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NEWS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
WHAT’S
HAPPENING
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.
Wednesday, Jan. 22
Grant School District long-range planning meeting
• 6 p.m., Grant Union High School library
Everyone is welcome to provide input.
Saturday, Jan. 25Grant County Snowballers Family
Fun Day and Skills Training Day
• 9 a.m., Summit Prairie, County Road 62 and Forest
Road 16
All snowmobiles are welcome. Dress for the event. The
snowmobile club will hold its meeting at 6 p.m. Monday,
Feb. 3, at the John Day Fire Hall.
Monday, Jan. 27
John Day Valley Bass Club meeting
• 7 p.m., The Outpost restaurant, John Day
The club meeting is held that last Monday of each month.
Eagle fi le photo
Saturday, Feb. 1
Thursday, Jan. 30
Grant School District Student Investment Account
meeting
• 6 p.m., Grant Union High School library
Everyone is welcome to provide input.
Blue Mountain Mule Deer Association dinner
• 4:30 p.m., Grant County Fairgrounds
The event begins at 4:30 p.m., and dinner is at 6 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 15
Sweetheart shoot
• 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Kimberly Rock Products pit
A fundraiser for the Grant County Sheriff’s Offi ce Search
and Rescue, the shoot will also feature a raffl e, baked goods
and concessions. Lunch will be available. For more informa-
tion, call 541-934-2143.
O utlook
SENI
R
The Christmas
decorations
have been
Prairie City
replaced by snowflakes
Seniors
all over the Hall. We
were instructed to
count the snowflakes
Rose Coombs
and the table that had
the correct number was
served first. Uh huh. And it turned out that Ron Philips was a good
counter ‘cause his table won the privilege. (There were 27- on the
walls, stage, Entry, Piano… and ceiling! Tom had fun with that one!)
Then I found a book in the library that was titled Favorite Poems or
something like that. So we were able to find a poem about --- What
else? ---SNOW! Speaking of which, I want to publicly thank the
City of Prairie City for plowing off our parking areas. It is fervently
appreciated!
So back to business: Ron Philips led the flag salute and Jack
Retherford asked the blessing. The gift certificate donated by Chuck’s
little diner went to Ben Richardson. Ginger announced that the
Census people are still looking for a lot more people. They would
like to have a pool of ninety to pick from. It is good money- $16.00
per hour, plus 58 cents a mile. Dave Rose joined us to answer more
questions about the job.
Ginger also announced that a memorial service for Drew Harmer
will be held on Feb. 8, at 3 P.M.,at the Mt. Vernon Grange.
Today’s entrée was furnished in memory of Blaine Kendall. We
were served at our tables, too, because the dishes would have been
too heavy and awkward for us to carry. And we were served vegetable
beef soup, french bread, fruit cup, and a brownie. Just what was
needed on this chilly day! Good Job ladies. Lorna and Krystin
brought Marilyn Randall and Rita Williams from the Blue Mountain
Care Center.
One of the sayings that Tom found was this: If you are going
around in circles, maybe its because you cut to many corners, Tee
Hee. Which is easy to do on our slick roads right now. Huh? The
snow certainly helped the basins summer water outlook. Went from
50% to 90% in two weeks! Bet the garden catalogs will be arriving
soon…..
Derrol’s therapy is coming along nicely. He was able to resume his
check-signing duty. And drive all the way to Baker City and back.
Think he’ll make it by lawn mowing season…. Doesn’t have to worry
about shoveling snow either, ‘cause that’s a big no-no at this point.
So far I have managed to sweep and use the snow scooper with no
problem. I am super glad that we don’t have to go back to bend until
the end of February for his check-ups!
Ps. 147:8,16-18 He covers the sky with clouds; He supplies the earth
with rain… He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like
ashes. He hurls down His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy
Blast? He sends His word and melts them; He stirs up His breezes, and
waters flow.
Darlene and Greg
were at the desk on
Monday the 13th to
check everyone in
and share a smile and
a chuckle. Darlene
did the announcing
and Bobbie Gilmore
led the flag salute.
Members of the Lutheran Church and Stepping Up members delivered
34 fresh and 24 frozen meals to our local area and as far as Long creek. A
special thanks to all of you. You are greatly appreciated by those who got
the meals as well as all of us who appreciate helping others.
A sad piece of news was that Judy Bennetts husband passed away
last week. Condolences to Judy and prayers and wishes for your
future life.
Saturday Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. will be the time for the memorial service
for Drew Harmer. The place will be Mt. Vernon Grange and the
Mennonite church will be the officiates
The previously scheduled potluck for Veanne Weddle has been
canceled.
The winners of the daily drawings were Jeanette Kyle (Lens) and
Jean Willey (free meal).
Buzz Gilmore asked the blessing for our meal and then he and
Bobbie and Jeanette Kyle of the Lutheran church served the meal
to 28 attendees which was shrimp noodles in a delicious sauce, hot
broccoli, cauliflower, peas and celery veggie mixture, green salad with
dressing, rolls with butter, assorted beverages, and frosted brownies.
Yum yum. Thanks servers for good friendly service.
Thanks everyone entering the building lately for your patience
during the remodeling.
Thursday the 16th we found Darlene and Greg at the desk to
check every lunch attender in and shared chuckles and smiles and
chat if time. Darlene did the announcing and Margie Conley led
the flag salute.
45 fresh and 20 frozen meals were delivered by Chap and Jeanie
Day of Step Forward. The other couple scheduled to help were ill
so thanks Chap and Jeanie for all your hard work and time to help
others. You are greatly appreciated by all of us.
The winners of our drawings today were Elsie Huskey, Deeda Porter
and Peggy Mulner. Congratulations to all three of you.
We were reminded of the service for Drew Harmer and the one for
Veronica Flannery on Saturday at the Elks Lodge.
Before Sherry Feiger asked the blessing for our meal she told us
about the creeping crud that is going around and some are getting
really ill with it. Be cautious to stay warm, drink plenty of fluids and
eat healthy. No one wants this crud and no one wants to see their
friends or families have it. Be safe everyone.
After Sherry asked the blessing, she and other members of the
Lutheran Church served a great meal, to 48 lunch attendees of
spaghetti, green beans with mushrooms, green salad with dressing
and cherry pie. Thanks Shay and crew for a great meal.
The entree was sponsored in memory of Curtis Perreira and a table
of eight lunch-goers were present in his honor.
A thought to leave you with: The scriptures tell us that it is more
blessed to give than to receive.
We got snow on the
ground over here. It
Monument
sure looks pretty, like
Seniors
diamonds glistening
in the sunshine. Praise
the Lord for all this
Soo Yukawa
moisture! We just have
to drive slower and be
careful going around the curves and take it easy.
Our great cooks Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell made roast pork,
scalloped potatoes, carrots, dinner rolls, and chocolate cake for
dessert. The roast pork sure looked juicy! We are most grateful for
our cooks and how they feed us so well.
Our greeters at the front were Kristi Guimont, Ricki Doland, and
Mia Yukawa (she is in training to help out while Jimmy Cole is on
break). Kristi and Ricki, collected and counted the money. They
wrote down the announcements. Bodean Andersen led the flag
salute, made the announcement, and prayed the blessing over the
meal.
There were 54 guests on the books and fourteen takeouts. We even
had Katee Hoffman , her volunteer (sorry I can’t recall his name)
and her dog Finn joined us from John Day. She made the trek out
through the snowy weather. We also had Dick and Pam Wanous
from Spray join us for lunch too.
There was a door prize raffle for a set of BBQ tools and the winner
of that was Maralee Turley of Kimberly. The winner of the free meal
tickets were Ricki Doland and Bruce Strange. Olivia Hoodenpyl
was the lucky winner of the Len’s Drug gift card. We thank all our
sponsors for their generous support.
We are sad to inform all that “Augie” AKA Steve Devine of
Monument passed away. We send our condolences to his family and
pray for the Lord to comfort them during this time of loss. I don’t
have any other information at this time.
The food bank has new hours, please make a note of it. The time
that the food bank will be open is from 11am- 1pm.
Shawna Clark will be coming to see patients on Wednesday, Jan.
29. If you would like to see her, please call to make an appointment.
She will be seeing patients at the Monument senior center.
Let’s keep lifting up our prayers for Jimmy Cole and Aaron Harris.
Our God is faithful and the Lord delights in the prayers of His
children. Let us pray with faith and belief that God still hears and
answers our prayers, hallelujah!
We got quite a bit of snow on one of the days that I was out. I had
my minivan and coming up my mountain road was a little nerve
wracking. There was a good 4 to 5 inches of fresh snow on the road.
There is one stretch of the road where it is climbing I think at like 45
degrees. I barely made it up to the peak. I was praying really hard.
Praise God that someone had gone through the road before me and
I was able to follow their tracks. I don’t think I would have made it
otherwise and of course the Lord’s help. Thank You Jesus.
Psalm 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in
the LORD.
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
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541-575-0363
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• Janessa Sickler, DO • Emily Lieuallen, DO
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