Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
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G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
Hi, again, seniors and
friends! On Monday, Oct.
23, Merry Henry and I were
greeting, while Rachel Car-
penter and Suzanne Taysom
were getting tables ready to
serve.
Rachel and Suzanne had
already taken out home de-
liveries to John Day and
Canyon City. Rodney Brus-
er from Step Forward took
his regular Mt. Vernon
route.
Altogether, they de-
livered 31 regular and 28
frozen meals. Suzanne led
us in the flag salute, Carl
Swank won the free meal
and Merry Henry won the
Len’s Drug certificate. Su-
zanne said the blessing, and
we dug in.
Shay tickled our palates
with deviled clams, baked
potatoes, a “veggie medley”
and biscuits. Lisa’s dessert
was pistachio parfait, yum-
my.
We served 22 guests.
Thursday, Oct. 26, Bon-
nie Kocis and Jeanette Ju-
lsrud manned the desk for
our special Halloween din-
ner.
Costumes were worn by
the braver souls, and the
best costume came in as
“Cougar Sighting,” worn by
Linda Stoltz.
See the pictures on Face-
book. St. Elizabeth Catholic
Church, including Walt and
Gladys Hall, David Turner
and Jimmy Maple served us
at the tables.
David Turner and Jimmy
Maple took the meals out
for delivery to John Day and
Canyon City, while Rodney
Bruser and David Gill with
Step Forward did the Mt.
Vernon route.
Thirty-four meals were
delivered in total.
Walt said the salute to
the flag and dedicated it
to his longtime friend and
veteran, Melvin Kite, who
passed recently. Yvonne
Majors won the Valley View
meal, and David Turner won
the Chester’s Thriftway
certificate.
Jimmy Maples shared
scripture and said the bless-
ing for our meal. We ate
“roast beast” (our entrée
was provided by Tootie Cer-
nazanu in memory of Jim),
tombstones and spiders for
dessert.
We served 61 diners.
Our new guests includ-
ed Betty and Gregg Starr,
Dominique
Karpins-
ka, Louise Hobbs and
Anne Smith.
For your calendars: On
Nov. 9, we have a guest chef
coming. Ann Lewis will be
here directing our chef and
his staff as to how to pre-
pare moussaka, a Greek
dish, similar to lasagna, but
better.
Ann is Shay’s wife, and
you will enjoy her efforts.
Also, on Nov. 16, we
will serve our senior center
Thanksgiving dinner.
It is quite popular, so
be sure to make reser-
vations so you and your
guests can be seated
together.
1 Timothy 6:12 “Fight the
good fight of the faith. Take
hold of the eternal life to
which you were called when
you made your good confes-
sion in the presence of many
witnesses.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our last meal of the month
of October was cooked by
Carrie Jewell and Sahara Hy-
der.
They worked hard to pro-
vide for us a savory lunch of
sweet and sour chicken over
rice, a fresh green salad, fruit
cocktail and cookies for des-
sert. We had 52 guests on the
books and six takeouts.
Our greeters were Jan
Ensign and Jimmy Cole. Jan
made the announcements and
led us in the flag salute. Yours
truly prayed the blessing over
our meal. Jimmy Cole col-
lected and counted the mon-
ey. Now talk about luck, the
winners of the free meal tick-
ets went to husband and wife,
Ed and Sharon Falls. No, it
wasn’t rigged, I can assure
you. The tickets were drawn
by two different people. Cra-
zy, right?
Here is some news in re-
gards to some in our Monu-
ment senior community. Bob
Blakeslee suffered a stroke
and was taken to the Blue
Mountain Hospital in John
Day. Our prayers go out to
Bob, Linda and his family.
May the Lord heal his body
and bring him home soon.
Judy Harris will be coming
home from the hospital soon
after knee surgery. We hope
and pray that all went well and
she will soon be mobile again.
Patty Johnson is doing well
after suffering two strokes
and is expected to come home
Nov. 3. It was great to see Mr.
Jay Ball make it to lunch af-
ter suffering a diabetic coma.
We praise our Lord who has
the power to heal our sickness
and mend our broken bodies!
There was an announce-
ment made that, if anyone
is donating any magazines,
they need to be current (i.e.,
the current calendar year) be-
cause there just isn’t enough
room to house all those old
magazines on the racks, thank
you.
Remember, don’t forget to
change your clocks back on
Saturday, Nov. 4. Oh, goody,
we get an extra hour. What to
do with that extra hour? Well,
maybe I can do some sewing.
I took my sewing ma-
chine to Bend to have it
serviced. I tried every-
thing: cleaned it, rethread-
ed it many times, changed
the needle, fiddled with the
tension, read the manual to
follow it’s troubleshooting
suggestions.
It was all to no avail. The
top stitch was not right. After
spending a few hours trying to
fix it, I gave up in exasperation
and took it to Bend to get it
fixed. I was explaining to the
lady all my troubles, and the
repairman even said that my
setting was at the right recom-
mendation (because she ques-
tioned my setting) and when
they tried to sew, do you know
what happened? Yeah, it was
sewing properly, of course.
Seriously, my machine made
me look and feel dumb. The
repairman said maybe it was
“user error.” Humph!
Well, if I get frustrated with
my sewing machine during
the long winter months, I
think I will try a new interest.
I think I might try and learn to
play the guitar.
We’ll see.
Hebrews 10: 23 “Let us
hold fast the profession of our
faith without wavering; (for
he is faithful that promised)”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Yikes. It is only two months
until Christmas. That means that
Christmas on the Prairie will
soon be here before Thanks-
giving. The Prairie City Senior
Center will be available with
vendor tables at $20 a table. If
you are a senior citizen, you can
sell your goodies without pay-
ing a fee. Talk about a good deal.
Frances led the flag salute,
and Jack Retherford asked the
blessing. Ken, Carlos and Larry
took care of the home deliveries.
It was October birthday rec-
ognition time. Newcomer Joy
Caffey was the winner of the
$10 gift certificate donated by
Huffman’s Market. So she was
serenaded while holding her lit-
tle birthday cake with its lighted
candles.
Lorna brought Bud Salis-
bury, Lois Hill, Donna Black-
well, Alma Joslin and Richard
Findley from Blue Mountain
Care Center. They used the new
ramp too. That’s when we dis-
covered that the landing pad is
long enough for a handicapped
van, but not the BMCC bus.
But being the excellent driver
that she is, Lorna was able to
pull in slantwise in order to get
the wheelchair elevator onto the
cement. There were lines paint-
ed on the ground that helped to
keep stray vehicles from block-
ing the entrance to the pad. Hur-
ray. We can tell the foundation
that gave the money to buy the
ramp that it works. On to other
things that need to be taken care
of. … Speaking of which, it is
getting to be time to have annu-
al elections. So the nominating
committee will be seeking new
blood for our three entities: the
Corporation, Site Committee
and Board of Directors. Please
consider if you can serve any-
where.
Food for thought: “Doing a
few good turns won’t make you
dizzy.” Amen.
Was good to see Wally Wed-
de come “driving” in.
We are making progress on
you all remembering that you
can get your own drinks, be it
hot or cold. In addition to coffee
and tea, we had lemonade, or-
ange juice, apple juice, milk and
buttermilk. We did have a little
snafu with the coffee: a breaker
“broke” and the coffee maker
wasn’t getting any power to
perk. Oh dear. But the source of
the trouble was discovered and
coffee got made. Whew.
So the meal was chili beans
and meat sauce, kale salad,
applesauce, cornbread and a
pumpkin brownie with whipped
cream. Oh my, was it ever good.
Marjean and Tom are doing a
great job feeding us, don’t you
agree? We had 63 on the book.
We hope to announce the
addition of a new alternate cook
soon. And thanks to all who
volunteer to help clean up the
kitchen and dining room every
week. And have you seen our
new signs (yes, that is plural)
that announce the menu for the
coming meal? One is on Front
Street below the electronic bill-
board across from Roan Coffee
and Bank of Eastern Oregon;
and the other one is on the front
of the center. So take a peek
when you go to the Post Office
or store. On Nov. 1, we’ll have
potato soup, Reuben sandwich
and a special dessert, I bet.
John 20:30 “Jesus did many
other miraculous signs… which
are not recorded in this book.
But these are written that you
may believe that Jesus is the
Christ… and… by believing you
may have life in His Name.”
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