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A6 Community & News Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, November 4, 2015 GRANT COUNTY SENIORS John Day Seniors Alma Joslin JOHN DAY – Monday, Oct. 26, we had approximately 55 diners in attendance for a free meal. The meal was furnished E\ 3DFL¿F 6RXUFH ,QVXUDQFH Company. Following lunch they gave a presentation on insur- ance, Medicare and supplement insurance. The lunch consisted of bar- becued chicken, macaroni salad, coleslaw and southwest corn- bread followed by Lisa’s yum- P\ SXPSNLQ EDUV , GRQ¶W OLNH pumpkin, but Lisa is making me change my mind. Besides the LQKRXVHGLQHUV,QHWD&DUSHQWHU and Darlene Nodine delivered 19 lunches plus 12 frozen ones to shut-ins. They represented The Church of Jesus Christ of /DWWHUGD\6DLQWVDQGZHUHDOVR our servers. Because of the larger than usual Monday crowd, Veanne called in some reserve troops. 6KHOOH\ :KDOH DQG 9DOHHWD Grant were gracious enough to come in and help serve. You gals are really appreciated. Ron Dowse and Margaret Glass greeted us. Darlene No- GLQHOHGWKHÀDJVDOXWHDQG,QHWD Carpenter asked the blessing. Veanne announced that it was National Pumpkin Day, hence the pumpkin bars. The Mt. Vernon Christmas bazaar will be held at the Mt. Vernon Grange Hall on Nov. 19. Also, Bingo is having trouble staying above board. They need more players so if you would like to see the games continue, round up your friends and get the ball rolling. Remember, the more players, the bigger the pots. We were once more honored to have the gals and residents from the Blue Mountain Care Center with us. Traci Andrew won lunch for two at Valley View, and Corinne 6WHQQHWW ZRQ WKH &KHVWHU¶V 7KULIWZD\JLIWFHUWL¿FDWH7KHUH were four other random prizes JLYHQRXWWR%XG6DOLVEXU\9LU- ginia Binchus, Ron Dowse and -DFN6ZHHN Thursday, Oct. 29, there were approximately 56 in-house diners plus Buzz and Margaret Glass delivered 28 meals for those who couldn’t make it in. The meal consisted of Witches Brew soup, Monster Meatballs in Zombie Blood and baked ghosts, which translated, is pumpkin soup, meatballs in gra- vy, baked potatoes, green beans with mushrooms, dinner rolls and then topped off with black forest cake looking like a grave- yard. Great Halloween show. The meal was furnished by Don & Carolyn Caldwell. Marianne Morris and Marga- ret Glass greeted us. Veanne led WKH ÀDJ VDOXWH DQG %HQ /XHWKH asked the blessing. The usu- DO ¿IWK 7KXUVGD\ VHUYHUV ZHUH unavailable so the following helped out by doing the work of serving. They were Ron and Roberta Dowse, Donna John- VRQ/LQGD6WROW]'DZQ.UHSSV Roni Hickerson and Jeanne. Thanks so much to all you IRONV6HHPVPRVWRIWKHVHIRONV were on their lunch hour and had WRJHWEDFNWRZRUNVR6KD\DQG Lisa did most of the cleanup. /LQGD 6WROW] ZRQ WKH &KHV- WHU¶V 7KULIWZD\ JLIW FHUWL¿FDWH DQG , GLGQ¶W JHW ZKR ZRQ WKH Valley View lunch for two, so sorry to whoever. Extra door prizes were won by Donna Johnson and Judy Nelson. Thursday, Nov. 5, we will be having chicken pesto with garlic and mashed potatoes. Then on the following Monday we will EH KDYLQJ 3L]]D 6XSUHPH DQG VDODG ,¶P UHDOO\ ORRNLQJ IRU- ward to the pizza. My church KDG 6KD\ FDWHU D OXQFK IRU XV DQGKH¿[HGGLIIHUHQWNLQGVRI pizza and they were both fantas- tic. ,ZDQWWRSXEOLFO\WKDQN6KD\ for taking notes for me on the WKDV,KDGWREHRXWRIWRZQ for medical reasons. Proverbs 13:10 “Pride leads to arguments; those who take advice are wise.” New Living Translation. Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa MONUMENT – We had some very sad news in Mon- ument. With a very heavy and broken heart, Rose Howe, our very competent, devoted and ex- FHOOHQW (07 KDV UHVLJQHG 6KH LQIRUPHG XV DOO DW WKH 6HQLRU Lunch and read to us her resig- nation letter to the Blue Moun- tain Hospital in John Day. We as a community have lost a tre- PHQGRXVDVVHW,WLVVRLPSRUWDQW for us to have such caring and dedicated medical personnel out here because we are so far out from any immediate medical facilities. Those few minutes or pre- cious seconds could mean life or death to someone in an emer- gency situation. We are so grate- ful for the many years that she KDVVDFUL¿FHGIRUWKLVFRPPXQL- ty, and for the genuine love that she had, and still has, for this FRPPXQLW\ 6KH VWULYHG WR EH the best EMT she could be to her ability and her knowledge was invaluable to the people of Mon- XPHQW6KHZLOOVWLOOEHDEOHWR train CPR classes. We still have many other volunteer EMTs that have trained and been trained alongside Rose Howe and we are very thankful for them. We thank you, Rose Howe, for your dedicated service to your com- munity of Monument. For our lunch on Oct. 27, we had chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas and carrots and chocolate pudding. Our cooks Terry Cade and Car- rie Jewell did a fabulous job of cooking for us. Bob Blakeslee, Bodean Anderson and Marva Walker greeted us. Bob led the ÀDJ VDOXWH DQG %RGHDQ SUD\HG the blessing over our meal. Dar- lene Forrest won the Len’s Drug gift card, Ted Phelps and Cindy Helsley won free meals. We want to welcome Dallas and Cindy Helsley who have just recently moved to Monument IURP6DOHP:HKDGDWWHQG- ees and thirteen takeouts. There will be a free concert given at the Monument school at 4 p.m. on Nov. 21.Bible Fellow- ship of Monument is still collect- ing items to be donated for Op- eration Christmas Child. These ER[HV ZLOO EH ¿OOHG ZLWK PDQ\ gifts such as soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, toys, shoes, pen- cils and other such items that would bring joy to many chil- dren all over the world. There are only two weeks left. Mark your calendars; Bible Fellowship of Monument is also sending high school kids to a winter camp from Dec. 29 to Jan. 1. The church will be covering the cost for the kids to go so it is FREE. You can send your kids and won’t see them until next \HDU+D,¶PORYLQJWKHFROGDQG WKHUDLQZHKDYHEHHQKDYLQJ, can’t believe that Thanksgiv- ing is going to be soon upon us WKRXJK(HNV7LPH¶VDÀ\LQJ Proverbs 4:18 “But the path of the just is as the shining light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs 35$,5,(&,7<±<RXFRXOG tell it was a celebration when you came into the hall today. There were new table covers and napkins for the Halloween season, caramel popcorn balls at each plate, and dishes of candy corn on each table. Our cooks do have fun. This was also October birth- day recognition day, and only two were found: Vera Clark and Carla Wright. Carla won the $10 in trade donated by Huffman’s Market. The $5 in trade went to Bob McCauley, donated by Prairie Hardware & Gifts. And by the way, if you won the certif- icate towards a meal at Chuck’s Little Diner recently, you should use it. 7KH QHZV IURP 6DOHP LV WKDWWKH6WDWH*UDQJH([HFXWLYH Committee approved our offer WR EX\ WKH 6WUDZEHUU\ *UDQJH property. Now their lawyer has to make sure that we crossed all WKH7¶VDQGGRWWHGDOOWKH,¶VLQ all the paperwork. Our servers today included JoAnne Phip- SHQ0ROOLH*LOO6DQGL5HQQHOV 0DUMHDQ .RVHU /LQGD %R\HU and kitchen helpers Donna Ad- ams and Pam Howard. Joe led WKH )ODJ 6DOXWH DQG DOVR DVNHG the blessing. The meal consisted of apple juice, green salad, mashed po- tatoes and pan gravy, chicken fried steak, rolls, and pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. Good ole country cookin’. Yum, yum. There were 80 names on the registration book. The ladies from the Blue Mountain Care &HQWHU±/RUQDDQG6KDXQWHOH± brought Dorothy Blasing, Lois Hill, Dollina Humphreys and Marilyn Randall. We made a trip to Bend so we had a couple of take-outs stashed in the refrigerator for our use later in the week. Went to see about Derrol’s left thumb. *RW D GH¿QLWLYH DQVZHU IURP WKH VSHFLDOLVW ,I LW LVQ¶W H[FUX- ciatingly painful 24/7, then no VXUJHU\ ZLOO EH HQWHUWDLQHG ,W WDNHVD\HDUWRUHFRYHU6RWKHQ she examined his poor bashed elbow and proceeded to tend to LW*RWFF¶VRIÀXLGRXWSXWRQ a half cast and wrapped all that in an Ace bandage. Didn’t know that there was such a thing as a half cast. You learn something new every day, right? Just leave it on for a week to help the tis- sues normalize. The beauty of a half cast is that you can remove it to take a shower. On to the next ailment next week. Found out that a certain Portland mortgage company has their own traveling notary. “Have seal, will travel.” Ha, ha. We did take the A/C ‘s out and put the fans away just be- fore it started raining. Good timing, huh? The child’s “kitch- HQ´ WKDW ,¶P ZRUNLQJ RQ LV down to the heavy use varnish now. Looks like we’ll be able to take it up on Thanksgiving. The word “pumpkin” orig- inally started out as “pepon”, which is Greek for “large PHORQ´ 7KH )UHQFK PRGL¿HG it to “pompon” and the Brit- ish changed it to “pumpion.” American colonists adjusted it to “pumpkin”. The pumpkin originated in Mexico, and Ant- arctica is the only continent that does not grow them. Now you know. 2 Peter 1 : 5, 6, 7 “... giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control ... per- severance... godliness ... broth- erly kindness ... and to brotherly kindness, love.” Church Services In Grant County