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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, September 6, 2017 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Nicky Essex Aug. 28, Merry Henry and I greeted while our friends from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints took care of serving us at the tables, and they got a workout. Our num- bers have been up since the beginning of the month. We had four full tables this week. Rachel Carpenter and Suzanne Taysom are new at this, and we really appreciate those regular diners who step up to help, es- pecially Billie Bullard. I know there were others too. Earlier, Rachel and Suzanne did deliveries to the John Day and Canyon City area, while Amber and Rodney from Step Forward took the Mt. Vernon route. These angels delivered a total of 31 regular and 26 fro- zen meals. Drew had “mic” duty. We didn’t have much in the way of announcements, but he did tell us it was National Turnover Day. We were honored by Jean Willey’s son, Pete, who opened our time with the flag salute. Pete and his wife, Ann Marie, were here visiting. Drawing winners: The free meal went to Suzanne Taysom, the Len’s Drug certificate went to Evelyn Sheets and the Harrison Ranch Produce certificate went to Kay Cotham. Dale Stennett gave the blessing over our meal. We had beefy cowboy bake (biscuit crust topped with taco meat and a cheesy cream sauce). We also enjoyed loaded mashed po- tatoes, Mexican corn and, for dessert, cheesy berry turnovers. I’m telling you, I was taught to clean my plate, but I really had to work at it; if you didn’t get enough to eat, you have a prob- lem. Thursday, Aug. 31, Drew Harmer was at the desk greet- ing, and the Blue Mountain Hospital Auxiliary was here to serve us. The crew included Virginia Miller, Mary Lou Hor- ton, Kris Labhart, Mary Jones and Jayd Roba. Jayd helped set the tables and serve. Thanks to all. Virginia and Mary Lou de- livered meals to John Day and Canyon City while Rodney and his crew took the Mt. Vernon route. Total meals delivered were 31 and 20 frozen. Virginia Miller did the flag salute, and drawing winners were Ronda Barnard, Valley View meal cer- tificate, Leona Meador, Ches- ter’s Thriftway certificate, and Drew Harmer, Harrison Ranch Produce certificate. Veanne shared that Larry Schmitz has passed away. His service will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, at the Elks Lodge. Larry’s son Joe has gift- ed the senior center with some of Larry’s possessions, some of which were spoken for quickly. Thanks so much, Joe. We had Hawaiian BBQ chicken with steamed rice, sun- shine carrots and banana mon- key bread for dessert. Yummy as always. Thursday, Sept. 7, we’ll have Salisbury steak and birthday cake, and Monday, Sept. 11, we’ll have ham and scalloped potatoes. I know others here will miss our sweet friend Carman Go- mez-Pascual (Balbina Escude- ro’s niece) as she has returned home to Spain. She so gener- ously stayed through three days of eclipse brunches to help us. Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa We’ve been having scorch- ing temps here in Monument. But hey, on the bright side, I’ve got tomatoes ripening on the vine, and that is wor- thy of praise. To combat this nasty hot weather, our cooks, Terry Cade and Car- rie Jewell, served us chef’s salad for our Tuesday lunch. There was a choice of turkey or ham meat or both for your salad. The other sides includ- ed olives, cheese, tomatoes, celery, boiled eggs, croutons and other such items. It was quite refreshing having some- thing cool to eat to offset the very unrelenting heat outside. Thank you to our chefs, and we are also grateful for our se- nior center that has air condi- tioning. We are very fortunate to have such a nice facility. Our greeters were Bodean Andersen, Jimmy Cole and Linda Blakeslee. Bodean led us in the flag salute, made the announcements and prayed the blessing over our meal. Jimmy and Linda collected and counted the money. Ron Odette of Long Creek and Charlotte Barker of Monu- ment both won free meals tickets. We had visitors Den- nis Dice and Joe Hitz join us for lunch. We had 48 guests on the books and four take- outs. A local supporter has gen- erously offered to match all the money we can get donated toward the purchase of new- er appliances for our senior center kitchen, up to $1,500. We need everyone’s help to make this happen and a great opportunity to make your do- nations count. We have a jar at the greeting table. Everyone pitching in will all add up and everyone’s help will be much appreciated. The board of the Monument Senior Citizen’s Association thank you all for your support and contribu- tions. Hope you all have marked your calendars for the upcom- ing Buckaroo Fall and Har- vest Festival. Remember that it will be on Sept. 23. Many donations are coming in for both the live and silent auc- tions. There will be a beer garden again this year, com- pliments of Jordan and Britta- ny Desadier. To go along with that beer, Jay Jay Snackfoods, has donated 400 handmade pretzels for purchase. If you would like more information, you can find the Monument Buckaroo Festi- val and Harvest Auction on Facebook. There you will find items that are being donated, auctioned and other pertinent information. You can get a sneak peek at the items up for auction. I don’t know about you all, but I sure am ready for sum- mer to be over and would love to welcome fall with open arms. The long, consecutive and hot days makes it a little difficult to do much outside. Hot temps, you will definitely not be missed in the least. Taking a siesta during the hot afternoon is my best solu- tion to keep busy, ha. Well, actually, after lunch, I sit down at my couch and I can instantly fall asleep in 15 sec- onds. The sofa must give off a sleeping pill or something. Psalm 119: 2 “Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs Our food for thought: “If you can smile when some- thing goes wrong, you are either an optimist – or a re- pairman.” So I’m smiling. We thought that Derrol would be having his shoulder sur- gery in early September, but the anomaly on the EKG got everyone excited so we have to have consultation with the cardiologist first. And unless the surgeon can get it moved, that won’t happen until Octo- ber. So Derrol found another rock/dirt project to work on for the interim. We took a tour to Green- horn and Olive Lake. The roads were interesting. Seemed like the ones in Grant County and on the Malheur forest were not as well maintained as the ones in Baker County and the Umatilla forest. Came back by Indian Rock Lookout, and that road is a road in name only. Whew. Lots of archery hunt- ers out there, too. My personal opinion is that if I had a tag for the Desolation Unit, I’d give it back. As the Harney Coun- ty buckaroo was heard to say: “Hell of a place to lose a cow.” But we survived the journey. Tried to come back by way of Lick Creek and over the top to Dixie Creek, but we took a wrong turn due to no signpost. Try again from this end. Ain’t life fun in Grant County? And can you believe 300 peo- ple on top of Strawberry for the eclipse? Now that is really stand- ing room only. But what a view. We were happy to welcome several new faces to our meal, one of which was Cliff Marsh, who Frances asked to lead the flag salute. Del Lake was the winner of the August birthday $10 gift certificate donated by Huffman’s Select Market. Since the closure of Prairie Hardware and Gifts, we have only one other gift certificate to give every month, and that is from Chuck’s Little Diner. Anybody got any bright ideas for this endeavor? We really appreciate the donations of all three businesses through the years. Thank you much. Tom announced that the zuc- chini monster was on the loose so you should lock your car doors and roll up the windows. He brought a large sack of yel- low and green zucchini, and Del Lake brought some from his neighbors, sized from small to humongous. Most of them went to new homes. Good deal. So after Jack asked the blessing, we had orange juice, couscous with hamburger sauce, corn on the cob, fresh green beans, rolls and a cream puff for dessert. Now there are two items in that list that I don’t remember eating before: the couscous and the cream puff. But I am here to tell you that they were both delicious. And I am sure that the 56 diners listed on the book would agree. And so was the corn on the cob. Yum, yum, yummy. Did you know that when our presidents and congressmen “retire,” they receive a salary of $174,000 to $223,500 (de- pending on their office) for life? Gee, wouldn’t that be nice? Is this what the founding fathers desired? I think not. Eccl. 5:10 “Whoever loves money never has enough mon- ey; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This … is meaningless.” 1 Tim: 6:10 “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at
