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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
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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.
CALL
Sheriff Glenn Palmer 541-575-1131
Sheriff Dave Ward 541-573-6156
Colby Marshall 541-573-5150 x110
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