A6
Commun
i
ty
B
lu
e Moun
t
a
in E
ag
l
e
W
edn
e
sd
ay
, S
ep
t
emb
e
r 9
, 2015
G RANT C
OUNTY SEN
IORS
P
r
a
i
r
i
e C
i
t
y
S
en
i
o
r
s
Ro
se Coomb
s
PRA
IR
IE C
ITY – W
e
l
l
,
we a
re s
t
i
l
l he
re
, p
ra
i
se the
Lo
rd
. Thank you
, f
i
re
f
igh
t
-
er
s
! W
e packed ou
r bag
s and
go
t i
tem
s ready to pu
t in the
r
ig
s
, bu
t i
t neve
r happened
.
So on Sep
t
. 2
, I unpacked
and pu
t the bag
s back up
-
s
ta
i
r
s
. Hope we don
’
t come
t
ha
t c
lo
se aga
in
.
D
i
scove
red the mon
-
ey
-
ra
i
s
ing p
ro
jec
t fo
r b
ike
he
lme
t
s i
s ca
l
led “L
id
s fo
r
Kid
s
.” And we a
re no
t the
on
ly o
rgan
iza
t
ion co
l
lec
t
ing
money
, so g
ive whe
re you
can
. O
f cou
r
se
, my ska
te
-
boa
rde
r wou
ld neve
r wea
r
a he
lme
t
. Be
t h
i
s gua
rd
ian
ange
l ha
s g
ray ha
i
r
.
The f
ree g
ive
-away sec
-
t
ion had mo
re zucch
in
i –
l
a
rge and sma
l
l – peppe
r
s
,
app
le
s and face ma
sk
s
.
Thank you
, dono
r
s
.
The se
t
-up c
rew wa
s one
s
ho
r
t
, and the home de
l
iv
-
ere
r
s had a w
ide swa
th to
cove
r
. Ba
re
ly made i
t back
i
n t
ime fo
r d
inne
r
. Thank
s to
Buzz
, B
ruce and Joe fo
r the
un
s
t
in
t
ing pe
r
fo
rmance o
f
t
he
i
r vo
lun
tee
r du
t
ie
s
. Then
Buzz and Joe had to loca
te
t
he sou
rce o
f a ho
r
r
ib
le
odo
r
. They we
re succe
s
s
fu
l
i
n tha
t endeavo
r a
l
so
, to the
grea
t re
l
ie
f o
f the k
i
tchen
crew
.
Lev
i P
re
s
ton
, he
re f
rom
Ca
l
i
fo
rn
ia v
i
s
i
t
ing h
i
s fo
lk
s
,
won the $5 in t
rade dona
t
-
ed by P
ra
i
r
ie Ha
rdwa
re &
Gi
f
t
s
. Bob Meado
r a
sked
t
he b
le
s
s
ing
. Ou
r vo
lun
tee
r
s
e
rve
r
s we
re Sand
i Ren
-
ne
l
s
, JoAnn Ph
ippen
, Ca
r
ia
Wr
igh
t and F
ran Bunch
.
Cook Iva and he
lpe
r
s
Donna and Pam se
rved the
mea
t po
t p
ie
s f
rom the
i
r
ro
l
l
ing ca
r
t
, wh
i
le the se
rv
-
e
r
s b
rough
t ou
t the re
s
t o
f
the mea
l
: p
ineapp
le ju
ice
,
co
t
tage chee
se
, W
a
ldo
r
f
sa
lad
, ma
r
ina
ted cuke
s and
r
ice
/cu
s
ta
rd pudd
ing fo
r
de
s
se
r
t
. B
ruce sa
id i
t had
been 60 yea
r
s s
ince he
’d
had r
ice pudd
ing
.
I
t wa
s de
l
ic
iou
s
, a
s wa
s
the re
s
t o
f the mea
l
. I gave
a
l
l the mu
sh
room
s in my
po
t p
ie to W
anda
. Made he
r
happy
.
Lo
rna and Pa
t
ty f
rom
B
lue Moun
ta
in Ca
re Cen
-
te
r b
rough
t Do
ro
thy B
la
s
-
ing
, Lo
i
s H
i
l
l
, Do
l
l
ina
Humph
rey
s and Ma
r
i
lyn
Randa
l
l
.
The
re we
re 75 name
s on
the book
.
My que
s
t
ion fo
r Soo i
s
,
have you caugh
t the go
-
phe
r? W
e have a ne
igh
-
bo
rhood skunk tha
t take
s
s
t
ro
l
l
s a
round the ya
rd
s
.
W
a
sn
’
t bad enough to have
the sme
l
l o
f smoke
; he
had to add h
i
s pe
r
fume
,
too
.
Ou
r poo
r l
i
t
t
le bed
room
w
indow fan ran two day
s
s
t
ra
igh
t to keep the smoke
exhau
s
ted f
rom the hou
se
.
Then i
t coo
led o
f
f and I
’ve
had run the hea
te
r a l
i
t
t
le in
the mo
rn
ing
s
. Neve
r a du
l
l
momen
t
.
“A
l
le
lu
ia
! A Ce
leb
ra
-
t
ion o
f P
ra
i
se and W
o
r
sh
ip”
w
i
l
l be a
t 7 p
.m
. F
r
iday
,
Sep
t
. 25
, a
t the P
ra
i
r
ie C
i
ty
Commun
i
ty Cen
te
r
. W
e
have lo
t
s to be thank
fu
l fo
r
,
r
igh
t?
I The
s
s
. 1
: 2
, 3 “W
e g
ive
thank
s to God a
lway
s fo
r
you a
l
l
, mak
ing men
t
ion o
f
you in ou
r p
raye
r
s
, r
emem
-
be
r
ing .
.
. you
r labo
r o
f love
.
.
.”
J
ohn D
a
y
S
en
i
o
r
s
A
lma Jo
s
l
in
JOHN DAY – Had a ve
ry
sma
l
l tu
rnou
t on Aug
. 31
.
Boy
, you guy
s don
’
t know
wha
t you m
i
s
sed
. W
e had
ch
icken
/bacon que
sad
i
l
-
la
s
, re
f
r
ied bean
s
, Span
i
sh
r
ice and Mex
ican co
rn sa
l
-
ad
. Top tha
t o
f
f w
i
th L
i
sa
’
s
homemade banana cake and
you have a g
rea
t mea
l
.
R
ick Rh
ineha
r
t and A
l
A
l
tnow de
l
ive
red 22 ou
t
-
s
ide mea
l
s and e
igh
t f
rozen
mea
l
s to shu
t
-
in
s
. Sen
io
r
p
rog
ram
s manage
r V
eanne
W
edd
le he
lped w
i
th de
l
iv
-
e
r
ie
s
. Ou
r g
ree
te
r
s we
re
Ma
r
ianne Mo
r
r
i
s and B
i
l
-
l
ie Bu
l
la
rd
. Ou
r se
rve
r
s
we
re f
rom F
i
r
s
t Ch
r
i
s
t
ian
Chu
rch
. A
lma Jo
s
l
in led the
f
lag sa
lu
te
, and Da
le S
ten
-
ne
t
t a
sked the b
le
s
s
ing
. The
B
lue Moun
ta
in Ca
re Cen
-
te
r ga
l
s
, Lo
rna A
skew and
Shaun
te
le H
ick
s
, b
rough
t
Ma
r
i
lyn Randa
l
l
, Lo
i
s H
i
l
l
and Donna Cox fo
r lunch
.
W
e rea
l
ly en
joy the
se la
-
d
ie
s
.
V
eanne announced we
a
re low on take
-home con
-
ta
ine
r
s and a
l
so p
la
s
t
ic
bag
s
. P
lea
se wa
sh some up
and b
r
ing them in
. She a
l
so
adv
i
se
s eve
ryone to keep
the
i
r phone cha
rge
r
s in the
i
r
ca
r
s
. Y
ou neve
r know when
you won
’
t have any powe
r
in you
r home
s
.
Shaun
te
le won the Len
’
s
D
rug ce
r
t
i
f
ica
te
, and Deb
-
b
ie Lambe
th won the f
ree
mea
l
.
On Sep
t
. 3
, we had ap
-
p
rox
ima
te
ly 56 d
ine
r
s a
t the
Cen
te
r
, p
lu
s J
im Spe
l
l and
Shay Lew
i
s de
l
ive
red 25
mea
l
s to tho
se who cou
ldn
’
t
come in
. W
e had ba
rbecued
po
rk r
ib
s w
i
th Shay
’
s home
-
made app
le bu
t
te
r ba
rbecue
sauce
, chee
sy po
ta
toe
s au
g
ra
t
in
, oven roa
s
ted co
rn on
the cob
, pea
r
s
, homemade
d
inne
r ro
l
l
s and fo
r de
s
se
r
t
,
b
i
r
thday cake
.
The en
t
rée wa
s fu
rn
i
shed
by Too
t
ie Ce
rnazanu in
memo
ry o
f he
r la
te hu
sband
J
im
. The b
i
r
thday cake wa
s
baked by Che
s
te
r
’
s Th
r
i
f
t
-
way
, and fu
rn
i
shed by D
r
i
s
-
ke
l
l Memo
r
ia
l Chape
l
, rep
-
re
sen
ted by Jack
ie O
sbo
rne
.
A
t the de
sk we
re Ma
r
-
ianne Mo
r
r
i
s and Dav
id
Pa
sko
. Ou
r se
rve
r
s we
re
f
rom S
t
. Thoma
s Ep
i
scopa
l
Chu
rch
. J
im Spe
l
l led the
f
lag sa
lu
te
, and Be
th Spe
l
l
a
sked the b
le
s
s
ing
. L
i
sa
Pe
r
ie
ra se
t the tab
le
s
. Ron
Dow
se d
id the announc
ing
in V
eanne
’
s ab
sence
. He an
-
nounced the
re i
s b
ingo he
re
eve
ry Thu
r
sday a
f
te
r lunch
.
The
re w
i
l
l be a bu
i
ld
-
you
r
-budge
t p
re
sen
ta
t
ion a
t
the O
ld W
e
s
t Fede
ra
l C
red
-
i
t Un
ion f
rom noon
-2 p
.m
.
W
edne
sday
, Oc
t
. 14
.
Sep
tembe
r b
i
r
thday
s a
re
Ma
r
ianne Mo
r
r
i
s
, Ma
rga
re
t
G
la
s
s and Don Po
r
te
r
.
Sha
ron Sm
i
th won the
Che
s
te
r
’
s g
i
f
t ce
r
t
i
f
ica
te
and Eve
re
t
t Swayne won
the lunch fo
r two a
t V
a
l
ley
V
iew
.
Lunch on Thu
r
sday
, Sep
t
.
10
, w
i
l
l be “go
ld m
ine
r
’
s
ch
icken
,” se
rved w
i
th r
ice
p
i
la
f and who know
s wha
t
e
l
se
. W
e a
l
so have some so
r
t
o
f su
rp
r
i
se
.
John 20
:31 “Bu
t the
se
a
r
e w
r
i
t
ten so tha
t you
may be
l
ieve tha
t Je
su
s i
s
the Me
s
s
iah
, the Son o
f
God
, and tha
t by be
l
iev
-
ing in H
im you w
i
l
l have
l
i
fe
.”
M
onum
en
t
S
en
i
o
r
s
Soo Y
u
kawa
MONUMENT – Da
re I
say tha
t we go
t a g
l
imp
se o
f
wha
t th
i
s w
in
te
r i
s go
ing to
be l
ike?
W
e woke up to ou
r hou
se
be
ing 66 deg
ree
s F
. one day
th
i
s pa
s
t week
. I even hea
rd
some peop
le tu
rned on the
hea
t in the
i
r hou
se
. W
ow
!
A
re we no
t s
t
i
l
l in summe
r?
My hubby showed me a l
i
t
-
t
le a
r
t
ic
le tha
t sa
id i
t ac
tua
l
ly
snowed in John Day? Wha
t?
P
ra
i
se the Lo
rd
! The ra
in and
snow to he
lp s
top the f
i
re
,
in the m
idd
le o
f Sep
tembe
r
– God i
s good
, a
l
l the t
ime
.
Co
inc
idence? I th
ink no
t
.
Th
e b
r
e
ak
f
a
s
t fund
r
a
i
s
e
r
by th
e 4
-H g
roup r
a
i
s
ed ov
e
r
$1
,000 fo
r th
e r
e v
i
c
t
im
s
. W
e
th
ank th
e g
roup and th
e p
eo
-
p
l
e who c
am
e ou
t in suppo
r
t
.
The women
’
s ge
t
-
toge
th
-
e
r fo
r sew
ing qu
i
l
t
s w
i
l
l be
a
t 10 a
.m
. W
edne
sday
, Sep
t
.
10
. W
e have changed the
venue
; i
t w
i
l
l mo
s
t l
ike
ly be
a
t Monumen
t B
ib
le Fe
l
low
-
sh
ip in Monumen
t
. W
e w
i
l
l
sew and t
ie qu
i
l
t
s fo
r peop
le
in John Day
, P
ra
i
r
ie C
i
ty and
Canyon C
i
ty who lo
s
t eve
ry
-
th
ing in the recen
t f
i
re
s
, to
show them tha
t we love and
ca
re fo
r them
, and mou
rn
w
i
th them th
rough the
i
r t
r
i
-
a
l
s and lo
s
s
. I
f you can
, we
hope you can jo
in u
s
.
Ou
r Sep
t
. 1 lunch had
54 gue
s
t
s and th
ree take
-
ou
t
s
. Ou
r g
ree
te
r
s we
re Bob
B
lake
s
lee
, J
immy Co
le and
Ma
rva W
a
lke
r
. Bob led the
f
lag sa
lu
te
, and Bodean An
-
de
r
son p
rayed the b
le
s
s
ing
ove
r the mea
l
. Ou
r wonde
r
-
fu
l cook
s wh
ipped up a
l
l
k
ind
s o
f d
i
f
fe
ren
t and ta
s
ty
p
izza
. W
e had a n
ice g
reen
sa
lad to go a
long w
i
th the
p
izza
, s
l
iced pea
r
s and choc
-
o
la
te ch
ip cook
ie
s fo
r de
s
-
se
r
t
. Sha
ron Fa
l
l
s won the
Che
s
te
r
’
s g
i
f
t ca
rd
, Donna
Campbe
l
l won the Len
’
s g
i
ft
ca
rd and Sy
lv
ia Cock
re
l
l
won a f
ree mea
l
. W
e thank
Che
s
te
r
’
s and Len
’
s fo
r the
ir
gene
rou
s suppo
r
t
.
I hope my toma
toe
s w
i
l
l
f
ina
l
ly s
ta
r
t to tu
rn red th
i
s
week becau
se I
’ve hea
rd we
a
re suppo
sed to h
i
t the 90
s
a
round Thu
r
sday
. C
razy
!
Maybe a
l
l th
i
s d
ra
s
t
ic
change in wea
the
r ove
r sho
rt
pe
r
iod
s o
f t
ime ha
s con
t
r
ib
-
u
ted to my co
ld
. I hope I
can keep up
. I p
lan
ted some
t
ree
s th
ink
ing the
re m
igh
t be
a sudden f
reeze
. I gue
s
s it
pu
shed me to ge
t th
ing
s done
wh
ich m
igh
t o
the
rw
i
se have
been de
layed
.
I
sa
iah 55
:7 “Le
t the
w
icked fo
r
sake h
i
s way
, And
the un
r
igh
teou
s man h
i
s
though
t
s
: And le
t h
im r
e
-
tu
rn un
to the LORD
, and he
w
i
l
l have me
r
cy upon h
im
;
And to ou
r God
, fo
r he w
i
ll
abundan
t
ly pa
rdon
.”
Church Serv
ices In Gran
t Coun
ty