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A6 COMMUNITY Blue Mountain Eagle 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 classifieds. Thursday, July 11 ‘Archaeology of the Despised: Blacks, Jews and Chinese’ • 6-8 p.m., Canyon City Community Hall Dr. Adrian Praetzellis, Sonoma State University, will lecture. For more information, call the Grant County Chamber of Commerce at 541-575-0547. Wednesday, July 10, 2019 WHAT’S HAPPENING Eagle file photo University of Oregon archaeologists Chris Ruiz (with shovel) and Paul Baxter examine a spot in a hole next to Kam Wah Chung and Co. Museum during an archaeology dig at John Day City Park in 2006. A public archaeology field day will be held at the site July 13. Friday, July 12 Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Deten- tion Camps • 7 p.m., intersection of highways 395 and 26, John Day People are invited to join in a time of silence in protest of the conditions faced by refugees, in conjunction with thousands of other Americans across the country. For more information, contact Susan Church, 541-921-7386. ‘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 infor- mation, call 541-575-2800. Friday-Saturday, July 12-13 Art show and sale • 5-9 p.m. July 12 • 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 13 • Madden Brothers Performing Arts Center, 116 NW Bridge St., John Day Paintings, drawings, ceramics, sculptures, textiles, photography and more will be on display. Several authors’ tables with books will be available to view as well. This event is a fundraiser for Prairie City Sky Center for the Arts. Art entries will be accepted from 5-7 p.m. July 11 and from 9 a.m. to noon July 12. Artists are asked to bring their own easels, if possible. For more information or to reserve a table, call 541-620-3788 or email prairieskycen- ter@gmail.com. Eagle file photo Oil paintings by Canyon City artist Kim Randleas were on display Dec. 16 at the Madden Brothers Performing Arts Center in John Day. An art show will be held at the center July 12. Saturday, July 13 Public archaeology day • 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site, John Day The event features live excavations, site tours, artifact displays and hands-on activities from local museums, proj- ect partners and local tribes. For more information, call 541-575-2800. Saturday-Sunday, July 13-14 Carl Schnabele Memorial Team Roping • 9 a.m., Grant County Fairgrounds The top 10 headers and heelers from each roping will earn a shootout spot. For more information, call JW Rose at 541- 589-0610 or Kelli Rose at 541-589-5841. Sunday, July 21 Ritter, Range and Three Mile schools reunion • Noon, Ritter Hot Springs All students and families of the three schools are invited to a reunion. A potluck will take place at noon. Coffee, lemon- ade, paper plates and silverware will be furnished. For more information, call Vivian Morris at 541-421-3868. Grace Chapel to host ‘Detox Your Brain’ video series Blue Mountain Eagle Grace Chapel is sponsoring a free series of four videos by Dr. Carolyn Leaf on how toxic thinking forms in our brains and how to remove it. The series will run four weeks, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Prairie City church, according to a press release. During the video lectures, attendees will learn how extraordinary minds are and how to harness the power daily. Each session will include one of Leaf’s videos, followed by a group dis- cussion period of the material covered and how it might be applied in our lives. At the end of the first session, partici- pants will have an opportunity to pick a toxic thought they would like to elimi- nate in their own lives. Attendees should expect a mixture of scientific information on how our brains function, how thoughts are formed and how they can be removed. Leaf will also talk about the spiritual side of men and women: body, mind and soul and how this interacts with brains. There is no religious require- ment to attend, and there will be no ser- mon afterward. Pastor Michael Harvey of Grace Chapel is a hospice chaplain and grief co-counselor for both hospital staff and patients. Craige McMillan is facilitating the series. For more information about Leaf or the series, visit drleaf.com or 21day- braindetox.com. For local information, contact Har- vey, 541-620-4437, or McMillan, 541-575-4387. ABOUT ‘DETOX YOUR BRAIN’ Q: Is this seminar suitable for people who may already be in treatment with a mental health professional? are simple, persistent techniques that we can apply in our thought lives, Leaf’s work shows that we can actually eliminate the cause of the toxic thought. A: No. It is designed for people who are function- ing in daily life but suspect that their thought life may be holding them back at work or at home. Q: What are some examples of toxic thoughts? Q: Why is there a religious tie-in? A: Because people are a combination of the physical and spiritual realms: body, mind and soul. The series makes clear men and women cannot be understood as simply physical beings. Q: What do you mean by a nonpharmacological approach? A: Drugs often treat symptoms, not causes. Some- times this is the best that can be done. But if there A: Anger is very toxic. Eliminating anger over some perceived injustice can yield big mental and phys- ical benefits. Helplessness, or a victim mindset, keeps us from making our lives better. Greed, envy and deceit affect people in more ways than they know. Q: You mentioned anger, so is forgiveness also covered? A: Yes. Leaf will explain in an easy-to-understand manner how anger entangles someone with the other person. Breaking the link is what frees one from the other’s control. John Day Hardware Would like to welcome Lucinda Harper to the True Value Team as office manager and would like to congratulate her for graduating from Eastern Oregon University with high honors. Come on in and welcome Lucinda or congratulate her on her achievements.
