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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
It has been a very busy
week. I usually don’t get per-
sonal in this article, but this
last week my mom received
her promotion to heaven at
age 96 so I traveled to Tulalip,
Washington, for her celebra-
tion. I was not told that sev-
eral people there (my sisters
and immediate family mem-
bers) were ill, and they did not
even know they had COVID-
19. I was very angry, but it is
what it is. The weather was
great, and I and others were
able to be outside most of the
time. The ceremony was at
the graveyard, not in a build-
ing, of which I am thankful. I
am home safe, and it has been
five days since I was with
them, and I am doing well.
Please adhere to the regula-
tions for this disease. I will
not spread it, and please don’t
spread it to someone else or
me. If we want this thing to
get over with we must be
observant. Thanks.
In John Day and through-
out Grant County, the Mod-
erna and Johnson & John-
son vaccines for COVID-19
are available to those who
make appointments 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 appoint-
ment. The sooner we all get
this, the sooner we will be
able to meet in person again.
If you are feeling anxious
or would like to talk to some-
one about the COVID-19 sit-
uation, you can call one of
the following 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.
• SAMHSA’s Disaster
Distress Helpline at 1-800-
985-5990 or text “Talk-
WithUs” to 66746 to speak
to a trained crisis counselor
to help people experiencing
distress related to natural or
human-caused disasters.
Thursday, April 15, our
menu will be red beans and
rice with sausage, coleslaw
and cornbread. Blueberry
cobbler for dessert. Then for
Monday, April 19, Shay is
making beef tostados, Span-
ish rice and jello. For des-
sert it will be pina colada
cake. Make your order by
8:30 a.m. (541-575-1825)
so it will be ready for you to
pick up at 11:30 a.m. at the
back door. Thanks for sup-
porting our senior center,
and hoping you enjoy these
meals made especially for
you.
God is listening to all
your prayers and cries. He
is with you at all times and
would love you to recog-
nize HIM. He has saved me
from so many perils along
the highways and in life. HE
loves you and me the same.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
We had another winner of a
lunch created by our cooks, Terry
Cade and Carrie Jewell. We had
delicious Philly cheese sand-
wiches, french fries, pasta salad
and fudge with frosting. It was a
very filling meal. I almost did not
want to eat dinner later for I was
still full from the lunch. We thank
our cooks immensely for their
dedication and hard work.
Our volunteers were Kristi
Guimont who filled out the
paperwork. Bob Cockrell and
Jan Ensign counted the money,
and Sylvia Cockrell delivered the
meals to the patrons at the door.
We also thank our other volun-
teers like Heather Riggs for her
help in cleaning the facility. We
are thankful for all who help with
our center and ensure its smooth
operations.
Well, it is looking like I have
some volunteer snap pea plants
coming up! Woo hoo! They are
coming up in between some gar-
lic cloves that I had planted last
fall. At first I thought it was bind-
ing weed, but I was pleasantly
surprised to find that it was not. I
also found some of my asparagus
that had come up, and this year I
get to harvest them. Yay!
Spring has definitely sprung.
Ha. I see lots of green things
coming up. My rhubarb plants
are shooting out leaves. I need
to move them this year to a bet-
ter location. I see some new rasp-
berry leaves on the canes. Oh yes,
there is new life that is awakening
from the winter.
Now, all we have to do is
pray for some rain. Yes, call-
ing out all the prayer warriors to
pray for rain. We need it for our
spring gardening adventures. I
am praying the Lord will bless us
with some good and steady rain
to help awaken our seeds that we
will or have sown.
So I have not yet figured
out if someone is sucking on
Chevre. I am suspicious, though,
of Marianne because she seems
to always be near Chevre when
they are eating. I am wonder-
ing if that is the reason why the
woman that I purchased the three
goats from got rid of them. Hmm.
I cannot do something like that in
good conscience, selling some
defected or problematic animal
without disclosing information.
The other nanny goat, Ginger, has
some issue with her butt. I am still
trying to solve that problem too,
sigh. There is so much to do. Do
you get that feeling of excitement
and anticipation as you look out
the window and it is a beautiful
sunny day? I am looking out my
back windows at all the trees and
the blue sky as I am typing this,
and I almost want to go out. I say
almost because it is still deceiv-
ingly cold. I will wait for the
warmer afternoon to go out and
do stuff. I will just observe with
my eyes. Ha.
Thank you, Lord, for your
love and grace, and mercy on us
all. Thank you, Father, for beauti-
ful Eastern Oregon.
Isaiah 54:14 “In righteous-
ness shalt thou be established:
Thou shalt be far from oppres-
sion; for thou shalt not fear, and
from terror, for it shall not come
near thee.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
I know spring is here
because I changed my winter
clothes to spring ones! And I
got out in the yard and dug up
some weeds! In our neck of the
woods, when the weather is con-
ducive to yard work, you better
do it! Derrol even mowed the
lawn with the electric mower.
Again the question is how come
the weeds will grow from cool
ground, but we have to wait
until the soil warms up to plant
vegetable seeds? Something’s
not computing here.
Our meal was sponsored
by Delores Scott in memory
of Georganne Williams, who
was the senior coordinator for
many years. Head Cook Pam
and Assistant Cook Laura pre-
pared lasagna, a green salad,
French bread and a fruit salad
and a huge cookie for dessert
our first meal of April. Yummy,
yummy in the tummy. Tom and
Carlos did the home deliver-
ies, and Ginger and Mary took
care of the pick-ups. Pam did
the money collecting and name
check-offs. Thanks to one and
all for all your work.
I discovered that we have a
large assortment of jigsaw puz-
zles that are available for tak-
ing home and doing. I brought
a couple home and completed
one. Then I decided I should get
brave and try the one that daugh-
ter-in-love gave me for Christ-
mas. It is a butterfly-shaped puz-
zle, but all the pieces are also
shaped like various animals and
birds and stars — the brand is
Unidrago,n and it’s from Russia
or someplace where they use the
Russian alphabet. It is all wood,
and if you break a piece or lose,
they will replace it! Well, I got a
few pieces connected. It is defi-
nitely a puzzler!
With almost nothing worth
watching on TV, I hauled out
a couple of old VHS tapes of
a couple of plays that were put
on by Grant County actors. One
was by the South Fork Play-
ers in ‘96 in the Dayville Com-
munity Hall with John Fiedor
playing a lady. The other was
by Front Street Facade in the
Prairie City Teen Center with a
whole host of Prairie City char-
acters. In both shows, I played
an old deaf lady. How appro-
priate! Was a lot of fun! The
stage crew in P.C. even built a
device that made people disap-
pear through the wall of the set!
Pretty good for a bunch of unso-
phisticated people.
Now I’m going to try to get
my new printer to print from
my camera card. This might be
interesting. The directions are
on the computer in a special file
— can’t have a book, you know.
Found the slot to put the card in.
That’s the first step! Underneath
that slot is another smaller one
with a couple of quotation mark
looking designs. Wonder what
that means? Well, I can’t type
and look at the directions at the
same time, so stay tuned!
I Corinthians 15:51,52 “Lis-
ten, I tell you a mystery: We will
not all sleep, but we will all be
changed — in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, at the last
trumpet…”
OUT OF THE PAST
75 years ago
25 years ago
Smallpox inoculations given to
652 persons
County Health Officer Dr. G.
G. van der Vlugt, assisted by Dr.
Martha, Mrs. Jessie Gardner, Mrs.
Laura Collins, Mrs. E. T. Way,
Mrs. Clara Inez Davis and Miss
Helena Patterson gave small-
pox inoculations to 652 persons
during the latter part of last week
at the courthouse in Canyon City.
The vaccine was bought and paid
for by the Grant County Health
Association, and the inoculations
were given without cost to the peo-
ple receiving them.
Let the rodeos begin
The 1996 Grant County Rodeo
team is ready for another big sea-
son. With two rodeos under its belt in
the past month and eight scheduled
from now through the second week
of June, the team plans to see plenty
of action. Last month the rodeo club
traveled to Roseburg March 2-3, Tri-
sha Legg took first in breakaway rop-
ing, second in barrels and pole bend-
ing and fourth in goat tying. Jean
Clark placed fifth in cutting, and
Marissa Finley took fifth place in
breakaway roping. Legg also won
girls All-Around honors.
Eagle file photo
From 25 years ago: This year’s team includes, from left to right: senior Matt Carr, Grant Union; sophomore Trevor
Knowles, Grant Union; sophomore Trisha Legg, Grant Union; sophomore Jean Clark, Grant Unon; advisor Cindy Legg;
junior Marissa Finley, Grant Union; senior Jim Jacobs, Prairie City; freshman Justin Jacobs, Prairie City; freshman Dustin
Elliot, Grant Union; and senior Mike Carr, Grant Union. Members who were not present included sophomore Sayward
Carter of Long Creek and senior Bill Elliot of Grant Union.
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 Pastor 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
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126 NW Canton, John Day
Food Pantry Friday 3-4PM
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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
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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
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ccfjd.org
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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
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