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SENIORS & HEALTH
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Have you got used to stan-
dard time yet? My system just
will not sleep that extra hour
for a few weeks. Think I’m
finally getting there. Then in
three or four months we’ll
have to reverse it all over
again. And it’s been scientif-
ically proven that switching
the time like that is hard on
the body! So why do we still
do it? OK, enough ranting …
Our first meal of the month
had a huge helping of meat-
loaf and gravy, corn, scal-
loped potatoes (yeah!), pears
and cottage cheese, and a big
chocolate cupcake with lots
of frosting. Mmmm, good.
Thanks to cook Pam for our
great meals. Delivery people
included Gwynne, Carla, Car-
los, Mary, and Ginger. Other
helpers were Tom and Del.
Pam did her usual great job at
the registration desk. Thanks
to all who have a part in this
program. And thanks to all
who order meals each week.
May your tribe increase!
What we can’t figure out
is why people are allowed to
go to the cafes and dine but
senior centers can’t do the
same. And the senior citi-
zens are patronizing the cafes
with no problems. What’s the
difference? It is just so frus-
trating to have gone through
almost two years of this mess
and no end in sight. Oops,
there’s that soapbox again …
The holidays — that word
is a corruption of holy days,
did you know? Anyhow, the
days begin with Thanksgiv-
ing, which is self-explana-
tory. Then came Hanukkah.
Always wondered what that
was all about, so I looked it
up in my new book, “Essen-
tial Judaism.” And I quote:
“Hanukkah is a celebration of
the Maccabees, Jewish war-
riors who fought a lengthy
civil war … until they drove
the Syrians from ancient
Israel. … When the Macca-
bees retook Jerusalem, they
demolished the now polluted
altar of the Temple and built
a new one. … They found
a small quantity of conse-
crated oil for use in the sacred
lamps, but not nearly enough
to use for the (required) eight
days. … The priests lit the oil
for the first day … and mirac-
ulously there was enough for
the second day. And so it con-
tinued until the entire eight
days of worship had been
observed. (One commenta-
tor said that the real miracle
was the faith of the priests
who knew they didn’t have
enough oil for eight days but
who lit the lamps each day,
trusting that God would pro-
vide.) … Today Hanukkah
is a home-oriented holiday
… with the singing of a spe-
cial hymn and readings taken
from the story of the dedi-
cation of the Tabernacle and
of course the lighting of the
candles.”
So, now you know. Our
Thanksgiving was differ-
ent this year: Son No. 2 and
his family came to our little
abode and brought the meal!
Turkey, mashed potatoes and
gravy, vegetables, and des-
sert. I set the table and gath-
ered the chairs, and a good
time was had by all! Since
we have no TV, we didn’t
even have to watch a football
game! Thank you, son and
family. It was really nice not
to have to do anything!
Colossians 4:6 “Let your
conversation be always full
of grace, seasoned with salt,
so that you may know how to
answer everyone.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Crazy that it is now the
month of December, and cra-
zier even still is the fact that
Christmas will be here in, like,
three weeks! What? I don’t
know how that happened.
I never have ever gone to a
Black Friday shopping spree.
Standing in line and spend-
ing the night waiting for the
so-called “hot deals” in the
cold is just not my cup of
tea. As I am getting older,
the material things just don’t
mean much in light of Jesus.
He is my treasure.
Speaking of treasure, we
sure have one in the town of
Monument! We are so blessed
with our senior center and our
fabulous cooks. All the vol-
unteers that put their heart
and soul to help keep our
facility going are all loved
and appreciated.
Our cooks made us a nice
meal of pork roast, carrots,
dinner rolls and scalloped
potatoes, with chocolate cake
for our dessert, yummy deli-
ciousness. We thank our
cooks Terry Cade and Carrie
Jewell for their fine work.
Our volunteers at the front
table were Jimmy Cole and
Kristi Guimont. They checked
in all the guests, collected and
counted up the money. Kristi
led us in the flag salute and
made the announcements.
Yours truly prayed the bless-
ing over our meal. Shirley
Johnson of Spray won the
free meal ticket. Sharon Falls
won the Len’s gift card. Judy
Harris won a turkey from the
turkey raffle.
I also made an announce-
ment. This was concerning
the so-called “Vaccine Pass-
port” that our state of Ore-
gon wants to pass. To me it
does not matter whether you
are for the vaccine or not, but
I believe that this infringes
on our medical rights and our
constitutional rights when,
unless one can prove that
you have been vaccinated,
you cannot enter into busi-
ness establishments or other
facilities. We should be able
to choose what we want to put
into our bodies. Where will
they stop if they are allowed
this control? No thank you.
One of our Founding
Fathers, Benjamin Frank-
lin, put it this way, and I
quote, “Those who would
give up essential liberty,
to purchase a little tempo-
rary safety, deserve neither
liberty or safety.” Food for
thought. This great nation
and our freedoms were pur-
chased with blood and sac-
rifice. I pray that we remem-
ber and fight for what is good,
and right, and true.
On a lighter note, I think I
like Scotty better than Belle.
You know how when you
look at the eyes, whether they
are human or animal, you can
see the intelligence behind
it. Not only that, you can see
gentleness, sweetness there
too.
Scotty has just the sweet-
est and gentlest eyes! I don’t
know how to describe it bet-
ter, but Belle has “bratty”
eyes. Ha.
She is highly more intelli-
gent than her brother, which
makes her more cunning, and
clever. She is just not sweet!
She is mischievous and a bit of
a troublemaker. Scotty knows
his name now too and just
loves to be petted; Belle, not
so much.
Psalms 26:8 O LORD, I
love the habitation of Your
house and the place where
Your glory dwells.
OUT OF THE PAST
75 YEARS AGO
Long Creek couple purchase
well-known ranch property
Mr. And Mrs. Wayne Chapman, for-
merly of Long Creek, have purchased
the Carl Jensen Ranch, one-half mile
north of Pilot Rock on the 395 high-
way. For the past three years they have
farmed the ranch and operated a dairy
for Jess Foster who had the place leased.
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman sold their house
and lots in Long Creek to Mr. and Mrs.
J.W. Chapman of that city.
50 YEARS AGO
Paulina rancher gets 50-year pin
Melvin Weberg, a Paulina-area
rancher with holdings in Crook and
Grant counties, was welcomed into the
50-year circle of Canyon City Lodge
No. 34, AF&AM, at a dinner at the
Ye Olde Castle, John Day, Tuesday
evening.
Weberg, a Crook County commis-
sioner, joined the lodge March 10,
1917. He received his 50-year pin from
Ray Brisbois of Canyon City, past dis-
trict deputy, and Dick Duckett of Bates.
Two other 50-year members of the
lodge were present for the rites. They
were Harry Allen of Canyon City, who
became a 50-year member in 1963,
and Leo Gunther of John Day, whose
50-year anniversary was Nov. 12 of this
year.
Following the dinner, lodge mem-
bers adjourned to Fraternal Hall, Can-
yon City, to elect officers.
Chester Bennett Jr. was elected
lodge worshipful master in the elec-
tions. Three other new officers are
Joseph H. Parsons, senior warden;
Floyd Bliss, junior warden; and Oliver
Campbell, treasurer. Reelected secre-
tary was George Benson.
25 YEARS AGO
Prairie City grad to play
in NAIA nationals
A former Prairie City student will
be competing at the NAIA Division II
Volleyball Nationals Dec. 4-7.
Michelle Burge, who graduated
from Prairie City High School in
1994, is starting for Northwest Naz-
arene College, which advanced to the
final round of volleyball playoffs Nov.
23.
Northwest Nazarene defeated
Western Washington at Willamette
University in Salem to take third at the
Pacific Northwest Regionals Champi-
onship Nov. 22-23. Burge was named
to the all-tournament regionals team.
Burge’s team advanced to the
regionals after defeating Western Ore-
gon State College at the Conference
Tournament Nov. 16-17 in Monmouth.
Nationals will be held at Point Loma
Nazarene College in San Diego. This
is the farthest Northwest Nazarene has
advanced in its playoff history.
Burge transferred to Northwest
Nazarene College this year after
playing two years in Pasco, Wash.,
at Columbia Basin Community Col-
lege. There she set team career and
single-season records in kills and
was named to the all-star first team
both years. She was selected to the
All-Cascade Conference first team
this season after Northwest Nazarene
College captured the Cascade Confer-
ence championship.
Eagle file photo
Receiving his 50-year membership pin from Ray Brisbois (second from
right) is Melvin Weberg. Looking on are two other 50-year members of
Canyon City Lodge No 34, AF&AM, Leo Gunther (left) and Harry Allen
(right). Lodge members made the presentation in 1971.
MT. VERNON
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