History
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
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O UT OF THE P AST
75 years ago
April 24, 1942
Keep Oregon Green;
Watch Fire
This year is a war year.
Care in the use of fire for land
clearing, slash disposal or oth-
er cleanup work is more essen-
tial than ever in the interest of
our national success. We fully
realize that carefully handled
cleanup with fire during the
next few weeks may prevent
dangerous accidental fires lat-
er, and we are anxious to coop-
erate in all ways we can.
The State Forester has au-
thority over all use of fire on
other than National Forest
land. His authority and your
obligations are set forth in a
booklet of “Oregon Forest
Laws,” 1941 edition, which
may be secured from the State
Forester at Salem. Enforce-
ment of the State Forest laws
within the Malheur protective
boundary is delegated to the
Forest Supervisor and in turn
to the Rangers. It is also true
this year that military necessity
may ban the use of fire to avoid
the military hazards caused by
smoke.
ed conditions at the high
school.
At present, there are 307
students registered to attend
Grant Union next year. This
would be a record enroll-
ment. Existing sub-standard
conditions at the high school
must be corrected and ap-
proved by the State Depart-
ment of Education or the dis-
trict faces the possibilities of
losing basic school support
funds.
Eagle file photo
From April 25, 2007: From left, Kaitlyn Harvey, Meghan
Rider, Collin Harvey, Eli Carniglia and Bo Olson hold a
2-year-old anaconda at a presentation at Seneca School.
50 years ago
April 27, 1967
GUHS to Renew Expan-
sion Plans
A bond issue for building
addition and remodeling for
Grant Union High School
will be submitted for a third
time to the Grant Union
district voters in the imme-
diate future, according to
the board of directors. The
board will meet tonight to
set a date for the bond issue
election and update the cost
figure of the proposed bond
issue.
The new bond issue will
be similar to the first pro-
posal presented about a year
ago.
A cafeteria, vocational
educational facilities, mu-
sic room, biology room and
physical education facilities
are included in the new pro-
posal.
The proposal will satisfy
the state requirements, ac-
cording to the board. It will
also alleviate overcrowd-
O utlook
25 years ago
April 23, 1992
Meeting to look at op-
tions to Harper Creek woes
yields both answers and
questions
A standing room only
crowd in excess of 25 turned
out last week at the Mt. Ver-
non City Council meeting to
discuss ways of resolving
the ongoing traffic problems
in the Harper Creek area and
planning for future growth
and development along the
south side of the valley.
Harper Creek is serviced
by a county road that con-
nects into West Riverside
Drive, which is a city street.
In addressing the increasing
traffic problems of the area,
the county has identified
four potential solutions.
They include: extending
Ingle Street south across
property owned by Coun-
cilman Dennis Lemons to
the base of the hill, turning
west to connect into Harp-
er Creek Road; extending
Harper Creek Road north
to bridge the river and con-
nect with Highway 26 west
of the city; widening West
Riverside Drive to accom-
modate the increased traf-
fic flow; and constructing
a road on the south side of
the river that would connect
with Highway 26 east of the
city and provide access to
areas other than just Harper
Creek.
The first three options
have been ruled out because
of the expense and assorted
problems in gaining right
of way acquisition. They
have also been virtually
ruled out because they solve
only the immediate problem
of Harper Creek. County
Judge Kevin Campbell tied
the immediate problem of
Harper Creek into a larger
economic development plan
for the entire county.
The county has timber
receipt monies dedicated to
the development and main-
tenance of roads within the
county.
Instead of throwing mon-
ey into projects like Harper
Creek on an immediate need
basis, Campbell suggested
developing a road plan to
accommodate strategic de-
velopment in areas around
the county.
“We, as the people of
Grant County, need to get
our thoughts in order,”
Campbell said. “The timber
receipts will fall, and those
funds haven’t been spent
strategically. The question
is how to spend money now
to leverage for growth and
to gain economic growth.”
Although there remains a
segment of the community
opposed to growth and de-
velopments, it’s apparent the
area will grow and develop
over time. Faced with the
inevitable growth, Campbell
suggested planning now to
meet the future needs.
SENI R
I am pleased to report
that we had a great turn
out for the community
Easter Service at the
Prairie City old gym. All
parts of the proceedings
went according to plan –
Rose Coombs
almost. But what seemed
to be a mistake turned out
to be a good way to do
that particular part. Son #1 and family came Friday and left Monday. He
experienced a flat tire at Indian Creek and had to put on the doughnut to
make it all the way into Prairie City. Those things certainly look small
compared to the regular tire, don’t they? He was able to replace the flat one
with a used one on Saturday. And it made the return trip back to Oregon
City without a policeman stopping them for having a studded tire on. PTL.
We were able to elect a new vice president for the corporation before our
meal. We are pleased to announce that Lonnie Hackler has consented to
serve as vice president with a 100 percent ‘yea’ vote. Frances did the
announcing today. Del Lake led the flag salute and Jack Retherford asked
the blessing. Oh, yes, and we did have music before the meal. I even got to
play some, too. Along with Jack and Betty were Barbara Pollack and Joan
DuBois. Okay, back to the gift certificates. Jim Lunzman got the $5 in trade
donated by Prairie Hardware & Gifts. Carlos Bortel was awarded the $7.50
toward a meal donated by Chuck’s Little Diner. We had 70 names on the
Prairie City
Seniors
JOHN DAY — On
Monday, April 10, Bonnie
Kocis and I were at the
front desk to greet our
guests for lunch. We were
served by members from
Nicky Essex
First Christian Church.
Pastor Al Altnow and Rick
Rheinhart not only served
us, they served lots of others by delivering meals to John Day and Canyon
City. Billy Scott Howland from Step Forward did the deliveries to Mt.
Vernon for a total of 29 meals. There were 27 frozen meals delivered last
week too. You should see the production line in the kitchen with Shay and
Lisa getting those very attractive meals ready to go out!
Shay treated us to hamburgers with all the trimmings, fries, pork and beans,
and for our dessert, Lisa made us an ice cream cake. Yummm. We had 16
diners here for lunch. Numbers were down. I think everyone ate too much
Easter dinner!
Alma Joslin honored us by leading the flag salute, and Pastor Al gave the
blessing for our meal. Drew Harmer won the free meal, and Don Harmon’s
name was drawn for the Len’s Drug certificate.
Don’t forget: The OTEC annual meeting will be April 29. Bus
transportation will be provided by OTEC from the senior center for OTEC
Co-op members. Leaving here at 7:30 a.m. and will return at 4 p.m. Sign up
here at the senior center. The sheet is on the first table. Call Veanne 541-
575-2949 for wheelchair and other info.
Thursday, April 20, greeting at the front desk, were Jeanette Julsrud and
Drew Harmer. The Methodist Church group serving us were Margy Conley,
John Day
Seniors
Looks like the rummage
sale went nicely.
Hopefully they made
enough to cover the cost of
putting in a cement floor
for the storage shed behind
Soo Yukawa
the senior center. They
also plan on putting in
some shelving units to
optimize and utilize all the
space available in the shed. Thank you to everyone for all their hours of
service and hard work, from going through everything and laying out the
items, to the cooking of the lunches and pies, to the sale of goods. We
especially want to thank Judy Harris for her visualizing and organizing this
event and Bruce Hansen for donating and driving all the way down from
Sauvie Island many times to bring us loads of items for the rummage sale.
We are all grateful to these wonderful men and women who dedicated
themselves to help our little town.
Terry Cade and Christy Howell prepared for us tater tot casserole, corn,
dinner rolls, fruit cocktail, and fudge brownies for dessert. Thank you to
our cooks who feed us well.
Our greeters were Bob Blakeslee, Bodean Andersen, and Marva Walker.
Bob led us in the flag salute. Bodean made the announcements and prayed
the blessing over our meal. Marva collects and counts the money and
checks people in. We had 44 guests and five takeouts.
Monument
Seniors
registration book.
The food bank brought over a whole passel of goodies for anyone to take home:
potatoes, carrots, beans, breads, onions, cabbage, and more carrots. We did
make a dent in it. Thank you so much, Chip and crew.
Due to Iva being indisposed, Donna and Tom were in the kitchen cooking
away. And they presented us with juice, scored potatoes, carrot/pineapple/raisin
salad, pork loin roast, rolls, and pineapple upside down cake with just-made
REAL whipped cream. Can you guess how many calories that contained? But
was it ever good! You can always go work it off in the yard/garden.
Lorna and Jaimie brought Marilyn Randall, Otho Laurance and Richard
Finley from the Blue Mountain Care Center. Ricky joined his mom Marilyn
for the meal, too.
Other guests were Levi Preston and companion and Walt Clark’s son, Daryl.
Derrol spent the day at Camp El Kanah mowing the lawn before a large
group of AWANA kids get there on Friday for their special weekend 15
Section Camp. Spring has sprung. Got out in the garden spot and dug up the
volunteer grape hyacinths. There was a flower garden there almost 40 years
ago and when I started diffing the weeds out, I kept coming across the little
buggers. I guess that was all they needed to start growing again! I didn’t
realize that they would take over a plot if given a change until I saw the lawn
on 3rd St. in John Day. Maybe it’s our version of “Blue Grass.” Har har.
Ps. 147:7-8 “Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make music to our God
on the harp. He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain
and makes grass grow on the hills.”
Isa Larkin, Sherry Feiger and Alva Conley. Sherry Feiger and Chet Day
delivered meals in John Day and Canyon City, and Billy Scott Howland
from Step Forward delivered to Mt. Vernon. A total of 36 meals were
delivered.
Veanne wants us to please remember Ron Dowse, who is in Portland
receiving a bone marrow transplant. He and Roberta will be gone for about
six weeks. I know they treasure our prayers.
She also announced that the price of a head of lettuce has gone up to $5 each
and romaine to $6. So we won’t have green salads for a while.
Drawing winners were Vickie Harrison, who won the Valley View meal, and
Buzz Glass, who won the Chester’s Thriftway gift certificate. There were six
other names drawn who won miscellaneous items. Margy Conley led our
flag salute, and Sherry Feiger gave our blessing for the meal.
We were treated to a fantastic lunch of baked chicken with dressing,
creamed veggies and a beautiful green salad. In honor of Pineapple Upside
Down Cake Day, that is what we had for dessert! We had 64 diners,
including special guest Belle Walczyk, the Henrys’ sweet 3-year-old
granddaughter. Kim Ausland filled a table, bringing Valley View residents
Dawn Hindman, Sharon Bell, Randa Persinger, Dale Morris and Chuck
Corwin. Assisting Kim was Chuck’s daughter, Lynda Christianson.
Judy Longo Bennett, who was a long time cook here, has donated some
beautiful pictures of whales. Linda Stoltz appreciates all donations of
pictures and decorations.
Time for corrections: Last week I misspelled Everett King’s name and
renamed Yog Harris. My apologies!
Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous do
not be afraid—do not be discouraged, for The Lord Your God be with you
wherever you go!”
Bruce Kramer and John Yeager both won free meals. Diane Ganger won
the Chester’s Thriftway gift card. Thanks to all our generous donors.
We had a couple of ladies join us from Long Creek, Elaine Eisenbraun
and Kim Ryals. These wonderful ladies came to assess the state of our
kitchen and assist the senior center in writing up grants to purchase and
install new kitchen appliances and do some repairs, too. Many of the
appliances in the kitchen are not working properly or completely don’t
work at all. These ladies are willing to help the senior center out free of
charge. We are so thankful and grateful for their time and generosity.
The next day that the foot doctor will be in town to massage and take
care of your feet will be May 30. So, mark that on your calendars.
We’ve been having some nice rain and some gorgeous sunny days in
between. I’ve had a busy schedule, especially during Easter and having
company stay over. I think I can finally breathe a sigh of relief and
actually not have an agenda. Hopefully I can get a few things done
around the house. I need to can some potatoes, do some spring cleaning
around the house and prepare my garden. I just planted a bunch of
potatoes. They should not have issues of a gopher getting at them.
I had some spinach in my little hoop house and they were growing
nicely, that is until the other day. I discovered something had gotten in
and nibbled them down. Don’t know what is was but it will pay with its
life if I catch it! Ha.
Psalm 96:8 “Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: Bring an
offering, and come into his courts.”
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