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LIFE
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
We had a very nice crowd
join us for our lunch Tues-
day, Jan. 11. We had a whole
crowd of them just from the
Spray area!
They know where to come
for some good food and fel-
lowship. Ha. We just had
a good ol’ time, enjoying a
hearty meal and visiting with
different folks. We thank the
Lord for our blessings.
Our cooks Terry Cade and
Carrie Jewell prepared for us
chicken chow mein, steamed
brown rice, potstickers, and a
sugar cookie for our dessert.
Diana Harvey also was pres-
ent, volunteering her time. We
thank our cooks and appreci-
ate all their hard work.
Our volunteers at the table
were Kristi Guimont and
Linda Blakeslee. Kristi and
Linda checked in the guests.
Kristi made the announce-
ments and yours truly prayed
the blessings over the meal.
Jan Ensign and Kristi counted
up the money.
We had 39 guests dining in
and 26 takeouts.
Well, I think I spoke too
soon when I said that Scotty
was a sweet little goat. He is
turning into a food hogger. He
tries to keep all the hay and the
grain for himself, so much so
that I have to feed him outside
of the pen while Belle is eat-
ing inside the pen. If I leave
them together, he keeps going
back and forth from his food
to Belle’s and won’t let her
eat. My solution for the little
piggy, I feed them apart from
each other. Oh, Scotty tries
to get at Belle’s food after he
quickly finishes his, but he
can’t get through the little
fencing. I can’t believe he is
becoming such a little stinker.
Scotty has also started to
pee on himself and he is get-
ting that musky, stinky, billy
goat smell. Yuck. Too bad
that his cute look with his
pink nose and innocent look-
ing eyes are all a lie! Ha. He
does know his name and he
follows me everywhere I go.
He answers and comes when I
call him, so how can I not like
him? Hmm, might become a
love/hate relationship.
We still have snow on the
ground. In some places, it is
just solid ice and slippery. I
saw a few trees that had bro-
ken branches because of the
weight of the wet snow. A
couple of big branches fell on
a small stretch of our drive-
way. The Lord was watching
over us. A friend drove over
for lunch and left, and then
we came out about 15 minutes
later and those branches had
broken and fallen between that
time! Amazing, right? That
was the Lord’s grace. Whew,
so glad no one got hurt.
On one of the sunny bright
mornings, the snow was just
sparkling like millions of
shiny diamonds. But, I have to
say, their sparkle was shinier
than diamonds and just abso-
lutely beautiful. I just thank
the Lord for letting me see the
beauty of His creation. It made
me just look at the snow in
awe and wonder at our amaz-
ing God. Praise the Lord!
Philippians 4:8 Finally,
brethren, whatsoever things
are true, whatsoever things
are honest, whatsoever things
are just, whatsoever things
are pure, whatsoever things
are lovely, whatsoever things
are of good report, if there be
any virtue, and if there be any
praise, think on these things.
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Have you noticed the green
grass is still there when the snow
retreats? Take heart! Spring is
only two months away!
The sponsor for our meal
is Delores Scott. We enjoyed a
very sumptuous meal of beef,
noodles and gravy. Under
that was a generous helping
of mashed potatoes — whee!
Then there was a serving of
mixed vegetables plus a green
salad — hallelujah! Moving
on to the sweet side of things
was a little cup of cottage
cheese and pineapple — wow!
If you still had room, you
could have a beautiful fresh
roll from the oven. The des-
sert was one of those “menu
subject to change” items — a
cinnamon roll, also fresh from
the oven and 4½ inches across
— holy moly! If you didn’t
get filled up, you have a defi-
nite problem. Then there were
all the goodies that Chester’s
Market donated to us: cook-
ies, cakes, breads, and candy
canes. Thank you, Chester’s.
Happy middle of January!
Thanks to all our help-
ers today: Tom, Ruth, Carla,
Mary, Gwynne, Ginger, Del,
Pam and especially cook Pam,
who is very excited about the
forthcoming installation of the
new oven! The one that we
have to remove must have been
installed before the kitchen door
was put in because it is too big
to go through the door now.
And the new one is also too big
to go through the door. But we
know how to deal with that!
After all the work that has
been done to the ol’ hall this
past year, one little too-small
door is no challenge!
Did you hear the govern-
ment warning that anyone who
was born before 1977 proba-
bly shouldn’t be out shoveling
snow? After all, those people
would be 45 years of age and
would have underlying health
problems, don’t you know.
And those warnings are from
the government that is here to
help you… My snow got shov-
eled by the bionic man! Three
back surgeries, three ankle sur-
geries, two shoulder surgeries,
two carpal tunnel surgeries, two
ear surgeries, two cataract sur-
geries, one neck surgery, a tri-
ple bypass, and almost twice as
old as “those people.” And on
this day he’s sitting in his big
old chair outside basking in the
sun and getting his daily quota
of vitamin D. Hooray for old
people!
So what else is new? Fin-
ished a jigsaw puzzle that
someone donated to our col-
lection at the hall. It was very
frustrating! The pieces were of
two shapes and they were cut
so closely alike that a piece
might fit, but it was not the cor-
rect one for that space! Aauug-
ggh! And the colors were not
distinct so you had to just try
one piece after another in the
same general color. Took it
back and got one that has all
kinds of shapes and distinct
colors — whew. These things
are supposed to be relaxing!
Romans 8:20 “For the cre-
ation was subjected to frus-
tration, …” I Corinthians
1:19 “For it is written: “I
will destroy the wisdom of the
wise; the intelligence of the
intelligent I will frustrate.”
added 17. Mark Hagman, Cul-
ver’s 6-3 center, led the Bull-
dogs with 19.
It was a very physical game
with 46 fouls being called —
24 on Prairie City and 22 on
Culver.
Bill Robertson said. “We played
well enough to win, but the out-
comes were unfortunate.”
OUT OF THE PAST
75 YEARS AGO
Winter Grips State;
Below Zero Readings
Recorded Locally
All of Oregon was in the
tight grip of winter Tuesday,
with snow reported throughout
most of the state and all report-
ing stations except along the
coast registering below-freez-
ing temperatures.
In Grant County, Tuesday
night’s temperature drop was
the coldest in a good many
years. The weather bureau at
Canyon City reported a low of
3 below zero. In John Day ther-
mometer readings varied. The
thermometer at the entrance to
the Grant County Bank regis-
tered 9 below zero; others read
all the way from 2 below to 15
below. At Seneca, it is reported
the mercury dropped to 23
below.
Wednesday night was con-
siderably warmer here, and at
this writing (Thursday noon)
weather is moderating, the
temperature being only 30
degrees above zero. We will
not, however, hazard a fore-
cast of what may come, in the
line of weather. January can do
all kinds of things. This writer
remembers that ten years
ago — the middle of January
1937, it dropped to 28 below
in John Day and this writer
also remembers and remem-
bers well that at that time he
made a trip to Burns by stage,
and passing through Seneca
the stage driver inquired as to
the temperature — “55 below,”
was the answer. Back another
ten years, along about 1927
or 1928, another severe cold
snap hit in January. Again this
writer was foolish enough to be
“out in it” driving from Prairie
City to Hereford to play for a
dance. The mercury dropped
to 50 below at Hereford and in
the towns of Prairie City, John
Day, and Canyon City, tem-
peratures all the way from 20
to 40 below were recorded on
various thermometers. It seems
like these frigid spells hit in
10-year cycles.
50 YEARS AGO
Prairie rips Culver, 84-61
The Prairie City Panthers
ripped the Culver defenses for
32 first-quarter points and then
used strong rebounding and a
solid defense which enabled
them to beat Culver, 84-61,
Saturday night at Prairie City.
The Panthers had earlier
beaten Culver, 63-58, in the
Culver Invitational Tourney
Dec. 3 and 4.
Terry Brannon, the Panthers’
6-4 post man, scored 12 of Prai-
rie City’s first 14 points on fine
turnaround jumpers and some
excellent moves. Kelly Voigt
made some beautiful passes
inside to set up the big man.
Brannon, Gary Livermore
and Marc Strong again were
too much on the boards for the
smaller Bulldogs.
The trio finished with 49
rebounds among them, with
Livermore the high man with
21 retrievers.
Prairie City took advantage
of Culver’s inability to hit the
basket early in the game and
built 32-8 and 50-29 leads at
the quarter stops. The Panthers’
changing defense seemed to
bother the Bulldogs through-
out the game, as they could not
seem to close the gap.
Both teams had 6-3 records
going into the game and Cul-
ver left with its fifth loss to
the Panthers since their series
began in 1969.
Brannon finished the game
with 31 counters while Voigt
25 YEARS AGO
Pros edged by Bulldogs,
ransacked by Vikings
It was not a weekend that
the Grant Union boys bas-
ketball team will remember
fondly.
The Prospectors were
soundly defeated by the Vale
Vikings 64-44 Friday in John
Day and then fell in the final sec-
onds at Baker 57-56 Saturday.
Grant Union dropped to 0-2
in its opening two contests in
the Greater Oregon League and
7-5 for the season.
“We need a Band-Aid for
our spirit,” Prospectors coach
Vale 64, Grant Union 44
Last year, Grant union split
with the Vikings in two close
contests as the Pros lost by one
point and won by 10. It was a
different story as Vale had too
much firepower for the host-
ing Pros.
Adam Vidourek got the
game off on the right note as
he nailed a three-point shot
11 seconds into the first quar-
ter and added another three-
pointer with one second left in
the opening period, yet it was
Vale who held a 12-10 lead.
Grant Union went up 15-14
on Bo Workman’s three-point
shot, but after a Vale steal with
5:38 left in the second quar-
ter led to a basket, the Vikings
took a 17-15 edge they never
relinquished.
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