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SENIORS & HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
For our Tuesday, July 6,
meal, Terry Cade and Carrie
Jewell served us a hearty meal
of spaghetti, garlic bread,
fresh tossed green salad and
peanut butter chocolate cake
for dessert. Yum. Of course,
afterwards, due to the nice hot
weather and full tummy, I had
a food coma and took a nap.
We thank our cooks for taking
care of us all.
Our volunteers were Kristi
Guimont, who filled out the
paperwork. Bob Cockrell and
Jan Ensign counted up the
money. Sylvia Cockrell deliv-
ered the meals to the patrons at
the door. I went to pick up our
lunch and got to catch up and
visited with some people I had
not seen for awhile. That was
really nice.
Many of us are hoping that
we will be able to open up our
senior center since the gover-
nor has opened up our state.
I don’t see why we should
not be able to eat at the cen-
ter. Maybe a bunch of us can
flood Angie with calls from us
all asking to open up our Mon-
ument Senior Center?
A few weeks ago, my
neighbor and friend, Rose
Howe, invited me to come
and pick strawberries from
her garden. It was awesome.
I got to pick so many straw-
berries! She said they have
to pick them every two days.
They were delicious little
strawberries, and I just am
so grateful to my kind neigh-
bors for sharing. My fam-
ily and I ate a bunch of them,
and I saved some and put them
in the freezer to make straw-
berry rhubarb jam when it gets
cooler. I don’t think I want to
tackle canning in this crazy
hot weather.
A little while ago, I noticed
that my bottle baby goat,
Davey, somehow kept getting
out of the goat pen and into the
pasture. I was having a hard
time figuring out how he was
escaping. I would find a spot
and then block it up with twine
thinking that was the hole he
was getting out from, only to
find him outside again the next
day. This went on for about a
week. He would come run-
ning when I called him, I just
did not want him to get cor-
rupted by Felix and the other
wild wether goats. Ha.
When I called Davey, he
would come back. I would
then pick him up and plop him
back down on the other side
of the fence, into the goat pen.
I also lured him back with a
reward of goat treats. I finally
decided to walk along the
fence and very carefully look.
I found it! Davey was squeez-
ing out under a gate where he
had made a hole. I pulled the
sheep fencing back down and
put rocks in the corner.
Looks like that did the
trick. Davey has not been get-
ting out since then. I wonder
if he was like, “Hey, some-
one covered up my hole with a
bunch of rocks, and I can’t get
out now, darn!” Ha.
Psalms 31:19-20 “Oh how
great is Thy goodness, which
Thou hast laid up for them that
fer Thee; Which Thou hast
wrought for them that trust in
Thee before the sons of men!
Thou shalt hide them in the
secret of Thy presence from
the pride of man: Thou shalt
keep them secretly in a pavil-
ion from the strife of tongues.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
’Twas an interesting
Fourth this year, wasn’t it?
We did have a parade with
the cannon boom, and I do
mean boom! You forget from
year to year just how loud
that ol’ thing is. And the con-
cussion can be felt a hundred
yards away! And it’s just a
little feller. Imagine those
big guns that can shoot for
miles. Anyway, that got the
parade off to a good start.
Most of the firefighting rigs
that would have been in the
parade were off up fighting
the fire on Dixie Creek, and
we were glad that they were!
That was just a little too
close for comfort. We were
very thankful to see all the
airplanes doing their water
and retardant runs. Many
thanks to all who had a part
in quelling the fire.
Back to the parade — we
were very proud of the grand
marshal as she is our head
cook! Congratulations, Pam.
It was a well-deserved honor.
After the parade, we had
a summer kickoff barbecue
at church. So Bert and fam-
ily got to visit with a lot of
folks that they usually don’t
have time to visit with on
regular Sundays. Since we
hadn’t seen them for a long
time due to good ol’ COVID,
they decided to make a quick
trip to Prairie City for the
Fourth. Was good to be with
them, even if it was a short
span of time.
The meal for the first
Wednesday of July was
another barn-burner! We put
out 54 meals consisting of a
bacon burger, baked beans,
big container of watermelon
and — drum roll please —
a brownie! Whee! I don’t
recall having a bacon burger
before, but it was delicious.
And the watermelon was so
sweet, the beans were super
and what can I say about the
brownie? Yummy, yum. A
great meal, thanks to Pam
and Laura. Tom helped bag
the take-out boxes, Carla
delivered them to the peo-
ple who came to the door and
Pam did her book work. Car-
los and Luann did the home
deliveries, and I made the
bank deposit. Thanks to all
who do their part in making
this activity run smoothly.
Joke
—
Question:
What are a skateboarder’s
most common last words?
Answer: “Hey, dude. Watch
this!” Think about that a lit-
tle. Just how dangerous is
skateboarding? Skateboard-
ers make about 100,000
emergency room visits each
year.
However, that number is
less than 25% of the number
of injuries reported by bas-
ketball players. Think some
more about that! Skateboard-
ing is to be an Olympic sport
for the first time this year at
the Summer Games in Japan.
If they do as good as the
snowboarders at the Winter
Games, it should be a good
show! I was always fasci-
nated when watching Joel
do “ollies.” How do the feet
stay on the board when he’s
jumping over tall obstacles?
Some physics person needs
to explain that to me!
Hebrews 5:11 “We have
much to say about this, but
it is hard to explain because
you are slow to learn.”
of Disney performers and
production crew members.
Mrs. Tinsley has been col-
lecting the names during the
Disney group’s stay in Grant
County for the filming of
“Napoleon and Samantha.”
Many of them are staying at
the nearby Dreamers Lodge.
Post Quartermaster from
Oregon. This elite group of
selectees are drawn from
156 post Q.M.s with the top
10 quartermasters honored.
Harmer, of John Day,
entered the state’s buddy
poppy display contest in the
category of memorial and
inspirational displays. The
post and Harmer’s entry
took third place. The com-
petition in each of the three
categories was fierce, public
promotion of poppy sales,
memorial or inspirational
and artistic or decorative use
of poppies.
Both
Thomas
and
Harmer are life members
of Grant County Post 3597
of the V.F.W. The post
also received a plaque for
achieving 100% member-
ship for 1995-96.
All awards the post
received were presented by
outgoing State Commander
Charles Fuller of Brookings.
OUT OF THE PAST
75 years ago
Eagle file photo
From 50 years ago: Pictured are Walt Disney Productions light-
ing director, Jim Rose, and local Grant County resident, Lillian
Tinsley.
Body of Little Hinely Girl
recovered from John Day
Riverside
The body of 4-year-old
Ann Hinley, who drowned in
Canyon Creek April 18, was
recovered Sunday from the
John Day River near the Joe
Viegas Ranch about 2 miles
below John Day.
The child, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hinley
of the coast and geodetic sur-
vey, had been sought continu-
ously since her disappearance
while at play on the banks
of Canyon Creek at the Hill
Auto Court where the Hin-
leys have been making their
home. Her body was found by
Tracy Hunton, Malheur for-
est employee, while he was
fishing.
The body was removed to
the Driskill mortuary, where
identification was made
through a hair ribbon and
remaining clothing, and was
shipped east to Mrs. Hinley’s
former home for interment.
The child’s mother, when the
body was recovered, was still
at her former home in the east
where she has been visiting
for the past several weeks.
A reward of $250 was
posted by the parents for
recovery of the child’s body
after searches by local offi-
cers and posses failed to
locate her. A net was stretched
across the mouth of Canyon
Creek as soon as it became
apparent she had fallen into
the stream, but flood waters
evidently had carried the
body downstream previously.
50 years ago
Autograph Collector
Lillian Tinsley of the John
Day Mixer Shop asks Walt
Disney Productions lighting
director Jim Rose of Glen-
dale, California, to add his
signature to her collection of
some two dozen autographs
25 years ago
V.F.W. locals receive
state awards
Two local veterans from
Grant County honored at
the annual state convention
of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars in Springfield June
20-23.
Richard Thomas, Post
Quartermaster/Adjutant
(Finance and Recording
Officer), and Drew Harmer,
Buddy Poppy Co-Chairman,
were awarded special rec-
ognition at this year’s 75th
annual V.F.W. Convention.
Thomas, of Dayville, was
honored as All State Team
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