Community
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
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Eagle photos/Richard Hanners
From left, Nancy Nickel, Eva Harris and Stan McKay
debone turkeys at the John Day Elks Lodge’s
Thanksgiving Day dinner.
Thanksgiving
meal at Elks
satisfies all
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
A group of friends smile with Santa during Christmas on the Prairie at the Teen Center on Front Street. In photo:
Lauren Romstad of John Day takes a photo of the group, which includes, from left, Cashel Toy, 3; Quinn Cowie, 4;
Avery Toy, 5; Ayla Romstad, 3; and Rosie Burtel, 3. See more photos at myeaglenews.com.
Christmas on the Prairie
enjoyed by young and old
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
By Richard Hanners
Blue Mountain Eagle
It was a full house for
Thanksgiving Day dinner
at the John Day Elks Lodge
No. 1824.
Angie Jones, who heads
up the annual event, said
five smoked and five baked
turkeys were prepared,
along with 10 hams, 100
pounds of sweet yams and
100 pounds of mashed po-
tatoes.
A crew of cooks worked
in the busy kitchen debon-
ing the turkeys before the
diners arrived. The first-
class meal also included
garden salad, dinner rolls,
green beans, stuffing, gra-
vy and three tables covered
with 42 pies in a variety of
flavors. Some additional
home-cooked pies were do-
nated.
Students from Prairie
City School and Humbolt
Elementary School decorat-
ed the tables and the dining
Margie Powell and other
visitors serve themselves
Thanksgiving dinner at
the John Day Elks Lodge.
rooms.
Jones said the annual
dinner is funded through
a grant from the National
Elks Foundation. Volun-
teers made 70 home deliv-
eries so more people could
enjoy the Thanksgiving
meal.
Gingerbread houses were under construction at the Teen Center during Saturday’s
Christmas on the Prairie in Prairie City. A group of kids from John Day were busy
decorating with candies, including, from left, Caleb Sheedy, 10; Jaylyn LaDuke, 10; Aly
Qual, 9; Jeshua Sheedy, 13; and Ethan Sheedy, 15.
“It’s a lot of fun for people,”
said Pam Howard, who is the
secretary and treasurer for the
auxiliary. “It gets them out and
in the spirit of the holidays.”
Drawing winners
Auxiliary gift baskets: soup basket, Lisa
Rynearson; pasta basket, Zinny Locke;
beverage basket, Carry Scott; hunter
basket, Fonda Thompson
Auxiliary grocery gift certificates: Connie
Flowers, $100 to Huffman’s Select Mar-
ket; Pam Woodworth, $100 to Chester’s
Thriftway
Cord of wood: Jenni Workman
Garden Club knife and block set:
Sandee Dean
Bar W-B $100 gift certificate: Windi Deiter
Ornament Hunt gift collection: Sharon Fritch
Visitors to the John Day Elks Lodge Thanksgiving Day
dinner had 42 pies to choose from for dessert.
Hayrides were a new feature at Christmas on the Prairie
this year. Monty Buck hauled happy passengers back
and forth from downtown Prairie City to Prairie City
School where a Christmas bazaar was being held.
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Prairie City was bustling
with visitors, young and old,
as residents rolled out their an-
nual Christmas on the Prairie
celebration.
Children filled the Teen
Center, decorating gingerbread
houses with the help of parents
or friends. Kids also visited
with Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Ten-year-old Vincent Ra-
schio of John Day chatted
briefly with the jolly old elf.
What did he whisper in
Santa’s ear?
“I said I don’t know what I
want for Christmas,” he said.
Grant County’s Hope 4
Paws set up a Tree of Hope
with gift tags for locals to sup-
port the nonprofit’s pet rescue
programs for cats and dogs.
Norma Rynearson and her
daughter-in-law Lisa Rynear-
son of Prairie City have had a
booth at the Prairie City Amer-
ican Legion Auxiliary Christ-
mas Bazaar for years.
Their table was stacked
with Norma’s knitted items
and Lisa’s crocheted and sewn
items, which included colorful
dishcloths, handtowels and
baby bibs.
There were 21 vendors in
all with items ranging from
hand-painted signs and other
home decor, homemade bees-
wax lip gloss, beaded hats and
homemade goodies, including
pies.
First-class
dinner with all
the fixings
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