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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, September 7, 2016 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Alma Joslin JOHN DAY — On Aug. 29, we had one of Shay’s new in- ventions. I honestly have to say it didn’t sound real good to me, but oh boy, did it ever look, smell and taste good. It was Polish sau- sage with onions and peppers, rice, steamed carrots, Caesar sal- ad, cornmeal biscuits and topped off with Lisa’s peach cobbler, hot out of the oven. There were approximately 30 diners present. Rick Rhinehart and Pastor Al Altnow delivered 32 lunches and 22 frozen meals to shut-ins. Veanne Weddle assisted with deliveries.Ron Dowse and Mar- ianne Morris greeted us, Rober- ta Dowse led the lag salute and Pastor Al asked the blessing. Our servers were from the First Christian Church. Al, Ron and Karen Barrietua did the honors. Veanne gave a heartfelt thank you to Lake Creek Camp for the lettuce, Kay Cotham for the ap- ples and Jim Maple for all the zucchini and other veggies. The seniors all love the good fresh stuff. A meeting on Alzheimer’s will be held from 1:30-3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the DHS ofice. Then at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, the staff from Valley View Assisted Liv- ing will bring their crew and food to the senior center for lunch. All proceeds will go to the senior center, price and menu to be an- nounced later. Someone donated a Chester’s Thriftway gift card, which was won by Ben Leuthe, and Wilma Bauer won the Len’s Drug gift card. Dale Stennett won the free meal. On Sept. 1, we had approx- imately 55 diners present, plus there were 40 lunches delivered by Dale Stennett and Tracy An- drew, who were representing the John Day Church of the Naza- rene. There were also 50 frozen meals sent out to shut-ins. Dale and Tracy were also our servers with the help of Corinne (Dale’s wife), Vicki Harrison and Bob Lee. Veanne also helped with the deliveries. Our lunch consisted of chick- en breasts cooked in lemon/ basil cream sauce, garlic bread, mashed potatoes, spinach and homemade honey wheat rolls. It was birthday recognition day, so for dessert we had cake from Chester’s Thriftway Bakery, and it was donated by Driskill Memorial Chapel. Representing Driskill’s was Jackie Osborne. The birthday folks for Septem- ber were Don Porter, Marianne Morris and Balbina Escuedero. Ron Dowse and Richie Col- beth greeted us, Bob Lee led the lag salute and Dale asked the blessing. Thank yous went out to Kay Cotham for apples and to Beri- eta Boethin for plums. As usual, Jimmy Maple brought in more veggies. We have been overrun with plastic bags and now — oops, they are all gone. We need more. There will be an AARP drivers safety course from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, here at the center. Bring a lunch be- cause there will just be a short break for lunch. A donated gift card for Sub- way was won by Dianne Aas- ness, Pat Amway won the regu- lar Chester’s Thriftway gift card and Karen Barrietua won the Valley View lunch for two. On Thursday, Sept. 8, we will have Mexican meatballs, cheesy rice, chips and salsa, and Mexi- corn. On Monday, Sept. 12, we will have Hawaiian pizza, salad and ice cream. Hebrews 4:16 “Let us them approach God’s throne of grace with conidence, so that we may receive mercy and ind grace to help us in our time of need.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa MONUMENT — On Aug. 30 we had a fabulous lunch of pork ribs, baked beans, pasta salad and birthday cake for our last meal of August. Our won- derful cooks were Terry Cade, Carrie Jewell and Christy How- ell. We thank them, and we’re all very grateful. Our greeters were Bob Blakeslee, Bodean Ander- sen, Marva Walker and Jimmy Cole. Bob led us in the salute to the lag, and Bodean made the announcements and prayed the blessing over our meal. We had 48 guests on the books and 17 takeouts. We had three recipients of complimentary meals for a fu- ture meal. The winners were Judy Bustardo, Leon Skiles and Phoe- be Yukawa. Dorothy Jordan won the 50/50. We had many visitors come through this week. Scott and Pat Reed from Spray came to share in our feast. We also had Jackie Sweek’s brother, Scott, from Hawaii visit. Lastly, Ted Phelps had his daughter, Kathy, Rabey from Kent, Washington, and Kathy’s friend and family in tow all came for our Tuesday lunch. Theda’s sister, Marilee, from Heppner also decided to delight us with her presence. I have some very import- ant information pertaining to our upcoming and huge event, the Buckaroo Fall Festival and Feast to share. Jack Cavendar, who is 96 years young, will be our grand marshal. He is the last living member who started the Buckaroo Feast many years ago. The beer garden will start at 12 p.m. along with performances by many in the community at the park. I just love how the people of the community of Monument are all participating and joining in on trying to make this event fun and memorable. The live auction will begin at 3 p.m. in the park. Silent auction items will be at the senior center. Dinner will begin at 4 p.m. At 6 p.m., there will be the drawings for the quilt, rile and bucket of .22 long rile ammunition. You need not be present to win, and there will be a last-minute chance to buy raf- le tickets just before the draw- ing. There will be a mystery box up for auction during the silent auction. I’ve been told it’s really nice and that I would deinite- ly want it. Hmmmm. I wonder what it is? This event is being reintro- duced back into our community of Monument by our ever-ded- icated and loving servant, Judy Harris. Her deep love for the community and its seniors are stirring her up to organize many ideas and events to help Monu- ment’s citizens. If anyone would like to volunteer to help with this event, contact Judy Harris at 541- 934-2244. Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated. Well, if the Buckaroo Festival isn’t an indicator of the change of season, the weather sure has been. Brrrr. The morning tem- perature the other day was 38 degrees. I’m not complaining. I actually like it, but I’m not quite ready to welcome fall, because of my garden, ya know? I’d like to get a few more vegetable har- vests before the frost comes. 1 Corinthians 1:27 “But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs PRAIRIE CITY — It was one of those days. First, Der- rol lost half of his boiled egg on the loor. Then I forgot to remove a tissue from a pock- et before washing. Finally, I spilled some water from a soaking pot all over the count- er top. There. Things always come in threes, right? So that should sufice for the day. Not quite, apparently. I drove out in front of another vehicle that I didn’t see on the way to the post ofice. Thankfully, we did not collide. But by then, all I wanted to do was go home and curl up in the fetal position. But I was grateful that the rest of the day was better. Whew. To celebrate the beginning of the new school year, Iva and Helen decided to serve a brown-bag lunch. But I’m here to tell you that I never found such a meal in my lunch bag 60 years ago. It was a fun meal: apple juice, an egg sal- ad sandwich, an apple, a little bag of chips, macaroni salad, a root beer loat and peach pie for dessert. I had the ice cream put on the pie, which was still warm from the oven. Oh, am- brosia. The tables had school- themed centerpieces, courtesy of retired Prairie City teacher Carla Wright. You name it and if it had to do with school, it was there on the tables. Thanks for sharing, Carla. Buzz led the lag salute, and Jack asked the blessing. We had 70 names on the book. I found eight August birth- days. Wow. We decided that we knew what people did in the wintertime. Anyway ... Del Lake won the $10 in trade donated by Huffman’s, Wan- da Kaufman won the $5 gift certiicate donated by Prairie Hardware and Gifts and Ken Koser was the winner of the 50/50. This was our assistant cook Helen’s last day, so we honored her by giving her a set of spices. She said she knew what to do with them. We also said goodbye to Von- nie Blasing, who is moving to South Dakota to be near her daughters. She will be sorely missed. She was a joy to have both in the ensemble and the Ding-a-lings. I had her draw the winning number for the birthday prize. She did that well, too. Lorna and Krystin brought Ralph Wilson, Dorothy Blas- ing, Lois Hill and Marilyn Randall from Blue Mountain Care Center. We had more zucchini and cucumbers to give away, plus some plums and little milk bottles from the food bank overlow. Off to get an echocardio- gram at the cardiologist in Bend. We hope that reveals that Derrol’s heart is healthy enough to undergo neck sur- gery soon. It’s no fun living with that kind of pain. The garden report: Peas are all gone (they were very tasty), the cucumbers are get- ting big, the hollyhocks grew to the top of the trellis, the self-seeded morning glory climbed up the wild rose bush canes to get off the ground and the grape vine has little grapes on it. However, I don’t think they are edible — time to plan for next year. Ecclesiastes 3:2a “… a time to plant and a time to up- root …” 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
