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Seniors/History
Blue Mountain Eagle
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
Saturday was my day
“off,” and I spent it in Baker
City with some of my family
at Zeke’s wrestling match. If
you love sitting in the bleach-
ers for hours, waiting for sev-
eral 1.5 minute matches where
you practice holding your
breath the whole while, there
are more coming. One spe-
cial little boy took a ride on a
stretcher, but he is fine.
Thanks to God. These kids
work so hard for their coach-
es, family and team. Heather
was my driver and was due
at the fundraiser for Mikayla
Meyerholz. I had placed a bid
on a silent auction item, but I
talked too much and missed
checking on it. As I ran, em-
cee/auctioneer Levi Manitsas
notified me (via loud speaker)
I was too late. But I won the
bid anyway. Great food, great
auction and great community
support.
Monday, Oct. 29, we were
served by the ladies from
the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, Rachel
Carpenter, Darlene Nodine,
Susan Sintay and Kaylee and
Lanie Cherry; we had 22 din-
ers. Kaylee led us in the flag
salute, Carl Swank won the
Len’s Drug gift card, I won
the free meal and Rachel gave
our blessing. We had spinach
feta quiche, hash browns and
peaches followed by blueber-
ry oatmeal bake for breakfast.
This is National Oatmeal
Day. We served 22 diners and
our deliveries were made by
Rachel Carpenter, who did the
whole John Day and Canyon
City route by herself, and our
Step Forward crew who deliv-
ered to Mt. Vernon. Altogeth-
er, they delivered 31 regular
meals and 44 frozen meals;
many thanks to our faithful
volunteers. Hi, Terry Bowden.
On Monday, Nov. 1, Joan
and Joel Tayles made meal
deliveries to John Day and
Canyon City while David and
Rodney from Step Forward
took the Mt. Vernon route.
Altogether, they delivered
35 meals. Our friends, James
and Ethan, are faithful every
Monday and Thursday to wrap
silverware and set up tables;
thank you, great job. Lisa was
not there, so Linda Stoltz and
Jeanette Julsrud helped Shay
in the kitchen.
The Church of the Naza-
rene did our table service; vol-
unteers included the Tayles,
Dale and Corinne, Trace An-
drew and grandsons (Aiden
and Elliott), Everett King and
Debbie Bloom. Dale led the
flag salute, Billie won the Val-
ley View meal, Chris Labhart
won the two free meals and
Dale gave the blessing on our
meal. Billie Bullard sponsored
our meal today to celebrate her
97th birthday. Nice cake, Bil-
lie. We love you. We dined on
Salisbury steak with mashed
potatoes and gravy, fresh
green salad, veggies and rolls.
Visitors, Zeke and Zoey Rook-
stool, my great-grandchildren,
who will also play bingo, Bill
Choate’s granddaughter, Mel-
anie Howard from Newberg,
Christina Humphries and
Amber Wright, Alex Dabalos
and Marcy Paquel, who will
also stay for bingo. What a
great group.
We served 61 guests today.
Our tai chi group was looking
good today. I think Crish can
see her efforts paying off. Don’t
forget the veterans memorial at
11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at the
Seventh Street Complex.
Ecclesiastes 11:5 “As
you do not know the path of
the wind, or how the body is
formed in a mother’s womb,
so you cannot understand the
work of God, the Maker of all
things.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Our Halloween dinner con-
sisted of a Reuben casserole,
acini di Pepe and fruit cup (also
known as frog-eye salad), green
salad and yellow cake with ap-
propriate to the day decorations.
Some thought that the acini
de Pepe was cottage cheese but
it is actually a teeny pasta ball
about en eighth of an inch in
diameter. That’s another thing
in the food department that I’ve
never seen. My, my, the things
you learn. It’s never too late.
Matt Goodwin led the flag
salute, and Jack Retherford
asked the blessing. Since it
was the last Wednesday of the
month, we had our October
birthday recognition. Carla
Wright was the winner of the
$10 gift certificate donated by
Huffman’s Select Markets.
Ken, Carlos and Larry took
care of the home deliveries. We
need someone to take Ken’s
place since he has to step down
from this important position. If
you would like to help, please
let Ginger know. We also need
a third person in the kitchen to
assist with all the preparation.
If you like to be around good
cooks, this is the place for you.
Announcement: There will
be no dinner on Nov. 21. If you
have nowhere else to go, there
will be a dinner at the Teen Cen-
ter at 1 p.m. Nov. 22. We will
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
O UT OF THE P AST
have our Thanksgiving dinner
on Nov. 14, and you are asked
to bring a pie to share. That way
the cooks can devote their time
to getting the rest of the meal
ready and not have to worry
about dessert. Good trade off,
don’t you think?
Ginger also announced that
the PTA is having a bingo night
on Nov. 8 at the cafeteria. Food
will be available at 5 p.m., and
bingo will start at 6 p.m.
I was musing about all the
new things that we have been
able to put in and do and cor-
rect in the ol’ hall in the last
few years. To wit: handicapped
ramp, new exit doors for it, new
front door, refurbished swing-
ing doors, dedicated room for
the book exchange, cozy office,
carpet in these last two, new
LED light fixtures in restrooms,
access hall, kitchen and pan-
try, new ovens and grill, new
refrigerator, new dishwasher,
new larger stage area and signs.
Whew. If you haven’t seen any
of these improvements, you
need to come to dinner.
The menu for Nov. 7 is baked
chicken and mac and cheese. It
should be a great day. The elec-
tions will be over and darn silly
time will have been concluded
for this year. Double whew.
I am really pleased and
proud of the children who are
in my YAP guitar classes. They
are working hard to be able to
play for you at their concert
on Dec. 7 at the United Meth-
odist Church in John Day. The
“ding-a-lings” will also be pre-
senting two numbers. I’m proud
of them, too. Then there is the
orchestra and three choirs. Be
sure to mark your calendar for
this salute to the music of World
War I and Christmas.
Psalm 95:2 “Let us come
before Him with thanksgiving
and extol Him with music and
song.”
75 years ago
Outstanding
records
made by lumber firms’ em-
ployees in bond drive
Exceptional bond pur-
chase records were made by
both the Edward Hines Lum-
ber company employees and
the Oregon Lumber company
employees, in the Septem-
ber Third War Loan drive,
according to information re-
ceived in a letter to the editor
from Forrest E. Cooper, Dep-
uty Administrator of the Ore-
gon War Finance Committee.
The Hines employees’
quota was 20 per cent of Sep-
tember payroll, or $35,000.
Purchases: $54,237.50 (issue
price E Bonds). Per cent of
September payroll invested
in E Bonds at the company’s
office by the employees: 33
per cent.
contained within a report filed
in Circuit Court last Friday,
Nov. 5, following an inspec-
tion of the county jail by all
members of the Grand Jury
on Oct. 28.
The annual inspection, re-
quired by state law, included
interviews with corrections
staff and inmates as well as a
look at the facilities.
Like similar reports filed
on the jail, the report found
the existing facilities “inade-
quate, outdated and failed to
meet state standards of 1993.”
Among the problems
noted were sanitation, venti-
lation, noise and safety. The
report concluded with the
observation, “Although the
physical plant is inadequate
and substandard, the jail is
efficiently operated by well
trained and caring staff within
the limitations of the facility.”
50 years ago
New San Juan Wigwam
Burner Now Operating
Following construction
and testing activities extend-
ing throughout much of the
summer and fall, San Juan
Lumber Company’s new
wigwam burner became oper-
ational Monday.
The 40-by-50-foot wig-
wam will burn up to 90 tons
of sawmill waste daily, ac-
cording to Emmitt North,
manager of the John Day
mill. Early operation of the
new facility indicates it will
do a more than adequate job,
North added.
25 years ago
Grant jury issues in-
dictment of the county jail
facility
The Grant County Grand
Jury has filed a report recom-
mending the construction of a
new jail facility.
The recommendation was
10 years ago
Play full of thrills, chills,
laughs
There was hardly a seat
available Oct. 30 during the
second night of the Grant
Union High School play,
“Teenage Night of Living
Horror.”
Nolan Humbird and For-
rest Hughes set the tone with
spooky sounding electric
guitar music to get things
started. Kieron Callahan,
Connor Smith, Shaylee Joslin
and Briana Murphy played
main parts as teens planning
a “Ghoul Night” at an aban-
doned farmhouse for their
senior class party. Three
tough kids who hide out at
the old place they call home
were played by Gabe McK-
ern, Missy Hale and Karina
Hoffman. Kaitlynn Webb and
Morgan Cleaver were cast as
vivacious students set on ru-
ining the party.
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