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A6 COMMUNITY Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, December 12, 2018 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 classifi eds. person at the door. Children 6 and under are free. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the show starts at 6:30 p.m. For more informa- tion, call Body, Fitness & Dance at 541-792-7421. Thursday, Dec. 13 Sunday, Dec. 16 Light Up a Life Winter bazaar • 6 p.m., Valley View Assisted Living Blue Mountain Hospice will host its annual Light Up a Life event to remember and refl ect upon the lives of those who have passed away. To have a loved one honored, con- tact Michelle at 541-575-1648. • 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monument School gym The sixth annual winter bazaar features homemade decor, beauty products, food and accessories. The 4-H club will serve hamburgers, and the Monument ambulance will host a dessert fundraiser. The cost per table is $10. For more infor- mation or to set up a booth, contact Stacy Robinson-Cox at 541-934-2155. Friday, Dec. 14 Blue Mountain Care Center Christmas party Monday, Dec. 17 • 2 p.m., Blue Mountain Care Center The Blue Mountain Care Center will host a Christmas party for their residents and their families followed by a silent dessert auction to raise money for the resident council fund. Refreshments and entertainment will be provided. All are welcome. RSVP by Dec. 7. For more information or to RSVP, call 541-820-3341. Antone Christmas bird count • 8 a.m., Cant Ranch house, John Day Fossil Beds Joel Geier will conduct a bird count west of the John Day Fossil Beds. The compilation will take place after 4:15 p.m. For more information, contact Geier at joel.geier@peak.org. Christmas tree lighting ceremony • 5:30 p.m., Bridge and Main streets, John Day Shops will be open extended hours. Caroling, refresh- ments and in-store specials will be available. For more infor- mation, call Sherrie Rininger at 541-620-2638 or the Grant County Chamber of Commerce at 541-575-0547. Saturday, Dec. 15 Ugly Sweater 5K • 10 a.m., The Corner Cup, John Day The fundraiser run benefi ts the Tree of Joy. Prizes will be awarded for the ugliest sweater and fi rst-place fi nisher. Reg- istration is $25 and includes a T-shirt that will be delivered after the event. For more information, contact Macy Strong at 541-792-0574. Christmas bird count • 7 a.m., The Outpost Pizza, Pub & Grill, John Day The Grant County Bird Club will meet no later than 7 a.m., earlier for breakfast. Assignments for the bird count will be explained. The club’s December potluck meeting will be that night along with the compilation of the day’s sightings. It will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Cecil and Irene Gag- Tuesday, Dec. 18 Ski club meeting The Grant Union Junior-Senior High School choir sings out in 2017 at their holiday concert at the school. The middle school and high school bands also performed. • 5:30 p.m., The Ugly Truth Bar & Grill, John Day The Strawberry Mountain Nordic Club will host a ski club meeting. All ages are welcome to come meet with fel- low snow sport enthusiasts. For more information, call Han- nah Grist at 541-285-7817. non’s home off Dog Creek Road, 62012 Dugout Lane, John Day. For more information, contact Tom Winters at 541- 542-2006 or tjwinters1951@gmail.com. Wednesday, Dec. 19 The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Winter Festival Food bank distribution day • 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dayville Community Hall The winter bazaar will feature crafters, food and fun activities. Crafters and vendors are wanted for $10 per site with tables provided. For more information or to reserve a site, call Tracy Bird at 541-575-0866 or Kelly Cooper at 541-620-4947. • 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Grant County Food Bank The Grant County Food Bank will hold its monthly food distribution day on the third Wednesday (Dec. 19) instead of the fourth because of the holidays. The food bank is located at 530 E. Main St., Suite 9, in John Day. For more informa- tion, call 541-575-0299. Winter Wonderland dance recital Grant Union winter music program • 6:30 p.m., Canyon City Community Hall Dancers from age 4 through seventh grade, including lev- els 1, 2 and 3, will perform dance routines, including solos, duets and trios as well as group routines. Admission is $2 per • 6:30 p.m., Grant Union Junior-Senior High School The Grant Union combined choir and junior and senior high school bands will present their winter music program in the school’s old gym. Admission is free. Carrie Young Memorial Auction hits its mark By RICHARD HANNERS Blue Mountain Eagle Each year, the annual Carrie Young Memorial Dinner and Auction refl ects the generosity and goodwill of the Grant County com- munity, growing in dona- tions and attendance since it began 25 years ago. Lucie Immoos created the event to honor her older sister, Carrie Young, who was killed in an automobile accident in Alaska in 1993. After her death, the Young family discovered that Carrie, who had worked at the Blue Mountain Care Center in Prairie City, pur- chased gifts each Christmas for residents of the home without family. Immoos wanted to main- tain that tradition and created the Carrie Young Memo- rial Drive for the Elderly in 1993. Little did she know how big that tradition would become. This year, the event raised $31,000. The Eagle/Richard Hanners Shoppers of all ages attended the Carrie Young Memorial Auction at the John Day Elks Lodge on Dec. 7. That money is used to purchase heating supplies, from furnace oil, propane and fi rewood to grocer- ies and other needed sup- plies for hundreds of elderly residents. “They’re a proud gener- ation — they don’t ask for help,” Immoos said. Benefi ciaries include 250 to 300 seniors who live at home that Immoos’ supporters keep track of, along with residents at Val- ley View Assisted Living, Blue Mountain Care Center, Mothers Creek senior home and Cinnabar Adult Foster Care Home. “Word gets around about who needs assistance,” Immoos said. “There are a lot of elves in the community.” Immoos and eight help- ers traveled to Ontario right after the event to purchase requested supplies for the seniors. She and two oth- ers then continued on to Boise, Idaho, to complete the shopping. Many businesses in the community — along with the Pendleton Round-Up and the Wildhorse Resort & Casino in Pendleton — con- tribute items to the fund- raiser, Immoos said. The donations, rang- ing from food and drink, power tools, sporting goods and toys to tickets to events, accumulate in the HECS warehouse at the John Day Industrial Park where a crew assembles them into themed gift baskets. Mike and Sharrie Slinkard donate the ware- house space. Terri Bowden, owner of A Flower Shop And More, leads a team including Immoos, Dawn Wood and Emma Anspach in selecting various items that might go together in a gift basket. Sending Your Best At Christmas Time “Terri is the editor,” Immoos said. There’s a lot of imagina- tion involved — items of a similar color might be put together, but the team also creates humorous items each year such as a “Bad Mom” gift basket. This year, 290 gift baskets were assembled and brought to John Day Elks Lodge for the silent auction. “That’s slightly more than last year,” Immoos said. Among the standout items included a 6-foot-tall doll house made by Pete Allen of Mt. Vernon, a wooden rock- ing bench made by Gordon Orr of Prairie City, a big elk horn with scrimshaw by Bill Immoos, a butcher block table made by Mark Immoos and a trampoline donated by John Day True Value. The winner of the raf- fl e for a Ruger American Predator rifl e donated by Nydam’s Ace Hardware was Kim Grove. Raffl e winners for the cords of fi rewood were Cynthia Jackson, Brian Hubbard, Kate Cueno and Kevin and Cindy Nelson. The fi rewood was donated by recently deceased John Short as well as Chris Gib- son, Steve and Susie Combs, Blue Mountain Care Center and Duane Stokes. A big-ticket item the past two years has been prints from the No-Tellum Ridge series by North American wildlife artist Leon Parson. Todd Donahue, who bought last year’s Parson print, posted the winning bid again this year. The prints were donated by the deceased Charlie O’Rorke and his widow, Jan O’Rorke. “Charlie was one of the most revered loggers in the county,” Immoos said. Immoos’ sister Christie Winegar heads up a kitchen crew each year that cooks a big spaghetti feed for all the visitors. The tables quickly fi lled with smiling diners. A man wakes up in the morning after sleeping on an ADVERTISED BED, in ADVERTISED PAJAMAS. He will bathe in an ADVERTISED TUB, shave with an ADVERTISED RAZOR, have a breakfast of ADVERTISED JUICE, cereal and toast, toasted in an ADVERTISED TOASTER, put on ADVERTISED CLOTHES and glance at his ADVERTISED WATCH. He’ll ride to work in his ADVERTISED CAR, sit at an ADVERTISED DESK and write with an ADVERTISED PEN. Yet this person hesitates to advertise, saying that advertising doesn’t pay. Finally, when his non-advertised business is going under, HE’LL ADVERTISE IT FOR SALE. Then it’s too late. Special Holiday Hours Sat. December 8th & 15th Retail hours 1pm-4pm Dec. 7th - 21st Mon.-Fri. Open til 5:30pm AND THEY SAY ADVERTISING DOESN’T WORK? 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