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Blue Mountain Eagle
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016
G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS
sauce, Texas toast, and for
dessert, we had individual
strawberry cheesecake tarts.
As our juice we had sparkling
Alma Joslin
cranberry juice. What a treat.
There were approximately 64
diners present. We had beau-
JOHN DAY — On Feb. tifully decorated tables with
8, we had a Chinese lunch, personalized place cards. All
serving approximately 32 the fancy work being done by
diners. We enjoyed Greek our own special Linda Stoltz.
green salad, shrimp-fried
Linda also made up a spe-
rice, egg rolls, lemon-glazed cial Valentine card of thanks
veggies and, for dessert, ice from all the seniors, which
cream and fortune cookies.
she presented to Veanne
Ron Dowse and Billie during the announcements.
Bullard greeted us. Fran-
Margaret Glass and Susan
cis and Bonnie Kocis and Fowle greeted us, and de-
Jeanette Kile delivered 20 livering the meals were Yao
lunches plus 16 frozen to Huang and her Life Skills
shut-ins. They were also our students. They delivered
servers with the assistance of 25 meals with the help of
Betty Holznagel. They rep- Veanne. They also helped the
resented Redeemer Lutheran Cornerstone Christian Fel-
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salute, and Francis asked the ing. The Life Skills group
blessing.
consists of Yao, Judy Grisel,
Veanne
Weddle
an- Luanne Bortell, Vicki Stolz,
nounced there will be a pie Dee Ticek and Ithube Little.
social on Thursday, March
The Cornerstone gals were
10. Bring your favorite pie Donna Mulder, Zola Pike,
and share. Our Easter dinner Donna Johnston and Carla
will be on Thursday, March Anderson. Donna Johnston
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the quilt donated by Judy
Wilma Bauer won the
Nelson. Also, thank you to Chester’s Thriftway gift card,
Tracie Andrew who brought and Richie Colbeth won the
in some farm fresh eggs to Valley View lunch for two.
share.
Jan, Susan Fowle, Don Cald-
Our new guests were War- well, Jean Willey, Yao Huang,
ren and Virginia Harris. They Buzz Glass, Jean Thompson,
have recently relocated to Mt. Norm Fowle, Donna John-
Vernon so I hope they will be ston and Karen Barrietua all
back. I’m sorry I wasn’t there won extra prizes.
to greet them, but welcome,
Thursday, Feb. 18, we
guys.
will have lasagna, green sal-
Marianne Morris won the ad and bread sticks. Monday,
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Bonnie Kocis won the free Margherita linguine.
meal.
Luke 22:69 “But the time
On Feb. 11, we had our is coming soon when I, the
Valentine lunch consisting Son of Man, will be sitting at
of chicken scampi, rice pi- God’s right hand in the place
laf, mixed veggies in cheese of power.”
John Day
Seniors
John Day and, lastly, Bruce
Hansen from Sauvie Island
in Portland. Bruce has a place
out here in Monument called
Soo Yukawa
Rudio Meadows and comes to
visit every so often. I’m hold-
ing you to your promise, Bruce,
MONUMENT — Several for some duck jerky next time
factors are telling me that spring you’re back in town. I’ve got
wants to come or is trying des- witnesses — the readers of the
perately anyway. First, my eyes Blue Mountain Eagle. Ha!
have been really itchy. That
Our basket of chocolates
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I have to remember to carry a Scottie Hamel of Spray. I won-
handkerchief just in case I have der if he is going to share?
a sneeze attack and then have to
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the year. Can you believe it? I heater. We really appreciate his
would never survive on a trop- handy work!
ical island; I’d be eaten alive.
Based on Matthew, Chapter
Lastly, I’ve been getting a slow 7, I want to extend to everybody
nagging feeling to try and do and anybody who needs prayer
some spring cleaning around (A.S.K.) that I will be avail-
my house. I say slow and nag- able to pray with you before
ging because I haven’t really or after senior lunch. I would
physically done it, only just be honored and privileged to
thinking and scheming in my pray with you or pray for you
head. I have to psych myself during the week. All prayer re-
out to get going!
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our great cooks, Terry Cade er day how our lives have so
and Christy Howell, made us much more peace out here.
chili dogs, French fries, cole Other than the political unrest
slaw and cookies. Our greeters going on in our state, nation
were Bob Blakeslee, Bodean and the world, I’m pretty mel-
Andersen and Marva Walker. low and don’t get too worked
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dean made the announcements and limit my time on Facebook
and prayed the blessing over to once in a while so I won’t
our lunch. The Len’s Drug get upset with different news
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er. Nittiya Pettit and Juanita getting cut off while driving. I
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had 40 guests and no takeouts are lucky to live out here. The
this week.
city life is too overrated. The
We had a few visitors from country life has always been
various parts of Oregon join my dream, ever since I was lit-
us. We had the pleasure of the tle. God is good!
company of Jane Clark from
Matthew 7:7 “Ask, and it
Fossil, Juanita Newton from shall be given you, seek, and
Spray, former resident of Mon- ye shall ¿nd knock, and it
ument Francis Arneson from shall be opened unto you.”
Monument
Seniors
Dollina Humphreys and
Marilyn Randall from Blue
Mountain Care Center.
Back to the Jammers:
Rose Coombs
There were eight members
who were able to come,
and they played on the pia-
PRAIRIE CITY — We had no, fiddle, guitar, mandolin,
music, music, music by the banjo and harmonica, and
Grant County Jammers this sang. It made some of our
morning — and after lunch. members want to sponsor an
It was wonderful! That’s the old-time dance.
kind of music that I grew
The room had been dec-
up on. I wasn’t the only one orated for this day and spe-
who couldn’t keep their feet cial tablecloths were in place
still. Thank you so much, and along with modern center-
we hope you can come back pieces and old framed Valen-
again.
tine’s cards. The Valentine’s
Before lunch, we conduct- came from the collection of
ed a vital piece of business Bonnie Nance. They were
in electing Harold Preston to her mother’s and some were
be the new corporation presi- over 100 years old. The
dent/chairman. He then got to cooks also had special nap-
take over the mic and asked kins and a treat at each place
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salute.
style. Hope your day was
It was Jim Lunzman’s 76th special, too.
birthday so the Jammers led
Do you ever have a
us in singing “Happy Birth- “wound of unknown origin”
day” to him. Ken Koser won pop up on your body? You
the Prairie Drug and Hard- get done with your shower
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Retherford asked the blessing. you can’t remember how
Our volunteer servers in- you got it. One of the mys-
cluded Marjean Koser, Julia teries of life.
Davis, Carla Wright, Don-
We have a newly paint-
na Adams and Harold. Our ed sign on the front of the
special Valentine meal had building now. Thanks to
grape juice, cauliflower/pea those who had a part in get-
salad, cheesy twice-baked ting that done. We are work-
potatoes, tri-tip beef roast, ing on getting a new dish-
rolls and frosted brownies washer. That is number one
with ice cream for dessert. on the list of priorities. Stay
I had to force myself not tuned to learn how you could
to have seconds of those help.
delicious potatoes. Mmm,
Ps. 51:7 “Cleanse me
good.
with hyssop and I will be
Lorna and Patty brought clean wash me and I will be
Dorothy Blasing, Lois Hill, whiter than snow.”
Prairie City
Seniors
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