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’62 Days Celebration kicks off in Canyon City Friday
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
CANYON CITY — Grant
County’s ’62 Days Celebration
will kick off its 101st year Friday,
June 10, at Sel’s Brewery in Can-
yon City.
The two-day event, which
commemorates the discovery of
gold in Canyon City in 1862, will
feature vendors on both nights of
the festival.
The festivities include a mock
gunfi ght, a mock hanging, a 5K
Gold Rush Run and Walk, a dunk
tank, a cornhole tournament and
more. The annual tradition high-
lights the “spirit of 1862” and
Canyon City’s colorful culture,
camaraderie, rich history and the
town’s enduring sense of commu-
nity, which began long ago when
gold miners struck paydirt.
Colby Farrell of the Whis-
key Gulch Gang, the group that
organizes the celebration, said
the “spirit of 1862” comes from
the people who settled in Canyon
City in 1862 not just to get rich
but to stay and build a community
that endures to this day.
“They chose to stay here
and build something and make
something, and (Grant County)
is a pretty good place,” he said.
“Despite everything that’s going
on in the world right now, it’s
still a pretty unique, special
place.”
IF YOU GO
Saturday, June 11
Friday, June 10
Miners’ breakfast in the Canyon City
Firehall sponsored by Old West Feder-
al Credit Union beginning at 7 a.m.
The 101st ‘62 Days Celebration kicks
off at 4 p.m. with live music by Cop-
per Ridge starting around 8:30 p.m.
Cornhole tournament hosted by John
Day/Canyon City Parks and Rec and
Community Health Improvement
Coalition at 4:30 p.m.
Chili cook-off will begin in the late
afternoon, early evening; contact Bill
at 208-870-8216 for info
Art show hosted by Painted Sky at the
Canyon City Community Hall from 6
to 8 p.m.
Gold Rush Run, 8 a.m. at Sel’s Brew-
ery with registration from 7-7:45 a.m.
The cost is $22 to register the day of
the race and $20 before. Registration
forms are available at the Chamber of
Commerce offi ce.
Parade at 11 a.m. with lineup start-
ing at 9 a.m., organized by the Luce
Creek Livestock 4H group at Humbolt
Elementary School
Kids’ events and games begin after
the parade, approximately at noon,
along with music in the park by the
James Gang and Sel’s opening the
doors
Art show continues from 9 a.m. to
2 p.m.
Dunk tank featuring Grant/Harney
County Circuit Court Judge Rob
Raschio and Canyon City Mayor Steve
Fischer beginning at 1 p.m.
Mock gunfi ght and hanging, 2 p.m. at
Sel’s Brewery
Medicine Wagon show by Painted
Sky Center for the Arts beginning
2:30 p.m., featuring an open mic tal-
ent show, beard contest and old-time
dress-up contest
Building a ‘foodie destination’ in Dayville
By JUSTIN DAVIS
Blue Mountain Eagle
AT A GLANCE
DAYVILLE — Guyon
Springs wants to be your next
vacation or meal destination.
Owners Jim and Kerri
Latashaw, along with their son
William, have been cultivating
the idea of Guyon Springs as
an organic farm, restaurant and
Airbnb destination since 2016.
They started with a large, no-till
garden and have expanded to
include a restaurant, three Airbnb
units, a catering service and com-
munity supported agriculture
venture, all contained on a 120-
acre property on the outskirts of
Dayville.
Both Jim and Keri are teach-
ers in Mitchell when they aren’t
operating Guyon Springs. Jim is
a science and agriculture teacher,
wile Kerri teaches language
arts and art. Drew Crossley and
Jackie Stuber, an engaged cou-
ple, joined the business in 2021
and have been a “tremendous
asset,” according to Kerri. Stuber
brings a bachelor of science in
pastry along with a professional
background as a pastry chef and
cook to the project. Crossley
brings a communications degree
with an art background in addi-
WHAT: Guyon Springs, an organic farm with a restaurant,
farm store, Airbnb rentals, and community supported agri-
culture subscriptions.
WHERE: 28734 South Fork Road, Dayville
WHEN: Breakfast served 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays; three
seatings on Sundays at 9, 10 and 11 a.m.
Farm store open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, with grab
and go ice cream sandwiches starting in two weeks
CONTACT: 541-602-0303, ksungspiral@yahoo.com
ON THE WEB: https://www.facebook.com/people/Guy-
on-Springs/100076844379124/
tion to kitchen experience.
Kerri said everything Guyon
Springs has evolved into really
statred with that original garden
in 2016.
“We built that bed and water
holding tanks that are fi lled by
the spring,” she said. “Once we
put that system together and built
that enclosure, that’s when we
really got into it. It’s fun. ... I’ve
been teaching 20 years. I’ll retire
in a couple years, but I want to do
this when I retire.”
Expansion began in 2020
following the acquisition of the
property below the off -grid farm
the Latashaw family lives on.
That land acquisition has allowed
the farming operation to grow
into a ⅓-acre plot for vegetables
and a ⅛-acre plot for fl owers and
culinary herbs. A saddle shop on
the property was revamped into
a farm store and restaurant that
sells the produce grown on site
while serving breakfast on Satur-
days and Sundays.
The store is open to anyone
who wishes to come in and buy
produce, while the restaurant
is reservation only. Also in the
works is a wood-fi red pizza oven
and weekly pizza nights. Cater-
ing with a specialization in bar-
becue is also off ered at Guyon
Springs.
All the produce is grown
using regenerative agriculture
and certifi ed organic means.
Grant schools pass $24.3M budget
By JUSTIN DAVIS
Blue Mountain Eagle
CANYON CITY — The
Grant School Board has passed a
$24.3 million budget for the 2022-
23 fi scal year.
The budget, originally pro-
posed on May 4 and adopted at
the board’s Wednesday, June 1,
meeting, will go into eff ect on
July 1.
Also passed was a property
tax rate of $1.6468 per $1,000 of
assessed home value. The tax cov-
ers all properties located within
the district and will take eff ect on
July 1.
As previously reported, the
2022-23 school is 18% higher
than it was during the current fi s-
cal year despite a drop in enroll-
ment for Grant School District
schools. The district is also add-
ing the equivalent of 13 staff
positions.
The approved budget calls for
99.45 full-time-equivalent posi-
tions and 106 employees overall.
This year’s budget called for 86.2
full-time-equivalent staff posi-
tions and 96 employees overall.
Enrollment in Grant School
District was 490 students
in March of this year and is
expected to drop to 467 for the
2022-23 school year. There were
520 students in schools through-
out the district at this time
last year and attendance was
expected to rise this year, but it
dropped instead.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
SATURDAY, JUNE 18
Grant County Farmers
Market
• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., South
Washington Street, Canyon City
Locally-grown
produce
and other items for sale in an
open-air setting every Satur-
day from mid-June through
mid-October.
FRIDAY, JUNE 24
“Uncovering the History
of Chinese Mining in East-
ern Oregon”
• 7 p.m., Canyon City
SATURDAY, JUNE 25
W HAT’S
HAPPENING
Community Hall, 129 S.
Washington St.
Free presentation by Donn
Hann, William F. Willingham
and Katee Withee on the his-
tory of Chinese mining com-
panies in Eastern Oregon.
Sponsored by the Oregon His-
torical Society.
Summer Kickoff 5K
• 8 a.m., Grant County
Fairgrounds, 411 NW Bridge
St., John Day
The John Day/Canyon
City Parks and Recreation
District and Grant County
CHIC sponsor this 5K walk/
run event, which starts and
ends at the fairgrounds.
Registration is free for
those 18 or under and $5 for
adults. To register online,
go to https://tinyurl.com/
yhey33pc.
Regenerative agriculture elim-
inates the need to use pesticides
or herbicides and emphasizes
soil health. Cover cropping, crop
rotation, plant diversity, peren-
nial plants, zero tillage, mulch-
ing, composting and animal inte-
gration are all a part of a strategy
that focuses on capturing carbon
within the soil. The goal, accord-
ing to Kerri, is to bring high-qual-
ity food that inspires a level of
community.
The food grown on site will
also be off ered to the public in the
form of community supported
agriculture.
“That’s where people share in
the risk of farming,” Kerri said.
“They essentially buy up front.
It’s $600 a year and you get 20
weeks of produce starting from
May through October. You get a
box each week with a variety of
vegetables. It’s a popular model
for a lot of people that want to
know where their food is com-
ing from and want to be associ-
ated with the growers.”
The ultimate goal, accord-
ing to Kerri, is for Guyon
Springs to be known as a “foodie
destination.”
Samuel F. Orr
May 28, 1951 – Sept. 21, 2021
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