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