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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.”
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