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About The Blue Mountain eagle. (John Day, Or.) 1972-current | View Entire Issue (July 20, 2016)
A6 Blue Mountain Eagle Seniors Wednesday, July 20, 2016 G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS 2Q -XO\ ZH KDG DS SUR[LPDWHO\ GLQHUV IRU lunch. It consisted of corn/ cabbage chowder, baked Alma Joslin chicken, cheese stuffed PDQLFRWWL PL[HG YHJJLHV and French bread. Lisa JOHN DAY — On July made a caramel apple crisp 11, we had breakfast for for dessert. OXQFK 6KD\ DQG /LVD ¿[HG Buzz Glass and his blueberry pancakes, sausage daughter, Brenda, delivered links, scrambled eggs and 40 meals with Veanne’s fresh cantaloupe. It was a help. wonderful meal; of course, 'DYLG 3DVNR DQG 0DU breakfast is my favorite ianne Morris greeted us, PHDO 7KHUH ZHUH DSSUR[ DQG RXU VHUYHUV ZHUH 'RQ imately 35 diners present. na Johnson, Donna Mulder, Francis Kocis, with the help Zola Pike and Andy and RI9HDQQH:HGGOH DOVR GH &DUOD $QGHUVRQ IURP &RU livered 30 lunches and 22 QHUVWRQH &KULVWLDQ )HOORZ IUR]HQRQHVWRVKXWLQV VKLS 7KH HQWUHH ZDV IXU Billie Bullard and Susan nished by Malheur Lumber Fowle greeted us, and our Co. servers were Bonnie and Donna Johnson led the Francis, Betty Holznagel IODJ VDOXWH DQG $QG\ $Q DQG -HDQHWWH .LOH IURP 5H derson asked the blessing. deemer Lutheran Church. 7KHUHZHUHQRDQQRXQFH Betty led the flag salute, ments and also no guests. DQG)UDQFLVDVNHGWKHEOHVV Donna Johnson won the ing. Chester’s Thriftway gift Veanne announced there certificate, and Jean Willey will be a drivers safety won the Valley View lunch course here at the center on for two. Saturday, Sept. 10. More details will be announced Monument later. Seniors There is also a card at the front desk if you would like Soo Yukawa WR VLJQ LW ,W LV IRU WKH IDP ily of Everett Swayne, who passed away recently. Our FRQGROHQFHVJRRXWWR1DQ MONUMENT — This past cy and the rest of the family. OXQFK VWDUWHG RII D OLWWOH GLI We will miss seeing Everett. ferent. Our thoughtful cooks, We had a few guests Terry Cade, Carrie Jewell and today, Jean Willey’s Christy Howell, decided that JUHDWJUDQGDXJKWHU 2OLY we needed to start a little early ia, as well as Eva Harris. because the pizza was ready Eva lives up Canyon Creek. and would get cold. Along Welcome to both of you. with the pizza, they served us Norm Fowle won the a wonderful, fresh green salad Len’s Drug gift certificate, DQG FRRNLH 7KH\ PDGH GLI and Eva Harris won the IHUHQWNLQGVRISL]]DV0\ID free meal. Now you have to vorite one was the pizza with come back, Eva. pesto, chicken, artichokes and John Day Seniors crisp bacon. The bacon was D QLFH OLWWOH WZLVW 2XU JUHHW HUV ZHUH %RE %ODNHVOHH %R dean Andersen, Jimmy Cole and Marva Walker. Bob led WKH ÀDJ VDOXWH DQG %RGH an made the announcements and prayed the blessing over the meal. We had 51 guests show up and three takeouts. We had some visitors from RXW RI VWDWH &KDUORWWH %DUN er brought her daughter, and their family joined us for lunch all the way from New York. Some weeks there just LVQ¶WPXFKJRLQJRQDWWKHVH nior center, and this was one of those weeks. Well, I think my allergies KDYHWDNHQDWXUQIRUWKHEHW ter. In the three years that I’ve OLYHGKHUH,KDYHQHYHUUHDO ly been able to smell the pine trees until now. I was totally missing out. The smell of pine trees is wonderful. I love it. Either that or my sense of smell was totally ruined by WKHREQR[LRXVDQGWR[LFVPRJ in L.A. Ha. I’ve been doing lots of work outside. I will probably have a really dark tan on my DUPV DQG HQG XS ZLWK SRU celain white legs, too funny right? I’ve been watering my plants manually and that takes up a lot of time. I am just in awe when I see such great, big, lush and green trees and plants. How can such a tiny, minuscule seed start so small, then develop into such into a large bush or tree? They are DOO GLIIHUHQW ZKHQ WKH\ PD WXUH $0$=,1* 0\ URXQG VTXDVK SODQWV DUH GR ing well; the circumference of them are about a foot and half. I don’t see any fruit on them yet. Do you know the difference between a fruit and a vegetable? Fruits have VHHGV VR FXFXPEHUV DQG WR matoes are considered fruits and not vegetables. A carrot is a vegetable since it doesn’t have seeds. We learned that DWD¿HOGWULSWRDIDUPGRZQ LQ&DOLIRUQLD,KDYHVRPHWR matoes growing but they are pretty small yet. I can’t wait for my cucumber plants to grow. I planted watermelon, EXW,RQO\JRWRQHWKDWVSURXW ed. Maybe I will be lucky and get at least one watermelon. I SODQWHG D -DSDQHVH SXPS NLQ 7KH\ DUH UHDOO\ \XP my. The skin on the outside is a little tough. My beans and parsley have sprouted. I forgot to plant some jalapeños and Anaheim peppers. Sigh. Oh ZHOOWKHUHLVDOZD\VQH[W\HDU Psalm 125:1-2 “They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which can- not be removed, but abideth forever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even forever.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs PRAIRIE CITY — It was WKH SHUIHFW GD\ ZHDWKHUZLVH in the hall. We didn’t have to turn on the heat or the A/C. We are still collecting items IRUWKHLQKRXVH\DUGVDOHVR if you have some goodies, bring ’em on down. 9HDQQH :HGGOH ZDV GLV tributing a survey for the Area Agency on Aging and asking XVDOOWR¿OOLWRXW7KHUHVXOWV will determine how much VXSSRUW WKH ORFDO 6LWH &RXQ cil gets from federal sources. Then a visitor came so she got WR ¿OO RXW DQRWKHU IRUP WKDW helps us get our proper share of support. Wasn’t that fun?. The faithful four — or as +DUROGFDOOVWKHPWKHGHJHQ erates — got the tables all set this morning bright and early. Then Buzz, Larry, Tom, Ken and Jim went all over town making the home deliveries. There were 73 names on the book. %X]] OHG WKH ÀDJ VDOXWH and Jack asked the blessing. Our meal consisted of orange juice, a pasta salad, ham and cheese sandwich with tomato, onion and lettuce to add to it, D VOLFH RI ZDWHUPHORQ FRUQ RQWKHFREDQGDQDSULFRWWDUW with real whipped cream on top. I had to reserve half of the sandwich for supper so I would have enough room for everything else. Thanks to our cooks, Iva and Helen and KHOSHU 'RQQD IRU WKLV GHOL cious repast. Lorna and Kendra brought Dorothy Blasing, Lois Hill, 0DULO\Q5DQGDOO2WKR/DXUD nce and Helen Ricco from the Blue Mountain Care Center. Jerry Sheets won the $5 in trade donated by Prairie +DUGZDUH *LIWV 7KH ZLQ ner of the 50/50 claimed that his ticket stub was eaten by the dog, so the “pot” went straight to the General Fund. ,WZDVDOVR-HDQ.OLQH¶VELUWK day so we gave her a round of applause. %HLQJWKHVHFRQG:HGQHV day of the month, the Site Committee held their regular meeting. I so appreciate those who have come forward this last year to help with the EXVLQHVV VLGH RI WKH RSHUD tion. It’s called “spreading the wealth” or something like that. Anyhow, I’m happy to do my job and let others do theirs. If you want to help, any of the three committees would welcome your input. I tell you, that editor at the %OXH0RXQWDLQ(DJOHLV-RKQ Q\RQWKHVSRW ZLWK H[SODQD tions. See what you can learn from reading the paper? 7KH JDUGHQ UHSRUW UDG LVKHV KDYH \LHOGHG WZR SLFN ings so far. The cucumbers are growing vines. The peas are trying to hook onto the FKLFNHQZLUHWUHOOLV%XWDIWHU two plantings of carrot seed, no sprouts in sight. Huh. The UHSURG PRUQLQJ JORU\ GLGQ¶W ERWKHU WR FOLPE XS WKH WUHO lis this year. They just went ahead and bloomed about a IRRWRIIWKHJURXQG7KHKRO lyhock has one stalk of yellow blossoms and another of pink just about to bloom. So they are a success even if it did WDNH WZR \HDUV WR GR LW 3HU sistence pays off. No gophers or deer, yet. But after harvest, deep digging will occur to get WRWKHURRWVRIWKHZLOGPRUQ ing glory. Genesis 3:17, 18 “… Cursed is the ground because of you; … It will produce thorns and thistles for you. …” MyEagleNews.com Church Services In Grant County Cornerstone Christian Fellowship 139 N.E. 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