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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY — Pray
for rain and the safety of the
firefighters!
Son Bert sent word from
Poland he and family are all
ill, and they have shared it
with the other members of
Agata’s family — including
the bride and groom whose
wedding was scheduled for
Aug. 29. Oh, dear. This is
one of those events that
will bring a chuckle in later
years.
We had lots of donations
toward the Aug. 26 meal.
JoAnn Wilson contribut-
ed to the cost of the meat
in honor of hubby Ralph’s
birthday. Julia Davis, Don-
na Adams and Ken Kincaid
brought vegetables. And
Del Lake picked more pep-
pers and zucchinis to give
away. The food bank had a
part, too, I think, and there
are also some grocery bags
available.
We have a good pool ta-
ble to sell. The family who
donated it years ago has no
place to put it, so it’s avail-
able for purchase. It has cue
Grow Up
Smiling
sticks and balls and even
instructions on how to set
it up.
We decided to put the
price of one meal each week
into the bike helmet fund. If
you would like to contrib-
ute, the donation can is on
the desk. The American Le-
gion Auxiliary is collecting
the pop-off tabs from cans
to support Ronald McDon-
ald House.
The August birthday peo-
ple were Ralph Wilson, Del
Lake, Julia Davis and Mar-
Jean Koser. MarJean won
the $10 in trade donated by
Huffman’s Select Market.
Leone Meador got the $5 in
trade from Prairie Hardware
& Gifts.
Our volunteer servers
were Lana Abarr, Sandi
Rennels, Pam Howard and
Linda Boyer. They served
pineapple juice, marinat-
ed cukes, baked potatoes,
grilled mixed veggies,
chicken-fried steak, rolls
and Helen’s famous North
Dakota salad for dessert.
This time it was chocolate.
Great meal! Helen asked
the blessing, too. We had 78
names on the book.
Patty and Jonie Jones
from Blue Mountain Care
Center brought Dorothy
Blasing, Dollina Hum-
Family friendly, gentle dentistry
with special attention to early
childhood oral health and
development.
New Patients Welcome!
phreys, Lois Hill, Ralph
Wilson and Marilyn Ran-
dall.
“Being retired means you
don’t get a day off.” A quote
from Jack Viggers. Nancy
Viggers helped count the
money and was afraid that
I would put something she
said in this missive. And I
did.
Eph. 4: 16 “From Him
the whole body, joined and
held together ... grows and
builds itself up in love, as
each part does its work.”
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY — On Aug.
24, we had breakfast for
lunch – my favorite meal.
We had French toast with
strawberry/cream
cheese
topping, scrambled eggs,
bacon and cantaloupe.
We had approximately
32 diners, and Susan Sintay
and Ineta Carpenter, from
The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, deliv-
ered 19 lunches and, with
Veanne Weddle’s help, de-
livered eight frozen ones to
shut-ins.
Ron Dowse and Mar-
ianne Morris were at the
desk. From the LDS church,
Carole Zirkle-Bygness led
the flag salute, and Susan
Sintay asked the blessing,
and did the serving and
cleanup.
Veanne announced peo-
ple were receiving letters
from Air Med Care saying
their subscriptions were ex-
piring.
This company does not
service our area. We are
covered by Air Life and Life
Flight.
Fire victims need tools,
including ax and shovel
handles, and monetary do-
nations – no more clothing
or household items for now.
Our winners were Gloria
Kulis, Len’s Drug gift cer-
tificate and Helen Bogart,
free meal.
On Aug. 27, there were
approximately 55 diners
present and 28 meals de-
livered. We had sweet-
and-sour chicken, rice, egg
rolls, vegetable chow mein
over Chinese noodles, for-
tune cookies and key lime
cheesecake ice cream. Jim
Maple and David Turner did
the deliveries.
Don and Deda Porter fur-
nished the entrée in honor
of Fred Stoltz. Marianne
Morris and Billie Bullard
greeted us at the desk. Our
servers were from St. Eliz-
abeth Catholic Church. Walt
Hall led the flag salute, and
Jim Maple asked the bless-
ing.
September is Senior Cit-
izens Month so the center
is planning a few things. If
you have any needlework
or art work, etc. you would
like displayed, bring it
in.
Thelma Kite’s son, Walt
Gentis, has an article in
the Blue Mountain Eagle’s
hunting section. She would
like extra copies.
Jim and Toddie Stovall
have
an
anniversary,
and Wally Wedde has a
birthday.
Lou Thoemke has hurt
her knee again, so she would
like your prayers, and assis-
tance from anyone who can
help.
Winners were Andrea
Martinez, Chester’s Thrift-
way certificate, and Mari-
anne Morris, Valley View
lunch for two.
Thursday,
Sept.
3,
we’ll have barbecued pork
ribs with cheesy au gra-
tin
potatoes.
Monday,
Sept. 7, the center will be
closed.
Lunches are free to those
who have been displaced by
the fire.
1 Timothy 1:14 “The
grace of our Lord was ex-
ceedingly abundant, with
faith and love which are in
Christ Jesus.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT — We had
a nice rain after church on
Aug. 23. This cooler weath-
er is most agreeable to me. I
heard the news about Prai-
rie City over the weekend.
We are praying! Senior cor-
respondent Rose Coombs
helped in lightening the sad
happenings with her humor-
ous stories if only for a little
bit. Laughter is good medi-
cine in times like these.
Some Monument and
Long Creek ladies will meet
at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept.
9, at the Monument Senior
Center, for a potluck lunch
and to tie down and sew
quilts for people who have
been displaced by the fires.
If you like to sew, come join
us. You don’t necessarily
have to live here. For more
information, contact Sylvia
Cockrell.
For our Aug. 25 lunch,
we had a full house. I apol-
ogize I don’t have the num-
ber of attendees, but we
did have 11 take-outs. We
enjoyed baked chicken,
mashed potatoes and gravy,
green beans, dinner rolls and
chocolate cake. Our greeters
were Bob Blakeslee, Jimmy
Cole and Marva Walker.
Bob led the flag salute, and
Bodean Anderson gave the
announcements and prayed
the blessing over our meal.
Our winners were: Di-
ane Ganger, Len’s Drug gift
card; Max Breeding, Ches-
ter’s Thriftway gift card;
and Linda Abraham, free
meal.
I feel the slowing down
of the season. Maybe it’s
an illusion due to the sud-
den change in the weather.
I definitely have learned
a few things this year on
what I would do different-
ly for next year’s planting.
I’ll remember to write down
exactly the names of certain
plant varieties. I planted
this particular cucumber,
but I have no idea its name,
and I could just kick myself
because I really liked that
cucumber. It has a smooth
skin with no prickles and
you don’t have to peel the
skin off to eat it. You just
have to wash it and cut it up
to eat. I shall have to save
some of its seed to ensure I
get some next year.
Joel 1:14 “Sanctify ye a
fast, call a solemn assembly,
gather the elders and all
the inhabitants of the land
into the house of the Lord
your God, And cry unto the
Lord.”
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JOHN DAY — The annu-
al Grant County Quilt Show,
scheduled for Friday through
Sunday, Sept. 11 through 13,
has been canceled, due to the
recent wild¿ re.
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• Bridges & Partials
• Root Canal Therapy
• Extractions
• Orthodontics
The Grant County Piece-
makers Quilt Guild made the
decision at a recent gathering.
The event will be resched-
uled next spring.
The guild is striving to
create quilts to donate to
each family whose home was
R u n
The Brothers Run 2015
will be canceled due to
the Canyon Creek
Complex Fire. Look for
us next year!
destroyed in the ¿ re. Shiny
Thimble in Mt. Vernon is
open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesdays through Saturdays
for anyone interested in help-
ing. Cash and fabric donations
are also welcome.
Shiny Thimble is at 100 E.
Main St. in Mt. Vernon. Call
541-792-0670 for more infor-
mation.
DAR plans
dedication,
meeting
Blue Mountain Eagle
BAKER CITY — The
Lone Pine Tree chapter of
the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution is planning a
dedication of a marker in the
historic Wingville Cemetery
northwest of Baker City.
The dedication will be at
10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, led
by Ellen Hopkins, DAR hon-
orary regent and state historic
preservation chairwoman.
After the ceremony, the
group will gather at Sunridge
Restaurant in Baker City for
lunch at 11:30 a.m., followed
by a meeting at noon.
Anyone interested is wel-
come to attend. Call Meshelle
Cookson, 541-523-4248, or
Joan Smith, 541-963-4861.
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