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Community
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Community HEALTH BEAT
W HAT’S
HAPPENING
Eagle file photo
Ed Heiple plays taps while members of American Legion
Post 77 salute during the Veterans Day remembrance at
the Seventh Street Complex in John Day. The event takes
place at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 each year.
Quality Healthcare Close To Home
The deadline for What’s Happening items is 5 p.m. Friday.
Call the Eagle, 541-575-0710, or email editor@bmeagle.com.
For meetings this week, see our list in the classifi eds.
170 Ford Road, John Day • 541-575-1311 • www.bluemountainhospital.org
TUESDAY, NOV. 7
Public meeting on greater sage grouse
• 5-8 p.m., Harney County Community Center, 484 N.
Broadway Ave., Burns
The Bureau of Land Management will host a meeting to pro-
vide information and solicit comments and feedback on great-
er sage grouse land management issues. An overview will be
followed by an open house, and participants are encouraged to
speak with BLM staff on various topics related to the greater
sage grouse.
Little League meeting
• 6:30 p.m., Outpost Restaurant
The meeting will include the election of a board. The pub-
lic is welcome to attend. For more information, call Hailey
Boethin at 541-620-4386.
By Zac Bailey, MD
WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY, NOV. 8-10
Annual church Christmas sale
I recently attended a funeral of a good friend and patient. I left grateful for my
association with her and knew I had been blessed in knowing her. I will be a better
person and reach a little higher as a result of that friendship.
• 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday
• 9 a.m. to noon, Friday
• Methodist Church, John Day
Members of United Methodist Church’s “Ye Old Thrift
Shop” will hold their annual Christmas sale in the church’s fel-
lowship hall. Items such as Christmas decor, ornaments, kitch-
en items, holiday tins and clothing will be for sale.
I am the Hospice Director for Blue Mountain Hospice. It has been my privilege to
stand alongside a great hospice team. We have had the chance to get to know
many wonderful people in Grant County, and benefitted from their lifetime of
experiences that they shared with us. We have admired their courage as they have
faced death and are blessed to have witnessed lives so well lived.
SATURDAY, NOV. 11
Annual Christmas bazaar
• 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mt. Vernon Grange, across from Clyde
Holliday State Park
Local vendors will have a variety of wares to sell for Christ-
mas gifts. Homemade stew, rolls, pies, cakes and cookies will
also be available to purchase. To donate food to the annual
Grange Food Drive, bring a can of nonperishable food to the
bazaar. For more information, call Mary Ellen Brooks at 541-
932-4540.
Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of
terminally ill patients’ pain and symptoms and comprehensively attends to their
needs. The dying process is physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. Hospice is
designed to support each of these aspects through a holistic approach to care. Our
team consists of nurses, social workers, spiritual chaplains, aides, volunteers, and
myself as the medical director. We give medical, psychosocial and spiritual support
as patients approach end of life. Patients and families are very involved in the type
and frequency of care that they receive based on their preferences and needs.
Hospice care can be provided in patients’ homes or in assisted living facilities. Most
health insurance companies have a hospice benefit that pays for the entirety of
hospice care, which means that patients and families will never have a bill for
hospice services. We receive donations from the
community that allow us to provide hospice care
and medical supplies for patients who are
uninsured. Our ultimate goal is to help people
and their families find peace and comfort and
celebrate the time they shared.
Presents...
It is a tremendous honor for each of us at hospice
to walk beside those individuals and families who
are faced with a terminal prognosis. We learn
from our patients. We hear their hopes, their
stories, and their biggest life lessons. We get to
know the families of these patients, and we are
reminded daily of the dedication and love of
family and of community.
As we see how those we love depart from this life
and enter the world beyond, a void is left that is
difficult to fill. I have found strength as I realize
that a part of them will always be a part of me.
May we all cherish those we love, both the living
and those who have passed on.
BLUE MOUNTAIN
CARE CENTER
Resident of the Month
ETHELYN
“JOAN”
METLOCK
Bake sale and holiday bazaar
• 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mt. Vernon Community Center
Cookies, pies, bread and muffi ns will be available for pur-
chase, along with vendor offerings. Lunch is a loaded baked
potato and will be served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donations of
baked goods are accepted at Mt. Vernon City Hall. Donate one
can of food for a raffl e ticket, benefi ting the Mt. Vernon volun-
teer fi re department. To purchase a table or for more informa-
tion, call Bonnie at 541-571-3284.
Veteran memorial service
• 11 a.m., Prairie City city park
A memorial service will be held in honor of veterans at the
fl ag pole in the park. All are welcome to attend. For more infor-
mation, call Dean at 541-820-3692.
Veterans Day ceremony
November
Visiting Specialists
• 11 a.m., Seventh Street Complex, John Day
The John Day Elks Lodge will hold its annual Veterans Day
ceremony at the fl ag pole at the park. All are welcome to attend.
Community potluck
November 1st
Dr. McLellan Bend Cardio
November 6th
Dr. Rushston Baker Podiatrist
November 9th
Korena Farris Bend Neuro
November 9th
Dr. Jacobson Bend Ortho
November 15th
Dr. McLellan Bend Cardio
November 20th
Dr. Rushton Baker Podiatrist
• 5:30-7:30 p.m., Prairie City School cafeteria
The Prairie City American Legion Auxiliary is sponsoring
a potluck honoring all veterans. Coffee and punch will be fur-
nished, and bring a dish to share. For more information, call
Dean at 541-820-3692.
O UT OF THE P AST
75 years ago
tional Forest and the East
Oct. 30, 1942
Central Forestry district.
Ethelyn “Joan” Funk was born on August 30, 1934 to
Harold and Lucille Funk, in Decatur, Illinois. She has a sister,
Helen and a brother, Larry. They were raised in Illinois. In
January of 1953, she married Burl Meyerholz and they had
two children, Jeffry and Joni. Joni passed away on June 24,
2013 in Redmond, Oregon. Burl was in the Army; after he
came home he was in a work related accident and passed
away. Joan’s second husband was a Navy man by the name
of David Metlock. They were married in January of 1972.
In 1981, Joan and David followed her son west and ended
up in Mount Vernon, Oregon. In 1983, they moved to John
Day, Oregon to manage the Fairgrounds for a year.
Joan was a bookkeeper, secretary, housewife, head of a
computer department, file clerk, waitress, and a singer
over the years.
She has traveled to Las Vegas, California, Florida and
Nashville on vacations.
Her hobbies include ceramics, coloring, singing and
journaling. She loves the Chicago Cubs and collecting hats
of any shape, style and color.
Joan came to the Blue Mountain Care Center on June 2,
2017.
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Every American Should
Vote Tuesday
Next Tuesday, Nov. 3, is
General Election Day. This
year, with many vital war
problems facing us, it is a
duty, more than ever before,
for every loyal citizen to ex-
ercise his privilege to vote.
Says Herbert Hoover, for-
mer president of the United
States, in the current issue
of Pathfinder: “Never was it
more necessary to keep alive
our safeguards than today to
yield so much of liberty. And
we owe it to our boys who
are fighting this war that
they find these foundations
of freedom intact when they
return. Therefore every citi-
zen, irrespective of how he
votes, should go to the polls
the third day of November.
It will be notice to the totali-
tarian world that the spirit of
democracy still lives within
us.”
50 years ago
November 2, 1967
Nearly 300 fires hit area
Almost 300 fires were
recorded during the past fire
season by the Malheur Na-
Approximately 312 acres of
timber and grasslands were
burned. Of the total number
of fires, man caused 46 blaz-
es while lightning started
241 fires.
The largest fire on the
Malheur was the Lost Creek
fire, which was apparent-
ly man-caused and burned
120 acres. Both the Malheur
and the East Central district
had approximately the same
number of fires involving
about the same amount of
acreage.
The East Central dis-
trict recorded 132 fires for
the year while the Malheur
reported 155 fires. Fires
burned 142 acres on the East
Central district and about
170 acres on the Malheur.
The East Central district
had 98 lightning fires and
34 man-caused blazes. A
year ago, the district record-
ed 126 fires, but only about
12 acres were burned. On
the Malheur, lightning start-
ed 143 fires and man was
blamed for 12 fires. This
season’s fire total is about
twice as large compared to a
year ago.