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SENIORS & HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
Next week I’m going to make up
a day at lunch as if we were at the
center.
On July 9, we’ll have smoked
sausage personal pizza, minestrone
soup, relish dish, cowboy cookies,
sponsored by Claws & Paws Pet Sit-
ting. Thanks for your sponsorship.
On July 13, we’ll have pork
chops, garlic mashed potatoes, veg-
gies, dinner roll and rhubarb pie.
We want to thank you all for
ordering your lunches through us.
Shay says it has doubled. We want
to let you know how much we all
appreciate your remembering us.
Stay safe.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Hope everyone had a wonder-
ful and safe Fourth of July, cele-
brating the birth of our nation. We
had a quiet time, went to a picnic
and just retired early. I heard that
the fireworks that Monument put
on were awesome. There were lots
of folks from all over that came to
enjoy the show. I pray that peo-
ple remember the Lord and his
will for this nation and that it was
born out of the shedding of blood
and bravery. Freedom is not free
but has a high cost, and to keep
it is also to remember the price
which brave men and women paid
to achieve it. As the saying goes,
those who don’t remember the past
are doomed to repeat it. May this
nation never forget.
So, Terry Cade and Carrie Jew-
ell made us some very yummy
pork ribs, baked beans, coleslaw
and pineapple cake for our lunch.
Oh, yes, I was in food heaven. I am
sure many, many people enjoyed
the Tuesday lunch. We thank our
cooks for our wonderful meal. The
cooks worked really hard; they
had to serve many lunches. Are
you ready for the number? The
cooks served 81 lunches! Wow,
wow, wow, that is just crazy. We so
appreciate our cooks and our meals
from our beloved senior center.
Kristi Guimont and Jan Ensign
did all the paperwork. Bob Cockrell
collected the money and Aubrei-
anna Osborne delivered the meals
to the hungrily waiting patrons in
their cars. We thank all our volun-
teers for their time and dedication
in working to ensure our senior
center is operating smoothly.
I gave away all my extra yellow
straightneck zucchini plants. I still
have a whole bunch of yellow pear
tomatoes and red cherry tomato
plants. I guess I will be busy plant-
ing them. I am thinking of plant-
ing one or two of each and putting
them in pots and bringing them in
just before the frost to enjoy them
during the fall and winter. I don’t
know if it will work, but I will give
it a go. Doesn’t hurt to try, right?
I bought some big, round, plas-
tic planter tubs, and I am excited
to plant some stuff in there. In
one, I might plant a bunch of dif-
ferent flowers. In the others, I plan
on planting a couple of the tomato
plants. I might move my Korean
melon plants into one too. I had
the wooden barrel-looking tubs,
and the wood is starting to rot and
fall apart. That was why I took the
option of the plastic tubs. They
won’t rot or deteriorate as quickly,
I hope. Ha.
Let us keep praying for our
friends, family and loved ones who
are having health issues, having a
hard time during this craziness
going on in our whole world. God
is still on the throne, and all these
things went through his hands, and
he is a good, good Father. He is the
God of love and everything flows
from his love for us.
Job 22:28 “Thou shalt also
decree a thing, and it shall be estab-
lished unto thee. And the light shall
shine upon thy ways.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Well, give summer credit. It’s
trying to do its thing. Just remem-
ber that it’s only six months until
Christmas — when we’ll be wear-
ing ski masks.
So much for that depressing
news. The corn is not as high as an
elephant’s eye, nor knee-high by
the Fourth of July. Mine is between
ankle- and shin-high. At least it
germinated and is growing! That’s
always helpful! If the tops of the
potatoes are any indication of the
growth underneath, it should be a
bumper crop.
We started out July with a fan-
tastic picnic dinner — in case you
didn’t get one somewhere else this
strange weekend. Our cooks went
all out and made hamburgers with
all the trimmings: onions, toma-
toes, pickles, cheese, lettuce, a
green salad and a macaroni salad,
baked beans and peach cobbler for
dessert. Wow! And all for only $5.
Wow again. We certainly got our
vegetables for the day too. Carla
was at the registration desk, and
Ginger was the runner. We had to be
extra careful with the deliveries due
to the “new” rules and regulations.
Thanks to the county for supplying
easier-to-breathe-through masks.
Today was faithful helper Tom’s
birthday, so we found a nice card
and signed it for him with our best
wishes and thanks for his years of
service tour center. We appreciate
all those who volunteer to make the
organization operational.
Have been reading a book enti-
tled “The Revenge Analog.” Chap-
ter titles include “The Revenge
of Vinyl, Paper, Film, and Board
Games” in part one. Part two delves
into “The Revenge of Print, Retail,
Work, School, Analog in Digital
and Summer.” I feel vindicated due
to the fact that I have LPs, books
and board games in my home. I
only know how to run three pro-
grams on my little computer: Word-
Perfect, Quicken and Solitaire. I
have no electronic musical instru-
ments, but seven acoustic ones. The
conclusion of the author is that one
has to strike balance between ana-
log and digital. The world will not
support one over the other. It takes
two to tango.
Since there is only one official
Fourth of July celebration in the
county, perhaps you should obtain a
copy of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence and read through it for your
own personal celebration. It could
be a revelation to many, especially
those who have been born in this
century. Given what I see on TV,
many do not know our country’s
history. (I’ll step off my soapbox
now.) There were 56 signers of the
Declaration in 1776. And in sign-
ing, they pledged their lives, their
fortunes and their sacred honor in
support of the Declaration.
Jeremiah 21:12 “… adminis-
ter justice every morning; rescue
from the hand of his oppressor the
one who has been robbed...” Zech-
ariah 7:9 “… administer true jus-
tice; show mercy and compassion
to one another.”
Eagle file photo
From 25 years ago: Animal Damage Control Officer Alan Armistead monitors
the relocation of a troublesome female bear after several complaints were
registered by campers and guests at Lake Creek Youth Camp.
OUT OF THE PAST
50 years ago
Father, son perish in river
drowning
Two persons died by drowning
Saturday just west of Monument in
the only Fourth of July mishap in
Grant County.
The victims were John Leslie
Vanderford, 38, and his 14-year-old
son, Robert Jack Vanderford.
Oregon State Police, who inves-
tigated, said the deaths occurred
between 2:30 and 3:00 p.m. Satur-
day while the two were wading in the
North Fork of the John Day.
The family had been haying and
had gone down to the river to cool
off. Both victims could swim but not
very well, State Police said.
According to the police reports,
the son got in trouble first, calling for
help. The father went to his aid but
lost the youth and perished himself
when he began swimming upstream
rather than ashore, police said.
State Police describe the section
of the river where the tragedy as a
hole of uncertain depth having a lot
of ripples and strange currents.
The Vanderfords recently bought
property in the area from Leo Flower
and lived there on weekends in a
trailer home. Their residence was
in Fossil and Vanderford worked
in Kinzua as a truck driver. Other
members of the Vanderford family
watched the tragedy from the riv-
erbank. Attempts to throw sticks to
them were unavailing, according to
police.
The boy’s body was recovered
later Saturday afternoon in waist
deep water a little down stream, but
the father’s body was not recovered
until Sunday afternoon.
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Lutheran Church
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Sunday Morning Worship .10:30 a.m.
Awana (Oct.-Apr.) ................3:00 p.m.
Youth Group .........................5:30 p.m.
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
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Monument -
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(Corner of Second & Allen)
Contact Paster Ed Studtmann at
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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
627 SE Hillcrest, John Day
st
1 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
25 years ago
Bear facts
What do rotten fish, picnic cool-
ers, ice chests and garbage cans all
have in common? They are all poten-
tial bear bait. And for a 3-year-old
female black bear, the temptation
was just too great.
She found herself caught,
unharmed, in the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife’s live bear trap
recently because she just couldn’t say
no to picnic coolers and such.
According to Alan Armistead,
animal damage control officer
for Eastern Oregon, several com-
plaints had come in since the first
week of June regarding a bear in
the Logan Valley area that was vis-
iting picnic sites and turning over
garbage cans.
“She was live trapped after
allegedly (even bears have rights,
and unless actually caught with their
paws in the garbage can, the term is
allegedly) disrupting several camp-
sites in the Logan Valley area,” said
Armistead. “We judged her at about
3 years old, in good health, weighing
about 150-160 pounds, and probably
out of hibernation since about March.
We decided to relocate her to a more
suitable environment, with fewer ice
chests per acre.”
MT. VERNON
PRESBYTERIAN
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CHURCH
541-820-3696
www.prairie-baptist-church.com
Pastor David Hoeffner
Pastor Keith DeHart
JOHN DAY
UNITED
METHODIST
CHURCH
The search was given up at dark
Saturday and Sheriff Tom Negus
asked the assistance of Baker County
scuba divers the next day.
The divers, who were flown in,
found Mr. Vanderford’s body at
2:55 p.m. after it was spotted by local
swimmers in a deep pocket above
the Flower’s dam, Negus reported
Monday.
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
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
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ccfjd.org
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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
Wednesdays at 6:30pm
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