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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, July 13, 2016 G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS John Day Seniors Alma Joslin JOHN DAY — The Senior Center was closed on Monday due to the Fourth of July. I hope you all took in some of the cele- brations throughout the county. Thursday, July 7, we had a wonderful Mexican meal. There were approximately 66 diners present to enjoy beef en- chiladas, Spanish rice, refried beans and green salad topped off with our monthly birthday cake, which was donated by Driskill Memorial Chapel. The entree was furnished by Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church, which was represented by Pat Amling. Besides the diners who were present, there were also 43 meals delivered by Dale Sten- nett and Gina Leigh. Our cook, Shay, also helped with the de- liveries, as well as 23 frozen meals to shut-ins. Merrie Henry and Marri- anne Morris greeted us while Billie Bullard sold rafle tick- ets. Our servers were from the Church of the Nazarene, which included Tracy Andrews, Adele Wilson, Pat Amling and Dale and Corrine Stennett. Tracy led the lag salute, and Dale asked the blessing. Veanne Weddle had to be in Baker City for a meeting, so Ron Dowse did the announc- ing. He thanked Russell’s Cus- tom Meats for the large dona- tion of Styrofoam products and thanked Chester’s Thriftway for the day-old bakery goods and popcorn. It was also Dale Stennett and Lisa Pereira’s birthdays. We had several guests join us for lunch: Jerry Larkin from Canyon City came in for the irst time. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sheets were here from Prairie City with their granddaughter, Rachel Kohler, from Portland. Janice Hunt was with us from Long Creek. Dave Traylor brought a table full of guests. They were Bill and Cathy O’Connor from Reseda, Cali- fornia, Bob and Donna Johnson from Bedford, Texas, and Sher- ry Alonso, also from Texas. Marrianne Morris won the Chester’s Thriftway gift certif- icate, and Jerry Larkin won the Valley View lunch for two. The exciting quilt rafle was won by Deda Porter. She should stay warm this winter as she won the last quilt rafle we had as well. Thursday, July 14, we will have baked chicken manicotti, veggies and garlic toast, topped off with apple crisp. Then on Monday, July 18, we will have sweet and sour pork, rice, moo goo gai pan style veggies, par- faits and fortune cookies. Hope to see you at one or both meals. Jeremiah 6:16 “Ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will ind rest for your souls.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa MONUMENT — On July 5, Terry Cade, Carrie Jewell and helper Cindy Jewell (sister-in- law to Carrie) made delicious pulled pork sandwiches, cole- slaw, fries and fruity cake. We always have self-serve iced tea, fruit punch or lemonade and of course coffee. Our greeters were Bob Blakeslee, Bodean Andersen and Marva Walker. Bob led the lag salute, and Bo- dean made the announcements and prayed the blessing over the meal. Ed Falls won the Len’s Drug gift card, Darlene Forrest won the Chester’s Thriftway gift card and Betty Breeding won a free meal. We had a few guests show up: Veanne Wed- dle and Pat Amling from John Day, Nadine Smith from Mt. Vernon and Cindy Jewell from Bend. We had 56 guests and six take-outs. Fliers are all around town to “Save the Date” for the Bucka- roo Festival & Harvest Auction on Saturday, Sept. 24. There will be a salmon and elk dinner with all the trimmings, live and silent auctions and music in the park. If you have something to donate, please contact Judy Harris at hollylaneangus@ gmail.com or call 541-934- 2244. All donations are wel- come and will support Monu- ment Senior Center. Well, I inally made it to the Kimberly Orchards. We went and picked a whole bunch of cherries. I don’t know what I was thinking. After an exhaus- tive but very rewarding VBS program, I decided to go cher- ry picking like a crazy lady. I drove home like a zombie af- terwards, didn’t even make it to pick apricots. I canned a bunch of cherry jam so I’m happy. I’ll have to try and restrain myself and allow my family to eat them. I have an emotional in- vestment in the jars because of all the effort and work put in them to make. Ha. My garden is doing well, I think. I managed to plant al- most all my tomato plants. I still have some yellow pear to- mato plants that I need to ind space for. My yellow straight neck squash is growing nicely as well as my pickling cucum- bers and round squash. The wonderful rain that we had the last couple of days has been a great help. Thank you, Lord! I plan on making tons of toma- to sauce with my tomato har- vest. They give such a great lavor to my dishes, much more lavor than store bought sauce. I need to get some fencing up before the deer ind my trea- sure. I also transplanted a white lower lilac runner with the help of my hubby. It looks so pretty in its spot. The only thing I didn’t get to plant this year was corn. I just didn’t have the space. I now need to do a few more things like planting some dill and planting my watermel- on and Korean melon and I will be all set. Bring it summer. It’s really amazing to see the plants grow a new leaf in one after- noon. I love going over to the garden beds and just stare at the plants. It’s mind boggling to think that something so big that can bear so much fruit comes from some of the tiniest seeds. Adieu till next time. Revelation 11:3 “And I will give power unto my two wit- nesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand and two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs PRAIRIE CITY — Well, we’ve started the next round of medical appointments for Derrol’s neck problems. I’m here to tell you that driving in Bend is not getting any better. It’s almost as bad as Portland — and we won’t drive there any more! Since that is the case, we met son number two and his family at El Kanah on the July 3. It really discom- bobulated some people be- cause we were not in church on Sunday. I told them that we do that every so often to see if anybody would notice. The Fourth of July celebra- tion in Prairie City was a suc- cess. I heard that the climbing wall at the park was very well attended. Good job, commit- tee. Since everyone was illed up from their Fourth meals, we had pizza on July 6, along with cottage cheese, kale salad and vanilla ice cream with your choice of caramel, chocolate or strawberry syrup topping for dessert. Yummy in the tummy. There were 78 names on the book. Buzz, Harold, Bruce and Jim did their usual set-up chores. Then Buzz, Jim, Larry and Tom did the home deliv- eries. Buzz led the lag salute, and Jack Retherford asked the blessing. Did anyone notice the new state of Oregon lag? We’ve been working on get- ting that for a long time, too. We had music courtesy of the Grant County Jammers that morning, too. Next week the Ding-a-lings begin prac- tice for their concert, which will be Sept. 24 at the Prairie City Community Center. If you come to the hall early you may hear some of that. If you would like to join, just show up at 9 a.m. on Wednesdays. We appreciate the use of the facility for our practices. Alma Joslin won the $5 in trade donated by Prairie Hardware & Gifts. The 50/50 winner was Frances Preston, and she donated it back to the general fund. Thanks so much. The yard sale in the back room will be getting un- der way soon, and all those proceeds go to our operations here at the hall. Lorna and Jonie brought Dorothy Blasing, Lois Hill, Marilyn Randall and Otho Laurance from Blue Moun- tain Care Center. It was good to see Yogi and Dusty Harris again. There were other vis- itors also. Good to see you all. If you are a regular and ind that someone “new” has taken “your” seat, please be gracious and look for anoth- er place. There are plenty of seats available. Conversely, if you ind that you have up- set someone because of your choice of seats, you can also be gracious and move to an- other place. After all, will it make any difference in the his- tory of the world in 10 years where you sat to eat a meal? “Those who erred in spirit will gain understanding; those who complain will accept instruc- tion.” Isaiah 29:24. Here’s a good word for your next game of scrabble: syzygy. This is the oficial term for an eclipse when the sun, Earth and moon are all in a straight line and one blocks the light from another. Won- der how you pronounce it? Looks like Polish. Anyway, I got started on my latch hook project for next August’s eclipse in Grant County. How are you doing? I Chronicles 23:16 “... Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you.” Editor’s note: “Syzygy,” pronounced siz-uh-jee, is de- ined as “the nearly straight- line coniguration of three celestial bodies (as the sun, moon, and earth during a so- lar or lunar eclipse) in a grav- itational system,” according to merriam-webster.com, which states the word can be traced to the Greek “syz- ygos,” which means “yoked together.” 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
