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Wednesday, June 17, 2020
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Contributed photo/Joni Kabana
Whiskey Gulch Gang members celebrate ‘62 Days on June 15.
The 99th celebration
of ’62 Days
While there were mod-
ifications and bad weather
during the 99th celebration of
’62 Days, community mem-
bers still came to help out and
enjoy the event.
Colby Farrell of the Whis-
key Gulch Gang, which orga-
nizes the ’62 Days Celebra-
tion, said the event had a
smaller turnout than years past
due to the rain and restric-
tions, but it was still a moment
for people to attend and be
with other members in the
community.
“We weren’t expecting a
huge turnout because it was
not quite our normal cele-
bration, but a few people did
come through and more came
toward the end, and I think
they had a really good time,”
Farrell said.
The biggest highlight for
Farrell in this experience was
being able to see it all come to
fruition and show people that,
even with everything going
on, an event like this can still
happen.
Farrell spent a lot of time
planning for the event and said
Emergency Operations Center
staffer Nathan Gordanier told
him he spent 40 to 50 hours
researching the regulations
and had the plan approved
by the EOC’s core medical
group, Canyon City officials
and the state.
“I appreciate all the sup-
port that we got, and hopefully
this will make it so that other
events can start happening and
we can return to some sense of
normalcy in the county,” Far-
rell said.
The group is waiting to
see what will happen with the
demolition derby, especially
with the news of a spike in
cases of COVID-19 in coun-
ties around Oregon, but they
are doing everything they can
to make it happen, he said.
Next year, for the 100th
celebration, Farrell hopes
things will be easier. He said,
if anyone has any ideas or
wants to get involved, contact
the Whiskey Gulch Gang. He
said it would be nice to bring
back some of the old attrac-
tions, such as the Medicine
Wagon Show, and some of the
old contests.
Eagle file photo
From left, girls varsity head coach Kristi Moore and seniors Kayt-
lyn Wells, Tyler Blood and Baylee Combs Friday during the senior
night ceremony before the girls’ final home game of the season.
The Lady Pros’ beat Stanfield 56-48.
Kristi Moore taking new
job with ESD in August
Blue Mountain Eagle
During a Grant School
Board meeting June 3, the
board expressed their appreci-
ation of Kristi Moore’s work
as she submitted her letter of
resignation as the Grant Union
High School dean of students
and career coordinator and
accepted a position with the
Grant County Education Ser-
vice District.
“Grant Union is a great
place to be, and I love the kids,
and I have a great staff,” Moore
said. “I’ve enjoyed getting
to know the parents and kids
and working with the commu-
nity and have an impact on our
community through the educa-
tion experience.”
In August, Moore will begin
her position as the county cur-
riculum specialist for the ESD.
“I’m definitely gonna miss
the students the most, but I’ll
continue to see them at bas-
ketball,” Moore said. “And I
look forward to working with
some of the other communities
and getting to know their kids,
teachers and administrators.”
Moore said this an excit-
ing opportunity for her since
she will be able to work with
and support teachers in schools
around the county. While
Moore is resigning as the dean
and career coordinator, she will
continue to coach the girl’s bas-
ketball team at Grant Union.
Contributed photo/Sylvia Ross
From left, standing, Jordan Ross, Alana Shaffer, Charlie Knowles, Cooper Ross and Jack Knowles; sitting, Cody Knowles, Kaila
Shaffer and Nathaniel Cowan Thompson.
Thadd’s Place: Providing
support at moments of loss
‘Nobody grieves
alone’
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
Greif is defined by Mer-
riam-Webster as a “deep and
poignant distress caused by
or as if by bereavement.”
Significant bereavement
can be difficult to overcome,
but Thadd’s Place is looking
to provide support so people
won’t have to grieve alone.
Thadd’s Place was named
after Thaddeus Cowan
Thompson who passed away
in February 2019 at the age of
39 after a battle with cancer.
“Picking a name was
pretty easy because Thadd’s
place is a reflection of who
he was, and his legacy and
this idea of telling people of
how important grief is was
because of his death,” said
Thadd’s Place Secretary Syl-
via Ross.
Before Cowan Thomp-
son passed away, he had his
loved ones promise to get
grief counseling, and his wish
was that they take care of
each other and get the proper
help, according to Ross. She
added that going to coun-
seling helped make a differ-
ence for his loved ones after
Cowan Thompson’s passing.
Thadd’s Place is a grief
center currently in con-
struction between Chester’s
Thriftway and Body, Fitness
and Dance. The center is hop-
ing to open by August, and
Ross added that this would
be a great resource for the
community in Eastern Ore-
gon since one of the nearest
grieving center is The Dougy
Center in Portland.
“The mission of Thadd’s
Place is to companion indi-
viduals experiencing the loss
of a loved one through emo-
tional support, access to rele-
vant education resources, and
space for healing in a sup-
portive community,” said a
press release from the group.
For a person coming to
Thadd’s Place for the first
time, Ross said there will be
business hours on the front
door and a front receptionist
to greet each visitor. The vis-
itor can then share their sit-
uation with the receptionist,
and then they would discuss
where to go from there.
The visitor can then
decide if they want to be in
a group or individual ses-
sions, and then the frequency
of the visits would be set up,
which is usually once a week.
If a visitor goes through a
grief group, the program is
a 13-week program based
on Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt’s
book “Understanding Your
Grief: Ten Essential Touch-
stones for Finding Hope and
Healing Your Heart.” The 13
weeks include an introduc-
tion and conclusion week,
and a week given for each
touchstone.
One of the big goals at
Thadd’s Place that Ross
shared was being able to cre-
ate various types of support
groups so people do not have
to grieve alone.
“Our goal is to have dif-
ferent groups of people, like
have a coffee group with
moms who have lost children
or a group of children who
have lost a parent,” Ross said.
“What we see with Thadd’s
place eventually is to have
different groups functioning
at all times.”
As the facility contin-
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“Grief facilities are run
off of volunteers that have a
passion to be there and dona-
tions,” Ross said.
On June 27, there will be
a golf tournament, which has
sold out, followed by an open
house where people will be
able to walk through Thadd’s
Place to learn more about the
organization and their vision.
There will then be a drive-
through dinner by dona-
tion at 6 p.m. The winner of
their raffle for a cooler full of
gifts worth over $1,000 and a
three-minute shopping spree
will also be announced.
“My goal is that the com-
munity will come out and
support it enough where we
can do some remodeling
inside the building and get a
couple walls up,” Ross said.
The organization has also
seen a great amount of sup-
port from the community in
terms of donations and in
support of the grief center.
Ross said it has been
amazing selling raffle tickets
as some people also provide
their grief story and how they
wished a place like Thadd’s
had existed.
“One person said, ‘Wow, I
really wish this was here 20
years ago because I lost my
son, and it has been so hard
and I felt alone,’” Ross said.
“So just sitting down there
and selling raffle tickets, we
have been able to start fulfill-
ing the mission of Thadd’s
Place, which is nobody
grieves alone.”
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donating to Thadd’s Place,
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and programs as people of all
ages will have different ways
to connect and overcome
grief together.
For kids the facility would
like to get walls up and have a
fun room, a rock wall climb-
ing room, a library and more
because there is science
behind kids getting together
and having them play while
talking about hard things,
according to Ross. They also
expect to have volunteers
down there offering different
group activities such as ther-
apy by painting or by playing
basketball together.
“That eventually would be
what we want the facility to
look like,” Ross said. “On the
elderly side it would be awe-
some to have raised beds out-
side so the elderly can come
and garden and grow flow-
ers that they could take to the
grave of their lost ones —
doing normal things together
with other people who are
struggling.”
Ross added that grieving
loss can also come in differ-
ent forms than losing a loved
one.
“There are so many
dynamics that go into grief,
and we’re all going through
it,” Ross said. “Even right
now, we’ve been talking with
(COVID-19) and people are
grieving the loss of their job
and the lifestyle they used
to have because they used
to have an income... I don’t
know if I can say there’s one
person in this county who has
not experienced loss of some
sort.”
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