A10
Community
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY — On Feb. 29,
we served approximately 40
diners and delivered 20 meals
plus 20 frozen ones to shut-ins.
Lunch consisted of soft and hard
tacos, refried beans, Spanish rice,
and for dessert we had bread
pudding. Our servers were from
First Christian Church. Pastor Al
Altnow and Rick Rhinehart deliv-
ered the meals.
Marianne Morris and Billie
Bullard were at the desk. Ron
Dowse led the Àag salute, and
Pastor Al asked the blessing. Serv-
ing were Pastor Al and Cathy Alt-
now, Jan Ellison, Karen Barrietua
and Ron. Cathy, Karen and Ron
rolled silverware.
Veanne Weddle gave a re-
minder of the pie social on
Thursday, March 10. Bring your
favorite dessert to share. In keep-
ing with leap year, our Cathy pro-
posed to Al and he accepted to the
relief of everyone present. Now
for the wedding!
Lorna Askew and Kendra Jos-
lin brought some Blue Mountain
Care Center residents. We were
happy to see them. Margie Parker
won the Len¶s Drug gift certi¿-
cate, and I don’t know who won
the free meal.
On March 3, we fed approxi-
mately 56 diners at the center, plus
delivered 26 meals and 15 more
frozen ones to shut-ins. The lunch
was beef tips in gravy with noo-
dles, pickled beet and onion salad,
steamed zucchini, dinner rolls
and then topped off with birthday
cake. Just another great meal; they
are getting to be a habit. Billie
Bullard and David Pasko greeted
us while Ron Dowse sold rafÀe
tickets.
St. Elizabeth Catholic Church,
represented by Walt and Agnes
Hall, furnished the entrée. Drisk-
ill Memorial Chapel and Blue
Mountain Hospice furnished the
birthday cake, baked by Chester’s
Thriftway bakery. Thank you to
all of these donors. Without peo-
ple like you, we couldn’t survive.
The servers were from John
Day Nazarene Church. Joel and
Joan Tayles delivered the meals
with Veanne’s help. Vicki Harri-
son, Gina Lee and Dale Stennett
served, again with Veanne’s help.
Vicki led the Àag salute, and Dale
asked the blessing. Vicki, Dale
and Gina also rolled silverware.
Veanne reminded us there will
be no bingo on Thursday, March
17, and we will be closed on
Monday, March 21. Come back
on March 24 and check out the
new kitchen Àoor. That will be
our Easter dinner which will be
maple-glazed ham, potatoes au
gratin and a special Easter dessert.
Reservations are requested; when
calling, give the names of every-
one who will be sitting with you.
That will also be the day of the
quilt rafÀe drawing and special
door prizes too.
It has been suggested that we
number the tables. Anyone will-
ing to ¿x the numbers contact
Veanne at 541-575-2949. That
and 541-575-1825 are the num-
bers for reservations. A big “thank
you” goes out to Carol and Wilbur
Ashby for the donation of the cof-
fee.
March 2 was Bill Toop’s birth-
day, and March 13 will be Wilma
Bauer’s 89th birthday. Happy
birthday to you both.
Our head cook, Shay, had sur-
gery on March 8, so he will be off
for a short while. During this time,
our very capable Lisa will be tak-
ing over for him, so we are look-
ing forward to surprises. I hope
everyone who is willing will offer
to help if she needs it.
I believe this was the ¿rst time
Jim Hamsher, mayor of Prairie
City, has joined us for lunch. Wel-
come, Jim; come again. Merrie
Henry won the Chester’s Thrift-
way gift certi¿cate, and Walt Hall
won the lunch for two at Valley
View.
Thursday, March 10, we will
have honey mustard chicken with
baked potatoes. For dessert it will
be the pie social. Monday, March
14, we will have chicken salad
on croissants with veggie soup,
cucumber/tomato salad and cook-
ies. As the saying goes, come on
down!
Matthew 27:31 “When they
were finally tired of mocking Him,
they took off the robe and put his
own clothes on Him again. Then
they led Him away to be crucified.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT — On March
1, we had hamburgers with all
the ¿xings, French fries, maca-
roni salad and yummy chocolate
brownies with vanilla ice cream.
Thank you to our great cooks,
Terry Cade, Carrie Jewell and
Heather Bowlus. W. Toop and
Betty Richards won free meals.
Paul Turk from Baker and Marion
Fowler of Monument joined us
for lunch. Our greeters were Bob
Blakeslee, Bodean Andersen and
Marva Walker. Bob led our Àag
salute, and Bodean made the an-
nouncements as well as praying
the blessing over our meal.
There will be a Homebuyers
Workshop from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m
on Sept. 17 at the John Day Se-
nior Center.
Don’t forget to purchase your
tickets for the ¿re department’s
third annual wood pit barbecue on
Saturday, March 12. Jerry Boyer
will be cooking up the delicious
meat, and there will be chocolate
cake and of course some delec-
table desserts up for auction. The
meal times are 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Our sewing class had a fab-
ulous time of sewing this past
Saturday. Katie Johns and friend
Teresa, of Fox, joined us. We had
some delicious food shared by
all for lunch, and of course Judy
Harris had a fun project prepared
for us to sew. I got there a little
late due to having company, but I
managed to get a little done. We
get together once a month. All
are welcome! I just love hang-
ing out with these wonderful la-
dies, and I am so blessed with all
their knowledge. It is my lifelong
dream of learning to sew being
ful¿lled. It is an absolute delight
to learn from and with these great
ladies. I will let you know when
our next get together will be.
Bible Fellowship of Monu-
ment is hosting a ladies night out
at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March
16, at Bible Fellowship. All ladies
are welcome. There will be food,
a speaker and a craft project. Hope
you ladies out there come and
enjoy some fellowship time and
some women bonding time.
Don’t forget to change your
clock this coming Saturday,
March 12! I actually do not like
to “spring forward.” Ugh, messes
up my whole sleeping, eating and
waking up cycle. Whose brilliant
(NOT) idea was it anyway?
Easter is fast approaching too!
I think it’s actually better than
Christmas. Jesus died and sacri-
¿ced his life for us, while we were
yet sinners. What a gift. What
is the de¿nition of a gift? Some-
thing given voluntarily without
payment in return. What a won-
derful gift given to us, salvation
through Jesus Christ! Easter is a
somber, solemn and joyous time.
It’s de¿nitely a joyous time for
me and my family. We are ever
grateful for the Lord’s wonderful
grace. Hope you all have a fabu-
lous Easter!
Isaiah 53: 4-5 “Surely he hath
borne our griefs, And carried our
sorrows: Yet we did esteem him
stricken, Smitten of God, and
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for our transgressions, He was
bruised for our iniquities: The
chastisement of our peace was
upon him; And with his stripes we
are healed.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY — By the
time you read this, Darn Silly Stu-
pid Time will be three days away.
Just thought I’d warn you.
The delivery duos are doing
good. Both sets made it back
to the center in time to get a hot
meal. Before the meal was served,
we had a short business meeting
to adopt the new by-laws that
the corporation, site committee
and new board of directors have
been working on for two months.
There were copies at each table so
the general membership had an
opportunity to read through them
before the vote was taken. It was
a unanimous voice vote to adopt
the new by-laws. Step one is done.
The set-up crew of Bruce,
Buzz, Jim and Harold did their
thing. We ladies haven’t ¿gured
out why the tableware setting has
changed, but we’re not complain-
ing. At least the utensils are on the
table! Buzz led the Àag salute,
and Jack Retherford asked the
blessing. We had 67 names on the
book, and one of those names was
of our mayor, Jim Hamsher. He
visited with those who desired to
talk to him after the meal.
Our volunteer servers includ-
ed Julia Davis, Ginger Kendall
and Marjean Koser. I was the
lucky winner of the Prairie Hard-
ware and Gifts 5 in trade certi¿-
cate. I changed where I signed on
the book, and that was the number
that was drawn. Go get another
ream of copy paper.
Our meal was juice (not grape,
but I forgot what Helen said),
spinach leaf salad with strawber-
ries, bacon bits and a raspberry
dressing, veggie and meat stew,
corn bread and, for dessert, pine-
apple upside-down cake with
real whipped cream on top. Oh,
my. Everything was so delicious.
Thank you, Iva and Helen, for
making such scrumptious meals
for us.
In doing more cleaning in the
building, we have found some
items that were given to the
grange when the I.O.O.F. Lodge
in Prairie disbanded. We found
all the old record books of the
grange since 1926 with all the old
pioneer names. We don’t want to
just throw them all away. We do
have room now to store them, but
would prefer they were in a more
accessible and perhaps useful
place. Any takers?
We also found a nice hanging,
hand-made bulletin board. It is
an object lesson of our county, I
believe. It was made of what was
available, and it works. May not
be the prettiest, but it de¿nitely
serves the purpose quite well. So
that’s where you’ll ¿nd a copy of
the new by-laws, if you so desire.
Lorna and Shawntele brought
Dorothy Blasing, Lois Hill and
Marilyn Randall from Blue
Mountain Care Center.
I think I can see buds on the
old grape vine “stems,” so that
answers that question. I got a gar-
dening catalog the other day. Oh,
the possibilities! Then I look at my
poor gravel bed of a yard, and go
do some latch hook.
Gen. 2:8, 9 “Now the Lord
God had planted a garden. ... in
Eden ... and made all kinds of
trees grow out of the ground. ...
pleasing to the eye and good for
food.”
Church Services In Grant County
Cornerstone
Christian
Fellowship
139 N.E. D AYTON S TREET , J OHN D AY
541-575-2180
Sunday Worship Service
10 am
Pastor Levi Manitsas
cornerstonejohnday@gmail.com
CHURCH OF THE
NAZARENE
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Sunday Worship Service .............. 10:45 am
Sunday Evening Service................6:00 pm
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Weekdays: Sonshine Christian School
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