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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, March 1, 2017 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Alma Joslin JOHN DAY — On Feb. 20, we had approximately 24 diners present to enjoy ham and navy beans, toma- to / cucumber salad, hash brown patties and home- made bread, topped off with cherry pie. Pastor Al Altnow and Rick Rhinehart delivered 37 lunches out plus 40 frozen meals to shut-ins. Ken and Merrie Henry took the Mt. Vernon route. Nicky Essex and Ron Dowse took care of the front desk. Our servers were from First Christian Church, but actually there was only Pas- tor Al to serve, so Chris Labhart helped him, and they did a great job. Karen Barrietua had come in early and set up the tables. Don Porter led the flag salute, and Pastor Al asked the blessing. Veanne was on holiday today, so Ron Dowse had the mic but no announce- ments. Norm Fowle won the Len’s Drug gift card, and Ken Henry won the meal for two at Valley View. On Feb. 23, we had ap- proximately 56 diners at the center. We enjoyed Swedish meatballs with egg noodles, whole kernel corn, whole wheat rolls and glazed ba- nana bread. The entree was furnished by Len’s Drug. Greeting us at the front desk were Drew Harmer and David Pasko. The Community Coun- seling life skills group de- livered 43 lunches out with Step Forward again deliver- ing the Mt. Vernon route. The life skills group were also our servers. The flag salute was led by Vicky Stoltz, and Walt Hall led us in the Lord’s prayer. Shay sent out a thank you to Nancy Wells Elliott for the mushrooms she donated. Kim Ausland brought a group from Valley View for lunch. They were Billy Drinkwater, Chuck Corwin, Dorothy Howard, Geri Pas- ko, Norma Rynerson and Carol Banks. The winner of the Ches- ter’s gift card was Helen Bogart, and Gregg Starr won lunch for two at Valley View. Thursday, March 2, we will have chicken Floren- tine lasagna, and Monday March 6, it will be beans and rice with sausage and cornmeal biscuits. Herbrews 13:9 “It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace.” The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. www.eomediagroup.com Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa MONUMENT — I think God has a sense of humor. Remember last week how I was talking about all the mud and melting snow? Well, apparently I must have jinxed it, because after we came home from church, it was a blizzard, literally. It was coming down in huge snowflakes! Here I was get- ting giddy over the thought of starting my seeds soon and planting — yeah right, maybe another month to go. I shall look on the bright side, more time to think and contemplate on the planting plans. Good thing there is always a bright side; some- times it’s hard to find but it’s there. I’m really excited about four bulbs ( I’m not sure if they are bulbs or starts?) of rhubarb plants. Yahoo! I found some at Bi-Mart when shopping, and I was ecstat- ic. I have been looking to get some, and I never really saw them in the catalogs. I plan on planting them with tons of chicken poop that I have been fermenting over the winter, and I hope I will have tons of rhubarb. I want to freeze them for rhubarb pie or rhubarb/strawberry pie. You know, I never had rhubarb pie before I came to Oregon. I tell you, I lived under a rock. Our cooks made us a wonderful meal of chicken enchiladas, Spanish rice, fresh green salad and lem- on cookies. Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell slaved over the kitchen to feed us, for which we are very grateful. Our greeters were Bo- dean Andersen and Marva Walker. Bodean led the flag salute and the announce- ments and prayed the bless- ing over our meal. The Len’s Drug gift card went to David Stubblefield. Pam Calahan and Dennis Abra- ham both won free meals. We had 44 guests on the books and nine takeouts. We had the honor of Har- old Preston from Prairie City, Otis and Kay Ricker from Mt. Vernon and Dick and Pam Wanous from Spray join us all for lunch. The Foot Clinic has been extremely busy. Her next visit will be April 4, and she has openings from 12:45 p.m. and on. So if you are in dire need to get your toes taken care of, please call to schedule your appointment. We had tons of people for our Feb. 25 sewing class! We had about 25 ladies and little girls show up, and we just had so much fun. I just sigh a happy sigh because my life-long dream of learn- ing to sew is being fulfilled. I have come a long way. Once while living in Cal- ifornia, I was hemming up a pair of my pants. I actually did a really good sewing job, and I was so proud of myself. That was until, to my utter horror and dismay, I saw that I had forgotten to turn the pants inside out be- fore hemming them up! Of course I discovered my er- ror after hemming both legs too. Sigh, live and learn. Psalm 66:1-2 “Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands; Sing forth the hon- our of his name: Make his praise glorious.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs PRAIRIE CITY — As- sistant cook Tom trimmed his beard and put on his Abraham Lincoln hat for to- day’s session. Then I quot- ed, “Four score and seven years ago,” to which he replied, “If you gave that speech today, what would the numbers be?” Oh, my. That would require figuring. He already had figured it. Can you? Get the calculator. Any- ways, it sure changed his looks when he trimmed his beard, I thought. Larry, Ken, Carlos and Ginger were the delivery peo- ple. Dave Traylor led the flag salute, and Tom Roark asked the blessing. Continue to pray for Buzz as he has a month of medical treatment to complete. He’s another one of those “tough ol’ birds,” so we expect to see him out and about later this year. Many thanks to the Prairie City Food Bank for their do- nation of mushrooms, apples, bagels, buns, bread, rice, pinto and other beans. You can have all you want. It’s free. The $5 in trade donated by Prairie Hardware and Gifts went to Jack Pickle. The $10 gift certificate donated by Huffman’s Market for the Feb- ruary birthdays was won by Jim Lunzman. I was in charge today since everyone else was gone. Hmmm. So we had or- ange juice, fruit salad, chili dogs and chocolate cake for dessert. And it filled us up quite nicely. There were 67 names on the registration book. Lorna and Krystin brought Otho Laurance, Lois Hill, Myrtha Fields and Marilyn Randall from Blue Mountain Care Center. Son No. 2 and most of his family were here over the weekend. One of the boys had to sleep in our shop with their little dachshund (named Hero). Around midnight, Hero has to go potty. So the child opens the door to let him out to do his thing. But Hero just stands in the doorway and barks might- ily. It scared the kid, so he got his phone and turned on the flashlight. There were about a dozen deer standing around in the yard wondering what all the fuss was. So he grabbed the dog and shut the door. Wait- ed a bit and when he opened the door all the deer had left the yard and wandered off to the church lot. And we never heard a thing. Ah, yes, the joy of small town life. Because he is such a little thing and very quiet, Hero gets to go to church with the family. What is extremely interesting about this whole thing is that daugh- ter-in-love Laurel is allergic to 99 percent of animal life. The only exception is dogs. When I was a kid at home, we all had at least one dog or cat to go to bed with on cold winter nights. Ah, the good old days. Which reminds me of the story about the granddaugh- ter who cut off the ends of the ham when putting it in the pan for cooking. Asked why, the answer was: That was the way mom did it. Why? That was the way Grandma did it. Why? Grandma revealed that she didn’t have a big enough pan. Exodus 12:26-27 “When your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ Then tell them ...” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at
