A6
Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
Well, the rain is getting
warmer, the promise of sum-
mer is showing up in some of
my strawberries and flowers.
I am grateful for pretty good
health for the shape I’m in.
How about you?
On Monday, June 12, Merry
Henry and Dave Pasco were at
the greeting desk. The Luther-
an Church group were here
to serve us. Buzz and Bobbie
Gilmore and Betty Holznagel
did the table service. Prior to
that, Buzz and Bobbie did take-
outs in John Day and Canyon
City while Michael Hagopian
and Rodney Bruser from Step
Forward covered the Mt. Ver-
non route. Total regular meals
delivered for both routes were
27, and total frozen meals were
40. Wow. Think of the nourish-
ment the shut-ins and disabled
folks are enjoying.
Our flag salute was led by
Margie Conley, and Dale Stin-
nett gave the blessing on our
meal. The drawings went to
Nadine Smith, who won the
free meal and Bobbie Gilmore,
who won the Len’s Drug gift
certificate.
We dined on Polish sausage
and sauerkraut, baked corn cas-
serole — yum, ambrosia salad
and peanut butter cookies for
dessert to celebrate “National
Peanut Butter Cookie Day.” We
served 24 diners, including spe-
cial visitors from Lincoln City,
Rod and Marla Kaufman, cel-
ebrating their 47th anniversary.
On Thursday, June 15, Jea-
nette Julsrud and Dave Pasco
greeted our friends for our spe-
cial Father’s Day Dinner. Our
servers came from the Meth-
odist Church, including Den-
nis and Linda Dickinson, Ira
Larkin, Louise Nelson, Marie
Conley and Alva Conley. Jean
Willey did the table setup.
Earlier, Dennis and Linda
Dickinson delivered meals to
the John Day and Canyon City
route while Amber, Rodney
and Dolores from Step Forward
took the Mt. Vernon route.
Thank you all for delivering 40
meals in all.
Margie Conley led us in the
flag salute, and Dale Stennett
led us in the prayer for our meal
and our leaders.
Winning our regular draw-
ings were Maria Strawn, who
won the Valley View meal,
and Tom Roark, who won the
Chester’s Thriftway gift certif-
icate. We then had many draw-
ings for oldest dad, youngest
dad, most kids, most grandkids
and great-grandkids. Then we
made up some, so, I think most
men won something. Leone
and Bob Meador from Prairie
City joined us.
We dined on beef tips with
peppers and onions, garden
veggie pilaf, dinner rolls and
a wonderful green salad do-
nated by Lake Creek Camp.
In honor of our dads, we all
enjoyed rootbeer floats and
fudge. Our entrée was provid-
ed by Nydams Ace Hardware.
Thanks so much. Don’t forget.
Shay is looking for help during
the eclipse, during the brunch
each day. Please call him for
more information. Thursday,
June 22, we’ll have Mexican
Hat Dance Spuds (potato bar).
Monday, June 26, we’ll have
mushroom Parmesan chicken
in sauce. Don’t forget, we play
bingo every Thursday after
lunch, beginning at 1 p.m.
Romans 1:16 “For I am
not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ: for it is the power of
God unto salvation to everyone
that believeth; to the Jew first,
and also to the Greek.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
They’re back. The thorns
in my side are back. I don’t
know how they found their
way home, and yes, all five
of the goats returned.
A neighbor let us know
they were heading our way.
Grrrr. I must have jinxed
it when I was talking about
them the previous day. My
hubby says they are all go-
ing to be taken to be sold.
Anyone want to buy a goat
or goats?
Our diligent cooks Ter-
ry Cade and Carrie Jewell
made us some hearty meat
loaf, cheesy potatoes, green
beans, biscuits and lime Jello
cooler cake for dessert. We
had a yummy feast. There
were 44 lunches served and
six takeouts.
Our greeters were Bob
Blakeslee, Bodean Anders-
en, Jimmy Cole and Marva
Walker. Bob led us in the
flag salute. Bodean made the
announcements and prayed
the blessing over our meal.
Jimmy and Marva collected
and counted the money.
Here are a few announce-
ments you might want to jot
down on your calendar.
There will be no lunch
served on July 4, so please
don’t show up because you
won’t be getting any meals
that day.
Bingo night will be on
June 24 this month with a
potluck dinner to share. It
starts at 6 p.m. Bingo will
also be held on July 4.
This bingo time will be-
gin at 6:30 p.m. but no din-
ner. Hope you got that and
are not confused. Read it
again to make sure. Ha.
Well, I got that dreaded
cold that I thought I was
successfully avoiding. It hit
me hard. It started off by a
sore throat that progressed
to a nasty, stuffy, congested
head cold, I think I used up
almost two boxes of Kleen-
ex. The most awful part of it
was feeling so tired and run
down. I hope that the worst
part is over and that I’m on
the road to recovery.
At the very least, I was
able to can some strawberry
jam and strawberry rhubarb
jam before being completely
bedridden.
Bruce Hansen from Sau-
vie Island brought a bunch
of fresh strawberry flats for
some of us folks down here.
Thank you so much, Bruce,
and we all appreciate you
driving all the way over here
to bring them, your time and
friendship. I will save you a
jar.
I found this recipe from
this lady blogger I follow. I
cut the sugar down just a bit
from hers, and she cut her
sugar down from her grand-
ma’s recipe. It turned out
quite well.
My kids loved it. One
hint she wrote that I have
never heard of was putting a
tablespoon of butter to keep
the foam down.
It really worked.
There was just a little bit
of foam, and I didn’t have
it boil over like usual. I got
some pints and some jelly
jars, in all 30 jars altogeth-
er. I think cherry jam will be
next.
Habakkuk 2:1 “I will
stand upon my watch, and
set me upon the tower, and I
will watch and see what He
will say unto me, and what
shall I answer when I am re-
proved.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
The “food for thought”
for Father’s Day: a great fa-
ther is he who does not lose
his child’s heart. (Mencius –
whoever he is.) Anyway, it is
a good thought.
Buzz’s hens are produc-
ing, so you could get a dozen
of their eggs for a $2 dona-
tion to the center. Since I’ll
have another egg-eater in the
house soon, I got a dozen. You
just never know what will be
available here.
Andie Moles from Bank of
Eastern Oregon presented in-
formation about the new crop
of phone scams making the
rounds. The simple thing to do
is just hang up when the caller
starts asking for personal infor-
mation. Another case of “don’t
believe everything you hear.”
Del Lake led the flag salute,
and Jack Retherford asked the
blessing. Our faithful four did
the home deliveries. There
were 61 names on the book.
Marnie Mediger brought Wan-
da Madsen. Another visitor was
Cheryl Berry. Good to see you
all. Ginger Kendall was the
winner of the $5 in trade donat-
ed by Prairie Hardware & Gifts.
Our Father’s Day meal
had orange juice, scalloped
potatoes, ham with pineapple
sauce and cottage cheese with
pineapple and a cherry cob-
bler with ice cream for dessert.
Mmm, good. So, I finally got
the sand and potting soil with
fertilizer mixed into the soil in
my garden bed and managed to
get the seeds in the ground on
Flag Day. I get tickled reading
the seed package notice about
last and earliest frosts in our
area. Some years those dates
are the same. As I’ve said be-
fore, July 4 does not guarantee
a summer-like day. My dear
mother-in-law planted peppers
in her garden back in the ’70s
and then took a vacation to
Calgary in July. We were sup-
posed to tend to the garden. But
a frost came, and that was the
end of the peppers. And I know
a lot of you remember the time
that it snowed on the Fourth of
July parade. Which is why you
always take a jacket when you
leave the house, no matter what
the calendar says.
We made another trip to
Bend to see medical profession-
als. Derrol’s knee had to have
some attention. They tried an
injection, but that didn’t work.
So now have a knee brace that
seems to be keeping the pain in
check. Hooray.
Then we were supposed to
see the shoulder doctor in the
late afternoon – in the Old Mill
district. But the knee man called
the shoulder man and got us
moved up to late morning. PTL.
So we had two hours to find
the place. Took us an hour and
a half. And that was only be-
cause we finally stopped and
asked a workman (who was
also from out of town) for help.
He, naturally, whipped out his
smartphone and got us on the
right path. PTL again. And the
doctor decided that the problem
is either a torn rotator cuff or
torn tendon. So have to have
a special CT scan in order to
determine what the next step
will be. Hoping that the scan
will be on the east side of Bend.
We were certainly glad to be
heading east after lunch instead
of after supper. And don’t you
know, the farther east you get,
the lower the blood pressure.
Ps. 103:11, 12: “… so great
is his love for those who fear
him; as far as the east is from
the west, so far has he removed
our transgressions from us.”
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