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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, August 2, 2017 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Nicky Essex On Monday, July 24, I was at the desk and had Ron come along to help greet. Our friends from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ineta Carpenter and her daughter-in-law, Rachel, as well as Barb Pollock and Darlene Nodine, served us, and we so appreciate you all. Ineta and Rachel also took out meals to the John Day and Canyon City folks, while Rodney Bruser from Step Forward delivered to the Mt. Vernon folks. Al- together, they delivered 29 regular meals and 34 frozen meals. What a wonderful service you are doing. Rachel Carpenter led us in the salute to the Ameri- can flag, and Darlene No- dine said the blessing for our meal. Pat Amling won the drawing for the free meal, Roberta Dowse won the Len’s Drug certificate and Jan Ellison won the Harrison Ranch Produce certificate. We served 22 diners and had two takeouts. We ate seafood primavera (to die for), baked potatoes, homemade bread and luscious apple crisp. Veanne wants us to re- member there will be no senior lunch served here on Monday, Aug. 21. We will be having “Eclipse Brunch,” served mainly for our camp- ers in our parking lot, but the public is welcome as long as the food holds out. The cost will be $10 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under. This will happen Aug. 19-21. On Thursday, July 27, Jea- nette Julsrud and Bonnie Ko- cis greeted guests for lunch. Our friends Donna Wil- son, Jimmy Maples, Walt and Agnes Hall and Joan Vetter from St. Elizabeth Catholic Church were here to serve us. Walt and Jimmy took meals to those folks in John Day and Canyon City, and Michael, Rodney and Ron- ald from Step Forward took meals to Mt. Vernon. Walt Hall opened our time together with his very passionate leading of our Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag, and Jimmy Maples gave the devotion and prayed for our meal. Our drawings went to Jea- nette Julsrud for the Valley View meal, Agnes Hall for the Chester’s Thriftway cer- tificate and Larry Palmer for the Harrison Ranch Produce certificate. It was National Milk Chocolate Day. Our entrée was sponsored by Mt. Ver- non Presbyterian Church. We dined on meatballs marinara, bowtie pasta, veggies, French bread and, to honor this spe- cial national holiday, we had a luscious chocolate surprise for dessert. Oh my gosh, I felt obligated to eat all of mine — and would have felt obligat- ed to eat all of the leftovers too! Someone took pity on my tummy and removed the leftover crumbs. Veanne has eclipse infor- mation on the table closest to the greeter’s desk. If you can’t find it, ask and she’ll make more. Isaiah 41:10 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa Summer is whizzing by quickly. This hot weather is producing some tomatoes for me. I can’t believe that I am harvesting tomatoes at this time where I live. I usu- ally don’t get ripe tomatoes. Instead I have to pick them just before the frost comes, and they ripen in my house. Yay for us! I have found at least half a dozen pickling cu- cumbers from my volunteers plants. I got to harvest some Armenian cucumbers, and oh, it was so crispy and sweet. Gardening gives me such sat- isfaction when I get to eat the fruit of my labors. Well, let’s see now, our cooks Carrie Jewell and Chris- ty Howell made us some delec- table baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, dinner rolls, carrots and cake for our dessert. We thank our cooks for our very yummy meal. Our greeters were Bodean Andersen, Jimmy Cole and Linda Blakelsee. Bodean led us in the flag salute, made the announcements and prayed the blessing over our meal. Diane Gianger and yours truly won free meal tickets. We give a shout of thanks to David and Karen Stubble- field, along with Bob Cock- erell, for their help in fixing things around the Monument Senior Center and their con- certed effort to help keep everything running in good order. Not a whole lot of things going on in small town Monu- ment. Now, that’s OK because that means everyone is busy and staying out of trouble. Ha. We were gone a couple of days to Seattle to help cele- brate some big birthdays for my in-laws. I stocked up on some Korean food stuff at the Korean Market over there. We also went to this store called Daiso. It would be your Asian Dollar Tree store but with way better stuff! Cute stationary, little kitchen knick knacks, cute notebooks and other mis- cellaneous items. If you’re ever in Seattle, you have to check out that store. While in Seattle, we talked to an old friend of my hubby’s. This will give you a perspec- tive on people’s thoughts on the upcoming eclipse event. This friend said they were coming out to Eastern Ore- gon to see the eclipse. They were going to stay one night in Portland, and the rest, they were going to “wing it.” They planned on stopping on the side of the road somewhere to see the eclipse and pitch a tent and camp wherever they ended up. Hmm. I think many people with that mentality will be coming out to Grant County. So, be prepared by having some ex- tra food and fuel, for yourself and family and maybe some strangers. I don’t think they realize just how far out we are. Maybe they think they can just go and get a meal anywhere. I think they fail to realize also that they won’t have the convenience of hav- ing their cellphones working in case of an emergency. We hope and pray that everything will go smoothly and be un- eventful. Revelation 14:12 “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs By the time you read this, it will be only two and a half weeks until the big blackout. So be pre- pared. Watch it on TV! That way you won’t have to buy special glasses or make a trip or get a place to stay. Save you and the “path people” a whole lot of trou- ble. Then you can start preparing for Labor Day weekend — but first is the fair. I want to see the dogs go through their routines. It was July birthday recogni- tion day, and would you believe that there were eight names! Last month there was only one. So I had Joan Metlock draw the button from the cup and she drew number one: Larry Wright. So we all sang Happy Birthday to him because it really was his birthday, his 82nd. How about that! Thanks to Huffman’s Mar- ket for the $10 gift certificate for the monthly birthday drawing. Tom Roark got the $5 in trade donated by Prairie Hardware & Gifts. Bob Meador led the flag salute, and Jack Retherford asked the blessing. We had 74 names on the registration book overseen by faithful volunteer Pam Howard. Or big announce- ment is a big thank you to Ye Olde Thrift Shoppe for their donation of $500. That will cer- tainly help with the upgrade to the building. I managed to get our street number attached to the building, too, so we won’t have any more difficulty with people looking for us. I hope. Drinks included lemon- ade, iced tea, milk, buttermilk, coffee and orange juice. Food was pulled pork sandwiches with coleslaw, baked beans and grapes. Dessert was a cit- rus-flavored cake with a squirt of whipped cream on top. Mar- jean and Julia were the cooks with Veanne helping out. Did good, gals. The nice ladies from the Blue Mountain Care Center (sorry, I didn’t get their names) brought Otho Laurance, Lois Hill, Marilyn Randall and Joan Metlock. Made the trip to central Ore- gon twice this week. First went to Redmond so the urologist could see that Derrol’s water- works work well. Then two days later went back to Bend for the MRI on his other shoulder and consult with the surgeon about its repair. Wait until after the big blackout to have the surgery. Hope there won’t be any weird complications like last year! Since the moon is making news these days, do you real- ize that it has been a long time since humans first walked on the moon? 1968. That’s almost 50 years ago! Do you remember all the things that were supposed to happen due to that feat? Can you name one that did? The last mission to the moon was in 1972 – 45 years ago. And we’re still working getting to Mars. So what’s the hang-up? Man man- aged to work his way around the earth. But leaving the earth pres- ents a problem. You have to take air and water with you along with food. Or send a “creature” that doesn’t have need of those items. But man is a curious be- ing. Where does that road go? What is on the other side of the door – moon – solar system? What is inside the atom? Why is it so powerful? How did I get here, and where am I going? These age-old questions still are relevant today. So where are the answers? In your mind, in the stars, in books? Genesis 1:1 “In the begin- ning God created the heavens and the earth.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at
