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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
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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.
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