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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, November 2, 2016 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Alma Joslin JOHN DAY — On Oct. 24, there were approximately 25 diners present to enjoy a lunch consisting of baked beans with frankfurters, cauliflower salad, fried potatoes and cornmeal muffins. Lisa baked an apple cake for dessert, served while it was still warm and yummy. Ron Dowse and Margaret Glass greeted us at the front desk. Susan Sintay and Alicia Witten, from The Church of Je- sus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered 29 lunches plus 38 frozen meals for shut-ins. Veanne Weddle helped with deliveries. The same two gals were our servers. Alicia led the flag sa- lute, and Susan asked the bless- ing. Veanne announced that, if your signature has changed since you registered to vote or if you have an address change, you need to go to the court- house and register. The Len’s Drug gift card was won by Margaret Glass, and Dale Stin- nett won the Valley View meals for two. On Oct. 27, our Halloween meal was served. Ron Dowse and Margaret Glass greeted us at the front desk. Linda Stoltz was our hostess. Linda was in a cheetah costume. Veanne was a black widow, Lisa had a Halloween theme top on and Danny was a wizard. Linda did her usual excellent job with the decorations. The servers were from St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. Jimmy Maple and David Turner delivered 26 meals. The diners were served by Jimmy Maple, David Turner and Walt and Agnes Hall. Boyd Britton Welding sponsored the entree. Boyd and two of his guys were there for lunch. We appreciate Boyd and all of the other folks who sponsor meals. The meal was shepherd’s graveyard pie with mashed ghosts (the ghosts had two eyes staring up at us), stewed cabbage, rolls and spi- der cupcakes for dessert. Shay was able to prepare the meal but was not up to serving it out. Hopefully he will be back up to snuff by next week. The Valley View lunch for two was won by Drew Harmon, and Kay Cotham won the Chester’s Thriftway gift card. There were five other door prizes given out. Veanne announced that Richie Colbeth resigned from the site council so they are in need of another member. If you are interested in being on the council, talk to Ron Dowse or anyone at the front desk. Reservations are strongly recommended for our Thanks- giving meal on Nov. 17. You can see Linda, Veanne or either of the cooks or call 541-575- 1825 to make a reservation. Veanne and Erin Osgood are going to start another Living Well with Chronic Conditions workshop. It is a six-week course that meets one day a week for about an hour and a half. The day of the week and time of the day the class meets will be decided by those signing up for the class. Call Veanne if you are interested. Free hospi- tal-type beds are available from the old Country Spice facility. They are stored in that building now occupied by the new Can- yon City Veterinary Clinic. If you are in need of one, see Kent at the clinic. There will be a free concert with refreshments at the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 6. The Ring Praise concert will feature handbell and pianist soloists. On Nov. 3, we are having cranberry Dijon chicken, and Monday, Nov. 7, will be fish sandwiches. Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa MONUMENT — Our cooks Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell served us some scary food for our last meal of the month of October. We were served pulverized ogre toes (chicken fried steak), whipped moth wings with worm sauce (mashed potatoes and gra- vy), green lizard tails (green beans), ground fungus (dinner rolls) and mud and dirt (choc- olate pudding with crushed Oreo cookies). I have to say, it was pretty tasty, and we are thankful for their hard work and effort into feeding us all. Our greeters for the day were Bob Blakeslee, Jimmy Cole and Marva Walker. Bob led the flag salute, and Mar- va made the announcements. Yours truly prayed the bless- ing over the meal. Betty Rich- ards and Turi Peterson both won free meals, and yours truly won the Len’s Drug gift card. Gus and Turi Peterson from John Day joined us for lunch. We also had two young people, who are state FFA of- ficers, present for lunch, Hail- ee Patterson from Imbler, Jan Ensign’s granddaughter, and Zander Unger from Dallas, Oregon. We had 55 guests on the books and 11 takeouts for a total of 66 meals served. We are rolling into Novem- ber already, believe it or not. I finally got to can some apple pie filling and some beans. I still have to can some apple sauce and make some apple leather. I thought of a good idea, though. I thought may- be I could trade some of my canned beans with a friend who makes fabulous apple sauce. I need to have her teach me as well how to make and can apple sauce. I hope I can fulfill my lofty ambitions be- fore my stuff goes bad; that would not be good. The rain has been just wonderful over here. We have had quite a bit of it, enough so that we actually got lots of shaggy mane mushrooms growing. We hardly got any mushrooms last year to eat, but just in the last week, they have been popping up in their usual spot like crazy. The grass has been growing a lush green all over the pastures, too. I was driving down our mountain the other day, and oh, it was just a sight for the eyes. The clouds were hanging down low, cre- ating a mist over the town of Monument. The sun’s rays were slightly bursting through the clouds, and the scene was just picturesque. Made me praise and thank the Lord for bringing us here to live in this beautiful place. I love seeing the cows lazily grazing the grass and seeing the John Day River while driving. The leaves of the trees are turning golden yellow, or- ange and brilliant red. I love fall. Living in California is totally overrated. Having the same season all year long can get old. Out here in God’s country, it’s peaceful, there’s no hurry. Best of all, folks just accept you as you are and wel- come you. That’s how it is in a small town for ya. Psalm 30:2 “O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs PRAIRIE CITY — Harold and Bruce set the tables today and set a lot of them, being as how it was October birth- day recognition day. But only 51 people were registered. Where did everybody go? And there was only one birth- day, so Nadine Smith won the $10 gift certificate donated by Huffman’s Market. She also was the door prize winner of the $5 gift certificate donated by Prairie Hardware and Gift. That has happened a couple of times in the past. So she really had a happy birthday. Harold announced that our new assistant cook is Tom Roark, who has been helping in the kitchen for the last few months. Welcome aboard. We also need another person to help with the home deliv- eries so Tom won’t have to do that in addition to his oth- er duties. There are a lot of little po- tatoes and some onions yet to give away, and no one knows where they came from. I took a small bag of the potatoes and found an easy way to fix them. After washing I cut them in half lengthwise and placed them in a greased mi- crowaveable pan and zapped them. Then I don’t have to waste any time peeling. After cook- ing, the skins just rub off and you can do what you want to with them then. You know, keep it simple. Our meal was a good, sim- ple meal for this fall day: ap- ple juice, veggie soup, green salad and a southwest chick- en wrap. Dessert was a butter pecan/pumpkin pie, and it was delicious. We also had access to iced tea, milk and buttermilk. Gary and Marlene got instructed in the use of the new dishwasher. It has sever- al steps that you have to go through to make it do its job properly. We finally got an appoint- ment for the special swallow- ing test for Derrol. He is sure getting tired of that feeding tube hanging out of his nose, so we hope he passes the test. The hole in my head is finally healing the way it should. So no more trips to Ontario. Since Derrol has to wear the neck brace for 3 months, he cannot drive. So I have to do something that I do not enjoy. As I tell others, “tough cookies.” In sickness and in health. During the wind storm a couple weeks ago in Port- land, son No. 2 had a 60-foot- plus-tall tree come down in his back yard. Missed every- thing in Portland, and they never heard it fall. It was three-quarters rotten so he was planning on cutting it down anyway, but the good Lord did it for him. One fence post has to be put back upright. Meanwhile, daughter-in- love Agata had to go to the doctor and have some blood drawn. Had to take all three kids with her, so they treated it like a field trip. The young- est remarked that Mommy will need a Band-Aid. Luke 22:20 “This is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.” Hebrews 9:22 “… and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at
