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SENIORS/HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Here we are in May.
Hope the mamas out there
had a good Mother’s Day
celebration with their fami-
lies. My two little ones have
been “writing and printing”
their own little newspaper.
They made a copy and sent
that to one of their grand-
mas. It’s good to let their
little creative juices flow
and write. That is how they
sometimes keep busy.
Terry Cade and Car-
rie Jewell made 60 takeout
lunches for the first Tues-
day of the month of May.
They made us some yummy
pulled pork sandwiches,
coleslaw, french fries and
cookies for dessert. I did
not put the cookie straight
on my toaster oven rack
this time. I instead opted to
put the cookie on a small
tray and toasted it. Unfortu-
nately, this time I burned the
cookie, so I couldn’t eat my
cookie again.
Kristi Guimont and Jan
Ensign did all the paperwork
and counted the money.
Sylvia Cockrell collected
the money from everyone
who came to pick up their
lunch. Aubreianna Osborne
delivered the lunches to
the awaiting patrons. We
thank everyone, along with
our cooks, for their part
and time. Yup, Monument
Senior Center is not slowing
down in their service to feed
the community.
During this quarantine,
my family and I found this
“pay it forward” movie show
series to watch. I don’t fully
understand all the details of
how the people pay for the
episodes to be made, but it
is available for free to watch
on Youtube. It is an awe-
some series. The title of the
show is called, “The Cho-
sen.” We have been enjoy-
ing watching it on Sunday
mornings during our church
time at home. If you hav-
en’t seen it, go and check it
out, for it is well worth your
time.
We got some hot tem-
peratures this week, and I
actually got a little burned.
I was outside visiting with
some friends and standing in
the hot sun. I did not realize
how long I had been in the
sun, and now I have a farm-
er’s tan on my arms, grrr. I
shall have to wear tank tops
to get some color on the rest
of my arms. Ha. Did you
know that, in Korea, it is a
shame to be tan? Their per-
ception of beauty is to be
chalk white. Yuck, I don’t
think so. Who wants to look
all pasty and pale? Not me.
Since the temperature
seems to be rising, I think I
shall be able to plant some
Asian long green beans.
These beans are going to
be super long. By long, I
mean they are going to be
like 18 inches long or more!
My mouth is watering just
thinking about sautéed green
beans. I found this young
Chinese girl on Youtube
who goes around harvest-
ing from her garden and for-
aging in the forest and mak-
ing all sorts of wonderful
food, and it is very inspir-
ing. She was growing those
really long green beans, and
it is motivating me to grow
them too.
Psalm 145 “The LORD
sustains all who fall, and
raises up all who are bowed
down.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
I was sitting in front of the
computer keyboard waiting
for inspiration to strike, when
I noticed a key that I never
use. It has “Fn” on it in blue.
Wonder what that means.
And there are two of them
— one on each side. Hmmm.
If I push it, I’ll probably lose
something important, so I
won’t. I’m just happy that I
can type this missive and get
it printed — usually.
Got the paint layers off
the table and started sanding.
But had to stop and take care
of the seedlings. The table is
now holding the transplant-
ing pots.
The garden is almost done
being weeded. Was working
on a flower bed next to the
house when I discovered a lit-
tle violet all by its lonesome,
growing among the holly-
hocks. Have no recollection
of planting it there, but these
days that doesn’t mean any-
thing. So I put a little fence
around it so the happy handy-
man and his weed eater won’t
mow it down! Hope the deer
don’t like it either.
We had steak today for
our entree provided by an
anonymous donor to our
entree program. This meal
was to honor the memory of
GeorgeAnn Williams, who
was the senior programs
coordinator for many years.
Cook Laura asked her friend
Lyn Ostenson to come and
grill the steaks outside in the
parking lot. Had to find a
place out of the wind, too! So
between them and assistant
cook Laura, helper Tom and
deliverer Carlos, everything
was done and boxed up and
ready to go out the door by
11:30 a.m.
To go with the steak, we
had a baked potato, cole-
slaw, bread slice and straw-
berry shortcake for dessert.
Now that’s what I call a good
ol’ country west meal. There
were 54 boxes that went out
the door either by delivery or
pick-up. Good job, people.
Thanks to all for all you do!
And thanks to all who come
and pick up their meal. May
your tribe increase!
We have a couple of med-
ical appointments out of the
area in the coming weeks.
But what I would really like
to have is a haircut! I had
an appointment to get one
in March — the day after
the stay-at-home order was
imposed. So you can imag-
ine that I’m getting a lit-
tle frowzy. It has been many
a year since my hair was
this long. It is not nearly as
heavy now, due to age-re-
lated thinning (ahem), but it
is still uncomfortable. Please,
please open the salons!
Stopped by the John Day
Senior Center to turn in my
monthly report and — holy
cow! That is quite the reno-
vation job going on. Isn’t it
interesting how we plan and
construct a building, then 10
to 20 years later someone
else comes along and makes
all kinds of changes? The
term on HGTV is updated,
I believe. We get a big kick
out of their “open con-
cept” house plans. That’s the
way our present home was
designed way back in the
‘40s! Wonder who that was?
He was way ahead of his
time!
Ecclesiastes 3:1a, 3:3b
“There is a time for every-
thing...” “...a time to tear
down and a time to build...”
Eagle file photo
From 25 years ago: Some members of the Oregon Public Em-
ployees Union manned a picket line Monday morning in front of
the state’s Human Services Building on West Main. They includ-
ed, left to right, Jim Spell with the Children Services Division,
Marilyn Thomasson with Adult and Family Services, Barbara
Heiple with the Employment Division and John Pegg with Adult
and Family Services.
OUT OF THE PAST
75 yeas ago
Beech Creek Marine one
of first to land on Okinawa
island
Marine Private Mar-
vin “R” Simmons, of Beech
Creek, was one of the first avi-
ation ground crew members to
land on the tragic island.
Attached to an assault unit
of the First Marine Air Wing,
he landed on the western coast
of the island with his outfit and
penetrated 1,200 yards inland
to set up shop on the Japanese
bomber strip at Yontan airport.
When not using a rifle in
active fighting, he is engaged
in the servicing and repair of
planes.
The son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Simmons, of Beech
Creek, he attended school in
Fox and was employed on his
father’s farm prior to joining
the Marine Corps.
25 years ago
On strike
Some members of the Ore-
gon Public Employees Union
were on strike as of 12:01 a.m.
Monday morning in an ongo-
ing wage dispute with the
state.
Nine of the 11 non-man-
agement personnel at the
state’s Human Services Build-
ing on West Main sat on a
picket line Monday morning.
Among
them
were
employees from the Chil-
dren Services Division, Adult
and Family Services and the
Employment Department.
A spokesperson at the
county office of the Depart-
ment of Transportation said
some union members did
report for work.
Unaffected by the strike
was the county circuit court,
Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife, parks department
and state forestry department.
Employees on strike said
the issues are financial includ-
ing a pay freeze over the past
two years; a virtual 0-percent
pay increase in current 1994-
95 budget year and almost
no increase in the upcom-
ing 1995-96 fiscal year; and a
6-percent pay decrease begin-
ning July 1 under provisions
of Measure 8 that require
employees to pick up addi-
tional retirement contribu-
tions to the Public Employees
Retirement System. Employ-
ees are seeking a 6.5-percent
pay increase.
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 DeHart
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 & 10:30 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 1:00 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
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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 Gosnell
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
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