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A8 SENIORS & HISTORY Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, November 4, 2020 GRANT COUNTY SENIORS Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa October has been an extremely busy month, and I am glad to say that it has passed and relieved to say the least. I had my parents who came to visit from Cal- ifornia and then friends with their little girls, back to back. I guess one does not realize how much work it is enter- taining others in your home and playing hostess. I am not complaining by any means: It was a wonderful time, but tiring. My laundry loads are piled up, and it will take a few days to wash. I will enjoy just vegging around in my house in my pajamas! Ha. The meal for our last Tues- day of the month of Octo- ber was Parmesan chicken, a green salad, potato wedges and pudding for dessert. Our cooks Terry Cade and Carrie put that together, and we are most thankful for them. Our numbers for the take-home meals have been still pretty high. We thank everyone for their support of our senior center. Our volunteers were Syl- via Cockrell handing out the lunches to the hungry patrons picking up their meals at the door. Bob Cockrell helped to count the money. Kristi Gui- mont did the paperwork. My little Davey is just a cutie pie. He considers me his mama. I have to go out and feed him three to four times a day. He follows me around, he comes a running when I call his name and bleats in answer. I don’t think I will be eating him. Ha. So, the other little kid goat that was not getting enough milk from her mama, I have named her Sally. I had to resort to locking up one of her siblings for a few hours at a time so she could have a chance to nurse on her mama. That really helped Sally, but then I also started to supplement her with some milk when I fed Davey. I am glad to report to y’all that Sally is doing very well! Sally is doing so well now that she actually has become a bit of a pest. Let me elab- orate. Sally looked so frail in the beginning that I felt so sorry for her and fed her a little first before Davey and made him wait. At first, Davey would get impatient and run around trying to get at the nipple, but then he started waiting patiently for his turn (so cute and smart, right?). Now, Sally is strong, has a nice, big, round tummy, and has become a little aggres- sive. She is quite smart too. If she sees me and the bottle, she comes running over to be fed also. If I feed Davey first now, she tries with all her might to get to the bottle. She even tries to run and butt Davey to get him out of the way! She tries to squeeze her way in through my legs to get at the bottle. She is a little stinker. After she gets her fill, she leaves without even a thank you (meaning she won’t even let me pet her). How rude! Proverbs 30:5 “Every Word of God is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs Got a funny phone call the other day. After I said hello, a robotic voice replied, “Are you,” and then proceeded to spell and mispronounce Der- rol’s name. Interesting. I waited and the voice continued with, “If you are, please press 3. If you are not, press 5.” So I didn’t press anything, but just waited. After 30 seconds or so, the voice concluded, “You are not a human.” And hung up! Won- der what that was all about. And what would have happened if I had pressed a number? Any- body else have such a phone call? Maybe that was my Hal- loween incident for the month. So our meal today consisted of spaghetti, green salad, pick- led beets, a roll and a piece of birthday cake. That cake must have been spectacular before they cut it. The frosting was four or five different fall-type colors in lovely patterns. And it was chocolate! Oh, yummy, yummy. So happy October birthday to all! Thanks to Laura K. and Tom for putting together today’s meal. Pam was at her position at the registration desk; Ginger and Delores did the home deliv- eries; and Carole brought the meal bags to those who came by to pick them up. We were given some really nice carrying bags by Ches- ter’s Market earlier in the year. They have the Prairie City School Panther logo on them. So being as how the colors were black and orange, we handed them out today for Halloween. Thanks so much to Chester’s for doing this for us. All of us seniors can show our Panther pride now! We had to make a medical run to Bend and had an encoun- ter of the close kind before we even got through John Day. Just about 7:30 a.m., we came over the hill on the east side of town at the same time a big doe decided to leap over the guard rail on the north side of the highway. She must have had a good burst of speed and power because she landed on the hood of our poor little Subaru, slid across without breaking any- thing on her or us and ran off up the south embankment. Mean- while, we are stopped on the highway in shock! We are cer- tainly thankful that Subaru makes heavy hoods! There was no damage anywhere! The only place that indicated that some- thing happened was the extra moisture on the clean wind- shield from her scattering the frost from the hood on her way by! Whew. The rest of the trip was certainly anti-climatic. Just watch out for the turkeys. Which brings up Thanks- giving. We will be serving tur- key on Nov. 18 and no meal on Nov. 25. So be sure to call in to reserve your meal on the 18th. Don’t forget the other two Wednesdays in November, of course. The patriotic statement for the day: “When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.” —Thomas Paine. No comment. Leviticus 25:10 “… pro- claim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants.” Romans 8:21 “… Creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.” OUT OF THE PAST 75 years ago Elk hunting season opens Saturday The opening day for the elk season in Oregon this year is Sat- urday, November 3, as listed in the official synopsis of hunting regulations published by the Ore- gon state game commission. Some question has arisen as a result of a typographical error on the elk tags stating the opening date is Novem- ber 13. In the area east of the Cascade Range and in the eastern Lane County the season extends until November 25. The bag limit is one bull elk having antlers except that in southeastern Oregon the bag limit is one elk of either sex. In western Oregon only speci- fied portions of Clatsop, Tillamook, Columbia, Coos and Douglas coun- ties will be open, the season extend- ing to November 18. The bag limit in this area is one bull elk with forked horns or better. Complete descriptions of the open areas and regulations pertain- ing to elk hunting are included in the hunting synopsis, copies of which are available at all license agencies as are the elk tags that are required in addition to the regular hunting licenses. Eagle file photo From 50 years ago: Evelyn Tal- bott, Jessie Ray and Chairman Lily Ogilvie re- ceive Mrs. Kyle Sager’s ballots at the West John Day precinct voting station, St. Elizabeth’s Parish Hall. 50 years ago When citizens exercise their vot- ing franchise, it means work for local election board members all across the country. Three county candidates ran unopposed in Tues- day’s balloting. County Commissioner Joe W. Officer of Izee received 1,704 votes, according to unofficial tallies. Mrs. Grace K. Williams, county district attorney, polled 1,556 votes. Running in three of the coun- ty’s 15 precincts only, Mrs. Betty Dompier of Prairie City received 342 votes for justice of the peace in District No. 2 – Union, Austin and Strawberry Precincts. There were 80 absentee votes cast in the county. Grace Chapel (EMC ) 154 E. Williams St. Prairie City, Oregon 541 820-4437 Sunday School (all ages) 9:30-10:30 Sunday Worship 10:45-12:00 S211472-1 Pastor Robert Perkins 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 S214412-1