A8
Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
Monday, June 26, Mer-
ry Henry and I were at the
greeter’s desk. Darlene No-
dine and Ann Huffman were
our servers from the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. They also did the meal
deliveries for the John Day
and Canyon City route. Rod-
ney Bruser and Larry Palmer
from Step Forward delivered
the Mt. Vernon route. Alto-
gether, 31 regular meals and
32 frozen meals were deliv-
ered. Once again, we are very
grateful for your service to
our communities.
Ann Huffman led us in the
Pledge of Allegiance to the
American flag, and Darlene
Nodine asked the blessing for
our meal, our community and
our country.
We are so happy to have
Ron and Roberta Dowse back
home! They have been gone for
about two months, while Ron
had a successful bone marrow
transplant. At this time, we are
happy to say that he is in remis-
sion. The doctor told them that
it will take a full year before
Ron is at full capacity, feeling
very weak and fatigued, so
keep up the prayers for them.
Vickie Harrison won the
free meal, and Ron Dowse won
the Len’s Drug certificate in the
drawings.
We had Mexican baked po-
tato bar, with taco meat, cheese
sauce and all the toppings with
fresh melon and ice cream sun-
daes for dessert. We served 21
diners.
Thursday, June 29, Drew
Harmer and I were at the greet-
er’s desk. The ladies from Blue
Mountain Hospital Auxiliary
were on hand to serve at the
tables, including Kris Labhart,
Mary Jones, Chris Yriarte and
Mary Lou Horton. Mary Lou
and Sally Dunn made the de-
liveries to the John Day and
Canyon City route, and Rodney
Bruser and Mike Agopian de-
livered to those in Mt. Vernon.
I am sorry that I failed to get the
count for total meals delivered,
but it was more than 40, I be-
lieve.
Mary Jones led the flag sa-
lute, and Alma Joslin asked the
blessing for our meal. Leone
Meador won the free meal at
Valley View, Dusty Harris won
the Chester’s Thriftway certifi-
cate and the first winner of our
new Harrison Farm gift cer-
tificate, to be redeemed at the
Saturday Market, was won by
Karen Barrietuia. Thanks, Har-
rison Farms!
Shay did superb apple bar-
becue ribs, coleslaw, mac and
cheese, fried corn, garlic toast,
and for dessert, Lisa made a
delicious patriotic parfait. It
was all wonderful. We had 56
diners.
Merry and Ken Henry had
Courtney and David Wines-
burgh as special guests.
On the menu July 6 is chick-
en cordon bleu lasagna and
birthday cake, and July 10 is
cheeseburger-stuffed French
bread.
Don’t forget bingo here
every Thursday afternoon at 1
p.m. after lunch. Someone has
to win those big bucks.
Please remember, we are
looking for help busing tables
for the breakfast buffets here at
the senior center on Aug. 19-21
during theeclipse. Please talk to
Shay if you can help.
Mark 10:45 “For even the
Son of Man did not come to be
served, but to serve, and to give
his life as a ransom for many.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
We had a huge crowd for
our Tuesday lunch. Our great
cooks Terry Cade and Carrie
Jewell made us some deli-
cious pork ribs, baked beans,
pea salad, dinner rolls and
birthday cake. Yes, we were
definitely spoiled. We had 56
guests on the books and five
takeouts.
Our greeters were Bob
Blakeslee, Bodean Anders-
en, Jimmy Cole and Marva
Walker. Bob led us in the flag
salute. Bodean made some an-
nouncements and prayed the
blessing over our meal. The
free meal drawings were won
by Ed Bustardo and Phoebe
Yukawa.
We had quite a few visi-
tors that joined us for lunch.
The Monument Bible Fellow-
ship church was sponsoring its
annual vacation Bible school
with their partner church, Sa-
lem Heights. Many came over
to the lunch after the VBS end-
ed for the day. Among the vis-
itors were Dan, Nikki, Cassie,
Genevieve and Olivia Hughes
and Andrea and Brenna Pruitt.
These folks were a blessing to
our community for their time
and sacrifice for the kids of
Monument and nearby towns.
The kids love the VBS program
and learn about our Lord Jesus.
We thank all the volunteers that
helped with VBS and loving on
the kids of Monument.
We went into Bend the
other day to do some shop-
ping because I was really low
on fresh produce and fruits.
I’d say I was not going slow
by any means but you know
that you have to slow down
on those sharp turns that come
up on you suddenly. Well, this
guy came up behind me, and
then he was trying to pass
me, so I tried to slow down to
accommodate him, but there
was another car coming in the
other direction so he missed
his chance.
I thought I saw him pull
over somewhere just past
Mitchell, and then he was out
of sight. Well, just before the
Ochocos, he came up behind
me out of nowhere and zipped
around me. He was speeding
around another vehicle up
ahead also. After a few mo-
ments, I saw a huge curve
ahead, a big dust cloud, and
the car in front had slowed
down. ODOT had a huge
truck coming from the other
direction. He stopped also. I
then looked over to my left
and saw a mangled vehicle
in the middle of a field and a
guy slowly walking out from
the wreck. The crazy loon was
going over 70 mph around a
curve, tried to over-correct
and lost control. His vehicle
had flipped and was upside
down! He was lucky to have
survived the crash.
We saw ODOT making a
call to emergency services.
Several of us had stopped, but
the guy seemed fine and was
walking around. I’m sure he
will be sore after the shock
wears off. I think he looked
like one of those Rainbow
visitors from his appearance,
and he didn’t seem familiar
to the road curves in the area.
Beware and be careful on the
roads. We will be having lots
of visitors driving out here
this summer.
Matthew 18 “Whosoever
therefore shall humble himself
as this little child, the same
is greatest in the kingdom of
heaven.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Whew! Hope you didn’t
have too much damage from
the big wind that blew through
Monday night. I was very
grateful that we don’t have any
big trees near enough to harm
the house. I remember when I
was a child on the little farm in
Idaho and a gust of wind came
whooshing by. I ran outside to
rescue my bicycle, and an ex-
tremely large tree toppled right
behind me. Folks came tearing
out to rescue me! But it just
grazed the back of the bicycle,
and all was well. They inspect-
ed the tree and found that it was
rotten on the inside. Decided to
cut down several more around
the house!
Announcements: First, we
are pleased to welcome our
summer helper Ellie Justice.
Second, we would like to pub-
licly thank those who have
donated money in memory of
Helen Ricco and Buzz Harris.
Most of you gave a check, and
we were able to thank you with
a card. But some gave cash, and
we don’t know who you are, so
here is your thank you. We cer-
tainly appreciate the donations.
The home deliveries were
made by Larry and Carlos, and
Ken and Harold. Royce Dotson
led the flag salute, and Jack
Retherford asked the blessing.
Last week was June birthday
recognition day, and I won by
default. Could not find anyone
else to put on the list. Thanks to
Huffman’s Market for the $10
gift certificate. The $5 in trade
donated by Prairie Hardware
& Gifts went to Del Lake. Tom
even has a special birthday plate
for the winner’s dessert. And
that dessert came after we had
picked up our meal of spaghetti
and meat sauce, green salad with
your choice of creamy ranch or
Russian dressing, French bread
or garlic bread. The milk, but-
termilk and orange juice is still
delivered to the tables. So what
was the dessert? Peach cobbler
with ice cream. Mmm, good.
Thank you, Tom and Marjean.
There were 55 people who defi-
nitely enjoyed this meal.
Lorna and Krystin brought
Dorothy Blasing, Marilyn Ran-
dall, Lois Hill and Otho Laur-
ance from the Blue Mountain
Care Center. Lorna brought
brochures about the Alzhei-
mer’s seminar that they hosted.
Tom’s food for thought: A
buffet lunch is one where the
guests outnumber the chairs.
We don’t have that problem,
so come join us for our belated
Fourth of July lunch on July 5.
So the theme of this year’s
Fourth of July festivities is
“The Spirit of ’76.” What does
that mean — individually and
collectively? Do the citizens
born in the 21st century realize
that we have been a nation for
only 241 years? What kind of
spirit did it take to fight in the
Revolutionary War of Indepen-
dence? Was it the same spirit
through the War Between the
States, the Spanish-American
War, World War I, World War
II, the Korean Conflict, the
Vietnam War, Grenada, Ku-
wait, and then all the Middle
Eastern hostilities? Is it the
same “spirit” that is felt when
refugees and immigrants first
see the Statue of Liberty? I pray
that “we the people” do under-
stand what that “spirit” means
and where it comes from and
that freedom and liberty shall
not perish from the earth.
Lev. 25:10 “... and proclaim
liberty throughout the land to
all its inhabitants.”
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