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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
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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