A6
Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY — On Feb.
27, we had breakfast for
lunch with 25 diners being
present. Our cooks fixed us
Spanish omelets, sausage
patties, hash browns and
canned fruit with frosted do-
nuts for dessert. Great job,
cooks.
Ineta Carpenter and Dar-
lene Nodine delivered 35
meals out, plus 40 frozen
meals to shut-ins. Step For-
ward again took the Mt. Ver-
non route.
Manning the desk were
Jeanette Julsrud and Mar-
garet Glass. Darlene Nodine
led the flag salute, and Ine-
ta asked the blessing. They
represented The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. They were also our
servers.
Veanne didn’t have any
announcements. Ken Hen-
ry won the Len’s Drug gift
card, and Margaret Glass
won the meal for two at Val-
ley View.
On March 2, we fed ap-
proximately 56 diners at the
center. We had chicken Flo-
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rentine lasagna, capri blend
veggies, green salad and
French bread. It was birth-
day Thursday so we had
birthday cake for dessert.
The March birthday peo-
ple present were Wilma Bau-
er, Bill Toop, Marie Storm
and Kay Cotham. They had
their picture taken for Face-
book.
The entree was furnished
by John and Ewellen Willey
in honor of Jean Willey.
Joe and Jan Tayles de-
livered 45 lunches out, plus
four frozen to shut-ins. They
represented the John Day
Church of the Nazarene and
were helped by Step For-
ward, which took the Mt.
Vernon route.
Margaret Glass and Drew
Harmer greeted us at the
desk. Dale Stinnett led the
flag salute, and Pastor Bob
Douglas asked the blessing.
Serving us from the Naz-
arene Church were Adele
Wilson, Tracy Andrews,
Nicky Essex, Jean Tayles,
RoseAnn Palmer and Dale
Stinnett.
Veanne mentioned the
noise parade sending our
players to state playoffs. The
birthday cake was furnished
by Driskill Memorial Chap-
el, and owner Troy Hanson
was present to have lunch
with us.
RoseAnn won the Ches-
ter’s Thriftway gift card, and
Marie Storm won the lunch
for two at Valley View.
On March 9, we will have
beef stir fry, and on March
13, we will have French
bread pizza with pasta salad.
Don’t forget daylight saving
time begins at 2 a.m. on Sun-
day, March 12.
1 Thessalonians 3:11 “En-
courage one another and
build each other up.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT — Looks
like the snow and cold temps
are here to stay a little while
longer. We again had a little
mini blizzard come through
Monument Saturday night
along with some pretty loud
thunder and lightning. Yes,
the snow was almost com-
pletely gone, and then, poof,
it was back and covered the
ground up in its white splen-
dor.
But hey, we got more wa-
ter in the ground. Yay for us.
Living out here in the
country has definitely made
us more relaxed. We’ve gone
for over a week now with a
broken and leaky kitchen fau-
cet. Had this occurred while in
living in the city, heads would
have been rolling (probably
mine, ha) and frantic calls
made.
I did order a new one on-
line, and it still hasn’t shown
up. Living so remotely, you
just make do with what you
have and wait patiently.
We are thankful that we
can use our utility sink to
wash dishes. Thank you,
Jesus.
Just FYI, Costco has one
of the best return policies. I
found out I could return my
faucet for a full refund even
if I had bought it awhile ago
but just had it installed three
months ago. I was even told
some man had returned an
eight-year-old vacuum clean-
er and Costco took it back.
Can you believe that?
For our last lunch for
the month of February, Ter-
ry Cade and Terri Hamilton
cooked us some barbecue
beef sandwiches, french fries,
coleslaw and peach cool-
er cake. We had a nice little
feast. If you weren’t there,
you missed out.
Our greeters were Bob
Blakeslee and Marva Walker.
Bob led the flag salute, Marva
made the announcements and
yours truly prayed the bless-
ing over the meal. We all sang
“Happy Birthday” to Mr. Bob
who was going to celebrate
being 80 years young. Hope
he had a great birthday.
The winner of the Len’s
Drug gift card was Bruce
Kramer. Linda Abraham and
Linda Blakeslee. Both won
free meals. They were lucky
Lindas that day. Ha. We had
36 guests on the books and six
takeouts.
Our next sewing class will
be happening on March 18.
Hope you can make it to a
great time of sewing, crochet-
ing, eating and laughing. We
would love to have you.
Dinah Cowger is back
home, and I am arranging for
some meals to be delivered.
Please come see me if you
would like to help. God gives
us opportunities to be a bless-
ing to our community and
neighbors, to come alongside
them and to lift them up.
Don’t forget to change
your clocks this coming Sat-
urday, March 11. Yes, it’s that
dreaded daylight saving time
change, spring forward.
The person who thought of
this should have been tarred
and feathered, in my opinion.
I am not looking forward to
the time change at all, but I’ll
deal with it like a country girl
now, steadfast, patient and not
in a hurry.
Proverbs 8:17 “I love them
that love me; And those that
seek me early shall find me.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY — The
countdown to the eclipse is
continuing. It’s only six months
now until we will be inundat-
ed with onlookers. There will
probably be as many people
in our little valley as were here
during the golden days of 1862.
Maybe more. And where they
will park, and where they will
eat and where they sleep is the
big concern of the committee.
We want all these onlookers to
have a favorable impression of
our little burg, so if you have a
space that can be utilized that
weekend, be sure to let the peo-
ple who are in charge of these
things in your area know. We
were advised that our park-
ing area will probably be filled
along with the churches next
door and across the street. The
challenge will be keeping the
parking orderly and safe for all.
And you thought that we were
immune from such things out
here in the boonies. Remember,
it’s only for one weekend. We
will survive.
Bruce led the flag salute and
did the announcing. Jack Reth-
erford asked the blessing after
being informed that he had won
the $5 gift certificate donated by
Prairie Hardware & Gift. We re-
corded 64 names on the registra-
tion book.
Ken and Marjean Koser,
along with Larry and Carlos,
took care of the deliveries. Gary
and Marlene doled out the milk,
buttermilk and juice. Then we
ate coleslaw, “dirty” rice, meat
loaf, rolls and banana bread cake
with yummy cream frosting.
Afterward, a host of volunteers
worked together to do all the
clean up. Since Bruce and Wan-
da had some family visiting, I
recruited Ginger to help with the
money counting.
Lorna and Kyrstin brought
Dorthy Blasing, Lois Hill, Mar-
ilyn Randall and Otho Laurance
from the Blue Mountain Care
Center.
Back to the eclipse. I’m
making progress on the needle-
point project. It is a map of the
U.S. with the eclipse path from
Oregon through the center of the
county to South Carolina where
the path continues over the At-
lantic Ocean. No, we are not the
only county that will experience
the eclipse with all its attendant
onlookers, but most of the plac-
es will be of the smaller-town
variety. One of the fortunate
viewing spots is Kearny, Ne-
braska. That is where my moth-
er’s parents came from. And it
has been 99 years since a solar
eclipse crossed our county. So
just how often do solar eclipses
happen? Answer: at least twice
a year and sometimes as many
as five. So why is it such a big
deal this year? Because it is our
civilization, not out in the jungle
or over the ocean or other inac-
cessible place. Which makes me
wonder where it is on the rest of
the globe. Hmmm. Have to ask
Google, I guess, which will be
difficult since I don’t have inter-
net or a smart phone. Can any-
body help me with this query?
Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask and it
will be given to you; seek and
you will find; knock and the
door will be opened to you. For
everyone who asks receives;
he who seeks finds; and to him
who knocks, the door will be
opened.”
Editor’s note: While other
areas will see a partial eclipse,
the total solar eclipse will only
be visible from the United States
and parts of the Pacific and At-
lantic oceans.
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