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MyEagleNews.com
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
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The Eagle/Rudy Diaz
Daniel Moore, left, watches his grandfather, Chet Day, fill
another gallon with freshly made juice from the cider press
at the Best of the Old West Harvest Festival in John Day.
Harvest Festival
closes the season
for farmers market
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
The final farmers market
of the season has concluded
following Best of the Old
West Harvest Festival.
The harvest festival
went from Oct. 18-19 and
featured an evening mar-
ket, a movie and beer gar-
den on the first night.
Friday gave children a
chance to reign supreme as
Thanos from Marvel Com-
ics, or as vampires to scare
parents. The harvest fes-
tival also gave small busi-
nesses a chance to get
together and sell items for
the community.
“We’re a small producer
from Kimberly, and we
have to fit within the cer-
tain venues that are better
for selling our honey,” said
Liz Lovelock, a vendor
selling honey made locally
with her husband, Matt.
“We don’t sell honey by
the barrel. We sell it direct
to our customers. We like
doing markets where we
can get out and be a face
to the community and talk
with our customers.”
Jasmine Bryers, 14,
of John Day had a stand
where anybody could get
there face painted, even
martians, according to her
sign.
“Lots of children are
fun,” said Bryers. “Chil-
dren are just so cute and
energetic, and I just love
working with children in
general. It’s my favorite
thing to do, and that is why
I’m also on a lot of youth
programs.”
Bryers and Ember
Dutcher, 10, painted the
face of 8-year-old Tori Hol-
land to look like a vam-
pire. The little girl’s face
was covered in white paint,
with black paint covering
her eyes and red paint on
both ends of the her mouth.
“I want to scare my
dad,” said Holland. “I want
fake blood because vam-
pires look cool.”
The night concluded
with a free showing
of “Hocus Pocus” and
“Beetlejuice.”
On the second day of
the festival there were hay-
rides, the market, pumpkin
paintings, live music and a
children’s carnival held at
the heritage barn due to bad
weather.
The cider press caught
the attention of everybody
who entered the venue.
Chet Day made gallons of
cider along with his grand-
son, Daniel Moore, who
came from Salem to help,
and another helper, Rio
Reeves.
“Last year they brought
some apples from the val-
ley, and a couple girls
brought a couple bags and
that was it,” Day said. “I
was like ‘why even bother,’
but this year has been really
crazy and really good.”
Making juice for people
and spectators enjoying the
cider press in action were
the highlights for Moore.
The Eagle/Rudy Diaz
Tori Holland, 8, is getting her face painted by Ember
Dutcher, 10, and being watched by Jasmine Bryers, 14,
who is in costume, during the Best of the Old West Harvest
Festival Oct. 18 in John Day.
Contributed photo/Kalli Wilson
Six-year-old Jonah Wilson of John Day makes a phone call with the Oregon Telephone Corporation’s friendly scarecrow. The
entry won second place in Dayville’s annual scarecrow contest.
Contributed photo/Kalli Wilson
Contributed photo/Kalli Wilson
This friendly scarecrow welcomes
visitors to Dayville and won the
town’s annual scarecrow contest.
The leafy-themed fellow was
created by Tiffnie Schmadeka’s
kindergarten through second-
grade art class at Dayville School.
Tiffnie Schmadeka stands with two of
her art students, Jarrett Martin, left,
and Grayson Schmadeka at Thursday’s
Dayville Community Potluck. Her
Dayville School kindergarten through
second-grade art class won the town’s
scarecrow contest.
Contributed photo/Kalli Wilson
A friendly pair of scarecrows invites
drivers to slow down through Dayville.
The cute couple was created by city
recorder Ruthie Moore.
Dayville scarecrows
greet town visitors
City officials hire architect for community hall renovations
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Accolades went to Day-
ville School’s kindergar-
ten through first-grade art
class, taught by Tiffnie
Schmadeka, for winning
the city of Dayville’s annual
scarecrow contest with a
colorful fall theme.
The
winners
were
announced at the Dayville
Community Potluck on
Thursday at the community
hall.
Second-place went to
Oregon Telephone Corpora-
tion with a scarecrow wear-
ing curlers and holding a
phone on her lap. OTC also
won the most votes on the
“Friends of Dayville” Face-
book page.
City Recorder Ruthie
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We are here to remind you to stay
safe!
• Always trick-or-treat with an
adult or group of friends in a
well-lit, familiar area
• Wear something refl ective – even
tape on your bag – and/or use a
refl ective bag or one with a light
• Don’t go into areas alone or areas
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Moore said participation
was the greatest ever, with
17 entries lining the main
street through town.
She said more than 75
people attended Thursday’s
dinner, where they held a
pasta contest with Lyndee
Billar winning first place and
Jody Winkelman in second.
There were contests to
raise money — including a
“pumpkin punch,” cake walk
and painted pumpkin raf-
fle — for the Dayville Com-
munity Hall renovations. For
the pumpkin punch, partic-
ipants paid for a chance to
punch their fist through a tis-
sue-covered cup for a small
candy, wooden token for
Dayville Merc or chance
to win a pie. The cups were
glued to a board in the shape
of a pumpkin.
“We had great participa-
tion, mostly from Dayville
area, for the scarecrow con-
test and potluck. It was fun,”
Moore said. “I think these
traditions that we have in
Dayville bond our commu-
nity together like a family.”
Plans for the community
hall renovation are on the
horizon.
Moore said the city hired
an architect this week from
Bend-based Pinnacle Archi-
tecture and said she’s glad
to work with someone who
is already familiar with the
hall.
Peter Baer, president of
Pinnacle, also worked on the
assessment of the hall back
in 1999.
“He’s starting the pro-
cess of getting the design
completed, and it will
hopefully be done this
winter,” she said, adding
they expect to hire a con-
tractor next spring.
Halloween Safety!
Have a Happy, Healthy & Safe Halloween! Here are some
tips to keep your little ones out of harm’s way
KIDS
Adults
• Walk with a group or trusted
adult
• Walk from house to house &
look both ways before crossing
the street
• Don’t run, use sidewalks and
crosswalks when possible
• Put refl ective tape on your
costume or treat bag, or carry
a fl ashlight with you
• Examine all your treats to make
sure they are safe and sealed
before eating them
• Don’t approach dark houses
when trick-or-treating and
NEVER go inside a stranger’s
house
• Don’t approach pets while
wearing a Halloween costume
– They may not recognize you.
• Provide healthier or non-edible
options for trick-or-treaters
• Slow down and be on the
lookout for trick-or-treaters
when driving
• Accompany your child if they
are under age 12, and make
sure older children are with a
group of trusted friends
• Go over the planned trick-or-
treat route with your child; be
sure to set a curfew
• Keep your porch and walkway
well-lit, and move any
potential tripping hazards out
of the path of trick-or-treaters
• Keep family pets away from
trick-or-treaters, even if they
are friendly.
• Limit the amount of candy your
kids eat each day, and
encourage them to give away
excess.
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