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Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, October 18, 2017 A7 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Nicky Essex On Monday, Oct. 9, our wonderful friends and serv- ers from the Lutheran Church were here; we appreciate you all. Ron Dowse and I took “greeter’s duty” because no one signed up. Jeannette Kile did table setup while Bobbie and Buzz took out the meal de- liveries to John Day and Can- yon City. Rodney Bruser from Step Forward handled the Mt. Vernon route. Altogether they delivered 29 regular and 28 fro- zen meals. Think about that: 57 more meals were sent to people who may not eat a warm, nutri- tious meal otherwise. Jeannette worked on setup while they were out. Thanks so much. Bobby opened our time by leading the flag salute. Then we drew names for the free meal, won by Bob Meador, and the Len’s Drug certifi- cate went to Ken Henry. Buzz gave a wonderful blessing on the meal. We dined on Doritos taco salad, cheese quesadillas and, from Lisa’s loving hands, cinnamon twists for dessert. We welcomed some new and old guests: Christopher Wines- burgh (our house magician), Olivia Cornell and Bill and Evalee Reeves. We served 27 meals in the center today. Oct. 12 found Ron and Jeanette on deck; what would we do without Ron or Jea- nette? Cornerstone Commu- nity Church was our arms of service, including Zola Pike, Donna Johnson, Donna St. Cyr, Elisha Miller (miss you Henry.) and Pastor Levi, with his hands full of cups and the coffee for refills. Nancy Nichols and Buzz Glass took meals to John Day and Canyon City while Rodney Bruser from Step Forward took the Mt. Vernon list. Thirty-six meals were delivered. Don- na Johnson led the flag salute; Deda Porter won the Chester’s Thriftway certificate, and Pat Amling won the Valley View meal. Levi entertained before leading us in thanksgiving for our meal — it was fun. Our en- trée was supplied by the Blue Mountain Hospital Auxiliary. Along with bacon-wrapped meatloaf, we enjoyed twice- baked potato casserole, corn, homemade bread and berry cobbler for dessert. It was ex- ceptional. We served 67 diners today. Special guests includ- ed Carol Le Quiew, Jeannette Sheridan, Marji Mortonsen and Zola’s daughter Kaidee with her son, Cayden and daughter, Makenley. Don’t forget our pie social on Oct. 19. Bring your favor- ite if you can. We honor those who have passed on: Dave’s mom, Geri Pasko, and Butch Goslin. Please pray for their friends and loved ones left to grieve. I’d like to add to our prayer list, Billie Bullard, who is home with a possible spider bite, probably pretty painful; Maryanne Morris, who is un- der care for a serious condi- tion; and Lenore Thomason, who is back, but still a little weak. We had a great bingo group after lunch. Everyone is welcome at bingo, right after lunch every Thursday. Come play with us. We usually play from 1-4 p.m. Psalm 94:18-19 “When I said, ‘My foot is slipping,’ your unfailing love, Lord, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa For our Tuesday lunch, our cooks Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell cooked us up some yummy baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, dinner rolls, green beans and maple bars for dessert. Thank you to our great cooks for all their effort and hard work. 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 count- ed the money. The winners of the free meals were David Stubblefield and Lonnie Law- rence. Our visitors that joined us for lunch were Mike Voight and crew (they are working on the senior center roof) from Prairie City and Andy Shutz from Prineville. We had 49 guests on the books and five takeouts. The senior center will be open for the Halloween trick- or-treat time. The event will start at 4 p.m. Kids will be coming in from the communi- ty with their costumes on, and anyone is welcome to join in, either to give away candy and treats or receive them. We want to recognize and thank Bob Cockerell, Jan En- sign, David and Karen Stub- blefield, Heather Riggs, Terry Cade and Linda Abraham for coming out and emptying, cleaning and dumping out trash from the storage trailer. We thank the board mem- bers Karen Stubblefield, Linda Abraham and Lonnie Lawrence for sacrificing their time to go to Pendleton for a nonprofit organization board member training program. They braved the icy road con- ditions for their early drive and spent the day in Pendleton for our senior center. We want to thank Bob Blakeslee, Bob Cockerell, and Larry Vogt for their as- sistance with senior center’s appliances. A shout of thanks to Carrie Jewell, David and Karen Stubblefield and Syl- via Cockerell for putting food stuff back into our freezers. Lastly, many thanks to Ray Davis and Jimmy Cole for driving over to Hermiston to pick up some new appliances for the senior center. With the help of many, the workload was made light, and everyone is important to the body of this organization. Well, I think it’s safe to say that one can put away the summer tank tops and shorts away, maybe. Ha. We’ve had snow already here in Monu- ment, if you can believe it. The temps in the morn- ings here have been very, very cold. I don’t know about the rest of the people here in Monument, but it caught me off guard. I’ve heard many say that we might have an even more severe winter than last year. I think I am leaning toward that feeling too be- cause the first snow last year was Nov. 3. We are only in the beginning of October, and we’ve already had the snow and below-freezing temps, granted the snow didn’t stick, but still. Must make haste and prepare for the worst because winter is fast approaching. Revelation 14:12 “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs Hello again. Thanks to Frances for writing the col- umn for Oct. 4. This is why: We went to Bend on Sept. 28 so Derrol could have the nu- clear stress test the next day. He failed it and was admitted to the hospital for an angio- gram that afternoon. They found three arteries blocked – one 100 percent – and determined that a triple bypass was the way to go. That surgery was performed on Oct. 1. All went well, and we came home Oct. 6. He is up and moving and recovering. Was quite a week. … Shoul- der surgery is on hold for a while, as you can well expect. The day we went to Bend, Joel finished up the ramp proj- ect and went home, too. Bert came to Bend to spend the weekend with me, so that was nice. So, you learned that we have a new head cook, and we are looking for an alter- nate cook to fill in when ei- ther Marjean or assistant cook Tom has to be away. If you are interested, let us know. Also, be sure you do not park in a manner that would block the access to the new handicap ramp. Doesn’t do much good if those who need it can’t get to it. Delores Scott was the Sep- tember birthday winner of the $10 gift certificate donated by Huffman’s Market. This month’s birthdays will be cel- ebrated on Oct. 25. Christmas on the Prairie will be Nov. 18, and the senior hall will have tables available for you to use for a small fee. If you are a senior citizen, the fee is waived. And the seniors will have a table of their own, so if you have any item – besides clothing – that you would like to donate for the good of the cause, bring it in. Someone brought in a whole new supply of books for our library this morning, so come have a look through them, too. Pam registered 65 for the nice fall day. Carlos, Lar- ry and Ken took care of the home deliveries. Jerry Sheets led the flag salute, and Jack Retherford asked the blessing. And just like the sign on Front Street said, we had meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, a marinated vegetable sal- ad, rolls and a fruit bar with whipped cream on top for dessert. Another new thing got started last week, too. The milk, buttermilk, juice, tea and coffee are all available in the dining room so you can serve yourself. Gets people up and moving around and visiting. Lorna and Krystin brought Otho Laurance, Joan Met- lock, Lois Hill, Donna Black- well and Dorothy Bishop from the Blue Mountain Care Center. We want to thank all those who prayed for Derrol before, during and after this unex- pected surgery. It was – and is – a great comfort to know that you were doing so. James 5:16 “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at
