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. …”
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