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About The Blue Mountain eagle. (John Day, Or.) 1972-current | View Entire Issue (June 19, 2019)
COMMUNITY MyEagleNews.com 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. Thursday, June 20 Grant County Chamber of Commerce luncheon • Noon, Outpost Pizza, Pub & Grill, John Day Following a board meeting at the chamber offi ce at 10:30 a.m., there will be a luncheon at the Outpost Pizza, Pub & Grill with guest speakers Kim Randleas and Nick Green, who will present the results of the John Day 2019 Regional Economic Diversifi cation Summit and ideas to make downtown John Day more attractive. Wednesday, June 19, 2019 WHAT’S HAPPENING Eagle fi le photo Norco manager Darla Carpenter watches as Grant County Veteran Services Offi cer Katee Hoff man attends to her service dog at the health fair in 2018. The event is June 21 this year. Thursday-Saturday, June 20-22 Ty Evans mulemanship clinic • 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Grant County Fairgrounds, John Day The clinic features Foundation Mulemanship from 8-11 a.m., Mulemanship 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Mulemanship 2 from 3-6 p.m. The cost is $350 per class. Spectators can attend for $25 per day. The fee does not include camping, stalls or meals. Dry camp- ing and stalls will be available. For more information, call Sherri Giffin at 541-792-0771 or Deb Bennett at 541-620-4681. Tuesday, June 25 Mad Hatters luncheon • 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 1188 Brewing Company, John Day All are welcome. For more information, call Jean Kline at 541-820-3303 or Gwynne at 916-212-2978. Friday, June 28 Outdoor classical music concert • 6:30-8 p.m., Cant Ranch, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument “Classical Music in the Wild” is an outdoor concert series in stunning landscapes of the Pacifi c Northwest, primarily played on a 9-foot Steinway piano. To meet the acoustical challenges of performing in the wild, music is transmitted via wireless headphones to the concertgoers, who have the opportunity to explore their surroundings. Parking is avail- able at both the Cant Ranch and the Thomas Condon Pale- ontology Center, which will also remain open until the start of the concert. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit inalandscape. org. Friday, June 21 Grant County Family Health Fair • 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Grant County Fairgrounds The 25th informational health fair features resource booths from all over Eastern Oregon. New this year is a kids corner from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with child-friendly activities such as coloring books, rock painting and a pup- pet show. There will be “Stop the bleed” presentations intermittently from 7:30-11:30 a.m. as well as a tai chi presentation at 8 a.m. Fasting blood draws are $17, and information is available at the preregistration locations. HgbA1C tests will be $10 and should be paid directly to GCHD during the health fair. Iron level tests are free. Pre- registration will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 19 in the Blue Mountain Hospital foyer. Cowboy poetry reading • 6 p.m., John Day Elks Lodge Kathy Moss will read from her latest release “The Truth.” Proceeds benefi t the International Western Music Association Youth Program. Children are welcome to attend until 8 p.m. A steak and grilled shrimp dinner will be available for $15 per person. RSVP for dinner by call- ing 541-575-1824. Friday-Saturday, June 21-22 Genealogical society yard sale • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Keerins Hall, Grant County Fairgrounds For more information, call 541-575-1014 or email the Grant County Genealogical Society at gcgsociety94@ yahoo.com. A9 Thursday-Sunday, June 27-30 Contributed photo Kathy Moss stands with her horse Hitch. The cowboy poet will read from her latest release ‘The Truth’ June 21. Saturday, June 22 Book It 5K Fun Run • 8 a.m., 125 NW Canton St., John Day All proceeds will benefi t the capital campaign for a new library, and the cost is $20 per person. Registration opens at 8 a.m., and the run starts at 9 a.m. For more information, visit gclibraryfoundation.org. ‘Famine, Fire and Two Men Made Kam Wah Chung’ • 8:15 p.m., Clyde Holliday State Park amphitheater, Mt. Vernon Weather-permitting, this slide presentation will be pre- sented at the state park just east of Mt. Vernon. For more information, call 541-575-2800. 41st annual Chief Joseph Rally • Grant County Fairgrounds Gate registration opens at 1 p.m. on Thursday. A cowboy lunch ride will be on Friday, benefi ting the Grant County Stockgrowers Association. A Team Oregon cornering skills class will be offered Friday and Saturday. Team Oregon U-turn clinics will be held on Saturday afternoon. For more information, call Alice LeBarron at 541-647-7194, email her at bmwro.pres@gmail.com or visit bmwro.org. Monday-Friday, July 1-5 Vacation Bible school • 9:30 a.m. to noon, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Long Creek The theme is Bible heroes. For more information, call Heather Morris at 509-386-5474 or Vivian Morris at 541-421-3868. Culvert replacement on Cottonwood Creek will close Forest Road 36 in July Blue Mountain Eagle The culvert replacement project on Cottonwood Creek on Forest Road 36 will begin July 15, according to Blue Mountain Ranger District aquatics personnel. Forest Road 36 will be closed just past the junc- tion of Forest Road 3650 from the south and just past Forest Road 3670 from the north. An alternative route using Forest Road 3600517 and Forest Service Road 3660 will be available. The closure is planned from July 15 to Aug. 15. Culvert replacement projects are part of an ongoing effort to improve aquatic fi sh passage on the forest. Replacing the cul- vert on Cottonwood Creek and doing restoration work on this would restore con- nectivity for both adult and juvenile Endangered Spe- cies Act-threatened Mid-Co- Contributed photo/Malheur National Forest Pine Creek Horse Camp reopens after being burned in the 2015 Canyon Creek Complex fi re, thanks to work from the Oregon Equestrian Trails group and Malheur National Forest recreation crews. Pine Creek Horse Camp reopens Blue Mountain Eagle In 2015, the Pine Creek Horse Camp was devastated by the Canyon Creek Com- plex fi re, leaving only the toilet. Last year, Malheur National Forest recreation crews with support from the Oregon Equestrian Trails group were able to rebuild two of the fi ve original campsites, repair two of the corrals and hang a new sign for the Pine Creek Trail- head. The Oregon Eques- trian Trails group has also provided assistance with other projects on the forest including new horse corrals installed last year at the Big Creek Trailhead. The horse camp is located near the Pine Creek Trailhead, which leads into the Strawberry Moun- tain Wilderness. Many of the trails in the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness were greatly affected by the Can- yon Creek fi re, and rec- reation crews continue to work to get them opened up and remove hazards. Be prepared for downed trees, stump holes or other haz- ards while hiking in areas effected by fi re. For more information, visit fs.usda.gov/malheur or call 541-575-3000. lumbia River Steelhead and juvenile chinook salmon to cool water refugia located upstream of the culvert. Cottonwood Creek and the confl uence of Cotton- wood Creek with Camp Creek was modifi ed in the past. The confl uence will be graded, and the existing log weir will be removed to reduce steepness approach- ing the culvert to allow juvenile fi sh passage. Large wood will be added to 1 mile of this stream to assist with habitat complex- ity and enhance fi sh resto- ration partnering with Ore- gon Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel. Wood will also help create con- nectivity between the stream and its fl oodplain at certain locations and provide hold- ing or resting areas for juve- nile and adult salmonids while migrating. For more information, visit fs.usda.gov/malheur or call 541-575-3000. Hello Grant County, Do you have your summer planned yet? We are finding out that a lot of people have made plans to come to Grant County! We are seeing people every day who tell us that they have always wanted to come here and they are so glad they finally did! Tourism numbers are up according to reports from both Kam Wah Chung and the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. Both have already had more visitors than this time last year. And it is very early in our tourist season! We’ve had visitors come in and say they saw our ad stating the “Best trip through Oregon takes you through Grant County to the John Day Valley” and they decided to travel down Highway 26 and see if it was true. They said they agree! Last week, a couple from Vermont came in and told me they wanted to see where the “high desert meets the mountains” and they can’t believe how beautiful it is here! So, be prepared for tourists! They are coming in on bicycles, motorcycles, cars, trucks and RVs! Did you see the Rat Rods that came through on Friday? Sunday morning there was a stream of various kinds of classic cars coming through. A lot of them stopped here and were parked downtown. Here at the Chamber, we are all about welcoming visitors and making them want to return. One of our missions is to help promote bicycle/vehicle safety. If you’re riding a bike, please be visible! And drivers, watch out for cyclists on the narrow roads with little or no shoulders. They will be in the travel lanes. We want everyone to be safe! This month’s business meeting and luncheon will be held Thursday, June 20. The Board meets at 10:30 a.m. at the Chamber office and the luncheon is at the Outpost Pizza, Pub & Grill at noon. Please plan to attend. Our guest speakers will be Kim Randleas and Nick Green. They will be sharing exciting plans for making John Day’s downtown more attractive and the results of the John Day 2019 Regional Economic Diversification Summit that was held here June 11. We hope to see you there! Tammy Bremner Manager, Grant County Chamber of Commerce 126145
