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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, November 29, 2017 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Nicky Essex Monday, Nov. 20, Ron Dowse and I were at the greet- er’s desk, smelling the pop- corn shrimp. I have learned not to eat a big breakfast so I would be able to enjoy a big meal, so a cup of coffee was breakfast, and that shrimp smelled awfully good. The First Christian Church was here to serve us. Led by Pastor Al Altnow were Jan Ellison, Roberta Dowse and Dusty Harris. Pastor Al and Rick Rhinehart delivered meals to John Day and Can- yon City while Rodney Brus- er from Step Forward took meals to Mt. Vernon. Alto- gether, they delivered 30 reg- ular and 42 frozen meals. Jan Ellison opened our time by leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Drew Harmer won the drawing for the free meal, and Marianne Morris won the Len’s Drug gift certificate. Pastor Al gave the blessing, and then we en- joyed a great meal of popcorn shrimp with cocktail sauce, french fries, coleslaw, home- made bread and cinnamon rolls. It was a wonderful meal. Welcome back to Nancy Vig- gers. Being closed on Thanks- giving gives me some space to stretch a little and share some pieces of my heart. When we first moved here, someone I loved told me about those days when it is dull or lone- ly in John Day. She shared how when you drive up to Les Schwab, usually two or more nice young guys run up to your car and ask how they can help (they were all good look- ing). It is still like that, but I haven’t needed help lately. Thank you all at Les Schwab. You have kept the original vi- sion. The other night, I went to Len’s for “Ladies Night.” I don’t normally buy my- self flowers, so one of the gifts everyone received was a little poinsettia, just right for my kitchen shelf. I smile every time I go by. It makes me smile. Last summer, it was a pansy at Ladies Night. Thanks, Greg, Marla, Tillie and the rest of you. I so ap- preciate your senses of humor and flexibility. I am blessed to live on Seventh Street. There is a man who keeps the sports complex looking like a garden all year long. His name is Art. I swear if there is daylight, there is Art. He has been a source of healing for me, after a terrible loss. He never made me feel like our great-grandchildren shouldn’t decorate the con- crete at the skate park with colored sidewalk chalks. He recently stopped and got off of his four-wheeler as my husband and I walked by. He came over and suggested that if it is difficult for my husband to walk on the pathway (hub- by has Parkinson’s), he might find it easier to use the tennis and basketball courts to walk around. Art also volunteers for the little kids to learn bas- ketball, volleyball and soccer. Thank you, dear neighbor. There are many more here. Please give thanks. On Monday, Dec. 4, we will enjoy BLTs and potato soup. John 13:34 “A new com- mand I give you: Love one an- other. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa We had something new served to us by our fabulous and hard-working cooks Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell. They served us some delicious and crispy burritos. We also had Spanish rice, fiesta corn, all the side fixings and chocolate chip cookies. Our greeters were Bodean Andersen, Jimmy Cole and Debbie Reed. Bodean led us in the flag salute, made the an- nouncements and prayed the blessing over our meal. We had a total of 54 guests on the books and no takeouts. The winners of the free meal tickets were Clarence Har- vey and Dennis Abraham. We had three beautiful ladies join us from Condon (they are friends of Judy Harris), but I apologize I don’t have the paper where I wrote their names. I shall have to men- tion them next week. I prom- ised their names would be in the paper. Please keep Jay Ball, Max Breeding and Patty Johnson in your prayers. All three of them have been having vari- ous health issues. Some key things to re- member: There will be the Co-op yearly meeting in Ukiah this year on Dec. 2. There also will be the Mon- ument Christmas Bazaar on Dec. 10. Calling all bak- ers, we will be doing the yearly Christmas Cookie Caper event. We need bak- ers to donate two dozen cookies. The cookies will be put together into plates and dis- tributed throughout to the singles, widows and new residents of Monument. We had some friends join us for a few days and they helped celebrate Thanks- giving. We had so much to be thankful for. My turkey came out pretty moist. I cooked my turkey in the new roaster that I had bought at Bi-Mart on sale. It freed up my oven to cook my stuffing and candied yam. I liked not having to bend over to baste the turkey, and often times I would burn my arm trying to baste the turkey, but not this time. I made fresh cranberry sauce for the first time ever. I think it came out pretty well. I found the recipe on the internet. Gotta love that internet — so much infor- mation at your fingertips! It gave me an idea: May- be I might make cranberry jam? We’ve been having lots of rain come down on us on and off throughout the week. There were a couple of real- ly cold nights and a few very warm nights. I don’t know what to make of that. We did have a couple of gorgeous sunny days. I just loved the smell of wood burning in the air. But no snow on the ground here in Monument yet, or I should say that has stuck. We have not had anoth- er snowstorm come through. My kids and I are hoping for a white Christmas, keeping our fingers crossed. Psalm 145:-3 “I will extol thee, my God, O king; And I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless thee; And I will praise thy name for ever and ever; Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; And his greatness is unsearchable.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs Did you survive all the Thanksgiving turkey, ham, potatoes, veggies and pies? Sure was good, wasn’t it? And I didn’t have to cook any- thing. All 12 of us went over to the Teen Center and had a great time of visiting and eat- ing. The report was that 100 meals were served, including one to a gentleman who only wanted a cup of coffee. But he enjoyed the meal that came with it, too. Thanks to all those who came and helped in the preparation and serving of this meal. We really appreci- ated not having to think about doing a big meal in this little house. So on to Christmas. … Got your shopping all done? I made a tour of all the bazaars on Christmas on the Prairie. What a great day it was for it, too. No howling winds or slip- pery snow. We want to thank the Unit- ed Methodist Church Ye Olde Thrift Shoppe for its generous donation of $500. It is great- ly appreciated. Thank you so much for doing this for the se- nior centers of Grant County. We were walking through the D&B Supply in Baker killing time until a medical ap- pointment. Kept hearing a little chirp. Well, it is not the time for baby chicks to be here. Final- ly looked up at the ceiling and saw two sparrows just having a lovely time flying around in the rafters. And the bird seed was right there on the floor. Hmmm. During our Bible reading the other day, we came to the report of the Ethiopian eunuch who was returning from a time of worship in Jerusalem. We got to wondering why it was important for future readers to know that this highly placed government official was a eu- nuch. The commentaries did not shed any light on the situa- tion. Son No. 2 was of the opin- ion that in those days, when the lineage of the ruling family had to be carefully preserved, it made sense that those who would have admittance to the court be such men as could not interfere with said lineage. Gee. Wonder how that would work today. Have been working on some special needlepoint proj- ects and ran out of white yarn. Called the place I got my last batch from, but no answer. Must have gone out of busi- ness. So asked daughter-in-law Laurel to look up on Google for someplace else. These peo- ple were really nice and said they would send it right out. When it came, it was cotton embroidery floss. Never in my 40 years of doing needlepoint have I ever used cotton floss. Sent it back and voiced my dis- pleasure. Finally on Saturday the lady said she would call the yarn company on Monday and order what I want. Got my fingers crossed. I am writing this on Sun- day, Nov. 26. Now we can get our heads back to normal. Having a holiday in the middle of the week can screw up the days. Easy to think that Friday and Saturday were Sunday. You ever have that problem? Sun- day is what gets us straightened out. I Corinthians 16:2 “On the first day of every week. …” Hebrew 10:25 “Let us not forsake the assembling of our- selves together. …” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at