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Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY — On Jan.
2, we had our usual Monday
group of approximately 32
diners present for another great
lunch. We had German pork
chops in gravy (I cut mine with
my fork), sauerkraut, black
eyed pea salad, pasta veggie
blend, dinner rolls and lemon
bars for dessert.
Greeting us at the front
desk were Ron Dowse and
our new site council member,
Drew Harmon.
Virginia Miller and Mary
Lu Horton delivered 25 meals
plus 26 frozen meals went to
shut ins. These gals were rep-
resenting Blue Mountain Hos-
pital Auxiliary and also served
us. Virginia led the flag salute,
and Dale Stinnett asked the
blessing.
In Veanne’s absence Ron
announced the subzero tem-
peratures, which we experi-
enced last week.
My granddaughter, Kendra
Joslin, joined me for lunch.
She won the Len’s Drug gift
certificate, and Darlene No-
dine won the lunch for two at
Valley View.
On Jan. 5, we fed approxi-
mately 50 diners at the center.
We had a wonderful lunch con-
sisting of hand-breaded chick-
en fried steak, mashed pota-
toes and cream gravy, green
beans with bacon and onions,
whole wheat dinner rolls and
birthday cake for dessert.
The entrée was furnished
by United Methodist Thrift
Shop, while the birthday cake
was furnished by Driskill Me-
morial Chapel. The birthday
people for this month were Pat
Amling, Gene Essex, Rose-
anne Palmer, Danny DePriest,
Shay Lewis and Jeanette Sher-
idan.
Greeting us at the desk
were Ron Dowse and Marga-
ret Glass. Gene Essex led the
flag salute, and Dale Stinnett
asked the blessing. They rep-
resented the Church of the
Nazarene who were also our
servers. They were assisted
by Traci Andrew, Roseanne
Palmer, Gene and Nicky Es-
sex and Dale Stinnett. Joan
and Joel Tayles delivered 44
meals, and Dale delivered to
the Mt. Vernon area.
Veanne thanked Drisk-
ill Memorial Chapel for the
monthly cakes. She also gave
a big thank you to Glenn and
Roseanne Palmer for their do-
nations. They always give the
seniors a cash donation for
the use of the center for their
Christmas dinners. Besides
that they donated 120 place
settings of silverware. And a
new 42-cup coffee pot.
There will be a board of di-
rectors meeting at 12:30 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 9, at the center.
Also at 12:30 on Jan. 12 there
will be an annual meeting of
all interested senior citizens.
The agenda for this meeting
will be elections of officers,
election of board of Directors,
OTECC report on the findings
of their study, a financial re-
port, Ansel Krutsinger’s report
on the trust fund and, last but
not least, there will be a few
cash drawings.
Veanne is asking for volun-
teers for the lunch deliveries to
the Mt. Vernon area. She said
it is 12 miles one way with five
stops. Please contact Veanne at
541-575-2949 if you can help
her.
Start watching the tables
for all Grant County Histori-
cal Society newsletters. Linda
Stoltz will be putting these un-
der the vinyl table coverings.
They will be dated from 1979
to 1986.
My granddaughter, Kellyn
DeRosier, joined me for lunch
along with her two sons, Ash-
ton, 1.5 months, and Bryson,
18 months.
Norm Strawn won the Ches-
ter’s Thriftway gift certificate,
and Jim Stovall won the free
meal for two at Valley View.
Thursday, Dec. 12, we will
be having barbecue pork ribs,
potato wedges and three bean
salad, and Dec. 16 it will be
beef chop suey, egg rolls and
fortune cookies.
Hebrews 11:6 “Without
faith it is impossible to please
God.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT — Monu-
ment has been experiencing
some crazy weather. We’ve
had frigid temperatures of -22
degrees Fahrenheit in some
places, and that snow doesn’t
seem like it’s going to go away
anytime soon. This is our fourth
winter here in Oregon, and
we’ve not had the same winter
twice. Every time we’ve had
snow, though, it only stuck for
maybe a couple of weeks at
most. I think we are now going
into week four of the snow be-
ing on the ground. It does make
one work harder while doing
chores, but on the bright side,
I think I’m getting in better
shape. I’ve noticed that I’m not
huffing and puffing while com-
ing back up our drive. In fact,
I’ve kind of jogged up and had
no problem.
Because of the cold snap
and heavy snowfall, I’ve heard
of some crazy things happen-
ing. For example, 41 head of
elk froze to death while cross-
ing a river that broke. We saw
a bunch of elk way down, close
to the highway, and they were
eating on some old bales of hay
and they even ate down thistles
to just the stalks. I guess they
are very hungry and have had
to come down from the moun-
tains in search of food.
Well, for our Jan. 3 meal, we
had a small turnout. We had 33
people who braved the cold and
snow to come out for senior
lunch and five takeouts. Our
cooks Terri Cade, Carrie Jewell
and Terri Hamilton did a fine
job of making some delicious
meatloaf served with mashed
potatoes, gravy, dinner rolls,
green beans and peanut butter
cookies. I really wanted to eat
more because it was so yum-
my, but I restrained myself and
demonstrated self-control. Ac-
tually I don’t think I could’ve
eaten another bite without
bursting. Ha.
Our greeters were Bob
Blakeslee and Marva Walker.
Bob led the flag salute, and
Marva made the announce-
ments. Yours truly prayed over
the meal. Dennis Abraham won
a Len’s Drug gift card. Diane
Ganger and I both won free
meals.
Please keep Ron Odette
from Long Creek in your
prayers this week for he will
be having surgery Thursday,
Jan. 12. We pray that the doc-
tors will be able to be precise
in their work and remove all
cancer. We also want to pray
that the Lord would heal Ron’s
body from the surgery and all
cancer in faith, in Jesus’ name.
Ladies, hope you all can
come down and join us for
some sewing and some girl
bonding time from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14. We
break at noon to share a potluck
meal.
With all this time stuck in-
doors, I’ve actually finished
quilting another top. I can’t be-
lieve I finished it in like three
days. OK, my daughter helped
me do the ironing, because yes,
I hate ironing. Oh, and no, I
haven’t gotten to bake any
bread yet, soon though.
Psalm 96:4 “For the
LORD is great, and greatly to
be praised: He is to be feared
above all gods.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY — Have
you noticed that the days are
getting longer? So we will
enjoy the above-freezing tem-
peratures that will replace the
below-zero readings of the first
week of the new year. Remem-
ber “Baby, it’s cold outside”?
One time I was all outfit-
ted in my winter feeding-cat-
tle attire and an intrepid cattle
buyer drove out to where we
were loading the hay wagon.
He visited with Derrol for a
few minutes, then turned to me
and asked, “And who is this fel-
low?” When Derrol responded
with a testy, “That’s my wife,”
the guy just turned around, got
in his fancy rig and drove off.
There was nothing he could say
that would make the situation
better. We had a good laugh.
Moral of that is always know
your customer.
We had another intrepid
group come for a great first
meal of the new year. There
were 59 names on the book.
Harold was off on another of
his missions of mercy, so Bruce
did the announcing since I was
already taking Pam’s place at
the desk. Buzz and Ken did
the delivering. Bruce led the
flag salute, and Jack asked the
blessing.
Was good to have the
Brooks and Hacklers join us for
the meal. Other intrepids were
the Pickle trio. Hey, if Jack can
get out, so can you.
Jean Kline was the winner
of the $5 gift certificate donat-
ed by Prairie Hardware. Even
though it was a snowy, cold
day, the Blue Mountain Care
Center loaded up their contin-
gent of intrepid travelers: Otho
Laurance, Lois Hill, Marilyn
Randall and Dorothy Blas-
ing, all brought by Lorna and
Kendra. We had grape juice,
mashed potatoes, green salad,
fried chicken breast strips, a roll
and chocolate cake for dessert.
Yummy, yummy in the tummy.
Then we left for Bend to fi-
nally see the neck surgeon on
Thursday, Jan. 5. The road was
a little worrisome until we got
to Picture Gorge and then it was
a fine winter drive — plowed
and graveled all the way. Not
much traffic, which suited me
fine.
Derrol was “released” from
the doctor so he can drive
now. Be careful outside at this
time of year, so wear the col-
lar then. Otherwise, he can re-
sume his normal activities as
tolerated. Been a long haul. So
Dec. 6 he enjoyed shoveling
snow and driving to the post
office.
It’s the little things, right?
Speaking of the post office, I
noticed John Day is also doing
what our newly retired post-
master started. And that is mak-
ing it easy to mail items in your
city without them having to
make the roundtrip to Portland
and back. Yes. Some common
sense. Thank you. We could use
a lot more of that, huh?
1 Cor. 15: 33, 34 “Do not be
misled: ‘Bad company corrupts
good character.’ Come back to
your senses as you ought, and
stop sinning; there are some
who are ignorant of God.”
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