A6
Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY — On April
11, we had a nice crowd
for a Monday. There were
approximately 36 diners at
the center, plus 21 meals
delivered and 20 frozen
ones delivered to shut-
ins. Our lunch consisted of
chili-smothered
burritos,
chips and salsa, Mexican
corn and fruited Jell-O for
dessert. Francis and Bon-
nie Kocis, who represented
Redeemer Lutheran Church,
delivered the meals.
These two also served us
along with Buzz and Bobbie
Gilmore. Buzz led the flag
salute, and Francis asked
the blessing.
It was Linda Stoltz’s
birthday, and to show our
gratitude for all she does
here at the center, we had a
birthday card set out for all
to sign.
If you want to go to the
Oregon Trail Electric Co-
op meeting in Baker City
on April 30, there are only
a few seats left on the bus,
so you better get signed
up. Veanne announced her
class “Living with Chron-
ic Pain” has been changed
from Wednesdays to Thurs-
days. The first class will be
at 2:30 p.m. April 21 in the
library at the center.
Nikky Essex won the
Len’s Drug gift certificate,
and Bobbie Gilmore won
the free meal.
On April 14, we had ap-
proximately 56 diners at
the center and 31 take-out
lunches. There were also 10
frozen meals taken to shut-
ins. Buzz Glass, his daugh-
ter, Brenda, and Veanne
delivered the meals. The
Glasses represented Corner-
stone Christian Fellowship.
We had meatballs in home-
made barbecue sauce, pota-
to salad, carrots and dinner
rolls, and since it was Na-
tional Pecan Day, we had
pecan pie for dessert.
Margaret Glass and Mar-
ianne Morris greeted us.
Serving for Cornerstone
were Zola Pike, Donna
Mulder, Donna Johnson
and Linda Sprouffske. The
Rev. Levi Manitsas helped
and also asked the bless-
ing. Donna Johnson led the
flag salute. Bank of East-
ern Oregon furnished the
entrée.
Veanne announced there
will be a candidate forum at
1 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at
the Canyon City Communi-
ty Hall. It’s open to the pub-
lic and free of charge. Come
and find out what the candi-
dates stand for.
Veanne was then going
to present Linda with her
birthday card, but, as usual,
she was busy in the kitchen.
Dale Stennett won the
Chester’s Thriftway gift
certificate, and Maria Strom
won the Valley View lunch
for two.
On Thursday, April 21,
we will have cheesy chick-
en pesto with pasta, and on
Monday, April 25, we will
have loaded baked pota-
toes with chicken Alfredo
sauce.
Matthew 6:20 “Lay up
for yourselves treasures in
Heaven, where neither moth
nor rust destroys and where
thieves do not break in and
steal.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT — On
April 12, our cooks, Ter-
ry Cade and Carrie Jewell,
made us some juicy pulled
pork sandwiches, french
fries, cole slaw and peanut
butter cookies. I garnished
my sandwich with barbecue
sauce, mustard and the cole-
slaw, and oh, it was very
tasty.
Thank
you,
ladies!
Our greeters were Bob
Blakeslee, Bodean Anders-
en and Marva Walker. Bob
led our flag salute, and Bo-
dean made announcements
along with the blessing over
our meal. Linda Abraham
won the Len’s Drug gift
card.
Both John Yeager and
Larry Voght won free meals.
We had a crowd of 53 guests
attending and seven take-
outs.
We had many visitors
join us for lunch. From
Prineville, we had Dennis
Dice, Tim Cross and Paula
Cross.
From John Day, we had
DeLayne Dice, Mike Cross
and Brantley Hall. From
Prairie City, we had Har-
old Preston and Jim Ham-
sher. Theda Phelps also
brought her grandson from
Portland, Phillip Britt, for
lunch.
There is a Mother’s Day
basket that is being raffled,
so come purchase your tick-
ets for a chance to win this
for your mother!
The first annual rum-
mage sale of Monument is
in dire need of donations, so
please go through all your
stuff and donate what you
don’t need or use. It may
be junk to you, but it could
be treasure for someone
else.
The sale will be May
13-14 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Contact Sylvia Cockerell,
Judy Harris or Karen Stub-
blefield for more informa-
tion.
Don’t forget, the People
Mover comes every Thurs-
day at 9 a.m. to take anyone
who wants to go to John
Day. You will be back home
by 3 p.m.
There will be a sewing
class from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
on Saturday, April 23, at the
Senior Center.
Bring your sewing ma-
chines and a dish to share
for our potluck. The class
is free, and it’s a wonderful
time of sewing, chatting,
eating and women bonding
time.
There is a project that
will be worked on for that
day if you want to partici-
pate.
For more information,
call Judy Harris. Otherwise,
you can bring your own
project to work on. We’d
love to have you — the
more the merrier! It’s al-
ways exciting to meet new
people who share a common
interest.
Mark 13:26-27 “And
then shall they see the Son
of man coming in the clouds
with great power and glo-
ry. And then shall he send
his angels and shall gath-
er together his elect from
the four winds, from the
uttermost part of the earth
to the uttermost part of
heaven.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY — Hoo-
ray! There are only three
days until Evening of Enter-
tainment. Write it down, tie a
string around your inger, put
it in your phone, iPad or what-
ever. Don’t forget!
We had a full house for
lunch with 93 names on the
registration book. Good show.
Nine of those were from Val-
ley View Assisted Living.
Kim and Molly brought sev-
en residents including Norma
Rynearson. It was good to see
them all. They made space at
their table for Ivan Nance and
his helpers, too.
Lorna, Shauntele and An-
gie brought Dorothy Blasing,
Marylin Randall and Otho
Laurance from Blue Moun-
tain Care Center. They ha-
ven’t had use of the bus, so
they have had to push wheel-
chairs these last two weeks.
Now that is dedication! Lor-
na won the $5 gift certiicate
donated by Prairie Hardware.
That was itting, wasn’t it?
She deserves a reward, don’t
you think?
Mayor Jim Hamsher led
the lag salute, and Jack Reth-
erford asked the blessing. We
had apple juice, sloppy joes,
jo-jos, kale salad with grapes
and super-delicious brownies.
They had walnuts and choc-
olate chips on top along with
syrup. Oh, my. Our volunteers
included Linda, Julia, Gin-
ger, Donna, Lorna, Alaina,
Molly, Bob, Harold, Ken and
Frances. Works pretty good
to have one diner from each
table to serve the food. The
problem is that we had 10
tables, and that made a traf-
ic jam at the counter. So, if
your organization would like
to come and serve one day
every so often and meet some
neat people, just call Marlene
Greer at 541-820-3537.
It was a red-letter day be-
cause we voted to purchase
a brand-spanking new dish-
washer. We had funds left
over from the building pur-
chase, so we can pay for it.
That was our number one pri-
ority. Now on to number two.
The Grant County Jam-
mers will be in attendance
again on Wednesday, April
20, so get here early to hear
them.
I have been working on my
little lower bed. I still have
about 4 feet of grass to dig up,
then see if we can ind some
top soil to plant the seeds in.
The poppies I rescued last
year have survived the winter,
and I’m expecting great things
from them this year. The
weirdest thing is that when I
started digging in the area af-
ter the rocks and bricks had
been removed, I kept inding
grape hyacinth bulbs. Hun-
dreds of them, but there have
never been any that came up
and bloomed there before!
Son Bert called recently and
gave me this big, long tale
about him quitting his job.
And I swallowed it. Then he
said “April Fool.” Told him
he was a little late. Oh, well.
Better late than never. His son
managed to pull one on him,
so I guess he thought he was
entitled.
1 Cor. 3:18 “Do not de-
ceive yourselves. If any one
of you thinks he is wise by
the standards of this age, he
should become a ‘fool’ so
that he may become wise.”
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
Children & Teen Activities
SMALL GROUPS CALL FOR MORE INFO
Weekdays: Sonshine Christian School
521 E. Main • John Day • 541-575-1895
wwww.johndaynazarene.com