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SENIORS/HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Terry Cade and Carrie Jew-
ell made us a lovely lunch of
chicken Alfredo, garlic bread,
green salad and a cookie for
our dessert. I ate it all. Thank
you, ladies, for a job well
done. I miss seeing them and
all the people who came out to
our senior center lunch. I think
we should be able to meet up
again soon. It has been well
over a year now, and I am
praying that this is over.
Kristi Guimont filled out
the paperwork. Bob Cock-
rell and Jan Ensign counted
up the money. Sylvia Cockrell
handed out the meals at the
door. We still have lots of peo-
ple coming out to pick up their
meals and COVID-19 has not
stopped us from doing some
of our activities, thank good-
ness. We thank all our volun-
teers for their time and service.
Sorry, I forgot to remind
you all about the time change.
It crept up on me, and I did
not prepare for it. I will say it
again, the springing forward
is not my favorite time at all.
I found out that we here in the
U.S. are the only ones who do
this. Did you know that? The
rest of the world does not par-
ticipate in the springing for-
ward of the time change.
Hmm, that should say a lot,
don’t you think? If the spring
forward is so wonderful, why
isn’t the whole rest of the
world going along with it?
So, I had Frita in the goat
shed locked up for almost
three weeks, and she still had
no babies. Well, I decided to
let her out, and stood there in
the goat pen watching every-
one. Bonnie came over and
started to challenge Frita.
The others came over to sniff
her. The most incredulous
thing that happened, though,
was seeing Marianne come
over to Frita, sniff her bag
and then try to suck on one of
her teats! I was so shocked!
Seriously?
What could I do? Back
into the goat shed she went,
and I locked up Frita again.
I was afraid that Marianne
might drink up the colostrum
before the babies were born.
Well, it was a good thing I did,
because Frita had her babies
that night, early morning. She
had triplets. Unfortunately,
one of the babies must have
wandered off and fell in the
rubber water tub and drowned,
froze to death. Very sad. It was
the only male. The other two
of Frita’s babies are females.
One of the girls is a little
wobbly on her legs and a lit-
tle weak. She must have been
born last and was the runt. She
is improving presently. Her
sister, on the other hand, is
feisty and frisky. She is mov-
ing and jumping around. The
little doelings are tiny. They
are even smaller than when
Squirt was born! They are
just adorable, and I have yet
to name them. I think I might
name the weaker sister, Darla.
I don’t know about the other
one yet.
Psalms 40:5 “Many O
LORD my God, are Thy won-
derful works which Thou has
done, and Thy thoughts which
are to usward: They cannot
be reckoned up in order unto
Thee: If I would declare and
speak of them, they are more
than can be numbered.”
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
Boy does the week go by
so fast when you have day
surgery and you sleep most
of the days afterwards. So as
you know St. Patrick’s Day is
today, so be sure to wear your
green!
On March 18, we’ll have
baked potato bar with chili,
chips and salsa with cook-
ies for dessert, sponsored by
Balbina an John Esuedero, in
memory of Helen Bogart.
On March 22, we’ll have
barbecue ribs, potato salad,
corn, dinner rolls and walnut
brownies.
Remember to call by
11:00 a.m. to noon to order
and pick-up at the back door:
541-575-1825. May you have
a safe an wonderful week.
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know
the thoughts that I think towards
you, says the Lord, thoughts of
peace and not of evil, to give
you a future and a hope.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Hey! I hit the jackpot
today! This was National
Landline Phone Day! Why?
Because on this day in 1876
Alexander Graham Bell made
the first telephone call. Now
you know. And who knows,
the landline may make a
remarkable return just like
record players and typewrit-
ers have.
Last week I was musing
about the acronyms that cell-
phone texters use and what
should be a category on Jeop-
ardy that night but such acro-
nyms! So I wrote down what
they had: MYOB — mind
your own business; JAS —
just sec; FWIW — for what-
ever it’s worth; NSFW — not
safe for work; IRL — in real
life. But they didn’t have the
one I found in the crossword
puzzle: TTFN. Could it be
‘Till Further Notice? But that
leaves one T unidentified.
Help!
Then contrast all that with
the books that were written
years ago. They had pages
and pages of descriptions of
the scenery around the action.
I finally got so that I would
just skip all that to get to the
dialogue. I vaguely remem-
ber doing that while reading
“The Count of Monte Cristo.”
Someone told me that the rea-
son the authors did that was
because most people had not
traveled much and so wel-
comed descriptions of the
country, city, streets, houses,
wardrobes, etc. Now we’re
down to acronyms — ‘cause
everybody has a cell phone,
right?
Time to get off that soap-
box. Head cook Pam, assis-
tant cook Laura and helper
Tom put together a tasty meal
of pan pizza, green salad with
a dressing package, a banana
smoothie by Tom and (hur-
ray!) a chocolate chip cookie.
Now that meal covered all the
bases of nutrition and flavors
and textures. Carlos took care
of the home deliveries, and
Carla took care of the pick-
ups. Pam did her duties at the
registration desk. I’m sure oth-
ers pitched in to do whatever
was necessary in the absence
of both Ginger and I for med-
ical appointments. Thanks to
all for your contribution. This
meal’s entree was provided
by a donation from the Carrie
Young Memorial. Thank you
so much.
So here we are in the
changeover month of March.
The seasons, the time, the
school terms — and the birds!
They are just singing their lit-
tle heads off. After the previ-
ous year’s woes, it is so won-
derful to hear them going on
about their business. The trou-
bles of the world have no bear-
ing on their personal cycles:
hatch, mate, reproduce, die.
And they do it with music!
Maybe we could take a cue.
Revelations 5:12-14 “In a
loud voice they sang: Worthy
is the Lamb, who was slain,
to receive power and wealth
and wisdom and strength and
honor and glory and praise!
Then I heard every creature...
singing: To Him who sits on
the throne and to the Lamb be
praise and honor and glory
and power for ever and ever!
… Amen…”
OUT OF THE PAST
75 years ago
Attends State “B” Hoop
Tourney at Arlington
Tommy Johnson, Grant
Union High School coach,
attended the final day’s ses-
sions of the State “B” bas-
ketball Tournament, held at
Arlington last Friday and
Saturday. He states that
the tournament, sponsored
by the Arlington Cham-
ber of Commerce, was very
successful.
Reedsport won the cham-
pionship, defeating North
Powder 42-32. In the con-
test for third and fourth
place honors, Echo, winners
of District No. 7, defeated
St. Paul of Jefferson County,
52-42. In the consolation
game, Pleasant Hill won
ter and Jack Wilson both of
North Powder.
50 years ago
Eagle file photo
From 50 years ago: Association leaders (left to right) Mrs. Marge McRae, secretary; Rod McKay, vice
president; Jim Tackman, president; and Bob Miller, executive secretary.
over Rogue River, 56-37.
Bud Jordan, who was two
times an All-Star selection
in the Dist. 7 Tourney, was
placed on the State All-Star
team as were Frank McAlis-
New Lake Creek Recre-
ation Association leaders
elected
Newly elected officers of
the Lake Creek Recreation
Association are Jim Tack-
man, Burns, president; Rod
McKay, Harper, vice pres-
ident; Bob Miller, Burns,
executive secretary; and
Mrs. Marge McRae, Burns,
secretary. The group met
in Vale for its annual meet-
ing. The LCRA is respon-
sible for the administration
of the Lake Creek Camp,
a tri-county endeavor that
involves Malheur, Grant and
Harney counties.
25 years ago
New pilots test their
wings
Grant County’s two new-
est pilots, Allan Mullin and
David Murphy, both com-
pleted their first solo flights
on the same day, Feb.
26, at the John Day State
Airport.
Both were students of
Howard Temple, local flight
instructor, who commented
that both Mullin and Mur-
phy were “good students
and good pilots.” Mul-
lin and Murphy are mem-
bers of the John Day Flying
Club.
Both took their instruc-
tion and solo flights in the
Cessna 150 aircraft that
belongs to the club.
MT. VERNON
PRESBYTERIAN
24/7 Inspirational Christian
Broadcasting
John Day Valley
Redeemer
Mennonite
Church
Lutheran Church
Meeting every Sunday
at Mt. Vernon Grange Hall
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
Sunday School ...............................9:30 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship ............10:50 a.m.
Pastor Leland Smucker
Everyone Welcome • 541-932-2861
Come Worship with us at
154 E. Williams St.
Prairie City, Oregon
541 820-4437
2 Corinthians 5:17
Every Sunday in the L.C.
Community Center
Pastor Robert Perkins
Contact Paster Ed Studtmann at
541-421-3888 • Begins at 4:00pm
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Sunday School (all ages)
9:30-10:30
Sunday Worship
10:45-12:00
(Corner of Second & Allen)
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Catholic Church
For information: 541-575-2348
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
Corner of S Canyon Blvd and SW 2 nd
JOHN DAY
UNITED
METHODIST
CHURCH
Sunday Worship • 9AM
(541) 575-1326
Mon. - Fri. Mass - 12:05 pm
Saturday Mass - 5:00 pm
Sunday Mass - 9:00 am
Holy Days Mass: Noon & 6 pm
Cornerstone
Christian
Fellowship
Confession: Saturday 4:00-4:45 pm
Anytime by appointment
541-974-8638
139 N.E. D AYTON S TREET , J OHN D AY
St. Anne
Sunday Worship Service 10 am
Sunday Youth Group 3 pm
Thursday Celebrate Recovery 6 pm
Pastor Levi Manitsas
cornerstonejohnday@gmail.com
ccfjd.org
johndayUMC@gmail.com
126 NW Canton, John Day
Food Pantry Friday 3-4PM
Monument -
2nd & 4th Sundays at 12:30 pm
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Monday - Friday 9 am - 12 Noon
Office Hours
For more information,
call 541 620-0340
SUNDAY SERVICE..............9 am
SUNDAY SERVICE ...........9 am
541-932-4800
EVERYONE WELCOME
627 SE Hillcrest, John Day
FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
Grace Chapel (EMC )
Tune into KSPL 98.1 FM
Community Church
541-575-2180
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
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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
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