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SENIORS & HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
Sometimes it seems like a
week is a long time, and then all
of a sudden it is the next month.
Anyway that is how it is for
me. Going through this COVID
thing seems like forever, and
yet, what have I done in all that
time? That is when it seems to
go so fast. Let’s get through this
COVID thing. Get vaccinated
so the more people that are vac-
cinated the sooner we will be
able to return to the seemingly
good ole days. I finally broke
down and got mine, so one
down and one to go. Come on,
everyone, do the right thing, and
let’s be done with this.
On Monday, May 3, the pork
loin roast with dressing sure
was good. Hope you enjoyed it
also. Shay and his helpers sure
do serve up some good menus.
On Thursday, May 6, our
cooks will prepare clam chow-
der, red pepper crab slaw and
garlic toast. The birthday cake
will be donated by Driskill
Memorial. It is always a deli-
cious cake so be sure to get your
piece.
Then on Monday, May 10,
the meal will be in honor of
all our mothers. It will consist
of chicken cordon bleu (mmm,
my favorite), cranberry almond
pilaf, dinner rolls and, for des-
sert, chocolate mousse tart.
Sounds delicious. Thanks in
advance, Shay and crew. One of
these days I will get everyone’s
name set in my brain.
To reserve your lunch, call
in by 10 a.m. on Mondays and
Thursdays for a to-go meal:
541-575-1825.
Time was filled so much for
me and was so overwhelming
with all that needs done so I will
wrap this up so it makes it to the
editor. Happy eating, everyone.
James 4:8 “Draw nigh to
God and He will draw night to
you. He needs us to want Him.
He does not go where He is
NOT wanted.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our last Tuesday of the
month of April lunch was sweet
and sour chicken with steamed
rice, salad and vanilla cake with
chocolate frosting. It was pre-
pared by our infamous cooks
Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell.
We thank them immensely for
all their devoted efforts.
We thank all our volunteers
for their work also. Kristi Gui-
mont filled out the paperwork.
Jan Ensign and Bob Cock-
rell counted the money. Sylvia
Cockrell kindly handed out the
meals to the patrons who came
over to pick up their lunch. We
have a really good system.
Well, did you all do the
happy dance like I did, with
great enthusiasm, when we
received that wonderful rain?
It sure was a nice downpour.
Praise the Lord for his awe-
some goodness! It cleaned up
the nasty skies and brought us
some blue skies and big, white,
puffy clouds. We could use a
few more of those showers. Let
us continue on petitioning to the
Lord for some more rain.
I decided to bring up Davey,
Kidd and Sally to the house.
They were happily chewing
on the grass. I had to tie Sally
on different posts, though. She
tended to wander off, taking
Davey and Kidd with her. I sat
out there babysitting the goats
and watered my raspberries.
Let’s just say I got a wee bit
more sun than I intended.
OK, I got a little sun-burnt.
Vitamin D is good for you, in
moderation. I got a little red,
needless to say, but what made
me upset was that I had on short
sleeves and, therefore, I got a
“farmer’s tan”! I do not like that
look. I forgot to roll up the short
sleeves. Sigh, I guess I will have
to fix that somehow with wear-
ing a tank top outside?
I put the three kid goats in
my little enclosed orchard area
with the raspberry canes. They
spent two nights in there. I was
hoping they would eat down all
the new weeds and cheatgrass.
They did some but not all. They
missed their goat pen, so I had
my girls take them back down.
It was a good thing too for it
rained later on that evening.
Goats do not like getting wet. I
don’t blame them.
I think one of the new nanny
goats, Marianne, is “preggars.”
I see a bag developing and her
sides are getting wide. We got
her in the middle of January. I
am figuring she will be having
her babies at the end of June or
beginning of July. We shall see.
My pak choi is coming up! I
see little itty bitty leaves coming
up out of the ground. Yay! I also
have a whole bunch of lamb’s
quarters (aka “pigweed”) in
thick patches. I think I will be
pulling a bunch of them out and
making my blanched Korean
dish with them. Yummy. It is
getting exciting. Hot weather
for growing things is just
around the corner.
Monument School has their
greenhouse open, just FYI.
Proverbs 27:6 “Faithful
are the wounds of a friend, but
deceitful are the kisses of an
enemy.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
The weather Sunday was
certainly a rude awakening!
We had discussed whether it
was time to open the founda-
tion vents. Decided to wait
until May 1. Then it snowed!
Oh, yes, we will wait!
Then by Tuesday it was over
60 degrees. Ah, yes, the joys of
living in Grant County, where
if you don’t like the weather,
just wait a few minutes.
So, we journeyed to see the
dermatologist. Have had some
strange itchy areas that need
some special medications. The
directions are so confusing
(item A to be applied to this
area on these days, and item B
to the other area on these other
days) that I am going to have
to make a chart! Then in addi-
tion, take a pill every night.
I asked if this condition hap-
pened because of old age.
He corrected me: The term is
maturity. Ahem. All righty!
On our trip to the lower
country, we observed all the
solar panels in a field out of
Unity. Do those have any con-
nection to our electric supplier
OTEC? Then in Vale we saw
something that we have never
seen before: a train that was
actually moving. The lights
were flashing and the cross
bar was down at the crossing.
Derrol opined that they were
unloading tankcar loads of fer-
tilizer. Okee, dokee.
On to the business of the
day: food! We enjoyed baked
potatoes, chili beans, cream of
broccoli soup, pickled beets
and a chocolate birthday cake,
courtesy of Driskill Memorial
Chapel. Thank you Amber and
company for this treat every
month. There were little con-
tainers of shredded cheese and
bacon bits along with a tube
of sour cream and two pats
of butter to make your baked
potato a “supreme.” There are
a lot of flavors in that ensem-
ble, I tell you! Another great
job by our cooks Pam and
Laura and helper Tom. He also
helped Carlos make the home
deliveries. Pam was back at
the registration desk and Gin-
ger, Carla and Carole got the
containers into the bags and
into the hands of the drive-in
diners. I don’t know about
you, but I’m getting pretty
tired of this way of doing
our meals.
As I was waiting some-
place for a medical appoint-
ment, I decided to go through
the voice mail on the cell-
phone and delete all the mes-
sages from people who think
I should renew my 20-plus-
year-old car’s warranties. I
can do this now since I had
son number 1 show me how
— and I wrote it down! Was
doing quite well pushing the
correct button. The last voice-
mail message I could not
understand because it was in
Chinese! Ah, so.
Then there was the phone
call I got on the landline:
“Press 5 for this important mes-
sage if you are Rose Coombs.”
So I did, several times. “Sorry
you did not reveal yourself to
be human.” Click. That’s the
second time I’ve got that call.
What’s going on?
I did get the challenging jig-
saw done and took a photo. I
also got the turntable to work,
so I can listen to my record col-
lection! Yippee!
John 19:30 “… Jesus said,
‘It is finished…’ He bowed His
head and gave up His Spirit.”
Hebrews 3:10 “And yet His
work has been finished since
the creation of the world.”
OUT OF THE PAST
50 years ago
Pioneer Queen Selected
Elizabeth Cant of Dayville has
been named the Pioneer Queen
of the 1970 ‘62 Days Celebra-
tion by the Grant County Pioneer
Association.
As in past years, local groups
in differing geographical areas of
the county help make the selec-
tion. This year the Dayville-Kim-
berly area is responsible for making
arrangements for this year’s pioneer
observance.
The wife of 91-year-old James
Cant Sr., Mrs. Cant was born in
Eglin (pronounced Egg-lin), Scot-
land, in 1885. She will be 86 this
November.
Mrs. Cant came to this country in
1907, and the couple was married in
1908 in Canyon City.
Mr. Cant, who was born in 1879
in Morayshire, Scotland, left his
home in 1900 after the Boer War
to seek his fortune raising horses in
Patagonia, South America, a plateau
region encompassing what is now
Argentina and adjacent countries.
Mr. Cant returned to Scotland
after several years and then sailed
for this country in 1905 to join a
growing Grant County Scots com-
munity. He herded sheep for a few
years.
Within a short time Mr. Cant
acquired 680 acres of land along
the John Day between Dayville and
Kimberly that has been the couple’s
home ever since.
They occupy a roomy 16-room
white frame house which the Cants
built in 1918-19. To this day the
couple doesn’t know what it is like
not to have company of some kind
on Sundays. When their four chil-
dren were growing up as many as 40
would swim in the river out the back
door, play tennis and stay for Sun-
day dinner.
The top floor of the three-story
home was used as a school in the
early years. The school was known
as the Cant District, and as many as
14 Cant and neighboring children
attended at one time.
The couple had known each
other in Scotland, and Mr. Cant sent
for is future wife after he got set-
tled in Grant County. The couple
exchanged their wedding vows in
the old Elkhorn Hotel, a victim of
the 1937 Canyon City fire.
Four children were born to the
couple. James Cant Jr. lives nearby,
and Mrs. Lillian Mascall lives just
a short distance away east of Pic-
ture Gorge. They are the oldest and
eldest children, respectively. Two
others, Charles Cant and Christina
Forrest, are now deceased.
The Cants count nine grandchil-
dren and 19 great grandchildren.
Called “Grandma” by her large
family, Mrs. Cant leads a busy life at
the ranch and is not strong for show
or ceremony. When her daughter
teased her by calling her “Queen
Elizabeth” Sunday, she replied with
feeling, “Not yet!”
Eagle file photo
From 50 years ago: Mrs. Elizabeth Cant has
been named the Pioneer Queen of the 1970 ‘62
Days Celebration.
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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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
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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
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