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Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY — On Jan.
23, we were greeted by
Drew Harmer and Ron
Dowse at the front desk.
Our servers were from The
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. Ineta
Carpenter and Darlene No-
dine delivered the 35 fresh
meals and 31 frozens and
then came back to serve.
It was National Pie Day so
we had turkey pot pie, pas-
ta salad and bread sticks.
Lisa made delicious coco-
nut cream pie for dessert.
Darlene led the flag salute.
Veanne reminded us that the
flu is currently very active
in Grant County. If you are
sick, please stay away from
others.
The elderly are especial-
ly susceptible to the flu so
please don’t bring it into the
senior center. Helen Bogart
won the free meal at Val-
ley View, and Dale Stinnett
took home the Len’s Drug
gift certificate.
On Thursday, Jan. 26, we
had pineapple chicken, rice,
glazed carrots and pistachio
delight for dessert. Dave
Turner and Jimmy Maple
delivered the meals in town.
Amber Wright and Billy
Scott Howland of Step For-
ward took the Mt. Vernon
run. There were 37 meals
delivered. Dave Pasko and
Jeanette Julsrud were at the
front desk. Walt and Agnes
Hall, Jeanne Madesh and
Joan Vetter, all from St.
Elizabeth Catholic Church,
were there to help Dave and
Jimmy serve and clean up.
Veanne told us time is run-
ning out to get your paper-
work in for property tax de-
ferrals. The deadline is the
end of the month. We are
still in need of a refrigera-
tor. The freezer in the one
we have is completely out,
and the fridge part is keep-
ing things cool, not cold.
If you have one you would
like to donate, please give
us a call at 541-575-1825.
Thursday, Feb. 2, we
will have our big game-day
meal. Shay is making home-
made chili. Lisa is making
cornbread and will have
finger foods. Feb. 6 we will
have turkey stuffed peppers.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT — The
snow is finally starting to
melt, well, just a little bit.
The roads are definitely
clear, but I can’t say too
much for people’s drive-
ways, including ours. I am
definitely not looking for-
ward to the melting. The
weather here has been con-
sistently below 20 degrees
in the evenings. Some of
the days are in the 30s and
almost 40, in case you live
outside of Monument and
were wondering. This has
definitely been the longest
duration for snow to stay on
the ground since we’ve been
here.
This long snow has been
giving many folks a hard
time. Many people have
lost calves because of the
extreme cold. Lots of peo-
ple are running out of wood
to keep their wood stoves
going. Pipes have broken,
and some people are with-
out running water or lack
of hot water. I think people
are running out of feed for
their animals too. I don’t
think spring can get here
fast enough.
Our greeters for our
Tuesday lunch were Bob
Blakeslee, Bodean Ander-
sen and Marva Walker. We
welcome Bodean back from
her long absence. Glad that
she is feeling better and
could get down her drive-
way. Bob led us in the flag
salute, and Bodean made the
announcements and prayed
the blessing over our meal.
Karen Stubblefield won
a gift card to Len’s Drug.
Jimmy Cole and Dave Clift
both won free meals for two
at Valley View. We had a to-
tal of 33 guests on the books
and no takeouts.
Terri Cade and Carrie
Jewell made us some fried
fish with tartar sauce/cock-
tail sauce, french fries, fresh
green salad and a cookie bar
for our dessert. We thank
them for all their efforts in
feeding us bunch of hungry
people.
We will be having a sew-
ing class for Saturday, Feb.
4. The class will be held
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
senior center. We will be
sewing, laughing, fellow-
shipping and sharing a pot-
luck meal. Hope to see you
there.
Our prayers are going
out to Dinah Cowger, who
was airlifted to Bend. She
had fluid in her lungs, and
we pray that she recovers
soon and comes home. I
would like to set up a meal
delivery when she gets re-
leased; if anyone is interest-
ed, please let me know.
Debbie Reid of Kimberly
is doing well after her hip
surgery and is recovering
nicely. She said this surgery
has given her new life, and
she is getting around pretty
well.
The days are getting a lit-
tle longer, and we are look-
ing forward to spring. I’ve
got great big plans! I’ve got
spring cleaning to do and
lots of planning and proj-
ects to set up. I’m sure most
will just not happen, but
hey, I can still dream. I need
to write these things down
so that I’ll remember and
plan accordingly. So much
to do and not enough time
in the day.
Revelation 11:3 “And
I will give power unto my
two witnesses, and they
shall prophesy a thousand
two hundred and threescore
days, clothed in sackcloth.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY — Do
you realize that it has been
a whole month since Christ-
mas? That means you only
have 11 months to shop.
Har, har.
So we had our annual
business meeting with elec-
tion of new officers for va-
cancies on our three boards.
I was so happy to know that
people are still coming to
our fair community, and we
are wanting to help it stay
a fair community. One of
those people was elected to
a position on our site com-
mittee. And I want to thank
the nominating committee
for their great job in finding
people to serve. Jean Kline,
Carla Wright and Bruce
Kaufman are to be praised.
Thanks again. And if you
want to rent the hall/center,
just contact Jim Hamsher.
So after we got done with
that, we had our meal. It
was January birthday recog-
nition day, too, so I looked
and asked and sought, but I
could only find two names
for the $10 in trade gift cer-
tificate donated by Huff-
man’s Market.
So I had Jean Kline draw
a number, and it was Pam
Howard’s. The $5 in trade
donated by Prairie Hard-
ware & Gifts went to Lyn
McDonald.
Our meal had orange
juice, cheesy potatoes,
green salad, beans and ba-
con, corn bread and a co-
conut bar for dessert. There
were 71 names on the book.
Buzz led the flag salute, and
Alaina DeHart asked the
blessing. I announced, since
Harold was off on another
mission of mercy.
Lorna
and
Krystin
brought Dorothy Blasing,
Lois Hill, Marilyn Randall
and Otho Laurance from the
Blue Mountain Care Center.
We made another run to
Redmond yesterday for a
doctor’s appointment, and
Derrol drove both ways.
And he had good roads to
do it on, too. Good thing
that he could, because I got
up, had breakfast and then a
panic attack appeared. Took
me about an hour to realize
what it was since I hadn’t
had one for a long time. Oh,
yeah. Pills. PTL. Anyhow,
the doctor visit was great.
Come back in three months
and see if he is still break-
ing records. (If you want
details, call.)
Jim Howard was in at-
tendance and looking good.
Hope you don’t get too
close to the flu bug and stay
well. And don’t fall down
on the ice, either.
Found another person
who has some pet peeves.
And another who is a pi-
nochle player. She said one
time she was in a group that
played five- and six-handed
pinochle. And it was “inter-
esting.” Boy, I guess. Can’t
quite figure out how that
would work. But, oh well.
To each his own.
Groundhog Day supper
is on Feb. 2 at the teen cen-
ter. This is another one of
those activities that make
our fair community so fair,
so if you can go, do.
Another activity is the
combined Easter service at
the Old Gym. I’m still look-
ing for singers to present
the offertory.
Practice is from 6:30-8
p.m. on Monday. My lead
soprano can’t be with us
this year, so if you can help
us out, it would be most ap-
preciated.
I Chronicles 15:16 “Da-
vid told the leaders of the
Levites to appoint their
brothers as singers to sing
joyful songs, accompanied
by musical instruments:
lyres, harps and cymbals.”
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