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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.”
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