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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Feb. 10, 1916
Grant County Journal
100 years ago
son, co-captain, were nom-
inated to the finalist team.
They expect notification in
March. The group, affiliat-
ed with Grant Union High
School, began practice in
October.
Fritz McKay cut off his left
thumb Monday, while trying
to cut wood. He was doing
that old familiar stunt of
holding the stick in one hand
and handling the ax with the
other, when he made the miss
lick and cut off his thumb just
below the joint. Dr. Belknap
treated the injured member,
but there was no chance for
saving it.
Feb. 8, 2006
Blue Mountain Eagle
10 years ago
Feb. 7, 1941
Blue Mountain Eagle
75 years ago
Noel Lemons of Mt. Ver-
non was batting about here
on Tuesday, or maybe it was
Wednesday. “What’s new?”
asked the reporter. “You
know,” says he, “I came here
in the early part of the 15th
century and this was a good
country then. There were
more than 100,000 sheep near
Dayville and every family had
from eight to a dozen kids,
and there were all those three-
toed horses in the fossil beds
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call them. Yes. Yes, them were
the days.” “Well, what do you
do now; have any fun, do any-
thing good, bad or anything?”
“No,” said Noel. “I’ll tell you
Haight,” says he, “when a fell-
er gets as old as we are he just
can’t do nothin’, good, bad or
at all.” Maybe; that may be
the situation with Noel Lem-
ons but it is evident that with
long years of acquaintance
that Noel Lemons still don’t
know Clint Haight.
Feb. 10, 1966
Blue Mountain Eagle
50 years ago
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From the Jan. 31, 1991, edition of the Blue Mountain Eagle: The Gold Dust
Dance Team of John Day and Canyon City recently placed third overall at
La Grande for best costumes and captured first place honors overall in
their A-AA Division at Pendleton. Team members include (front left to right)
Kendra Flippence, Sherrie Cobb, Mikayla Spell, Cathy Williams, Danielle
Jones and Jenna Huffman. In the rear (left to right) are David Thompson,
Elizabeth Thompson, Roxanna DeLoe, Daedra Studniarz, Chris Pryor and
Kathy Edmiston, the team coach.
will take place in John Day
Sunday morning as Clyde
Holliday will bring his herd
from Bear Valley to his ranch
east of John Day.
Joseph Tompkins, a free
lance television photographer
from Salem, will be on hand to
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programs.
The cattle drive will come
through John Day sometime
Sunday around 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Team of John Day and Canyon
City recently placed third
overall at La Grande for
best costumes and captured
first place honors overall
in their A-AA Division at
Pendleton. Individual firsts
at Pendleton includes kicks,
splits, showmanship and
Jan. 31, 1991
Blue Mountain Eagle
25 years ago
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inspection while Kendra
Flippence won the Miss Su-
per Sensational title. At the
All-State competition Jan.
12 at McNary High School,
Mikayla Spell, team cap-
tain, and Elizabeth Thomp-
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“What does a
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in popularity with retailers
and young lovers every-
where. Here’s what a couple
of Grant County citizens
have to say about their Val-
entine’s Day experiences.
Eula Thompson of Prai-
rie City has a good reason to
remember Valentine’s Day.
“My most wonderful
one was when I went to the
doctor and found out I was
pregnant with my son, Ted
Lee,” said Thompson. “I
remember I was hoping I
was pregnant. My husband
always bought me Valen-
tine candy, and gave the
kids Valentine cards too.
It will always be special to
me.”
David DesJardin, 10,
from John Day, had a very
different take on the day.
“Well, this happened a
very long time ago,” said
DesJardin. “I can hardly
remember it. I was walking
along and tripped on a rock,
and hit another rock and
gouged my cheek. That’s
about all I can remember.”
Whatever origins or
memories we have, Valen-
tine’s Day is a day to share
with the ones you love, and
one to remember to be more
loving.
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TV Filming Set For Cat-
tle Drive
A familiar scene of the old
west — the cattle drive —
Cowboy Chapel H our
Remember to be more
loving
Valentine’s Day (Feb.
14) is celebrated interna-
tionally. Its beginnings are
subject to scrutiny; there
are several different ideas
about its origin. One of the
most popular and romantic
involves a young priest who
served as a soldier under the
Roman emperor Claudius
II during the third centu-
ry. Claudius figured single
men would make better sol-
diers than married men with
families, so he decreed that
young men could not marry.
Valentine defied Claudius
and covertly married youth-
ful lovers. When Claudius
discovered what Valentine
was up to, he ordered him
put to death.
The 18th century saw the
introduction of the Valen-
tine card, and it has grown
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