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Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
S ENIOR NEWS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY – On Sept.
26 we had 30 diners to en-
joy breakfast for lunch. Our
cook Shay was sick so Lisa
took over. We missed you,
Shay, but sure saw what a
good cook Lisa is also.
She did a fantastic job
with the help of Danny De-
Preist. They ixed pancakes,
sausage patties, scrambled
eggs, fruit and cinnamon
rolls that were yummy.
They also sent out 31
lunches, plus 32 frozen
lunches to shut-ins. These
were delivered by Ineta
Carpenter and Darlene No-
dine from The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. These ladies also
served us. Darlene led the
lag salute and Ineta asked
the blessing.
Jeanette Julsrud and Ron
Dowse manned the desk.
On Oct. 17 Paciic
Source will be here. They
will buy all our lunches and
then after lunch they will
be here to answer any ques-
tions you might have about
your insurance.
Oct. 22 will be Helping
Hands Day by the John Day
Church of the Nazarene. If
you need help with your
yard work call Veanne at
541-575-2949.
Ben Luethe won the gift
certiicate and Susan Kirk-
wood won the free meal.
Sept. 29 we fed 55 din-
ers with a meal consisting
of beautiful baked ham
slices, cheesy scalloped po-
tatoes, green beans and din-
ner rolls followed by apple
crumbled cake. Besides the
diners in house there were
36 meals delivered out by
Chris Labhart and Karen
Bailey. Shay delivered 10
frozen meals to shut-ins.
The entree was fur-
nished by the First Chris-
tian Church of John Day.
David Pasko greeted us
at the desk. Servers were
Karen Bailey, MaryLou
Horton, Marsha Delaney
and Suzanne Tayson from
the Blue Mountain Auxilia-
ry. They were assisted by
Chris Labhart.
A thank you goes out to
Linda Stoltz for decorating
the hall. The artwork on the
wall was done by Buzz Jol-
ley before his passing.
Veanne announced the
people that plan the Truck-
ers Light Parade need two
more volunteers. Commu-
nity Connections is look-
ing for volunteers from the
John Day area.
There was no bingo due
to both callers being out of
town.
Bill Choate won the
Chester’s Thriftway gift
card and Norm Straum won
the lunch for two at Valley
View. There were three
extra prizes drawn that
went to Jean Wiley, Vir-
ginia Bunchus and Toddy
Stovall.
Lunch on Thursday, Oct.
6, will be an October. Fest
consisting of bratwurst,
sauerkraut and cucumber
tomato salad.
That will be our birth-
day Thursday so we will
have birthday cake for des-
sert. Oct. 10 will be Philly
cheesesteak potato bar and
onion rings.
Isaiah 40:31 Those who
hope in the Lord will renew
their strength.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT – We had
a wonderful meal for our last
Tuesday of the month of Sep-
tember.
Terry Cade and Carrie
Jewell served us a delicious
meal of open-faced pot roast,
very yummy mashed pota-
toes and gravy, cole slaw, and
birthday cake.
We thank all their hard
work in feeding us. Bob
Blakeslee, Bodean Andersen,
and Marva Walker were our
greeters. Bob led the lag sa-
lute and Bodean made the an-
nouncements and prayed the
blessing over our meal.
Bruce Kramer won the
Len’s Drug gift card. Linda
Blakeslee and Pam Callahan
both won free meals. We had
39 guests total and two take-
outs.
Judy Harris gave us more
details on the success of our
Buckaroo Feast and Fall fes-
tival. She thanked all those
who worked so hard and dil-
igently for this event and sac-
riiced their time, talents and
dedication in service for that
special day.
We the citizens of Mon-
ument thank Judy Harris for
her efforts and putting the
feast together for our town.
We also want to thank all who
came and participated in our
big to-do.
My garden is coming to
a close. I picked all my ex-
posed tomatoes because there
was going to be a chance of
freezing.
I thought I would pick
them green rather than lose
them all to frost. Because
everything seemed to have
ripened all at the same time,
I have been taking all sorts of
steps to preserve these fruits
and veggies. I got a bunch of
apples from different friends
and have been coring, cutting,
and dehydrating them. We’ve
been eating fresh apples, too.
Wow, the lavor of these
fresh apples are just so much
more tastier than the ones
from the store. I also got a
recipe from a friend for can-
ning apple pie illing, and I
think I am losing my mind.
I can’t ind the recipe. I
was reading it, then, I think
the phone rang and I don’t
know what I did with the pa-
per. I have searched high and
low but to no avail.
So I got another one from a
different friend and hopefully
in the next few days, I will be
canning apple pie illing like a
mad woman.
I’ve never canned apple
pie illing before, so this will
be my irst attempt. I hope it
turns out all right.
Our piggies will be butch-
ered on the 4th of this month.
My husband and I will actual-
ly be relieved I think.
We will be thankful when
we don’t have to water and
feed them anymore. I must
say though, they did a darn
good job of eating and root-
ing everything in their pen,
almost too well.
They even ate down the
thistle in there. Too bad they
couldn’t eat the gophers,
too.
I might garden in there
next summer again and try to
grow some corn and lots of
melon and squash.
I’m looking forward to not
having to water the garden
anymore for the rest of this
year.
Yay!
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY – Things
were different Wednesday
due to Harold having to take
Buzz to an appointment in
La Grande. Harold came
and did the set up early all
by himself.
We want to extend our
best wishes for Buzz’s
quick and complete recov-
ery from the auto accident
last week. As we all agreed,
he is one tough customer.
So Ken, Ginger, Tom and
Jim got the home deliveries
accomplished. Bruce did the
announcing and I asked the
blessing. We had Fran, Julia
and Gary helping with the
serving and dispensing of
drinks.
Gary Jacobson won the
Prairie Hardware and Gifts
$5 gift certiicate. The Sep-
tember birthday award of
$10 given by Huffman’s
Market went to our very
own head cook, Iva Gill. I
won the 50/50 rafle. Vee-
ann announced that the Naz-
arene Church will be doing
its fall yard cleaning for se-
niors on Oct. 22. If you want
on the list, give her a jingle.
Ron Dowse will conduct an-
other AARP driver training
class on Dec.14 here.
We had another unusu-
al meal today: a Reuben
sandwich casserole accom-
panied by grape juice and a
green salad. For dessert we
had Samoan chocolate cake
with ice cream and coconut
shreds. What a combination.
All plates were licked clean.
Lorna
and
Krystin
brought Helen Ricco, Mari-
lyn Randall, Lois Hill, Otho
Laurence and Dorothy Blas-
ing from the Blue Mountain
Care Center. We recorded
61 names in the registration
book. You may think that is
an invasion of your privacy,
but each name goes to help
our center receive its pro-
portionate amount of return
from the government. And
that is a good thing. We all
made it through the Alleluia
celebration on Saturday.
Too bad you didn’t get to
come.
We raised $85 for the
Prairie City Ministerial Asso-
ciation and $85 for the Prai-
rie City Community Center
Renovation Fund. Now it’s
on to the next activity, Der-
rol’s neck surgery. Should be
all over and done with by the
time you read this. This will
be his 14th major surgery.
They don’t make enough
room on those pages you have
to ill out at the doctor’s ofic-
es for him.
You know, the one that says
‘Please list all your previous sur-
geries.’ Then after you labori-
ously get them all listed, no one
ever refers to that page again.
Ah, such is life in the wild, wild
West, right? Just be thankful that
medical research has made these
surgeries possible.
Which brings me back
to the Intelligent Designer.
When you look at all the
different systems and struc-
tures that have to work to-
gether to make our bodies
function, how could you
come to the conclusion
that it all came together by
chance?
Col. 2:19 … from Whom
the entire body, supplied
and knit together by means
of its joints and ligaments,
grows with a growth that is
from God. (Ampliied Bible)
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
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Weekdays: Sonshine Christian School
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