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SENIORS/HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
As I am writing this, we
are one week into 2022. So far
we have had several types of
weather.
Today the chinook winds
are obliterating our snow. We
had two big snowfalls, and the
wind took it both times. Yes-
terday, Thursday, was gor-
geous with the sun shining on
the snow. This wind hits my
house so hard that sometimes
I go to the window to see what
is there.
This week I could not get
my car out of the driveway.
That is the biggest downfall
I have with the Subaru Out-
back. The GMC Envoy is high
enough to go over it. Yesterday
I needed to go with Darron to
town, so I had to let Paul drive
his big Chevy diesel pickup. I
hate riding in or driving that
truck because the dog smell is
so strong I can barely breathe.
And it is one year older than
the GMC Envoy.
Obviously, I did not make
it to the senior center at all this
week, so am hoping to make it
this next week as both meals
sound great to me.
Thursday, Jan. 13, will be
beef and barley stew, salad,
rolls, and sugar cookie bars
for dessert. Then on Monday,
Jan. 17, lunch will be chicken
a la king on a biscuit, green
beans, and carrot cake for des-
sert. Be sure to call in at least
by 10 a.m. so your lunch will
be prepared, dished up, and
bagged and ready for you to
pick up between 11:30 and
noon. The number to call, in
case you do not know it, is
541-575- 1825.
Thank you, Shay and Kim,
for your time and efforts to
prepare us healthy food.
John 15: 12 KJV This is my
commandment, that ye love
one another as I have loved
you.
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
First, I want to give credit
and praise to our intrepid vol-
unteers who braved the storm
and horrible roads to deliver
the meals. Thank you so much!
And thanks to our cook, who,
if she didn’t show up, there
would be no meal to deliver!
Pam’s helpers were Angie and
Ruth. Tom, Mary, Carlos and
Pam made sure that everyone
who had ordered a meal got
it by putting it in the bag and
getting the bag to the delivery
vehicle.
Then the drivers, Gwynne,
Mary, and Theresa, got the
bag into the hands of the diner.
Whew. So you see it’s quite
a production just so you can
have a hot meal. Thanks to all
who have a part in this activ-
ity. May your tribe increase.
So what did Pam prepare
and all these people deliver
and all the diners eat? What
else on a cold and snowy day
but chili?! With cornbread, a
pea salad, dish of peaches, and
cherry pie, that’s what. And it
was really good!
I was very thankful that the
chili was not smokin’ hot. If
you like it that way, just add
more pepper. It was just right
for my tender mouth — ahem.
Thank you, Pam. I really
appreciated the level of heat
of the chili.
Found a new word as I was
reading a book. Looked it up
in the BIG dictionary and it
was not listed. So what does
one do nowadays? Ask Goo-
gle, or course. But that means
I have to enlist the aid of one
who has access to said Goo-
gle. So I did. After all, how can
you turn down your mother’s
request? The word in ques-
tion is spelled booboisie, and
pronounced boo-bwa-shee.
Comes from a certain author
putting together the words
“boob” and “bourgeois.” Defi-
nition? Stupid people as a
class. Bourgeois means mid-
dle class — like you and me.
But if you are really dumb,
then you are a member of the
booboisie. See if you can work
that into a conversation this
next week.
We are still working on the
improvements in our building.
The siding contractor found
several items that had been
postponed through the 100
years of the life of the building
and so he took care of them.
We now have a roof that
won’t leak in our storage area
(whee!). The area itself got
some new wall covering and a
paint job. Then Tom built lots
of shelves to put our collection
of decorations on. Hopefully
someday soon we will get to
put them on the tables!
One of our ongoing prob-
lems has been the ovens that
have reached the end of their
useful life. And they were
used when they were donated
to the seniors almost 50 years
ago. We figured we’d got-
ten our money’s worth out of
them.
Hopefully, in 30 days
we will have the new one
installed. It will be nice to
have the correct temperature
be set and it will stay there!
Gotta keep the cook happy!
Cause if the cook ain’t happy,
nobody’s happy, right?
Proverbs 15:13 “A happy
heart makes the face cheerful,
…” James 5:13 “… Is anyone
happy? Let him sing songs
of praise.” Psalm 68:3 “But
may the righteous be glad and
rejoice before God; may they
be happy and joyful.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
We sure had some cold
weather to start off our new
year, didn’t we? We went
down to -12 degrees Faren-
heit the first day of the new
year! Brr. We had quite a bit
of snowfall as well. I’d say we
have at least 2 feet of snow on
the ground and now it is melt-
ing fast. We had all sorts of
weather in between, too, along
with crazy wind. A friend
of mine had part of her roof
blown off from the wild winds
that went through the Service
Creek/Mitchell area. She also
had two trees that were just
blown out of the ground.
Well, because of the snow-
storm, I did not go down to
the senior center for lunch.
My hubby tried to drive down
in one of our rigs and it had
tons of ice under and in the
engine area and it was clanking
around. He came back and told
me the Lord had made a deci-
sion for me not to go into town.
He had to take a different vehi-
cle down. He brought back our
lunches. Driving conditions
were pretty bad on Tuesday; it
was snowing like crazy.
So, according to the infor-
mation I received, these are the
details of our Tuesday lunch.
Our greeters at the table were
Kristi Guimont and Susan
Cavender. They checked
in the guests, collected and
counted up the money, and
filled in the paperwork. Kristi
made the announcements and
Ron Browning of Monument
prayed the blessing over the
meal. We thank our volunteers
for their work and support.
For our lunch, our cooks
Terry Cade and Carrie Jew-
ell made us pork verde bur-
ritos, refried beans, coleslaw,
and cookie for our dessert. It
was yummy and I was espe-
cially grateful for the cooks
for sending one of the lunches
with jalapenos!
I felt really special! Ha.
We thank our wonderful
cooks and appreciate all that
they do for us. Diana Har-
vey answered the phone and
helped in the kitchen also. We
thank her as well. We appreci-
ate all who help to make our
senior center run smoothly.
It has been quite a time
trying to keep our animals
watered and fed during the
tumultuous weather condi-
tions. Their water froze solid,
they were extra-hungry, and
trudging through the thick and
wet snow was hard work. But
you know what? I would not
trade it for living anywhere
else! No way. I had to take a
whole bunch of pictures while
being out. It was just gorgeous
seeing all the white snow on
the pine trees, the ground ...
ahh, contented sigh.
I just ordered some har-
nesses for my alpacas. I
noticed that Cyrus’ teeth
were a little long. Apparently,
sometimes you have to shave
down their teeth? Lovely! I
don’t know how that is going
to happen. Luckily, my friend
Shawna might be able to help
me with that. She used to work
at a vet clinic. She is going to
help me shear the alpacas in
the spring.
OUT OF THE PAST
75 YEARS AGO
Cold Spell Hangs On; Roads Icy,
Dangerous
The cold spell that struck Grant County on
New Year’s Eve is still with us. The thermom-
eter ranges under 20 above nightly, though
no near-zero weather since the 2 above New
Year’s night, and ranging up to slightly above
freezing during the day, but not high enough
to melt the snow that has now lain on the
ground for the past two weeks. Locally roads
are icy and packed snow, slippery and dan-
gerous. Careful driving is necessary. No acci-
dent reported by the state officers other than
the Joe Officer accident New Year’s Eve,
other than a few minor bumps.
State Hospital Escapees Returned
Word is received at the sheriff’s office that
Fredrick Barfoot, who with two companions
escaped from the state hospital at Pendleton
recently and headed for Grant County, have
been returned to the institution.
On instructions from the institution
local officers were on the lookout for the
escapees, but seemingly they did not get
into this county. One, it is reported, volun-
tarily returned. The other two were located
by officers and returned. Barfoot formerly
lived at Mt. Vernon.
Flying Coyote Hunters Escape Injury In
Crash
While on a flying coyote hunting expedition
last Saturday, Clarence Kilburn had to make a
forced landing with his plane about nine miles
south of Prairie City. The crash damaged the
plane considerably but Mr. Kilburn and his
hunting companion, N.L. “Doc” Mosier, both
escaped injury; however, they did not escape
the long nine-mile walk back to civilization.
Former Oregon Publisher Dies In San
Francisco
Word was received by Mrs. B.C. Her-
burger of Canyon City, Tuesday, from her
husband who has been in San Francisco
for the past two weeks, that A.R. O’Brien,
Mr. Herburger’s brother-in-law, had passed
away in a hospital at San Francisco where
he had been under treatment for sev-
eral days following a protracted illness at
home. Mr. O’Brien was a newspaper pub-
lisher, he having owned and edited the
weekly Ukiah Republican Press at Ukiah,
California, for many years. He was presi-
dent of the Golden Gate Bridge and High-
way District. His wife, the former Marga-
ret Herburger, who survives, was born and
raised in Grant County. Mr. O’Brien, one
of the best-known weekly publishers in the
West, had engaged in newspaper work in
Havana, Panama, Alaska, Oregon and New
Mexico. Before buying the paper at Ukiah
he published a newspaper at Coos Bay, OR,
from 1911 to 1920.
50 YEARS AGO
Steve Talus Wins No. 2 Place
Steve Talus, wearing his
“Elks Free Throw Champion”
tee-shirt, placed second Satur-
day in the Oregon Elks’ free-
throw contest at Corvallis.
He also received an engraved
self-winding watch and a
basketball.
Talus won the county title a
Steve
Talus
week earlier.
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