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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, 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.
Vernon.”
Unwrapped gifts may be
dropped off at Mosier’s, locat-
ed at 101 E. Main, 8:30 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through
Fridays, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturdays.
Harris said a person who pre-
fers to remain anonymous deliv-
ers the gifts to the VA hospital.
Checks may be made out to
American Legion Auxiliary and
mailed to Ruth Harris at P.O.
Box 35, John Day, OR 97845.
For more information, call
Harris at 541-575-0076 or
Mosier’s at 541-575-0649.
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