A6
Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
On Monday, March 27,
Jeannette Julsrud and Nicky
Essex greeted us at the front
desk. The servers were from
the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. Darlene
Nodine and Ann Huffman
delivered 28 meals to John
Day and Canyon City. Billy
Howland and Step Forward
delivered five meals to Mt.
Vernon.
Darlene Nodine won the
free meal, and Merry Hen-
ry won the Len’s Drug gift
certificate. We had 24 diners
here at the center. Veanne
didn’t have any announce-
ments.
Shay prepared corned
beef in pastry, cottage
cheese with tomatoes and
scrambled eggs. Lisa made a
very tasty blueberry oatmeal
bake.
On Wednesday, March
29, 20 frozen meals were de-
livered. On Thursday, March
30, Jeannette Julsrud and
Nicky Essex greeted us at the
front desk. Our servers were
from the Blue Mountain Hos-
pital Auxiliary. Virginia Mill-
er and Karen Bailey served
us. There were a total of 28
delivered meals to John Day
and Canyon City, including
one delivered in Mt Vernon
by Billy Howland and Step
Forward. Dale Stennett said
our prayer, and Virginia Mill-
er led us in saying our flag
salute.
Veanne told us that Linda
Stoltz no longer has time to
take care of the brochures,
magazines or bulletin board.
If you would be interested
in taking over any or all of
these duties, please see Linda
or Veanne.
This was our April Fools
meal. Shay made spaghetti
with meat sauce. The noo-
dles were a fun surprise and
success! We also had corn
and rolls, as well as Lisa’s
cupcakes in ice cream cones.
In addition to our usual Val-
ley View and Thriftway door
prizes won by Drew Harmer
and Ron Dowse, there were
about 20 brown paper bags
drawn for and given out. You
should have seen all the cra-
zy things that came out of
the bags. I especially liked
the Groucho glasses. We had
several guests; Otis Rictar
and his wife brought several
family members and stayed
for bingo.
Thursday, April 6, we
will be having Parmesan
crusted chicken. This will be
our April birthday Thursday.
Come and enjoy some cake
provided by Driskill Memo-
rial Chapel. Then Monday
April 10, we’ll have tamale
pie.
Don’t forget bingo after
lunch on Thursday.
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Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
We had some yummy
hot roast beef sandwiches,
mashed potatoes and gravy,
green beans, dinner rolls and
birthday cake for our last meal
of March prepared by our
great cooks Terry Cade and
Carrie Jewell. We also had
quite the crowd, 59 guests on
the books and eight takeouts.
Our greeters were Bob
Blakeslee, Bodean Andersen
and Marva Walker. Bob led
us in the flag salute. Bodean
made the announcements and
prayed the blessing over our
meal. Marva was in charge of
the money exchanges.
Gary Doland won the
Len’s Drug gift card , Donna
Campbell won the Chester’s
Thriftway gift card and Judy
Bustardo won a free meal. We
give thanks to our generous
supporters.
We had some of the Grant
County Advisory Council join
us for lunch. We had Harold
and Frances Preston from
Prairie City and Veanne Wed-
dle and Ron Dowse from John
Day. Joe Phippen and Bruce
Kaufman from Prairie City
were also present. Pat and
Scott Reed joined us too for
lunch from Spray.
There was one announce-
ment that might pique your
interest. On April 22-23, there
will be free fishing available
to all residents of Oregon, no
license required. These free
days of fishing include fish-
ing, clamming and crabbing.
Hope you take advantage of
this great opportunity.
We’ve had a few gorgeous
days of sunshine this past
week. As I was driving down
our mountain, I was able
to get a panoramic view of
Monument. We’ve had quite
a bit of rain, and it just made
everything here a lush green.
I just love looking over this
little valley. Sometimes I just
want to pinch myself because
of the beauty, and I just can’t
believe I get to live here. I feel
that I have a taste of heaven
here in Monument.
Once, when my hubby and
I were driving home down
the I-5 corridor in Oregon,
we saw a very green, peace-
ful-looking valley. I thought it
was just absolutely beautiful
and wished that I could live in
a place like that.
Well, God is the ultimate
giver of good gifts, and he
knows the desires of your
heart because he put them
there. Four years ago, he
brought us here, and I can’t
imagine our lives to be other
than this life here.
We are so thankful and
blessed. We’ve been on an
amazing adventure. God is
good, all the time.
Having great neighbors
who look out for you and your
animals has been the other
factor that we love about liv-
ing out here. My goats had
escaped, again (groan, rolling
of eyes) and had a message
from neighbor informing us;
thanks, Joni! Of course, we
weren’t home when they had
their little escapade. Darn
those goats, they are such
pills. I might be saying good-
bye and good riddance to
three males soon. I’ll let y’all
know their fate, keeping my
fingers crossed. Oh, and pray
for me. Ha.
Psalm 57: 11 “ Be thou ex-
alted, O God, above the heav-
ens: Let thy glory be above all
the earth. ”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
I know spring is here be-
cause Derrol got out the lit-
tle electric lawn mower and
mowed our lawn! And he
wasn’t the only one. So here
we go, people.
The winter is past, and
the sun is shining so the
grass can grow so we can
cut if off. Noticed the cows
are eagerly chasing the new
shoots.
The cure for my hearing
problem was almost worse
than the disease. And it
hasn’t completely cleared
the crud from the tubes.
Phooey.
I know that I will never
take any Prednisone again,
though. The bad side ef-
fects finally showed up,
and they are taking a long
time to go away. Double
phooey.
Hope you had a nice
spring break. There were
people going to see grand-
kids, and grandkids coming
to Prairie City. The Howards
hosted their granddaughters
for the week.
Since Harold and Bruce
were gone, I got to do the
announcing — again. Ken,
Marjean, Larry and Carlos
did the deliveries.
Ken led the flag salute,
and Jack asked the blessing.
We had 58 names on
the book. Among those
were Helen Bogart and
Jim and Susan Kirk-
wood. Good to see them
all.
The birthday gift certifi-
cate donated by Huffman’s
Market went to Glenda
Brooks. Then the number
for the $5 gift donated by
Prairie Hardware and Gifts
was drawn. Guess who?
Glenda Brooks again. We
told her she better go buy a
lottery ticket!
Our lunch had apple
juice, broccoli cheddar soup
and calzone.
Don’t know how to spell
it, but it is a bread stuffed
with cheese and sausage.
Really good. I’m just learn-
ing so much about different
foods!
For dessert, we had
strawberry yogurt Bundt
cake with ice cream.
That was really good,
too. Lorna and Krystin
brought Dorothy Blasing,
Lois Hill, Marilyn Randall
and Otho Laurance from
the Blue Mountain Care
Center.
We want to thank a cou-
ple of members of the com-
munity for their cash and
meat donations this past
month. We really appreciate
your support.
Daughter-in-love Laurel
went to Boise for a TKW
tournament. Someone asked
if she had recovered from
the little auto accident. I
think so. She got prizes at
the tournament — along
with a shiner. Oops. Forgot
to duck that one.
Saw another “only in
Prairie City” sight the oth-
er day: Two dogs were
taking their goose for a
walk. I have no explana-
tion. That’s just what we
saw.
Deuteronomy
28:34
“The sights you see will
drive you mad.” Proverbs
23:33 “Your eyes will see
strange sights and your
mind imagine confusing
things.”
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