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About The Blue Mountain eagle. (John Day, Or.) 1972-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 2015)
A6 Blue Mountain Eagle Community Wednesday, December 9, 2015 G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS Jim Spell and Shay deliv- ered 27 meals. Our servers were from St. Thomas Epis- copal Church. They had a Alma Joslin shortage of servers, so some members of the Site Council, plus David Turner, Don and JOHN DAY — Monday, 'HGD3RUWHUDQG/LQGD6WROW] Nov. 30, we had a really poor set up the tables before any- turnout for a great snowy-day one from the church arrived. meal. There were only ap- They also helped the two proximately 25 in attendance members of the church with for homemade beef stew, the serving and cleanup. biscuits, tomato/spinach sal- Tracie Unterwegner led ad and chocolate mousse for WKHÀDJVDOXWHDQG-LP6SHOO dessert. It was National Choc- asked the blessing. Don Cald- olate Mousse Day, hence the well did the announcing in the dessert. Rick Rhinehart and absence of Veanne Weddle Ray Rickard delivered 18 who was absent due to med- meals plus 16 frozen ones for ical reasons. shut-ins. The Mt. Vernon run Don announced there will was canceled due to problems be an AARP Drivers Safety at the center. course on Saturday, Dec. 12, Ron Dowse and Marianne here at the center. To sign up Morris greeted us. Dowse led or for more information call WKHÀDJVDOXWHDQG%HQ/HXWKH Ron Dowse at 541-575-4268. asked the blessing. Our serv- Also, it has been suggested ers were from First Christian that if you want to be sure to Church. They were helped have enough places to sit with E\ %LOOLH %XOODUG DQG /LQGD your family or friends for the Stoltz, who served the milk Christmas dinner on Thurs- and juice. day, Dec. 17, and/or the New Dowse did the announc- Years Eve dinner on Thurs- ing in the absence of Veanne day, Dec. 31, you need to call Weddle. The only announce- ahead and make reservations. ments were for this weekend, The numbers to call are 541- so too late to get in the paper. 575-1825 or 541-575-2949. Jean Thompson won the Don Porter won the Ches- /HQ¶V 'UXJ JLIW FHUWL¿FDWH WHU¶V7KULIWZD\ JLIW FDUG DQG and Nancy Elliott won the David (Buzz) Harris won the free meal. Valley View lunch for two. Thursday, Dec. 3, we had /XQFKRQ7KXUVGD\'HF a good turnout for south- will be chicken Florentine ern-fried pork steak, par- lasagna, and Monday, Dec. boiled potatoes, gravy, green 14, will be western scramble, beans with bacon and fresh hash browns and fruit. Hope whole wheat rolls. For dessert, to see you all at one or both of we had a piece of pie from our these meals. Good old home- donated pies for the pie social. made meals, and they are all It was fun trying the different good. pies. The entree was furnished Isaiah 46:9 “And do not by Ansel Krutsinger. There forget the things I have done were approximately 52 diners. throughout history. For I am Marianne Morris and David God-I alone! I am God and Pasko greeted us. there is no one else like me.” John Day Seniors The Monument School will be holding its Christmas program at 6:30 p.m. on Fri- day, Dec. 11. Soo Yukawa If you are participat- ing in baking cookies for the Christmas Cookie Ca- MONUMENT — It has per event, please bring two happened to me again. The dozen of your cookies to upcoming Christmas season the senior center by 12:45 and holiday are almost upon p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. us! Every year I think to my- 15. If you have any ques- self I will take our Christmas tions please call Sylvia pictures and have them made Cockrell. into Christmas cards at Cost- I shall share a humorous co way before and have a story of when I was about 12 great head start. Yeah, right, or 13 years of age. Whenever that never flies. Sigh. I will we had out-of-town visitors, probably end up scrambling the Asian thing to do was to at the last minute, stress- take them to the Huntington ing out, and maybe get /LEUDU\LQ6DQ0DULQR&DO- them mailed the day before ifornia. Christmas. San Marino is next to the ,I \RX DUH OLNH PH GRQ¶W city of Pasadena, you know feel bad, there are more where they hold the Rose of us than the very orga- 3DUDGH HYHU\ 1HZ <HDU¶V nized and timely person Day. who sends those Christmas 7KH +XQWLQJWRQ /LEUDU\ cards out weeks in advance. is this vast garden in the Ha. heart of San Marino and has Our great chefs Carrie many different gardens. It Jewell and Sahara made us has a beautiful Japanese gar- some hearty spaghetti, gar- den. lic toast, fresh green salad There is also a Koi pond and cookies for our Dec. 1 and a little bridge. Well, I meal. Our greeters were Bob had gone over to the edge Blakeslee, Bodean Anderson and saw there was this huge and Marva Walker. Bob led frog. I wanted to get a closer the flag salute, and Bodean look so I got real close to the made the announcements edge. and prayed the blessing over My mother yelled at our meal. me warning me to not Bob Cockrell won the get so close. Of course, I /HQ¶V 'UXJ JLIW FDUG %HWW\ GLGQ¶W SD\ DQ\ DWWHQWLRQ WR Breeding and Bruce Kramer her. The frog kept jump- both won free meals. We had ing inward away from the Clifford and Reba Smith join SRQG¶VHGJH&RQWLQXHGQH[W XVIURP/RQJ&UHHN7KHUH week. were 45 guests on the book Luke 2:30-33 “For mine and three takeouts. eyes have seen thy salva- Please make a note that tion, Which thou hast pre- bingo will be at 6 p.m. pared before the face of all Thursday, Dec. 31. It will, people, A light to lighten the of course, be a potluck. We Gentiles, and the glory of thy hope you will join us! people Israel.” Monument Seniors Jim and Joe. The delivery drivers were Buzz and Derrol, with Julia and Jim doing the walking. And this is a notice Rose Coombs to those of you who get your meals delivered: The price is going up a dollar so we can PRAIRIE CITY — Only pay for the extra boxes, etc., two weeks until Christmas. it takes to do this for you. We Are you ready? We got our hope you understand. With ¿UVW &KULVWPDV FDUG IURP 30 take-outs a week, it adds ,RZD DOUHDG\ 0D\EH ,¶OO DF- up. tually get a letter written for %X]] OHG WKH ÀDJ VDOXWH this year. and Jack Retherford asked the We had a special business blessing. Gary Mediger was meeting before the meal to the winner of the $5 in trade ask for authorization to send donated by Prairie Hardware for the funds to purchase the & Gifts. Our meal had grape Grange Hall property. The juice, ham and bean soup, vote was again unanimous. fried potatoes, carrot/raisin We want to thank those who salad, corn bread and ginger- donated to the “fund” all bread with a lemon swirl top- those years ago so that we ping and whipped cream on are able to pay cash for the top of that. Nice warm food building and lot. It is going for a cool day. to happen soon. All the perti- Helen is still recuperating, nent powers have given their so Pam was in the kitchen consent. DORQJZLWK/LQGD)UDQ%XQFK We had a special guest Sandi Rennels and JoAnne during the meal; Prairie City Phippen were our servers. Mayor Jim Hamsher present- /HRQH SUHZDVKHG WKH VLO- ed a plaque to us for being the verware while the men swept organization that raised the WKH ÀRRUV DQG ZDVKHG WKH WD- PRVWPRQH\IRUWKH³/LGVIRU ble covers. Kids” campaign — 41 percent We made it to Portland to of the total. So give yourself have Thanksgiving dinner a pat on the back, Prairie City with the kids and grands. Only Senior Center. WRRN ¿YHDQGDKDOI KRXUV WR We only had 67 names get to Biggs. on the book, due to the cold At least the freeway was weather and slick roads, I clear of ice and snow. Got guess. It was good to see WKH ³NLWFKHQ´ ¿QLVKHG DQG Nancy Viggers getting out delivered to the two grand- and about again. Wally Wed- daughters. There. Now I can de found a job in using the think about something else; mop to keep the melting snow like the 10-year anniversary from becoming a slipping rug for Bert and Agata next hazard. year. Maybe after the new We called her “the motor- year. ized mop.” Har, har. The food 2 Peter 3:8 “But, be- bank sent over a box of red loved, do not forget this one delicious apples to distribute. thing, that with the Lord one Thanks a heap, guys. day is as a thousand years, The set-up crew was our and a thousand years as one faithful four: Bruce, Buzz, day.” Prairie City Seniors Church Services In Grant County
