Community Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, September 26, 2018 A3 Rain is no damper on Buckaroo Festival Elk and salmon dinner followed lively auction By Richard Hanners Blue Mountain Eagle People traveled from across Oregon and Washington to at- tend the third annual Buckaroo Festival & Fall Harvest Auc- tion in Monument on Sept. 22. Early afternoon drizzle forced the games, live music and live auction out of the park and into the Monument Senior Center and Community Center. The event raised $18,500, fundraising chairwoman Judy Harris said. The event raised $12,000 in its first year. Funds raised from the dinner and auc- tion will benefit the senior cen- ter, which now boasts a new deck in back built with funds from the Joyce Miller Owens Charitable Foundation. An elk and salmon dinner was served, complete with wild rice and fruit pies for dessert. The elk steaks were provided by Judy and Aaron Harris of Monument, and the salmon was provided by Bruce Hanson of Sauvie Island. Live music was performed by Nestle Williams of Leaven- worth, Washington, on accor- dion and her son Tom Erhardt of Salem on guitar. They were Diners lined up for elk steaks, ocean-caught salmon, wild rice and homemade pies at the Monument Buckaroo Festival and Fall Harvest Auction. Eagle photos/Richard Hanners Nestle Williams of Leavenworth, Washington, plays the accordion with her son Tom Erhardt of Salem during the Buckaroo Festival and Fall Harvest Auction in Monument Sept. 22. related to dozens of people at the event, from children to se- niors. Ed Falls headed up the live auction, with assistance from Dennis Davis. A load of grav- el went for nearly $200 more than the asking price. Bidders competed for art quilts, horse- shoe metalwork and tools. The winner of the gun raffle was Rich Johnson of Oregon City. Cheri Hewgley of Port- land won the quilt raffle. Will Adams of Monument won the $100 cash drawing. BMW riders donate $20,000 to organizations Nine local groups will receive money By Richard Hanners Blue Mountain Eagle The BMW Riders of Or- egon raised $20,000 for nine organizations in Grant County during their 41st Chief Joseph Rally in John Day this sum- mer. About 475 riders showed up in John Day for the June 29 through July 1 rally. Many stayed at the Grant County Fairgrounds. Riders took or- ganized tours to a ranch near Izee and the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. The rally is the main fundraiser for the nonprofit organization. Ideas for how to disburse the funds were solicited from members and community leaders, club pres- ident Robert Metzger told the Eagle. The club’s executive com- mittee met in September to make its determination. The recipients this year are: • Grant County Fair- grounds, $2,000 • Grant County Food Bank, $2,000 • Prairie City Food Bank, $1,500 • Monument Food Bank, $1,500 • Grant-Harney County Court Appointed Special Ad- vocate program, $5,000 • Grant School District 3 arts, music and sports pro- grams, $3,000 • John Day Senior Center, $3,000 • John Day Police Depart- ment, $1,000 • John Day Fire Depart- ment, $1,000 Other groups benefited from the annual rally. About $1,000 was raised through a geology tour at the Fos- sil Beds for the Juniper Arts Council. A group that served breakfast to the riders at the fairgrounds raised money for the Grant Union eighth-grad- ers’ field trip and the Juniper Ridge 4-H Club. Three generations of the Johnson family performed bluegrass music for the rid- ers and raised about $1,000 for Katie Johnson’s Calvary Horse Camp. Grand marshals chosen for the event were Bill and Mary Ella Neal, whose fam- ily roots in the area go back to the 1850s. Bill attended, but Mary Ella passed away in August. Four young helpers await their turn to assist during the live auction at the Buckaroo Festival and Fall Harvest Auction. WANTED Information leading to conviction of trespassers and/or poachers on Silvies Valley Ranch $2 , 500 00 REWARD A reward we’re anxious to pay. Again last year, several nice mule deer bucks and elk were killed and left to rot on our ranch – and that’s only what we found. Please help us catch trespassers and poachers who have no respect for private property rights and who give all hunters a bad name. If you legally wound an animal that comes onto any of our property, please come to ranch headquarters at Bridge Creek and we will help you find and clean it at no charge. Otherwise, do not go onto our property unless accompanied by a Silvies Valley Ranch team member. We will press charges, sue for damages, and are actively patrolling our property with ATVs, by horseback, and videocams. 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