News
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
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Museum’s ‘End of
Summer’ event offers
fun for whole family
Grant County
Historical
Museum
Director
Peggy Murphy
demonstrates
an antique
pump-action
vacuum cleaner
found among
the shelves of
implements on
display.
Living history,
crafts and
games featured
The Eagle
Angel Carpenter
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
History will come to life at
the Grant County Historical Mu-
seum’s End of Summer Back to
School Celebration.
A special event at the Can-
yon City museum is set for 1-3
p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, and
will provide a fun, family learn-
ing environment with living
history, games, crafts and ice
cream.
Admission is $2 a person,
with ages 6 and under free.
Museum Director Peggy
Murphy said one of the muse-
um volunteers will be dressed as
Major Magone.
It is said the first fish placed
O utlook
in nearby Magone Lake arrived
in the 1880s when Major Joseph
Magone, a former Civil War of-
ficer, carried buckets of brook
trout from the John Day Valley
to the lake.
“Presenting our local history
through presentations and enact-
ments with museum volunteers
dressed in period costume is a
way to bring history alive for
both adults and children,” Mur-
phy said. “Many of the stories
portray character traits of per-
severance, hard work, honesty,
leadership and building commu-
nity.”
She said that once visitors en-
ter the museum they’re surprised
by the expanse of the space and
the variety of artifacts and histo-
ry.
People will find a room ded-
icated to music and a Native
American room, as well as pe-
riod clothing, household imple-
ments, tools, horse tack, guns,
photographs and much more on
display.
At the front of the museum
is a gift shop with books, can-
dy, toys and activities, polished
rocks and vials of gold, silver
and iron pyrite.
Murphy said she’s set a goal
of 2,000 visitors for the season,
which ends Saturday, Sept. 29
— so far, 1,420 people had been
through the museum as of Aug.
11.The museum’s regular hours
are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays
through Saturdays.
The regular cost of admis-
sion is $4 for adults ages 17-61,
$3.50 for seniors 62 and up, $2
for youths 7-16 and free for those
under age 7 and Blue Star mili-
tary families.
The museum is located at
101 S. Canyon City Boulevard,
2 miles south of the stoplight in
John Day.
For more information, call the
museum at 541-575-0362.
SENI R
PRAIRIE CITY — The
most important thing to
report is that the pros
came and checked on the
swamp cooler and
determined that all it
needed was a new filter.
Rose Coombs
Hooray and hallelujah!
And since we opened the
door to the new library
area, we can plug it in in there and take some pressure off the circuit
breaker that’s running a lot of other items. So the hall was cool enough for
all the new people that appeared. Welcome to all of you. Come back again.
zucchini-blueberry cake with frosting. Wow! This was another one of
those meals that I have never had. Good job, Joy, Scott and Ren.
Carla Wright led the flag salute and Jack Retherford asked the blessing.
Carlos, Ken and Larry did their home deliveries. Ginger thanked all who
donate time, treasure, or talent to the operation of this enterprise. We
thank Prospector Ice for their donations of bags of ice for our cold drinks.
It has been very helpful this year. The gift certificate donated by Chuck’s
Little Diner went to Phyllis Schultz. We had 66 names on the book.
Bert and family and in-laws made it over the mountain to visit this last
weekend. We all had Sunday dinner at Joel’s in Canyon City – 15 in
attendance. Then on Tuesday they all went up to Magone Lake and fished
from the boat. The joke was that since they couldn’t have a fire, they
would put the grill in the boat and as they caught a fish, they would just
put it right on the grill. Eliminate the middleman, as it were. They did
manage to catch a twenty-inch trout to take back to Portland. And we made
sure that Mrs. Szmyt did not lose her passport in the lake.
Prairie City
Seniors
A special thanks goes to Ren Kilpatrick for helping assistant cook Joy.
Head cook Marjean was ill, but is recovering. And this was Joy’s last day,
so if you want a small but important job, apply. The particulars are in the
paper. And speaking of paper, we used paper plates and cups to cut down
on the water consumption during this emergency, if you wanted to know.
So on our paper plates was beef and broccoli, egg flower soup, lo mein
(spaghetti and veggies), (are you seeing a pattern here?) rice, fruit cup
(mandarin oranges and pineapple). Dessert was a big square of lemon-
JOHN DAY — This week, I
enjoyed some volunteer
work at the fair in the Right
to Life booth, then ate some
yummy food and other stuff.
(Do elephant ears fall in the
food category or the abuse
category? Yummy though.)
Got to spend a couple of
hours at the Old Time
Fiddlers stage too. I miss family at the fair, but a dear friend is probably as
close as family these days. While sitting at the music venue, over all of the
carnival noise, I heard screams that I recognized and thank goodness her
wrist phone worked. I asked if that was her screaming and she said yes, she
was fine, and I said, “OK!” That is a great little invention.
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
The Lutheran Church group of Bonnie and Francis Kocis, Betty Holznagel,
Jeanette Kile and Bobbie and Buzz Gilmore served us. Bonnie and Francis
first did meal deliveries to John Day and Canyon City while David Gill and
the Step Forward Group took meals to Mt. Vernon. Altogether they
delivered two regular and 32 frozen meals. Betty opened our time by leading
us in the pledge to our flag. Drawing winners were Gene Essex, who won
the Len’s Drug certificate, and Ron Douse, who won the two free meals.
Francis gave our blessing and we enjoyed hot ham and cheese hoagies with
potato salad. We also had fresh watermelon and cantaloupe topped off with
chocolate chip cookies.
MONUMENT — Summer
is quickly moving along
and it sure has been a very
busy summer. I don’t recall
my summers being as busy
as this one. I am really
looking forward to the slow
months of the winter. Yes, I
am anticipating the cold
winter months, where I will
be inside all snug as a bug
in a rug and cozy in my warm home, wrapped up in a fuzzy blanket. Doesn’t
that paint a nice picture in your mind over this crazy and intense heat? That’s
the best part about our God-given imaginations, we can dream.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Let’s see now, we had our usual greeters for our Tuesday lunch. Our greeters
were Jimmy Cole, Linda Blakeslee and Kristi Guimont. Jimmy and Linda
collected and counted the money. Judy Harris led us in the flag salute and
made the announcements. Yours truly prayed the blessing over our meal.
Our cooks Teawna Jewell and Terry Hamilton prepared for us a delicious
meal of lasagna, fresh green salad, garlic bread, fruit and cookies for dessert.
I think it was a hit and we thoroughly enjoyed the meal. Thank you to our
cooks!
The winner of the Len’s Drug gift card went to Marilee Turley of Kimberly.
The lucky winners of the free meal tickets went to Larry Voght and Bokin
Lawrence. We thank all our sponsors for their generous support.
Judy Harris had three free raffle drawings. All who came to lunch received a
Was good to see Betty Elliot. She will be moving soon to be closer to
family. The Tuckers had their daughter and grandsons with them. Lorna
and Geralyn brought Gordon Sindt, Thelma Kite, Carl Lino and Mary
Crawford from the Blue Mountain Care Center.
We had a good time playing pinochle. Del and I won – again. Every time I
make a fantastic play, I remember that I learned that from my dad. Drew
keeps coming up with strange-to-us-rules. We tell him that we are too old
to learn anything new. We only know how to play vintage ‘Pool Hall’
rules.
Joel’s next project in my house is to replace the 40-plus year old floor
covering in the kitchen/dining room. The top is separating from the
bottom. Looks weird…
Hebrews 1:12 “You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will
be changed. But you remain the same, and your years will never end.”
Buzz told us they had been busy moving daughter Levana and her husband
Phillip and their sons, Landon and Blaine, here from Alabama. Levana
will be our new music teacher. Many thanks to Kim, who catered the bike
event last week, for the very generous food donation. We were also
recipients of fresh oranges and lettuce, from Lake Creek Camp. Thanks so
much.
On Thursday, Sept. 16, Merry and Olivia were on the greeter’s desk.
Sherry Feiger led the Methodist Church group of Dolores Belden, Isa
Larkin, Margie Conlee and Louise Nelson to serve at tables, and Jean
Willey did silverware and table set up. Isa led the flag salute, Carol Bright
won the Chester’s Thriftway gift card and Louise Nelson won the two free
meals. Sherry gave an inspirational blessing and then we enjoyed smoked
barbecue brisket, baked beans, savory rice salad and cornbread muffins.
To celebrate National Rum Day, Lisa served “party animal” ice cream.
She is so much fun.
We had special guests Mark and Toni Greer dining with us, visiting from
Weiser, Idaho, here for our Grant County Fair. Toni is president of the Old
Time Fiddler’s Association and was very much a part of the great program
at the fair. We also had District 60 Representative Lynn Findley here for
lunch. Lots of excitement this week.
Save this date, Sept. 22, for Monument’s Buckaroo Festival!
Romans 8:26 NIV “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.
We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself
intercedes for us through wordless groans.”
free raffle ticket. The three winners were Jimmy Cole, Teawna Jewell and
Sylvia Cockrell.
Katee Hoffman from the Veterans Services office in John Day was present
and she is available for any assistance for our vets here in Grant County.
Don’t forget that we are having the Buckaroo and Fall Harvest Festival
next month. You won’t want to miss out on the great dinner of salmon and
elk with all the fixings. There will be live auctions and other activities as
well. Save the date. It is Sept. 22.
Lisa Newburger is running a fundraiser with the assistance of Schwan’s to
help raise money for the Silent Wave Horse Rescue. You can support her
cause by either ordering online or ordering by phone. When you order
Schwan’s foods by Dec. 22, 2018, a percentage of your order will be
contributed towards the fundraising goal. I believe there is a flyer out in
the lobby of the senior center for more info, or you may want to contact
Lisa for help. Lisa thanks everyone for your support.
Lastly, mark your calendars for Oct. 20. There will be a sewing class for
this day and Judy has a special project she wants to share with everyone
and help us make it. The class will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and we share a
potluck at noon. Can’t wait!
We’ve had a crazy influx of grasshoppers, earwigs, yellow jackets and
wasps. Be careful out there, the wasps and yellow jackets are especially
active and have been biting!
Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill
the lust of the flesh.
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