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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.
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