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About The Blue Mountain eagle. (John Day, Or.) 1972-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 2019)
A8 FAIR Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Grant County Fair celebrates first day Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter Friends Kaila Shaffer, 7, of John Day and Alana Spence, 8, of Prairie City enjoy a cool treat Wednesday at the fair. Emma Field, 10, of Prairie City combs her Peidmontese hereford cross on Wednesday in preparation for the Grant County Fair in John Day. Drew Lusco of Mt. Vernon grooms his market goat with help from Laura Brown of John Day Wednesday on day one of the Grant County Fair. REPORTER The Blue Mountain Eagle, a family-owned weekly newspaper in a stunningly beautiful Oregon community, seeks an energetic, dedicated reporter. The Eagle is located in John Day, where seeing deer in front yards is normal and traffic is unheard of, just three hours from Bend and Pendleton. Surrounded by scenic forests and dissected by mountain streams, the location offers year-round recreational opportunities, including fishing, hunting, backpacking, camping, snowmobiling and horseback riding. Despite the picturesque environment, the community is at the center of an evolving natural resource restoration economy, which gains statewide and even national attention. Skylar Watson, 16, and his cousin Keilon Watson, 11, are having fun Wednesday at the Grant County Fairgrounds pavilion. Sydnie Brandon, front, and Abbie Justice of John Day had turkeys at the fair. Brandon won Grand Champion in Showmanship Turkey and Reserve Champion in Market. Justice won Champion in Market and Reserve Champion in Intermediate Showmanship. Both 13-year-olds are members of the 4-H Strawberry Riders, Etc. club. Lauryn Pettijohn, 15, of Seneca and Katelyn Hughes, 16, of Mt. Vernon walk across the grassy field where the Party Works inflatables are being set up for the fair. Hughes had a steer in the fair. COMING SOON IN YOUR BLUE MOUNTAIN EAGLE! Get your 2019 Round-Up magazine FREE ($5 value) when you purchase the Sept. 4 edition of the Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper. Despite the small-town charm, the residents are engaged and politically active in local and national debates, and hard-hitting stories are never hard to find. Ongoing topics include state and federal policies, forest health, logging, public lands grazing, water supply, wildlife habitat improvements and wildfire resilience, in addition to coverage of small-town life and local government. The position offers a wealth of breaking news and enterprise opportunities. Serving the community for more than 150 years, the Eagle is the oldest weekly newspaper in Oregon and is part of EO Media Group, an award- winning and innovative news organization with an active family of owners. This position offers excellent advancement opportunities in a company that prefers to hire from within. EO Media Group owns 14 newspapers and journals that provide accurate, fair and timely reporting about the people and issues impacting the communities we serve in the Pacific Northwest, reflecting the responsibility and spirit of a free press. We seek a journalist who is passionate about local news and excited about the opportunity to publish in print, online and through social media. Candidates must be able to develop story ideas, take photographs, develop sources, prepare website and social media updates and work in a cooperative team environment. Journalistic integrity is a must. Journalism education or experience is required for this full-time position offering insurances, a 401(k)/401(k) Roth retirement plan and paid time off (PTO). Send resume, letter of interest and up to five clips to EO Media Group, P.O. Box 2048, Salem, OR 97308-2048; by fax to (503) 371-2935 or by email to hr@eomediagroup.com. To subscribe, call 541 575-0710 or log onto https://www.bluemountaineagle.com/subscribe-now/ 195 N. Canyon Blvd. John Day, Oregon 135210
