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SENIORS/HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
April Fools Day has come
and gone. To my knowledge
there were no tragic events or
no shock treatments needed.
That is good news.
In John Day and throughout
Grant County the Moderna vac-
cine for COVID-19 is available
to those who make appoint-
ments to get one. The news is
that this vaccine will be good for
at least six months after you get
it. The best place to have a good
chance to get one is the health
department. Call 541-575 0429.
You also can email vaccine@
ccsemail.org and ask for your
appointment. The sooner we all
get this, the sooner we will be
able to meet in person again.
For April Fools Day, Shay
made hot ham and Swiss on a
hoagie bun with baked beans,
macaroni salad and birthday
cake for dessert. Monday, April
5, he made breakfast of egg
bread bowl, hash brown, sau-
sage patties and fruit pastry.
Thursday, April 8, Shay is
making stuffed Sicilian meat-
loaf, scalloped potatoes, rolls
and cheesecake brownies. That
sounds so good. And then, on
Monday, April 12, the meal will
be cream chicken pasta, veggie
soup, garlic bread and yummy
lemon bars. Wow, I think I just
gained 5 pounds. Goodness.
Lunch is served every Mon-
day and Thursday so call in
early enough to reserve one
for yourself and pick it up at
11:30 a.m. for special nutri-
tional treats.
If you are feeling anxious or
would like to talk to someone
about the COVID-19 situation,
you can call one of the follow-
ing phone lines:
• The Oregon Warmline
at 1-800-698-2392, available
seven days a week, 9 a.m. to
11 p.m. to speak with a trained
peer.
• Also: SAMHSA’s Disas-
ter Distress Helpline at 1-800-
985-5990 or text “talkWithUs
to 66746 to speak to a trained
crisis counselor to help people
experiencing distress related
to natural or human-caused
disasters.
Have a great week, every-
one. No matter how tough it
gets in our world, we have a
promise: This is it.
John 3:16 “For God so
loved the world that He gave
His only begotten son so that
every one who believes on Him
should not perish but have
EVERLASTING LIFE.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our last meal for the month
of March was a very happy
meal, yes a very happy meal
indeed. Our cooks Terry Cade
and Carrie Jewell made for us
one of my favorite meals. I call
it Salisbury steak. We had that
with onions and mushrooms
in the gravy, mashed potatoes,
green beans and birthday cake
with chocolate frosting. Mmm,
it was delicious. We thank our
great cooks.
Our volunteers were Kristi
Guimont, who filled out the
paperwork. Bob Cockrell and
Jan Ensign counted the money.
Sylvia Cockrell delivered the
“to-go” boxes at the door for the
patrons coming to pick them up.
I am quite sure that everyone
else were also greatly delighted
with their lunches as well.
I was driving into Monu-
ment one day, and I saw some
kind of object, an animal in the
middle of the road. I started to
slow down as I got closer, and
I was squinting my eyes trying
to figure out what it was. It did
not look familiar to me. Do you
know what I saw? It was a male
turkey fanning his feathers and
strutting his stuff! Only, there
weren’t any other turkeys or
females around that I could see,
the big weirdo! Ha. I stopped,
and looked around, and saw
nothing, no other turkeys. Was
that crazy turkey strutting and
fanning his feathers for my car?
I must say, that strange tur-
key did look pretty with his fan
of feathers. I saw another turkey
on our property a few days later,
near our goat pen, fanning and
strutting. Only this turkey had a
whole bunch of females around
him to impress. Ha. I think that
will be one of my questions
for God. Why did he make the
males, like most birds and other
animals, more pretty than the
females? I don’t get it.
Minnie and Darla are grow-
ing healthy and fast. Darla is like
her namesake. She is just a cute
darling. She has become quite
strong, is jumping and leaping
into the air very playfully. She
likes to come over and climb
onto my lap. She is not scared at
all, but loves to come over and
investigate you. Her sister, Min-
nie, on the other hand, is skit-
tish and jumps away when you
reach out to her. She was like
that from day one. It is so inter-
esting how they all differ and
have very diverse personalities.
I feel that the little doel-
ing kids are strong and healthy
enough that I can release them
out from the goat shed to the
goat pen. I was a little worried
that Marianne would try and
suckle on Frita after that last
incident. Also, now that Darla is
strong and feisty, I feel comfort-
able that she won’t get lost and
can’t find her mama.
There is something strange
that I must investigate, though.
Chevre, weaned from her kids,
still has one teat that looks big. I
think someone is suckling on her
and I can’t figure out who it is?
Psalms 144:1 “Blessed be
the LORD, my rock my strength,
Who teacheth my hands to war
and my fingers to fight.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
It’s almost a shock to look
out the window and see green.
We know it is fall because the
yard is brown. We know it
is winter because the lawn is
white. And now we know that
spring has truly arrived because
the yard is glowing with new
green growth. We’ve survived
winter! The robins are sing-
ing, and the flickers are pecking
and our little “cooeybirds” have
arrived in the neighborhood.
The garden spot is almost all out
in the sunshine, so weeding will
soon start. How appropriate that
we celebrate the Resurrection
at this time of year, as the song
says, “For new life he’s bring-
ing.” Pastor asked if we were
going to do our Easter-themed
song on Easter. Unfortunately,
no, due to member commit-
ments to be with family. But
that’s OK. Every Sunday is a
celebration of the Resurrection,
so we will keep practicing and
present it at some point before
September, I hope.
That was quite the wind
that blew through. Removed
a few of our letters from the
reader board so that it displayed
“Eat Loaf” instead of “Meat
Loaf.” We did have meat loaf,
but not much of the rest of the
published menu. Remember,
the menu is subject to change!
The balance of the meal con-
sisted of a baked potato, green
beans, seafoam salad and birth-
day cake supplied by Drisk-
ill Memorial Chapel. Assistant
Cook Laura and helper Tom
were in charge today, and they
did a bang-up job. The baked
potato was of a style-kind-sort
that I don’t remember seeing
before. It was baked, then sliced
open (filleted?) and cheese and
butter drizzled on. Interesting
and quite tasty. Carlos did the
home deliveries, and Pam and
Ginger took care of the front
door pick-ups. I came back after
I’d eaten my meal and made the
bank deposit. We are all hop-
ing-wishing-praying for the
day that we can all come inside
and sit down and have the meal
while visiting with each other
unmasked.
Did you have any April
Fool’s Day tricks pulled on you?
Some people spend a lot of time
thinking up gags to pull. I’m just
not that bright, I guess. Have
enough trouble keeping track of
real life without trying to think
of a “false life” situation just for
laughs. Not that laughter is bad.
“A merry heart maketh a cheer-
ful countenance…” (Proverbs
15:13) and “A merry heat doeth
good like a medicine...” (Prov-
erbs 17:22). I know that I like to
see a cheerful countenance when
I look at people. Hard to do that
behind a mask. I recall read-
ing about a man who had a very
serious illness, and in addition
to the drugs, etc., he embarked
on a journey of watching funny
movies and TV shows. He beat
the deadly disease — through
laughter. We were created to
be happy! Remember, there
are more muscles involved in
frowning than in smiling! So it
should be easy to smile — and
laugh — and rejoice!
“With the coming of spring,
I am calm again.” — Gustav
Mahler, Austrian composer/con-
ductor 1860-1911. That state-
ment is especially true for those
of us who suffer from SAD:
Seasonal Affected Dysfunction.
(Don’t think that’s the right
word, but it works.)
Song of Solomon 2:11-13
“See! The winter is past; the
rains are over and gone. Flow-
ers appear on the earth; the
season of singing has come, the
cooing of doves is heard in our
land… blossoming vines spread
their fragrance.”
OUT OF THE PAST
75 years ago
50 years ago
More sawmills for Grant
County
Looks like Grant County
will have no less than a
half-dozen more sawmills
before snow falls this fall.
There are indications that
there will be two more
mills in the Dayville neigh-
borhood, another one near
Ritter, perhaps two mills on
the Middle Fork river east
of the Three Flags highway
and one or two between
John Day and the upper
river section.
Jacksons to continue oil
firm distributorship
The widow and son of the
late Cecil E. Jackson of John
Day announced plans this week
to continue the American Oil
Company distributorship which
serves Grant County.
Bernie Carson of Canyon
City, who has been with the
company 22 years, will con-
tinue to be in charge of deliver-
ies throughout the county. Greg
Jackson will assist with deliver-
ies and handle the business end
of the business with his mother.
Cecil E. Jackson owned and
operated the company for the
last 19 years. He died suddenly
at his home in John Day on Feb.
25. Greg Jackson moved here
shortly after his father’s death
from Oregon State University,
Corvallis, where he had been
completing work on a degree in
business, to help his mother con-
tinue the company’s operation.
Mrs. Jackson said the com-
pany will continue to serve all of
its customers and plans to make
no changes in tanks, pumps and
other service units now on loca-
tion to serve customers.
25 years ago
Incendiary fires reported
John Day Fire Depart-
ment personnel with mutual
assistance from Cnayon City,
Mt. Vernon and Prairie City
responded to two fires early
Sunday morning at John Day
Floral and the office of Dave
Freeman, CPA, both on West
Highway. Both fires were
incendiary, and the investiga-
tion is underway to determine if
Eagle file photo
arson was involved. The inves-
tigation is being coordinated by From 25 years ago: Sunday morning incendiary fires: Pic-
the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s tured here, John Day Fire Chief Steve Keegan, left, gives a
Office and Oregon State Police. damage report to Dave and Betty Freeman.
MT. VERNON
PRESBYTERIAN
Community Church
SUNDAY SERVICE..............9 am
SUNDAY SERVICE ...........9 am
Redeemer
Lutheran Church
Come Worship with us at
541-932-4800
EVERYONE WELCOME
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
FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
Grace Chapel (EMC )
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)
John Day Valley
Mennonite
Church
Meeting every Sunday
at Mt. Vernon Grange Hall
Sunday School ...............................9:30 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship ............10:50 a.m.
Pastor Leland Smucker
Everyone Welcome • 541-932-2861
JOHN DAY
UNITED
METHODIST
CHURCH
Sunday Worship • 9AM
(541) 575-1326
johndayUMC@gmail.com
126 NW Canton, John Day
Food Pantry Friday 3-4PM
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24/7 Inspirational Christian
Broadcasting
Tune into KSPL 98.1 FM
For more information,
call 541 620-0340
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
Pastor Randy Johnson
521 E. Main • John Day • 541-575-1895
www.johndaynazarene.com
St. Thomas
Episcopal
Church
Join us on Facebook
live Sunday 10am
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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
59357 Hwy 26 Mt. Vernon
Full Gospel- Come Grow With Us
Celebration of Worship
541-575-1202 Church
311 NE Dayton St, John Day
Pastor Al Altnow
Midweek Service
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
Sundays 5:30pm
Youth: 0-6th Grade
Thursdays 6:30pm
Youth: 0-6th Grade
Jr./Sr. High
Youth Connection
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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