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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.”
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