Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
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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.”
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