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A6 Blue Mountain Eagle Community Wednesday, June 10, 2015 G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS mushroom/onion gravy. The sides were baked potatoes, green beans with bacon, din- ner rolls and for dessert, choc- Alma Joslin olate cake with buttercream icing. Alva and Marge Con- lee furnished the entrée. The JOHN DAY – First off, I cake was baked by Chester’s want to thank Veanne Weddle Thriftway and furnished by for taking notes for me on June Driskell Memorial Chapel. Gloria Kulis and Margaret 1, as I had to be out of town. That being said, we had Glass greeted us at the desk. chef salad, bread sticks, salm- Buz and Margaret Glass, on chowder, topped off with and Shay Lewis delivered hazelnut cake – because it was 25 meals. Our servers didn’t National Hazelnut Cake Day. show up, so we had some real- Marianne Morris and Susan ly wonderful people who just jumped up and volunteered. Fowle greeted us at the desk. Karen Bailey and Kris Jan Ellison and I served Labhart, from Blue Mountain the milk and juice. Then up Hospital Auxiliary, delivered stepped Kayln Burril, Sharon 18 meals and four frozen ones Smith, Jackie Osborne, Hel- to shut-ins. They were also en Bogart and Jan Ellison to RXUVHUYHUV.DUHQOHGWKHÀDJ serve. I hope I didn’t forget salute, and Ben Leuthe asked anyone. We had six tables, and I think just about every- the blessing. Veanne announced that one helped with cleanup, with Fred Stoltz died on June 28. our faithful Don Porter wash- Our condolences to his wife, ing the silverware. The staff Linda. May God bless and and I thank everyone for be- keep her. She is in our prayers ing so great. +HOHQ %RJDUW OHG WKH ÀDJ and thoughts. There will be a Celebration of Life from salute, and Dale Stennett noon-2 p.m. Saturday, June asked the blessing. Don Cald- 13, at the John Day Senior well did the announcements, Center. It will be a potluck, so as Veanne was out of town. Marianne Morris’ daugh- bring your favorite foods, and ter, Pam Cherry, from South share memories. A reminder about the Carolina, joined her for lunch. EMTs demonstration of an Wilma Bauer won the Ches- $XWRPDWHG ([WHUQDO 'H¿EULO- WHU¶V7KULIWZD\JLIWFHUWL¿FDWH lator at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, and Don Caldwell won the June 18, at the Senior Center. lunch for two at Valley View. Thursday, June 11, we’ll Come early and get informa- have teriyaki-glazed pork/ tion on the new CPR also. Our dear friend Sylvia veggie kabobs, and on Mon- Warrick was with us. She’ll day, June 15, it will be ham- be here for about a month, so and-mushroom Alfredo with people will have a chance to penne pasta. Come join us for good food and fellowship. visit with her. Deuteronomy 65 “You Jan Ellison won the Len’s 'UXJJLIWFHUWL¿FDWHDQG1DQ- shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all cy Swain won the free meal. On June 4, we had Salis- your soul, and with all your bury steak covered with strength.” John Day Seniors Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs PRAIRIE CITY – As I was reading the Eagle last week, I discovered that a relative was going to be interviewed for the Prairie City Schools Superinten- dent position. Well, well, what do you know! The things you find out … The grapevine report: height is approaching 32 inches. Hurray! Contem- plated putting some fertil- izer on it, but decided that the cats were taking care of that. Besides, it has been growing under extremely adverse conditions for the years and managed just fine, thank you. We had 68 names on the registration book last week. Maxine Woodworth and her sister, Colleen Lewis, joined us for the first time. Maxine hurried through her dinner so she could spend some quality time with her newest great-grandson. He’s a cutie. Renee Thiede escorted Carl Sheppard. It was her first time to come, too. The Prairie Hardware and Gifts $5 in trade certif- icate went to Billy Drink- water – a belated birthday present for him, huh? Buzz led the flag salute and Hel- en Emmel asked the bless- ing. Our volunteer servers included Donna Adams, JoAnn Phippen, Pam How- ard, Gary Jacobson, and Marlene Greear. We enjoyed grape juice, cottage cheese, potato sal- ad, sloppy Joes and an ap- plesauce/spice cake with brown sugar frosting. That doesn’t look like much but it sure filled us up. Tasted good, too. The Blue Mountain Care Center didn’t get to come. Have you noticed the new construction there in the north patio area? Hmmm. Maybe someone will en- lighten us about it … Be sure to come to the Canyon City Cemetery Re-enactment on May 13. I’ll be there in costume, by the grave of a Grant County pioneer, to tell her story. Heard the planning has begun for the Fourth of July celebration. It has been 239 years since the first celebra- tion. I can remember that because son No. 1 was born on the bi-centennial year. Have you ever read the en- tire Declaration and Consti- tution? Everybody should. You know about “desig- nated drivers’’ – now you can have a “designated tex- ter.” That should help the distracted driving! When we went into Prineville the other day, there was a new sign that proclaimed that Prineville was a Purple Heart City. Now how did they get that designation? Here’s a presidential tid- bit: When Herbert Hoover and his wife didn’t want the servants in the White House to know what they were say- ing, they spoke to each other in Chinese. OK. My question is, where, when and why did they learn that language? I see research in my future … I I Timothy 2:15 Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa MONUMENT – Did you all enjoy the rain we had a couple of weeks ago? From the looks of it, the ground, the trees, the plants, and definitely the weeds sure did! I wasn’t here, but I can tell you the rain made me overwhelmed with thank- fulness and gratitude for my God. My hubby and I went down to California to haul the last of our stuff out of storage and bring it up. The blessing of the rain made life easier for our oldest, who was in charge of taking care of the ani- mals and watering the gar- den. Grandma and Grand- pa came and helped watch over the kiddos and feed them. We just finished tilling up and planting our garden the other day. While toiling in the dirt, I was reflecting on how blessed we are. Friends and neighbors have generously given us so much – from houseplants to our dogs, our chickens, our cats, to lending us ma- chines to till, and garden plants. Through these wonderful people, the Lord has bless- ed us more than I could ever imagine or deserve. I hope that we will be a blessing to others when opportunities arise. I hope to be able to share my veggies with friends and neighbors who have so graciously shared with us. I will say it again, I love my town and I love the peo- ple here! Sorry, I missed the last two weeks. First I was in California, and then last week, in trying to catch up on things, I completely for- got to write my article. My bad. Last time, we had a great meal of spaghetti, garlic toast, fresh salad, and fruit cocktail or chocolate chip cookies for dessert. We thank our cooks Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell for their hard work. Our greeters were Bob Blakeslee, Bodean Ander- son, and Marva Walker. Bob led our flag salute and Bodean prayed the blessing over our meal. Linda Abraham won the Len’s gift card, Judy Cavender and Darlene Forrest both won a free meal. Thanks to our generous contributors. We had Gus and Ture Peterson from Redmond along with Lola Wilson vis- it and join us for lunch. We had a total of 51 attendees and no takeouts. I am pleased to an- nounce that Betty Breed- ing was able to join us for lunch on Tuesday after suf- fering a bleeding stroke a few weeks ago. We are all thankful that she is present with us and healing very nicely. We can enjoy her warm hugs again when being greeted. Psalm 57:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; Let thy glory be above all the earth. Church Services In Grant County