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SENIORS & HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
Yes, the center is closed to dining
in, but this is a makeover as if we were
there.
The greeters were the moon and
stars. The server was Minnie Mouse.
For door prizes, Wiley won a box of
apples, Jimmy Cricket won a spider
web and Vien won a bottle of vita-
mins. A big thank you for coming out
today.
On July 30, we’ll have beef and
mushroom hand pie, french fries, pea
salad with vinaigrette and German
chocolate cake.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
There were 48 takeout lunches
served Tuesday, July 21. Terry Cade
and Carrie Jewell prepared for us ham-
burgers, french fries, macaroni salad
and brownies for dessert. My fam-
ily and I enjoyed it, and I especially
liked the french fries, for they were a
little on the spicy side, and the mac-
aroni salad. I usually don’t like mac-
aroni salad, but I like how our cooks
prepare it. I think it has the dill pickle,
and that is what I like.
Kristi Guimont and Jan Ensign
were in charge of counting the money
and filling out the paperwork. Bob
Cockrell collected the money and took
the meals out to the people waiting in
their cars for pickup. I think we have a
good system set up here, and it is effi-
cient for getting the meals to the wait-
ing patrons quickly. We thank every-
one for all their efforts and appreciate
them all very much.
Monument Church is having their
annual VBS going on this week. Kids
from all over are going to be coming,
and it is a tradition that the kids enjoy
very much. If you would like more
information, please call Shawnah
Schafer or Cindy Helsley.
I have been picking raspberries
every day. I had some friends come
out to pick some, and seriously, they
didn’t even make a dent. I see new
raspberry flowers that are going to be
blooming soon from my ever-bear-
ing plants. Hopefully, I will have
lots more to freeze and make rasp-
berry jam. While picking raspberries,
I am catching grasshoppers and filling
them in a jar to give to my chickens
to devour. Oh such sweet revenge on
those creatures feasting upon my veg-
gies. Ha.
When the weather cools off a bit,
I plan on making raspberry and kom-
bucha leather. The dehydrator is very
loud, and it gives off a lot of heat and
I don’t have air conditioning. I believe
this week is supposed to be in the
100s, and I don’t think it would be a
good idea to heat up my house with a
dehydrator.
I harvested my first zucchini finally.
Yes. I have been cooking them on the
skillet with olive oil, fresh minced gar-
lic, green beans and onions. I season it
with just salt and lots of pepper. Oh,
it is very yummy. I wish they would
hurry and grow some more so I can
leave them to get really big and make
chocolate chip zucchini bread.
I learned to make pita bread this
past week also. I never knew how
easy it was, and they are delicious.
Best of all, they don’t heat up your
house during the hot summer because
you don’t need to use the oven. I fry
them on the skillet with just a bit of
oil and it only takes five to six min-
utes to cook one. Easy peazy. I wish I
had known this sooner. So, in the sum-
mer, I will make pita bread, and in the
winter, I will make my sourdough arti-
san bread.
Revelation 20:4 “And I saw
thrones, and they sat upon them, and
judgment was given unto them: and
I saw the souls of them that were
beheaded for the witness of Jesus
and for the Word of God, and who
had not worshipped the beast, neither
his image, neither had received his
mark upon their foreheads, or in their
hands; and they lived and reigned with
Christ a thousand years.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Mmm, mmm. We had such a good
meal on Wednesday. And 55 dinners
went out to those who called in. See,
it works. The barbecue pork sliders
were excellent. Then put corn on the
cob and coleslaw with it — whew.
And for those who like rhubarb, des-
sert was a strawberry/rhubarb bake. So
that’s what you missed. Thanks to our
cooks, Laura and Laura, helper Tom
and extra helper Angie. Carlos and
Luann took care of the home deliv-
eries, while Pam, Ginger and Carole
got the meals out to the pickup peo-
ple, recorded their names and gathered
the money. Then we had to get things
arranged for the Fiber Fest people.
Never a dull moment.
I got the hallway all painted before
Fiber Fest, so that area of the build-
ing looks fresh. Next is the doors that
were installed several years ago with
only primer on them. They are metal.
So have to use different paint. PTL, I
found some in the paint closet.
Think I’ll rest awhile first before
I tackle that project, by watching the
garden grow. The corn is thigh-high
on me; the sunflowers are 6 feet, and
I can see the blossoms forming; the
peas are 4 feet tall, and the package
says they will grow from 2.5 to 3 feet
tall. (Guess we’ll chalk that up to the
special organic fertilizer that got put
on the whole garden bed.) The little
cherry tomatoes are starting to come
on. They are about as big as the end of
my little finger, but at least they pro-
duced. And so far our deer fence has
held the critters at bay. Eight dry does
went through the other morning and
hardly gave us a glance. Does help to
have canines on two sides of our prop-
erty. And a big thank you to Vicki for
grass clippings. Our “yard” is just cute
little weeds, so I really don’t want
to put that on my garden. The trans-
planted grape vine starts are doing
fine. It is fascinating to see how they
put out their little things to hang on
to the support. Wonder what you call
those little things? I’m sure there is
a long Latin name for them. Feelers?
Antennas?
The other big thing that will have
happened by the time you read this is
that the Ensemble presented their Eas-
ter medley. Have to get that out of my
hair so I can start on Christmas, right?
Because we are having services out
on the lawn, the sound will be quite
different. We have four kids playing
choir chimes at different times during
the song, and our only accompaniment
is a guitar. And he is the only partici-
pant to have a microphone. Why now?
Why not? Every Sunday is a com-
memoration of Easter, and with what
is going on in the world, it just seems
fitting to remember that he arose and
that he lives.
Remember the little “cooey” birds
that we had out at the ranch? I don’t
know if they followed us to town or
not, but we have some here. They
come and sit on the trellis in front of
the dining room window and sing their
little “cooey” song to us. Aaah. Isn’t it
sweet? Their nest seems to be up under
the back porch roof at the church. That
way Sassy the cat can’t get to them.
Isaiah 61:11 “For as the soil
makes the sprout come up and a gar-
den causes seeds to grow, so the Sov-
ereign LORD will make righteous-
ness and praise spring up before all
nations.”
Eagle file photo
From 50 years ago: Albert James Durante, left, and John Day Council-
man Gordon Glass examine some vintage bourbon.
OUT OF THE PAST
75 years ago
Bodies of two Ontario fliers
found; Flegel well known here
The bodies of two Ontario
men, Charles P. Flegel, formerly
of Prairie City and well known
in Grant County, and Frank Van
Petten, Ontario lumberman,
were discovered in the wreckage
of the Van Petten airplane near
McCall, Idaho, last Friday. They
were found in the burned wreck-
age of the plane at the base of a
steep cliff about 10 miles south
of Yellowpine, state an AP dis-
patch from McCall, Idaho, dated
July 23.
An intensive search followed
the disappearance of the two
men on May 27. They had flown
Van Petten’s son from Ontario to
a ranch at Yellowpine, where he
was to spend the summer. They
vanished after taking off on the
return trip to Ontario.
The plane was discovered
in the wild and rugged section
northeast of McCall by John
Black, a volunteer searcher.
A pack train with the bodies
arrived at McCall late Sunday.
Mr. Flegel’s wife, who is a
daughter of Mrs. Jennie Tucker
of Prairie City, and a 14-year-
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50 years ago
Vintage year
Albert James Durante of New
York City and John Day Coun-
cilman Gordon Glass examine
two of 73 pre-Prohibition bot-
tles of bourbon found in the attic
of the Kam Wah Chung and Co.
building adjacent to Gleason
Park. Durante, an official of the
Bourbon Institute, and his wife,
toured the landmark Saturday,
as part of their trip was to pur-
chase several of the bottles for
the institute.
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old daughter, Betty, make their
home in Ontario. A son, William,
is now on his way home from
Germany. His mother, Mrs. Aus-
tin F. Flegel, and a brother, Aus-
tin Flegel Jr., president of Wil-
lamette Iron & Steel Company,
reside in Portland.
Mr. Flegel, following his grad-
uation from Oregon State Col-
lege, became associated with the
Eastern Oregon Land Company,
serving as agent with headquar-
ters at Prairie City until being
transferred to Ontario about 15
years ago. He was a veteran of
World War I and an active mem-
ber of the American Legion.
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