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SENIORS & HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our cooks, Terry Cade
and Carrie Jewell, made us
a hearty meal of chicken
enchiladas with all the fix-
ings, fiesta corn and orange
cooler cake for our dessert.
Nom, nom, is all I can say.
We thank them immensely
for their hard work.
Our volunteers were
Kristi Guimont, who filled
out the paperwork. We had
Bob Cockrell and Jan Ensign
who collected and counted
the money. Sylvia Cock-
rell faithfully delivered the
meals to the waiting hands
of the patrons at the door.
Heather Riggs cleaned our
senior center. We thank all
our volunteers.
Many folks of Monument
and elsewhere came together
to help celebrate the wed-
ding of Sam Elliot and Mary
Cade. It was a lovely wedding,
and the reception was a grand
reunion and lots of visiting.
May the Lord bless their mar-
riage with many years together
and lots of babies! Ha.
Are you all melting yet?
Man, this heat is intense, that
is for sure! I am sure glad,
though, that it is mostly a dry
heat. I don’t like the humid
kind of heat at all. I will just
wilt. I don’t like to sweat
either.
The good and bright side
of this hot weather, it is mak-
ing the tomatoes, cucumber,
pepper and zucchini plants
grow like crazy. They just
love the heat.
The weird part of this
weather was that, at the
beginning of the week, it was
overcast and looked like it
was going to rain. I got this
nudge from the Lord to go
out and weed some of my
raised beds and plant my
starts. So, I ambitiously went
out early in the morning and
did just that.
I yanked out all the weeds,
hauled some fermented
chicken poop, dumped it in
the bed and mixed it all up. I
then proceeded to plant some
okra and my pepper plants.
I then did another bed and
planted some tomatoes. I got
a little hungry and decided to
go in for lunch.
After lunch, I really
wanted to do some sewing,
but I felt in my spirit that
I needed to go out and do a
couple more raised beds. I
heard in my spirit, “Prepare
for rain.” So, I reluctantly
went out and weeded a cou-
ple more raised beds, hauled
more dirt and mixed it in,
and planted onions and more
tomato plants. As I was fin-
ishing up, it started to rain!
I just thank the Lord for
the cool and overcast weather
that it made it easier to do
the work. I thanked him and
praised him for the rain. He is
so good and kind and such a
loving God. But I don’t think
I will be doing any weeding
or planting much this week; it
is just plain too hot. Ha.
I think I have an animal
whisperer in my family. My
second daughter has a very
gentle spirit, and the ani-
mals just sense it in her and
love her. She even has a pet
rooster! To be continued.
1 Corinthians 8:1-3 “Now
concerning things offered to
idols: We know that we all
have knowledge. Knowledge
[a]puffs up, but love [b]edi-
fies. 2 And if anyone thinks
that he knows anything, he
knows nothing yet as he ought
to know. 3 But if anyone loves
God, this one is known by
Him.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
So here it comes. Siz-
zling hot summer. The time
in Grant County that you turn
on the A/C in the morning —
a week after there was snow
on the mountains. So how is
your garden growing? Got to
stay on top of the watering!
The ol’ hall was still cool
enough that we didn’t mind
not having he swamp cooler
on. But Del did his thing and
got it all ready for the coming
hot weather. It will be appre-
ciated then, I’m sure! Thank
you, Del!
Pam was back at her place
at the registration desk, and
we were very glad to see her!
We substitutes had quite a
time doing her “book work”
while she was gone to see the
kids and grands in Montana.
Mary and Ginger handed
out the meals at the door,
and Carlos took care of the
home deliveries. Head cook
Pam was away so Tom and
Laura put the delicious meal
together. We enjoyed chicken
potpie, cottage cheese with
pears and a sugar cookie with
fruit filling for dessert. I was
only able to eat half of my
portions, so I got two meals
out of it! Good deal! The
last meal of the month will
feature breakfast for lunch
with sausage and gravy, hash
browns, fruit and birthday
cake. Mmmm.
President Ginger had to
fill out some sort of grant
application and one of the
questions was how long had
we been in business. Best I
could come up with was at
least 45 years as a legal entity,
because that was the year that
Dad was elected the head
honcho. Anyone else have
a better idea? My, how time
flies! That is also how old my
oldest child is. No wonder
I’m tired!
And that makes the USA
245 years old. Are we still
“the land of the free and the
home of the brave”? Depends
on your definition of “free-
dom” and “bravery,” I guess.
Heard an interesting quip:
“Anytime you grant the gov-
ernment power to do some-
thing, you lose a little bit of
your freedom.” Just remem-
ber that your freedom ends
where my nose begins. There
is a difference between “free-
dom” and “liberty,” even
though the dictionary says
they are the same. The Dec-
laration of Independence lists
around 30 different griev-
ances that the 13 colonies had
against the King of England.
These were published so the
“Facts [could] be submitted
to a candid world.” This was
the first time in history that
a nation sought to be estab-
lished and governed by its
citizens, not persons of “royal
linage.” It was a most unique
experiment. The Founding
Fathers were of the opin-
ion that the most intelligent
minds would rise to the top to
run the government. And that
they would do it for “love of
country.” Yes, there have been
errors and grave mistakes.
But if the idea of individual
freedom is so wrong, why are
millions of people still deter-
mined to get into this country?
Is there another nation in the
world that has our freedoms?
If you don’t like what we have
here, where would you go?
John 6:67-69 “’Do you
want to leave, too?’ Jesus
asked the Twelve. … ‘Lord, to
whom shall we go? You have
the words of eternal life. We
believe and know that you are
the Holy One of God.’”
OUT OF THE PAST
75 years ago
50 years ago
Prineville Nine coming to John Day for two
games July 4-5
Baseball fans will have the opportunity of see-
ing the top-notch Prineville team from Crook
County in action next week when Prineville and
John Day will play a two-game series at the Grant
County Fairgrounds. The games have been sched-
uled so as not to conflict with the 4th of July cel-
ebration events at the Joaquin Miller Resort. The
first game will be on Thursday, July 4, at 10 a.m.,
and the second game on Friday afternoon July, 5,
at 1 o’clock.
Prineville holds two victories over John Day
in previous combats this season, but with the John
Day nine being strengthened by Glen Vander-
hoof, Shorty McKern and Henry Hill to its lineup,
the locals expect different results in the forthcom-
ing contests. Shining stars for Prineville include
such well known players as Butter Shields, Joe
Decker, Bob Rush, Lloyd Lewis.
Batteries for the first game will be Shields and
Lewis for Prineville, and probably Haberly and
Vanderhoof for John Day.
This is a baseball game that should really draw
the fans.
Extortion attempt fails at Baker
An attempted “pigeon drop” failed to mate-
rialize at the U.S. National Bank shortly after
noon yesterday. A “pigeon drop” is a particular
kind of extortion.
According to observers at the scene, a per-
son representing himself as bank official tele-
phoned elderly persons in the area attempting
to convince them to withdraw their money and
allow it to be held for them supposedly for a
short time.
At least one person so contacted became
suspicious and notified the bank seeking veri-
fication of the proposed transaction. Officials in
the bank and tellers immediately warned to be
on the lookout for any large or in any way sus-
picious withdrawals.
Shortly afterward, a Baker resident did
come in accompanied by another man. When
he asked to make a withdrawal, a bank official
asked him to step into an office to complete the
transaction whereupon the other man ran out of
the bank. Herbert Harms, an officer at the bank,
pursued the man into the street and observed
him driving away.
sons involved in the extortion attempt may have
been operating in La Grande and Ontario earlier
this week.
State police are coordinating with local author-
ities in the search for a vehicle in which the sus-
pect is reported to have driven away.
25 years ago
Eagle file photo
From 25 years ago: Corey Watson made his way
to second on an overthrown ball to first base
which scored Andy Cannon to give the Grant
County team a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the
third inning of game one.
Harms himself would make no comment
when contacted later, saying that he had an
arrangement with the police whereby he would
not give any information regarding the inci-
dent. Kenneth Schimming, manager, said per-
mission to release any news must come through
his superior in Portland.
Observers speculate that the person or per-
Grant County Senior Babe Ruth team ups
record to 10-1
The Grant County Senior Babe Ruth team
swept La Grande in a doubleheader June 20 by
scores of 6-3 in the first game and 9-4 in the sec-
ond game. Corey Watson made his way to second
on an overthrown ball to first base which scored
Andy Cannon to give the Grant County team a
1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning of game
one. Leaders for the team in game one included
Cannon going 3-for-3 and Adam Vidourek and
Blake Hensley going 2-for-4 each. Pitcher Mor-
gan Bowe had seven strikeouts and Vidourek
came on in relief in the sixth inning. In game two,
Vidourek went 3-for-3, Hensley was 2-for-2 and
winning pitcher Mitch Saul was 1-for-3 at the
plate with a home run. Grant County’s record is
now 10-1.
MT. VERNON
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CHURCH
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154 E. Williams St.
Prairie City, Oregon
541 820-4437
2 Corinthians 5:17
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Community Center
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10:45-12:00
(Corner of Second & Allen)
John Day Valley
Mennonite
Church
Meeting every Sunday
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UNITED
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