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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY – On Oct.
5, we had approximately 28
in-house diners. Judy Mar-
tin and Karen Bailey deliv-
ered 16 meals, plus eight
frozen ones to shut-ins. We
had smothered burritos with
chili, green salad, chips and
salsa, and Apple Brown
Betty.
Billie Bullard and Mar-
garet Glass greeted us at the
desk. Karen Bailey led the
flag salute and Ben Luethe
asked the blessing. Karen
and Julie, representing Blue
Mountain Hospital Auxilia-
ry, were our servers.
Veanne Weddle an-
nounced we had 400 pounds
of potatoes donated to the
center by Grant Union FFA.
Pacific Source Insurance
Company will be here to
work with people on their
insurance by Oct. 26. Nancy
Elliott asked that we thank
the Quilters Guild in Mt.
Vernon for the quilts they
made and donated to fire
victims. They also held a
spaghetti feed in Mt. Ver-
non, with the proceeds go-
ing to the Fire Relief Fund.
Thank you, folks.
Don Porter’s brother
was with us again from La
Grande, and this time, he
brought his son, Dan Porter
from Vancouver, Wash. Kar-
en Barrietua won the Len’s
Drug gift certificate and
Ben Luethe won the free
meal.
On Oct. 8, we served ap-
proximately 64 in-house,
and there were 25 meals
delivered. Also four frozen
ones went to shut-ins. Vol-
unteers from Community
Counseling Solutions, Yao,
Roger and Vicki, delivered
meals. Buzz and Margaret
took Veanne’s Mt. Vernon
route.
Our servers were from
Cornerstone Christian Fel-
lowship. Margaret Glass and
Marianne Morris greeted us
at the desk. Zola Pike led the
flag salute and Andy Ander-
son asked the blessing.
Ron Dowse announced
in Veanne’s absence. The
seniors apologize for the in-
convenience of the messed
up parking lot. The Elks are
having work done and we
were not aware it was going
to happen that day.
Gloria Kulis brought
Dorothy Howard from Val-
ley View Assisted Living Fa-
cility. Good to see you again,
Dorothy.
Everett Swayne won the
Chester’s Thriftway certifi-
cate and Don Caldwell won
the lunch for two at Valley
View. Six extra prizes went
to Dorothy Howard, Dee
Pickett, Roberta Dowse,
Donna Johnson, Ken Henry
and Wally Wedde. Congrat-
ulations.
On Thursday, Oct. 15,
we will have pot roast with
roasted taters and carrots.
Monday, Oct. 19, we will
have clam chowder and a
fish dinner. Come join us for
one or both.
Ephesians 5:2 “Live a
life filled with love for oth-
ers, following the example
of Christ, who loved you and
gave himself as a sacrifice
to take away your sins. And
God was pleased, because
that sacrifice was like a
sweet perfume to Him.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY – The
hall was a flurry of activity
on Oct. 7 with the flu shot
ladies, Jenny Workman and
Jessica Winegar, doing their
thing. If you missed it, they
will come back next month,
too.
“Chairman” Joe led the
flag salute and also asked the
blessing. Our volunteer serv-
ers included Marjean Koser,
JoAnne Phippen and Dusty
Harris. Veanne Weddle had
an announcement about the
energy assistance program.
If you need help, call her.
Since it is October, the
ceramic pumpkins, courtesy
of Donna Adams, made their
appearance on the tables.
The lap quilts the fami-
ly of the late Mrs. Kimber-
ling-Schyler donated were
given to Blue Mountain Care
Center. We thank them for
that. Chester Willis won the
$5 in trade donated by Prai-
rie Hardware & Gifts.
Celeste and Joe Isaac
came with her folks, Del and
Bonnie Lake.
We had the last chance
to get something from the
old “pool room.” Harold and
Francis Preston found a lit-
tle boxful of goodies. So the
rest goes to the thrift stores
or the Transfer Station. Then
we will have a clean build-
ing.
We had a taco salad for
lunch on Oct. 7. Started with
orange juice, then on to corn
chips, all the salad fixins,
the taco meat and sauce,
biscuits, and a wonderful
pumpkin roll. It had whipped
cream and toffee bits inside.
The Blue Mountain Care
Center ladies, Shauntele and
Patty, brought Dorothy Blas-
ing, Dollina Humphreys,
Lois Hill, Marilyn Randall
and Ray Harper. I see they
get to go to John Day, too,
sometimes. That’s nice.
We, the Seniors and
Grangers, signed the papers
for the offer on the Grange
property. Now it’s up to the
State Grange honchos to
sign off on it. Hopefully we
will have an answer by next
month.
I mentioned the chiming
in last week’s column. We are
on hiatus until January. We
decided two concert partic-
ipations a year was enough.
So watch for the “Evening of
Entertainment” in the spring
and another “Alleluia” cel-
ebration in the fall. Due to
circumstances beyond our
control, we lost three chim-
ers, gained two, and then one
of the two broke her wrist, so
we took that as a sign from
the Lord that two concerts a
year was enough. So now I
get to write some more ar-
rangements.
I heard an advertisement
on the radio about “Squatty
Potty” – it’s supposed to help
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able to advertise pills for ED,
then ads for a “Squatty Potty”
are legitimate also. Just when
you thought it was safe.
Well, on to the toy kitch-
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plans are not near as good as
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It’s better! Praise the Lord!
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planned something better ...”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT – Have I
told you before I came to
this here God’s country that
I have never ever canned be-
fore in my entire life? It was
a totally foreign concept for
me. I have been canning to-
mato sauce like a crazy mad
woman.
I’m now thankful that
all my tomatoes didn’t rip-
en at the same time. I had
to pick them green for fear
of having them freeze when
the temperatures dropped a
week ago.
They have been grad-
ually ripening a little at a
time. I can about a dozen
at a time. God is good – I
don’t get overwhelmed with
having to can everything all
at once.
Well, I have some extra
good news. My gopherhawk
caught three gophers and
my mama cat caught three
gophers herself! Wahoo!
That will be six less pests in
my garden next year.
At our Oct. 6 lunch, we
had yummy and hearty spa-
ghetti, garlic toast, a fresh
green salad and scrumptious
brownies with peanut chips
inside.
Thank you to our won-
derful cooks, Terry Cade
and Heather Bowlus.
Our greeters were Bob
Blakeslee, Bodean Ander-
son, Jimmy Cole and Mar-
va Walker. Bob led the flag
salute and Bodean prayed
the blessing over our meal
for us. Jess Hoodenpyl won
the Len’s Drug gift card,
and Rickie Doland and Lin-
da Blakeslee won the free
meals.
We had 49 guests and only
one takeout. Patricia Davis,
sister of Judy Harris, visited
us for lunch. Amy Kreger,
Blue Mountain Hospital
board chair, joined us and
also brought a check for the
remaining balance for the
internet along with informa-
tion brochures pertaining to
Lifelink.
Attention to all ladies
out there who love to quilt:
Judy Harris is going to give
a class on making a “crazy
quilt” from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 24. I’m so
excited! Bring a dish to
share, for we will have a
potluck and dine together.
You don’t have to live
in Monument to come and
join us. You may bring your
daughters, too; the more
the merrier I say. I will
post next week the items
Judy will want the ladies to
bring.
Living out here has ful-
filled another one of my
dreams –learning to sew
and make quilts. Living out
here has also expanded my
knowledge in doing many
different things.
I never dreamed I would
have the opportunity to live
here in this beautiful coun-
try, meet such wonderful
people, and belong to such
a close-knit community. I’m
so very grateful and very
humbled.
2 Timothy 1:8 “Be not
thou therefore ashamed of
the testimony of our LORD,
nor of me his prisoner: but
be thou partaker of the af-
flictions of the gospel ac-
cording to the power of
God.”
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