A6 Community Blue Mountain Eagle G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS John Day Seniors Alma Joslin JOHN DAY – Monday, Nov. 23, we had our usual Mon- day group of approximately 32 in-house diners. Darlene No- dine and Ineta Carpenter also delivered 19 regular lunches, plus 24 frozen ones to shut-ins. Our meal consisted of chicken lo mein with pan-fried noodles and chow mein noodles on the side. We also had Chinese coleslaw and fruit cocktail, and cranberry cookies for dessert. The cookies were in honor of National Eat a Cranberry Day. Ron Dowse and Margaret Glass greeted us. Our servers were from the Church of Je- sus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Darlene led the lag salute and Ineta asked the blessing. Veanne Weddle announced the AARP Drivers Safety class will be held here at the Center from 9 am to 4 pm on Saturday, Dec. 12. Please bring a lunch as there will be a short break for lunch. We are expecting a large crowd for the Christmas din- ner on Thursday, Dec. 17, and again for New Years Eve on Thursday, Dec. 31. If you want to make sure of a seat please call ahead to let us know how many, and we will try to set your group up together. Sorry we had to turn some away for the Thanksgiving dinner and some of you didn’t get to sit with your friends. We really apologize but there are only so many seats. We had two irst timers; my oldest son and his wife, Glen and Kelly Joslin from Hilmar, Calif. On Thursday, Dec. 3, we will have southern fried pork steak with potatoes and gravy. That will also be our pie social, so be sure and bring your fa- vorite pie to share. Maybe we can get Veanne and the cooks to taste them all and judge! My idea, I’ll probably catch it for this one. On Monday, Dec. 7, we will have sausage fettuc- cine. Ron Dowse won the Len’s Drug gift certiicate and David Pasko won the free meal. Psalm 119:105 NLT “Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light for my path.” Merry Christmas DOLLAR STORE Bringing Savings Home Monday - Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. J OIN U S O N F ACEBOOK A ND L OOK F OR S PECIAL I TEMS Soo Yukawa MONUMENT – Wow, is it ever cold out! It’s been con- sistently in the single digits for I think ive days now in the early morning. During the day, the temperature hasn’t gone above 28 degrees F. This is our third winter here in Monument and all three winters have been very dif- ferent so I can’t really com- pare one to the other. I hope you all are keeping warm and toasty. Thanksgiving was a great day. We had lots of friends over to help celebrate and I think I shall remember this Thanksgiving as one of my best. We went around the ta- ble and everyone told of what they were thankful for. This Thanksgiving was indeed a very blessed day. Our Nov. 24 lunch was delicious. Our wonderful cooks, Terry and Mary Cade, made us some awesome slop- py Joes, french fries, a beau- tiful fresh salad and maple bars. We hope that they will be on the menu again in the future. Bob Blakeslee, Bo- dean Andersen and Marva Walker greeted us. Bob led the lag salute and Bodean made the announcements and prayed the blessing over our FACEBOOKERS: We have all your stocking stuffers $ Monument Seniors Become an Eagle fan today! Go to: facebook.com/ MyEagleNews $ 1 $ 2 3 00899 meal. W. Toop won the Len’s Drug gift card; Bob Yukawa and John Yeager won free meals. We had 51 guests and one take-out. We had three visitors, Kara Hilton from John Day, and Amy Kreger and her friend Marilyn from Long Creek. There was an unoficial meeting during lunch where Kara and Amy came to ad- dress some of Monument’s concerns regarding our EMT situation. Some issues were straightened out, like Rose Howe being able to continue to train our EMTs, rather than having them drive all the way to John Day twice a month. Other issues were not so sim- ple. For the sake of the folks here in Monument, we pray that whatever the matter is, they would be resolved soon between the parties involved. The drawing for the 30 Christmas wreaths will be held Tuesday, Dec. 8. You do not have to be present in order to win. Proceeds will beneit the Senior Center and EMT funds. On Dec. 15, we will be having the Cookie Caper event. Sylvia Cockrell will be collecting cookies for dis- tribution. Donations of two dozen cookies dropped off at the Senior Center by 12:45 p.m. would be much appre- ciated. These cookies will be given to residents of Monu- ment who live by themselves or have no means to get out. They will be such a blessing to those, and let them know that we care. Everyone in Monument is an important and vital part of our commu- nity. Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be illed.” Wednesday, December 2, 2015 Retired surgical tech recognized Wilma Boyer reaches milestone By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle JOHN DAY – Wilma Boyer says she was hon- ored, and slightly shocked, to receive a letter of recog- nition for her achievements as a certiied surgical tech- nologist over the past 40 years. The National Board of Surgical Technology & Sur- gical Assisting sent a certif- icate and lapel pin to mark Boyer’s milestone. She began working for Blue Mountain Hospital as a nurse’s aide in May 1959, when the hospital was in Prairie City, and continued that work when BMH relo- cated to John Day in 1964. In 1967, she asked for a transfer to the surgery de- partment as a nurse’s aide, and in 1974 she received on-the-job training, then certiication, as a surgical technologist. She worked in that po- sition until 1994, when she transferred to the purchas- ing department. She retired in 2003. “It was interesting, and all my years there were a learning experience for me,” she said. “I enjoyed working with the doctors and all the nurses and sur- gery crew.” She now lives in John Day, but at one time she The Eagle/Angel Carpenter John Day resident Wilma Boyer shows the 40-year anniversary certificate she received recognizing her career as a certified surgical technologist. commuted to the hospital in John Day from her home in Prairie City. Boyer recalled the nights when she’d travel the 13 miles home, only to be called back to work, adding she raised four children. She noted that when she became a surgical tech, the motto was “once certiied, always certiied.” “I was totally surprised to receive such an honor,” she said. She still works at the hospital, managing the aux- iliary gift shop since 2007. “It’s kind of home,” she said. Church Services In Grant County