, call 541-932-4718 or 541- 733-8778. • Noon, Seneca park The 27th annual Seneca Oyster Feed will feature live music, a softball tournament, a golf scramble and all-you-can-eat oys- ters. A hamburger stand will also be open. The beer garden will be provided by 1188 Brewing. A raffle and silent auction will hand out over $1,000 in prizes. The People Mover will provide shuttle services from John Day to Seneca. To register for soft- ball, call Andrea at 541-620-2603; for the golf scramble, call Shane at 541-620-4910. For more information, contact Seneca City Hall, 541-542-2161. FRIDAY, MAY 18 WEDNESDAY, MAY 23 SATURDAY, MAY 12 THURSDAY, MAY 17 John Barry Rose Memorial Invitational Ranch Rodeo • 5 p.m., Crook County Fairgrounds indoor arena, Prineville In memory of 15-year-old John Barry Rose of Burns who died in 2016, the rodeo is a scholarship fundraiser for Oregon high school rodeo contestants. Admission is $10, and kids 5 and younger get in free. Tickets will be available at the door. For Jeff Crosby & the Refugees concert Choir and handbell concert • 7 p.m., Madden Brothers Performing Arts Center, John Day Doors open at 6 p.m. Opening act Brass Tacks plays at 7 p.m. The headliner starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15-30, available at maddenbrothers.tix.com or at the door. • 6:30 p.m., New Life Bible Church, Long Creek The Singers and Handbell Choir of Cornerstone Bible In- stitute, based in Hot Springs, South Dakota, will perform. For more information, contact the church at 541-421-3888. Thank You Thank you to all who attended, supported, sponsored and helped make our 5th Annual Long Creek Emergency Services Appreciation Dinner a wonderfully successful community event! We raised over $9,000 for the Long Creek Volunteer Ambulance and Volunteer Fire Department! Auction items donated by generous businesses and individuals: *City of Long Creek *Long Creek Booster Club *John Day True Value Hardware *John Day Les Schwab Tires *Cliff House Hair Design Studio *Sherry Craig-Miller *True Value—John Day Hardware *Janice Hunt *Michelle Rose *Pendleton Round-Up & Happy Canyon *Marsie Watson *Sheila Carter—Mud Gulch Creations *Nydam’s Ace Hardware *Russell’s Custom Meats & Deli *Doug’s Motor Vehicle Repair *Mill’s Building Supply *Ed Staub & Sons *Long Creek School *Gibco Ag & Industrial *Gaylene Pruit *Marian Garinger *Roberta Bennett *Cave Custom Signs & Such *Julie Mennenga *Gail Mennenga Thanks to: *Eldon & Bev Johns *Linda Hunt *Long Creek Student Art Class *Kit & Herman Brown *Rose’s Creations—Rose Howe *Jennie Freeman *Long Creek Student Art Class *Rebekah Rand *Hamley’s Steakhouse & Saloon *Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort *Journeys—Janel Parker *Long Creek Lodge Motel *Paul & Leslie Barnett *Grant County Fair Board *JD Rents & Power Equipment *Quilts & Beyond—Latrona & Viola *Valley Baptist Church, McMinnville *Len’s Drug *DP Home Entertainment, Inc. *Long Creek Student Body *Papa Murphy’s Pendleton, LaGrande, Hermiston Be a tai chi leader Community Connection of Northeast Oregon is looking for volunteers to become tai chi leaders, who would receive training and be required to hold 12-week tai chi workshops at senior centers or other approved locations. Classes are held twice a week for one hour. Volunteers are required to collect partici- pant information and take atten- dance. For more information, call 541-963-3186 or email ro- chelle@ccno.org. Humanities grants available Responsive Program Grants are awarded on a rolling basis. In keeping with Oregon Human- ities’ commitment to making hu- manities programming available in communities that have histor- ically lacked access to funding opportunities, priority for fund- ing requests for the remainder B RIEFLY of the year will be given to pro- posals from organizations with budgets under $500,000 that are based in and led by communities of color, rural communities and English language learners. To apply for a Responsive Program Grant, organizations must submit an online appli- cation at oregonhumanities. org/programs/responsive-pro- gram-grants. Awards will be made until funding runs out or Sept. 30, whichever comes first. Potential applicants are wel- come to contact Program Coor- dinator Kyle Weismann-Yee at 503-241-0543, 800-735-0543, ext. 112, or kyle@oregonhu- manities.org. RAC nominations sought The Bureau of Land Man- agement is seeking public nom- inations for positions on 30 cit- izen-based Resource Advisory Councils, sounding boards for BLM initiatives, proposals and policy changes. Individuals may nominate themselves or others to serve on a council. Nominees must be res- idents of the state or states where the RAC has jurisdiction. Letters of reference must accompany all nominations from any represent- ed interests or organizations, a completed RAC application and any other information that speaks to the nominee’s qualifications. Commodity interests, conser- vation interests and community interests will be represented. The BLM will consider nominations until June 4. For the John Day-Snake RAC, nominations and complet- ed applications for RACs should be sent to Lisa Clark, BLM Prineville District Office, 3050 NE Third Street, Prineville, OR 97754, 541-416-6864. To submit a nomination, for the Southeast Oregon RAC, contact Larisa Bo- gardus at 541-947-6811 or lbog- ardus@blm.gov. Dinner Sponsors: Long Creek Booster Club, City of Long Creek Plhnning Committee: Donna Palmer, Linda Hunt, Gaylene Pruit, Marsie Watson, Paula Martin, Sherry Craig-Miller, Denise Porter Advertising: Eric Sines, Patty Hudson, KJDY–Coffee Time & Radio Announcements, Long Creek School Newsletter, Grant County Free Classifieds Facebook page, Long Creek Facebook page, Blue Mountain Eagle–What’s Happening, City of Long Creek website. Kitchen Crew/Dinner Servers/Set-up/Clehn-up/Reservhtions/50-50 Ticket Shles: Gaylene Pruit, Sherry Craig-Miller, Dave Pasko, Linda Hunt, Marsie Watson, Denise Porter, Don Porter, Wendy Taylor, Julie Mennenga, Gail Mennenga, Ed Studtmann, Fred Drake, Patti Hudson, Eric Sines, Long Creek Community Church, City of Long Creek, OK Garage, Long Creek General Store & Café, Long Creek Student Body helpers—Dorotha Johnson, Aaron Garinger, Thomas Kreamier, James Kreamier, Tucker Garinger, Carl Hsueh, Nolan Garinger, Alicia Deloera, Rafael Gumerato, Charles Kreamier, Jaime Ballesteros, Ximena Millan, John Jones, Joe Mun, Mike Donggyu, Michael Martin, Chuen Sooksomchitra, Luka Pesic, Jenny Kim, Gladys Johnson, Faith Burnette, Lucchese Douglas, Jayce Burnette, Carter Burnette, Lilly Cave, Orion Hercher, Marshall Forrest, Jacob Gibson, Natalli Jones, Della Gibson, Jordyn Gibson, Jennifer Jones, Ansleigh Douglas, Connie Coghill, River Cave, also visiting Burnt River High School students that stepped in to help—Pablo Guapo, John Pham, Brook Kiatchaileartnapa, Eduardo Vitcoski, and everyone else that helped to make this a truly successful evening! (If we left anyone out, we apologize.) Ambulance Crew Volunteers EMT’s (Emergency Medichl Technicihns): Myla Corley, Craig Palmer Ambulhnce Driver: Neita Brockway EMR (Emergency First Responder): Ed Studtmann In Trhining for EMR (Emergency First Responders): Jennifer Garinger, Peter Case, Lineah Barnett Fire Department Volunteers Fire Chief: Firefighter I: Don Porter Craig Palmer Assisthnt Chief/Firefighter I: Firefighters: Mike Gibson Jennifer Garinger, Peter Case Trhffic Control: Returning visiting guest/Firefighter I: David Hines Shane Taylor Fire Chhplhin/Firefighter I: Firefighter Chdets: Ed Studtmann Carrisa Forrest, Joe Trott Trhining Officer/Firefighter I: Junior Firefighter Chdets: Denise Porter Aaron Garinger, Nolan Garinger For more information contact Grant County Veterans 541 620-8057 55746
