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Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
Many thanks to our newest
member on the Site Council,
Everett King, who has made
himself known as a real help
here in any way needed. You
should be here when he gives
announcements, very enter-
taining.
Everett took notes for me
on Oct. 30, while we were in
Portland, celebrating our sis-
ter-in-law’s birthday. I owe
you a lunch, Everett. Everett
and Ron Dowse were greet-
ing on Monday, and I think
the gang from First Christian
Church did service. Veanne
and Danny took meal deliver-
ies to John Day and Canyon
City while Larry Palmer and
Rodney Bruser from Step
Forward did the Mt. Vernon
route. Altogether, they deliv-
ered 29 regular meals and 54
frozen meals. This is a bless-
ing to many. Thank you for
your volunteer services.
Everett led the flag salute
and the drawings produced
two winners of free meals:
Jan Ellison and Everett King
(we ran out of Len’s Drug
certificates). Ron Dowse gave
the blessing on their meal.
This was one meal I wish I
hadn’t missed. They had beef
stew with homemade biscuits
and cookies for dessert. They
served 16 meals here in the
center.
On Thursday, Nov. 2, Jea-
nette Julsrud and Everett King
were at the greeter’s desk,
and the Church of the Naz-
arene did the serving. Trace
Andrew, Dale Stennett and
(you guessed it) Everett King
did a great job. Joan and Joel
Tayles did the meal deliveries
to John Day and Canyon City,
while David Gill and Rodney
Bruser from Step Forward
took the Mt. Vernon deliver-
ies. There were a total of 29
meals delivered. God bless all
of our volunteers.
Everett opened the time by
leading the flag salute. The
drawings produced Trace An-
drew, the winner of the free
meal at Valley View, and Mer-
ry Henry, winner of the Ches-
ter’s Thriftway certificate.
The entrée was sponsored
by Don and Deda Porter, in
memory of Buzz Harris. We
enjoyed delicious pork chops
and cranberry rice pilaf, ap-
plesauce and glazed carrots.
This was birthday of the
month, so we enjoyed cake,
donated by Driskill Memorial
Chapel.
We are so grateful for our
senior center. Many of us are
lonely and have found new
friends here. We get oppor-
tunities we wouldn’t have
known about otherwise, like
the class we are taking now,
called, “Living Well with
Chronic Conditions.” We
have learned some very valu-
able help in several areas,
and we have fun and snacks
(always a favorite for me).
Thank you, Veanne Weddle
and Kathy Cancilla. They
will probably schedule this
class again, as well as others,
pertinent to our aging needs.
We also play bingo on Thurs-
days after lunch. Come join
us. For questions, call 541-
575-2949.
James 1:19-20 “My dear
brothers and sisters, take note
of this: Everyone should be
quick to listen, slow to speak
and slow to become angry,
because human anger does
not produce the righteousness
that God desires.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our cooks Terry Cade and
Carrie Jewell made us some
yummy spaghetti, garlic
bread, fresh green salad and
mud pudding with worms
and whipped cream. Good
meal, ladies, and we are also
thankful for Terry returning
from her little mishap with
an ATV.
Our greeters were Bode-
an Andersen, Jimmy Cole
and Lonnie Lawrence. Bo-
dean led us in the flag salute,
made the announcements
and prayed the blessing over
our meal. Jimmy and Lonnie
collected and counted the
money. We had 42 guests on
the books and four takeouts.
Theda Phelps’ sister Marilee
from Heppner joined us for
the scrumptious meal. The
winners of the free meals
were Bruce Kramer and Lin-
da Abraham.
Here are some important
announcements you might
want to jot down. Starting
Nov. 12, there will be new
winter hours for the transfer
station. The hours for Sunday
are from noon to 2 p.m. There
will be new winter hours for
the city of Monument as well.
You may call the city for de-
tails. There will be sewing
class at the Monument Senior
Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
on Saturday, Nov. 18. There
will be a potluck lunch at
noon.
If you don’t know already,
Monument School is inviting
everyone in the community
to participate in honoring our
veterans for their service to
the country and fellow citi-
zens. The Veterans Day lunch
will be at 11 a.m. Thursday,
Nov. 9, in the school gymnasi-
um. We thank all who served
to protect our nation and their
sacrifice.
Well, looks like fall is
gone, and we have immedi-
ately gone into winter mode.
Thank goodness we managed
to “winterize” a few things to
get ready because we did get
snow on Sunday morning.
That’s almost like last winter.
So, my hubby helped me
prepare the goat pen. I have
Dolly and Jill that are the fe-
male goats. Steve (lost one
horn in a battle with Perry last
year), Perry (who is crafty and
my least liked) and Felix who
is also in my opinion sneaky
and a big pain. Dolly appar-
ently had issues with her last
kid and lost it and had gotten
an infection, which made her
septic before we got her. She
cannot have babies but still
goes into heat. Well, Perry
and Felix have been basically
harassing Dolly so I decided
to pen her up so they couldn’t
bother her. I managed to sepa-
rate Jill and Steve too. I lured
them with grain into the goat
shed. I then chased Perry and
Felix and locked them out of
the goat pen.
I was jumping with glee
and I had such a feeling of sat-
isfaction. Now Steve can hang
out with the two girls in peace
because he is gentle, and the
two rotten billy goats are out-
side in the rest of the acreage
and can’t bother the girls. Oh,
the feeling of victory! Watch-
ing Perry and Felix frustrated
and trying to get back into the
goat pen was just pure elation
for me.
To be continued ...
Genesis 1:1 “In the begin-
ning, God created the heaven
and the earth.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Here it is, Novem-
ber. Only 47 days until
Christmas. I acquire items
throughout the year for gifts
and put them in a special
place upstairs. That way I
won’t forget where they are
— hopefully.
So what do you have to
bring to the Christmas on
the Prairie doings at the cen-
ter? After all, I might “need”
it for my stash upstairs. And
if you need a whole table,
you need to get it reserved
by Nov. 11 by contacting
Frances at 541-820-4463
or 907-723-7613. The $20
table rental fee goes to our
general fund.
Del Lake led the flag
salute Nov. 1, and faith-
ful Jack Retherford asked
the blessing. Ken and Tom
did the home deliveries.
We would like to announce
that we have a new help-
er in the kitchen and a new
alternate cook in the person
of Joy Caffey. Welcome
aboard.
The meal for this cool fall
day had potato/veggie soup,
Reuben sandwiches, cottage
cheese and pear pieces. Des-
sert was a scrumptious coco-
nut cake.
Now I had never had a
Reuben sandwich before.
For your information, it
was good. It consists of de-
li-sliced corned beef, Swiss
and cheddar cheese, and sau-
erkraut on toasted rye bread
slices.
Very filling.
We solved the coffee pot
problem, too. Have a big one
for regular, and a smaller
one for decaf. The little one
we used to use is now for
hot water for tea. We aim to
please. So help yourself to
any of the proffered liquid
refreshments, which also
includes milk, buttermilk,
orange juice, apple juice and
plain ol’ water. You can have
your choice of large, medi-
um or small size tumblers,
too. What a deal.
Tom’s food for thought:
He who wants milk should
not sit on a stool in the
middle of the pasture ex-
pecting the cow to come to
him. Which reminds me of
some of the cows we had
on the dairy in Idaho who,
if you didn’t get them into
the milking parlor at the cor-
rect time, would just release
their udder’s contents out in
the barn yard. Oh, no. There
goes the profit.
We didn’t get to see our
friends from the Blue Moun-
tain Care Center. Hopefully
next time.
One of the items I got at
my last round of attending
yard sales was a “modern”
retelling of four of Charles
Dickens’ stories. “Modern”
— it was published in 1943.
But it was very readable. No
long descriptive paragraphs
that the readers of his day re-
quired. So I was able to read
— for the first time — Oli-
ver Twist and David Copper-
field. I believe it was partly
due to his exposure of the
horrible working conditions
that the child labor laws in
England were reformed.
Matthew 19:14,15 “But
Jesus said, Suffer (the) little
children, and forbid them
not to come unto Me: for of
such is the kingdom of heav-
en. And He laid His hands
on them …”
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