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SENIORS & HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Monument
Seniors
Dusty Harris
Soo Yukawa
I hope you enjoyed the
spot of winter we have or
had, depending what it’s like
today. Yes, I’m ready for
spring.
We had a wonderful sur-
prise in our lunch on Friday, a
Valentine with candy, thanks
to the angels J.D. and S.C.
Other news: The cen-
ter could use commodes to
loan out. If you have one that
you’re not using, please bring
it by.
Once again, an angel was
working and made donations
to John Day, Monument and
Prairie City. Thanks to the
Carrie Young Memorial.
We had breakfast for lunch
Monday, Feb. 15.
On Feb. 18, we’ll have
popcorn shrimp, garlic toast,
broccoli slaw and cookies —
sponsored by Walt and Agnes
Hall.
On Feb. 22, we’ll have
Mexican lasagna, chips and
salsa and chocolate lasagna.
On Feb. 25, we’ll have
pork chops, baked potatoes
and apple spice cake — spon-
sored by Jeanette Julsrud in
memory of Don Porter.
Proverbs 4:23 “Above all
else, guard your heart, for it
affects everything you do.”
Our cooks Terry Cade and
Carrie Jewell made us a fab-
ulous lunch of pork ribs, scal-
loped potatoes, coleslaw and
a scrumptious cheesecake
for dessert. Yes, it was a very
delightful meal, and if you did
not call ahead, thinking you
could just pick up a meal, you
were terribly mistaken. I am
sure there were some disap-
pointed people involved. The
most important aspect of this
meal was that it was donated
by the Carrie Young Memo-
rial. We thank the generous
family of Carrie Young for
their support, and we appreci-
ated our meal.
Our volunteers were Kristi
Guimont, who filled out the
paperwork. Bob Cockrell
and Jan Ensign counted the
money, and Sylvia Cockrell
delivered the lunches at the
door. We thank everyone for
their time and help to make
things run smoothly. There
was a Monument Senior Cen-
ter board meeting after lunch.
We have one of our own
small town young men visit-
ing, on leave. Marine Lance
Corporal Jesse Hoodenpyl is
visiting from Okinawa, Japan.
I am sure his parents, Dean
and Liz, along with his adop-
tive grandma Judi Bustardo,
are ecstatic to have him home
for a few weeks. We should
pray for all our young men
and women who are serving in
our military.
Well, it looks like win-
ter finally hit Monument
and maybe the rest of East-
ern Oregon. We have over
a foot of snow at our place,
and I am oh so happy! OK,
maybe not so happy about
doing chores with the heaps
and piles of snow that make
it a little difficult. Mind you,
I am not complaining, just
stating facts. Ha. The snow
looks so beautiful on the
pine trees. I am praising the
Lord for his provision of all
this moisture. I am still pray-
ing for more snow, don’t hate
me. Ha.
I went to feed my goats
the other day, and they were
having a hard time mov-
ing around in the snow. The
snow was higher than lit-
tle Davey’s head, and Squirt
was crying in frustration
looking for his mama, Lily.
I guess he could not see her
since he was shorter than the
snow. The sillies, they were
outside taunting the boys on
the other side of the fence.
The new goat girls have
adjusted to life on our
place. They seem comfort-
able around me and not skit-
tish, or maybe they are hop-
ing that I would give them
some goat treats? I did not
have much time to hang
around and socialize with
them much this past week,
so maybe they forgot about
the goat treats. No, goats are
kind of smart about food.
As soon as they hear the
crunchy noise of the plastic
Ziploc bag, I am sure they
would come a’running.
I was really motivated to
do some massive cleaning
around my house and then
woke up to a power outage.
I thought the power would
come on after an hour. Nope,
I was wrong. The power was
out for seven hours, totally
messed up my plans.
Psalms 40:5 “Many, O
LORD my God, are the won-
ders which Thou has done,
and Thy thoughts toward us;
There Is none to compare with
Thee; If I would declare and
speak of them, they would be
too numerous to count.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Our delicious, scrump-
tious, fantastic meal was spon-
sored by The Senile Sisters
and was also our Valentine’s
Day dinner. Boy, oh howdy,
was it ever good! (Can you
tell I liked it?) We had won-
derfully tender pork chops
with tasty gravy, stuffing, a
green bean casserole (mine
was peas — ahem), a color-
ful green salad with Thou-
sand Island dressing supplied,
a roll (courtesy of Blue Moun-
tain Care Center) and butter.
After devouring all that, there
was the — and I quote — Dec-
adent Chocolate Cherry Cake
for dessert. That consisted of a
moist chocolate cake with lots
of creamy chocolate frosting
topped with cherries! Thank
you Tom, Laura B. and help-
ers for a (let me check the the-
saurus for some more syn-
onyms) luscious, savory — I
just can’t find enough compli-
ments for this meal — most
satisfying dinner. Kudos to all.
And thanks to Pam, Ginger
and Mary for their handling of
the dinners-out-the-door sys-
tem. And a big thanks to Car-
los for doing the home deliv-
eries every week. PTL that we
can at least still do that!
Food for thought: Do these
two words go together, prog-
ress and Congress?
It was also son No. 2’s
birthday. We gave him a big
snow and frost scraper for
his big truck. Why? Because
when he came to retrieve us
from our Bend foray, all he
had to scrape the frost was this
dinky little scraper. A big truck
needs a big scraper, right? It
was also faithful friend Jimmy
Lunzman’s birthday.
More food for thought:
What would certain people
have to complain (grumble,
murmur, whine, moan, bewail,
lament, bemoan) about if
every human being was the
same color? And if anyone
should be upset about their
lives mattering, it is the Amer-
ican Indian. (Doggone, there’s
that soapbox again!)
So my illness of the sinus
region has taken its own sweet
time to make progress through
all the cavities. I had just men-
tioned to my significant other
that I had not had a sinus drain-
age for quite some time. Take
my advice: Don’t say things
like that! Do you know how
many sinus cavities are in our
heads? (If you read this mis-
sive regularly, you will learn a
lot of things — ahem.) There
are four major pairs: frontal,
ethmoid, sphenoid and max-
illary. And each is made up
of many little compartments,
sometimes as many as 18 and
each with its own connection
to the nasal chamber in order
to drain. No wonder it is tak-
ing so long to get each one
emptied! The medical books
says that the average capacity
of both frontal sinuses is about
3 1/2 teaspoonfuls. I guarantee
that I have gotten rid of a lot
more than that! I hear tell that
others have come down with
this syndrome. I christen it the
Grant County Crud.
1 Timothy 5:23 “Stop
drinking only water, and use
a little wine because of your
stomach and your frequent
illnesses.”
OUT OF THE PAST
75 years ago
this time no other records have
occurred on the lands covered
by the deed. No names are men-
tioned as the clerk thought best.
Anyhow, the matter is a very
unusual happening.
Ancient Deed Recorded
Something out of the ordinary
happened at the office of County
Clerk Mrs. Bessie St. Marie.
One may even call the matter
antique. She received from the
District of Alaska a deed which
was executed July 7, 1898, and
which came in only this week
for recording, covering lands in
Grant County. Almost half of
a century has passed since the
deed was made, and during all
25 years ago
High water rushes through
Picture Gorge
The warm weather and rain-
fall caused much of the basin’s
snow pack to melt faster than
usual causing higher than usual
water flows in streams and the
river. The ground water table also
rose leading to standing water
in numerous fields. No flood-
ing was reported. At the time the
measurements were taken, they
recorded a flow of 4,534 cubic
feet per second. At the same
gauging station, a flow of 5,500
cfs was recorded in March of
1993. In May of 1991, the flow
was 5,560 cfs. At the same loca-
tion in December of 1964, the
flow was measured at 8,170 cfs.
Eagle file photo
From 25 years ago:
The water in Picture
Gorge is just shy of
overflowing its banks
and spilling across
Highway 26.
Redeemer
Lutheran Church
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John Day Valley
Mennonite
Church
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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
Grace Chapel (EMC )
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Sunday School (all ages)
9:30-10:30
Sunday Worship
10:45-12:00
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
1 st Sunday Worship/Communion ..................10am
3 rd Sunday Worship/Communion/Potluck ...4:30pm
2 nd , 4 th & 5 th Sunday Worship .........................10am
Sunday Bible Study .....................................8:45am
For information: 541-575-2348
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SUNDAY SERVICE..............9 am
SUNDAY SERVICE ...........9 am
541-932-4800
EVERYONE WELCOME
(541) 575-1326
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126 NW Canton, John Day
Food Pantry Friday 3-4PM
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FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
154 E. Williams St.
Prairie City, Oregon
541 820-4437
Pastor Robert Perkins
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
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Weekdays: Sonshine Christian School
St. Thomas
Episocopal
Church
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Pastor Randy Johnson
521 E. Main • John Day • 541-575-1895
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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
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