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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
Monument Seniors
Prairie City Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Rose Coombs
Our cooks Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell pre-
pared our lunch, which was Parmesan chicken,
roasted potatoes and carrots, and chocolate birth-
day cake for the last Tuesday of the month of
July. We thank our cooks and appreciate them
for their work and dedication.
Our usual volunteers were Kristi Guimont
who filled out the paperwork. We had Bob Cock-
rell and Jan Ensign counting up the money. Syl-
via Cockrell delivered the meals to the patrons at
the door. Just FYI, there have been veggies that
people have been bringing to share from their
gardens, free for the taking, so help yourself.
Calling for prayers for Carrie Jewell and fam-
ily. Her father, Bill Richards, passed away. His
services will be held this Friday, Aug. 6. We
send Carrie and her family love and prayers
during this difficult time. May the Lord comfort
them all with his great peace that surpasses all
understanding.
So, I did not get to partake of the Monument
senior lunch because I had to go to John Day to
take a dog in for neutering. In fact, I had to go to
John Day three days in a row. I had to leave the
dog and pick him up the next day. On the third
day, we took a bunch of cats to be spayed and
neutered. I was exhausted from driving back and
forth at the end of it all. I sure am glad that it
has all been taken care of and over with. Until
I can get four more of our male cats done that
is. Normally they are all friendly and lovey
dovey cats, but when they saw me putting their
friends in those portable carriers, they suddenly
“disappeared.”
I have a zucchini that is around 6 inches
long and maybe almost 2 inches in diameter!
Yay! I think I will be picking it in the next cou-
ple of days. I think I will give it to a friend as
an offering of my firstfruits to the Lord. After
all, everything belongs to him. I have long and
round zucchinis growing.
I was looking around at my lemon cucum-
ber plants and seeing a whole bunch of flow-
ers. I picked up some leaves to look underneath,
when lo and behold, three lemon cucumbers!
Yes, and two of them were like the size of
plums. I am super excited about those lemon
cucumbers.
I am also seeing some tomatoes growing.
In fact, I picked one, and I am going to serve
it sometime this week. My peppers are doing
very well too. It seemed, all of a sudden, every-
thing just exploded. My potatoes too grew in
one week, so much so that I had to add new dirt
on the top.
I have been very careful about the wasps now.
I was not happy at losing that battle with the
wasp over that raspberry. Darn him. They have
been devouring a lot of my raspberries, and that
is just unacceptable. I must find away to get rid
of them.
Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning, God created
the heavens and the earth.”
Things are a-happenin’ at the ol’ hall now!
Repairs to the very old kitchen — circa 1940
— roof began in earnest today. Any resem-
blance to current code was purely coinciden-
tal. At least we get to save all the tin roofing.
That will help!
Across the street to the south, another big
project was a-happenin’. The old Cenex fuel
tanks were being dug up and removed. Some
will comment “Cenex?” Yes. Back in the late
‘70s and early ‘80s, there was an up and going
store that was in place where the quilt shop
used to be and where Levi Voigt has his engi-
neering establishment now. They catered to
the farm and ranch community with fuel, oil,
tools, etc. Derrol drove fuel trucks for them
then. I had to take photos of the operation,
along with the hall goings on. Busy, busy.
We did have dinner! A great lunch of taco
salad, pears, chips and dips and birthday cake
provided by today’s sponsor Driskill Memo-
rial Chapel. If you’ve never had a taco salad,
this was what was in it: a huge taco shell
loaded with lettuce, tomato, onion, olives,
cheese and hamburger. Super good! Thanks
to cook Pam and helpers Cindy and Tom.
Pam Howard was at her place at the regis-
tration desk, Carla helped her get the pick-up
meals to the customers and Gwynne, Carlos
and Ginger took care of the home deliveries.
And I am very pleased to report that we sent
out 69 meals today! Whooppee!
Been watching the Olympics? The surfers
and skateboarders had their first time being
in the Olympics. It was very fitting that the
surfer lady who won gold was from Hawaii
— the place where surfing got started. My
biggest complaint is the clothing that the
females are required to wear. If the men can
be clothed in mid-thigh shorts for volleyball
and gymnastics, why not the women? And
the suits for the diving for the women were
atrocious! Why can’t they wear the same
suits as the swimmers? Talk about double
standard!
OK. Off that soapbox. And on to another
one. What ad man thought it would be appro-
priate to play music while someone is try-
ing to give an announcement about some-
thing? People have enough trouble hearing
the announcement without having to sort it
out form the music that is playing against it.
Especially those of us with hearing aids. So
much for that.
I was given some old history magazines
from the ‘80s and have been finding out lots
of things! Always wondered why Gen. Billy
Mitchell was court-martialed. Wasn’t because
he did something physically wrong. He just
told the top brass that they were wrong! Some
people just can’t take criticism.
Proverbs 19:25 “… rebuke a discerning
man and he will gain knowledge.”
Contributed photo
The .264 Winchester Magnum was chambered in the Model 70 Westerner, featuring a 26-inch
barrel and loaded with either 100- or 140-grain factory ammunition.
SHOOTING THE BREEZE
The .264 Winchester Magnum
I
n the realm of orphaned and obsolete car-
tridges, few stories are as sad as the tale
of Winchester’s magnum .264. Intro-
duced in 1958 along with the .338 Winchester
Magnum in the rifleman’s rifle, the .264 was
touted as being the perfect western hunter’s
cartridge for everything between varmints and
elk. Chambered in the Model 70 Westerner,
featuring a 26-inch barrel and loaded with
either the 100- or 140-grain
factory ammunition, the
.264 appeared to be all that
and a bag of chips, as the
saying goes.
Gun writers of the day
didn’t exactly throw any
ticker tape parades. One
Dale Valade
notable said that it would
accomplish nothing that his .270 couldn’t do
just as well with its shorter barrel, and using
less powder to boot. Others decried the com-
paratively poor selection of bullets. The 6.5
bullets of the day had relatively thin jackets as
they were designed to be fired at more pedes-
trian 6.5x55mm Swedish Mauser velocities.
“Overbore” is a term used to describe a
cartridge that, due to having too large of a
combustion chamber in proportion to the
diameter of the bullet, chamber pressure con-
straints are exceeded disproportionately
quicker than increases in bullet velocity. It’s
for this reason we don’t see cartridges like a
.22-.30-06 or a .25-.375 H&H, they are sim-
ply too obtuse of cases for such smaller diam-
eter bullets. The .264 is one that suffers from
overbore, and some of the side effects of high
pressure are poor barrel life and unpleasant
recoil. However, properly crafting one’s han-
dloads and allowing the barrel proper cool
down time between strings at the range are
small concessions to make for using such a
fine cartridge. Alas, others had too similar of
ideas.
The 1962 introduction of Remington’s
instant classic 7mm Magnum seemed to be
a significant nail in the .264’s popularity
coffin. It’s greater range of bullet weights
and styles combined with its larger diame-
ter of bullet made much more sense to the
average gun-buying deer hunter. Today,
with contemporary contenders like the 6.5
PRC and Weatherby’s 6.5 RPM and 6.5-
300 Magnum, it’s unlikely that we will see
any Bethanian resurrection in the case of
the .264. Still if you have one, don’t dis-
may. With modern powders and bullets the
original 6.5 short magnum will run with
the big dogs both up close and far away.
Brass and ammo are still in circulation,
and if you handload, 7mm Rem Mag brass
can be easily converted in a pinch.
While the .264 might be considered an
also-ran by some, it’s a capable cartridge
deserved of respect. Accurate, fast mov-
ing and definitely unique, it’s a safe bet that
you’ll be the only one in camp that has one.
If you’re looking for something that gets it
done, but you’re antithetic to commonplace
cartridges, the .264 deserves a look.
Are you a fan of the .264 Win Mag? Write
to us at shootingthebreezebme@gmail.com!
Dale Valade is a local country gent with a
love for the outdoors, handloading, hunting
and shooting.
MT. VERNON
PRESBYTERIAN
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Redeemer
Lutheran Church
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541-932-4800
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627 SE Hillcrest, John Day
1 st Sunday Worship/Communion ..................10am
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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
Sunday School (all ages)
9:30-10:30
Sunday Worship
10:45-12:00
John Day Valley
Mennonite
Church
Meeting every Sunday
at Mt. Vernon Grange Hall
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(Corner of Second & Allen)
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UNITED
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NAZARENE
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59357 Hwy 26 Mt. Vernon
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Celebration of Worship
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Youth: 0-6th Grade
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