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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, September 21, 2016 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Alma Joslin JOHN DAY — On Sept. 12, we had Hawaiian pizza, poppy seed salad with red onions and mandarin orang- es and death by chocolate ice cream. There were approxi- mately 35 diners, plus 31 lunches delivered by Buzz and Bobbie Gilmore, who represented the Redeemer Lutheran Church, along with 26 frozen meals delivered to shut-ins. Veanne Weddle de- livered the Mt. Vernon route. Ron Dowse and Mer- rie Henry greeted us, while Bobbie Gilmore led the flag salute and Buzz asked the blessing. They also served our lunch with the help of Jeanette Kile. Veanne announced there will be a class on dealing with Alzheimer’s from 1:30- 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the DHS office. Thank you to Robin from Ritter, who donated sacks full of peaches for our plea- sure. Pacific Source will be here on Monday, Oct. 17, for informational purposes. They will be buying lunch that day. On Wednesday, Sept. 21, Valley View is putting on a taco bar here at the center from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The suggested donation is $2. All proceeds will go to the senior center. Ken Henry won the Len’s Drug gift certificate, and Helen Bogart won the free meal. On Sept. 15, we served approximately 50 diners at the center. Sherry Feiger and Chet Day also delivered 38 meals. Shay fixed linguini with chicken and bacon in a car- bonara sauce. On the side, we had stewed tomatoes with zucchini, Caesar salad and cheesy garlic toast. For dessert we had pistachio delight. The meal was fur- nished by Len’s Drug. Merrie Henry and Jea- nette Julsrud greeted us, while members of the Unit- ed Methodist Church served. Representing the church were Sherry Feiger, Jean Willey, Isa Larkin and Lou- ise Nelson. Jean led the flag salute, and Sherry asked the blessing. Marianne Morris won the Chester’s Thriftway gift card, and Joanne Wilson won the Valley View lunch for two. The Buckaroo Days in Monument will be on Sat- urday, Sept. 24, and will go all day. There will be music in the park all afternoon and a live auction. At 5 p.m., dinner will be served at the senior center. They will be making fresh salmon and elk. There is a suggested do- nation of $15. We would like some Christmas cards for our card box if you have any you would like to donate. On Thursday, Sept. 22, we will have pork skewers and rice with upside down ice cream cones for dessert. On Monday, Sept. 26, we will have pancakes, sausage patties, scrambled eggs, fruit and cinnamon rolls. Psalm 119:75 “I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous, and that in faith- fulness you have afflicted me.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa MONUMENT — I don’t know why, but our Tuesday lunch of Sept. 13 tasted es- pecially yummy. Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell cooked us up some battered fish, chick- en strips, french fries, fresh green salad and fruit tart for our dessert. Our greeters were Bodean Andersen, Jan Ensign and Marva Walk- er. Bodean led our flag sa- lute, made announcements and prayed the blessing over our meal. Jack Cavender won the Len’s gift card. Judy Harris and Bob Yukawa both won free meals. We wel- come back Ron Odette and Terry Bowlus from their travels. We had Dick and Pam Wanous join us for lunch from Spray. I completed some work this past week. I managed to can some pickles and to- mato sauce. I really hope my pickles don’t turn out mushy this year or I will never hear the end of it from my friend Jimmy Cole. I think I got the routine down this time and did not have them in the hot water bath for more than 10 minutes. They all sealed and now have to sit for about a month to take on the flavor of the dill and garlic. My mouth is watering just think- ing of biting into a dill pick- le. While my girls and I were away at a women’s retreat this past week, my hubby took care of my son and did all the chores. I was so bless- ed that he allowed me to go and fellowship with some great ladies. There was only one mishap. He told me when I got home that our pigs had gotten out sometime Friday night. These pigs rooted under the fence and got out and wandered around. They apparently came up to our house, bent up some fencing that I had around my lilac tree and pulled it up and out of the ground. It had been posted down with long nails into the ground. I guess they didn’t find much and knew the way home because they were waiting for my hubby the next morning just outside of their pen. They followed him back into their pen when they saw and smelled the slop. I think they need to be butchered soon. Don’t forget: The Buck- aroo Feast and Fall Festival will be this coming Saturday, Sept. 24. The weather has been really nice, not too hot or cold. This will be the last outside social event of the year before winter comes, and then you are stuck in- doors. Lots of auctions, food and wonderful time of visit- ing with folks will be going on. You won’t want to miss out on this wonderful oc- casion. Remember, tickets can be bought at the door if you haven’t already done so. The suggested donation is $15 per person or $25 per couple. Children 6-12 years of age are $7.50, and 5 and under are free. Come join us and make history by participating in reviving our first Buckaroo Feast of Monument. Hope to see y’all there. Psalm 92: 1 “It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, And to sing prais- es unto thy name, O most High.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs PRAIRIE CITY — We had 73 names on the book on Sept. 14. That looks a little better. We also had visitors in the persons of Ken Primrose and Pete and Harriet Currier. The Curriers are blessing us with nice donations to our se- nior sales. Thanks so much. Buzz led the lag salute, and Tom Roark asked the blessing. And Tom is a bless- ing to us. He washes the big pots and pans after dinner, besides doing other things around the hall. Marlene Greer won the $5 gift certiicate donated by Prairie Hardware & Gifts, and I won the 50/50. Hooray. It was also Chester Willits’ birthday, and we made note of that. Our meal had orange juice, beef stroganoff over noodles, corn/carrots/bean mix for vegetables and an apple pastry for dessert. Scrumdiddlyump- tious. That word is in the Ox- ford English Dictionary now, so the spell checker is going to have to get up to date. Lorna and Krystin brought Helen Ricco, Lois Hill, Otho Laurence and Dorothy Blas- ing from Blue Mountain Care Center. Derrol has almost got all his bases covered before sur- gery. It was literally a head- to-toe visit to all the differ- ent medical providers. Now, if they don’t postpone the surgery again, we’ll have it made. I had to go to Fruitland after dinner on Wednesday for a 6 p.m. surgery on a spot on my head. My barber found it, and the doctor said it must come off. So it happened. The scalp has a lot of blood ves- sels, so they were cauterizing all over the place. Apparently those instruments have increas- ing levels of power, because I heard, “How much, doctor?” “18.” Then, “Go to 23.” Not long after that was “25.” Finally, with a sigh of exas- peration, “35.” I guess that did it, as I didn’t hear any more numbers. When it was all stitched up, the nurse had to clean all the blood out of my hair — without get- ting the wound site wet. Then she put on this bandage that wrapped all around my head and under my chin. I was sup- posed to wear it for 48 hours. But it worked itself off of the wound site by morning. Since it wasn’t bleeding and I wasn’t going to go out and get dirty, I just left it off. It was much more comfortable. I think that they were afraid that it was going to bleed more than it did. They were also con- cerned about pain, so I had to go to a pharmacy and get a bottle of pain pills. I took two and that was enough. I spent Thursday sleeping in my recliner. We picked 8 pounds of cu- cumbers from our little patch before the frost. To my sur- prise, the deer haven’t come in to clean up any of the vines. Alleluia is almost here. Check out the posters around the towns. Rev. 19: 1 , 3, 4, & 6 “… the roar of a great multitude… shouting: ‘Hallelujah!’ … And again they shouted: ‘Hal- lelujah!’… And they cried: ‘Amen, Hallelujah!’… like loud peals of thunder, shout- ing: ‘Hallelujah!’” 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
