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SENIORS & HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
OUT OF THE PAST
75 years ago
High water causes some
damage and stops bus service
Grant County was not
exempt from the flood condi-
tions prevalent throughout the
state last week. The most dam-
age was at the Blue Moun-
tain Mills properties in John
Day where high water flooded
the edger plant damaging two
motors and forcing suspension
of operations for several days.
In the main mill and machine
shop water was 18 inches deep.
Some damage to property
was reported at Dayville.
Mail and bus service for the
past week has been hampered
due to road conditions. The
stage from Condon was unable
to get through for a couple of
days on account of a washout
of the road between Service
Creek and Fossil, and there
has been no bus service from
Prineville all week as several
bridges between the Ochoco
summit and Prineville were
washed out. Bus passengers
have been routed by the way of
Burns. The rainfall during the
month of December, according
to the report of the government
weather observer, P. A. Retrum,
Canyon City, was 2.86 inches;
snowfall 4 inches; there were
13 rainy days, and the cold-
est day was the 18th when the
mercury dropped to 3 degrees
above zero. It is interesting to
compare this report with that of
December 1944 when the rain-
fall was 1.84 inches, snowfall
2.2 inches, and the coldest day
6 above zero.
50 years ago
Game management pro-
gram set to embark in new
directions
Big game resources have
fared quite well in Grant
County this past year. Deer
numbers continue to increase.
Though official figures are not
yet available, it is estimated
that hunter numbers exceeded
22,000 people this past fall, and
for the first time in history deer
hunting provided over 100,000
man-days of recreation in Grant
County.
Elk numbers appear to be
increasing slightly, and this
increase is estimated to provide
a total of nearly 50,000 man-
days of recreation (a total of
over 8,000 elk hunters).
The total harvest in 1970
is estimated to be in excess of
9,000 deer, 900 elk, plus 12
buck antelope taken in Bear
Valley.
Upland bird and waterfowl
hunting has been poor to very
good during the year, depend-
ing mostly on weather con-
ditions. Early chukar hunting
was excellent this year, while
pheasant hunting was poor, but
better than the past few years.
Quail hunting has been good as
usual. Duck hunting has had its
good and bad days this season,
but should be classed as better
than average. The first turkey
season was held north of High-
way 26, and a few hunters were
rewarded their first wild turkey.
this: One daughter-in-love
is studying the Korean lan-
guage so she read her verses
in Korean. The other daugh-
ter-in-love read from her Pol-
ish Bible. That’s what made
it super special! And maybe
next year Spanish will be
added. One never knows what
God will provide, right?
Back to the senior meal:
We had spaghetti and meat
sauce, corn, a green salad, roll
and a piece of birthday cake
courtesy of Driskill Memorial
Chapel. So, Derrol got to have
some birthday cake even if I
didn’t make him one. Ahem.
Good meal to have
between the holiday meals.
Carlos made the deliveries to
the homes of those who could
not come to the center. Pam
did her duties at the registra-
tion desk, and Ginger helped
wherever she was needed.
Laura, Tom and Angie got the
meal ready, boxed and bagged.
We want to say very big
thank you to those who have
donated to our cause this last
month of 2020. We appreci-
ate it so much, especially this
strange year. Hope we can get
back to gathering soon. And
one of the people who will be
happy to gather is Del Lake.
He has made a great recov-
ery from his heart surgery and
returned to his home. Thank
you for your prayers for him.
Heard one commenta-
tor ask this question: Are you
a better person at the start of
this new year compared to
the start of last year? I don’t
know if I’m any better, but I
know I am a different person.
And it only took three years of
counseling!
Son No. 1 spent a lot of
time trying to get my com-
puter to realize it has lost
some important informa-
tion. Did two years worth of
updates (since I’m not con-
nected, I don’t get those), but
it still said, “Huh?” But he
did find out how I can access
my voicemail on the cell-
phone. It had 23 unheard mes-
sages. And do you know that
they were all unimportant?
“Your car warranty is about
to expire.” I wouldn’t be sur-
prised since it’s 20 years old!
So if you accidentally call my
cellphone and leave a voice-
mail, I can listen to it — a
week later.
2 Corinthians 5:17 “…
the old has gone, the new has
come!”
Ezra 9:9 “… He has
granted us new life…”
Ecclesiastes 1:9 “What
has been will be again, what
has been done will be done
again; there is nothing new
under the sun.”
Lamentations 3:22, 23 “…
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is Your Faithfulness.”
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
How is 2021 treating you
so far? Well, the weather is
beautiful. And it’s time to start
another year of good food
from our chefs. Thank you so
much for the good food, and
our desserts are delicious.
We are so sorry to hear our
friend Helen Bogart is now in
a much better and safe place.
We send our love to her family
and friends.
On Jan. 7, we will have
clam chowder, Caesar salad,
garlic bread and birthday cake.
On Jan. 11, we’ll have pork
roast, roasted potatoes, veg-
gies, bread and butter and pear
brown Betty cake. Yum yum.
Thanks to those folks that
so generously sponsor a meal.
Leviticus 19:18 “Do not
seek revenge or bear a grudge
against any of your people, but
love your neighbor as your-
self. I am the Lord.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
The last meal of the year
2020 was chicken fried steak,
mashed potatoes and gravy,
dinner rolls, green beans and
yummy and moist chocolate
cake. Oh, yes, a very delicious
meal cooked by our very own
cooks Terry Cade and Carrie
Jewell. We thank our cooks
for their dedication to all the
people they helped to feed
this past year and for the years
prior. We so appreciate them.
There were 70 meals that
were taken out. I would say
that it was one of our popu-
lar favorites. The paperwork
was done by Kristi Guimont.
Bob Cockrell and Jan Ensign
counted the money. Sylvia
Cockrell delivered the meals
at the door. A shout of thanks
to our volunteers for their
endearing faithfulness in their
service to our community.
We stand with our neigh-
bors and friends, Lonnie
and Roger Lawrence, who
recently lost Bo to cancer.
They also suffered another
loss, their home to a fire. We
pray for their sadness in los-
ing Bo and the loss of their
home. There will be a shot-
gun shoot at Brad and Julie
Smith’s to raise funds for Lon-
nie and Roger. The shoot will
be held on Saturday, Jan. 16,
2021, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Let us rally together as a fam-
ily, as a community and come
alongside our friends, Lonnie
and Roger, and give them all
the prayers, support and walk
with them through this valley.
I cannot say enough and
emphasize enough how
thankful we are to be living
out here in God’s country. It’s
easier to see the handiwork of
God out here, looking at the
beautiful mountains, the trees,
the peaceful John Day River.
There is peace living out
here. I’m reminded every day
that we are so blessed by the
Lord to be out here in Monu-
ment, Grant County, Oregon.
I really, really cannot ever
imagine the thought of leav-
ing here or living in the city
ever again. It is unfathomable.
The snow has melted and
now there are puddles of pure
mess. Ha. We have an OCD
dog. Seriously, if she hears or
catches you splashing in the
puddles, she just goes bon-
kers. We call her the “fun
police.” She freaks out when
you throw snowballs. She
does not like the kids going
down the sled on the snow.
She has a cow if my son is
shooting toy arrows in the air.
I think she is paranoid that
someone might get hurt? But
we still love her anyway. She
is a good dog, and she loves
my boy.
I finally banded Davey.
I was almost debating if I
should, because Steve, my
old billy goat, is getting on in
years. I decided I would rather
have Davey next to me and
not be stinky. He looks so cute
right now; his coat is all fluffy
and soft. Squirt is doing well;
he is still alive. Ha. Lily is
being a very good mama and
is taking good care of him. He
is now a week old.
Psalms 4:5 “Offer the sac-
rifices of righteousness and
put your trust in the Lord.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
So we had our last meal of
2020, and when you get this
report we will be enjoying
the first meal of 2021. Time
marches on ... and on … and
on. Because we did not have
a meal the Wednesday before
Christmas, I have to fill you in
on what happened at our fam-
ily gathering on Christmas
Day. Not very many families
would have this experience:
After the meal, we all gathered
in the living room at Joel’s
house. We each had a Bible,
and we each read a few verses
of the Christmas story (I don’t
like that we call it a Christ-
mas story — it is Christmas
fact). Anyhow, what was espe-
cially heart-warming was that
each person (adult, teen, child)
read. (Yeah, what’s so great
about that, you may ask?) Just
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