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Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIOR
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
On Monday, Oct. 2, I got
to show our newest mem-
ber of the Site Committee,
Everett King, how we greet
our diners. He is a better
student than I am a teacher.
Our servers Virginia Miller
and Marylou Horton were
from Blue Mountain Aux-
iliary, and prior to serving
at the table, they delivered
regular and frozen meals to
John Day and Canyon City,
while David Gill and Rod-
ney Bruser took the Mt Ver-
non route. All together they
delivered 30 regular and 59
frozen meals. I hope you all
know how much you are ap-
preciated.
Everett opened our time
with the salute to our Amer-
ican flag. The drawings pro-
duced the following winners:
Karen Barrietua won the free
meal, Virginia Miller won
the Len’s Drug certificate
and Frances Preston won the
last Harrison Ranch Produce
gift certificate as the Satur-
day Market will be closing
for the winter. Thanks to all
of our sponsors/supporters.
Dale Stennett gave the
blessing for our meal, which
was pepperoni pizza, toma-
to tortellini soup and pear
crisp for dessert. Jimmy Ma-
ple brought as a very special
guest his sister-in-law, Tina
Maple.
On Oct. 5, Ron Dowse
was at the helm and I “rode
shotgun” as greeters. The
folks from John Day Church
of the Nazarene were here
to serve us, including, Dale
and Corinne Stennett, Ever-
ett King, Roseanne Palmer,
and Vickie Harris. Dale and
Everett ran the John Day and
Canyon City meals out while
the Step Forward folks took
the Mt Vernon Route. They
delivered a total of 37 meals.
A special “thanks knucks” to
our set-up guy, Ethan Garrin-
ger and his buddy James.
Everett gave the flag sa-
lute to open our time togeth-
er. The drawings went to
Maria Strawn for the Valley
View meal and Janice Holt
for the Chester’s Certificate.
Dale gave the blessing on our
meal and we really dug in.
The Oktoberfest celebration
began with Polish sausage
and oven-roasted baby reds
with Brussels sprouts (spon-
sored by OTEC), dinner rolls
and birthday cake courtesy of
Driskill’s Mortuary Service.
Be prepared for our pie
social on the Oct. 19. And
our Halloween special will
be on Oct. 26. I have a sur-
prise — Gene has a costume.
Fun times, please be jovial.
Please remember those who
can’t be with us. I saw Hel-
en Bogart last evening at the
gathering of the Grant Coun-
ty Jammers, she misses our
group. By the way: The Jam-
mers gather to sing and play
from 5:30-7 p.m. on Thurs-
days. Also, Tai Chi is great
from 6-7 p.m. on Wednes-
day night. We have bingo
on Thursdays at 1 p.m., after
lunch.
Lunch on Oct. 11 is ba-
con-wrapped meatloaf, and
on Oct. 16 breakfast burritos.
I just love to look forward to
our meals — I never go away
hungry.
Hebrews 13:16 NIV “And
do not forget to do good
and to share with others, for
with such sacrifices God is
pleased.”
Prairie City Seniors
Frances M. Preston
I have the honor of being
a guest writer for the Prai-
rie City Senior Center while
Rose is away. Don’t worry,
she will be back real soon.
On Oct. 4, we had a deli-
cious meal to start off our fall
menu. It was advertised as to-
mato soup with rice and a sand-
wich, and let me tell you was
that ever “false advertising.”
We had a visit to the center
by a very special news report-
er from the Blue Mountain
Eagle — there is a clue fur-
ther down in the article. As
she was preparing her second
meal as head cook, Marjean
Koser was also being inter-
viewed. Action, action, ac-
tion!
Our new head cook, Mar-
jean left us with a whole dif-
ferent feeling about tomato
and rice soup. Now let me
tell you, I love tomato soup
but never in my life have I
eaten such delicious tomato
and rice soup, officially called
Provençal rice soup. Imagine:
tomatoes sliced very thin, cel-
ery, onions, rice all very fresh
and perfectly sautéed served
piping hot. If you don’t be-
lieve me ask Jim Hamsher
and Bruce Kaufman how de-
licious it was, and then came
the grilled ham and cheese
sandwich. To top that off: a
broccoli salad to die for; I
am not a lover of broccoli but
let me tell you that salad was
outstanding: large pieces of
broccoli, raisins, onions, cel-
ery, carrots, and a very tasty
dressing with a little tang. To
end the marvelous meal we
had perfectly baked spicy ap-
ple cake with cream frosting;
yum, yum just ask Angel I
think she had some.
Don’t you wish you had
been there? You missed out
on a special meal much more
than “tomato and rice soup
with sandwich.” It was en-
joyed by 60 very lucky peo-
ple.
Our big news is we have
our new exit handicap acces-
sible ramp completed, final
inspection done and ready
for business. The bad news is
Lorna and Krystin, our usual
folks from the Blue Mountain
Care Center, weren’t there.
We missed them and may-
be we can see how the ramp
works next week if they can
join us. We are excited to
have our new ramp which
was made possible in part by
a grant we received from the
Barbara Emily Knudson Char-
itable Foundation in Portland,
whose mission is to promote
education, health and vibrant
communities in Oregon. The
foundation supports direct
service programs and proj-
ects to benefit and strengthen
families and to assist individ-
uals of all ages with access to
resources to meet their basic
health and living needs.
So you can be prepared
when you join us this Wednes-
day at noon for lunch at the
Prairie City Senior Center 204
N. McHaley Ave. We want
you to enjoy the meal that will
be prepared by our new head
cook, Marjean:
• Meatloaf
• Creamy Garlic Mashed
Potatoes
• Belgian Salad (green
beans, peas & corn)
• Roll
• Raisin Squares
See you at noon on
Wednesday.
All are welcome.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our first meal for the
month of October was chili
dogs, French fries, a fresh
green salad, and peanut but-
ter cookies for dessert. Ter-
ry Cade and Carrie Jewell
did a great job of filling our
tummies and we thank them
very much.
Our greeters were Bode-
an Andersen, Jimmy Cole,
and Linda Blakeslee. Bode-
an led us in the flag salute,
made the announcements,
and prayed the blessing over
our meal. Jimmy and Linda
collected and counted the
money. We had 39 guests on
the books and 10 take-outs.
We had some visitors join
us for lunch: Harlan Nelson
from Vancouver, Washing-
ton. We also had Dick and
Pam Wanous from Spray.
The lucky winners of free
meal tickets were Ed Bustar-
do and Jimmy Cole.
There is information avail-
able for first time home buy-
ers for assistance and also
if you are in danger of fore-
closure. There is also ener-
gy assistance available. The
information is at the back
table in the senior center. An-
other announcement FYI, the
amount that was made from
the Buckaroo after costs was
around $15,000. Thank you
to all for your support and
participation.
Well, we had some drama
again on the Yukawa farm.
Sunday morning, while my
hubby was out taking care
of the animals, I heard some
gunshots. I looked out one of
the windows to see if there
was a skunk in the live trap
behind the house. I didn’t see
anything, so I went around
to another room and saw my
hubby. He said there was an-
other skunk in the coop and
was in there eating the chick-
en feed. He fired three shots.
The same dog got skunked
again. This is the fourth time
now.
I had to help my hubby
wash the poor dog. He was
not happy and it was miser-
ably cold, too. I better stock
up on some more hydrogen
peroxide and Dawn dish
soap. So, it took about 10 or
15 minutes to take care of the
dog and then I walked over to
take a look at the skunk to see
how big it was. I got about
12 feet from the coop when
all of a sudden that skunk
jumped up and stood on all
fours and I saw its bushy
tail up. Of course I did what
anybody would do in my sit-
uation, I screamed like a little
girl and ran away for dear life.
I screamed at my hubby that
the skunk had played “pos-
sum.”
My hubby came over and
had to shoot what he called
the “zombie skunk” again and
now my little kit coop is rid-
dled with holes in the screen.
Lucky for me, actually the
chickens, my wonderful hub-
by is building a new coop and
hopefully it will be complet-
ed before the snow comes.
This year has been really bad
for us with these skunks,
and I think for everyone all
around. Maybe soon, they
will go into hibernation?
1 Corinthians 2:14 “But
the natural man receiveth
not the things of the Spirit
of God; for they are foolish-
ness unto him: neither can
he know because they are
spiritually discerned.”
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