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A6 SENIORS & HISTORY Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, September 2, 2020 GRANT COUNTY SENIORS Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa Eagle file photo From 25 years ago: Pictured next to the new Grant County Chamber of Commerce sign, from left to right, are: Jim Bellinger, Travis Phillips, David Pruitt and Doc Mosier, who were all working on the project last week. OUT OF THE PAST 50 years ago local State Forestry Department office. One fire hit in a wheat field at the John David ranch, the former Charlie Roach place. A lightning bolt striking a transmis- sion line caused the initial power trou- ble. Then the interrupter, which is sup- posed to restore power, failed. Although the Monument area received only a trace of rain during the heavy electrical disturbances, Ritter reported receiving .21 of rain and Ukiah also was pelted with rainfall. Lightning, rain belt Northside; power fails Heavy electrical storms late Sun- day afternoon caused a variety of for- est fires in this area and also resulted in a power outage for 300 patrons of Columbia Power Cooperative Associa- tion, extending from Battle Mountain to Kimberly. The electrical storms caused six Class A fires in the area, most of them in the Rudio Mountain area, according to the Chamber of Commerce gets a new look The Grant County Chamber of Com- merce is receiving a new look thanks to donations and plenty of volunteer effort. In addition to the new sign, the exterior of the building is being repainted, the front porch renovated and a new side- walk and steps have been installed on the west side of the building. 75 years ago Strawberry Lake gets load of trout fry A truck load of trout fry was brought in for liberation in Strawberry Lake, Tuesday. Coy De Losier, driver of the Game Commission truck, has been with the commission for several years. Prior to that time he operated a garage in Port- land at 12th and Alder streets and many folks here knew him at that business. 25 years ago The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. www.eomediagroup.com www.MyEagleNews.com Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell made for our last Tuesday meal of August, roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, dinner rolls and some yummy chocolate birthday cake. We all were very full from our delicious meal. We thank our wonderful cooks. Our usual suspects for our help were Kristi Guimont, who does all the paperwork. Jan Ensign and Bob Cock- rell counted the money. Sylvia Cockrell received the money and delivered the food to the waiting patrons. We thank everyone for their help, can’t do without them. If you come to pick up your food, please come to the door to pick them up. It would be most helpful to our volunteers and less tiresome. They would appreciate it very much. We have some very good news. Jimmy Cole’s cancer is in remission. Thank you to all you prayer warriors out there and most of all, for our Lord Jesus Christ, who hears and answers the cries of his children. Our God is the God of the impossi- ble. He can move mountains. He can make giants fall. There is no prayer too big for him to fix. He is that good and that lov- ing. Praise the Lord for all his blessings! School has started for the stu- dents all around the country, or they will soon. Let us pray for the children, for this is definitely different for their generation. Let us pray for their protection, their hearts and minds, and their health. Let us humble ourselves before the Lord to help heal our land and to bless our children. We had to take one of our girls to get her eyes checked in town and went to retrieve a cooler from our shop. Oh, man, did it stink! A skunk was in there, and I thought to check on our mama cat that lives there with her litter of kittens. I had them in a box that was blocked off. I thought it was secure, but I was wrong. This nasty skunk had gotten to the kittens. Apparently, it had come back several times and had picked off the kittens one by one. Ahhh! That sneaky skunk got four kittens except one. I moved it up by our house with a different mama. We set a live trap with eggs, and still no skunk after several days. It is too smart so it makes it extra danger- ous, and it needs to die. This is the second time it has done this. I just hope that it did not take up residence in our shop. That would be terrible! We have some older kittens running amuck all around the house. They are gonna be great hunters. The only thing is, these crazy kittens have knocked off several of the few apples on our young trees, and I saw that they had pulled up some young aspar- agus plants too. I also caught one using my raised pot that I am try- ing to grow lettuce as its per- sonal litter box! Arg! 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 “We then, as workers together with Him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For He saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I aided thee: behold, now is the day of salvation.)” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs Heard a comment about the fact that there is nothing to watch on television, even with a satellite dish. That got me to wondering how many books I have bought this year, especially since the pandemic started. Must be about two dozen. And I have learned a lot! Some of them get passed around to other readers, and some are saved for future gifting on birth- days, etc. That leaves a few that get put into my personal library. When we talk about “downsiz- ing,” that is the first thing that my housemate brings up. How- ever, just the other day, he asked a question that we were able to discover the answer to in one of the books in said library! (Ahem.) So keep on reading America! Our meal this week was the cheesy hash-brown potato with ham dish, along with a vege- table salad, bowl of mandarin oranges and a chocolate birth- day cake donated by Drisk- ill Memorial Chapel. Yummy, Redeemer Lutheran Church Come Worship with us at John Day Valley Mennonite Church 24/7 Inspirational Christian Broadcasting Meeting every Sunday at Mt. Vernon Grange Hall Tune into KSPL 98.1 FM Sunday School ...............................9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship ............10:50 a.m. For more information, call 541 620-0340 Pastor Leland Smucker Everyone Welcome • 541-932-2861 P rairie B aptist C hurch 238 N. McHaley St., Prairie City 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. 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 Monument - 2nd & 4th Sundays at 12:30 pm Office Hours Monday - Friday 9 am - 12 Noon Sunday Worship • 9AM 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 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 MT. VERNON PRESBYTERIAN Community Church SUNDAY SERVICE..............9 am SUNDAY SERVICE ...........9 am 541-932-4800 EVERYONE WELCOME (541) 575-1326 johndayUMC@gmail.com 126 NW Canton, John Day Food Pantry Friday 3-4PM Like us on Facebook! FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 541-820-3696 www.prairie-baptist-church.com Pastor David Hoeffner Pastor Keith DeHart JOHN DAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH yummy. I really like that potato concoction. That’s what we had served at our 50th doings nine years ago. (Good grief! Has it been that long? Time flies when you are having fun!) Cooks Laura, Travis and Tom did good, huh? Thanks to all the other helpers every week: Pam, Carole, Ginger and deliverers Carlos and Luann. We appreci- ate Greg Starr for donating the shredded potatoes for today’s meal. Thanks a bunch! Was up where I could see across the greens of the John Day Golf Club. It was about mid-morning, and there were a few golfers out. Then here came about a half dozen golf carts out of their garages and down the hill to the first tee (I assume). They looked so cute zipping around! Then I remem- bered about how several years ago there was a big flap about a certain disabled pro golfer using a golf cart during a PGA compe- tition. The official line was that everyone was supposed to walk everywhere during the compe- tition. No exceptions! So why were golf carts invented? Then my next thought was about the danger of certain snakes on the golf course. A cart might be helpful! Oops. The proof-reader had a glitch last week. The sentence should have read: “Normally, these slogans would have been covered with several coats of paint before the ships went out to sea...” The re-typer just missed a line of my copy. I keep wonder- ing how well I’ll be seeing after my droopy eyelid surgery. May have to dictate this report. The sunflower heads are 12 inches across, and their stems are 6 inches around! The bees are still busy at their job on them. The corn is making ears, so hope to have some soon. Did have a serving of the potatoes. Like Sue, I’m still waiting for cucum- bers. Oh well. Made up for them in the abundance of carrots and beets. Getting eager to start clean-up in the plot before it gets too cold. Maybe I can find some more horse fertilizer to put on for the worms to enjoy through the winter. Psalm 74:16-17 “The day is Yours, and… also the night; You established the sun and moon. It was You who set all the boundar- ies of the earth; You made both summer and winter.” 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 cornerstonejohnday@gmail.com ccfjd.org 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 Weekdays: Sonshine Christian School St. Thomas Episocopal Church Join us on Facebook live Sunday 10am Like us on Facebook! Pastor Randy Johnson 521 E. Main • John Day • 541-575-1895 www.johndaynazarene.com 59357 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 Wednesdays at 6:30pm Overcomer’s Outreach Mondays at 6pm at LWCC A Christ-Centered, 12-Step Recovery Support Group Pastor Sharon Miller 541-932-4910 www.livingwordcc.com S204810-1
