OUT OF THE PAST
MyEagleNews.com
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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75 years ago
Heppner Rodeo Queen and Court attend fair
Queen Darlene Biddle of the Heppner Rodeo and her
attendants Betty Lovegren, Jean Hanna and Betty Smith-
ers accompanied by Mrs. Smithers arrived in John Day
Thursday with their horses and were introduced at the
opening of the Grant County fair.
Queen Darlene and her court made beautiful and
spectacular rides each day of the Heppner Rodeo last
week and are proving a splendid addition to John Day’s
show.
Lee Beckner, president of the Heppner Rodeo and
Mrs. Beckner will arrive in time for Friday’s parade.
Grant County welcomes all from our neighboring county.
50 years ago
Prairie takes Savage runners
The visiting Prairie City Panther harriers outran the
Monument Savages by a 24 to 32 score here Friday.
Long Creek and Ukiah were scheduled to run in the
cross-country meet also but did not compete.
Prairie City’s Ivan Andrew was fi rst across the fi nish
line in 16:31. Monument’s fi rst man, Ricky Brown, came
in almost a minute later.
The meet was the fi rst time the two schools had faced
each other this season. It was Monument’s fi rst meet and
Prairie City’s second.
Monument coach Bob Porter said he was pleased
with his team’s showing on the brand-new course.
25 years ago
Eagle fi le photo
Members of “The Aspiring Artists,” from left to right: Sarah Brown, Ashley Krausse, Jamie Brown, Logan Becker, Carrie Brown and Caroline Burton.
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The entree was
provided by the
Friends of Prairie
City. Thank you so
much for all you
do, dear Friends.
Rose Coombs
And what was the
entree? PIZZA!
Every time I see that word in capitals, I think of the scene in
First Wives Club where the ‘little home-wrecker’ squeals it
and races off to answer the doorbell. But I digress. Cooks Pam
and Laura made their own pizzas for us along with a 3-bean
salad and a fruit cocktail cookie. Now there’s a menu with lots
of interesting and different flavors and textures! Next week
will be pork chops. You can see the entire menu on our reader
board on the northeast side of our newly sided building. The
new placement will make it easier to see, I do believe. I sure
wish I could get a line in some new letters, though… Mary,
Gwynne, Carlos, Ginger, Tom, Pam and Del got the meals
together and out the doors. Thanks a lot for all you people do,
too!
Heard a brief report that there was a buffalo loose
somewhere in northeast Oregon. How would you like to
come across that on your peaceful hunting trip? On a related
note, I stepped out the door to go across the alley and had
to convince a little forked-horn buck to get a move on down
the road. Others have noted that the does come up onto their
decks and have lunch. So far our chicken wire deer fence has
deterred any such visitations to our yard… fingers crossed.
The contractor has started attaching the new siding on the
last section of the main hall. This is the one that he has to use
a 40’ ladder ti reach from the basement level to the peak. My
hands get sweaty just thinking about it!
Sometime in the ‘60s or ‘70’s we had to use a wooden 40’
ladder on a painting job. Those things sway! And don’t ever
look down! ‘Keep your mind on your painting, keep your
hand on the rung...’ Oh yes, the good old days!
Pet peeve: All the mail that we receive asking for donations
to various good causes. I guess all that bulk mail is what keeps
the post office in business. Wonder if the people who are very
rich get this kind of mail? 99% of what comes in our mail
goes into the round file. What a waste of paper and postage.
Remember when ‘they’ told us that the internet would save
paper? HA!
OK. Enough of that. We are exhorted to think about good
things. “Whatsoever is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely,
and is of good repute, let your mind dwell on these things.”
Philippians 4:8 To wit: We are having a nice fall and rain is
in the forecast. ** The Missoula Children’s Theater is going to
come to Prairie City and do its thing. ** The squash plant I
was given is still growing. There is still enough water for me to
irrigate it!
Revelations 21:6 “… To him who is thirsty I will give to drink
without cost from the spring of the water of life.”
Last Monday
and Thursday the
parking lot at the
senior center was
bubbling with
vehicles coming and
Elise Huskey
going which was a
great sight as people
were coming to pickup their lunch/s. Both days were very
nice meals.
A reminder to all who get lunches during this time of
COVID19, the dishes the food is in is reuseable and we have
a volunteer to wash them once a week for reuse. This makes
for better economy.
Several states are shutting things down again for severe lack
of hospital rooms to house sick people as well as not enough
help to care for patients. Those who are unwilling to become
vaccinated to help avoid contamination of this disease and
who are unwilling to wear a mask are creating more people
getting sick with this horrible plague. Please everyone, step up
and do your small part to help us all get better so we can get
back to the lifestyle we were living before this thing got to us.
Thank you all.
Tomorrow, September 23 Shay and Kim will be preparing a
casserole of ham and hashbrowns, vegetables of their choice
and pecan bars for dessert. Then, on Monday September 27
lunch will consist of chicken shepherds pie, wedge salad, and
peach cobbler. Sorry I will not be here to taste of Thursdays
lunch as I will be in Boise having cataract surgery again.
St Thomas Episcopal Church is sponsoring our meals this
week. A big thanks to them. Donations and volunteers
are the reason we can continue to provide lunches for our
community. Thank you volunteers.
On Mondays 2 lunches are delivered to many homes in our
community by volunteer drivers and helpers to take food to
the door. One is frozen for another day and one is ready to
eat right away. These people that drive and help delivers are
special people; They each go to 12 or more homes and that
takes a big chunk of their mornings. Thanks to all of you that
help with delivering food.
Chesters grocery also donates day old bread products and are
available on a table when you pick up your lunch so be sure
to take advantage of some extra free items. Also at this time of
year some people donate some veggies from their garden for
us to take and add to our meals at home. Other things make
their way to that table also so you never know what you wil
find there. Thank you to you gardeners for the tomatoes and
cucumbers and zucchini etc. I sure enjoyed some of them.
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God
is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Our cooks Terry
Cade and Carrie
Jewell prepared for
the Tuesday meal,
teriyaki chicken,
potstickers, steamed
Soo Yukawa
brown rice, and
chocolate cake for
dessert. I was not present for I had gone to Bend to do some
shopping and that was the only day to go. We thank our
cooks for their efforts and I heard it was a great meal.
Bob Cockrell and Jimmy Cole were the greeters at the table.
They also checked in the guests and counted up the money.
Sylvia Cockrell served the to-go lunches to the patrons
who came to pick them up. Kristi Guimont filled out the
paperwork.
Bob Cockrell led the flag salute. Theda Phelps prayed the
blessing over the meal. There were 19 guests dining in and
twenty nine takeouts. Max Breeding won the free meal ticket.
We thank the Lord for the rain and moisture that He has
sent to us. Keep praying Prayer Warriors! God is good, all
the time!
A shout of thanks to Bruce Hansen who brought me some
more corn from Sauvie Island. I and a bunch of others really
really appreciated it! I shared the corn with a lot of my
friends. Dropped off corn on my way home and did not get
home for a few hours. My family and I have been enjoying
corn with some of our meals.
Looks like Jimmy Cole is now a skunk killer. Ha. He had
a couple of skunks that were coming on a regular basis,
coming to eat with his cats on his porch. One even tried to
come into his house! Yikes. Jimmy got the skunks and a
neighbor helped to dispose of the bodies. Hope he does not
get anymore.
Well, Bonnie decided to have her babies. She had her
usual triplets. This time though, I made the decision to be
proactive and decided who she was going to reject. She had
two male kids and one female. I took the female doeling and
she is now in the house. I have named her Belle. Her older
brother, who is quite a bit larger, was born first. Belle was
born second and then her little brother was born last. He is
tinier than her and Belle is only about twelve inches long!
Belle is nice and healthy. She did get her colostrum so she
has no issues. Her mama, Bonnie, has actually been allowing
me to milk her! I take her some grain and some goat treats
and while Bonnie is eating that, I milk her. I have been able
to fill now a whole pint every time and she still has a lot more
milk for the boys. Praise the Lord!
Belle is very fiesty. I have her trained so that after she feeds,
I take her outside and she does her business like a dog. Ha.
She loves to go walking outside and protests if I try to bring
her back in too soon. She has an entourage of kittens that
follow her around.
Prairie City
Seniors
John Day
Seniors
Monument
Seniors
Sheep Barn receives a new coat
The Grant County 4-H group “The Aspiring Artists”
gave the Grant County Fairgrounds sheep barn a new
look in August with paintings of sheep and rolling hills.
The paint was donated.
Members of the group include Sarah Brown, Ashley
Krausse, Jamie Brown, Logan Becker, Carrie Brown and
Caroline Burton. The group’s leader is Joan Hopper.
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