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About The Blue Mountain eagle. (John Day, Or.) 1972-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 2018)
Community 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, October 31, 2018 W HAT’S WEDNESDAY, OCT. 31 HAPPENING Mad Hatters meeting A9 Become familiar with Microsoft Word and Excel for $40 per person for both classes. The class limit is 12. Participants must bring a computer to use on site. For more information or to register, call 541-575-1911 or email the instructor at didgette. mccracken@oregonstate.edu. MONDAY-THURSDAY, NOV. 5-8 GU Travel Club meeting • 11:30 a.m., 1188 Brewing Co., John Day The Mad Hatters club will meet for lunch. Members are en- couraged to attend. • 6:30 p.m., Grant Union High School, Room 11 (art room) The GU Travel Club will hold informational meetings for anyone interested in traveling for spring break, late March 2020. Canyon City haunted house TUESDAY, NOV. 6 • 6 p.m., Canyon City Community Hall Admission to the haunted house is free, and Canyon City Volunteer Fire Department will be giving out candy. There will be activities for all ages. For more information, call Nathan at 541-620-4980 or visit CCHHGrantcounty on Facebook. Medicare 101 Workshop • 4:30 p.m., Outpost Pizza, Pub & Grill Learn about Medicare, how it works, eligibility and different plans. Limited seating. Call 541-408-7165 to register. FRIDAY, NOV. 9 Laser tag Halloween party Quilts of Valor presentation • 7-9 p.m., John Day Elks Lodge A Halloween party will be held for teens 13-18 with food, a costume contest, carnival games and laser tag. Admission is $1 or one can of food, and laser tag costs $1 or one can of food. THURSDAY, NOV. 1 John Day Merchants meeting • 6:30 p.m., John Day Fire Hall The John Day Merchants group will host its monthly first Thursday meeting. Topics will include how formal the group should be, the Oregon Main Street program and Christmas dec- orations. For more information, contact Shannon Adair at shan- non.adair@1188brewing.com. FRIDAY, NOV. 2 First Friday • 6-9 p.m., downtown John Day Downtown businesses will host a food drive this month. Bring a non-perishable item and receive a raffle ticket. There will be opportunities to earn raffle tickets throughout the night. Enter your raffle tickets for a chance to win a gift basket. For more information, contact Sherrie Rininger at 831-596-1771. SATURDAY, NOV. 3 Clay pigeon shoot and pumpkin chunkin’ • 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Brad and Julie Smith’s Rock Pit, Kim- berly North Fork 4-H will host a clay pigeon shoot and pumpkin chunkin’. The cost is $3 per shoot. A cake auction will take place. Hot dogs, chili and nachos will be available. For more information, contact Julie Smith at 541-934-2143. Mikayla Meyerholz benefit dinner Eagle file photo Bransen Keith gets quite a fright while his mother, Jenny Keith, and James Keith look on at a previous Canyon City haunted house. The haunted house will open at 6 p.m. today, Oct. 31. • 4 p.m., Grant County Fairgrounds A fundraiser spaghetti dinner by donation and silent auction will be held. Doors open at 4 p.m. Dinner starts at 5 p.m., and the dessert and silent auction will follow with doors closing at 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact Heather Rookstool at 541-390-5790. • 5:30 p.m., John Day Elks Lodge The Grant Count Piecemakers Quilt Guild will be awarding “Quilts of Valor” to some local veterans. Tick- ets will be available for purchase at The Shiny Thim- ble, Veterans Service Office and The Squeeze In. A taco feed will follow for $6 per person, and children under 3 eat free. SATURDAY, NOV. 10 Bake sale and holiday bazaar • 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mt. Vernon Community Center Mt. Vernon Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting a bake sale and holiday bazaar. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donate one can of food for one raffle ticket. For more information or tables, contact Bonnie at 541-571-3284. Mennonite Youth Choir performance • 6 p.m., Mt. Vernon Grange Hall A 20-voice a cappella Mennonite Youth Choir will perform “A Night of Music.” Refreshments will follow. SUNDAY, NOV. 4 Christopher Duffley concert • 5:30 p.m., Grant County Fairgrounds pavilion Christopher Duffley, a blind musician with autism, will per- form a benefit concert for Healthy Smiles dental clinic. There will be a spaghetti feed. The young girls dance team will per- form, and Grant Union’s choir will sing. For more information, contact Jessica Winegar at 541-575-0429 or 541-377-0828. MONDAY, NOV. 5 Word and Excel class • 4-5:30 p.m., OSU Extension Office classroom SUNDAY, NOV. 11 Multi-denominational church service • 6 p.m., Canyon City Community Hall John Day Ministerial Association, with all Grant County churches, is holding a service with a social hour to follow. For more information, contact Al at 541-575-1203 or Church of the Nazarene at 541-575-1895. MONDAY, NOV. 12 Word and Excel class • 4-5:30 p.m., OSU Extension Office classroom Become familiar with Microsoft Word and Excel for $40 per person for both classes. The class limit is 12. Participants must bring a computer to use on site. For more information or to register, call 541-575-1911 or email the instructor at didgette. mccracken@oregonstate.edu. Veterans Gift Shop accepts donations Nov. 5-17 By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle The American Legion Aux- iliary is again organizing a Vet- erans Gift Shop Window do- nation site at Mosier’s Home Furnishings in John Day. Donations will be accepted from Nov. 5 through Nov. 17 during store hours. The community is asked to contribute items a veteran may like to give to his or her family members for Christmas. Gift ideas include slippers, throw blankets, gloves, toys and oth- er items. Each year Lois Wacken do- nates handmade afghans to the cause, and this year will give between 50 and 60. Donations are given to pa- tients at the Portland VA Medi- cal Center. Veterans can choose gifts for their family members, and the Portland American Le- gion Unit helps send the gifts out, said Ruth Harris, president of the American Legion Auxil- iary Ellis Tracy Unit 77. “We’re the biggest contrib- utor in the state,” Harris said. She said she was pleased to hear that news and although she didn’t start the project, she’s chaired it for many years. “It’s my ‘baby,’” she said. She added, “We’ve had marvelous support, and the money that is contributed to this project is spent right here in John Day, Canyon City and Mt. 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