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Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY — On Aug. 22,
we had a small group of approx-
imately 28 diners for a time of
enjoying good food and fellow-
ship. We had goulash with Ca-
pri-style mixed veggies, green
salad, grilled garlic toast and
spumoni ice cream.
Suzanne Tayson and Ineta
Carpenter delivered 33 lunches
plus 28 frozen meals to shut-
ins. They were representing The
Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-
ter-day Saints and also served
our meal. Margaret Glass and
Merrie Henry greeted us, while
Suzanne led the Àag salute and
Ineta asked the blessing. There
were two new Site Council
members present: Chaplain
Richie Colbeth and Jeanette
Julsrud. Thank you to Jimmy
Maple for all the veggies we are
enjoying from his garden.
The Saturday night fundrais-
er for the Ministerial Associa-
tion was a huge success. There
was one silent auction so it be-
came a rafÀe item. It is an 18-
hole golf game with cart. There
will only be 20 tickets sold at
$10 each. A small update was
given on the ¿res.
Included in our drawings
was a $2 gift certi¿cate from
the Outpost donated by Richie.
It was won by Jeanette Julsrud.
Karen Barrietua won the Len’s
Drug gift card, and Roberta
Dowse won the free meal.
On Aug. 25, we had a good
turnout of approximately 56
diners to enjoy a meal of Swiss
steak with noodles, green peas,
Caesar salad and dinner rolls. It
was all topped off with banana
split parfaits. Add juice, coffee,
iced tea or milk, and you can’t
beat it for $4.
Jim Maple and Joan Vetter
delivered 37 meals to homes.
Bonnie Kocis and David
Pasko greeted us and our servers
were Jim, Walt and Agnes Hall,
and Jean Madish from St. Eliza-
beth Catholic Church. Walt led
the Àag salute, and Jim asked the
blessing.
Veanne Weddle announced
there will be an AARP driv-
ing class from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
on Sept. 10, here at the center.
Bring a lunch as there will just
be a short break for lunch. She
also announced the Alzheimer’s
Association will be hosting a
session on understanding and
responding to dementia-related
behavior. It will be held from
1:30-3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept.
27, at the DHS of¿ce at 725 W.
Main St., Suite E, John Day. The
class is free, but registration is
required. To register, call 1-800-
272-3900. Dodie Mell, from
Boise, joined her mother, Jessie
Lewis, for lunch. We also had a
visit from Warren and Dorothy
Broemling.
Chaplain Richie Colbeth
donated a $25 gift card to Ches-
ter’s Thriftway for the drawing,
which was won by Karen Barri-
etua. Jerry Sheets won the regu-
lar Chester’s Thriftway gift card,
and Walt Hall won the Valley
View lunch for two.
On Thursday, Sept. 1, we
will have chicken with lemon
basil cream sauce, garlic mashed
potatoes, veggies and a dinner
roll. That will be our September
birthday recognition day, so we
will be having birthday cake as
well. On Monday, Sept. 5, we
will be closed for Labor Day.
John 14:21 “Those who
obey my commands are the ones
who love me. And because they
love me, my father will love
them, and I will love them. And
I will reveal myself to each one
of them.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT — I was not
present for the Aug. 23 lunch at
the Senior Center. We went to
Bend to do some shopping. I got
an earful when I didn’t write my
column last time because I had
gone into town for some shop-
ping, so I thought I had better
do my column even if I wasn’t
present. I had my trusty friend
Jimmy tell me the stats of the
day — well, most of it anyway.
If I don’t have all of it right,
you can blame him. The greet-
ers were Bob Blakeslee, Bodean
Andersen and Marva Walk-
er. Bob led the Àag salute, and
Bodean made the announce-
ments and prayed the blessing
over the meal. Terry Cade and
Carrie Jewell cooked up some
sweet and sour chicken, steamed
rice, a fresh green salad and
brownies for dessert. Jan Ensign
and Debbie Reid both won free
meals. Bob Cockrell won the
50/50. There were 30 guests on
the books and four take-outs.
I’m chomping at the bit here
for the Buckaroo Feast and Fall
Festival to arrive. I can’t wait for
it to start. The festival will begin
at 1 p.m. Sept. 24 in the park in
Monument, and the dinner will
be held at the senior center. I
can’t believe that the summer
has just been zooming by. We
are expecting lots of people.
The evenings here in Mon-
ument have been beautiful. The
sky has been showing lots of
stars and the Milky Way. The
crickets here are really loud
too. It’s been quite peaceful. Ha-
ven’t heard any howling of coy-
otes, but I did see one about a
week ago.
All has been quiet at the Yu-
kawa farm. No real drama hap-
penings. OK, I was wrong. I just
remembered that I had to block
off the small entrance to my or-
chard. The little rambunctious
kittens were in there and had
chomped or broke one of my
precious, everbearing raspberry
bush canes. I about had a heart
attack.
You know how I am about
my beloved garden. So I spent
a little time trying to block it
off from these mischievous kit-
tens. I had to spray them with
water because they all kept
running in or trying to get in.
I cracked up when I saw the
confusion on their little faces!
Ha. The one good thing they did
was keep the birds away from
my raspberries. I’ll let them in
again later. But for now, they are
banned from going in there.
We ¿nally got to grill some
food on our barbecue the other
day. It was awesome.
I can’t believe we hadn’t
done it sooner. It made life so
much easier and less mess to
clean up afterward. I barbecued
Korean kalbi.
I got some beef sirloin steaks
from Costco and marinated
them. It came out pretty good. I
will share the recipe, but I don’t
measure, sorry. It just calls for
soy sauce, sesame oil, fresh
minced garlic, sugar, onion,
black pepper and green onion. I
marinated the meat for one
whole day, and it was great with
steamed white rice and wrapped
with fresh lettuce and topped off
with Korean chili paste.
Hope you all enjoy the rest
of your summer. Fall is fast ap-
proaching.
Revelation 1:5 “and from
Jesus Christ, who is the faithful
witness, and the ¿rst beJotten of
the dead, and the prince of the
NinJs of the earth. 8nto him that
loved us, and washed us from
our sins in his own blood.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY — It is less
than one month from today that
the second Alleluia concert will
be put on. We had such a good
time last year, and we hope
that you will join us this year
at the Prairie City Community
Center. It will be at 2 p.m. on
Saturday, Sept. 24. Donation
proceeds will bene¿t the Prai-
rie City Ministerial Association
and the Prairie City Communi-
ty Center building fund. There
have been lots of changes to
the building since last year, so
come and check it out.
The centerpieces at each
table today at the senior hall
were miniature roses brought
in by retiring assistant cook
Helen Emmel. They were so
cute! Thanks for sharing.
Ron Dowse brought some
more of his home-grown
peaches to share. And some-
one snuck in some zucchini
to “share” too. The food bank
did a great deal of sharing due
to the ¿re camps coming and
going. We were the bene¿cia-
ries of lots of goodies, and we
just pass it on to our diners.
Certainly helps out on the food
bill!
Our faithful four did the ta-
ble prep, and the other faithful
four did the home deliveries.
There were 81 names on the
registration book. Buzz led
the Àag salute, and Jack Reth-
erford asked the blessing. We
partook of grape juice, green
salad, baked potato, meat loaf,
cottage cheese, a large crois-
sant and Helen’s North Dakota
salad for dessert. Lots of din-
ers made use of the iced tea
dispenser. We also had milk,
buttermilk, hot tea, water and
coffee.
As we ate, we were sere-
naded by Mr. Secord on the pi-
ano, guitar and recorder. Made
you feel like you were in an
outdoor cafe in Europe. Very
enjoyable. Krystin and Kend-
ra brought Ralph Wilson, Lois
Hill, Otho Laurance, Marilyn
Randall, Helen Ricco and Dor-
othy Blasing from Blue Moun-
tain Care Center.
We had a double winner to-
day for our drawing and rafÀe.
Chester Willis won the $5 in
trade donated by Prairie Drug
and Hardware, then his num-
ber was drawn as the winner
of the 50/50 rafÀe, also. How
often does that happen?
Have you made any plans
for next year’s eclipse? I am
working on a needlepoint and
a latch-hook project for the
occasion. Quilts and Beyond
is sponsoring — I don’t know
what to call it, a contest? exhi-
bition? display? — quilts that
have to do with the eclipse. I
don’t quilt, so I asked if I could
do what I do and still qualify,
and they graciously said yes.
So, you know what I’ll be do-
ing with all my spare time.
More presidential trivia:
John Quincy Adams went skin-
ny dipping every morning.
Thomas Jefferson hated
dressing up so much that he
sometimes wore his bathrobe
and slippers to dinner parties.
Calvin Coolidge was the only
president — so far — to be
born on the Fourth of July. His
¿rst name was actually John.
Jimmy Carter was the ¿rst
president to be born in a hospi-
tal, Oct. 1, 1924.
Luke 5:31-32 “Jesus an-
swered them, ‘It is not the
healthy who need a doctor, but
the sick. I have not come to
call the riJhteous, but sinners
to repentance.’”
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