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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle M ONUMENT S ENIOR REPORT J OHN D AY S ENIOR N EWS By Nicky Essex For the Blue Mountain Eagle Monday, Sept 25: Ron Dowse and I had the welcoming assignment, while the ladies from the LDS Church served us. Rachel Carpenter and Suzanne Tayson did table service after taking out meals to John Day and Canyon City. David Gill from Step Forward delivered to Mt Vernon. Altogether they delivered 32 regular and 24 frozen meals. Thanks to all of you! Rachel Carpenter opened our time by leading us in the flag salute. Draw- ings produced the following winners: Lon Davis won the free meal, Gene Essex won the Len’s Certificate, and Terry Sheets won the Harrison Ranch Certificate. Thanks to those sponsors! Suzanne Tayson led our prayer for the meal and we dined on linguini with clam sauce, green salad, baguettes and cherry cheesecake. We served 27 din- ers. Welcome to Carol and Ray Rickard and honored service dog, “Tiny.” Thursday, Sept. 28: Merry Hen- ry and Jeanette Julsrud did the greet- ing and our friends from St. Elizabeth Catholic Church served our tables. Walt and Agnes Hall, David Turner and Jim- my Maple have service down to a gift in their hearts! Prior to the meal, Da- vid and Jimmy took the John Day and Canyon City route, while Rodney from Step Forward completed the Mt. Ver- non route. Altogether they delivered 41 meals. I am always inspired when Walt Hall leads the salute to our American Flag, especially today! Our drawing produced the following: Coddy Stovall won the Valley View Meal, Kay Cotham won the Chester’s certificate and David Turner won the Harrison Ranch Produce Certificate. Jimmy Maple gave a refresh- ing devotional and prayed for our meal. We enjoyed “Gold Miner’s Chicken” (sponsored by Blue Mountain Hospital Auxiliary), garlic mashed potatoes, Tus- can white bean soup, and wheat rolls. For dessert, Lisa made lovely straw- berry cream pies. We served about 45 diners. Welcome to new friends Con- nie Perry and Nicky and Gene’s friend Contributed photo/Steve Clagett The night sky above John Day from Lake Butte. Mauggie (Marguerite) Hood! Announcements: Thank you so much to the following: Susan and Lar- ry Wyllie for all of the great zucchini! And, many thanks to Lake Creek Camp for your very generous donations! “Liv- ing Well with Chronic Conditions, a six-week workshop, will begin on Oct. 10. There may still be time to sign up for this free class! Call Veanne for info, 541-575-2949. Oct. 12, you can get your flu shots here at the center. Tai Chi will be held at the hospital every Wednesday at 6-7 p.m. Our own Lisa Pereira’s husband, Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Curt, is in Bend recovering from sur- gery. Please remember him in your prayers! Also Chef Shay needs a med- ical specialist who can identify the rea- son for his having several broken ribs and much pain for the last year. Isaiah 9:6-7b NIV: For to us a child is born, a son is given, and the govern- ment will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of His gov- ernment and peace there will be no end. (These verses are not just for Christ- mas! — Nicky) Our cooks, Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell made for us pork roast, scalloped pota- toes, fresh green salad, and blueberry pie for dessert. We thank our cooks for a most satisfying meal. Our greeters were Jimmy Cole and Judy Cavender. Judy Harris made the an- nouncements and led us in the flag salute. Jimmy and Judy collected and count- ed the money. Yours truly prayed the blessing over our meal. We had Donna Camp- bell’s sister and brother-in- law, Karen and Ron Thomas from Klamath Falls, visiting and joining us for lunch. Sharon Fall was the big win- ner for the free meal. We had 40 guests on our books and 10 takeouts. I shall now continue with my story from two weeks prior. My wise hubby had me slow down and put on the emergency blinking lights because he saw the rear right passenger tire (tongue twist- er for ya) bulging in a spot. I was pretty nervous because the speed limit in that par- ticular stretch of the road, or I think all of Washington state, is 75 mph. We were trying to get over to the Oregon side be- cause we thought we saw a tire store there but my hubby didn’t think we could make it and didn’t want to incon- venience others in case the tire did blow out. We came to a wide shoulder and pulled over. My awesome hubby changed the tire in about half an hour and we were on our way again. I’m so thank- ful my hubby was with me because I don’t know what I would have done if I were by myself. I probably would Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa have been panicking and crying? Ha. We thank the Lord for watching over us and giving us safe passage. God is good, all the time. Well, we are now in the month of October. I can’t be- lieve it. I picked the last of all my tomatoes and brought them in. I found some real- ly nice and big tomatoes but when I turned them over, there were holes in them! Grrrrr. The darn slugs had gotten into them. I’m pretty sure the slugs hijacked their way into my garden from some plant I got. I never had a slug problem up here be- fore. I am going to bait them with a bowl of beer and ketchup. They love that, they will come and drown. I need to remember to have a pair of disposable chopsticks and pick them up to put in a salty jar. Yes, lots of ways to torture the little pests. I never did get any lamb’s quarters this year to make my Korean dish. I got a bunch of the seeds, though, and scattered them all over the dirt around my house. I know, I just scattered what you all call “pig weed.” But, I tell you they are so good for you and rich in vitamins. Better than spinach! I hope there will be tons of it next year. Revelation 12:11: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony: and they loved not their lives unto the death. Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at
