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SENIORS & HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our cooks Terry Cade and
Carrie Jewell made us some
Asian sweet and sour chicken
on top of steamed rice, some
yummy potstickers, and we
also had brownies for our des-
sert. I ate everything all up.
Yes, all of it. We thank our
cooks so very much!
Our volunteers were Jan
Ensign and Bob Cockrell
counting the money. Kristi Gui-
mont filled out the paperwork.
Sylvia Cockrell handed out the
meals at the door. We appreci-
ate everyone and the time they
put in to help our community. It
is really, really nice not to have
to cook one meal during the
week. I know it does not sound
like much, but it makes such a
difference, it really does. It is a
relief and a blessing.
I saw some people talking
about starting to do some prep
work around their gardens on
a social media platform, and
well, you know, that got me
thinking, I better start thinking
about it too! Ha. I know we are
only in January, but hey, plan-
ning things out can take a lot
of time. I wish I was a neater
gardener. I get too excited and
don’t plan things out in an
orderly manner. I am sure it
drives my poor hubby crazy.
All the snow has melted, and
the sun has been shining for a
few days. But we can’t count on
that, for the weather here in East-
ern Oregon can be quite deceiv-
ing. You never know when that
cold weather or snow will be
completely done. I am still going
to pray for more snow, though
— we sure need it.
I’ve got lots of plans spin-
ning in my head. I need to care-
fully share my ideas. I will
have to slowly share those
ideas with my hubby so I don’t
overwhelm him all at once! Ha.
I might start up on some
canning again in the next few
weeks. My fingers are mostly
healed up. They are tender,
but I need to get some things
done, and I am champing at
the bit. I don’t know how it
happened, but I found a bunch
of bags of frozen strawber-
ries, raspberries and grapes.
So, it got me debating whether
I should make jam, or fruit
leather? Should I mix up all
the fruit together? I’ll let you
know what I decide to do.
I sold some of my baby
goats and let Lily and her lit-
tle baby Squirt out. He is so
cute. He started hopping and
jumping around. He is getting
bigger and has a nice round
tummy. I can’t make up my
mind if I should keep him or
sell him. I can’t keep every
goat that I think is cute!
I was trying to pet lit-
tle Squirt the other day, and
Davey kept coming around,
trying to get in between, and
then jumped on me. I think he
was getting jealous and did not
want me to pet Squirt. Davey
is now really healthy, big and,
hmm, maybe a little fat?
Isaiah 44:6 “Thus saith
the LORD the King of Israel,
and his redeemer the LORD of
Hosts, I AM the first, and I AM
the last, and beside me there is
no other God.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Shalom! I’ve finally got a
good response to the question
“How are you?” You know,
the question from everyone
you meet, no matter in what
circumstance. They really
don’t expect you to answer
with a litany of your current
physical ailments or condition
of your children or what kind
of mood you are in today. It’s
just the current American cul-
tural greeting to show that I
really was aware of your pres-
ence. But how to respond in
a truthful manner is the ques-
tion. The standard response
of “I’m fine” gets you off the
hook, even if it isn’t the truth.
Then you can get on with the
business at hand because you
have taken care of the ques-
tion and response: I’m fine;
you’re fine; everybody’s fine.
But sometimes we’re not.
Especially the last 12 months.
So I’ve been trying to find a
response that does away with
the pretense and gets to a good
place. So I give you “shalom.”
It means peace, tranquil-
ity, safety, well-being, health,
contentment, success, com-
fort, wholeness and integrity.
What a lot of goodness in one
little word! Try it out and see
what happens.
Laura B. and Tom, with the
help of Angie and Kim, got our
meal together this week. We
had yummy chili with corn-
bread, carrot and celery sticks
and pumpkin custard. It was
all yummy, in fact! Carlos took
care of the home deliveries
while Carla, Ginger and Pam
got the bags organized and
delivered to the front door for
the pick-up people. Remem-
ber to call by 9 a.m. if you
want a meal on Wednesday.
Tuesday would be even bet-
ter! The phone has an answer-
ing machine feature so you can
leave a message anytime, and
the cooks will take care of it.
We made a good deeds
run to Burns and got to won-
dering why we don’t see any
“reprod” in the Canyon Creek
fire area. After all, it has been
a long time! Just wondering.
My little choir didn’t get
to do our Christmas special
due to some emergency sur-
gery for one of the mem-
bers. We didn’t get to do last
year’s Easter song until July
or August, so not doing the
Christmas one during Christ-
mas is not anything new! So
we are planning on a presen-
tation date in February, if no
one else has any problems!
Ah, the best laid plans of mice
and men. Do I dare hope that
we could do an Easter presen-
tation during the Easter season
this year?
From “Life’s Little Hand-
book of Wisdom”: Our five
senses are incomplete without
the sixth — a sense of humor.
Right on!
Psalms 126:1-3 “When the
LORD brought back the cap-
tives to Zion… our mouths
were filled with laughter…
The LORD has done great
things for us, and we are filled
with joy.”
Sally Weissenfluh led
the team with 22 points and
seven rebounds; Shannon
Walton had 12 points and six
rebounds; Kellie Bennett put
in 8 points; and Holly Hunt
scored 5 points and dished out
four assists.
Huntington proved a close
game from the start. Long
Creek led 6-4 after one, but
fell behind by halftime 15-10.
The Locomotives were ahead
17-14 going into the final
period before the Mountain-
eers 14-5 in the final eight
minutes.
“This was a tough one,”
said Barthlow, who lost Ben-
nett before the game due to the
flu and had three other players
who played sick. “We wore
them down in the second half
and hung close with them. In
the last nine-and-a-half min-
utes we went on a 16-5 run
to close out the game. It also
came down to some clutch
free throw shooting. We
were four of four in the last
minute-and-a-half.”
Weissenfluh had 8 points
and eight rebounds; Hunt
scored 8 points; Sierra Drake
put in 4 points and had four
assists; and Sayward Carter
scored 4 points and had five
rebounds.
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
Another beautiful day. I’m
so looking forward to a warm
spring. How about you?
The angels are working again
at the Elks Club brunch on every
other Sunday, starting with this
Sunday. Call and let them know
you would like brunch.
Our senior center lunch
for Thursday, Jan. 21, will be
lasagna, green salad, garlic
toast and coconut cream pie
bars. Yum!
On Jan. 25, we’ll have
meatloaf, scalloped potatoes,
rhubarb-berry crumble.
On Jan. 28, we’ll have club
sandwiches, cheesy potatoes,
fruit Jell-O and butterscotch
blondies.
Also, if you are over 65,
the health department is giv-
ing the flu shot.
Psalm 9:1 “I will thank
you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all the marvelous
things you have done.”
OUT OF THE PAST
75 years ago
Fire scare in John
Day-Canyon
About 7 O’Clock Mon-
day morning, shortly after
Alec Gay had started the oil
burner in the post office, it
exploded from oil which had
leaked on the floor under the
stove and was unnoticed. It
looked like there would be a
real fire as the flames leaped
as high as the ceiling, but
Mr. Gay quickly turned in an
alarm and then rushed out-
side and got a shovel full of
ashes which he threw onto
the burning oil keeping the
flames from spreading. The
fire department was soon
on the job and with chemi-
cal apparatus managed to get
the fire out before any seri-
ous damage occurred. How-
ever, it created quite a stir of
excitement and the siren’s
shriek got many people out
of bed ahead of their regular
time of arising.
50 years ago
Big noise
An early morning explo-
sion, believed to be fueled
by trapped gas, left big holes
in the rear walls of two motel
units at the Anchor Motor
Inn, John Day, early Thurs-
day morning. Unit 19 had its
door busted from the explo-
sion, wheres unit 18 had a
fire start in it, which may
have triggered the initial
explosion.
25 years ago
Lady Mountaineers up
record to 8-2 after week-
end wins
The Lady Mountaineers
have found the winning com-
bination and stand at the top
of the Tr-Co League after
three games.
Long Creek easily han-
dled the Harper Harper Hor-
nets Friday 49-32 and then
pulled out a tough game with
Huntington 28-22 Saturday.
The Mountaineers buzzed
past the Hornets by outscor-
ing Harper 12-4 in the first
quarter and 28-8 at halftime.
By the end of third quarter
the contest was over as Long
Creek gained a 40-17 edge.
“We put the game away
in the first three quarters,”
said Mountaineers coach
Dave Barthlow. “I was really
pleased with the way we
pushed the ball up the floor
and we made quite a few
lay-ins.”
The mountaineers also
had a season-best 16 assists.
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Prairie City, Oregon
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St. Elizabeth of Hungary
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Corner of S Canyon Blvd and SW 2 nd
Mon. - Fri. Mass - 12:05 pm
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Sunday Mass - 9:00 am
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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
1 st Sunday Worship/Communion ..................10am
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Pastor David Hoeffner
Pastor Keith DeHart
JOHN DAY
UNITED
METHODIST
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MT. VERNON
PRESBYTERIAN
Sunday School ..................... 9:45 am
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Fox Community Church ............. 3 pm
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Full Gospel- Come Grow With Us
541-575-1202 Church
311 NE Dayton St, John Day
Pastor Al Altnow
Cornerstone
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Fellowship
139 N.E. D AYTON S TREET , J OHN D AY
541-575-2180
Sunday Worship Service 10 am
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NAZARENE
Sunday School .......................... 9:30 am
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Celebration of Worship
JOHN DAY
110 Valley View Dr.
541-575-1216
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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
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