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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, January 18, 2017 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Alma Joslin JOHN DAY — There was no lunch at the John Day Se- nior Center on Monday, Jan. 9, due to the weather. On Thursday, Jan. 12, Bonnie Kocis and Merry Henry, assisted by Merry’s granddaughter Belle Wal- czyk, greeted us at the door. Cornerstone Christian Fel- lowship were our servers. Brenda and Jay Taramasso delivered the meals. They, and Veanne, delivered 43 fresh meals and 34 frozen meals. We had beef ribs, Caesar salad, three-bean salad, rolls, potato wedges and peach crisp for dessert. Veanne told us Value Add- ed (Susie Q’s) is offering to shovel walkways for anyone who needs it. Call 541-575- 0715 and ask for Ka’lene. The Chester’s Certificate was won by Alva Conlee and Virginia Binschus got the lunch for two at Valley View. Thursday was our an- nual meeting and election of Board of Directors members. The election was unanimous for all seven positions. Ansel Krutsinger gave us an up- date on the trust fund. A lot of our investments will be maturing in the coming year. The trust committee will be meeting with Ansel to make decisions on how best to re- invest the money. Susie Snyder from Ore- gon Trail Electric Coopera- tive gave us information on the recent energy audit she did. Chris Labhart will be getting some prices on items, such as more insulation in the attic, new thermostats, new hot water system, LED lights and automatic doors. These were things identified in the energy audit as need- ing upgrading. Our building is over 40 years old now and in need of updating. Updates to the by-laws were dis- cussed and approved. Eight lucky people took home equal shares of the $200 in Grant County Greenbacks given as door prizes. It was a good meeting with everyone present given an opportunity for input on the senior cen- ter. We always welcome new folks to join us, and we have several committees that are usually looking for a new member. Come on over to the senior center and get in- volved. Thursday, Jan 20, the cooks are preparing pot roast, mashed potatoes and gravy. Monday, Jan 23, we will be having turkey pot pie. Come join us for excel- lent food and good fellow- ship. Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa MONUMENT — There’s still a tremendous amount of snow on the ground. We still have temperatures rang- ing from 1 degree to maybe high teens. Brrrr! We had a few days where it was sun- ny and blue skies, and I just have to say, those were some gorgeous days. The snow glistened and shone like di- amonds. My family and I love living out here. It truly is nice to see all the seasons, but I sure am glad that we don’t live somewhere like Montana or somewhere like that in the plains where the winter can be quite brutal- ly cold. I couldn’t imagine having to deal with cold like that, and that is why Monu- ment, Oregon, is just perfect for us. We had 31 guests who braved the snow to come eat lunch and 11 takeouts. Bob Blakeslee and Marva Walk- er were our greeters for the day. Bob led us in the flag salute, and Marva gave an- nouncements. Yours truly prayed the blessing over the meal. Carrie Jewell and Terri Hamilton cooked up some delicious pulled pork sand- wiches, french fries, cole- slaw and peach cobbler for dessert. We thank and appre- ciate our cooks for all their efforts and coming out to cook and feed us. Please keep Mr. Jack Cavendar and his family in your thoughts and prayers. He is a very important pillar in our community. I have an update on Ron Odette from Long Creek. Doctors performed surgery on him, and they assessed that the surgery went better than expected, praise the Lord. We pray that he would heal quickly and be able to come back home soon. We also had Janice Wer- ner who underwent gall- bladder surgery. Please keep her and her family in your prayers as well. Well, I finally baked some bread. I made artisan bread with a recipe I found on Pinterest. My kids loved it, and I can’t believe how easy it was to make. It real- ly is a no-knead bread. The only thing you have to do is prepare the dough a good 12-18 hours ahead of time, but that only takes like five minutes, literally. My next baking project is either making brioche bread or the Japanese Hokkaido bread. I found those online, too. We used to buy the Japa- nese bread in the Asian food store when we lived in L.A., and they were so delicious. The bread is super fluffy and soft. When I find just the right recipe for it, I will have to share it in a later article. I was informed by some- one that I can download from Youtube, so I’ve been downloading a bunch of Ko- rean cooking recipes. I have to have some of my comfort foods sometimes, and Maan- chi makes good and simple recipes. I just need to make sure I have the right ingredi- ents. I gotta have my Korean comfort food at least once a week. Revelation 14:12: “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs PRAIRIE CITY — We did not have a meal on this cold, frosty day. We were afraid that our snow-over- ice parking lot would be a safety hazard for our diners, so we canceled the meal for Jan. 11. Guess the word got out because I didn’t receive any frantic phone calls. So I thought I’d take the opportunity to muse about other things in my world. Such as a few “pet peeves.” This came up since I have been unable to find replace- ments for my special mu- sic-writing pens. Have used them for 30 years at least. Now they are nowhere to be found. Grr. And you may ask just what were these special instruments? Paper- mate flair. Had a nice foam tip that made it easy to fill in the ball on notes. Sure, I can get permanent markers that would work, but I really don’t want to breathe their odor. The new thing in pens seems to be “gel,” so I got some of those and will give them a try. Another item that came in with great fanfare that was real good was a break- fast cereal called Just Right. And it was. Ate it for a while and then it wasn’t available anymore. I don’t get it. If it works, why stop production? And that brings up the situation of “new and im- proved.” Is it really? De- pends on who you ask. My latest boondoggle in- volved the latch hook wall hanging for the eclipse. Had to send for some more background yarn, and when it came, it was definitely the wrong color. Had the same number, but that was about all that was the same. I fumed and fussed and final- ly fell back 10 and punted by taking out a portion of the background and making some more border lines with the “new” color. I knew that if I sent back the new batch with an explanation that it wasn’t the same color, the company would just fall back on the standard line: “Be sure to order enough to finish your project. That will ensure that you get all the same dye lot.” Yeah, right. Estimating the amount of latch hook yarn is apparent- ly something I have not yet mastered. Tried measuring every which way to try to figure out how far a “bun- dle” of 320 pieces will go. It looks like it would be easy, but I’m still working on it, I guess. Have you ever been in a “funk?” Wintertime is a nor- mal time to have such a con- dition. The days are shorter, and the sky is covered with clouds. I usually have it in the wintertime, too, but these past few months have been so occupied with Der- rol’s situation that I didn’t have time for one. I didn’t realize it until one of my friends commented that she was in a funk. And now that it is January and the days are getting longer, the time for being in one is past. PTL. So happy New Year. Let us move on to another year of service to the Lord and others. See you on Jan. 18. 2 Cor. 9:12: “This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God’s people but is also overflow- ing in many expressions of thanks to God.” OREGON CAPITAL INSIDER Get the inside scoop on state government and politics! We’re investing in Salem coverage when other news organizations are cutting back. OregonCapitalInsider.com Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at