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Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT
—
I
learned something a couple
of weeks ago that made my
jaw drop. You all probably
know this, but it just totally
astounded me. Terry Cade
told me that sheep have tails!
When you see pictures of
sheep, they don’t have tails.
I have never seen a book that
said sheep are born with tails
and that they are docked or
banded off. I feel that I have
been deceived! I can’t be-
lieve that all this time I did
not know that sheep had
tails. Go figure, you learn
something new every day.
I’m going to have to share
this bit of knowledge (hee
hee) with my city friends. I
bet they haven’t a clue ei-
ther.
For our March 7 meal,
Terry Cade and Carrie Jew-
ell made us meat and potato
casserole, cole slaw, dinner
rolls, canned peaches and
peanut butter cookies. We
thank our cooks for their
hard work and are very
grateful.
Bob Blakeslee, Linda
Blakeslee, Bodean Anders-
en and Jimmy Cole were our
greeters. Bob led the flag
salute, and Bodean made the
announcements and prayed
the blessing over our meal.
We had 53 hungry guests
and four takeouts. The Len’s
Drug gift card was won by
Bob Cockerell. Brian Jordan
and Bob Yukawa both won
free meal tickets.
Here are some of the an-
nouncements that are com-
ing up that you might want
to know about. First there
will be the third annual
Monument Volunteer Fire
Department fundraiser go-
ing on March 25. They are
serving dinner at 4 p.m. and
at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 per
adult. Children under the age
of 10 will be $5. Tickets are
now on sale and available at
Boyer’s and city hall. There
will also be a dessert auction
going on. The venue will be
the Monument School gym.
The money raised will be to
purchase needed equipment
for our firefighters. Please
come and support our volun-
teers and our community.
Bingo will be going on
at 6 p.m. on March 25 also.
You can go to the fire depart-
ment fundraiser and have an
early supper at 4 p.m., come
to play bingo at 6 p.m. at the
senior center, and then have
a “snack” at the potluck din-
ner time. Ha.
Sewing class will be go-
ing on Saturday, March 18.
The time is from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. We share a potluck meal
around noon. Sandy Harris
has been coming and help-
ing some young ladies with
crocheting. So if you want
to sew or learn to crochet,
you know where to come.
Remember, it’s a free class.
There is a jar if you would
like to help donate money to
help pay for the rental of the
room.
The last announcement is
that there are tons and tons
of seed packets that have
been donated for anyone
who wants them at the senior
center. Come get some for
your summer veggie garden.
Proverbs 29: 2 “When
the righteous are in author-
ity, the people rejoice: But
when the wicked beareth
rule, the people mourn.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY — Prairie
City is a cool little town. Things
happen and we just take them in
stride. Cougars looking in your
storm door, deer wandering un-
der the apple tree, pigs taking a
stroll, geese talking over in the
little pond. This morning was a
new sight; a mule ambled by.
Hmm. Wonder where he be-
longs. Oh well. Back to break-
fast. Harold and Bruce did the
set-up. Larry, Carla, Ginger and
Carlos took care of the deliver-
ies. Commissioner/Mayor Jim
Hamsher led the flag salute.
And Jack Retherford asked
the blessing. And just so she
wouldn’t feel left out, Betty
Retherford was the winner of
the $5 gift certificate donated
by Prairie Hardware and Gifts.
(Jack won last week.)
Thanks to Gary and Mar-
lene for the dispensing the
drinks every week. It is really
appreciated. Julia helped in
the kitchen, too. Then there are
the silverware prewashers, the
pots and pans washer, the clean
dishes put-awayers, the chair
movers, the floor sweepers, the
announcer, the money counters,
the bathroom cleaners, the step
sweeper, etc., etc. It takes all of
us to make it work. Thanks to
you all.
We had apple juice, green
salad, cottage cheese, home-
made pizza with your choice of
white or red sauce on top, and
lemon bars for dessert. Yummy,
yummy in the tummy. Too bad
there were only 53 names on
the book. Where did everybody
go?
Lorna and Krystin brought
Lois Hill, Marilyn Randall and
Otho Laurance from the Blue
Mountain Care Center.
Table talk revolved around
some of our new residents’ ex-
perience with their out-of-town
friends who come to visit. One
such person arrived and had
forgotten to bring her shampoo.
No big deal, you know. She
asked which way to the near-
est Wal-Mart. Hmm. Let’s see.
Which is closer, Redmond or
Ontario? How about local em-
poriums? Which reminds me
of the time when a bridegroom
was coming from southern Cal-
ifornia to John Day. Asked the
bride which freeway exit to use.
We all had a good laugh about
that. This is culture shock.
Which reminds me of anoth-
er story: A young man came
to work for the Forest Service
from the big city. They put him
on a lookout. The first night
was quite traumatic due to
the fact that there weren’t any
streetlights out there.
People keep asking how
Derrol is doing. He is doing
great! The weight he lost in
the hospital in October he has
managed to keep off. Has been
doing physical therapy for his
neck for a couple months, and
that is going great, too. If we
could keep the hearing aids in
working order, it would be nice.
I blame the acid/alkaline ratio
in his system. Corrodes things,
like watch bands, glasses
frames. Even ticks run to get off
of his skin. The ankle that was
worked on last is complaining
from the walking that he does
for general exercise. Will get
that checked out. Hopefully a
screw hasn’t migrated to a bad
position.
Luke 12:22,23 “... do not
worry about your life, what you
will eat: or about your body,
what you will wear. Life is more
than food, and the body more
than clothes.”
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY — On March
6, we had approximately 30
diners at the center. It was
a good meal for a snowy
day.
We had red beans, rice
and spicy sausage links with
homemade biscuits and,
for dessert, spice pudding
cake.
Karen Bailey and Kris
Labhart delivered 35 meals,
plus 70 frozen meals went
out to shut-ins. Step For-
ward again did the Mt. Ver-
non route.
Jeanette Julsrud and
Margaret Glass greeted us
at the front desk.
Karen led the flag salute,
and Ben Leuthe asked the
blessing. Karen and Kris
were our servers from the
Blue Mt. Hospital Auxil-
lary.
Veanne announced the
Almost Spring Bazaar will
be held at the fairgrounds
pavilion on Saturday, March
18.
The cougar is still vis-
iting Prairie City. The
package thief of Canyon
City has been caught and
arrested.
Robert Smith won the
Len’s Drug gift card, and
Marianne Morris won the
free meal for two at Valley
View.
On March 9, we had ap-
proximately 40 diners at the
center, for lunch consisting
of beef stir fry, steamed rice,
pot stickers, fortune cookies
and cherry turnovers.
Jeanette Julsrud and
Bonnie Kocis greeted us at
the front desk. The entree
was furnished by Don and
Deda Porter. The flag salute
was led by Donna Johnson,
and Pastor Levi Manitsas
asked the blessing.
Pastor Levi is great at
circling the tables with the
coffee pot while the gals are
serving milk and juice. That
is a real treat.
Buzz and Margaret Glass
delivered 38 lunches out to
shut-ins. Step Forward did
the Mt. Vernon route. Our
servers were from Corner-
stone Christian Fellowship
and were Pastor Levi, Don-
na Johnson, Donna Mulder,
Zola Pike, Carla Anderson
and Nicky Essex.
Shay gave a thank you
to Vicki Harris for her
huge donation of rice and
beans. Veanne thanked Tra-
cy Andrew for the eggs she
brought in to share. She also
announced that Buzz Harris
is very ill and is in Idaho
with his son.
Thursday, March 16, we
will be having our St. Pat-
rick’s Day lunch, and it will
be corned beef with new
potatoes, onions and gravy
and roasted lemon cabbage.
The following Monday,
March 20, we will have rav-
ioli, salad and garlic bread.
Wilma Bauer won the Ches-
ter’s Thriftway gift card
and Darlene Nodine won
the lunch for two at Valley
View.
2 Corinthians 12:89
“Three different times I
begged the Lord to take it
away. Each time he said,
‘My gracious favor is all
you need. My power works
best in your weakness.’
So now I am glad to boast
about my weaknesses, so
that the power of Christ
may work through me.”
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