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Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY — On Aug. 8,
we had tuna tetrazzini, mixed
veggies, bread sticks, and for des-
sert, Lisa made chocolate zucchi-
ni cake.
We only had approximately
24 diners attending. Those of
you who looked at the menu and
thought “tuna, yuck,” missed a
really good meal by not taking a
chance.
Marianne Morris and Marga-
ret Glass greeted us, while Betty
Holznagel led the lag salute, and
Ben Leuthe asked the blessing.
We had visitors from South
Dakota who came in and volun-
teered and set up the tables and
then came back for clean-up.
They are full-time RVers and are
spending the summer here vis-
iting their son. Their names are
Ray and Verna Maurer, and they
said they would be back next
summer.
Our servers were from Re-
deemer Lutheran Church. Betty
and JoAnne Phippen delivered
30 meals plus 37 frozen lunches
to shut-ins. Shay (our cook) took
care of the Mt. Vernon route.
These gals also served our lunch.
I did the announcing as
Veanne was still on vacation.
Don’t forget the fundraiser for the
John Day Ministerial Association
on Aug. 20. The proceeds will be
used to help local people in need.
The Site Council still needs one
more member, and we still need
people to roll silverware. It was
“National Sneak-A-Zucchini-
Onto-Your-Neighbor’s-Porch
Day”; consequently there was
zucchini in every dish.
Margaret Glass won the Len’s
Drug gift card, and Betty Holzna-
gel won the free meal.
On Aug. 11, we had a really
good lunch of barbecued ribs,
potato salad, hot buttered corn,
sliced watermelon, biscuits and
birthday cake. The entree was
furnished by Oster Professional
Group. There were approximate-
ly 65 diners, plus 43 meals were
delivered by Buzz Glass and his
daughter, Brenda. Veanne deliv-
ered the Mt. Vernon lunches.
Margaret Glass and Susan
Fowle greeted us, and our serv-
ers were Pastor Levi Manitsas,
Donna Johnson, Donna Mulder,
Andy and Carla Anderson, Zola
Pike and Valeda Grant, represent-
ing Cornerstone Christian Fel-
lowship. Pastor Levi asked the
blessing, and Andy led the lag
salute.
Veanne announced there was
a fundraiser at Valley View on
Aug. 16. Everyone brought a
school supply in exchange for
a free lunch. The supplies were
donated to Humbolt Elementary
School. We also donated a bunch
of our western decorations for
fair week. She announced Chris
Labhart has taken Don Cald-
well’s place as director of the
board for the seniors and asked
all board members to meet on
Aug. 15 here at the center.
Thank you to Jim Maple and
Marianne Morris for the veggies
and nectarines. There will be a
class on balancing your budget
from 12-2 p.m. on Aug. 18 at
the DHS ofice. The birthday
club has been reinstated here,
and there were only two people
present with August birthdays:
myself and Andy Anderson, so
we got our pictures taken.
Norm Fowle, Bob Meador,
Evelyn Ogilvie, Wilma Bau-
er, Leone Meador, myself, Pat
Moore and Mr. Pickle all won the
extra fair week door prizes. Bill
Toop won the Chester’s Thrift-
way gift card, and Susan Fowle
won the Valley View lunch for
two. On Thursday, Aug. 18, we
will have pork chops with fried
apples and onions, and roasted
potato wedges. On Monday, Aug.
22, we will have goulash and gar-
lic toast.
Luke 2:9, 10 “An angel of the
Lord appeared to them, and the
glory of the Lord shone around
them, and they were terriied. But
the angel said to them ‘Do not be
afraid.’”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT — We had a
new item on our menu this past
Tuesday: Terry Cade and Carrie
Jewell made us some yummy
Swiss steak, steamed rice, pea
salad, buttered bread and peach
cobbler for dessert. We are thank-
ful for our cooks who diligently
make our meals every week, all
year long. Our greeters were Bob
Blakeslee, Bodean Andersen and
Marva Walker. Bob led the lag
salute, and Bodean made the an-
nouncements along with praying
the blessing over our meal.
We still have rafles going
on for a beautiful country quilt,
a rile rafle and that nice bucket
of ammo. You still have a few
more weeks to purchase tickets
for a chance to win one of those
items. It’s a great way to help out
our Senior Center, too.
Thank you to all who deliv-
ered a meal to Lorraine Vogt and
her family. She looks like she is
doing well. Praise God for his
mercy and the healing of her
body.
Don’t forget, the Buckaroo
Feast and Fall Festival will be
happening on Sept. 24. Don’t
miss out on this great fun. There
will be elk and salmon dinner
with all the trimmings, rafles and
auctions. It’s fast approaching.
Continued from last week.
... The older dog didn’t mind at
all but our 7-month-old pup was
a little peeved, I think. From his
point of view, I suppose Smokey
was invading his space. Well,
to show his displeasure either
to me or to Smokey, he had
pulled out the towel from her cat
house. Well, I saw that the next
day and put it back in. He took
it out again later that evening,
and I think he peed on it. I was
furious. I scolded him, and then I
put a pillow in Smokey’s house.
I thought he wouldn’t be able to
pull it out of the small hole of
her house; unfortunately, I was
wrong. The naughty dog had
yanked it out and had shredded
it to pieces and there was stufing
everywhere when I looked out
the window to see if all was well
the following day. Later that day
when I went to put food in the
pup’s dish, I noticed there was
liquid in his food bowl.
I was a little puzzled as to how
it got there because it is a raised
bowl about 10 inches off of the
ground. Then upon closer exam-
ination, I noticed it was yellow. I
think Smokey got her revenge
by peeing in his bowl. I chuck-
led at the cat. It didn’t stop there;
the pup dumped Smokey’s litter
box in retaliation. As the days
progressed, I noticed black piec-
es of plastic all over the kennel. I
thought, “Where did all these
pieces come from?” I was look-
ing for the litter box to change
it out and couldn’t ind it. It was
then that I realized the pup had
broken the litter box and chewed
it to pieces. I was at my wit’s
end. Sorry, I will have to contin-
ue again next week. Oh the saga
and drama of life at the Yukawa
farm. Ha.
Matthew 24:6 “And ye shall
hear of wars and rumours of
wars, see that ye be not troubled:
for all these things must come to
pass, but the end is not yet.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY — I have
been watching the Olympic
broadcasts and am wondering
if anyone can tell me why the
“regulation dress codes” are so
glaringly sexist for the gymnasts?
The females are barely clothed,
but the males are fully clothed.
Then there are the swimmers
who have on modest suits, but
the divers have to keep adjusting
their Speedos. I just don’t get it.
Same thing happens at the igure
skating competitions: females
skimpy and males covered. Just
for the record, I don’t enjoy see-
ing anyone’s “butt crack,” who-
ever it may be. And that’s my rant
for the day.
We had 65 names on the
book who enjoyed Iva and
Linda’s fair food for our meal.
Then Iva had to leave, so Ken
and Marjean Koser stepped up
to the plate and helped substi-
tute assistant cook, Linda, get
the meal inished, out the door
and on the tables. And I do so
appreciate those who do the
serving for their tables. This
system is working well. Har-
old just delights in handing out
the desserts. Then there is Tom,
who volunteers to help do the
heavy cleaning after the meal.
God bless you all.
We had our faithful four
setting the tables, and the other
faithful four doing the deliver-
ies. Buzz also led the lag sa-
lute, and Jack Retherford asked
the blessing.
Veanne Weddle gave the
report on the Senior Commu-
nity Assessment papers that we
illed out a few weeks ago. We
are the most concerned about
emergency evacuation, and
Veanne responded that there are
procedures in place to take care
of that, but if you need that kind
of help, the helpers need to know
about it, so get in touch with her
and she’ll get it taken care of.
Carla Wright won the $5 in
trade donated by Prairie Hard-
ware & Gifts. I drew Harold’s
grandson Levi’s number for the
50/50. He was gracious and do-
nated it back to the cause. This
is really helping our bottom line.
Our fair food meal had a
hamburger with a special onion/
pepper sauce that people said
was delicious, corn on the cob,
fruit kabobs, frozen fruit sal-
ad and, for dessert, a root beer
loat and a sweet scone. I don’t
know about you, but I’ve never
seen food like that at the fair.
The fruit kabobs were really
something else. Good job, ladies
and gentlemen. Then to top it
off, Mr. Seacord stopped in and
played “dinner music” on the pi-
ano during our meal. Talk about
something special.
Lorna and Krystin brought
Ralph Wilson, Marilyn Ran-
dall, Lois Hill, Otho Laurence,
Helen Ricco and Dorothy
Blasing from Blue Mountain
Care Center. Bruce and Wanda
Kaufman brought her daughter,
granddaughter and great-grand-
daughter from McCall, Idaho,
and Seneca. So that illed up one
table. Yes, this is a great place to
meet and have a meal. Remem-
ber my motto: Any meal I don’t
have to cook is a great meal. And
look at all you get for $4.
We are still waiting on the re-
ferral to the cardiologist. Called
twice: “It’s down at the Medical
Triage ofice.” Guess it’s not too
serious, then, huh? He was re-
ferred on July 28.
Romans 5:3-4 “… but we glo-
ry in tribulation… knowing that
tribulation worketh patience; and
patience, experience; and experi-
ence, hope; …”(KJV)
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