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History Blue Mountain Eagle Can you name these items from years past? (Answers at the bottom) Trivia 1 Wednesday, September 27, 2017 B3 Area to be eclipsed Monday Forecast not too good for sunny skies From the Grant County Historical Museum, Canyon City. Feb. 22, 1979 Blue Mountain Eagle Trivia 2 From the Grant County Historical Museum, Canyon City. Trivia 3 From the Long Creek Historical Society. Trivia 4 Residents of the Northwest will be treated to one of na- ture’s rarest and most spectac- ular phenomenon next Mon- day morning when the region will be blacked out by a total solar eclipse. WARNING: Serious and permanent eye damage can result from directly viewing the solar eclipse on Feb. 26, warns the Oregon Optometric Association. Looking directly at the eclipse for as little as 10 seconds can permanent- ly injure the eye’s retina. It happens without pain, but a person can suffer a permanent blind spot that eliminates the central point of vision. The solar eclipse will be total in most of Idaho, Mon- tana, North Dakota, Wash- ington and Oregon. Starting shortly after 7 a.m. Monday, the moon will begin to creep across the sun’s face — not literally — and for the next 50 minutes there will be nothing to see safely with the naked eye as the moon moves on. Only a shadow box, con- structed and used properly, will afford safe viewing of the partial stages of the event. It will be the region’s first total eclipse since 1918 and the last one of the century in the country. The next eclipse in File photo From March 1, 1979: The Northwest marveled Monday morning at the total eclipse, but you had to travel out of the valley to catch a glimpse, as did Mt. Vernon teacher and photographer Steve Merrick. From Hermiston, Merrick was able to record the moon swallowing the sun in the last total eclipse of this century in North America. Dayville teachers Ken Light and Norm Hoffman took 26 students on a search for a view of the eclipse and found clear skies about 25 miles west of Goldendale. Light said the sky became dim, then took on an orange glow before turning dark at totality. the Northwest will be 2068. About 10 minutes before the totality, the light will be- gin to fade. Barnyard animals will begin to act confused and perhaps a rooster will start to crow, thinking dusk is ap- proaching. One of the most fascinat- ing aspects about the eclipse will be the “speeding shad- ow” that reportedly will come hurtling out of the west at 2,000 miles per hour just prior to totality. If you can get on a hillside with a view of 50 or more miles, it will look like a black speck for a moment before it races across the face of the earth. This will be the moon’s shadow. At that point, totality is complete and if the skies are clear, stars will emerge from the heavens and planets Ve- nus, Mercury and Mars will be visible. While the John Day valley is out of the path of totality, the moon will block out the sun’s rays for a few brief sec- onds before moving on. By 9:30 the happening will have passed. Editor’s note: This article was published as it appeared in 1979, not correcting for the Aug. 21 eclipse. Monument School gymnasium burns Jan. 24, 1957 Blue Mountain Eagle From the DeWitt Museum, Prairie City. Trivia 5 Trivia 6 From the Grant County Historical Museum, Canyon City. From the DeWitt Museum, Prairie City. for the remainder of the season. The building was covered by insurance, and a new gym will be constructed as soon as possible. Q UALITY VETERINARY HEALTH CARE , Trivia answers: 1. Carpet stretcher 2. Huckleberry pickers Monument residents were awakened early Friday morning by the fire, which completely destroyed the high school gym- nasium. The blaze had gained so much headway before it was discovered that it was impos- sible to save anything of value from the building. Through the concentrated efforts of the fire- fighters the school itself was saved. All of the sports equipment that was housed in the build- ing, including the new football equipment that had never been used, was destroyed. Three movie projectors, a new screen and speaker and some musical instruments were also lost. Spray High School issued an invitation to the Monument basketball squad to use their floor for the Friday night game with Dayville and the Long Creek High School invited the players to use that court for practice sessions twice weekly 3. Iron 4. Mouse trap old fashioned hospitality. 5. Toaster 6. Bung tool JOHN DAY RIVER 06114 V E T E R I N A R Y C E N T E R Colleen Robertson, DV6, 59989 Hwy. 26, John Day • 541-932-4428 Michael Nussbaum, DV6
