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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY – Did
you notice the numbers for
the month and day, July 8,
add up to the year – 7+8=15?
Things like that catch my eye.
Years ago, the boys couldn’t
remember what 7 x 8 equaled.
So I would point to the old car.
They knew what model year it
was: ’56. Then you put num-
bers and music together, and
it’s a whole new ball game.
Must be the heat. My brain is
addled.
Was so good to see the
streets lined with people for
the Fourth of July parade.
And remember that all three
sites had lots of people that
day. Isn’t it great that Grant
County can increase its pop-
ulation for that day? Wonder
how many there were? Con-
gratulations to all the movers
and shakers who had a part
in any of the celebrations and
reunions.
We had another “cool”
meal on July 8 – grape juice,
pasta salad, cantaloupe piec-
es, coleslaw, pulled pork and
sauce to put on the home
made rolls, and a chocolate
cake for dessert. Our serv-
ers were Sandi Rennels, Pam
Howard, Gary Jacobson and
JoAnn Phippen. Buzz led the
Àag salute, and Bob Meador
asked the blessing. Buzz, Jim,
Joe, Del and Bonnie all helped
with the clean-up.
Gary Jacobson won the $5
in trade from Prairie Hard-
ware and Gifts.
The new residents were
back, but I didn’t get to ask
them any questions because
they were having a good time
talking to other people. By
the time 1ancy and I ¿nished
counting the money, they
were all gone.
We had 80 names on the
registration book. One was
Joe’s god-daughter Katie.
The real Àowers on the
tables came from the curb-
side Àower beds of Bank of
Eastern Oregon and Old West
Federal Credit Union. Helen
picked them early this morn-
ing.
The Blue Mountain Care
Center ladies, Lorna and Pat-
ty, brought Lois Hill, Dorothy
Blasing, Dollina Humphreys
and Donna Cox. They didn’t
go right back to the care cen-
ter, either. Saw the bus too-
tling around town later.
The grapevine is going to
go past ¿ve feet this week. I
also planted some morning
glory that is ¿nally getting
its tendrils around the trellis.
Derrol was horri¿ed I planted
morning glory. After all, the
yard is full of the weed. But
these are different, I assured
him. The sunÀowers also got
started late, but are putting
forth great effort.
Someone asked if I was
¿nished with the house make-
over. Yes, essentially. Just a
few little items here and there
to be taken care of. I have
them on my list and see them
everyday, but just can’t seem
to get the energy to tackle
them. Couldn’t be old age.
There’s going to be a con-
cert Sept. 25, at the Prairie
City Community Center, “Al-
leluia! A Praise & Worship
Celebration.” Anyone who
wants to participate with a
song, skit, or instrumental
presentation, let me know so
you can get on the program.
Ps. l49 :l “Sing ... His
praise in the congregation of
saints.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT – The rain
we had these last few days
has been a nice refreshing
reprieve from the suffocat-
ing heat. My garden also
loved it.
Just that rain for a cou-
ple of days just boosted the
garden like you wouldn’t
believe! I am sure the weeds
loved it just as well. I guess
I will be pulling up weeds
in the next couple of days.
Love the cool temperature
that comes with this nice
rain. Ah, so nice to have
cool weather in the middle
of summer.
Well, I took my kids to
go swimming in the river.
They absolutely loved it.
The water was so nice and
warm.
I only went in as far as my
knees. I have a thing about
swimming in water that I
can’t really see through. It
kind of freaks me out so I
don’t like to swim in it. We
took our dogs too.
They finally got in the
water. We are hoping that
they would continue to
enjoy going in the water
and getting cool as well as
clean.
As the summer is roll-
ing along, we’ve had more
people join us for lunch.
We had 66 people and four
takeouts for our July 7
meal.
Our greeters were Bob
Blakeslee, Bodean Ander-
son and Marva Walker. Bob
led the flag salute, and Bo-
dean prayed the blessing.
Our cooks, Terry Cade and
Heather Bowlus, made taco
salad, all the fixings, beans,
Spanish rice and chocolate
cake.
Clarence Harvey won
the Len’s Drug gift card,
and Michael Smith and Ric-
ki Doland won free meals.
We had quite a few vis-
itors: Thelma Williams’
grandkids, the Harvey
grandkids, Chris Labhart,
Helen Bogart, Judy Cav-
endar, Judy Harris and
Gavin.
I like that I don’t have
an agenda right now other
than getting some things
done around our place and
just being able to putter
around.
No hurrying to try and
get anywhere.
I can visit with friends,
and maybe do some sewing
projects. I like to walk up
and down my garden rows
and inspect my plants. I
don’t think I will ever have
pretty nails and hands. I’ve
been finding they are dry
and have dirt under the
nails.
No matter – you don’t
need pretty looking hands
out here in the country any-
way.
I do wish there were
more hours in the day and
that we didn’t need to
sleep.
If we didn’t need to
sleep, there would be such
possibilities with all that
extra time.
Until next week, I bid
you farewell, get out there
and breathe in the fresh
air and get dirty in the
dirt.
Proverbs 30:5 “Ev-
ery word of God is pure:
He is a shield unto them
that put their trust in
him.”
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY – On July 6,
we had breakfast for lunch, and
again it was good. Shay ¿xed
baked Denver omelettes, hash
browns, and fresh fruit sal-
ad with a homemade yogurt/
poppy seed dressing, and Lisa
made fresh blueberry muf¿ns.
There were approximately 32
diners, plus Isa Larkin and
Joyce Nodine delivered 22
meals and 16 frozen ones to
shut-ins.
Our greeters were Mari-
anne Morris and Billie Bul-
lard. Our servers were from
Blue Mountain Hospital Aux-
iliary. Isa led the Àag salute,
and Ben Leuthe asked the
blessing.
Veanne Weddle didn’t
have any announcements,
but Ron Dowse asked her to
announce there is bingo here
at the Center every Thursday
following lunch. Come eat
and then try out your luck at
bingo. Sounds like a nice cool
fun day to beat the heat.
Ron Dowse won the Len’s
Drug gift certi¿cate, and Nan-
cy Elliott won the free meal.
Wow! What a luau we had
on July 9. A full house and
several people donned their
Hawaiian dresses, leis and
so on. We had approximate-
ly 80 people in attendance,
and Buzz and Margaret Glass
delivered 27 meals to people
outside the center.
Shay and Lisa cooked Ca-
ribbean pork, Hawaiian salad,
baked sweet potatoes, Poly-
nesian carrots and luau bread.
Lisa made up some tropical
punch for our pleasure also,
and we topped it off with a
monthly birthday cake made
by Chester’s Thriftway and
donated by Driskill Mortuary
Chapel. Doug’s Motor Vehicle
Repair furnished the entrée.
Marianne Morris and Mar-
garet Glass greeted us at the
desk. Members of Cornerstone
Christian Fellowship served
us. Linda Sprouffske led the
Àag salute, and Carla Ander-
son asked the blessing. There
was also nice Hawaiian music
playing in the background.
Veanne announced Ches-
ter’s has donated us a nice
blood pressure machine. It’s
set up in the corner behind
the couch, so feel free to use
it. Our wonderful Hawaiian
decorations were donated and
set up by our very own Linda
Stoltz.
We had a few guests. Nan-
cy Elliott brought her grand-
son, Cameron Coldwell from
Redmond. We also had a gal
we haven’t seen for a while
– Heather Sheedy Swank and
her husband, Carl, from Vir-
ginia. Good to see you again,
Heather. They also brought
grandsons Jeshua and Elisha
Sheedy. If I missed any new-
comers, I’m sorry.
Bob Meador won the Ches-
ter’s gift certi¿cate, and Greg
Starr won the lunch-for-two at
Valley View.
On Thursday, July 16,
we’ll have cheesey-mushroom
chicken, and baked potatoes,
plus who-knows-what, and
topped off with orange parfait.
Then on Monday, July 20, it
will be creamed beef on a bis-
cuit, pea salad and cake balls
for dessert. These cooks never
let us get bored, do they?
Hebrews 12:1 “Let us lay
aside every weight, and
the sin which so easily en-
snares us, and let us run
with endurance the race
that is set before us.”
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