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SENIORS & HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
Sunshine more than two
days in a row is telling us
winter is over and spring has
sprung. This year the sun is
so much better looking and
feeling than years of the
past. Light is promising and
warmth is more so.
It has been more than a
whole year since we have
been under distress of a com-
munal disease in our own
location. All the regulations:
masks, distancing from oth-
ers, dry hands from washing
them so much. Stay home,
they tell us. Does anyone
else feel like I do? (Lonely,
helpless, tired of not doing
anything for others.) It is a
lot to bear for such a long
time and still not seeing the
end of it. God is the only
answer to all our struggles.
I, for one, could not con-
tinue like this without him
beside me and/or even hold-
ing me up.
Here are a couple things
you can do if you feel the
need to talk to someone
about how you are feel-
ing. Your feelings are a
very important part of who
you are, and those feelings
need to be healthy. Try one
of these to help your feel-
ings be healthier: the Ore-
gon Warmline at 1-800-698-
2392, available seven days
a week, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. to
speak with a trained peer;
or SAMHSA’s Disaster Dis-
tress Helpline at 1-800-985-
5990 or text “talkWithUs to
66746 to speak to a trained
crisis counselor to help peo-
ple experiencing distress
related to natural or human-
caused disasters. You are not
alone so help yourself feel
better.
Have you gotten your
COVID-19
vaccination
yet? The Moderna is avail-
able here in John Day. 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.
News is that Oregon is in
high numbers for COVID-
19 like Washington and New
York were a year ago.
Thursday, April 22, lunch
will be sloppy Joes with
potato salad and cookies
for dessert. A great country
meal.
Monday, April 26, lunch
will consist of turkey pot
pie, yum yum, bean salad,
fruit salad and hummingbird
cake.
Thanks, Shay, and every-
one else who had a hand
in making these fantastic
meals. Hopefully in the near
future, we will be able to sit
at tables together to partake
of all this great food.
Enjoy your lunch and
continue to be safe and
healthy.
St. John 5:28-29 “Indeed
the time is coming when
all the dead in their graves
shall hear the voice of God’s
Son, and shall rise again —
those who have done good,
to eternal life; and those
who have continued in evil,
to judgement.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our dedicated cooks Terry
Cade and Carrie Jewell prepared
for us a yummy meal of chicken
fajitas (it had lots of good bell
peppers), refried beans, Span-
ish rice with all the fixings, mini
flour tortillas and a cookie for
dessert. All was great tasting
and filling. We thank our cooks
every week for cooking us a
good meal. I am still thankful
that I have one less meal to cook
during the week.
Our usual suspects for vol-
unteers were Kristi Guimont,
who filled out the paperwork.
We had Bob Cockrell and Jan
Ensign count up the money.
Sylvia Cockrell delivered the
meals to the waiting patrons at
the door. Everyone who helps
is a blessing to our community.
We had some pretty warm
days this past week. My kids
and I started some work around
the garden. I got some fresh
manure, put it one of those salt
lick tubs, filled it up to more
than half, then I got some old
and fermented chicken poop
and put that on top of the
manure. I got some tomato
seeds and spread that around.
Oh, I almost forgot to men-
tion that I found some big fat
red worms under some card-
board in my garden area, and I
put those in the tub too. I then
watered the whole thing and
covered it up with an old win-
dow. I stuck my hand in under
the window a few times, during
the time when it was very
windy for a couple of days, and
it was nice and warm under that
window! Oh, yes, I am thinking
those tomatoes should be com-
ing up in no time.
I put my kids to work. I had
my two girls dig up the weeds
from a raised bed, turned the
dirt over, added some fresh
fermented chicken poop. I
then planted a whole bunch
of pak choi. You know that I
just scattered the seeds all over
the place to make a dense bed
of it to choke out the weeds
and maximize the space. We
then covered it up with more
chicken poop and then stepped
on the dirt to pat it down. We
watered the whole bed and put
another old window on top
of that. We shall wait for the
results.
I told my kids that we are
going to try every few days to
clean up a raised bed or pot,
weed it, turn the dirt and plant
and grow as much as possible.
I am feeling quite ambitious
this year.
I brought little Davey (my
bottle-fed baby goat) on the
four-wheeler, and he remem-
bered riding on it and so he did
not struggle or cry! He hung out
with me, following me around
as I was watering my garden,
nibbling on the grass and weeds!
Oh, yes, he was so cute and a
help. He just stuck real close to
me, chomping on the weeds. I
am thinking of bringing Davey,
Kidd and Sally to be my lawn
mowers.
1 Timothy 3:16 “And with-
out controversy great is the mys-
tery of godliness: God was man-
ifested in the flesh, justified in the
Spirit, seen of angels, preached
unto the Gentiles, believed on
in the world, received up into
glory.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Our meal date last week was
a memorable date in history.
In 1912, the Titanic sank. In
1828, Noah Webster published
his American Dictionary of the
English Language. In 1865,
Abraham Lincoln was shot. In
1910, President Taft became
the first U.S. chief executive to
throw out the ceremonial first
pitch at a baseball game. And
Pete Rose is 80! What a day.
Jean Kline was a sponsor of
the entrée today in memory of
Nancy Viggers. Our wonderful
cooks Pam and Laura prepared a
Chinese-themed meal of spring
rolls, fried rice, egg drop soup,
a fortune cookie and a fruit bar.
I had to ask what a spring roll
was, not being familiar with Ori-
ental cooking — it is shredded
veggies and meat rolled up in a
rice flour wrap. Hmm. Sounds
like I might be able to eat it.
Carol and Tom took care of the
home deliveries, and Pam and
Mary and Ginger got the meals
delivered out the front door.
And why didn’t I eat the
meal, you ask? Because we had
to make another one of those
all-day journeys to Bend for
medical appointments. Left at
6 a.m. and got home at 8 p.m.
Managed to miss two bunches
of deer crossing the road, but
the third time’s the charm! Just
outside of Prairie City a bunch
came charging down off the hill
and across the road. The head-
lights were on dim so I didn’t
see the one on the left that actu-
ally hit the car. Can’t they see
something in front of them?
Anyway the creature bounced
off and went on his way. No
damage except a small dent in
the door that makes a squawk
when it is opened. Phew! So
that took a little time to calm
down from when we finally got
into the house. So how was your
day?
So I did get out and do some
weed digging on the two nice
days we had. Discovered I had
better do some irrigating too! I
moved a lot of bulbs last year,
and they are doing well, as are
the transplanted peonies. Then I
discovered a whole lot of tulips
coming up in the space that I had
moved them out of! Now what?
Do I let them stay there or dig
some more? Ponder, ponder.
While pondering I decided to do
a little mending. Had to change
thread color from white to pink.
Found the perfect match and
attempted to put it on the spin-
dle for the needle. Wouldn’t go.
It is an old wooden spool, and
the hole is too small! Doesn’t
have a paper label either. All the
information is stamped on the
top and bottom, to wit: the spool
cost 15 cents, size 50, shade
1042, fast to boiling (?), 125
yards, bel waxed mercerized
cotton, and I presume the brand
name is Belding Corticelli. So
how can I get it on a new spool,
is the question. More pondering.
And I was not successful in
printing from the camera card.
At least it accepted it. Just didn’t
push the right buttons in the
right sequence, I guess. Ponder
some more.
Luke 12:27 “Consider how
the lilies grow. They do not labor
or spin. Yet I tell you that not
even Solomon in all his splendor
was dressed like one of these.”
OUT OF THE PAST
75 years ago
of seven teams, all of which, with
the exception of Spray, had rep-
resentatives at the organization
meeting.
Spray, although not repre-
sented, indicated by telephone a
desire to enter the league and their
approval of any action adopted
by the other representatives
present.
It was decided to start league
play on May 12 with the follow-
ing games scheduled: Bates at
Mt. Vernon; Long Creek at Spray;
Seneca at Prairie City.
Baseball League organized;
schedule begins on May 12
Following the John Day
Chamber of Commerce meeting
Monday evening, representatives
from various towns and commu-
nities in Grant County met for the
purpose of organizing a baseball
league. An executive committee
was chosen, and league rules and
playing regulations were drawn up
and adopted. The organization is
to be known as the John Day Val-
ley Baseball League, composed
50 years ago
Clean up now, firemen say
Since the season for unre-
stricted outside burning will soon
come to an end, the John Day Vol-
unteer Fire Department is encour-
aging the residents of John Day to
clean up the year’s accumulation
of trash and burnable materials
and to dispose of them within the
next two weeks.
Firemen remind those who are
planning to burn to exercise cau-
tion in choosing burning locations.
Fires which get out of control and
cause damage to neighboring
property may be cause for legal
suit against the party who is doing
the burning.
25 years ago
Connecting the line
Dice Construction has been
working on connecting the sewer
line along Highway 395 across
from Grant Union High School
to the Dice subdivision, located
at the top of the hill across from
the school. The project should be
completed by the end of this week.
Eagle file photo
From 25 years ago: Mike Russell of Long Creek and Har-
vey Askew of Mt. Vernon use the early morning rays of
the sun to continue on the project.
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
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
Like us on Facebook!
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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