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.”
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