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NEWS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
GETTING IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union musicians, led by director Levana James, presented their winter concert on Wednesday, Dec. 19, including the
grades 7-12 combined choir, high school band and junior high band.
Contributed photos
Long Creek
students surround
Santa during their
‘Christmas Classics’
program.
FAR RIGHT: Long
Creek student Jacob
Gibson visits with
Santa after the school
Christmas program.
Contributed photo
Long Creek student Della Gibson belts out a
song in the school’s Christmas program.
Students will travel to Europe as Ambassadors of Music
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Three Grant Union
students will travel to
Europe next summer
with Voyagers Interna-
tional as Oregon Ambas-
sadors of Music.
Senior Carle Wright
(bass clarinet), junior
Samantha Floyd (trom-
bone) and sophomore
Jacob Smith (oboe) will
join other musicians
from Oregon for the trip.
The group will per-
form in a variety of pub-
lic concerts with vis-
Carle Wright
(bass
clarinet)
Jacob
Smith
(oboe)
its to England, France,
Switzerland,
Austria,
Italy and Germany.
Each student has been
working to raise $6,245
for the trip, plus addi-
tional funds for other
expenses, such as food.
Wright
is
sell-
ing Figa-
ro’s pizza
as a fund-
raiser
through
Samantha
J a n .
Floyd
23. The
(trombone)
bake-at-
home piz-
zas will be available on
Jan. 30. The varieties
include cheese, pepper-
oni, Hawaiian, Mamas
(supreme) and Papas
(meat-lovers). To place
an order, contact Wright
at 541-792-1108.
Floyd has sold baked
goods and crafts, includ-
ing Christmas items at
the Blue Mountain Hos-
pital Auxiliary Bazaar,
and Smith sold bread
and other goodies at
last summer’s John Day
Farmers Market.
Wright said they all
will be holding more
fundraisers in the future
to reach their goals.
“I’m excited to per-
form with other musi-
cians from Oregon and
experience different cul-
tures and music abroad,”
she said.
Prairie City post office
celebrates with customers
Contributed photo/Thomas Dekany
Prairie City Postmaster Tori Iske, left, and Clerk Kim Davis
pose for a photo during the Prairie City post office customer
appreciation day.
Church Services In Grant County
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