EASTER
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
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Easter eggs found throughout county
Blue Mountain Eagle
Children throughout
Grant County enjoyed
Easter egg hunting despite
the cool and damp weather.
The John Day Elks
Lodge’s annual Easter egg
hunt at the Seventh Street
Complex on April 20
drew the usual crowd of
young children and proud
parents.
The Easter Bunny
arrived on the back of a
Harley-Davidson motor-
cycle driven by Charlie
Caughlin.
Tom Winters spent
about 12 hours boiling and
coloring 10 boxes of eggs,
each containing more than
140 eggs. Another hun-
dred or so plastic eggs
with candies or prizes
were distributed across the
four age-bracketed hunt-
ing areas.
About a dozen vol-
unteers helped with set-
ting up the hunt. The plas-
tic eggs were donated by
Marvin and Lisa Rynear-
son. The rest of the costs
were borne by the Elks
Lodge.
As the last of the teen-
age hunters departed
the hillside overlooking
the fields, a crow could
be seen scavenging the
brightly colored eggs that
had eluded the children.
John Day and Mt. Ver-
non volunteer fire depart-
ments hosted egg hunting
events as well, and gave
children free rides on their
fire engines.
JDFD’s event was
held at the Grant Union
Junior-Senior High School
athletic field, and MVFD
held their event at the Mt.
Vernon city park for the
rides and Clyde Holli-
day State Park for the egg
hunt.
Children also enjoyed
an egg hunt at Dayville
city park after the annual
Bunny Hop 5K, and events
were also held in Prairie
City and Long Creek.
The Eagle/Richard Hanners
Contributed photo
The Easter Bunny visits children at the Seventh Street Complex in John Day for the annual Easter
egg hunt.
Adelynne Ashley, age 22 months, won the grand prize golden
egg at Saturday’s Easter egg hunt at Dayville city park.
Children enjoy
Saturday’s Easter egg
hunt sponsored by the
Mt. Vernon Volunteer
Fire Department at
Clyde Holliday State
Park in Mt. Vernon.
Contributed photo/
Mt. Vernon Fire Department
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Contributed photo/Mt. Vernon Fire Department
Gabe McKinley, left, and Joshua McKinley, are among
the Mt. Vernon volunteer firefighters giving children
free rides on Saturday at the city park.
Three-year-old Kennedy Worthington
and her twin brother Knox of Eugene
race to fill their Easter baskets with
colorful eggs at the Grant Union
athletic field in John Day.
The Eagle/Richard Hanners
Children on the prowl for colored eggs at the Seventh Street
Complex in John Day during the annual Easter egg hunt.
4-H Honors you, Dennis Reynolds, with a
tribute for all that you have done.
He brought 4-H shooting
sports to Grant County.
After the wolf hearings in
Salem it was his
brainstorm to bring kids
from Urban areas to
experience Ranch life in
Eastern Oregon. The
program has now
expanded to the other
E. Oregon Counties and has
successfully reached over
600 Urban kids.
https://www.pbs.org/
video/oregon-fi eld-guide-
crossing-urban-rural-
divide/
“Make the best better” - 4-H Motto
Dennis and Julie
Reynolds receiving
the extension
cooperator award
at OSU extension
service annual
conference this past
december. the award
is the highest honor
given to extension
service volunteers
and supporters
across the state.
Dennis lived by this motto and promoted it wherever he went. He was
and continues to be an inspiration to all of the lives he touched in his
45-years as a 4-H leader. The time and effort he put into helping this
county to succeed has immortalized his legacy as a wonderful father,
husband, role model, leader, judge and friend; he was always looking
for something to do to make Grant County an amazing place to live. His
hardwork and dedication in everything he did was admirable and he will
be dearly missed.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the Heritage Barn in the Grant
County Fairgrounds on April 27th at 1 p.m. followed by a dinner