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A6 COMMUNITY Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, June 26, 2019 541-647-7194, email her at bmwro.pres@gmail.com or visit bmwro.org. 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. WHAT’S 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 Pacific North- west, 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 available at both the Cant Ranch and the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center, which will also remain open until the start of the concert. To purchase tickets or for more informa- tion, visit inalandscape. org. HAPPENING Thursday, July 4 Thursday-Sunday, June 27-30 41st annual Chief Joseph Rally • Grant County Fairgrounds Gate registration opens at 1 p.m. on Thursday. A cow- boy lunch ride will be on Friday, benefiting the Grant County Stockgrowers Association. A Team Oregon cor- nering 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 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. Eagle fi le photo Riders depart the Grant County Fairgrounds for the Cowboy Lunch tour last year during the BMW Riders of Oregon club’s annual Chief Joseph Rally in John Day. The group donated $20,000 to local organizations after last year’s rally. 4th of July celebration • 7 a.m., downtown Prairie City The celebration features a variety of events. The Cal- vary Horse Camp breakfast is at the Teen Center from 7-10 a.m; parade line-up is at 9 a.m.; Green Thumb Gar- den Club strawberry shortcake is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. next to city hall; parade judging is at 11:15 a.m.; the parade is at noon; Fay Burril Memorial horseshoe tour- nament is at 1 p.m. next to city hall; gold panning at DeWitt Museum is from 1-4 p.m.; FFA tri-tip barbecue is at 1 p.m. next to city hall. A corn hole competition will take place at Prairie City Park before the parade as well as a pickle cross cut saw competition following the parade. Fireworks begin at dusk at the Oxbow Ranch. Entry forms for the parade can be picked up at Prai- rie City Hall, Roan Coffee Co., Bar WB and the Grant County Chamber of Commerce office. John Day Farmers Market is in full swing By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle A good-sized crowd was making the rounds at Sat- urday’s John Day Farmers Market, checking out fresh produce, eggs, beef, crafts, honey and more during the second week of the mar- ket at SW Brent Street off of Main Street in downtown John Day. There were 18 vendors offering an array of locally produced goods. The market is open from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays through the fi rst week in October. Stephanie LeQuieu, new manager for the market this year, said she’s excited to discover the amount of tal- ent there is in Grant County. “People grow diverse things,” she said. “Where we live, we have an abundance and being able to offer that to the public is special.” LeQuieu said she loves farmers markets, and in the past worked at a farm in Flor- ida with an open-air market. She also has a garden and grows her own food. What separates the farm- ers market from a Saturday market or fl ea market is that the products sold are made from the ground up, she said. If a person is selling blackberry jam, for exam- ple, they’ve grown the ber- ries — the sugar and pec- tin may have come from the store, but they know every ingredient in the product, and can answer how the ber- ries were grown, she said. One new vendor sells different types of mush- rooms and baked goods, and another sells home- made kombucha and teas, and some essential oils, including some to boost the immune system, from herbs she’s grown. The Food Hero orga- nization will be making a monthly appearance at the market. “They are associated with the supplemental nutri- tion assistance program, or SNAP,” LeQuieu said. “They have some really great free resources like tote bags, recipes and some spices.” On Saturday, Jasmine Bryers with Creative Life Project was leading children in painting art projects. The goal behind the nonprofi t is to provide individuals with unique opportunities to use their creativity. Bryers was accepting donations for her Grant Union art trip to Machu Pic- chu in Peru which is being organized by art teacher JJ Collier. LeQuieu said some ven- dors are there for the entire season, and others add a booth periodically. She said slots are always available. “I’d love to outgrow and move,” she said. “We’re always looking for produce vendors.” The cost is $65 for the season and $10 a week. Nonprofi t booths cost $5 a week. LeQuieu said that Munk Bergin, a vendor from Day- ville, has a master’s in ento- mology and has an extensive seed library and sells seeds and produce at the market. “I love the atmosphere of our market,” LeQuieu said. “Everyone is very pas- sionate about their prod- ucts. They love to share with folks their stories about their journey to developing their products.” She said the items found at the market are superior in quality, “from natural clean- ing supplies to gooey cinna- mon rolls.” “They put their heart and soul into what they’re doing,” she said. Church Services In Grant County Church of Acts Tuesdays at 6:30PM Use Main Entry Front Doors - Spirit Filled Sabbath Church - Sabbath School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Fellowship dinner after Wed. Bible Study 2:30 p.m. Home church at 421 N McHaley & 2nd, Prairie City, OR 97869 Brother Kelly, 541-620-4684 124081
