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Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY — On Nov. 7,
we had approximately 25 din-
ers in the hall to enjoy a fish
sandwich with all the fixings
served with macaroni salad and
cheddar munchers, followed by
monster cookies for dessert. An
additional 28 people enjoyed
the same meal, delivered to
them by Mary Lou Horton and
Karen Bailey, representing the
Blue Mountain Hospital Aux-
iliary. They also took 47 frozen
meals to shut-ins with the help
of Veanne Weddle.
David Pasko and Margaret
Glass greeted us at the front
desk. Karen led the flag salute,
and Ben Luethe asked the bless-
ing. Karen and Mary Lou were
also our servers.
Veanne announced that Nov.
17 is our Thanksgiving dinner
here, and she recommends res-
ervations. We are already over
half booked.
On Nov. 18, there will be
a women’s ministry potluck
luncheon from 12-1:30 p.m. at
Cornerstone Coffee House lo-
cated at 139 NE Dayton St. Lin-
da Sprouffske will be speaking
about her medical mission to
Haiti after Hurricane Andrew.
There will be a community
concert and fellowship gather-
ing at 6 p.m. Nov. 20 at Grant
Union’s old gymnasium. Cook-
ies and coffee to follow. There
will be no charge for admission.
On Nov. 24, the John Day
Elks Lodge is holding a free
community Thanksgiving din-
ner from 1-4 p.m. at the lodge.
Meals also will be delivered. If
you need that service, you can
call 541-575-1824.
There will be a living with
chronic conditions workshop
soon. Please call Veanne at 541-
575-2949 to sign up or for more
information.
The Len’s Drug gift certifi-
cate was won by David Pasko,
and Ron Dowse won the lunch
for two at Valley View.
On Nov. 10, we fed approx-
imately 60 diners at the center.
The meal was pork stroganoff
with noodles. It was served with
pea and pearl onion salad and
whole wheat dinner rolls.
It was national vanilla cup-
cake day, so guess what Lisa
made for dessert. The entree was
furnished by Mobile Glass.
Greeting us at the front desk
were Bonnie Kocis and Marga-
ret Glass. Buzz Glass, his daugh-
ter, Brenda, and granddaughter,
Lydia, delivered 34 meals.
Our servers were from the
Cornerstone Christian Fellow-
ship. They were Donna Johnson,
Donna Mulder, Sandy Johnson,
Andy and Carla Anderson and
pastor Levi Manitsas. The flag
salute was led by Donna John-
son. Pastor Levi read a tribute
to veterans and then gave the
blessing. Veanne announced a
lady by the name of Betsy has a
glass-topped stove, refrigerator
and dishwasher she would like
to donate to a senior person.
The refrigerator has already
been spoken for, as I write. Call
Veanne if you know someone
who needs these. We had a few
guests for our Nov. 10 meal. I
understand these are people new
in town, so welcome. They are
Steve and Haiping Fletcher, and
Jill Reeves and Betty Connor.
The Chester’s Thriftway gift card
was won by Helen Bogart, and
Buzz Harris won the lunch for
two at Valley View. Nov. 17 will
be our traditional Thanksgiving
dinner, and Nov. 21 we will have
sour cream chicken enchiladas
served with Spanish rice.
John 8:36 “If the son sets
you free, you will be free in-
deed.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT — We had
a full house for our Nov. 8
lunch. There were 57 guests
on the books and 13 takeouts,
giving us a total of 70 lunch-
es served altogether for the
day. Our greeters were Bob
Blakeslee, Bodean Andersen
and Marva Walker. Bob led
our flag salute, and Bodean
made the announcements as
well as asking for the bless-
ing of our meal. Debbie Reid
won the Len’s Drug gift card.
The winner of the free meal
went to Pete Rancher of Mon-
ument. Jan Ensign won the
Chester’s Thriftway gift card.
Thank you to all our donors
for their generosity. Bodean
won the 50/50 raffle.
We had the following
guests from Long Creek join
us for lunch: Stan Metz, Gay-
lene Pruit, Troy L. Pruit, Jan-
ice Hunt and Nadine Radley.
We also had some other
folks too from different areas.
We had Marvin and Louise
Britt along with Dick and Pam
Wanous from Spray. Cris-
tie Hughes also from Spray
joined us.
We had Ersela Dehi-
ya from Mt. Vernon, Tre-
va Bradley from Kingman,
Arizona. We had Christine
Richards from John Day, Sue
and Ed Walg of Iowa. Last-
ly, we have a new couple in
the community of Monu-
ment, Pete and Linda Ranch-
er, who graced us with their
presence.
So, do you want to know
what our cooks served this
hungry crowd? Terry Cade
and Carrie Jewell prepared up
a fabulous taco salad bar. We
had the choice of flour tortilla,
corn tortilla or tortilla chips
for our meal. We had all the
fresh sides to make a delicious
taco or burrito.
We had fresh lettuce,
cheese, sour cream, sliced to-
matoes, salsa, onions, along
with Spanish rice and beans
as well.
Our cooks outdid them-
selves. Thanks to Terry and
Carrie for their hard work and
dedication.
Monument School Super-
intendent and Principal Earl
Pettit had invited everyone
for a free lunch on Thursday,
Nov. 10, to honor our vets
who so bravely serve and
served our country.
It was held at the Monu-
ment school gym. Mr. Pettit
also gave a wonderful and in-
sightful speech concerning the
recent presidential election.
We send our thanks to Mr. Pet-
tit, his staff and the beautiful
children, who sang patriotic
songs celebrating the occasion.
The next women’s sewing
class will be held from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at
the Senior Center. Bring your
sewing machine and a dish to
share in our potluck lunch,
and be ready to have some
fun.
I can’t believe Thanks-
giving is next week already.
Eeks! Hope everyone has a
place to go and get together to
enjoy and reflect on the many
blessings that we have with
friends and family.
I am very thankful for so
much that I can’t even name
them all. It’s always good to
remember all that the Lord has
done for us over the course of
our lives.
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 — It is
certainly hard to believe it is
the middle of November when
the thermometer reads 70 de-
grees. Neighbor had to mow
her lawn. People are picking
strawberries, grasshoppers are
wandering about, lots of weed
seeds have sprouted. Indeed
another aspect of our unusual
year. I took the last bag of tu-
lip bulbs that Mary Brown dug
up so now I have to get them
in before the nice weather goes
away. But where?
Decisions, decisions.
Iva made the decision to
have “Breakfast for Lunch,”
apple or orange juice, scram-
bled eggs, sausage, biscuits and
gravy, plus a large and flattened
cinnamon roll. And I kept hear-
ing comments that it was a real-
ly good coffee.
And only 58 names on the
book. But Jack Erickson has his
seat staked out. He was the only
one at his table, so Tom sat with
him during dinner so he didn’t
feel too lonesome. Better get
here early Nov. 16 to get your
seat for our scrumdiddlyump-
tious Thanksgiving meal. Bring
a pie to share.
Since chairman Harold was
off doing a good deed, Bruce
took care of the announce-
ments. The winner of the $5
gift certificate donated by Prai-
rie Hardware & Gifts was Lois
Bidasolo. The best announce-
ment was limited to those of
a “senior age”: You can buy a
load of firewood at the reduced
price of $100 a cord, mixed
species, split and delivered, by
calling Kelly at 541-620-1317.
Buzz led the flag salute, and
Jack asked the blessing. Was
good to see Capt. Bill Camp-
bell again. Also Chris Labhart
and Helen Bogart.
We managed to get the front
door repaired, so it will close
gently and without a lot of heft-
ing. Whenever they put these
new doors on, they did not
make allowance for some new
pieces behind the jam to hold
the hinges securely. So after all
these many years, the screws
gave up and the door leaned
away from the jam.
Dave Gray put a piece of the
old Prairie Hotel oak in and it
snugged right up. The plumber
is also doing some repair work,
so things are getting done ...
eventually. Come to the Com-
fort Station on Nov. 19 and
browse through the building.
Iva will have goodies for your
sustenance.
The Derrol report: nasal
feeding tube is still in, but have
reduced the amount of liquid so
he can eat more by mouth. Ha-
ven’t had to use the powerful
pain killer lately, so that’s what
he wanted to start with.
The speech therapist gave
him some special exercises
to get his throat muscles to be
more willing to chew and swal-
low, and that is going quite well.
Had a few snags hither and yon,
but he’s making progress.
Thanks to all for your con-
cern and prayers. One person,
who shall remain nameless,
asked him about all the para-
phernalia hanging off his nose.
I commented that he must not
have read my column in the pa-
per. Silence. Then “Oops.” So
Derrol told him all that had hap-
pened. We won’t have a meal on
the day before Thanksgiving,
Nov. 23. But you are invited to
a free meal at the Teen Center
at 1 p.m. And you don’t have to
bring anything. What a deal!
Psalm 146:7 “He upholds
the cause of the oppressed and
gives food to the hungry.”
Church Services In Grant County
Redeemer
Lutheran Church
Come Worship with us at
627 SE Hillcrest, John Day
1 st & 3 rd Sunday Worship
& Communion ...............................10 am
2 nd , 4 th & 5 th Sunday Worship ..........10 am
Wednesday Evening Bible Study.......6 pm
For information: 541-575-2348
FIRST
BAPTIST
CHURCH
Cornerstone
Christian
Fellowship
Sunday School....................... 10 am
Church....................................11 am
Afternoon Service.................... 1 pm
No Mid-week Services
Visiting Pastors
300 W. Main, John Day
139 N.E. D AYTON S TREET , J OHN D AY
541-575-1355
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