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Community
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY – On May
4, we had homemade tur-
key rice soup, chicken salad
sandwiches on croissants,
choice of fruit or Waldorf
salad and all topped off
with orange creamsicle pie.
It was all really good and
quite different from the usu-
al. Ron Dowse and Margaret
Glass greeted us at the desk.
Bert Kruse and Jenny
Van Nice from Blue Moun-
tain Hospital Auxiliary de-
livered 19 meals plus eight
frozen ones to shut-ins.
They also served our meal
at the center. Bert led the
flag salute, and Ben Leuthe
asked the blessing.
Veanne Weddle an-
nounced the dessert was
chosen because it was Na-
tional Orange Juice Day.
She and her computer like
to challenge the cooks.
Deda Porter won the
Len’s Drug gift certificate,
and Bert Kruse won the free
meal.
On May 7, we had our
Mother’s Day dinner – tur-
key served in gravy, cran-
berry-rice pilaf, pasta sal-
ad, broccoli Normandy
and fresh dinner rolls. For
dessert we had chocolate
cake from Chester’s Thrift-
way bakery, furnished by
Driskell Memorial Chapel.
Oster Professional Group
furnished the entrée. Thank
you, folks.
At the desk were Mari-
anne Morris and Billie Bul-
lard. Jim Spell and Shay
Lewis delivered 21 meals.
Our servers were from St.
Thomas Episcopal Church.
Mike Cosgrove led the flag
salute, and Julie Reynolds
asked the blessing, leading
us in The Lord’s Prayer.
Don Caldwell did the an-
nouncing since Veanne was
out of town. He announced
the paintings on the wall
were from the collection of
Ila North, provided by Lin-
da Stoltz. Our cooks, Shay
and Lisa, are now doing ca-
tering for private parties at
the Center. For more infor-
mation, call 541-575-1825.
Bob and Leone Meador
were back with us after
over six months absence
while they were in Southern
Nevada. Glad to see them
back. Also, Nancy Elliott
was with us again after hav-
ing knee surgery. Good to
see you also. The card play-
ers joined us again, too, so
we had a large crowd.
There were some special
drawings for vases of flow-
ers. Winners were Marianne
Morris for the most children
– six, myself for the most
grandchildren – 52, Nan-
cy Elliott for the youngest
child, and Geri Pasco got
two – one for having the
oldest child and one for be-
ing the oldest mom present,
at 95 years young.
Joe Schmidt won the
Chester’s Thriftway gift
card, and Edie Komning
won the lunch-for-two at
Valley View.
On Thursday, May 14,
we will have chicken a
la king with biscuits, and
Monday, May 18, we will
have macaroni and cheese
with bratwurst.
John 14:2 “In my Fa-
ther’s house are many man-
sions; if it were not so , I
would have told you. I so to
prepare a place for you.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY – We
had a fabulous Easter din-
ner and a fantastic April
birthday dinner, and for
our Mother’s Day din-
ner on May 6, oh my, the
cooks did it again. We had
82 names on the registra-
tion book. Wow! We had
to set another table for the
Campbell clan. That’s OK.
We still had one more we
could have used. Hope all
the mothers felt appreciat-
ed by the meal. I sure did.
Buzz led the flag salute,
and Bob Meador asked the
blessing. Good to have him
and Leone back from their
winter in Nevada. Our
volunteer servers includ-
ed Sandi Rennels, JoAnn
Phippen and Pam How-
ard. Several pitched in and
helped serve the coffee, tea
and milk.
The gift certificate from
Prairie Hardware & Gifts
went to Vera Clark. Yogi
Harris won the certificate
from Java Jungle. Sure is
fun to win something, isn’t
it? Thanks to our donors
for this pleasure.
At this special meal
we had juice, green sal-
ad, juicy corn on the cob,
strawberries, mashed pota-
toes and gravy, pork loin,
tomato/red onion bread,
and a cinnamon roll for
dessert. I know the corn
was juicy because I got
hit with some liquid when
Derrol bit into his piece.
Quite a surprise. The Blue
Mountain Care Center la-
dies, Lorna and Jonie,
brought Dorothy Blasing,
Lois Hill, Eula Thompson,
Dollina Humphreys and
Ralph Wilson.
Billy Drinkwater made
it back again. He and Dor-
othy had to have a face-
to-face meeting. They’ve
known each other since the
late 40s, so they have a lot
to discuss.
I mentioned the Camp-
bell clan. Rosa Lee Camp-
bell has moved back to our
fair city and her brother
Bill, a cousin from Ken-
tucky, and her mother
came along to dinner. I
knew Bill in the 60s when
he was about 5-feet tall.
My, did he grow! Took a
photo to send to my broth-
er, Frank, in Madras.
Another guest was the
food service inspector. But
he wasn’t here to make
an inspection. He just
came to eat. That’s a pret-
ty good recommendation,
huh?
The youngest grand-
daughter had a birthday
and I found an old doll
baby buggy in a sec-
ond-hand store. It’s so
old, there’s no plastic on
it. But the fabric was rot-
ted. So, the project of the
week was to get the fabric
off, use it as a pattern to
make a new ‘bed’, paint
the metal frame, and some-
how attach the new fabric.
Oh, yes, the rubber on the
wheels was all gone, too.
So I asked Boyd Britton
what to do. “Use a piece
of bungee cord cut on a di-
agonal and super glue the
ends.” Okay. That should
be interesting. Will let you
know how it all turned out.
Proverbs 31:22 “She
makes coverings for her
bed.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT – We had
some sad news. Carolyn
Trujillo, who once wrote the
Monument seniors news,
died May 3. There is no ser-
vice planned. Many people
loved her columns.
Another news item for
Monument is that Betty
Breeding suffered a stroke
on May 6. She’s now in
Bend, doing well and on
the road to recovery. She
suffered a bit of paralysis
on her right side, and will
need physical therapy. She’s
able to talk and her cogni-
tive functions are intact.
We are all thankful she is
still with us, and her church
family and the community
are praying for a speedy re-
covery.
My family and I call her
Ms. Betty, “The Hugger”
because that’s what she
loves to do. Get well soon,
Ms. Betty, and come home.
For May 5 – it was Cin-
co de Mayo – we had a meal
fitting for the Mexican hol-
iday: chicken enchiladas,
refried beans, salad, and
blueberry cake for dessert.
We appreciate our cooks,
Terry Cade and Carrie Jew-
ell, for all their hard work
in cooking and feeding us.
Bob Blakeslee, Bodean An-
derson and Marva Walker
were our greeters. Bob led
the flag salute, and Bodean
prayed the blessing of our
meal. Bruce Kramer won
the Chester’s Thriftway gift
card, Debbie Reid won the
Len’s Drug gift card and
Karen Stubblefield won a
free meal. We had 36 guests
and nine take-outs.
There was a short board
meeting after the lunch.
Hope everyone had a
nice time celebrating Moth-
er’s Day. I hope I make a
positive impact on my chil-
dren. We moms have such
an important role, helping
shape their precious hearts
and character.
Next month is Father’s
Day, and we also are thank-
ful for dads and their influ-
ence.
Proverbs 31:25-28 “The
Virtuous Woman: Strength
and honour are her cloth-
ing; And she shall rejoice in
time to come. She openeth
her mouth with wisdom;
And in her tongue is the
law of kindness. She looketh
well to the ways of her
household, And eateth not
the bread of idleness. Her
children arise up, and call
her blessed; Her husband
also, and he praiseth her.”
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art on
display
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – Artwork
by students at Grant Union
Junior-Senior High School
is on display this week
through Saturday, May 16,
at Grant County Regional
Airport.
The art show can be
viewed during the airport’s
regular business hours.
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