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SENIORS AND HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our hardworking cooks
made chicken lo mein, fried
rice, egg rolls, fruit salad
and cookies for dessert. The
guests especially liked the
egg rolls. We thank Terry
Cade and Teawna Jewell for
their cooking. We appreciate
them very much.
The greeters at the table
were Jimmy Cole, Kristi
Guimont and Ricki Doland.
Jimmy and Ricki collected
and counted the money. Kristi
checked in the guests and
wrote down the announce-
ments. Bodean Andersen led
everyone in the flag salute,
made the announcements and
prayed the blessing over the
meal.
There were 58 guests on
the books and 18 takeouts.
Some of the guests that we
had were the Grant County
school district superinten-
dents and employees. We
hope they enjoyed the lunch.
Jo Sprail and Chip Foulmann
were the winners for the free
lunch tickets. Kristi Guim-
ont was the lucky winner for
the Len’s Drug gift card. We
thank and appreciate all our
sponsors for their generous
support.
There were some door
prizes brought by Jeannie
Strange, and the winners
for those prizes were Doug
Sweek and Pam Callahan.
Heart of Grant County
made a presentation about
the new center and came
for help in financial support.
This has to do with housing.
I was not really present for
the lunch for I was sick, and
I only came for a few min-
utes to drop off and pick up
a few things. All the informa-
tion for the article was gath-
ered up for me by my good
friend Kristi. My whole fam-
ily and I have been sick with
the nasty head cold that was
going around, and we didn’t
want to spread it. I think we
are almost all recovered now,
but yeah, that was not a pleas-
ant sickness.
It’s been really cold in
the mornings! It makes one
not want to go outside to the
chores. With that bite in the
air, one should wear a nice
warm fuzzy hat to keep the
head warm. The cats have
been eating like crazy, proba-
bly to keep warm. The leaves
outside on the trees are start-
ing to fall off. It was just a
week ago that they were start-
ing to change color.
I think I can start to can
some of my jams and can my
beans. My calendar is finally
empty enough to have some
time to get things done. As
soon as I finished typing that
sentence though, I realized
that I still need to separate the
goats. Sigh, maybe I should
get rid of my goats. They are
easy to keep during the sum-
mer months, but they are a
bit of a pain during the win-
ter months. People have been
calling Steve, the old male
goat, the one-horned unicorn.
Ha. I don’t think his other horn
is ever going to grow back. I
guess I will have to take care
of them sometime this week. I
have a feeling that Jill is going
to have babies again right in
the middle of the cold winter,
ugh! Hopefully she won’t be
having quadruplets again.
Mark 3:27 “No man can
enter into a strongman’s
house, and spoil his goods,
except he will first bind the
strongman; and then he will
spoil his house.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Del Lake was the leader of
the flag salute, and Jack Reth-
erford asked the blessing. Car-
los and Luann took care of the
home deliveries. Being as how
this month had five Wednes-
days, and we only have enough
gift certificates for four, the odd-
ball week gets a different prize:
a free meal. Juan Rubio was the
winner of that. Now next month
we will only have three meals,
so on the third Wednesday we
will also draw the November
birthday award. Same thing will
happen in December, too. And
those third week meals will be
holiday-type meals, too. So that
means bring your favorite pie
or other dessert to share so the
cooks won’t have to worry about
that. Hmmm. That means you
could have two because we will
be doing the birthday cake also.
Hmmm. Ginger reminded us to
browse through the Senior Sales
Corner as new items have been
added. Also a reminder that you
should have received your new
energy assistance applications
by now, and if you haven’t, call
Veanne.
Tom’s word: The secret to
contentment is to settle for half a
measure before the cup runs over
and makes a mess. So the first
table to go through the serving
line had a half-cup measuring
cup on it near the centerpiece.
Amber, Tom and Andy fixed
us Swedish meatballs, noodles,
green salad, bread and brown-
ies for dessert. Mmm, good. I
am curious why Swedish meat-
balls are different than any other
nationalities. Matt thought that
there were interesting spices
inside. And if you read the out-
side reader board or heard the
OUT OF THE PAST
announcement on KJDY, you
knew there were a couple of
changes in the menu. We give
our cook permission to do that. I
liked the changes. Ahem.
Lorna and Krystin brought
Marilyn Randall, Bessie Zem-
mer, Gordon Sindt and Mary
Crawford from the Blue Moun-
tain Care Center. When we had
our church service on Sunday at
the care center, I discovered two
old friends that are now residents
there. Hope they can come to
dinner sometime, too.
We welcomed a new pinochle
player. He only gets to play an
hour before joining the tai chi
group, but he got to play and
that was the point. He asked if
we had any special rules of play.
Nope. We play by our fathers’
“pool hall” rules. I remember
once that dad got in a big argu-
ment with some family mem-
bers during a pinochle game that
had some off-the-wall rules. So
it’s always best to ask. We did
something that we have never
done before: drove to Ontario in
two hours. It’s a good thing that
the state raised the speed limit on
Highway 26, though. We didn’t
plan it that way; it just turned out
that way. So now we know that
it is possible. One out-of-state
semi even pulled over to let us
get by. Thank you, Lord.
Derrol made a trip to our
local ER and discovered that he
has joined a select group of indi-
viduals who have kidney stones.
So we found out that there are
four different kinds of stones:
calcium oxalate, calcium phos-
phate, uric acid and cysteine. So
the first problem is to determine
what kind you have. Just what
we need, another challenge.
Keeps your brain engaged,
right? In the meantime, drink
lots of water.
Rev. 21:6 “To him who is
thirsty, I will give to drink with-
out cost from the spring of the
water of life.”
75 years ago
Large attendance at
teachers’ conference
The 1944 Eastern Ore-
gon Regional Conference
of the Oregon State Teach-
ers’ association, held at La
Grande October 19 and 20,
was most successful and
was enjoyed by some 900
teachers from seven coun-
ties, namely: Grant, Uma-
tilla, Malheur, Morrow,
Wallowa, Union and Baker.
The theme of the confer-
ence was “Teachers for Our
Times.” A great deal of time
and discussion was devoted
to post-war education.
Miss Lois Payne, Mrs.
Sylvia Benson, both teach-
ers of Grant Union High
School, and Mrs. Estella
Boyer, county school
superintendent, enjoyed
their return trip from the La
Grande conference by way
of the Eastern Oregon Air-
line, which is owned and
operated at La Grande by
Keith Province and Mer-
lin Johnson. Merlin was
the pilot on this trip and
the time from La Grande
to John Day was 45 min-
utes. All three passengers
reported they much pre-
ferred travel by air. It was
a thrill to view the north
and south forks of the John
Day River, Olive Lake, the
broad expanse of timber
and the numerous valley
and towns, they stated.
50 years ago
Deardorff Ranch Fete
draws 250 friends, kin
“We’ve been married 43
years and this has been our
happiest day,” said Mae
Deardorff as tributes to the
couple drew to a close here
Sunday.
Almost 250 friends,
neighbors, relatives and
admirers gathered at the
Prairie City High School
gymnasium to salute Mae
and her husband, Byars
Deardorff, on the occasion
of their ranch becoming an
Oregon Century Ranch.
Byars Deardorff has
lived on the ranch his father
bought in 1869 for all of
his 78 years. The program
master of ceremonies,
Wayne Leathers of Monu-
ment, introduced the hon-
orees and special guests,
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Oli-
ver and Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Williams, longtime Grant
County residents.
Also introduced were
George Benson, presi-
dent of the Grant County
Chamber of Commerce;
William K. Farrell, county
extension agent and repre-
sentative of Grant County
Stockgrowers; and Gor-
don
Glass,
Planning
Commission.
Main speaker for the
day was John Scharff of
the Malheur Wildlife Ref-
uge, Burns, who related
the history of the Deardorff
ranch during its first 100
years.
Mrs. Eula Morris and
Mrs. Betty Stanbro of the
Prairie City Women’s Club
were in charge of the many
details involved in the cele-
bration. Ladies of the Grant
County National Farm-
er’s Organization served
the luncheon following the
program.
Gifford McIntosh and
Norma Raymond of Prairie
City provided the old-time
music for the occasion.
Flowers were provided
by the Women’s Club,
Grant County Chamber of
Commerce and the Prai-
rie City Branch of the First
National Bank of Oregon.
Church Services in Grant County
Historic Remnant
Church
TV & Radio Networks
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Valley View Broadcasting
PO Box 151, Mt Vernon, Or 97865
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Preparing for
Jesus to come
Meets Saturday at Mt. Vernon Grange
Sabbath School............................9:30 am
Church Services..........................11:00 am
FIRST
BAPTIST
CHURCH
St. Thomas
Episcopal
Church
Morning Prayer........10 am
(1 st , 3 rd , 5 th Sundays)
Eucharist & Sunday
School.............10 am
(2 nd & 4 th Sundays)
Sunday School....................... 10 am
Church....................................11 am
Afternoon Service.................... 2 pm
No Mid-week Services
Pastor Jesse Gosnell
2
Every Sunday in the L.C.
Community Center
(Corner of Second & Allen)
Contact Pastor Ed Studtmann at
541-421-3888 • Begins at 4:00pm
300 W. Main, John Day
Redeemer
139 S. Washington,
Canyon City
Lutheran Church
Come Worship with us at
627 SE Hillcrest, John Day
1 st Sunday Worship/Communion.......10am
Cornerstone
Christian
Fellowship
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
139 N.E. D AYTON S TREET , J OHN D AY
Corner of S Canyon Blvd and SW 2 nd
Wednesdays at 6:30pm
Mon. - Fri. Mass - 12:05 pm
Saturday Mass - 5:00 pm
Sunday Mass - 9:00 am
Holy Days Mass: Noon & 6 pm
Use Main Entry Front Doors
Confession: Saturday 4:00-4:45 pm
Anytime by appointment
541-974-8638
St. Anne
Seventh-Day
Adventist
Church
SATURDAY SERVICES
JOHN DAY
110 Valley View Dr.
541-575-1216
Head Elder......................541-575-2914
Bible Classes (all ages)............9:30 am
Worship.......................................11 am
LONG CREEK
E. Main Street
541-421-3033
Head Elder............................421-3468
Bible Classes (all ages)...............2 pm
Worship........................................3 pm
3 rd Sunday Worship/Communion/Potluck...4:30pm
2 nd , 4 th & 5 th Sunday Worship ..........10 am
Wednesday Evening Bible Study.......6 pm
For information: 541-575-2348
Catholic Church
541-575-2180
Sunday Worship Service 10 am
Sunday Youth Group 3 pm
Thursday Celebrate Recovery 6 pm
Pastor Levi Manitsas
cornerstonejohnday@gmail.com
ccfjd.org
541-575-1355
Monument -
2nd and 4th Sundays at 12:30 pm
Office Hours
Church of Acts
- Spirit Filled Sabbath Church -
Sabbath School 10 a.m.
Worship Service 11 a.m.
Fellowship dinner after
Wed. Bible Study 2:30 p.m.
Home church at 421 N
McHaley & 2nd, Prairie
City, OR 97869
Brother Kelly, 541-620-4684
KJV
Independent
Fundamental • Premillennial
JOHN DAY
UNITED
METHODIST
CHURCH
Terence K. Crabb, Pastor
A Bible-believing Church
“He that hath the Son hath life ...” I John 5:12
Sunday Worship • 9AM
Sunday School 9:45 am • Sunday Preaching 11:00 am
Junior Church 11:00 am • Sunday Evenings 3:30 pm
Wednesday Bible Study & Master Club 7:00 pm
Saturday Men’ s Prayer Meeting 7:00 pm
108 S. Washington Street, Canyon City
541-575-2688 or 541-575-0844
johndayUMC@gmail.com
(541) 575-1326
126 NW Canton, John Day
Food Pantry Friday 3-4p.m.
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Mennonite
Church
Meeting every Sunday
at Mt. Vernon Grange Hall
Sunday School.......................9:30 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship...10:50 a.m.
Pastor Leland Smucker
Everyone Welcome • 541-932-2861
MT. VERNON
PRESBYTERIAN
Community Church
SUNDAY SERVICE..............9 am
SUNDAY SCHOOL...............9 am
541-932-4800
EVERYONE WELCOME
Monday - Friday 9 am - 12 Noon
VICTORY BAPTIST
CHURCH
John Day Valley
CHURCH OF THE
NAZARENE
Sunday School..............................9:30 am
Sunday Worship Service..............10:45 am
Sunday Evening Service................6:00 pm
Children & Teen Activities
SMALL GROUPS CALL FOR MORE INFO
Weekdays: Sonshine Christian School
Pastor Randy Johnson
521 E. Main • John Day • 541-575-1895
wwww.johndaynazarene.com
FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
Sunday School.......................9:45 am
Sunday Worship.......................11 am
Fox Community Church..............3 pm
Sunday Evening Bible talk..........6 pm
Saturday Men’s Study................6 pm
Full Gospel- Come Grow With Us
541-575-1202 Church
311 NE Dayton St, John Day
Pastor Al Altnow