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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, July 27, 2016 G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS John Day Seniors Alma Joslin JOHN DAY — On July 18, we had Chinese food, which consisted of sweet and sour pork, rice, moo goo gai pan style veggies with Chinese noo- dles, lemon parfait and fortune cookies. There were approx- imately 32 diners present for lunch, and Rick Rhinehart and Pastor Al Altnow delivered 31 meals and, with Veanne Wed- dle’s help, another 31 frozen ones to shut-ins. Marianne Morris and Ron Dowse greeted us, and our servers were from First Chris- tian Church. Ron led the lag salute, and Cathy Altnow asked the blessing. Ron, Cathy and Karen Barrietua served the meal and did the clean up. There is a tentative plan for a fundraiser here at the center on Aug. 20. It will be a spaghetti feed put on by the Grant County Ministrial Asso- ciation and will be used for lo- cal needs. We also found out it was Merrie Henry’s birthday. Our guests that day were Shelly Whale and Cindy Ka- lin, representing Heart of Grant County. Cathy Altnow won the Len’s Drug gift certiicate, and Shelly won the free meal. On July 21, we had Christ- mas in July. There were ap- proximately 84 diners at the center for a lunch of turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, glazed carrots, cranber- ry sauce, dinner rolls and Oreo cheesecake for dessert. There were also 41 lunches delivered by Dennis and Linda Dick- ensen. The entree was furnished by the Redeemer Lutheran Church, and they were well represented. David Pasko and Merrie Henry greeted us, while mem- bers of the United Methodist Church served our meal. Those members were Jean Willey, Sherry Fieger, Isa Larkin, Lou- ise Nelson, Denise Seebart and Roxie Lissman. Jean led the lag salute, and Sherry asked the blessing. Veanne announced the Site Council is short two mem- bers. If you would like to help them out, contact Ron Dowse at 541-575-4268 or 541-792- 0587. There will be represen- tatives here to help you with Medicare 101 from 10 a.m. to noon on Aug. 15. Santa Claus also made an appearance, which made me very excited! He reminded us there were only 157 days left until Christmas. He also presented Linda Stoltz with a gift and a certiicate of appreciation for all she does for the seniors. Here’s who got all the Santa gifts: myself, Bill Toop, Ian Ellison, Bill M., Wan- da Kaufman, Louise Nelson, Joe Phipps, Corrine Stinnett, Margaret Glass, Red Lelans, Jerry Sheets, Hank Lissman, Lenora Thomason, Donna Ry- nearson, Evelyn Ogilvie, David Pasko, Kris Labhart. Sorry if I missed anyone. Santa drew names pretty fast. Tasha Lewis won the Ches- ter’s Thriftway gift certiicate, and Helen Bogart won the Val- ley View lunch for two. It was good to see Shay’s wife and daughter, along with Anna Hartwick. On Thursday, July 28, we will have bacon wrapped meat- loaf, cottage fries, veggies, bread and butter and dump cake. On Monday, Aug. 1, we will have pulled pork sand- wiches and macaroni salad. Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs PRAIRIE CITY — Now you know that the reason there are Senior Centers around is so that the “seniors” will have access to a hot meal at least once a week for a nomi- nal price. And the way to get a good meal is to have good cooks. So you want to keep the cooks happy. One way is to provide good working con- ditions with proper equipment so that they can do their jobs quickly and eficiently. An- other way is to make the envi- ronment temperate — cool in the summer and warm in the winter. We have a heater in the kitchen and now — inal- ly — an air conditioner, too. Thanks so much to those who took it upon themselves to get the unit and put it in. You get an extra dessert! July 20 was the irst day our “Senior Store” was open for business. It has a good se- lection of items, so come on down and browse. Frances will make you a good deal. In addition to the merchandise, there is also a good selection of food items donated by the Food Bank. Thanks, Chip. Nancy Viggers was joined by her son, his wife and son and sister-in-law. Also attend- ing were Ray and Barbara Chapman from Forest Grove, who are friends with Jack and Pat (Galbreath) Howard. Lor- na and Kristin brought Otho Laurance, Lois Hill, Marilyn Randall, Helen Ricco and Dorothy Blasing from Blue Mountain Care Center. Larry, Tom, Jim and Buzz took care of the home deliver- ies. Gary and Julia passed out milk and juice. Buzz led the lag salute, and Jack Retherford asked the blessing. We had 85 names on the registration book. Lois Bidasolo won the gift certiicate to Chuck’s Little Diner, Bob Meador won the gift certiicate to Prairie Hard- ware and Gifts and the 50/50 winner was “Chairman” Har- old — who put it back in the general fund, too. Our meal was tacos along with potatoes, orange juice, broccoli salad and peanut but- ter pie. Good stuff. I ended up at the registra- tion desk so that Pam could go help Iva and Linda in the kitchen because Helen had to make the long trip to Idaho to see her eye specialist. Phew. Glad I don’t have to diagram that sentence. We’ve started the process to get authorization so Derrol can have surgery on his neck vertebrae. The cushioning has all been eaten away by arthritis so it is bone-on-bone which is very painful. The plan is to go in and jack apart the vertebrae and put a shim in between them. The doctor said that he would be taller after the operation. He has shrunk two inches in the last 16 years, but I don’t expect he’ll gain that all back. One worrisome thing that could happen is that he could lose his voice, so we are praying that that won’t occur. Got your fair entries ready? We have the joy of watching a couple of 4-H kids walk their pigs every evening around the block. Amazing that they can control the direction of all that ham with just a little stick. Good work, girls. Psalms 104:23 “Then man goes out to his work, to his la- bor until evening.” The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Santa Claus, aka Francis Kocis, visits the John Day Senior Center last Thursday for a Christmas in July celebration with Senior Center director Veanne Weddle standing by to assist. Santa makes JD Senior Center stop By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Visitors at Thursday’s John Day Senior Center lun- cheon were treated to a visit from a “jolly old elf” for a Christmas in July celebra- tion. Francis Kocis of Canyon City donned the red suit and snowy beard for the event. Santa handed out the day’s door prizes and award- ed Linda Stoltz of John Day with an appreciation award. Senior program manag- er Veanne Weddle said the award was well deserved. “She does an amazing job,” Weddle said, not- ing Stoltz helps decorate the Senior Center, helps in the kitchen and library and seats the guests. “People don’t realize how big the hostessing role is,” Weddle added, and explained the hostess tries to ill the ta- bles while also letting people sit where they’d like. John Day senior meals are served at noon on Mondays and Thursdays. A special meal will be served at the Senior Center during the Grant County Fair on Thursday, Aug. 11, with barbecue ribs, potato salad and birthday cake dessert. “The center will be deco- rated with a western theme, with lots of door prizes that day,” Weddle said. The Senior Center is lo- cated at 142 Dayton St. For more information, call 541- 575-1825. 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
