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Monument SkillsUSA students plan park project
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Students in Monument
High School’s Career and
Technical Student Organiza-
tion, SkillsUSA, expressed
an interest to their adviser
Michele Engle in giving
back to the community.
As a result, three students
are spearheading a project to
add wheelchair accessibil-
ity to the town’s city park,
which lies at the heart of
Monument.
Senior Kyla Emerson,
who is SkillsUSA presi-
dent for Monument School,
junior Aubrey Bowlus
(vice president) and junior
Miranda Cook completed a
needs assessment of the J.
Dempsey Boyer Park.
“The students decided it
was clear that our park is not
accessible to handicapped or
disabled community mem-
bers or travelers,” Engle
said, adding while there is
Contributed photo
Monument School SkillsUSA members, left to right, Kyla Emerson, a senior, and juniors
Aubrey Bowlus and Miranda Cook are working on plans to create an ADA accessible path and
picnic area at the Monument city park.
currently a gravel path, it is
overgrown with weeds and
grass.
“This park is used for all
of our community events,
school picnics, Fourth of
July celebrations, funerals,
weddings, and daily play,”
she said.
Engle said city lead-
ers have approved the park
plans.
In their assessment, the
three students found that a
wheelchair-accessible side-
walk and picnic area would
help people of all abilities
utilize the park.
“This sidewalk will
enable them to reach the
play area and basketball
court,” Engle said.
She said a picnic table
made to seat all sizes of
wheelchairs is another part
of the design.
On March 1, the stu-
dents held a ham dinner
fundraiser to help pay for
the expenses for their Skill-
sUSA State Leadership and
Skills Conference.
“There was such tremen-
dous turnout that our stu-
dents decided to give half of
their profits to the park side-
walk project,” Engle said.
“The remaining $3,200, the
students hope to secure by
May via more fundraisers
or even a successful grant
response.”
She said Dan Emerson
Contracting and Engle Con-
tracting have offered their
labor as in-kind work.
If they can secure fund-
ing, the group hopes to have
the project done by late
May.
Kyla Emerson said she’s
looking forward to see-
ing the completion of the
project.
“I’m excited to see the
sidewalk go into the park
and see how many individu-
als it helps,” she said.
Monument
SkillsUSA
students will attend the pro-
gram’s March 14-16 State
Leadership and Skills Con-
ference in Clackamas. There
are 15 students in the local
program in grades 7-12,
and seven plan to attend the
conference.
Sophomore
Saman-
tha Adams will compete in
pin design, which was cre-
ated using Adobe and rep-
resents Oregon and many
of its skilled trades; junior
Drew Wilburn and senior
Cade Milton will compete in
welding, including mig, tig
and shielded metal arc weld-
ing; and Emerson, Bowlus
and Cook will give a presen-
tation on their community
service project.
Juniper Arts Council distributes Cultural Trust grants
Quilters, Fiber
Fest, museum,
PTA and YAP
receive funding
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Six nonprofit organiza-
tions that received Oregon
Cultural Trust grant funding
will bring a variety of artis-
tic and cultural experiences
to Grant County this year.
The list includes a quilt
show, a fiber arts festival, a
theatrical performance for
elementary students and an
event that will include edu-
cational activities for chil-
dren at local museums. A
professional classical pia-
nist will also present an out-
door concert, and a Youth
Arts Program will bring
opportunities for students
in all Grant County schools
(and adults) to try various
instruments.
The Juniper Arts Coun-
cil board members previ-
ously reviewed grant appli-
cations for the OCT funding,
and JAC president and sec-
retary Kris Beal handed out
grant checks on Feb. 28 at
the Grant School District
3 meeting room in Canyon
City, and a representative
from each group described
their plans.
TREAT
YOUR
FEET
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
The Juniper Arts Council distributed Cultural Trust grants on Feb. 28 at the Grant School District 3 office in Canyon City.
Representatives of nonprofits receiving grants, left to right: Peggy Murphy, Patrick Gamman, Adele Cerny, Janine Goodwin,
Alexandria Maurer, Ginger Shive, Cheri Bellmore, Karen Hinton and Joan Hopper.
Recipients
included
Karen Hinton who accepted
$2,876 on behalf of the
Piecemakers Quilting Guild;
Ginger Shive, $500, Prai-
rie City Fiber Fest; Alexan-
dria Maurer, $400, Humbolt
Elementary Parent Teach-
ers Association; Peggy Mur-
phy, $1,150, Grant County
Historical Museum; Adele
Cerny and John Day Fos-
sil Beds National Monu-
ment Superintendent Patrick
Gamman, $500, for an out-
door piano concert at Cant
Ranch; and Janine Good-
win, $1,577.76, Youth Arts
Program.
The quilting guild will
use their grant funds to buy
PVC pipes to create a pole
system for the displays at
their annual quilt show,
which will be held May
10-11 this year at the Grant
County Fairgrounds Pavil-
ion in John Day.
“One of the things we try
to look at are groups that have
a proven record, for example,
the quilt guild because this is
their 19th annual quilt show,”
Beal said.
Fiber Fest board mem-
bers are a newer organiza-
tion with some big plans.
Shive said she and three
others formed a board a
year and a half ago to orga-
nize a Fiber Fest which will
include nine fiber arts work-
shops on July 26-27 in Prai-
rie City. Dozens of ven-
dors, 25 so far, will also set
up in the city on July 27-28
at the Prairie City Commu-
nity Center, the Teen Cen-
ter and the city park. The
grant award will help pay
for Wi-Fi in those areas. The
group’s website is prairieci-
tyfiberfest.com.
Humbolt PTA’s fund-
ing will pay for a visit from
the theater group Hamp-
stead Stage. Two actors will
play several parts in “Trea-
sure Island” the morning of
April 9 at the school in Can-
yon City. Prairie City and
Dayville schools will also be
invited to the performance.
Murphy said $650 of the
grant money will be used for
Passport to Fun at the Can-
yon City museum as well
as other museums in John
Day and Prairie City. In
its second year, the history
event is for toddlers through
12-year-olds
and
held
during spring break March
25-29. The remaining $500
will pay for engraved infor-
mational signs for the muse-
um’s exhibits.
Cerny has arranged for
pianist Hunter Noack of the
nonprofit “In a Landscape”
to perform classical music
“in the wild” on his 9-foot
Steinway grand piano. Audi-
ence members wear wireless
headsets during the experi-
ence. Concert dates for up
to 200 audience members
for each performance are
scheduled for Friday, June
28, with a second concert
Saturday, June 29, if there is
enough of a response. Tick-
ets will be available on April
15 through Noack’s website
inalandscape.org, and 100
free tickets will be offered to
Grant County residents. Oth-
erwise, tickets are $25 each.
Noack’s website includes
videos of past performances
in outdoor settings.
YAP’s funding will be
used for “instrument tast-
ing” allowing students in
outlying schools to try var-
ious instruments. Goodwin
hopes to visit every school
in the county, and she said
adults are also welcome.
Funds will also be used for a
stipend for the bell choir and
orchestra directors. YAP’s
next concert, with perform-
ers from age 4-75, is sched-
uled for 7 p.m. May 10 at the
United Methodist Church.
The theme is “Music of the
Western Hemisphere,” fea-
turing songs originating
from Canada to Chile.
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from Grant County organizations for community
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ATTENTION
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HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
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