SENIORS & HISTORY
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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.”
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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
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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
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live Sunday 10am
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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
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