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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
The Eagle/Cheryl Hoefler
Zucchini Walnut Bread
Quality Healthcare Close To Home
170 Ford Road, John Day • 541-575-1311 • www.bluemountainhospital.org
Breast Cancer
Awareness
Ladies, picture this… You and seven
of your friends hanging out. Take a
look around; one of you will get
breast cancer in your lifetime.
Statistics show one in eight women
develop breast cancer at some point
in their life. With October being
breast cancer awareness month, we
should take a
moment to discuss
the most
commonly
diagnosed cancer
worldwide…breast
cancer. In the
United States alone
there are over 230,000
cases diagnosed and
40,000 deaths a year
attributed to breast
cancer. About
11% of all new
cases of breast
cancer in the
US are
found in
women
younger
than 45 years of age. Through
education and early detection, these
rates are decreasing and you can be
part of that decrease. It is also
important to understand that
females are not the only ones who
can develop breast cancer. Male
breast cancer represents between 0.5
and 1 percent of all breast cancers.
Risk of developing breast cancer can
be multifactorial. Risk factors that
increase your risk of breast cancer
are the following: female gender,
Caucasian race, obesity in the post-
menopausal state, hormone
replacement therapy, earlier
menarche or later menopause, never
having children, family history of
breast cancer, and inherited genetic
mutations such as the BRCA genes.
Lifestyle factors you can be aware of
that may increase your risk include
alcohol and smoking. Protective
factors that may reduce your risk of
breast cancer include breastfeeding
and regular physical activity.
Screening is of utmost importance to
being a part of the above decreasing
statistics. Recommendations
regarding screening can vary
depending upon the professional
organization. The most conservative
recommendation by the American
College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists recommend routine
screening with mammography
annually starting at the age of 40
until 74. Mammography is a
noninvasive procedure. In addition,
clinical breast examination by your
primary care providers is
recommended every three years
from the ages of 20-39 and annually
thereafter. For certain high risk
populations such as women with a
known genetic predisposition to
breast cancer (ie, BRCA1 or BRCA2),
breast MRI in addition to the option
of genetic testing may be indicated.
Signs and symptoms to watch for
include: a breast mass (more
concerning masses include being
firm and non-moveable), lymph
nodes felt in your armpit, abnormal
nipple discharge, and skin changes
overlying your breast (including
redness, thickening, or dimpling).
There isn’t a consensus for
recommendations regarding self-
breast exams , but the American
College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists recommends breast
self-awareness which can include
self-breast exams.
To calculate your own risk for breast
cancer using the Gail model please
visit http://www.cancer.gov/
bcrisktool/
Routine screening with
mammography is available at Blue
Mountain Hospital and you can call
541-575-4163 to schedule yours
today. For your clinical breast exam
and any concerns please visit your
local primary care provider for
evaluation. Go pink in October!
Emily Lieuallen DO
Strawberry Wilderness Clinic
Blue Mountain Hospital
BLUE MOUNTAIN CARE CENTER
Resident of the Month
ELVA LLOYD
TROY-BILT 27 TON
WOOD SPLITTER
DRAWING
Tickets:
$1 each or 6 for $5
Purchase tickets at:
John Day Hardware, Les
Schwab, the Hospital
check-in or the
Hospital Gift Shop
Displayed at John Day
Hardware
Drawing will be held on
October 24 at the annual
Meeting-Dinner-Auction
Pendleton Round-Up
Basket, 14 K Diamond
Earrings, Wildhorse Resort
Hotel/RV Gift Certificate,
3 night stay at
Wallowa Lake
Wood Brick/Wood
Pellet pallet from Malheur
Lumber and Land Owner
Preference tag on
Oliver Property
Elva Loyd was born on November
25, 1916 in Heath, Idaho to George
and Alice DeBord. She has 2
brothers.
Fall recipes to help
bring in the season
By Angel Carpenter
ANGEL'S KITCHEN
Blue Mountain Eagle
Chicken Tortilla Crockpot
Soup
Ingredients:
1 lb. shredded, cooked chick-
en
1 (15-oz.) can whole peeled
tomatoes, pulsed lightly in food
processor
1 (10-oz.) can enchilada
sauce
1 medium onion, chopped
1 (4 oz.) can chopped chili
peppers
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 C. water
1 (14.5 oz) can chicken broth
1 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1 bay leaf
1 (10 oz.) package frozen
corn
1 (15 oz.) can black beans,
rinsed
1 Tbsp. chopped cilantro
Tortilla chips, such as Juani-
ta’s, for topping
Sour cream, optional
Directions:
Place chicken, tomatoes,
enchilada sauce, onions, green
chilies and garlic into a slow
cooker.
Pour water and chicken broth
then add cumin, chili pepper,
salt, black pepper and bay leaf.
Stir in corn, beans and cilantro.
Cover and cook on low for
6-8 hours or on high for 3-4
hours. Serve up soup and add
crushed tortilla chips and a dol-
lop of sour cream, if desired.
(This is Sandy’s version of
the soup – the original recipe
calls for 7 corn tortillas, brushed
with oil and baked at 400 de-
grees F for 10 minutes. After
cutting them into strips, they are
sprinkled on top of the soup.)
Makes 6-8 servings.
From the kitchen of Sandy
Bupp of John Day.
Zucchini Walnut Bread
Ingredients:
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1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
3/4 tsp. baking powder
4 eggs
1 C. white sugar
1 C. brown sugar
1/2 C. vegetable oil
1/2 C. butter (one stick)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 C. grated zucchini
1 C. raisins (optional)
1 C. chopped walnuts
Directions:
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9x5 loaf pans. Preheat oven to
350 F.
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soda, salt, cinnamon and baking
powder.
In a separate large bowl, beat
the eggs. Gradually beat in sug-
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mixture, alternating with the
zucchini into the egg mixture.
Stir in the raisins, if desired, and
walnuts. Pour batter into loaf
pans.
Bake on the lowest rack of
oven at 350 degrees F for 55
minutes. Let cool for 10 min-
utes in the pan, then turn out
onto racks to cool completely.
Loaves may be frozen by wrap-
ping in plastic wrap, then heavy
freezer paper.
Tip: Recipe can be made us-
ing 1 cup vegetable oil without
adding butter, and all white sug-
ar if preferred.
From the kitchen of Eagle
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Elva married Roy Wright and they
had 2 daughters, Rosalie and
Evelyn. She was also a foster mother
to over 10 children, including 4 of
her grandchildren, whom she raised
after her daughter Evelyn passed
away. She now has 4 grandchildren,
11 great grandchildren and 2 great,
great grandchildren.
She worked in a motel and in a
bakery.
Elva lived in Baker City for over 65
years, sharing some of those years
with her late husband Jack Lloyd.
Elva enjoys dancing, especially the
jitterbug, old time music, church,
fishing, gardening and animals.
Elva came to the Blue Mountain
Nursing Home on October 6, 2003.
Presents...
October Visiting
Specialists
Oct. 7 th
Dr. McLellan - Bend Cardio
Oct. 7 th
Bill Corrigan - Bend Urology
Oct. 9 th
Dr. Sandefur - Baker Ortho
Oct. 13 th
Dr. Rushton - Baker Podiatrist
Oct. 15 th
Dennis Sell - Bend Hearing
Oct. 21 st
Dr. McLellan - Bend Cardio
Oct. 23 rd
Dr. Sandefur - Baker Ortho
Oct. 27 th
Dr. Rushton - Baker Podiatrist
02801
Grange offers
variety of services
We have helped with a
fundraiser for a student going
to Australia and New Zealand.
The Mt. Vernon Grange is We provide awards to FFA or
primarily a community ser- 4-H Members during the fair,
vice-oriented organization, as well as helping where we
and is always in need of new can with the local Fire Depart-
members. Just recently we ments and the EMTs. We also
gave the use of our hall to the do funeral dinners for families
Red Cross for evacuees
when the need arises.
during the devastating
We have been do-
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nating cash to the com-
volunteers in our area
munity Christmas din-
have done an amazing
ner that is held at the
job of helping people
Senior Center as well.
out in their time of
Another
yearly
need. We can’t thank
event is donating fruit
them enough for their Mary Ellen baskets to Blue Moun-
service.
Brooks
tain Care Center in
We gave the use of
Prairie City, as well as
the hall to the Chris-
donating to the food
tian Aid Ministries/Disaster baskets at Christmas time.
Response Service Team who Our goal is to be there and do
came in and did some of the everything we can when there
clean-up work up Canyon is a need.
Creek. What an amazing group
We have a monthly meet-
of people, along with our lo- ing at 6:30 p.m., the second
cal church organizations, who Friday of every month at the
pitched in and helped them Grange, with a potluck din-
do an amazing job of helping ner and meeting to follow. If
clean up the devastation from you’re missing out on that,
WKH ¿UHV 7KHVH DFWV RI NLQG- you are missing some good
ness restore our faith in hu- cooking and a lot of good con-
manity like nothing else can. versation.
We can’t thank them enough.
We are proud of our orga-
Along with that, we donate nization and the services we
dictionaries to all third-grade provide, and would like to
students in Dayville, Monu- include more of you in our
ment and Long Creek. Plus, membership. We would like to
we share the cost of dictio- thank everyone who gave so
naries for the Humbolt and generously to help out during
Seneca third graders with the these trying times in our com-
Ellis Tracy American Legion munity. We are blessed to live
Auxiliary. The Prairie City where we do, among people
Auxiliary provides the ones who truly care for one another.
for Prairie City students. All
Mary Ellen Brooks is
third graders in Grant County treasurer of the Mt. Vernon
get their own dictionary.
Grange.
By Mary Ellen Brooks
To the Blue Mountain Eagle