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NEWS MyEagleNews.com Wednesday, October 2, 2019 Seneca to hold fire hall fundraiser yard sale Citywide sale set for Oct. 11-12 By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle The artwork of the late Bjerte “BJ” Williams will be featured at the Friday-Sat- urday, Oct. 11-12, Seneca donated yard sale fundraiser with proceeds benefiting a new fire hall. The event is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Seneca City Hall, during Fire Pre- vention Week. Items for sale include fur- niture, antiques, household items, a chop saw and art- work from Williams and others. “What we’re excited about is highlighting some of our local artists,” said city councilor Barb Northington. Williams, who passed away in May, was an award-winning photog- rapher, and her own pets were “models” in many of her greeting card designs. Scenes in her work include a cat with reading glasses poring over a book in bed and a hen with a crutch under one wing, wearing a nurse’s hat. Williams’ husband, Bill, who is a former city council member, has donated many of her cards and other pho- tography to the cause, as well as props used in the photos. “She was well known,” Northington said. “She posed chickens, frogs and cats, and sold cards in France and all over the world. She really tended to her animals and loved them.” Some of Williams’ greet- ing cards are currently avail- able for sale at the Grant The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Greeting cards by the late Bjerte ‘BJ’ (Larsen) Williams were contributed by her husband, Bill Williams, to the Seneca’s donated yard sale to be held Friday-Saturday, Oct. 11-12, at Seneca City Hall. The cards are also currently available at the Grant County Chamber of Commerce in John Day. County Chamber of Com- merce at 301 W. Main St. in John Day before the yard sale. Work from other art- ists featured in the two-day sale will include: Sue Fin- ley, Paula Haack, Carmen McCormick, Linda Pace, Bill Clark and his son and others. City Manager Raamin Burrell said the yard sale is part of an ongoing effort to raise matching grant funds. “The Ford Family Foun- dation awarded a 3:1 Chal- lenge Grant for up to $50,000,” Burrell said, add- ing that means they need to raise $16,666. The Ford Family Founda- tion was established in 1957 by Kenneth W. and Hallie E. Ford. Its mission is “success- ful citizens and vital rural communities” in Oregon and Siskiyou County, California. The foundation is located in Roseburg with a scholarship office in Eugene. The city of Seneca has already been granted $78,150 from a USDA Rural Devel- opment—Community Con- nect program, contingent upon a $50,000 match, and the city is also applying for other grants. A7 Northington said fire trucks at the current Seneca Volunteer Fire Department’s fire hall have tight quarters. “We need a new fire hall,” she said. “They can’t even get their gear on, or work on the engine” inside the current hall. Burrell said they already have architectural drawings for the new fire hall, which will be located between the city shops and old medical clinic on Highway 395 in town. “Would like to start con- struction next spring,” she said. Call Burrell for more information, including how to donate, at 541-542-2161. The city of Seneca website is senecaoregon.com. For more information about Williams’ cards at the chamber in John Day, call 541-575-0547. Grant Union volleyball to host Dig Pink Rally Prospectors host Pilot Rock, Enterprise Oct. 5 By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle The Grant Union Prospector vol- leyball team will hold their annual Dig Pink Rally at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Grant Union High School. The Prospectors will host the Enterprise Outlaws and Pilot Rock Rockets for varsity and junior var- sity matches, all held in the Grant Union gym. The event is held to raise breast cancer awareness, and Grant Union’s players will hold fundraisers leading up to the event and the day of the games, with proceeds benefiting the Blue Mountain Hospital radiology department’s mammogram program. A “Flocked” fundraiser will give people a chance to place 30 plastic fla- mingos in a person’s yard. To have them removed costs $25. To have them removed and sent to another per- son’s yard is $50. On Oct. 4, they will accept drive- through donations at the pocket park across from the Catholic Church and another at Les Schwab Tire Center in John Day. Tickets for a basket raffle/drawing and Dig Pink T-shirts will be available for purchase. Raffle tickets will be available at the drive-through, and shirts and tick- ets can be purchased at the Friday, Oct. 4, Grant Union vs. Kennedy football game and at the Dig Pink Rally on Sat- urday. The basket drawing will be held Tuesday, Oct. 15, during senior night. For more information, call Marissa Williams at 541-620-1404. Grant Union’s gym was closed for the start of the season while awaiting repairs to the floor. The floor work and refinishing is complete and curing is expected to be done in time for the games. Eagle file photo Rally for the Cure organizer Kimberly Ward, left, and Janet Hill decorate their team’s cart at last year’s event. Other members of the Miss Piggy team were Jeanette Hueckman, Jonna Bishop and Gail Burton, who is Ward’s mom. Rally for the Cure is Oct. 5 at John Day Golf Club By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle This year’s Grant County Rally for the Cure Golf Scramble & Auction is sched- uled for Saturday, Oct. 5. Continental breakfast and registration starts at 9 a.m., and tee off is at 10 a.m. KP contest and rose ceremony immedi- ately follow golf. A dinner of hamburgers and an auction is scheduled for 4 p.m. Cost for the golf scramble and din- ner is $40 (make checks payable to John Day Golf Club), and cost for dinner only is $5. Ladies competing in the scramble dec- orate their carts, and some wear cos- tumes. Last year’s fun themes included Disney characters such as The Mup- pets, Minnie Mouse and Alice in Wonderland. For more information, call the golf club at 541-575-0170 or Director Kim- berly Ward at 503-583-0362. Proceeds from the event help those in need of medical assistance through the Blue Mountain Healthcare Foundation. Complete Auto Body & Paint Windshield Repair & Replacement 132382 Owner Jeb Bowling 700 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day • 541-575-1786 or 541-575-1785 Special Youth Hunt Morrow/Grant County OHV Park Youth Spike Elk Hunt Youth Ages 12 - 17* YOUTH SPIKE ELK ONLY Nov. 02 - Nov. 10, 2019 General 2nd Elk Season Tag Required Morrow County Public Works 365 W. HWY 74, P.O. Box 428 Lexington, Oregon 97839 Phone: (541) 989-9500 Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:00am to 5:00pm * Youth need to be between ages 12 - 17 at time of hunt or be participating in the ODFW Mentored Youth Hunter Program Morrow or Grant County youth that have their hunters education or are participating in the ODFW Mentored Youth Hunter Program. Application MUST BE RETURNED to the Morrow County Public Works office by Wednesday, October ,09, 2019 5:00pm It is time to think about your health... For prevention and detection, Dr. Thomas suggests: • Have a yearly mammogram at 40 years of age and every year aft er. • Participate in breast self awareness and talk with your doctor if you notice any changes. • See your family doctor for a yearly check or even sooner if you have not been feeling well. Keith J. Thomas, MD, FACS Board-Certifi ed General Surgeon Blue Mountain Hospital - 170 Ford Rd., John Day 541-575-1311
