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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY – On Aug. 3,
we had approximately 36 din-
ers. It was a really good lunch:
Mexican chicken rice soup,
taco salad with all the ¿xings
including chips, peaches and
sopapillas.
Mary Miles and Gloria
Kulis delivered 19 meals, plus
eight frozen ones. Billie Bul-
lard and David Pasco worked
the desk, and Gloria and Mary
were our servers. They repre-
sented Blue Mountain Hospital
Auxiliary. Gloria led the Àag
salute, and Norm Fowle asked
the blessing.
Veanne Weddle announced
Thursday, Aug. 20, will be our
Senior Citizens Day lunch,
and September is Senior Citi-
zen month. Linda Stoltz needs
some 78 rpm records if you
have some she could borrow
for decorating.
The Alzheimer’s Associ-
ation will give a free class on
Alzheimer’s and dementia from
1:30 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.
12. The Department of Human
Services will sponsor this. Pre-
register at 800-272-3900.
Our guest was Pete Marti-
nez, who came with his wife
and mother. Welcome, Pete.
DeeDee DeRosier won the
Len’s Drug certi¿cate, and
Sandy Hawk won the free
meal.
I was fortunate to go to
Monument for lunch Aug. 4,
and it was another wonderful
lunch. One thing that impress-
es me in Monument is that they
have quite a few of the younger
generation join them for lunch.
The little ones are so willing
to help. We had a couple little
ones, 3 and 5 years old, who
took our plates and stacked
them for us. How precious.
On Aug. 6, we had approxi-
mately 60 diners for barbecued
beef rib dinner, served with sour
cream/dill potato salad, corn on
the cob, french bread and for
dessert, baked apples. Wilma
Bauer furnished the entrée in
memory of Grant County pio-
neers. Thanks, Wilma. Wilma
was joined for lunch by her
friend, Bill Toop, and her son,
Neil, and his wife, Jan.
Jim Spell delivered 24
meals to shut-ins and also
served. He was helped by
Jean Kline, representing St.
Thomas Episcopal Church.
David Pasko and Marianne
Morris worked the desk, and
Jean Kline led the Àag salute.
Bob Meador asked the bless-
ing.
For the Senior Citizen
Day meal Aug. 20 come ear-
ly, about 11 a.m., and join in
a sing-a-long with some old
tunes played on the piano by
Cathy Altnow.
Monument senior column
reporter Soo Yukawa, and
her family from Monument,
joined us for lunch, as did
Scott Cotter. Welcome, all you
newcomers; bring a friend.
Julia Martinez won the
Valley View lunch for two,
and Scott Cotter won the
Chester’s Thriftway gift cer-
ti¿cate. On Thursday, Aug.
13, we’ll have ³poor man’s ¿l-
let” — bacon-wrapped meat-
loaf — with mashed potatoes
and gravy, and who knows
what else. I’m sure Lisa will
come up with a great dessert.
On Monday, Aug. 17, we will
have Philly cheesesteak sand-
wiches.
Matthew 1:23 “They shall
call His name Immanuel,
which is translated, “God
with us.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY — I hope
you are enjoying our nice
fall weather. Yes, I know it’s
still summer and it is still
August, but when the tem-
perature is only 80 degrees
after that spell of 100 de-
grees, it feels like fall, right?
The grapevvine and
morning glory have reached
the top of the trellises and
discovered thin air doesn’t
offer much support. What a
dilemma.
Cooks Iva and Helen
solved their dilemma by
whipping up another picnic
for our meal. We feasted on
pineapple juice, macaro-
ni salad, hot dogs in buns,
corn on the cob, fresh green
beans and zucchini bars for
dessert. Very tasty.
Buzz led the flag salute,
and Jerry Sheets asked the
blessing. Our servers in-
cluded Katy, Carla and Lar-
ry Wright, MarJean Koser,
Linda Boyer and Dusty
Harris. This was the first
time using the servers sign-
up sheet, and it worked
great. Had more than
enough hands. Then some
even “bussed” the tables!
That was really nice.
Forgot to comment on
the cute table centerpieces
last week, but they were the
same this week, so I can do
it now. Little vases with lit-
tle flowers in them. Thanks
to whoever did that.
The Blue Mountain Care
Center ladies, Lorna and
Patty, brought Dorothy
Blasing, Lois Hill, Dollina
Humphreys and Marilyn
Randall. Gregg and Betty
Starr from John Day joined
us also. We had 71 names
on the registration book.
Carla Wright won the $5
in trade gift certificate from
Prairie Hardware & Gifts.
We made the journey
to Portland and back safe-
ly. Had a great time with
the kids and grands. The
“Coombs motel” in Oregon
City was quite comfort-
able. Got to see Joel’s new
house. The previous owner
hadn’t been able to keep
the yard up the last several
years, so the first job was
to cut down lots and lots of
overgrown shrubbery. Still
disposing of it one yard
debris dumpster at a time,
and they started in March.
Still have several loads to
get rid of.
Then there’s the swim-
ming pool. Neighbors said
it was the gathering place
for blocks around. When
the children grew up and
moved away, the former
owners just drained it and
put a cover over. It takes up
a lot of space in the back
yard that could be put to
better use. The problem
is how to get it filled with
proper material. Put out a
sign that says “Fill materi-
al wanted”? Ah, the joys of
home ownership.
The little tomato seed-
lings we planted in June
have rewarded us by grow-
ing, blossoming and putting
on fruit. Hooray! Didn’t
know if we’d get any, since
I hadn’t noticed any bees
around. But something did
the job! Now if the deer
don’t decide to visit ...
Eccl. 3: 22a “I have seen
that nothing is better than
that man should be happy in
his activities ...”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT — It’s
war! That little bugger of a
gopher or gophers has just
about done in almost all
my sweet potatoes. It has
gotten a lot of my bush
bean plants too. I don’t
know how it knows it’s
the bean plant in between
the corn? I guess they
must have a very keen
sense of smell.
I couldn’t even order
any traps because — can
you believe it? — our In-
ternet was down for a few
days.
I never knew how gar-
dening could be so frus-
trating and rewarding at
the same time. Thank God
there still is great satis-
faction from toiling in
the dirt. I have a bright
yellow Korean melon! I
think I will be able to har-
vest that in a week or so. I
have had some cucumbers
that were ready, and oh,
can I just say they were
just fabulous!
My kids weren’t too
excited about my little
squash. I have been sau-
téing them in the skillet
with some fresh minced
garlic, olive oil, salt and
pepper.
I also add some on-
ion, mushrooms, broccoli
and green beans — what-
ever I have available. I
am trying to stretch the
kids’ palettes. Oh, they
whine and complain, but I
make them eat their green
veggies.
Some nice ladies from
John Day joined us fo r
lunch Aug. 4. Alma Jos-
lin, Helen Bogart, Balbina
Escudero and Jan Ellison
came and visited. It was so
nice to meet and chat with
them. We also had Jessica
Geinger, granddaughter of
Diane Geinger.
Our regular greeters
were all present that day
— Bob Blakeslee, Bode-
an Anderson and Marva
Walker. Bob led the flag
salute, and Bodean prayed
the blessing over our meal.
Our great cooks, Terry
Cade and Heather Bowlus,
whipped up some very
delicious taco salad with
all the fixings and choco-
late/vanilla pudding with
whipped cream. Donna
Campbell won the Len’s
Drug gift card, and Betty
Breeding and Helen Boga-
rt won free meals. We had
53 guests and 10 take-outs.
Our
thoughts
and
prayers are with Diane
Harvey and her family.
Diane’s husband, Don,
died Aug. 5. Funeral ser-
vices will be Saturday,
Aug. 15.
I can’t believe summer
is almost over. Boo. School
is almost starting, too.
Time is flying by quickly.
There is so much to do and
so little time it seems. I
think it doesn’t help either
when I remember I wanted
to do something just before
I doze off to sleep at night.
Don’t you hate that when it
happens to you?
Psalm 93:1 “The Lord
reigneth, he is clothed
with majesty; the Lord
is clothed with strength,
wherewith he hath girded
himself: the world also is
established, that it cannot
be moved.”
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