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Design your donut and eat it too
Humbolt students’
pastries brought to
life by Chester’s bakery
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
Chester’s Thriftway gave life to
donuts designed by Humbolt Elementary
students.
Third- and fourth-grade students par-
ticipated in a contest where they designed
and drew their own donut. Students then
wrote to Chester’s why their donut is the
best and should be made.
Students designed a variety of donuts
such as bacon maple, carrot cake, s’mo-
res and pretzel.
Third-grade Humbolt teacher Robyn
Miller said Chester’s judged the design
for the donut challenge and chose two
donuts from each class to make for stu-
dents to enjoy with the class for their Val-
entine’s Day party on Feb. 11. There were
a total of eight winners.
Kaitlyn Charette from the third grade,
one of the eight winners who designed the
Raspberry Delight Donut, said the con-
test was fun because there were no rules
when it came to designing a donut, and
they were able to write about what they
wanted their donut to be.
“Chester’s, you should pick my donut
Raspberry Delight because it has choco-
late chips,” Charette wrote to Chester’s.
“Everyone likes chocolate chips!”
She added that it was cool to see a
donut she designed now in a box and
ready for her to eat.
“It was really fun, and I liked it,” Cha-
rette said. “It was pretty cool because it
looks kind of exactly like I imagined it to
look like.”
Contributed photo
Humbolt Elementary School third-grader Kaitlyn Charette enjoys her Raspberry De-
light Donut Feb. 12.
Contributed photo
Humbolt Elementary third-grader Mikaia
Houpt takes a bite out of her Cherry Blaze
donut.
Beau Vancleave, a fourth-grade win-
ner who designed the s’mores donut, said
his favorite part of the activity was the
chance to eat something he created.
“It is the best donut on Earth!” Van-
cleave wrote to Chester’s. “If you make
this donut, it will be the best donut.”
Fourth-grader Noah Cobb, another
winner who designed the bacon maple
donut, said he was confident he would
win because everybody likes bacon. He
said he liked the project, and it made
him happy because he could eat his
designed donut and share it with his
classmates.
“I liked it because, if I get picked, I
was going to get to share the experience
with everybody,” Cobb said.
Miller said they wanted to thank Ches-
ter’s for doing this donut activity with
them and supporting the school. She said
this activity was a great way for students
to show their persuasive writing skills
while having fun.
“It’s just so amazing to see the kids’
creativity and all of the great ideas that
they came up with and the humor that
they had,” Miller said. “That was won-
derful to see, and everybody did a great
job on it.”
Foster a Bear, Hope Chest provide resources for foster children
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
Two donation drives joined
forces for foster kids in Grant
County.
In partnership with Cor-
nerstone Church, Micheal and
Kimberly McManus estab-
lished the Hope Chest in Jan-
uary. The Hope Chest is a
closet located at Cornerstone
Church with clothes for new-
born babies and teenagers in
foster care.
Kimberly said she and her
husband have fostered children
for roughly 15 years. She said
kids who end up in foster care
arrive with the clothes on their
backs. Kimberly said she took
in a little girl who arrived late
in just her swimsuit and noth-
ing else.
“If you get kids at 10 p.m.
Contributed photo
From left, Michael and Kimberly McManus, Kathryn Manitsas
and Cornerstone Church pastor Levi Manitsas.
in John Day, you’re scram-
bling,” she said.
After they received four kids
under 4, Kimberly said it was
three of them in diapers who
arrived with no diapers and no
clothes and limited options.
They realized, Kimberly said,
the community needed a place
for a kid coming into care,
morning or night, where they
can get their basic needs.
“The goal is if a kid comes
into care, they can call, and one
of us will go down there and put
a bag together for them,” she
said.
She said another goal of the
Hope Chest is to give every kid
a new wardrobe.
Foster a bear program
Java Jungle kicked off the
“Foster a Bear” program over
the holiday season, owner Janet
Hill said.
Hill said she could never see
herself being able to take in fos-
ter children because she knows
she would become attached.
However, she said she wanted
to help nonetheless.
Hill reached out to Kimberly
and said she wanted the teddy
bears to go to the foster kids.
Kimberly said it worked
out well because the closet did
not have any toys, and for kids
who arrive with the clothes on
their back, it is “huge” to have
something that is a source of
comfort.
These kids, usually come
with nothing, she said. “So,
what a huge blessing it would
be to have any donation.”
Those interested in mak-
ing donation can call Kimberly
McManus at 541-620-1579.
Louis Foxx and his one-man sideshow coming to John Day
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant County Fair-
grounds will host magician
Louis Foxx and his “one-man
sideshow” on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m.
at the Trowbridge Pavilion for a
fundraiser.
Tickets cost $12, or $5 for
kids 6 and under. Spitfire Cock-
tails will provide a no-host bar,
and chili at $5 a serving will be
available.
The doors open at 6 p.m.,
and seating is first-come, first-
served, up to 200 people. A
flyer notes the event will require
masks and social distancing.
Fairgrounds Manager Mindy
Winegar said people could pur-
chase tickets at the fairgrounds
office, the Grant County Cham-
ber of Commerce or online at
grantcountyoregon.net.
Winegar said she has been
trying to book Foxx for the
county fair for quite some time,
but the in-demand magician has
been booked solid.
She said she first saw him at
the Oregon Fair Association’s
convention.
“He is really good and puts
on a great show,” she said.
According to Foxx’s web-
site, he has been in the Guin-
ness Book of World Records
twice. He has also made appear-
ances on NBC’s “America’s
Got Talent.”
In addition to seeing a tal-
ented entertainer like Foxx,
Illustrating the
‘PandaMick’
Grant County native
draws on silver
linings of pandemic
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
A book recently illustrated
by someone born and raised
in Grant County depicts the
silver lining of the ongoing
pandemic.
Grant County native
Mariah Frazier, an illustra-
tor who currently resides
in Rhode Island, recently
worked on a children’s book
titled “I Love PandaMick,” a
story told from the perspec-
tive of a dog named Buddy
who finds out his owners
are suddenly staying home
more often because of the
pandemic.
The story written by
Diane Maione highlights
some of the positive aspects
of the pandemic such as get-
ting more time to enjoy pets.
“With this pandemic
being so negative and a lot of
bad things happening to a lot
of people, this is just a little
silver lining to the problem
that we get to spend more
time with our pets,” Frazier
said.
This was the first time
Frazier illustrated multi-
ple pages that had to keep
the consistency of the char-
acters and their appearance
throughout each scene in the
25-page book.
“It definitely gave me
an experience that I really
wanted to do,” Frazier said.
Her friend’s mother, Mai-
one, wrote the story, and Mai-
one asked Frazier to illustrate
the book.
Frazier said the story pro-
vides a great way to help a
kid understand what is going
on during a pandemic in a
gentle way with the help of
Buddy and what he sees.
“There is a scene in the
book when the dad explains
why the pandemic is hap-
pening, but it’s explained in
a gentle way for kids to get
a better understanding,” Fra-
zier said.
Some of Frazier’s favor-
ite scenes to illustrate were
the funny moments between
the boy and dog, such as
when the duo were garden-
ing, which got out of hand
and they both got muddy and
messy.
She said a young boy did
a practice read and thought
the scene was funny.
“He thought that was the
funniest thing ever because
he’s a little boy and putting a
flower pot on your head and
being muddied in the garden
was the funniest thing ever
for the reader,” Frazier said.
“I think the reactions that you
get from the different draw-
ings and story in general are
rewarding.”
Frazier said she wanted
the community to know that
it doesn’t matter if a person is
from a small town: Achiev-
ing personal goals and inter-
ests is never out of reach.
The book is cur-
rently available at ama-
zon.com/I-Love-PandaM-
ick-Diane-Maione/dp/
B08QSW9L8S.
Winegar said the fund-
raiser would provide some
much-needed funds to the
fairgrounds.
The county fairgrounds, she
said, brings everyone together,
especially in a rural community.
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Contributed photo
Mariah Frazier and the book she illustrated: “I love PandaM-
ick.”
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