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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, December 7, 2016 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Alma Joslin JOHN DAY — Nov. 28 was a really cold day, and we only had about 20 diners in the center. It was a great breakfast for lunch. We had French toast stra- ta, golden hashbrowns, ba- con and fresh cantaloupe. Ineta Carpenter and Dar- lene Nodine, representing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, deliv- ered 24 meals and 29 frozen meals to shut-ins. They also served our lunch. Darlene led the flag salute, and Ineta asked the blessing. At the desk were Merrie Henry and David Pasko. The kitchen wants to extend a heartfelt thank you to the John Day Elks Club for its nice donation. Our pie social will be held Dec. 15. Billie Bull- ard won the Len’s Drug gift card, and the free meal for two at Valley View went to Jill Reeves. I thought I was in the wrong place when I got to the senior center Thursday, Dec. 1. The building was full of young people. Turns out they were part of the Re- gional Job Club. There were kids from Long Creek, Prairie City, Baker City area and Burns. They had a short meet- ing and then were to visit restaurants around town. These are kids from rural areas who are interested in vocational training. They take a field trip once a quar- ter to visit businesses they might find future employ- ment with. Today’s focus was on the food industry. Marnie Mediger was in charge of the Prairie City group and arranged for them to serve Thursday’s lunch to us. They did an excellent job serving and cleaning up afterward — a very polite and respectful group. Bonnie Kocis and Mar- garet Glass greeted us at the desk. Veanne introduced Mar- nie and Lon Thornburg, the regional coordinator for the Job Club. Jonathan Lawrence led the flag salute. Veanne re- minded us there will be a pie social on Dec. 15 so re- member to bring a dessert to share. We had two Decem- ber birthdays in the house, Norm Strawn and Bill Cho- ate. Both gentlemen are in their 80s, and both are vet- erans. We would like to say thank you to Driskill Me- morial Chapel for the birth- day cake we had for dessert. The Site Council is looking for two more members. See Ron Dowse or anyone at the front desk if you are inter- ested. The Valley View lunch for two went to Don Porter and the Chester’s Thriftway gift certificate to Bonnie Pickle. We had baked cod in cream sauce, baked pota- toes, sweet and sour peas and wheat rolls. Everyone seemed to really enjoy the fish; there was none left over. Thursday, Dec. 8, the cooks are serving baked chicken, and Monday, Dec. 12, will be hot turkey sand- wiches. Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa MONUMENT — Are we having a cold snap or what? The weather here in Monument has changed drastically, almost over- night it seems. I don’t know about the rest of the coun- try (I don’t have TV), but over here, it is pretty chilly. I have been enjoying being indoors and relaxing, yes, most splendidly I might add, except when I have to go outside to do chores and walk the dogs. Christmas is just around the corner. I hope I can get my cards made and sent out in time. Hmm, wishful think- ing probably. I still have to decorate an outside tree with my kids. It will be something fun to do. So, our last meal of the month of November was cooked up by our cooks Ter- ry Cade and Carrie Jewell. It was delicious baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, dinner rolls with butter, fresh tossed green salad and lemon birthday cake. My tummy was very happy and satisfied. We had our three greeters, Bob Blakeslee, Bodean Andersen and Marva Walker. Bob led our flag salute, and Bodean made the announcements and prayed the blessing over our meal. We had 40 guests on our books and one takeout. We want to welcome back Terry Bowlus from her visit in Alaska. Bob Blakeslee won the Len’s Drug gift card. Sylvia Cockerell won the gift card to Chester’s Thriftway. The turkey raffle for the day was won by Aaron Harris. Evonne Baughman won the free meal for two from Valley View. Don’t forget about sewing class from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. Bring your sewing machine and a dish to share for the potluck and sew away. The Monument Christmas Bazaar will be taking place on Dec. 11, so mark your calendars. If you would like to set up a booth to sell any goods, please contact Staci Cox. I really need to get rid of my three billy goats. They are just obnoxious and es- cape artists. I’m beginning to really, really, really hate them. I went down the hill the other day to feed them, and where were they? They were down the road and being pests. Last time they were out of the fence and on the road, I had the dogs chase them back in. All would have been fine except, unfortunately, the dogs bit Mama because she was lollygagging. I had to shock them to stop and then I bit their ears until they yelped. Yes, you read that right. My neighbor told me to do that to show that I’m the boss and it did work. It made my other dog tremble when I stared him down. Ha. Did Mama learn not to get out? Not a chance. Seriously, the 100 acres just isn’t good enough for them, they just have to eat the grass outside of the fence and along the road? The battle of wills con- tinues, I think I’m losing. Psalm 118:8 “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs PRAIRIE CITY — Brrrr. Winter is coming. And lots of folks decided to hunker down by the warm fire, I assume, because there were only 55 names on the reg- istration book. And we had a good warm-your-innards meal for you, too. Hope to see you next time. Son No. 1 and family made it over for Thanks- giving. They slept up at the “fake grandparents” in Bear Valley, so that worked out good for us all. When they were ready for a respite, the children were ready to come down to our little house. And by the time we were ready for some peace and quiet, they were ready to go back to their sleeping quarters. Remem- ber, it takes a village? See that the Christmas elf has been busy in the center. There are Christmas deco- rations up and special table covers on. We did a “land office” business over the Christmas on the Prairie weekend, with the store, vendors, food and silent auction proceeds. Almost enough to pay for a year’s worth of insurance. Thanks so much to all who had a part in that. I didn’t have much to do with any activities due to Derrol’s semi-emergency surgery on Nov. 17 in Bend. By the time we made it home on Friday, I was a wipeout for any shopping on Saturday. But it looked like lots of other people were having a good time. There were no parking places available on Front Street when I ventured out to the Post Office Satur- day morning. Wow. Buzz, Ken, Larry and Carlos made home deliver- ies; Buzz led the flag salute; Jack asked the blessing; and I did the announcing be- cause of the absence of both Harold and Bruce on “mis- sions of mercy.” Today was December birthday recogni- tion, and I could only find two people for our drawing for the $10 in trade donat- ed by Huffman’s Market: Ginger Kendall and Carlos Bortell. And Carlos won the gift certificate. Betty Elliott was the winner of the $5 in trade donated by Prairie Hardware & Gift. Our warm meal had ap- ple juice, sausage tortellini soup, herb bread, green sal- ad and Christmas cranber- ry cake. We want to thank Chip and the food bank for the donation of the macaroni for the soup. The nominating commit- tee is out and about, so if you are visited by one of them, be nice. We appreciate their service, too. Lorna and Krystin brought Otho Laurance, Lois Hill, Marilyn Randall and Dorothy Blasing from the Blue Care Mountain Center. You saw the big story about our Senior Store being open in the afternoon all this month, so come on out and get a great gift for your fam- ily and friends while helping our program make ends meet. Matthew 2:11 “... Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.” Rom. 6:23 “... but the gift of God is eter- nal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at
