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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, May 11, 2016 G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS John Day Seniors Alma Joslin JOHN DAY — On May 2, we had a real gourmet lunch of baked cod over roasted tomato and cream sauce. It was served with BLT pasta salad, steamed broccoli, French bread, orange sections and a veggie tray, all topped off with strawberry shortcake. Wow. We served approximately 32 diners at the center, plus 21 lunches were delivered by Glo- ria Kulis and Chris Yriarte as well as 30 frozen meals to shut- ins. Veanne Weddle helped with deliveries. Bonnie Kocis and Billie Bullard greeted us, and Gloria led the lag salute, while Ben Leuthe asked the blessing. Chris and Gloria, from Blue Mountain Hospital Auxiliary, served us. Veanne announced there will be a fund raiser for the family of Curt Pereira to help with expenses during his cancer treatments. It will be a spaghet- ti dinner from 5-7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, at the senior center. There will be a silent auction and a live dessert auc- tion, along with a door prize, with tickets selling for $1 and a 50/50 rafle. To donate some- thing, contact the Senior Center at 541-575-1825. The dinner will be by donation. On Thursday, May 19, there will be someone here at 11 a.m. to speak on at-risk drivers. The Mother’s Day lunch will be Thursday, May 12; res- ervations are requested. It will be chicken cordon bleu, and there will be lots of door prizes. Thank yous go out to Pep- per White for his donations and to Chester’s Thriftway for the case of cabbage. Shay and Lisa catered to a full house last Saturday for the funeral luncheon for Earlene Holliday. They served inger foods, and the family was very appreciative. It was Chris Yriarte’s irst time to join us for lunch, and I think she enjoyed it. Ken Henry won the Len’s Drug gift certif- icate, and Curt Pereira won the free meal. On May 5, we had a Cinco de Mayo lunch — taco-stuffed peppers, fried cabbage, nachos with cheese sauce, and, for dessert, we had birthday cake. State Farm Insurance furnished the entree, and Driskill Memo- rial Chapel furnished the cake, which was baked by Chester’s Thriftway Bakery. Approximately 50 peo- ple enjoyed the lunch, and 32 meals were delivered by Joan and Joel Tayles. They repre- sented the Church of the Naz- arene and were also our servers. Marianne Morris and Mer- rie Henry greeted us, while Gene Freshour led the lag sa- lute, and Richie Colbeth asked the blessing. Serving were Richie, Edie Komning, Gene, Tracy Andrews, Jessie Lewis and Niki Essex. Norm Fowle and Merrie Henry were dressed for the day in full Spanish dress, and Mer- rie wished us well in Spanish. Really made the day authentic. Veanne wished Margie Parker and Jim Hamsher a hap- py birthday. On Thursday, May 12, a representative from the Oregon Food Bank will be at the Fair- grounds at 9 a.m. A potluck will be held at noon. Roberta Dowse won the Chester’s Thriftway gift certif- icate, and Don Caldwell won the Valley View lunch for two. On Monday, May 16, we will have eggs Benedict bake with ham and fruit yogurt salad. Ecclesiastes 12:14 “For God will bring every deed into judg- ment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa MONUMENT — On May 3, our wonderful and hard-work- ing chefs, Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell, made us a delicious meal of chicken fajitas, refried beans, Spanish rice, fruit cocktail and an assortment of cookies. Our greeters were Bodean Andersen and Jimmy Cole. Bodean led the lag salute and the prayer for our meal. The Len’s Drug gift card went to Bob Yukawa, Pat Reed won a free meal, and Da- vid Stubbleield won a gift card to Chester’s Thriftway. Thank you to our generous donors. We also had some visitors join us for lunch — Veanne Weddle and Alma Joslin from John Day. Good to see you again, Alma! We also had Scott and Pat Reed from Spray. Jesse Jewell has passed away. There are no plans yet on services at the present time. Don’t forget, Monument will hold its irst annual rummage sale on Friday and Saturday, May 13 and 14. Donations are much appreciated, new or gen- tly-used items. Items may be left at the senior center. Chili, pie and coffee will be available for purchase during those two days. All proits will go to the Senior Center Operation Fund. Well, it looks like my goats thought one of my neighbor’s daughter-in-law, who was jog- ging along our road, looked like me and ran after her, liter- ally. They found a hole in the fencing, got out and ran after her about two miles down. She realized they followed her and brought them back with the help of her husband. Ugh! I thought about it later; she did look sort of like me with her dark hair tied in a ponytail, cap on her head and about my height. I guess they could have made an honest mistake. It was about the time I would go out, feed them and put them in for the night. They probably thought, “Hey, where’s our food? Come back!” Ha ha. Of course, I’m sure it was mama that led the pack. She always comes running up to the fence when she sees me, baaing at me; most of the time I yell at her and say, “It’s not feeding time yet!” There were some wonderful creatures we found while be- ing outside this past week. We found a salamander, a couple of frogs and worms. The most exotic thing we found was a giant beautiful moth. It looked like it was dying so we put it in a container. There are so many wonders to see and ind. It’s so nice to see the fascination and joy in my two little ones over some worms they found. Ah, the simple things in life. We should look at the world through their eyes and their perceptions. I hope all the ladies had a wonderful Mother’s Day and were appreciated by your loved ones. I have to say that being a mother was the hardest thing I have ever had to be, but also the most rewarding. Proverbs 31:28-30 “Her children arise up, and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, But thou excellest them all. Favour is de- ceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs PRAIRIE CITY — We had lots of different activity at the hall on May 4. Iva had to be gone so she asked her daughter, Molly, to take her place. Helen asked Pam and Linda to help in the kitchen, too, which left me at the reg- istration table. I knew it was the irst of the month because there were lots of big bills to make change for. Hey, it all spends the same, right? The set-up crew and the deliverers had the same people so they did their normal jobs. We end- ed up with 82 names on the book, of which 31 were take- outs. Mayor Jim Hamsher led the lag salute and Jack Reth- erford asked the blessing. Jim Lunzman won the $5 in trade donated by Prairie Hardware & Gifts. Our special visitors were Mark and Cathy Proctor from British Columbia, Canada. He is Nancy Viggers’ neph- ew. They asked about the name “Umatilla.” We had al- ways assumed it was a Native American name, but would you believe that it is of Span- ish origin? If you know other- wise, clue me in. We used the nice, new, sharp steak knives May 4 on our luscious stuffed pork loin roast. Worked great! One per- son even offered to pay for them. Wow. Along with the special meat we had apple juice, bread and butter pickles, mashed potatoes, fruit salad, rolls and spice cake for dessert. Lorna and Angie got to bring the bus from Blue Mountain Care Center. Their passengers included Dorothy Blasing, Lois Hill, Marilyn Randall and Otho Laurance. I worked all day Monday and got the west side low- er beds cleaned out before it got hot and stormy. Bambi hasn’t gotten to the tulip, so I got some photos of it in full bloom. The hollyhocks that didn’t get to bloom last year are doing good. Hopefully they will make progress up the trellis this year. The grapevine made it to the top and beyond. Hmm. Can I train it to go around the corner to another window to make some shade? This may be interesting. The wild roses have buds — and lots of thorns. Have quite a time getting them to go where I want them. Har, har. That’s why they’re called “wild ros- es,” right? The transplanted irises don’t look like they are inter- ested in blooming this year. At least they won’t be moved again for a few years. Derrol thought we had a new hybrid. The narcissus are blooming amid the corn lilies. Makes for an interesting scene. Then there is a cute, little blue low- er among them. It’s probably a weed. Had one years ago up on East Front Street that I was so pleased with ‘cause I hadn’t planted it. Then I was informed that it was a noxious weed. Oh, phooey. Got to see Bert and family in Bend. I think that is a good way for us to get together. Eas- ier on everybody. And it is ex- actly the same amount of time for each. We will see if we can convince Joel and his tribe to try it. They all want us to move closer to them. No way. Eph. 5:15, 16 “See that you walk circumspectly… re- deeming the time, because the days are evil.” 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
