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SENIORS & HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
First of all, apologies for
last week’s error in this arti-
cle. I must have been the one,
being confused when looking
at posts on the senior center site
on Facebook. I do confuse eas-
ily. Blondes do that, you know.
A great annual holiday for
Canyon City and John Day, ‘62
Days, is over again until another
year passes. Mark your calen-
dars ahead of time so you don’t
forget it.
A heaping amount of thanks
goes to Chester’s Thriftway for
their generous donation to our
kitchen. Recently they donated
18 whole meat items: includ-
ing turkeys, hams and beef.
These donations will go a long
way to help Shay and Kim pre-
pare meals for our senior cen-
ter. They also donated several
pies and baked goods to us.
Also there were 10 cases of fro-
zen pies. This is a huge donation
for our center. Thanks, thanks,
thanks, Chester’s Thriftway, in
John Day.
For over a year now, we
have not been allowed to meet
as a group and enjoy lunch
together and hear the newest
goings on in our area. Even so,
we are still delivering lunches
to shut-ins in the area. This last
week we delivered 54 fresh and
54 frozen meals to John Day,
Canyon City and Mt. Vernon on
Monday. When people in Long
Creek, Prairie City and Sen-
eca would like meals delivered
we make special arrangements
for those deliveries. On Mon-
day, 16 lunches were picked up
at the back door and Thursday
there were 25 lunches picked
up at the back door. John Day
Senior Center is still operat-
ing and serving people in our
county. At the back door Greg
Starr and one other site council
member are present to accept
donations and hand bagged
lunches to those in attendance.
Masks are recommended when
in line to receive your food.
Thanks for your protection and
cooperation.
Linda Stoltz is still manning
our library. She keeps it clean,
files and organizes all loose
books. Due to COVID-19, we
will need an appointment time
to visit our library. Angie in the
office can handle that for us.
Please call Angie if you would
like to visit our library and get a
book or wo.
If you would like to get a
message to anyone at our cen-
ter, you may slip a written
note under the front door and
Angie will get it to the right
person. A call works well too:
541-575-2949.
We are hoping that every-
one is getting their vaccinations
so we can get to the end of this
lonely time. Sometimes I feel
like I don’t remember how to
communicate with other peo-
ple, it has been so long.
On Thursday, June 17, Shay
and Kim are preparing tater tot
casserole, green beans, gar-
lic toast and a lemon sandwich
cookie for our lunch. On Mon-
day, June 21, lunch will consist
of barbecue ribs, corn on the
cob, baked potato, watermelon
and strawberry shortcake.
Enjoy this sunshine. It is so
good for our health and brings
out our creative spirit to per-
form tasks around our home.
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is
the substance of things hoped
for, the evidence of things not
seen.” (Think about that.)
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
For the Tuesday meal of
June 8, Terry Cade and Carrie
Jewell made teriyaki chicken
stir fry, pot stickers and a blue-
berry cobbler for our dessert.
We sure are lucky to have our
Tuesday meals. We give a shout
of thanks to our hard working
cooks.
Our volunteers were Kristi
Guimont, who filled out the
paperwork. Bob Cockrell
and Jan Ensign counted up
the money, and Sylvia Cock-
rell delivered the meals to the
patrons at the door. We thank all
our volunteers for their service.
Apparently, the Monument
Senior Center rummage sale
brought in over $1,500 in sales.
Praise the Lord. All the proceeds
go entirely to support our oper-
ations, and through the gener-
osity of many, we did well. The
rest of the things that were not
sold were packed up and taken
by Judy Harris’s grandson to
Mitchell in a stock trailer. The
community of Mitchell was also
going to do some kind of sale,
and it worked out that we could
send over all the items that did
not sell here in Monument.
The weather here in Monu-
ment has been all over the place.
A few days, we had intense hot
weather. I planted some lemon
cucumber seeds, okra seeds and
some shishito pepper seeds. I
planted them all in the same big
canvas pot. I labeled them of
course. Three days later, while
watering in the early morn-
ing, I noticed a speck of green
coming up. When I say speck,
I mean it literally was a speck, a
sliver. That same evening, when
I went to water, I had around ten
plants that were about 2 inches
high! Wow! I wish I could have
just sat there looking at it grow
all day.
I got quite a few lemon
cucumber plants, so I dug
some up and gave them away.
I am hoping to plant some zuc-
chini seeds next and some more
tomato plants that some friends
had given me. It is going to be a
busy week, I think. The shishito
pepper seeds have not come up
yet. I hope those seeds were not
duds.
My family and I have been
enjoying all the yummy lamb’s
quarters that have been abun-
dantly growing here. I have
decided that it is really tasty
sautéed in olive oil with fresh
minced garlic, salt and pepper,
in a cast iron skillet. It really is
quite delicious. I have also been
contemplating on trying sting-
ing nettle. I am trying to figure
out what is the best way to han-
dle them. I did try some that our
friends had brought. It was quite
tasty too.
If I have some time and I
remember to do this, I am going
to try and cut some raspberry
leaves, dry them and put them
away for some tea to make in
the winter. Does that not sound
so soothing? I have to cut them
from young plants that have not
bloomed yet. I found some, so I
am going to try that out.
Psalms 16:1 “Preserve me,
O God: for in Thee do I put my
trust.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
My, my, aren’t we glad we
got the AC in — just in time for
the cold weather? I should have
remembered that by the 10th
of June there will be a chance
of snow. That’s what happened
when my family moved back to
Grant County in 1959. We were
shocked — shocked — to drive
through a snowstorm coming
over Dixie to Prairie City area.
In the years since, we have seen
snow in every month in the
Prairie City area. So back on
with the pant liners. Have man-
aged to get by without a T-shirt
so far. Welcome to the land of
four seasons — all in one day!
The meal prepared by our
cooks Pam and Laura was guar-
anteed to warm you up. The
entree of roast beef was fur-
nished by Pamela S. Woodworth
in memory of her grandmother
Vera Clark. We appreciate this
generous donation. Thank you
very much. In addition, we had
broccoli, mashed potatoes and
gravy, a roll and — drum roll
please — strawberry shortcake!
Yummy, yummy in the tummy!
Tom and Carlos made the home
deliveries while Carla and Mary
took care of the pick-up patrons.
There were over 50 meals out
the door today. Thanks to our
faithful volunteers for your
service.
Did manage to get the rest of
the garden planted before it got
chilly. No sprouts so far, but a
volunteer potato and three sun-
flowers have appeared. The
birds missed those seeds!
Oh what I would give for
some nice “Golden Age of Tele-
vision” situation comedies! ‘Tis
very difficult, apparently, to
write such things in this era of
political correctness. Did you
happen to catch the two Dick
Van Dyke shows that CBS aired
as a tribute to Carl Reiner? Oh,
what a joy to behold! Just plain
ol’ fun! Guess I’m gettin’ old.
The
Ensemble’s
Eas-
ter-themed presentation has been
postponed until after summer.
May even do it for Reformation
Day! Who knows? But it will
be good when it happens! Such
is life in the COVID aftermath.
But I’m still going to work on a
Christmas presentation. Maybe
this year it will be given close
to Christmas! That’s the blessed
thing about Christianity: We can
sing of his birth, life, death, res-
urrection and coming again on
any Sunday — or any other day!
It will still be appropriate. PTL.
We are getting used to our
new-to-us vehicle. I only have
to use one pillow to be able to
see out the windshield. First
time that’s happened for years!
It is still hard to keep my speed
up when I go past the area of the
accident. Like most things, this
too shall pass.
I John 2:15,17 “Do not love
the world or anything in the
world. … The world and its
desires pass away, but the man
who does the will of God lives
forever…”
OUT OF THE PAST
50 years ago
showed a steer and a hog.
Local girls win top honors
Three Grant County 4-H mem-
bers, Nancy Kline, Marianne Farrell
and Julie Reynolds, were at the Junior
Livestock Show of the Oregon Wheat
Growers League last week at The
Dalles.
The trio were judged the best of
the 40 4-H judging teams in the com-
petition. In addition, Miss Kline was
judged the fourth best individual judge
and Miss Farrell placed third. Miss
Kline was also the best beef exhibi-
tor and Miss Farrell was judged the
best swine exhibitor. Miss Reynolds
25 years ago
Early morning fire at Grant
Western quelled
Firefighters from John Day, Can-
yon City and Mt. Vernon responded
Monday morning to a fire in the dry
kiln of Prairie Wood Products. Prairie
City firefighters remained on standby.
According to Dale Stennett with the
John Day Volunteer Fire Department,
the alarm was phoned into the emer-
gency 9-1-1 dispatch center at 6 a.m.
by Jack Kite. Dispatch also received a
second call from Pete Gassner.
John Straw, production manager,
said the fire broke out about 5:30 a.m.
during work hours.
The cause of the fire remains under
investigation. Stennett said they had
no firm damage estimates, but said at
least $1,000 in lumber was destroyed
plus at least $1,000 in clean-up costs.
Thirty-seven interior sprinkler
heads activated to help extinguish the
fire, which helped avert more exten-
sive damage.
The structure received minor dam-
age including some melted aluminum
and smoke damage. No other damages
or injuries were reported.
Eagle file photo
From 50 years ago: Pictured are Nancy Kline, left, Marianne Farrell, center,
and Julie Reynolds with Miss Farrell’s two lambs she entered in the show
in addition to swine.
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
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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
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(541) 575-1326
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126 NW Canton, John Day
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NAZARENE
Sunday School .......................... 9:30 am
Sunday Worship Service......... 10:45 am
Sunday Evening Service ...........6:00 pm
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Weekdays: Sonshine Christian School
Pastor Randy Johnson
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St. Thomas
Episcopal
Church
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Sunday Worship ...................... 11 am
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Sunday Evening Bible Talk ......... 6 pm
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59357 Hwy 26 Mt. Vernon
Full Gospel- Come Grow With Us
Celebration of Worship
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Midweek Service
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Christian
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139 N.E. D AYTON S TREET , J OHN D AY
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Sunday Worship Service 10 am
Sunday Youth Group 3 pm
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Youth: 0-6th Grade
Thursdays 6:30pm
Youth: 0-6th Grade
Jr./Sr. High
Youth Connection
Wednesdays at 6:30pm
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Mondays at 6pm at
LWCC
A Christ-Centered, 12-Step
Recovery Support Group
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