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COMMUNITY
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
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WHAT’S
HAPPENING
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, Oct. 17
Chamber of Commerce luncheon
• Noon, Outpost Pizza, Pub & Grill, John Day
Following a board meeting at the chamber office at
10:30 a.m., a no-host luncheon will feature guest speakers
Beth Simonson, Grant County Economic Development, and
Shelley Whale and Cindy Kalin from Heart of Grant County.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
New employee meet and greet
5:30-7 p.m., Grant County Extension office
This event will feature a pie social to welcome a new
employee, Jacob Putney, Grant and Baker County Extension
forester. For more information, call 541-575-1911 or email
carol.waggoner@oregonstate.edu.
Timber, vegetation and road management for wildlife
presentation
• 6:30-8 p.m., Grant County Regional Airport
The community presentation will focus on integrated tim-
ber harvest, vegetation and road management for elk and
other wildlife. Presentation topics include: the use of silvicul-
ture and fire to manage vegetation for elk and other wildlife,
integrating vegetation and road management to meet multiple
objectives that include retaining elk on public lands and min-
imizing elk impacts to private lands and successful examples
and methods of public involvement. This information will be
presented by Michael Wisdom, Pacific Northwest Research
Station, and Darren Clark, Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife.
Friday, Oct. 18
OTEC member appreciation day
• 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., local OTEC office
October is National Cooperative Month, and Oregon Trail
Electric Cooperative members can stop by any local OTEC
office in Baker, Grant, Harney and Union counties to meet
OTEC employees, enjoy free refreshments and enter to win
prizes. For more information, contact Joe Hathaway at 541-
524-2858 or jhathaway@otecc.com.
American Legion Auxiliary Ellis Tracy Unit 77 meeting
• 2 p.m., Grant County Chamber of Commerce
Members are urged to attend to discuss important matters.
For more information, call Ruth Harris at 541-575-0076.
Cancer benefit dinner
• 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., John Day Golf Club
The dinner will support gastrointestinal stromal tumor can-
cer research. There will be two dinner times at 4:30 p.m. and
6 p.m. Dinner includes chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes
and gravy, vegetables, salad and dessert. The cost is $15 per
Eagle file photo
Jasmine Bryers of John Day, right, assists Teddy Allen of Kimberly, left, and twins Evelyn and Annabelle Peltier, 9, of Minnesota,
and Lisa Nagel of Minnesota at the John Day Farmers Market earlier this summer. A Harvest Festival is planned Oct. 18-19.
person. For more information, call Linda McClellan at 541-
620-2352 or call 541-575-0170.
Friday-Saturday, Oct. 18-19
Best of the Old West Harvest Festival
• 3 p.m. Oct. 18, downtown John Day
• 8:30 a.m. Oct. 19, downtown John Day
Friday will feature an evening market, movie and beer gar-
den. Saturday will begin with live music, pumpkin painting,
apple press and hayrides, followed by activities at the commu-
nity garden, including pizza from the outdoor oven and pump-
kins at 11 a.m. The children’s carnival will be from 12-3 p.m.
with a pie feed at the United Methodist Church following at
3:30 p.m. For more information, visit johndayfarmersmarket.
com.
Saturday, Oct. 19
Blue Mountain Healthcare Foundation dinner and
auction
• 5:30 p.m., Grant County Fairgrounds
The Blue Mountain Healthcare Foundation will hold
its annual dinner and auction with the theme “Campfires &
Cocktails.” Social hour and auction item viewing will begin
at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner and silent auction bidding
at 6:30 p.m. The event features a steak dinner, door prizes,
silent and live auctions, games and a costume contest. Tickets
are $30 each or two for $50. To RSVP or for more informa-
tion, call Jena Knowles at 541-575-1311, ext. 2213, or email
jknowles@bluemountainhospital.org.
Tuesday, Oct 22
Understanding Alzheimer’s and dementia
• 2-3 p.m., John Day Department of Human Services
The free class teaches about the impact of Alzheimer’s, the
difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia, stages and risk
factors, current research and treatments available for some
symptoms and Alzheimer’s Association resources. To learn
more or to register, call 800-272-3900.
Saturday, Oct. 26
Silent Wave Horse Rescue open house
• 1-7 p.m., 48852 Highway 402, Kimberly
Benefiting Silent Wave Horse Rescue, the event theme is
“70s Disco,” and it will feature Studio 54 cocktails, dinner by
donation, children’s games, door prizes, shotgun and quilt raf-
fles, silent and live auctions and a bonfire. It will also include a
tour of the facility with stops to see the horses. For more infor-
mation or directions, call 541-934-2132.
Tuesday, Oct. 29
Ranch and farm transition planning presentation
• 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Canyon City Community Hall
A presentation will highlight the need for transition plan-
ning, featuring five speakers: Diana Tourney, Small Busi-
ness Development Center; Drew Martin, Intermountain Law;
Genevieve Perdue, Blue Mountain Land Trust; Roger Ediger,
rancher; and Nellie McAdams, Oregon Agricultural Trust. For
more information and to RSVP, contact Genevieve Perdue at
genevieve@bmlt.org or 541-620-5754.
Friday, Nov. 1
AARP Smart Driver Course
• 9 a.m., John Day Senior Center
The cost is $15 for AARP members or $20 for non-
members. For more information, call Crish Hamilton at
541-932-4776.
Friday, Nov. 15
Cancer benefit dinner
• 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., John Day Golf Club
The dinner will support gastrointestinal stromal tumor
cancer research. There will be two dinner times at 4:30 p.m.
and 6 p.m. Dinner includes beef and chicken enchiladas,
beans, rice, chips and salsa and flan for dessert. The cost is
$15 per person. For more information, call Linda McClellan
at 541-620-2352 or call 541-575-0170.
25 Year Customer Appreciation Celebration
The Bellinger Family bought John Day
Hardware in 1994. 25 years later they
are growing strong thanks to resounding
support and patronage from the community.
Join us Saturday October 19th so the crew
can thank you personally with some super
savings and door prizes.