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Blue Mountain Eagle
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016
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Grande. Welcome, all you folks.
Deda Porter won the Len’s
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ret Glass won the free meal.
On March 31, we had our
Alma Joslin
April Fools Day lunch. It was
great; the meatloaf looked like
JOHN DAY — On March cupcakes and the dessert looked
28, we had our usual smaller like a hamburger on a bun with
crowd but a wonderful lunch. french fries. We had approxi-
We served approximately 30 mately 65 diners at the center,
diners at the center, plus 20 who and 32 lunches went out. With
had meals delivered; 24 frozen the meatloaf, we had mashed
lunches also went out to shut- potatoes and gravy with riviera
ins. Darlene Nodine and Ann blend veggies and French bread.
Huffman delivered the meals. DP Home Entertainment fur-
Veanne Weddle delivered the nished the entrée.
Margaret Glass and Mari-
Mt. Vernon route. For lunch
we had chicken teriyaki skew- anne Morris greeted us, and our
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cookies and black forest cake. It of the Blue Mountain Hospital
was good to see Shay and Lisa Auxiliary, consisting of Kris
both back in the kitchen, and, of Labhart, Marsha Delaney, Mary
course, Danny was there help- Lou Horton, Virginia Miller and
Kaye Jensen. Kris and Kay de-
ing out again.
Marianne Morris and Bon- livered the lunches. Virginia led
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ers were Darlene and Ann, rep- asked the blessing.
Veanne announced there
resenting the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ann would be no bingo due to Judy
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having just lost his mother.
asked the blessing.
Veanne announced the rea- There is a card for Ron at the
son for our menu was that it front table if you would like to
is “National Something on a sign it.
She announced the quilt raf-
Stick” and “National Black For-
est Cake Day.” Lisa made indi- ÀHSURFHHGVZHUHDQGWKH
vidual cakes for each table, and deep fryer has been ordered.
Danny is helping in the kitchen
they were sinfully good.
There is a sign-up sheet set because Shay is still on light
out for a ride to the OTEC meet- duty.
On Wednesday, April 20, the
ing in Baker City. The meeting
is April 30. There are only 16 Living with Chronic Pain class
seats and one wheelchair posi- will begin at 2:30 p.m. and will
tion on the bus, so you better get last approximately 2 1/2 hours.
your name in if you want to go. It will be held every Wednesday
The Red Cross will install for six weeks. Sign up by calling
free smoke alarms soon. If you Veanne at 541-575-2949.
Jim and Toddy Stovall have
would like one, make an ap-
pointment by calling 503-528- donated an exercise bike to the
center, so if you know anyone
5783.
Buzz Glass had some guests who needs this, contact Veanne
for lunch — his daughter, Bren- at the above number.
We had a couple of guests
da, from John Day, and his
granddaughter Lydia Wunz and today. Jessie Lewis brought
her husband Nathan from La her daughter, Annette, and
John Day
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it for pickling though. Also, it
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with friends, and they loved it
too.
On March 29, our great
cooks, Terry Cade and Christy
Howell, cooked up a fresh new
entrée for us. We had chick-
en-fried chicken, mashed pota-
toes and gravy, dinner rolls and
cake for dessert. I think it was a
hit, ladies! Bravo! Our greeters
were Bob Blakeslee, Bodean
Andersen and Marva Walker.
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dean made the announcements
and prayed the blessing over our
meal. Judy Harris won the Len’s
Drug gift card, Patty Engle re-
ceived the Chester’s Thriftway
gift card and Dan Clifford won
Monument
a free meal. We had Dick and
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Pam Wanoos visiting for lunch.
Quade Day won the Easter
Soo Yukawa
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the lucky winner of all those
MONUMENT — Spring is seeds and envy of many.
Donna Campbell made a
now in full swing! My raspber-
ry canes are starting to leaf out. beautiful doily for the table
I was in my little gated garden, in the foyer of the senior cen-
and it was showing signs of re- ter. We thank you, Donna, for
birth in there too. Oh, we have your artistic creation and gen-
been having some gorgeous erosity.
We want to thank Bruce
weather. Ah, it felt so good to be
outside. I need to get some seeds Hansen for driving all the way
started. I may look like an orga- out to Monument from Sauvie
nized person, but it’s a farce. I Island just to drop off a huge,
am to some degree, but I mostly loaded trailer full of fabric and
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to organize my planting journal senior center. Judy Harris will
and write a little more detail on put it to good use! Thank you
what I planted, where I planted Bruce for my package! I used it
and how it did. I planted a cu- in my spaghetti sauce, and it was
cumber last year and, for a long YHU\ WDVW\ <RX KDYH IXO¿OOHG
time, couldn’t remember what your promise.
A couple of my mama cats
the name of it was. It was such a
delicious and crisp cucumber. I are going to have kittens soon.
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want to plant a very crunchy, lent, mousing barn cats, let
tasty and sweet cucumber, the me know. Our cats have been
name is “Armenian Cucumber.” very good at keeping the ver-
It is part of the melon family. I min away from our house, but
personally think it is the best we keep losing them to preda-
cucumber I have ever tasted. It tors. Our cats are lovey dovey
is very good in salads or just too because our kiddos play
alone. I wouldn’t recommend with them and man-handle
Dawnelle Hindman brought
her friend Jeanette Walker. Wel-
come and please come back.
Jan Holt, Sherry Feiger,
Norm Fowle, Geri Pasko, John
Aasness, Dale Stennett and
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quets. Mary Lou Horton won
the Chester’s Thriftway gift cer-
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the Valley View lunch for two.
Thursday, April 7, we will have
spaghetti with salad and garlic
bread, and on Monday, April 11,
we will have chili-smothered
burritos.
1 Corinthians 13:4 “Love
is patient and kind. Love is not
jealous or boastful or proud.”
could obtain. Buzz said that they
were taking over his yard, so he
dug a bunch up. Inside, we still
have a good selection of seeds,
but they are going away. Then
as you were leaving, you could
take some potatoes and carrots
with you. What a deal! I got
brave and selected four pack-
ages of vegetable seeds. Next
problem? Finding a spot in our
gravelly yard. Maybe containers
Prairie City
would be better!
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Our volunteer servers includ-
ed Ginger Kendall, Julia Davis,
Rose Coombs
Linda Boyer, Frances Preston
and Marjean Koser. They served
PRAIRIE CITY — So, have apple juice, milk, buttermilk,
you got used to daylight saving coffee, tea, water, spaghetti and
time yet? Hope the people who meat sauce, peas, rolls and frost-
want to get rid of it get their ed carrot cake for dessert. Wen-
required number of signatures dy and Jaime brought Dorothy
next time. In an “age of scien- Blasing and Lois Hill from Blue
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make much sense. That’s my
Long-time-no-seeums were
story, and I’m sticking to it.
Clayton and Bev Curtis. Her
We had a good turn-out for brother, Bob Skiens, was with
our March birthday recognition them to check out our library.
dinner with 76 names on the Have you done that? I see lots
book. Our birthday honorees in- of books coming and going. An-
cluded Luann Bartell, Jim How- other good deal!
ard, Jack Pickle and, the win-
But the best deal of the week
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Huffman’s Market, visitor Bob our yards and enjoy spring! I
Stewart. Leroy Duncan won the know it’s spring because I got to
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lute, and Jack Retherford asked
Many years ago, Dad
the blessing.
chopped down a tree that was
Veanne Weddle announced in the southeast corner of this
there will be classes in Septem- yard. The stump made a con-
ber concerning house purchas- venient place to pile things —
ing. She needs people to sign up like the bricks we hauled down
for another class on living with a from the ranch, the rocks we
chronic condition so she can ac- dug out of the trench for the
cess the funds to provide schol- propane line, etc. So yesterday
arships for the health fair. There we moved the bricks, the rocks
is no cost for this class. The Red and the stump. Wow. Look at
Cross is also giving away smoke all the room to put new plants.
detectors, so if you need a new Maybe even some of those
one, get in touch.
seeds I got for free and a few of
Speaking of giving away, we Buzz’s iris bulbs. Ah, the plans,
had quite a selection today! As the plans.
you came up the ramp outside,
Proverbs 14:22 “… But
there were boxes of yellow iris- those Zho plan Zhat is good
es and blue grape hyacinths you ¿nd love and faithfulness …”
them. Some of them are like
dogs and go for walks with us!
Galatians 2:20 “I am cruci-
¿ed Zith Christ: nevertheless I
live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in
me: and the life Zhich I noZ live
in the Àesh I live by the faith of
the 6on of God, Zho loved me,
and gave himself for me.”
Church Services In Grant County
Redeemer
Lutheran Church
Come Worship with us at
627 SE Hillcrest, John Day
1 st & 3 rd Sunday Worship
& Communion ...............................10 am
2 nd , 4 th & 5 th Sunday Worship ..........10 am
Wednesday Evening Bible Study.......6 pm
For information: 541-575-2348
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
Sunday School..............................9:30 am
Sunday Worship Service .............. 10:45 am
Sunday Evening Service................6:00 pm
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SMALL GROUPS CALL FOR MORE INFO
Weekdays: Sonshine Christian School
521 E. Main • John Day • 541-575-1895
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