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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, May 4, 2016 G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS John Day Seniors Alma Joslin JOHN DAY — On April 25, we had approximate- ly 32 diners in the center for loaded baked potatoes with chicken and vegeta- bles in Alfredo sauce, green salad, bread sticks and cookies. There were also 23 meals delivered plus 10 frozen ones to shut-ins. The meals were delivered by Greta Carpenter and Darlene No- dine. They were also our serv- ers, representing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Darlene led the flag salute, and Greta asked the blessing. Ron Dowse and Billie Bullard greeted us. Veanne Weddle an- nounced there will be an AARP driving course from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Satur- day, May 7, at the center. Please bring a lunch as there will be a short lunch break. At 11 a.m. on May 19, there will be a class on at-risk drivers, also here at the center. Billie Bullard won the Len’s Drug gift certificate, and Dale Stennett won the free lunch. On April 28, we had ap- proximately 64 in for lunch consisting of southern fried pork steaks, mashed potatoes and gravy, but- tered corn, fresh made dinner rolls and an indi- vidual banana split tart for dessert. The entree was furnished by Linda Stoltz in memory of her late husband, Fred. Linda was present, along with a full table of her friends and relatives. There were also 34 meals delivered by David Turner and Jim Maple. They represented St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. Veanne also helped with deliveries. David Pasko and Marianne Morris greeted us. The catholic church folks also served us. Walt Hall led the flag salute, and Jim Ma- ple asked the blessing. Our servers were David Turner, Jim, Walt, Agnes Hall and Joan Vetter. Veanne announced the Mother’s Day meal will be on Thursday, May 12, as the cooks wanted to do a Cin- co de Mayo lunch on the fifth. They are requesting res- ervations for the Mother’s Day lunch which will be chicken cordon bleu. There will be lots of door prizes that day. Wilma Bauer had a guest with her today, her friend, Shirley Enright, from Mt. Vernon. Jack Seebart won the Chester’s Thriftway gift certificate, and Everett King won the Valley View lunch for two. Lunch on Thursday, May 5, will be nachos, ta- co-stuffed peppers and birthday cake. Monday, May 9, will be Polish sau- sage with sauerkraut and Waldorf salad. Psalm 14:1 “Only fools say in their hearts ‘There is no God.’ They are cor- rupt, and their actions are evil, not one does good!” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa MONUMENT — Can you believe we are in the month of May already? I don’t know about you all, but I’ve had the busiest past two weeks this year. I was so busy that I didn’t even get a chance to do my article last week, so my apol- ogies to everyone! We had to go to Bend twice, once to John Day, and then to top that off, I had a visit from my father- in-law on short notice. I was scrambling to get the guest room ready. I was getting a little stressed because he was bringing us boxes of stuff that they were trying to get rid of. I needed that like I needed a hole in my head. What to do with all this junk, I mean stuff. I think I might donate some of it to our upcoming Rummage Sale. Well, let’s see if I can re- member Tuesday’s lunch through all the busyness. Our cooks, Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell, made a fabulous meal of fried chicken, mashed po- tatoes with gravy, green beans and carrot cake for dessert. Our greeters were Bodean Andersen and Marva Walker. Bodean led the lag salute and prayed the blessing over the meal. Max Breeding, Dennis Abraham and Ricki Doland won free meals. We had James from Ed Staub and Sons in John Day join us for lunch. The following are some im- portant information and head- lines for you. Tom Campbell is in the hospital in John Day. Monument FFA Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. May 4. RSVP to Laura Thomas if you want to attend. Monument School will have their plant sale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 7 and from 12:30-3:30 p.m. May 9. The irst annual rummage sale will be held at the Mon- ument Senior Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 13 and 14. Donations are appreciat- ed, new or gently used items. Items may be left at the Senior Center, or contact Judy Harris at 541-934-2244, Karen Stub- bleield at 541-934-2515 or Sylvia Cockrell at 541-934- 2220. They will also be selling pie and coffee both days. All proceeds will be going to the Senior Center Operation Fund. Don’t forget that the People Mover comes every Thursday to the Senior Center to take people to John Day and back. They leave at 9 a.m. and usual- ly return around 3 p.m. I must say, while my life has been crazy hectic, I did manage to take in and savor the beautiful scenery around me on our drives. The lush, green and beautiful foliage all around and everywhere just took my breath away. Have you seen it too? Just absolutely gorgeous! If you haven’t al- ready, you need to go out and just soak and bask in the won- derful countryside we live in. This most deinitely is God’s country. Ephesians 4:11-13 “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evange- lists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs PRAIRIE CITY — April 27 was April birthday recogni- tion day, and I managed to ind three people to admit to it: Loy Blasing, Bonnie Lake and Bruce Kaufman. Long time volunteer Bonnie Lake was the winner of the $10 gift certiicate donated by Huffman’s Market. Our other winner was Lou Thoemke, and she received the $5 certiicate donated by Prairie Hardware & Gifts. Yes, we still give out paper certiicates signed by our donors. After all, you know that Prairie City is 40 years behind the rest of the world — and we like it that way! Well, we had our nice warm spring days, so now it’s back to late winter. I did get the low- er bed on the east side of the house cleaned out. I had been wondering if the morning glo- ry seeds that fell from the vines last fall would sprout. Two did. Hmmm. Guess I’ll have to buy some more seeds. The surprise was the little violet plant that I got for Mother’s Day last year. It survived the winter and is blooming! Guess it survived the deer grazing, too. I’m protecting the big, beautiful tulip by the front door with a garden cart so hopefully Bambi can’t get to it. Oh, the trials of gardening in the far, far West. Our head cook, Iva, in- formed us we will have our Mother’s Day dinner on May 4, and she has something special in mind. Hmmm. Be sure to come. There were 84 names on the book. Bob McCauley led the lag salute, and Jack Retherford asked the blessing. Lana Abarr, Fran Bunch and Livy were three of our helpers. Harold did the dessert. The servers from each table brought us orange juice, green salad and dressing, potato wedges, asparagus spears, meat loaf, rolls and lemon bars with vanilla ice cream. Mmmm. Lorna and Kellyn brought Dorothy Blasing, Lois Hill, Marilyn Randall and Ralph Wil- son from Blue Mountain Care Center. Larry, Vonnie and Loy Blasing joined Dorothy for din- ner. Since we really don’t want to drive in Portland any more, we agreed to meet Bert and fam- ily in Bend. Figured we would have a ighting chance of driv- ing safely in Bend. The place he picked to meet us is also easy for us to ind being close to the motel where we stay during Derrol’s hospital stays. It has been quite a while since that happened, hasn’t it? Keep your ingers crossed. Joel and family have reser- vations for the Fourth of July in Joseph. We will see how we feel about getting out on the road to see them there when the time comes. Wish that “they” would hurry up with those “transport- ers.” I found a marble in my dig- ging in the ground. Gave it to Dave Gray because he keeps losing his. The owls are back in their hole over the Antique Store An- nex. Do you know what a group of owls is called? A parliament. Quite itting, right? A group of pugs is called a grumble. Won- der who makes these names up? Gen. 2:19, 20 “Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the ield and all the birds of the air. … So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds … and the beasts. …” 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