A6
Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY — Monday,
Dec. 5, was a pretty nasty
day out, but we had approx-
imately 40 diners at the cen-
ter. We enjoyed a lunch of
popcorn shrimp, beer-bat-
tered french fries, coleslaw
and Texas toast, followed
by
hot-out-of-the-oven
cranberry crunch. Another
wonderful meal. Karen Bai-
ley and Kris Labhart, repre-
senting the Blue Mountain
Hospital Auxiliary, deliv-
ered 29 meals and 26 frozen
ones to shut-ins. Then they
served us. Ron Dowse and
Merrie Henry were at the
desk. Karen led the flag sa-
lute, and I asked the bless-
ing. I won the Len’s Drug
gift certificate, and Vicki
Harrison won the free meal
for two at Valley View.
Thursday, Dec. 8, we
had a low attendance for
lunch — the weather was
terrible. We only had ap-
proximately 36 diners, but
lunch was great. We had
baked chicken, cornbread
stuffing, mixed veggies,
cottage cheese salad and
dinner rolls. For dessert, we
had homemade brownies.
The entree was furnished
by Iron Triangle Logging.
At the desk were David
Pasko and Merrie Henry.
Jay and Brenda Laramasso
delivered 41 lunches, and
our servers were from the
Cornerstone Christian Fel-
lowship. They were Donna
Johnson, Carla and Andy
Anderson, Zola Pike, San-
dy Johnson and Pastor Levi
Manitsas. Donna led the
flag salute, and Pastor Levi
asked the blessing. Veanne
announced that on Dec. 11
at 1:30 p.m. there will be
Bingo at the Canyon City
Community Hall. Zola Pike
won the Chester’s Thrift-
way gift card, and Buzz
Harris won the meal for two
at Valley View. Extra door
prizes were won by Everett
King, Margaret Glass, Don-
na Johnson, Veanne Wed-
dle, Jim Thomason, Roberta
Dowse and Merrie Henry.
Thursday, Dec. 15, we will
have cheese-stuffed meat-
loaf and garlic mashed pota-
toes. There will be a pie so-
cial, so bring a dessert and
give our cooks a break. The
following Monday we will
have Italian wedding soup
and supreme pizza.
Luke 1:78: “Because
of God’s tender mercy, the
morning light from heaven
is about to break upon us.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT — For our
first Tuesday meal of De-
cember, we thank the cooks
Terry Cade and Carrie Jew-
ell for making us a variety
of wonderful pizzas. They
also made us a great fresh
green salad and cookies. We
had 38 guests on our books
and 11 takeouts. Our greet-
ers were Bob Blakeslee,
Bodean Andersen and Mar-
va Walker. Bob led us in
the flag salute, and Bodean
made the announcements
and prayed the blessing of
our meal.
Sylvia Cockerell won a
free meal. Donny Lippert
won the Len’s Drug gift
card, and the lucky win-
ner of Chester’s Thriftway
gift card was Jessie Binger.
Bob Cockerell won the tur-
key raffle. We thank all our
generous donors for their
support of the Monument
Senior Center.
Last Monday, I was plot-
ting premeditated murder. I
went down to feed the goats,
and the billy goat, Steve,
was just shivering and look-
ing very pathetic. He lost
his position as the head goat
this past summer to Perry,
and apparently Perry didn’t
allow Steve to sleep in the
goat shed. The poor goat
must have spent the night
outside in the snow and
cold all alone. Well, this just
made me livid. (I’m such a
control-freak.) So, I stood
there staring for a while
contemplating what I was
going to do to Perry.
I thought about just
shooting Perry on the spot
for being such a bully to
Steve. But, then I thought
how was I going to move
the body? Would I just
leave it there? If I left it
there, would a predator
smell it and then attack my
other goats and eat them?
How would I dispose of the
body? Oh, so many thoughts
were whirling around in my
head. Finally, I just left him
alone, for now.
I found Felix outside the
fence later that same day. I
had the dogs chase him to
get him back in the gate, but
they bit him. So then Felix
hid under the barn and re-
fused to come out for about
three days. I left him there
to fend for himself. We fi-
nally managed to get him
back into the pen with the
others.
These goats are truly
a thorn in my side. I must
get rid of Perry and Felix.
They are the worst trouble-
makers, the rotten apples of
the bunch. Soon, very soon,
I will resolve this little is-
sue. Keeping my fingers
crossed, or somebody’s
gonna die! Ha.
Well, I hope everyone
will be preparing for a real
cold snap at the end of this
week. Supposedly, the tem-
perature in Monument is
going to be -5 degrees Fahr-
enheit. I don’t know for sure
because the weather fore-
casters keep changing their
reports. We shall see, but be
ready, just in case.
Isaiah 53:2 “For he
shall grow up before him as
a tender plant, and as a root
out of dry ground: He hath
no form no comeliness; And
when we shall see him, there
is no beauty that we should
desire him.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY — An-
other red letter day in the
proceedings of our center:
We received notification
from the Barbara Knudsen
Charitable Foundation that
they have awarded us a grant
that will enable us to have a
proper exit ramp and door
from the back room con-
structed. PTL. Of course,
because of the weather, that
won’t happen until spring,
but at least we are assured
that it will happen. Thanks
to all who labored over this
particular piece of paper to
get all the I’s dotted and T’s
crossed correctly.
We also got the heating
stove for the hall serviced
and repaired. Hallelujah!
Things are getting taken
care of, and I appreciate
all those who make it their
business to see that things
get taken care of.
Our Christmas dinner
will be on Dec. 14, so bring
your pies for the dessert.
We will not have a meal on
the Dec. 21, but will on the
Dec. 28. So make a note of
that.
Harold did the table set-
ting up; Larry, Carlos, Buzz
and Ken took care of the
deliveries; and Julia, Livy,
Donna, Gary and Veeann
helped out in the kitchen
and drink delivering. There
were 64 names on the book.
The gifts certificate
donated by Prairie Hard-
ware & Gift went to Larry
Wright. Buzz led the flag
salute, and Jack asked the
blessing.
We want to welcome the
Hacklers and Brooks. Hope
they will return. Lorna and
Krystin brought Lois Hill,
Dorothy Blasing, Marilyn
Randall and Otho Laurance.
We extended our sympa-
thies to the family of Ralph
Wilson.
The menu: Chili and
cornbread, fried potatoes,
green salad and brown-
ies with fudge frosting for
dessert. Mmmm. That sure
sounds good.
We made the trip to Bend
again for Derrol’s little op-
eration. All that the doctor
found was good ol’ scar tis-
sue that had grown over the
neck of the bladder. This
happened at least six times,
I think. He’s sure getting
tired of it. One more trip to
Bend for that post-op and to
see the neck surgeon. I’m
getting pretty good at mak-
ing that drive. Used to go
to sleep for most of it, but
now I remember most of the
sights along the route since
I am driving.
For those who want to
know how Derrol is do-
ing, he’s recovering nicely.
Made it to church for part
of the service on the Dec.
4. First time he has been
able to do that since Oct. 4.
(Hospital beds don’t count.)
He’s able to eat a regular
diet. Haven’t tried steak or
chops yet, but he had a BLT
while waiting in the recov-
ery room on Dec. 7. He said
it really tasted good, and he
ate the whole thing, plus
french fries. Whee!
Luke 12:23 “Life is more
than food” John 4:34 “Je-
sus said, ‘My food is to do
the will of Him who sent me
and to finish His work.’”
John 6:27 “Do not work for
food that spoils, but for food
that endures to eternal life
which the Son of Man will
give you.”
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