A6
Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
On Monday, April 10, Ron
Dowse and Jeannette Julsrud
were at the front desk to greet
us for lunch. We were served
by members from Redeemer
Lutheran Church, Jeanette M.
Kile and Betty Holznagel, with
Bobbie and Buzz Gilmore de-
livering meals to John Day and
Canyon City and Billy Scott
Howland doing the deliveries
to Mt. Vernon for a total of 30
meals. There were 26 frozen
meals delivered to John Day
and Mt. Vernon. There were
20 frozen meals delivered to
Seneca last week too.
Shay made a delicious meal
including tamale pie, cheesy
rice-stuffed peppers, green sal-
ad and blueberry slab pie for
dessert! We hosted 28 diners.
Linda Stoltz, Denise Seebart
and Danny DePriest have dec-
orated the center with lovely
Easter-themed decorations —
even to the hand-done Easter
baskets on each table.
Veanne announced that the
memorial service for James
Lound will be at 2 p.m. April
30 at the Methodist Church.
Betty Holznagel led the flag
salute, and Buzz Gilmore gave
the blessing. Nadine Smith
brought her son Robert as a
guest, and Robert won the free
meal in our drawing. Pat Am-
ling won the Len’s Drug gift
certificate. We are glad to wel-
come back Nancy Elliott, now
able to join us again as she is
unemployed, by choice.
Thursday, April 13, greet-
ing at the front desk were
Jeanette Julsrud and Drew
Harmer. We were served by
Cornerstone Church’s Carla
Anderson, Donna Moulder,
Kathryn Manitsas and Alicia
Miller. We enjoyed a lovely
meal of cranberry-glazed ham,
roasted sweet potatoes, broc-
coli and cauliflower in cheese
sauce, dinner rolls and “Easter
Bunny Cookie Cups.” Shay,
Lisa and Danny treat us so
well! We had 56 diners.
Our drawing winners were
Alicia Miller, who won the
Valley View dinners, and
Darlene Nodine, who won
the Chester’s Thriftway gift
certificate. Then, in honor of
Easter, there were about 12
more miscellaneous gifts.
Andy Anderson honored us
by leading the flag salute, and
Pastor Levi Manitsas led us in
the prayer for our meal.
Special guests returning
were Dusty and Yaz Harris,
Kristina Manitsas, Henry
Miller, Hawk Lee and Boyd
Britton, who also donated
our entrée today. We are also
pleased that Danny DePriest
is back with us.
Thanks to the Lutheran
Church for the lovely framed
piece honoring our national
motto, “In God We Trust,”
which will be installed next to
our flag.
Shay wants to thank the
Silver Spur in Mt. Vernon for
the great donation of peppero-
ni and cheese.
Thirty-six meals were de-
livered by Carla Anderson
and Donna Moulder in John
Day and Canyon City. Billy
Scott Howland delivered in
Mt. Vernon.
The Oregon Trail Electric
Cooperative annual meeting
will be April 29. Bus trans-
portation will be provided by
OTEC from the senior cen-
ter. It will leave here at 7:30
a.m. and return at 4 p.m. Call
Veanne at 541-575-2949 for
more information.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
I don’t even know where to
begin with the weather we’ve
been having. Let’s just say
we’ve had just about a little of
everything? We’ve had rain,
sleet, sunshine, cloudiness,
hail and the list goes on. I’m
sure the animals and plant
life are just as confused as we
the people are. I don’t know
if this is accurate, but I heard
that the Thomas Orchards will
not have peaches this year! I
will have to verify that state-
ment. I really hope that is not
the case. I will be so sad be-
cause I love peaches.
Terry Cade, Mary Cade
and Christy Howell prepared
for us chicken enchiladas,
Spanish rice, beans, fresh
green salad, pear slices and
cookies for dessert. Thank
you, ladies! Our greeters
were Bob Blakeslee, Bodean
Andersen and Marva Walk-
er. Bob led us in the flag sa-
lute, and Bodean made the
announcements, along with
praying the blessing over our
meal.
Jan Ensign won the $5 gift
card to Chester’s Thriftway.
Bruce Kramer and Earl Bin-
ger both won free meals.
We had a few visitors join
us for lunch. They came all
the way from Alaska, Bode-
an’s daughter-in-law There-
sa Andersen, granddaughter
Shannon and great-grandson
Jayden. Hope they enjoy their
stay here.
There will be a school
board meeting on April 19
regarding the FFA program
being replaced by Skills Pro-
gram. If you want to voice
your concerns about this deci-
sion, you will have the oppor-
tunity to do so that day.
A friend of mine is go-
ing to give me some rhubarb
plants because she has tons
of them. I think the ones I got
from Bi-Mart are duds and ar-
en’t going to come up. With
plants, it’s too bad that it’s a
hit and miss sort of thing. I
found some little lemongrass
plants at Len’s Drug store the
other day, and I was so excit-
ed. Did you know that if you
plant lemongrass around your
house that it is supposed to
repel mosquitoes, ticks and
fleas? They are also good for
use in cooking. I shall have
to bring them in for the win-
ter, though.
I’ve been seeing lots of
wildflowers growing all
over the place. One of my
girls loves flowers, so she
actually collected enough to
make a small bouquet to put
in a little vase. I don’t know
where she found them all
but it did look quite lovely.
That must mean we need to
go and visit Painted Hills
soon to see the wildflowers
bloom.
Life here in Monument is
peaceful and quiet. No dra-
ma, no traffic sounds to keep
you awake at night and no
city lights that prevent you
from seeing the stars in the
sky. I really need my hubby
to make that platform soon
so that we can lie on it with
our sleeping bags to star
gaze. Poor hubby, the list
of things to do seems nev-
er-ending.
2 Corinthians 10:3-4 “For
though we walk in the flesh,
we do not war after the flesh:
(For the weapons of our war-
fare are not carnal, but mighty
through God to the pulling
down of strong holds)”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Announcement:
Betty
Retherford says that there will
be music today from 11 a.m.
until they decide to stop. So
you better quit reading this
and get on the road!
We had 61 names on the
book for our Easter dinner.
Julia, Ken, Marjean and Car-
los delivered the take-outs.
Chester Willis led the flag
salute, and Jack Retherford
asked the blessing. Vivian
Rookstool was the winner
of the $5 in trade donated by
Prairie Hardware & Gifts.
Harold was glad because I
was at the registration desk
again. It is hard to be in two
places at once. (Ahem.)
For our meal, we had
juice, either orange or red,
cauliflower-apple
salad,
mashed potatoes and gra-
vy and Swiss steak. Dessert
was lemon poppyseed cake.
The steak was donated for
this meal, and we want to
again thank them for it. Too
bad there were those who
had other commitments and
couldn’t be there. But we are
glad to welcome Bob and
Leone Meador back to our
fair city.
Speaking of giving, we
have lots of dried beans of
various varieties that you
can take home. So have at it.
The lovely ladies from the
Blue Mountain Care Center,
Lorna and Kendra, brought
Dorothy Blasing, Marilyn
Randall and Lois Hill.
Our centerpiece for the
tables were a combination of
religious and secular sym-
bols for Easter. There were
the lovely ceramic eggs and
with them three crosses of
various colors made out of
popsicle sticks. We thank
Donna Adams and Tom
Roark for these remind-
ers. Derrol wanted to know
how eggs became a symbol
for Easter. I don’t know. Do
you?
Have you thought about
getting involved in any
community activity for the
eclipse? Those groups that
are thinking about things to
do to help with the needs of
those who will be coming
will need warm bodies and
helping hands.
If you are willing and
able, contact the city hall
and they will point you to
a group that could use help,
I’m sure.
Don’t know if the quilt
shop got many people to
make special quilts for the
occasion, but I have finished
my latch hook wall hanging/
rug and the needlepoint rep-
resentation. Just have to get
them ready for display. Gee,
wonder what I’ll do in my
spare time now?
The shoes that we took to
Bend to get the rocker sole
inserted are performing beau-
tifully. So got another pair and
will get them modified, too.
Then he can have one pair to
wear and one pair to air out.
My ears are still plugged,
but I can hear a little better.
Derrol says that now I know
what he has had to go through
the last 15 years. That’s called
empathy.
Luke 24:38-39 “He said to
them, ‘Why are you troubled,
and why do doubts rise in your
minds? Look at my hands and
my feet. It is I myself! Touch
me and see; a ghost does not
have flesh and bones, as you
see me have.’”
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