A6
Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
On March 20, we had a
group of approximately 35
diners in the center to enjoy
crab-stuffed raviolis with pe-
sto cream sauce and served
with tossed salad, Normandy
blend veggies and garlic toast.
Topped it off with pumpkin pie
bars that were yummy.
Pastor Al Altnow and Rick
Rhinehart delivered 38 regu-
lar lunches and 40 frozen ones
with Step Forward again deliv-
ering the Mt. Vernon route.
Meeting us at the desk were
Ron Dowse and Bonnie Ko-
cis. Our serving were from the
First Christian Church. Cathy
Altnow led the flag salute, and
Pastor Al Altnow asked the
blessing. Servers and cleanup
were done by Pastor Al, Cathy,
Jan Ellison, Sandy Johnson and
Karen Barrietua. Sandy, Jea-
nette Julsrud, Karen, and Deda
Porter wrapped silverware, and
as usual, Don Porter washed
silverware.
Veanne announced a board
of directors meeting. Everyone
welcomed Buzz Harris and his
son Jerry. Was great to see you,
Buzz.
The Len’s Drug gift card
was won by Sandy Johnson,
and Chris Labhart got the meal
for two at Valley View.
The board of directors meet-
ing was well attended. We have
been approved for funds by the
trustees to start upgrading our
hall. The first thing will be a
long overdue new water heater.
On March 23, we were
greeted at the door by Drew
Harmer and Margaret Glass.
Our servers were from St.
Elizabeth’s. Walt Hall and Jim-
my Maple delivered the John
Day and Canyon City meals.
Billy Howard, with Step For-
ward, delivered the Mt. Vernon
meals. There were 40 meals
delivered all together. Shay
made stewed chicken, noodles
with chicken gravy and green
beans for us. Lisa made a won-
derful strawberry dessert with a
pretzel crust. Her biscuits were
very tasty, too. Walt led the flag
salute, and Jimmy asked the
blessing. We had about 50 folks
come in for lunch. Buzz Har-
ris and his son Jerry joined us
again. The Chester’s Thriftway
certificate went to Buzz Glass,
and Kay Cotham got the lunch
for two at Valley View.
Veanne reminded us that
we need to be sure emergen-
cy services can get to us in an
emergency. It is a good idea to
hide a door key somewhere it
can be found in an emergency.
Another idea would be to give
a key to a trusted neighbor to
avoid emergency services hav-
ing to break into your home to
assist you. Veanne told us to all
bring egg cartons to the center
next week. The food bank do-
nated cases and cases of eggs
this week. They are in flats so
you need cartons to take eggs
home in. Also, Traci Andrews
has requested folks return the
cartons she has been donating
eggs in. The supplier would re-
ally like to get them back. We
had a really good turnout for
bingo. Come and give it a try
after lunch on Thursdays. The
blackout jackpot is $300, if you
get it within 63 numbers.
Thursday, March 30, will be
our April Fool’s meal. All the
cooks will tell us is that there
will be spaghetti. I heard talk of
some interesting door prizes too.
Monday, April 3, we are having
fish tacos. Don’t be afraid to try
something new. Shay and Lisa
are very good cooks.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
For our March 21 meal,
Terry Cade, Carrie Jewell
and Christy Howell pre-
pared for us chicken lo
mein, fried rice and fruit
tarts for dessert. I person-
ally liked the fried rice the
best; it had a good flavor.
We thank our cooks for their
hard work.
Our greeters were Bob
Blakeslee, Bodean Anders-
en and Marva Walker. Bob
led us in the flag salute, and
Bodean made the announce-
ments as well as praying the
blessing over our meal.
Bruce Kramer won the
Len’s Drug gift card. Jimmy
Cole won a free meal. Bode-
an Andersen won the Ches-
ter’s Thriftway gift card. We
give a shout of thanks for all
our generous supporters.
Don’t forget that there
is a raffle going on for that
big basket loaded with all
sorts of chocolate goodies
that you could possibly win
for that special lady in your
life. Tickets are $1 or six
tickets for $5. Good luck!
I have six garden beds in
my little hoop house, and
all are now fully planted.
I found some ever-bearing
strawberries and planted
them in one bed. Keeping
my fingers crossed and hop-
ing we will have some juicy
berries to eat this summer,
unless it’s one of those
where I won’t get anything
the first year or so. I see no
evidence of things growing
yet, but my little starts are
starting to sprout up. I have
a bunch of little tomatoes
that have sprung up and
some serrano peppers.
I wanted to plant three
little rows of spinach so I
made the rows and spread
the seeds generously and
covered them up. While I
was doing that, I kept smell-
ing dill. Well, after I plant-
ed, I looked at the package
and noticed that it was dill.
Yes, silly me, planted three
rows of dill! Did I forget to
mention that I sowed the
seed very generously? I al-
ways manage to goof things
up. Hmm, maybe I will need
that dill because I am going
to pickle some pickles for
someone in exchange for
cucumbers. I don’t do too
well with cucumbers where
I live.
So, I have a very help-
ful hint to share with you
all. My Korean cooking
lady on Youtube shared this
trick. You know those fresh
eggs that are hard to shell
out when you boil them?
Well, she said to let them
sit until they get to room
temperature, then boil them
(I start to time it when it
starts to boil, for 20 min-
utes), rinse in cold water
and let it soak for a little
bit. And voila! The shells
come off very easily. The
eggs are cooked just right,
not too soft and not too
rubbery. They are perfect
to make deviled eggs. I was
so excited because I tried
the other so-called methods
like the baking soda or vin-
egar when boiling. Try it
and you’ll see it works, too.
Just remember that the eggs
must be room temperature
before boiling.
Psalm 128: 1 “Blessed
is every one that feareth the
LORD; That walketh in his
ways.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Spring, spring, beautiful
spring. Amongst the “Ahs” are
the “Achoos.” Oh well, you
can’t have everything, huh?
The buttercups are in bloom up
Bear Creek, and that’s a good
sign. And the growing green
grass is giving Derrol the urge
to start mowing. Oh, let’s not
get too excited yet, OK? We
had to go to La Grande and
so missed a great meal: ov-
en-roasted chicken thighs,
macaroni and cheese, carrots,
a roll and cherry flan for des-
sert. Now that’s my kind of
meal. FYI, flan is a fruit-filled
tart. Am told that it was raved
over.
In other items of the day,
Buzz and Jerry Harris visited,
and Buzz led the flag salute.
Jack Retherford asked the
blessing. Harold did the set-
up. Ken, Larry and Carol took
care of the home deliveries.
Helpers included Julia, Mar-
lene and Gary. There were 64
names on the book. Bruce did
the announcing. Veanne want-
ed everyone to remember that
it might be important to let
neighbors or someone know
how to get into your house
in case of an emergency. The
winner of the $5 in trade do-
nated by Prairie Hardware and
Gift was faithful helper Del
Lake.
Krystin and Lorna brought
Otho Laurance, Richard Find-
lay, Lois Hill and Marilyn Ran-
dall from the Blue Mountain
Care Center.
I also saw that Alaina
brought hubby, Keith, to get a
good meal before they loaded
up and took off for the Mexico
mission trip. Four families and
a bunch of singles totaling 18
flew out of Portland on Mexico
Air “red-eye” Thursday morn-
ing for Guadalajara to do a
VBS in the nearby areas during
spring break. One of the young
people going went to China last
year. This should be a piece of
cake for him!
So why did we go to La
Grande? It wasn’t for Derrol
this time. I have been having
trouble with “gunk” in the Eu-
stachian tubes in my ears. Tried
an ENT in Bend last month but
couldn’t convince him of that.
But the nice man in La Grande
said he believed me. The cure is
progressively decreasing doses
of hyperactivity. PTL, I got the
“wired” effect. Told the neigh-
bors that, if they see our lights
on during the early hours, I’m
just cleaning house! The doctor
said that this protocol is de-
signed to “shock” the crud out
of the tubes. So far, so good.
Found this little nugget of
knowledge: George Bernard
Shaw declared that it was pos-
sible to spell the word fish this
way: ghoti. How? By using GH
as it is used in “enough,” O as
in “women,” and TI as in “na-
tion.” Isn’t English wonderful?!
Other ways are using PH as in
“physics,” U as in “busy” and
SI as in “pension.” I like this
one best: UGH as in “laugh,”
Y as in “hymn” and CE as in
“ocean” makes “ughyce” equal
“fish.” No wonder daughter-
in-love Agata thinks Polish is
simple compared to English.
Speaking of Poland, I finished
the 600-page book. Found an-
swers to questions and have
more to ask of her now.
Gen. 11:1 “Now the whole
world had one language and
a common speech.” Rev. 14:6
“... angel (proclaimed) ... to
every nation, tribe, language,
and people.”
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