Community
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27
Health Care for All Oregon program
• 6:30 p.m., Canyon City Community Hall, 129 S. Wash-
ington St.
The program will focus
on the quality, accessibility
and affordability of health-
care, and achieving a uni-
versal, single-payer health-
care system for Oregonians.
The guest speakers are Bill
Whitaker and Anna Maria Dill, members of Health Care for All
Oregon. A short video will be shown, followed by questions and
discussion about health care concerns and a legislative update.
The showing is sponsored by the Grant County Democrats, Or-
egon Rural Action and Blue Sage Ecumenical Council. The free
program is open to public.
WHAT’S
HAPPENING
SATURDAY, SEPT. 30
Annual fl y-in and breakfast
• 7-11:30 a.m., Grant County Regional Airport
Grant County Air Search will sponsor free airplane rides for
children in grades 1-12. Parental escorts are allowed, and re-
quired for children under 12. Breakfast will be catered by the
Snaffl e Bit, and the cost is $8 for adults and $5 for children. A
“The Star-Spangled Banner” fl yover and candy drop will also
be featured, and aircraft will be on display as available. For
more information, contact airport manager Haley Walker at
541-575-1151.
John Day Farmer’s Market
Eagle file photo
Reitta Wyllie and Luke Claughton blast each other with colored chalk during the Color Me Free Fun Run and Walk at
the Grant County Airport Industrial Park last year. The event is set for Sept. 30 this year.
Crafts, baked goods, produce, kids activities, entertainment,
information booths. For more information, call 541-792-0958
or email johndayfarmersmarket@gmail.com.
Color Me Free Fun Run and Walk
• 9 a.m., John Day Industrial Park
Heart of Grant County’s fourth annual run and walk to
kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month benefi ts the or-
ganization’s services and support for survivors. Participants
receive white T-shirts that paint throwers color during the
O utlook
• 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., SW Brent St., John Day
event. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and costs $20 per person
or $40 per family. Free hot dogs and water will be available.
The event starts at 10 a.m. For more information, call 541-
575-4335.
SATURDAY, OCT. 7
Harvest bazaar
• 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Unity Community Hall
Local vendors will have wares to sell, and 4-H and FFA
members will provide coffee, muffi ns and lunch.
SENI R
We had our ‘Goodbye
to Summer, Hello to
Fall’ meal. Tom had
an appropriate saying
for the day, too:
Everyone desires to
live long, but no one
Rose Coombs
wants to get old. Our
two oldest grandsons
had their 14th and 9th
birthdays this month. I barely remember being that old. How about
you
Larry, Carlos, Harold, and Ken did the home deliveries. And
President Harold was here to do the announcing and help with
deliveries and cleanup. Julia and Tom dispensed the milks and
juices. Ron Dowse led the flag salute, and Jack Retherford asked
the blessing. Del and Bonnie helped with the cleanup. Tom
announced that we need a volunteer to help with the dishwashing
for about 30 minutes after the meal. We registered 58 diners – or
dinners if you prefer. Vivian Rookstool won the gift certificate
donated by Chuck’s Little Diner. And we enjoyed lasagna, clean-
out-the-fridge green salad, rolls, and a vanilla ice cream cone with
sprinkles. I even went back for seconds. Scrumdidlyumptious.
(Boy, the spellchecker sure doesn’t like that one.)
Lorna and Krystin brought Marilyn Randall, Alma Joslin, Donna
Blackwell, and Bud Salisbury from the Blue Mountain Care
Center.
Prairie City
Seniors
Monday, Sept. 18,
Merry Henry and I were
on the greeter’s desk,
First Christian Church
including Karen
Barrietua who did
setup, Dusty Harris, and
Pastor Al Altnow
served us at the tables.
Pastor Al and Rick
Rhinehart delivered homebound meals in John Day and Canyon
City, while Rodney Bruser from Step Forward did the Mt. Vernon
route, altogether delivering 30 regular meals and 20 frozen meals.
Well done guys.
Yog Harris opened our time by leading us in the flag salute.
Drawings yielded the following winners: Dale Stennett won the
free meal, Jeanette Julsrud won the Len’s Drug certificate and
Dusty Harris won the Harrison Ranch Produce certificate.
Pastor Al said table grace, and 24 diners shared a terrific meal.
Shay did cheeseburgers with all of the trimmings and French fried
sweet potatoes. Add in cottage cheese, and for dessert, baked
apples with good crunch on top, it was a great lunch.
Announcements: Thanks to Terry Casey for a nice donation of
miscellaneous office supplies and a selection of new aprons. Come
have lunch with us when you get settled. Our Halloween Lunch
will be held on October 26, and it will be interesting. Please feel
free to costume up… I will.
Thursday, Sept. 21, Ron Dowse and I did the greeting, and we
were served by the ladies from “Ye Old Thrift Shop” at the
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
So much to write
about, hope I can fit it all
in. Firstly, for our
Tuesday, Sept. 19 lunch,
Terry Cade and Carrie
Jewell served us a filling
lunch of hamburgers with
all the fixings, curly fries,
macaroni salad, fruit, and
cookies for dessert. We
thank the two ladies for our delicious meal.
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. The free meal tickets were won by Judy Bustardo
and yours truly. We had some visitors present. Judy Cavendar had her
son and two grandsons with her. Vicki Rider from the Bank of Eastern
Oregon in John Day joined us. She gave some great advice for
precautions on giving away your personal information over the phone to
fraudulent criminals. We had 45 guests on the books and two takeouts.
I would have to say that the Buckaroo Festival went
fantastically. You should have seen some of the bidding wars going on
for some of those auction items! A couple of those items were Judy
Harris’ horse quilt that went for $700 and Sandy Davis’ hand-crocheted
blanket raked in over $600. Wow! There were also bidding wars on the
pies and cakes during the dinnertime. It was pretty exciting when
people were going back and forth with their bids.
In honor of Fall coming, Marjean had little ceramic pumpkin center
pieces on all the tables.
No more squash appeared, but there was a large bag of fresh green
beans to give away. Thank you to whoever brought them. I saw
several people eagerly filling their bags. (They could have my
share…)
So on to the on-going saga of Derrol’s next surgery: We had a
consultation with the cardiologist after the meal. Didn’t have to go
to Bend, PTL, because someone else had to reschedule in John Day
and we got that time slot. The doctor had to listen and look a long
time to find the heart murmur. Said if Derrol hadn’t had any
‘strange’ sensations in his chest, he would be cleared for the
surgery. But as long as he keeps experiencing the discomfort, it
would be good to rule out any heart problems. So he recommended
going ahead with the nuclear stress test, hopefully in the next
couple of weeks. That does have to be done in Bend. And the
results will be available that day. Then maybe we can get the new
shoulder joint. This one hasn’t quit complaining.
But we have nothing to complain about compared to those in the
paths of the hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes. When all you can
do is pray, then do it.
Luke 18:1 “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that
they should always pray and not give up.”
Romans 8:26 “…We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the
Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot
express.”
James 5:16 “…pray for each other… The prayer of a righteous man is
powerful and effective.”
Methodist Church. Jean Willey came in to set up the tables, Sherry
Feiger, Isa Larkin, Kathy Smith, and Louise Nelson joined her to
serve. Sherry Feiger and Chet Day made meal deliveries to John
Day and Canyon City, and Larry Palmer from Step Forward
delivered to Mt. Vernon. Total meals delivered were 36.
Isa Larkin led us in the flag salute, and the following folks took
home drawing prizes: Lon Davis won the free meal at Valley
View, Karen Barrietua won the Chester’s Thriftway certificate and
Jerry Sheets won the certificate from Harrison Ranch Produce to
be redeemed at the Saturday Market. Sherry Feiger said the
blessing after a brief devotional.
Ron Dowse gave announcements: “Living Well with Chronic
Conditions,” a 6 week workshop, will begin on October 10, there
may still be time to sign up for this free class. Call Veanne for
info, 541-575-2949. October 12, you can get your flu shots here at
the center. Tai Chi began yesterday, September 20, and will be
held at the hospital every Wednesday from 6-7pm. It was National
Pecan Cookie Day.
Welcome to Margie Coulee and Judy Spracken in case I missed
you before. Lunch was deviled sausage in red sauce with rice
(Shay’s wife is Greek, and this is a family favorite.) Green beans,
Texas toast, yogurt and pecan cookies for dessert! Wonderful,
Anne!
Next Thursday the 28th: gold miner’s chicken and garlic mashed
potatoes, then Monday, Oct. 2: pepperoni pizza and tomato tortilla
soup!
1 Peter 1:3 (NIV)3 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a
living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
The food was awesome. There was quite a hungry crowd. I
know my family and I were starving because we had skipped lunch
so we could pig out on the fabulous salmon and elk. We were not
disappointed. The cooks did a great job and they were all volunteer
men and women of Monument.
We thank Judy Harris and Jeannie Strange for all their hard
work and putting together the auction items for the event. We thank
Bruce Hansen for his generous donations and catching all that
salmon for us. We thank Ray Davis for the elk that was served. We
thank the many volunteers for their tireless help and many sacrificed
hours to put the event together and their hard work behind the scenes.
If you missed it again this year, there is always next year.
We had some pretty cold temperatures the past week and
some rain. Oh, I just love the smells and the scenery of Monument
after a rainstorm. It’s amazing how just a little bit of rain just perks
up the color of the grass and the hills, oh, and the big, white, and
puffy clouds were just peaceful to look at. I’d say that
Fall is definitely here.
There will be a sewing class on Saturday, October 7th. The
time is from 9am to 3pm. We share a potluck lunch at noon. The
class is free and open to all. Just bring your sewing machine, and if
you don’t have one, Judy might have one to borrow.
Sorry, looks like I will have to continue my previous story
for the following week.
Psalm 37: 27 “Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for
evermore.”
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