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SENIORS & HISTORY MyEagleNews.com OUT OF THE PAST Wednesday, April 8, 2020 GRANT COUNTY SENIORS 75 years ago right thing to keep everyone safe. May God bless each and every one of us. John Day Seniors President Roosevelt dies suddenly; Truman takes oath President Franklin D. Roosevelt died suddenly Thursday at 3:45 p.m. at Warm Springs, Georgia, following a three weeks’ illness. The report of the President’s death was first heard here at 3 p.m. when a radio flash was given. Shortly after his death the vice-president, Harry S. Truman, was sworn in as President of the United States. Presi- dent Roosevelt’s funeral will be held at Hyde Park Sunday afternoon. Elsie Huskey 10 years ago Wolves at the door in Wallowa County It was 3:30 a.m. Friday, March 26, when Karl Patton, a Joseph cattle rancher, knew the wolves were among his newborn calves. Outside the window he kept open as he slept, he heard his three border collies “creating a commotion” and then heard their change from aggressive to “getting-away barking.” “I knew at the time it was probably wolves,” he said. “I jumped in my cover- alls and grabbed my cell phone and pistol and ran out. I could hear the cows calling for their calves in the pasture right next to the house. Oregon Department of Fish and Game (ODFW) District Biologist Vic Coggins had warned Patton’s neighbor, Rod Childers, on March 18 that radio telemetry showed the wolf pack was in the area – four miles east of Joseph on the south end of Zumwalt Prai- rie. Then, on March 19, some squirrel hunt- ers saw six wolves in the open, in the middle of the day, just up the canyon from Patton’s house. Now, Patton ran through the dark, across the skiff of new-fallen snow, with only his “youngest and dumbest” dog willing to go with him. He was headed toward the sound of his 60 head of distressed mother cows. He’d gone about 100 yards from the house when he saw the wolves. “The wolves came and they were coming hard,” he said. “Four or more and they were circling us. I just yelled and went to shooting my pistol to scare them off and they turned and ran. My adrenaline was pumping. I don’t know if I was scared – I know I wanted the wolves gone. All my cows and calves were in the far corner of the field, bunched tighter than tight, like musk ox do when they face a predator. I was sure we’d find a dead calf.” A9 EO Media Group file photo Karl Patton has a radio that will emit a pulse noise when radio-collared wolves are within line of sight and a ‘RAG Box’ (on the fence post), which will emit a piercing noise and activate a strobe light when radio-collared wolves are near. Patton dialed 911 and neighboring rancher Rod Childers. “I wanted confirmation,” he said. “I wanted all the official confirmation I could get. I was worried that if I waited and the snow melted so we couldn’t see the tracks, ODFW would come out and say we couldn’t prove it was wolves.” By morning, Wallowa County Sheriff Fred Steen, U.S. Department of Agriculture wolf hunter Marlin Riggs and Childers, also wolf committee chairman for the Oregon Cattleman’s Association and vice chairman of the Wallowa County Natural Resources Advisory Committee, had all seen and doc- umented the wolf tracks. Soon thereafter, ODFW Wolf Program Coordinator Russ Morgan arrived. There were plenty of wolf tracks. Some measured six-and-a-half inches long. Riggs and Steen also discovered that the wolves had dug up a dead cow Patton had buried about a half a mile east of the ranch. Patton has since moved his burial pit, is digging it deeper and is now armed with tools that will let him know when the col- lared wolves come again. Prairie City Seniors Here we are into another week dealing with the national disaster that is affecting every single one of us. Even though we cannot congregate as we usually do, it is imperative we keep a positive attitude and a sense of well being. If even one of us do not follow the safety guidelines set out by our gov- ernors it is affecting all the rest of us. I for one am remaining self-quarantined. There are several ways we can remain in communication with one another. Most of you, maybe all of you, know of these. Our senior center is con- tinuing to deliver meals to people in our community that cannot get out to get food for themselves. What a wonderful deed we are doing. We will be greatly rewarded by our heav- enly father as well as greatly thanked by us who appreciate this service as well as the recip- ients of the receivers. Today we saw a different bird in our feeder. It was mostly yellow. God is so good to us to even provide such a small thing in our lives to bring us pleasure. As of this time I have not received information from our senior center telling me any particulars about this past week. For some reason I have not received call-backs for any of the calls I have made. The only thing I do know for sure is that we must trust in God who is our highest power to con- trol the events of these days so we may all be able to remain healthy and safe. If we love one another, as John 13 tells us, we will do the Rose Coombs Sure is hard to get into the mood of gardening when it keeps snowing! But plans have to be made, right? Of course we all made plans for spring activities, and they went up in smoke. By the time this is all over, there are going to be a lot of people running around with long, gray hair. I hadn’t thought about the gray until some ladies brought it up. I thought every- one used Miss Clairol. And wasn’t that nice that in the midst of all the bad news, a Grant County man won the lottery! Nice guys do get rewarded. There weren’t any April Fool’s jokes this year, either. Just wasn’t appropriate this time. Hope our little corner of the globe is spared from the worldwide disaster. We partook of our regularly scheduled senior meal of spin- ach-stuffed pork loin, mac and cheese, broccoli Normandy, green salad, pineapple and can- taloupe fruit cup, roll and apple spice cake. The meals were all boxed up and ready to go at 11:30 a.m. So you can plan accordingly and pick yours up before noon and take it home to consume. I so look forward to Wednesday, ‘cause I don’t have to think about cooking a meal! It’s so nice to have it pre- pared for me and mine. Look- ing forward to the day when we can return to our normal routine of visiting, pinochle, tai chi, perusing the library, etc. In the meantime, bon appetite. Finally got the shelves put together and placed in the util- ity room. Now the stickler is the access hole in the floor. Isn’t that the way it is? You fix one thing, and it brings something else into your field of vision to be tended to. Oh, well. Keeps me from being bored. So to counteract that, I started reading a biography of John Adams, the second pres- ident of the USA. Before that all happened, there was a war and people were experiencing shortages of certain items, also. Some that his wife mentioned were sugar, coffee, pepper, shoes and ordinary pins. “The cry for pins is so great that what we used to buy for seven shil- lings and six pence are now 20 shillings and not to be had for that.” So, were these pins like our straight pins used for sew- ing? She explained that a bun- dle of pins contained 6,000 and she could sell them for hard cash or use them for barter. ‘Tis a mystery. They melted pewter spoons for bullets in her fire- place. Do we want to know what they used for T.P.? Also got a new Bible: The Complete Jewish Study Bible. Purports to have “Insights for Jews and Christians” and “Illuminates the Jewishness of God’s Word.” This should be very interesting! Then when my eyes get tired from reading, I go to the Millennium Time Tapestry Puzzle. It is a 20.5-inch circu- lar puzzle and tells the story of 1,000 years in archival art. OK. Includes a comprehensive his- torical reference guide. Covers everything from the Vikings to space travel. If I learn all that is on it, I can go on “Jeopardy!” II Peter 3:8 “But do not for- get this one thing, dear friends: with the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.” P rairie B aptist C hurch 238 N. McHaley St., Prairie City 541-820-3696 www.prairie-baptist-church.com Pastor David Hoeffner Pastor Keith Sunday School (all ages) .......9:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship .10:30 a.m. Awana (Oct.-Apr.) ................3:00 p.m. Youth Group .........................5:30 p.m. John Day Valley 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 JOHN DAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Sunday Worship • 9AM (541) 575-1326 johndayUMC@gmail.com 126 NW Canton, John Day Food Pantry Friday 3-4PM Like us on Facebook! St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church Corner of S Canyon Blvd and SW 2 nd Mon. - Fri. Mass - 12:05 pm Saturday Mass - 5:00 pm Sunday Mass - 9:00 am Holy Days Mass: Noon & 6 pm Confession: Saturday 4:00-4:45 pm Anytime by appointment 541-974-8638 St. Anne Redeemer Lutheran Church Come Worship with us at 24/7 Inspirational Christian Broadcasting Tune into KSPL 98.1 FM For more information, call 541 620-0340 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 627 SE Hillcrest, John Day 1 st Sunday Worship/Communion ..................10am 3 rd Sunday Worship/Communion/Potluck ...4:30pm 2 nd , 4 th & 5 th Sunday Worship .........................10am Wednesday Evening Bible Study .....................6pm For information: 541-575-2348 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 Weekdays: Sonshine Christian School Full Gospel- Come Grow With Us Pastor Randy Johnson 521 E. Main • John Day • 541-575-1895 www.johndaynazarene.com 541-575-1202 Church 311 NE Dayton St, John Day Pastor Al Altnow MT. VERNON PRESBYTERIAN Monument - 2nd & 4th Sundays at 12:30 pm SUNDAY SERVICE..............9 am 541-932-4800 EVERYONE WELCOME Cornerstone Christian Fellowship 139 N.E. D AYTON S TREET , J OHN D AY 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 Join us on Facebook live Sunday 10am Like us on Facebook! 2 Corinthians 5:17 Every Sunday in the L.C. Community Center (Corner of Second & Allen) Contact Paster Ed Studtmann at 541-421-3888 • Begins at 4:00pm FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday School ...................... 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship .. 10:50 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship .. 10:50 a.m. No Mid-week Services Pastor Jesse Grosnell 300 W. Main, John Day 541-575-1355 Office Hours Monday - Friday 9 am - 12 Noon Community Church SUNDAY SERVICE ...........9 am St. Thomas Episocopal Church Hwy 26 Mt. Vernon Seventh-Day Adventist Church SATURDAY SERVICES Celebration of Worship 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 Jr./Sr. High Youth Connection Sundays 5:30pm Youth: 0-6th Grade Midweek Service Thursdays 6:30pm Youth: 0-6th Grade Contact the office for current schedule Overcomer’s Outreach Fridays 6:30pm House on the Lawn A Christ-Centered, 12-Step Recovery Support Group Pastor Sharon Miller 541-932-4910 www.livingwordcc.com S181034-1
