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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, May 10, 2017 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Nicky Essex My gosh, this sunshine messed with my schedule! How can it change from winter to summer overnight? On Monday, May 1, Drew Harmer and I had desk duty while the Blue Mountain Hospi- tal ladies, Joyce Nodine and Isa Larkin, served us. Prior to that, Joyce and Isa delivered meals in the John Day and Canyon City area. Marcus Perkins and Travis Estes from Step Forward deliv- ered meals in Mt. Vernon, for a total of 26 meals and 78 (did I say 78?) frozen ones. Well done! We served 20 diners here and enjoyed a wonderful beans with ham luncheon with corn- bread muffins, fried potatoes with onions and a lovely choc- olate parfait for dessert. If you can find a meal for $4 or $5 for lunch anywhere as good as this, please let me know! Come join us and find out. Best try Mon- day, because Thursdays could be crowded. Not really, we can almost always make room for a couple more. Please arrive at the center by 11:45 a.m. to eat. Veanne had news about Ron Dowse; he is scheduled for his bone marrow transplant on May 17. Please bring cards here, and Veanne will send them on. Con- tinued prayers are very much appreciated. Chris Labhart asked for volunteers to help here at the center during the solar eclipse Aug. 18-20. We will host campers here to a brunch each day. Need money takers and help with cleanup. We will have our annual Mother’s Day lunch here on May 14. Joyce Nodine led the flag salute, and in our drawings, Gene Essex won the free meal, and Bob Larkin won the Len’s Drug certificate. Dale Stennett gave the prayer for our meal, our community and our coun- try. Lyle Chesley was a guest of Merry and Ken Henry. Thursday, May 4, Jeanette Julsrud and Drew Harmer met guests at the front desk. The John Day Church of the Naz- arene served us for lunch, led by Trace Andrew, Jessie Elliott, Vickie Harrison, Roseanne Palmer, Dale Stennett and Ev- erett King. Joe and Joan Tayles along with Everett and Dale delivered meals to John Day and Canyon City, while Marcus Perkins and Travis Estes of Step Forward did the Mt. Vernon Route, for a total of 42 meals. We so appreciate our volunteers. It was the National Day of Prayer. Veanne said that all of the flags here at the center will be replaced with new ones. She had just received news that Ron Dowse is now in remission! There was a vocal celebration, and she added he will still have the transplant as scheduled. What a hallelujah moment! Everett King led the flag sa- lute, and Dale Stennett prayed for our meal, our leaders and our country. The Valley View meal was won by Nadine Smith, and the Chester’s Thriftway certifi- cate went to Janice Hunt. We celebrated Cinco de Mayo a day early with beef en- chiladas, refried beans, Mexican corn casserole, chips with salsa and, for dessert, birthday cake. Thanks to Driskill’s (and we licked the platters clean). Next week, we’ll have slop- py joes Monday and chicken Milano Thursday. Don’t for- get we play bingo at 1 p.m. on Thursday after a great meal! Psalm 116:1-2 “I love the Lord because He has heard my appeal for mercy. Because He has turned His ear to me,I will call out to Him as long as I live.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell prepared for us gou- lash (kind of like spaghetti, in case you didn’t know), mixed veggies, garlic bread and peanut butter cookies. It was very tasty and satis- fying. I’ll admit it, I actual- ly went back for one more piece of bread and a bit more of the goulash, and I think many others did too. It was a hit. Thank you, ladies, for the great meal! Our greeters were Bob Blakeslee, Bodean Anders- en and Marva Walker. Bob led us in the flag salute. Bodean made the announce- ments and prayed the bless- ing over our meal. Marva counted the money and took care of the attendance book. Pam Callahan and Dan Clif- ford both won free meals. Our little community will be truly sorry and sad to say goodbye to Leon- ard and Vicki Breck. Breck was the Ranch Manager of Longview Ranch. He is retiring and moving to Prineville. He and his wife were strong supporters of the town of Monument and the Monument Senior Cen- ter. They generously sup- ported the senior center with their monetary gifts and auction donations. They also supported the many local events and functions with their attendance. They truly made a mighty impact on our community and played a vital role in it. We wish them the best of luck in their new home and ask the Lord to bless them with good health, relaxation and well-earned rest from their hard work. Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Breck, for your example of good work ethics, generos- ity and loving your neigh- bors as you love yourself. You will be greatly missed, and there will be a big hole in the community. Monument had a couple of extreme hot temps this past week. When I say ex- treme, we went from temps in the 40s to 90! It was crazy. I had to dig out a tank top to wear outside and actually got a little sunburned, if you can believe it. Of course, we all had to go outside and enjoy the sun. The bad side, I got two mosquito bites, one on the back of each shoulder. The bright side to that, you may ask? At least I’m not swelling up like a balloon from the bites now. I started up some cu- cumbers, watermelon, can- taloupe and yellow squash seeds. I’m keeping my fin- gers crossed and hope they will be OK. I got some rasp- berry canes from a friend and was digging to put them near my hoop house. I just kept clanking the shovel, rocks, rocks and more rocks. Anyone need any rock? I’ve got plenty, it seems. The dirt looked good, just need to sift through the rocks, that’s all. Happy Mother’s Day to all you mamas out there! Call your mama if you can and tell her you love her. Proverbs 31:30 “Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: But a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs Things were a little top- sy-turvy, but it all came out OK. Tom and Carlos did the set up; Livy and Alan were as- sisting in the kitchen when Iva made an executive decision that she needed to seek med- ical attention. So Tom and his helpers continued to do what they were supposed to do, and we had our meal on time, and it was delicious! We of- fer prayers for Iva’s complete recovery. Larry, Carlos, Ken and Marjean did the home deliveries. Mayor/Commis- sioner Jim Hamsher led the flag salute, and Jack Rether- ford asked the blessing. I did the announcing. Frances in- troduced our new Prairie City Ranger Steve Guzman. Mayor Jim announced the upcoming Prairie City city-wide clean-up day on May 25. That’s just be- fore Memorial Day weekend. If you can contribute a rig to haul garbage away, please let Jim or the ladies at City Hall know. The winner of the $5 in the trade gift certificate do- nated by Prairie Hardware & Gifts was Tom Roark. Lorna and Krystin brought Dorothy Bishop, Lois Hill, Marilyn Randall and Otho Laurance from the Blue Mountain Care Center. There were actually two other help- ers, but they didn’t stay to eat. What happened was that the four residents formed a wheel- chair brigade to come to the hall so two of the pushers had to go back to their place of em- ployment. The bus came after the meal and took them on a little tour on this beautiful day. Our meal had orange or cranberry juice, red cabbage/ pickled beets slaw, roasted potatoes and carrots, roast beef and gravy, rolls and peach/mango cobbler for des- sert. Great meal for 67 people registered. Saw lots of sunburned skin in the evening. The people ex- plained that they were getting their vitamin D. Derrol had to see the dermatologist about a little spot on his ear. One of the questions he was asked was how many times he had been sunburned. We figured at least once a year, ahem. So he’s keeping busy mowing the lawn at Camp Elkanah. Take a big sun hat and also a rain coat – just in case: 80 degrees one day and a chance of snow two days later. Isn’t it fun liv- ing in Eastern Oregon? My three transplanted pop- pies have done a great job multiplying. Now if I could find a ground cover that would choke out the weeds and be tough enough to grow on the gravel pile this house and lot are situated on, I would be happy. Did you know the lawn mower was invented by an English engineer named Edwin Budding? He was in- spired by the revolving-blad- ed reel he saw trimming fab- ric in cloth mills. Would you have thought of that? Anyway that made having a lawn the thing to do for all people, not just the rich. A lawn 50 feet square can produce enough oxygen to meet the needs of a family of four. Some peo- ple are allergic to the smell of newly mown grass. Tell you why next week. I Peter 1: 24, 25: “For all the men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands for- ever.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at