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COMMUNITY Blue Mountain Eagle A8 Wednesday, October 7, 2020 GRANT COUNTY SENIORS OFF THE BEATEN PATH Of kid clubhouses, man caves and she sheds A reporter interviewed the owner of a newly constructed “retreat cottage” a few years ago. The owner said, “When I realized I needed a place to write, to relax, to recharge, I got right to work and hired an architect, a contractor and a professional decorator.” Her “cottage” sported Greek columns, an antique French piano and hand-loomed rugs from Morocco. I needed a place to write, relax and recharge. I got right to work and lugged a wide-carriage, manual Remington type- writer to the utility room and hefted it onto the open ironing board. I slid a secondhand chair into place. A dictionary and thesau- rus reclined on the shelf beside the laundry detergent, and a feed store calendar tacked onto the wall next to the washing machine completed the look. The need for a quiet spot away from the bustle of life seems to flow through the fam- ily’s DNA. When my mother and her sister were children, they clutched their dollies as they scooted to their secret spot beneath the lilac bushes. When I was young, I yearned for an apple tree where I could climb into branches, munch fruit while reading a book and remain out of reach of younger brothers armed with bore- Jean Ann dom and the on-tap for the Moultrie garden hose. With regret, no trees grew in the back yard. I constructed a retreat around the clothes- line using worn chenille bedspreads, a bag of clothespins and rocks to anchor the con- traption which resembled a landlocked diri- gible. Inside my summer retreat, the heat level reached to oven “bake-out clean.” When I had young children, they loved to build hideaways with cardboard boxes and blankets over kitchen chairs. When older and after a move, the chil- dren declared that they had found the perfect clubhouse — an abandoned building from a chicken, egg-laying business. “The building is dusty and musty,” I said, “and probably has rodents, along with the old farm equipment stored there. When the door is closed, I can’t see or hear what you are doing.” “We told you it was perfect!” a son said. Through the years, as I’ve moved my “retreat” out of the basement utility to a spare bedroom after kids left for college, I’ve read of the variety of places used for personal space: clubhouse, man cave, she shed, hunter’s cabin, art studio, office, den, shack, tent with the hike part of the experience, as well as a corner of a barn, out-building or inside a vehicle. These spaces are used to plan, ponder, eat, nap, tie fishing flies, reload shells, study garden catalogs, daydream, tinker, practice, read, learn new skills, make lists, exercise — can be hobbies or handwork, quiet or filled with music, overlook water from a lake to a watering trough. Each a place to relax and renew. Currently my “retreat” is a folding camp chair I move around as needed. Moultrie is a freelance writer in Grant County, who wrote this piece while sitting in a camp chair, eating ice cream and watching quail scurry past. OUT OF THE PAST 75 years ago Lost hunter finds way to Ritter According to the Tuesday’s East (Pendleton) Oregonian, John Farrington, 60, manager of the Pacific Telephone & Tele- graph Co., of The Dalles who was lost in the Blue Mountains since Sunday afternoon, found his way to safety late Tuesday morning, emerging from the hills at Ritter. 50 years ago Emert, Wheelers tapped by S&WCD’s Grant County’s two soil and water conservation districts have named two conservation rancher of the year candidates whose files are now being stud- ied in area competition involv- ing seven Eastern Oregon counties. The nominees are Delbert (Slim) Emert of Ione and Izee, candidate of the Grant County Soil and Water Conservation District, and Everett and Nadine Wheeler of Kimberly, the Mon- ument Soil and Water Conserva- tion District nominees. Last year Seneca rancher Bob Lemcke was the first East- ern Oregonian to be awarded the honor. Eagle file photo From 50 years ago: Delbert ‘Slim’ Emmert of Ione and Izee was nominated as conservation rancher of the year by the Grant County Soil and Water Conservation District. Arm, ear, eye, gum, hip, jaw, leg, lip, rib, toe. So what’s all that? The answers to the three-letter body parts quiz. Did you get them all? Now if you really want to further your education, you can research what those names are in medical jargon. Prairie City Moving Seniors right along, our meal for Rose Coombs the last day of September was hamburger and all the fixin’s. We also enjoyed a maca- roni salad, a fruit cup, a piece of corn on the cob and our birthday cake. All very tasty and quite filling. Thanks to cooks Laura and Travis and helper Tom for a great meal. We appreciate Carlos and Luann for making the home deliv- eries every week. Ginger and Pam were at their respective stations to make the pick-up deliv- eries. Thanks so much to all our volunteers. Speaking of which — hmm, wonder what part of speech that phrase is — faithful volun- teer Del Lake got the swamp cooler all winter- ized, so we declare that summer is officially over. Ahem. If you have a menu (sent out with all the meals in the bag) you might notice that some- times it doesn’t quite agree with what we actu- ally have to eat. Is that a problem? Not really. We always have good food. It’s all a matter of supply and demand. Sometimes what the cooks have planned in the fresh veggie/fruit category is not available so a substitution has to be made. But we always get our money’s worth! We also want to thank Rod Kuhn for the tomatoes that he donated to the cause. Carole Garrison also brought in a box of pears to be distributed to one and all. Thanks also to those who have made cash donations recently. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. This includes the Ye Olde Thrift Shoppe, too. Have made great progress in the garden project. Finally remembered that I found a “benchmark” in the plot when I first started making a garden bed back in 2016. I took a photo of it and carefully covered it with a cairn to protect it. So, wonder why I haven’t come across it in my digging this year? Oh, well. That’s a new project within the project, I guess. To be continued. They eyelids are healing nicely, I presume. The absorbable stitches are kinda itchy. Some- times they really sting! I just hope that they are really being absorbed by my body! Dad had a stitch that didn’t get absorbed after his first heart surgery. It finally worked its way up through the skin to where we could get a hold of it with a pair of tweezers and get it out. He had an indentation ever afterward in his chest! So you can understand why I am concerned. Psalm 139:13, 14 “For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my moth- er’s womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are won- derful, I know that full well.” 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 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 MT. VERNON PRESBYTERIAN 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 S209977-1
