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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, December 21, 2016 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Alma Joslin JOHN DAY — Monday, Dec.12, we had a good turn- out for lunch. We had approximately 35 diners for a lunch of hot tur- key sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy, cauliflow- er blend vegetables, cranber- ry sauce and cranberry sal- ad with butterscotch cookie bars. Francis and Bonnie Ko- cis delivered 35 meals, and Veanne helped deliver anoth- er 41 frozen meals to shut-ins. They represented the Re- deemer Lutheran Church. They also served with the help of Betty Holznagel and Jeanette Kile. Margaret Glass and Ron Dowse greeted us at the front desk, and Betty led the flag sa- lute. Francis asked the bless- ing. I would like to thank Bet- ty Holznagel, Denise Seebart and Danny DePreist for help- ing Linda Stoltz in decorating the center for Christmas. Veanne read us some “Mothers Taught Me’s” and also asked everyone to please get their reservations in for our Christmas dinner on Dec. 22. Helen Bogart won the Len’s Drug gift card, and Jill Reeves won the free meal from Valley View. We just received word that Jim Lound passed away. Jim was a former member of our group and attended lunch here regularly. He had moved away last summer, and we will miss him. Thursday, Dec.15, we had lots of snow and freezing rain so didn’t expect a big turnout but had approximately 40 din- ers at the center. We had cheese- and spin- ach-stuffed meatloaf served with garlic mashed pota- toes, steamed zucchini and French bread. It was our pie social so we had a choice of desserts. Lots of good choic- es. Greeting us at the front desk were Jeanette Julsrud and Margaret Glass. Sherri Feiger and Chet Day delivered 30 meals in the John Day areas. Our servers were Louise Nelson, Isa Larkin, Becky Carey and Marge Con- lee. Marge led the flag sa- lute, and Becky asked the blessing. These gals were from the United Methodist Church. The only announce- ments Veanne had were it’s cold outside and the roads are bad. Dec. 22 is our Christmas dinner so be sure and get your reservations in. There will be lots of door prizes. We will be having glazed ham, scalloped potatoes, har- vard beets, and I’m sure there will be a yummy dessert. Monday, Dec. 26, the cen- ter will be closed. Merrie Henry won the Chester’s Thriftway gift card, and Louis Crabtree won the lunch for two at Valley View. 1 John 4:21 “Any one who loves God must also love their brother and sister.” J OIN US ON F ACEBOOK facebook.com/MyEagleNews Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa MONUMENT — If you weren’t at the lunch for Tues- day, Dec. 13, you missed a fabulous meal made by our cooks Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell. We had delicious and moist ham, scalloped pota- toes, carrots, dinner rolls and chocolate pie. We’re very grateful and thankful for our cooks’ hard work. Our greet- ers were Bob Blakeslee, Bo- dean Andersen and Marva Walker. Bob led us in the flag salute, and Bodean made an- nouncements and prayed the blessing over our meal. Max Breeding and Dorothy Jordan won free meals, and yours truly won the Len’s Drug gift card. The turkey breast raffle winner was Vonda Stubble- field. The 50/50 raffle was won by Bodean Andersen. Judy Harris wanted to thank everyone who volun- teered to help make the co- op lunch a few weeks back. All of everyone’s efforts helped to make a little profit for the senior center’s general fund. The Monument Christmas Bazaar was a success. Many people from all over came in support and also shopped for some last minute Christmas gifts. The raffle for the giant Christmas wreath made by Judy Harris was won by Car- olyn Thomas. Through the Grant County Hope 4 Paws “Alley’s Fund” program, we got a bunch of our cats fixed. If you have any animals that need to be spayed or neutered, please give Shei- lah a call at 541-575-0500 so they can help you financially pay for part of the procedure. We are so thankful for them for their help. Well, I won’t have to lock up Smokey in the dog kennel anymore. Ha. I am in utter disbelief that Christmas will be this week! I was unable to get to Bend to get our Christmas cards, so I opted to order a bunch of 4-by-6 pictures to be mailed out with our annual newslet- ter. Hopefully, those will ar- rive in the next few days so that I can at least mail them and have them postmarked before Dec. 25. We’ve had some pretty cold weather over here. We got over a foot of snow. The temps went down to -7 degrees Fahrenheit. We for- got to treat our truck, and our diesel engine jelled up. Sigh, but hey, on the bright side, we have a very white Christmas indeed. This time of year can be pretty hard for some folks. Many have lost loved ones this year and are still grieving. If you know anyone in that situation, just love on them. It can just be a phone call to see if they need anything or drop off a meal, dessert or even a card or note. From the founder of World Vision, “Break my heart with the things that break your (God) heart.” We can be the hands and feet of Jesus who came to seek and save the lost. He came to heal us spir- itually and reconcile us to the living God. Matthew 1: 23 “Be- hold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which be- ing interpreted is, God with us.” Prairie City Seniors PRAIRIE CITY — Our special guests were the chil- dren in the first and second grades at Prairie City Elemen- tary School. So our registration book had 89 names of diners in the hall and the takeouts, plus 21 children under the watchful eye of teacher Christie Winegar and her able helpers. Why were they here? Because during the fall, they had enough money (didn’t catch how) to pay for the meals of all those who came today, and they served the meal and bused the tables afterward! Now there’s a deal and a half! There were a lot of diners that paid before we at the reception desk knew that was going to happen. So they were offered their money back. Now this is the great part of the story. Only one person came to request his money be returned. Thanks so much to the rest of you who opted to just let it be a blessed gift to the center. And on top of that money, we received another gift from the United Methodist Church’s Ye Olde Thrift Shoppe: $1,000. Hallelu- jah and PTL! Our tables had the special red, folded napkins that Prairie Hardware gave us a while back. And when you get it unfolded, you have your own tablecloth. My they are huge! Each table had a large decoration bowl filled with Christmas balls. And, of course, our special Christmas tablecloths. Quite a festive sight. Being as how I was in charge today, I asked the kids to lead the flag salute. And boy did they ever! Then they sang “You’re a Grand Old Flag.” After that they waited patiently while we got through the other announce- ments, which included the $5 in trade donated by Prairie Hard- ware won by visitor Roseann Day. The Chuck’s Little Diner gift certificate went to Norma Montgomery. Jack Retherford asked the blessing, and then we were served our Christmas din- ner: olives, “snowballs,” fruit salad, sweet potatoes, deviled eggs, ham, rolls and all kinds of pie. We also were able to partake of sparkling cider on this spe- cial day. Donna Adams made a whole platter full of candy of all kinds for a treat for all the kids. I want to note that we served ages 16 months to 97 years old today. So you can come too. Lorna and Krystin brought Dorothy Blasing, Lois Hill, Hel- en Ricco, Marilyn Randall and Otho Laurance from the Blue Mountain Care Center. Was as good to see Mike and Helen Emmel, Mayor Jim Hamsher and Recorder Lyn McDonald today. After the kids got the ta- bles all cleared, they returned to the stage and sang two more songs for us: “All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth” and “Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas.” Great job, guys and gals. Fabulous job, Christie. We will not have our meal Dec. 21. But Dec. 28 will be a time for you to come and have soup — whatever Iva comes up with. But she wants you to bring your favorite board game or card game and have an after- the-Christmas-rush time of relax- ing with your friends. I’ve been looking for someone to play pi- nochle with for years! Come and make my day. At 8 p.m. Dec. 24 is the Prairie Baptist Church Christmas Eve service. Y’all come. Luke 2:16 “So they hur- ried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the manger.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at
