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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, June 22, 2016 G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS John Day Seniors Alma Joslin JOHN DAY — On June 13, we had ham and pinto beans, fried potatoes, corn meal muffins and spring salad. For dessert, Lisa made tandy cakes — good and rich. We had approximately 32 diners present with another 27 meals delivered by Fran- cis and Bonnie Kocis and Veanne Weddle. There were also 20 frozen meals deliv- ered to shut-ins. Ron Dowse and Merrie Henry greeted us. Our serv- ers were Francis and Bon- nie Kocis, Buzz and Bobbie Gilmore, and Betty Holzna- gel from Redeemer Lutheran Church. Buzz led the flag salute and Francis asked the blessing. Veanne thanked Dale Stennett for pulling weeds. She would like some volun- teers to sell raffle tickets on the quilt at Chester’s Thrift- way and/or at Blue Moun- tain Hospital. It is for the Pereira fund. Thank you to Karen Bar- rietua for washing silver- ware last Thursday. Buzz Gilmore volunteered to wash on Monday. Bobbie Gilmore won the Len’s Drug gift certificate and Ben Leuthe won the free meal. On June 16, we had our Father’s Day luncheon. It consisted of lasagna, con- fetti cottage cheese sal- ad, zucchini and garlic bread. To top it all off, we had root beer floats for dessert. There were approxi- mately 72 diners here for the meal. There were also 35 meals delivered by Jean Willey and Isa Larkin with Veanne’s help. There were also three fro- zen meals sent to shut-ins. Our servers were from United Methodist Church. Helping serve were Jean Willey, Isa Larkin, Marge Conlee and Barb Baucum. Marge led the flag salute and Ben Leuthe asked the blessing. The entrée was fur- nished by Patel Inc., Amer- icas Best Value Inn. Marga- ret Glass and Bonnie Kocis greeted us while Marianne Morris sold the quilt raffle tickets. Veanne announced there are several openings on dif- ferent ruling boards of the Senior Center. If you are interested in be- ing on any of these commit- tees, contact Don Caldwell. We had a few local people visiting us. The names I got were Ben and Linda Ladd, and Randy Radinovich. From Dayville, we had Brian Smith. Maria Strom had her daughter, Kath- leen Sligur, from Portland with her. We also had sev- eral visitors from Prairie City but I didn’t get names. Hope you all come back again. Winning the extra door prizes were myself, Patti Stovall, Francis Kocis, Nan- cy Swayne, Evelyn Ogilvie and Jeanette Kile. Margie Montague won the Chester’s Thriftway gift certificate and Yaq Harris won the lunch for two at Valley View. Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your moth- er, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa MONUMENT — On June 14, our cooks, Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell, made us a nice meal of roast pork, scalloped potatoes, carrots, dinner rolls and strawberry shortcake. Bob Blakeslee, Bodean An- dersen and Marva Walker were our greeters. Bob led the lag salute and Bodean made the announcements and prayed the blessing over our meal. We had a big crowd from Spray join us for lunch, John and Chun Asher, Richard and Linda Freese, along with Robert and Collen Mulberry from Chitwood. The Harveys also had some folks visiting, their daughter, Tia and grand- daughter, Maddie Maccio from Cincinnati, Ohio. We hope they all enjoyed their lunch and visit. We had 54 guests on our books that day and seven take-outs. The Father’s Day basket rafle was won by Ray Davis and Chun Asher won $13 from the 50/50 rafle for the day. I’m sure that made her visit to our lunch more worthwhile. On a more solemn note, we folks here in Monument trag- ically lost a young man in a single vehicular accident. We, as a whole town, mourn the loss of his life with his family. I pray the Lord would com- fort and give strength to Seth Blakeslee’s family. I don’t know the details regarding the accident or when the funeral services will be. This kind of tragedy reminds us how leet- ing and precious life is. We should never take for granted that a loved one will always be around because they might not be in a moment, in a lash they might be gone. Living in such a small community, such sad moments like these make such an impact. I didn’t know the young man personally but knowing some of his family like his grandparents makes it personal. The lip side of living in a small community is how beautifully the people pull together to support and love on the family suffering loss. Take time to tell your loved ones everyday how much you love them and what they mean to you. This inci- dent just made me want to hug my kids just a little more. I had to go to John Day this past week to do my civil duty in showing up for jury duty. Of course with my luck I was the third one called for the list of twelve to be select- ed. Luckily, I wasn’t chosen and didn’t make the cut to the inal 6. I have never had to serve on jury duty in all my years of living here in the U.S. I got called once when I was a couple months preg- nant with my oldest and I had horrible morning sickness. I had to crawl out of bed, ight the morning rush hour trafic and show up to the Pasadena courthouse by 7:30 am. The lady asked why I needed to be excused and I told her, and of course I had a bucket with me because I didn’t know when I would get sick. She sympa- thized with me and told me to go home. I was very grateful. I would like to see and sit in on a court case one day with my kids just to see how our justice system works. It would be very educational indeed. Psalm 128:1 “Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs PRAIRIE CITY — Get ready to cheer. The project that we have been working on for a long time has been completed. The dishwasher — the brand new dishwasher — has been installed and is functioning per- fectly. It only takes 90 seconds to do a load, so the person putting away the clean and dry dishes has to hurry. We are so thankful that we had the inances to go ahead and purchase this much needed piece of equipment. This was due to the money that was left over from the purchase of the building, which came from a bequest that the late John For- rest’s father gave the senior citi- zens years ago. Just wanted you all to know that. I also want to give kudos to Harold and Gary for persevering and making all the arrangements to get it installed correctly. Clap, clap, clap, etc. We also voted to go ahead and get a new double door refrig- erator that will be big enough to hold the big trays that the cooks use all the time. Much measur- ing was made to insure that it would come through the doors. These two items were deemed of top priority and we’re moving on to the next ones. We have so many to choose from. Eighty-one names were reg- istered to get a delicious meal on June 15. It was a meal that was considered “normal, everyday fare” by the old-timers: juice, green salad, JoJo potatoes, navy beans and ham, roast beef, rolls and chocolate cake for dessert. And it was delicious. Thank you, Iva and Helen. Harold thanked our head groundskeeper, Jim Lunzman, for mowing the areas around the building. Bet you didn’t know we had such a person. We are gathering goodies for our on-going yard sale. So dig through your treasures and see which ones you could bring in for the beneit of the center. Buzz led the lag salute and Jack asked the blessing. Joann Wilson won the gift certiicate donated by Chuck’s Little Diner. New visitor/old friend, Barnie Larkin, was the winner of the $5 in trade donated by Prairie Hardware & Gifts. I have to tell you the story of one of the past winners of the Prairie Hardware certiicate: Tom is an all-around handy- man, who has been doing some painting at Larry’s. One day last week he left his home with- out his paint brush and was far enough down the road that he didn’t want to go back. He had his gift certiicate with him, so he just drove to Prairie Hard- ware and used it to get a new paint brush. Wasn’t that special? Lorna and Jaime brought Dorothy Blasing, Lois Hill, Otho Laurance, Ralph Wilson and Marilyn Randall from Blue Mountain Care Center. Mr. Sea- cord also stopped in and we had lovely music for our dining plea- sure. I knew Ivan Nance was home because the lags were lying. He had taken his mom, Bonnie, and a cousin, Pat, to vis- it Alaska for a couple of weeks. He rolled in with his entourage. Derrol said he watched him after dinner going down the street and that wheelchair can move. Have you started planning your loat for the Fourth of July parade? Maybe it won’t snow or be 105 degrees this year. Prov. 25:25 “Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.” 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 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
