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Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY — On Oct.
10, we had approximately 34
dinners for a lunch of potato
bar with Philly cheese steak
topping served with home-
made honey wheat bread and
onion rings. Lisa fi xed straw-
berry short cake for dessert.
Buzz Gilmore and Francis
Kocis delivered 32 meals plus
40 frozen meals to the shut
ins. Ron Douse and Margaret
Glass were at the desk.
Our servers were from the
Redeemer Lutheran Church.
They were Buzz, Francis and
Jeanette Kile. Buzz led the
fl ag salute, and Francis gave
the blessing.
In Veanne’s absence, Ron
did the announcements. Re-
member Oct. 22 is Helping
Hand Day by the church of
the Nazarene. Call Veanne to
set up an appointment.
Norma Montgomery from
Prairie City joined us for the
fi rst time. Welcome, Norma,
please come again.
Kay Cotham won the Len’s
Drug gift certifi cate, and
Vicky Harrison won the free
meal. Thursday, Oct. 13, we
had approximately 56 diners
present to enjoy pork chops
smothered in sour cream and
onions sauce. The meal was
served with mashed potatoes,
riviera veggies, dinner rolls,
and for dessert Lisa made
pumpkin bars. Don and Deda
Porter furnished the entree in
memory of Sylvia Warrick.
Buzz Glass and his daugh-
ter Brenda delivered 30 meals.
Merrie Henry and Jeannette
Julsrud greeted us at the desk.
Veanne led the fl ag salute.
During the local Healthy
Smiles contest, the Squeeze
In sold enough raffl e tickets
to win second prize. And —
thank you — they donated
$100 prize to the senior cen-
ter. Remember the Nazarene
Church is having Helping
Hands day on Oct. 22. If you
need yard work done, call
Veanne at 541-575-2949.
Winner of the Chester’s
Thriftway gift card was Buzz
Glass. Darlene Nodine won
the meal for two at Valley
View. There were four extra
door prizes won by Ange-
lea Binchus, Jan Holt, Jessie
Lewis and Bill Choate.
Thursday, Oct. 20, we will
have Greek chicken, rice pi-
laf and broccoli salad. Then
Monday, Oct. 24, we will
have baked beans with cauli-
fl ower salad and corn bread.
Philippians 1:23: “I desire
to depart and be with Christ,
which is better for you.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT — We’ve
had some extreme differenc-
es in temperature these last
couple of weeks here. May-
be that was the reason why
I got sick? Remember I had
those grandiose ideas of can-
ning a bunch of apple pie
fi lling, making some zucchi-
ni bread and maybe canning
some beans? Umm, yeah, that
didn’t happen. All I did was
lay around. I couldn’t phys-
ically do anything but rest. I
caught some nasty cold that
almost felt like the fl u, only I
didn’t have any body aches. I
had no energy and felt very,
very tired. I had coughing
that almost went into bronchi-
tis. I’m still fi ghting whatev-
er I had, but hopefully I’ll be
good as new in another few
more days. Hope you all don’t
get this nasty bug; apparently,
it’s been going around.
Our wonderful cooks, Ter-
ry Cade and Carrie Jewell,
made us some delicious pork
tacos. We had the option of
corn or fl our tortillas. There
were also beans, Spanish rice,
fresh lettuce, taco fi xings and
peaches and chocolate chip
cookies for our dessert. It was
quite the satisfying meal. Our
greeters were Bob Blakeslee,
Bodean Andersen and Marva
Walker. Bob led the fl ag sa-
lute, and Bodean made the an-
nouncements and prayed the
blessing over our lunch. Rod
Odette and Ed Bustardo both
won free meals. We had 38
guests on our books and fi ve
takeouts.
Our sewing time will
start up again on Saturday,
Oct. 22. All are welcome
to join. We begin at 9 a.m.,
break around noon for a pot-
luck lunch and then continue
to sew until about 3 p.m. Just
bring your sewing machine,
a dish to share, a project
you want to work on or sew
whatever project Judy Harris
has for us. The sewing class
is free and held at the Mon-
ument Senior Center. Ooh, I
can’t wait! I’ve been chomp-
ing at the bit wanting to sew
something and get together
with all the ladies. Hope to
see you there!
I was quite disappointed in
myself for not being able to
can some apple pie fi lling. I
feel like I am way behind
now. I guess the Lord thought
I needed to rest. I am not one
to sit for very long so it was a
little torturous. I read a book
while trying to get over this
cold. “The Help” was a good
book to read if anyone is in-
terested. would say it was
sort of similar to “To Kill A
Mockingbird.” The movie
“To Kill A Mockingbird” was
quite good as well.
I think it’s safe to say that
I can offi cially put away my
summer clothes and bring out
the winter stuff. Crazy that
winter seems like it swooped
down on us. I still have a
small garden going though
in my hoop house! I think it
will be OK for a couple more
weeks. Then bye bye to my
veggies till spring time!
Proverbs 17:17: “A friend
loveth at all times, and a
brother is born for adversity.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY — Hello
out there on God’s country! It
is certainly good to be back.
Did you miss me? We were
gone a lot longer than we
planned (or packed) for, so
here is what happened. Der-
rol’s neck surgery took place
on Tuesday, Oct. 4, in Bend.
The surgery was successful,
but there was a complica-
tion that landed him in the
ICU for two days. When the
surgical incision was made,
a bunch of veins were ex-
posed that shouldn’t have
been there. The doctor had
to be very careful in fi nding
his way through them to get
to the part of the spine to do
the corrective mending that
he intended to do. So he got
in, did the job and got out.
When they were transferring
Derrol from the operating ta-
ble to the recovery bed, that
bunch of veins decided that
they had enough and started
leaking big time. So the deci-
sion was made to re-intubate,
suture the bleeders and take
him to ICU. On Wednesday,
the tube was removed, and
he found he could talk. But
there were no other rooms
available, so he spent another
night in the ICU. His throat
was quite swollen and fi lled
with lots of phlegm. No food,
on IVs.
A room was found on the
fi fth fl oor, so he was moved
up there. Then a tube was put
into his stomach through his
nose to get there. We spent
Friday through the next
Thursday there. Derrol is do-
ing fi ne. Just have to regain
the ability to swallow all nor-
mal food items, and that is
getting better every day.
In other news, on Oct.
5, there were 61 names on
the book, including that of
Steve Treat, a newcomer to
our area, who won the $5 gift
certifi cate donated by Prairie
Hardware. Buzz led the fl ag
salute, and Jack Retherford
asked the blessings. Buzz,
Tom, Larry and Ginger were
the home delivery people.
The dinner had cheeseburg-
er soup, bacon/cheddar corn
stuffed muffi ns, green salad,
cheesy potatoes, bread and
butter pickles and pumpkin
cake for dessert.
Pastor Michael Harvey
asked for volunteers to do
the Smart Reading program
on Monday and Thursday
from 8:05-8:45 a.m. starting
Oct. 24. If you want to help,
let him know. Shauntele and
Lorna brought Dorothy, Mar-
ilyn, Lois and Helen from
Blue Mountain Care Center.
On Oct. 10, Buzz and
Jack did their thing again.
There were 66 names on the
book and Elaine Tucker won
the $5 in trade donated by
Prairie Hardware & Gifts.
Home deliveries were Buzz,
Ken, Larry and Tom. Dinner
was smothered pork chops,
squash, pistachio fl uff, Italian
rolls and pumpkin cupcakes
with cream cheese frosting
for dessert.
Frances and Iva are going
to have a couple of cooking
classes, so if you are interest-
ed, call Frances at 820-4463.
All proceeds to go to gener-
al fund. Krystin and Patty
brought Myrtha Fields, Mari-
lyn Randall, Dorthy Blasing,
Lois Hill and Otho Laurance
from Blue Mountain Care
Center. I got it all in. It might
not look pretty, but the infor-
mation is there.
Mark 4:22: “For what-
ever is hidden is meant to
be disclosed, and whatev-
er is concealed is meant
to be brought out into the
open.”
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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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