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Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
The John Day Senior Cen-
ter looks so festive. Linda
Stoltz had a “wreath-deco-
rating party” a few days ago,
and the beautiful results added
to Linda’s beautiful Christ-
mas decorations in the hall
this week. Two of the wreaths
were drawn for at lunch on
Thursday, and the rest will be
drawn for at the Christmas
ham dinner on Dec. 21. Be
sure to call for reservations,
541-575-1825. We had to turn
some away at our Thanksgiv-
ing meal.
On Dec. 4, Blue Mountain
Hospital Auxiliary ladies Mary
Lu Horton and Judy Martin
were here to serve. They also
delivered meals in the John
Day and Canyon City com-
munities, while David Gill and
Rodney Bruser delivered in
Mt. Vernon. Altogether, they
delivered 34 regular and 62
frozen meals. Wow. Way to go,
and thank you all. Kay Cotham
won the drawing for the free
meal, and Carl Swank won the
Len’s Drug card.
After prayer for our meal,
we built our own BLTs, a
very popular idea, Shay. We
also had potato soup and giant
cookies for dessert.
On Dec. 7, Bonnie Kocis
and Everett King were greet-
ers, and we had the Nazarene
folks here to serve. Trace
Andrew, Dale and Corinne
Stennett and Everett King did
table service, and Joan and
Joel Tayles made deliveries
to John Day and Canyon City.
Our faithful guys, David Gill
and Rodney Bruser from Step
Forward, took the Mt. Vernon
route. Together, the deliveries
amounted to 37 regular and
four frozen meals. The regu-
lar drawings went as follows:
The Valley View meal went to
Lon Davis, and the Chester’s
Thriftway card went to Jan
Ellison. Then Pat Amling and
Vickie Harrison each got to
choose a wreath. Don’t worry,
there are lots left.
We had chicken pot pie,
California blend of vegetables
and cottage cheese with pears.
We enjoyed our monthly birth-
day cake sponsored by Driskill
Memorial Chapel. Thank you
for your faithful support of
seniors. We served 46 happy
diners.
Coming up on Dec. 14 will
be beef barley soup and “Tur-
key Stuffing Meatloaf” and,
on Dec. 17, finger steaks and
french fries.
We have more thanks to ex-
tend: Danny DePriest and Kay
Cotham were on hand to help
Linda with decorating the hall.
And those who helped make
the wreaths included Linda
Stoltz, who provided all of the
materials for us to make the
wreaths as well as snacks and
encouragement. The crew was
Roxie Lissman, Judy Nelson,
Pat Amling, Bonnie Kocis,
Merry Henry, Kay Cotham,
Heather Swank, Veanne Wed-
dle, Zoey Rookstool and my-
self. We had so much fun, and I
appreciate so much that I could
include Zoey, my great-grand-
daughter. I hope my name gets
drawn.
Isaiah 61:3 “And provide
for those who grieve in Zion
to bestow on them a crown of
beauty instead of ashes, the oil
of joy instead of mourning, and
a garment of praise instead of
a spirit of despair. They will be
called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the Lord for the
display of his splendor.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Are you just as surprised
as I am that we are in the
month of December, and less
than 14 days until Christmas,
by the time you read this?
Yikes. Keep calm, and remem-
ber that we live in a county
that has only one traffic light.
We don’t experience bumper-
to-bumper traffic for hours in
Grant County. No need to get
into a hustle-and-bustle mode.
Life out here is good, and peo-
ple take things real slow, thank
goodness. Christmas out here
in God’s country is definitely
more low key.
Well, for our first meal for
the month of December, our
cooks Terry Cade and Carrie
Jewell made us some filling
hamburgers with all the fix-
ings, macaroni salad (one of
my faves), french fries and
sugar cookies for dessert. It
was quite a satisfying meal.
Thank you to our cooks.
Our greeters were Jan En-
sign, Jimmy Cole and Debbie
Reed. Jan led us in the flag
salute and made the announce-
ments. Jimmy and Debbie col-
lected and counted the money.
Yours truly prayed the blessing
over the meal.
Monument Senior Center
received an emergency grant.
This is the second grant re-
ceived. We are grateful for
this $8,000 grant that will be
going toward a much-needed
freezer and refrigerator unit.
Our appliances at the senior
center are very old and were
refurbished when they were
purchased.
There will be a Christmas
tip jar out at the greeting table
for our cooks. If you are able
to gift the ladies for their hard
work, it would be much appre-
ciated. The free meal tickets
were won by Rusty Baughman
and Vonda Stubblefield. There
were 35 guests on the books
and four takeouts.
Jimmy Cole, the chairman
of the Monument Senior Cen-
ter board, delivered a prepared
speech. He spoke simply and
eloquently on praising and en-
couraging all that are helping
and making a difference in our
senior center and community.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Rose Howe also was in at-
tendance. Since so many in our
community and all around the
country as well are experienc-
ing many cases of strokes, Rose
was asked to come and give us
information and educate us on
what to watch for in case we
suspect someone of having
a stroke or if someone had a
stroke. Rose emphasized “time
is of the essence” when dealing
with stroke victims. She also
handed out pocket cards for
people to carry with the infor-
mation to help assess strokes
and how to deal with them.
A shout of thanks to Rose for
her time, her dedication in the
care of helping people and her
wealth of information.
Our prayers go out to Dar-
lene Forrest of Monument,
who is currently staying with
her son. Darlene fell and broke
both her ankles. We wish her
well and pray for a speedy re-
covery.
Don’t forget that there will
be sewing from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
on Dec. 16.
2 Timothy 1:8 “Be not thou
therefore ashamed of the testi-
mony of our LORD, nor of me
his prisoner: But be thou par-
taker of the afflictions of the
Gospel according to the power
of God.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Brrr. Baby, it’s cold out-
side. I’m very happy that there
is no fog to go along with the
chill. Sunshine is nice.
We had “Four Amigas.”
Eva Harris, after much cajol-
ing, joined Janine and Nancy
and me in various Christmas
songs. What fun. Anyone is
welcome to join the party.
“Music is what feelings sound
like.”
Harold did his last an-
nouncing job and then re-
signed his position as our cor-
poration president. His job of
medical transportation keeps
him away too much. So, if you
always wanted to be president
of a corporation, now is your
chance. We do want to thank
Harold and Frances for the
hard work that they put in here
the last few years.
Larry, Ken, and Carlos did
their deliveries. Sam McMah-
an won the $5 gift card donat-
ed by the Outpost Restaurant.
Del Lake led the flag salute,
and Jack Retherford asked the
blessing. We had 66 names on
the book. First-timers were
Eva Harris and Thelma Kite.
Stan Horrell also returned.
Good to see you all.
Marjean and Tom prepared
that old Western favorite beef
stroganoff in mushroom sauce
over noodles, herbed carrots,
pickled beets, applesauce, gar-
lic bread and brownies with
candy cane ice cream on top.
Wow. I didn’t even know there
was such a thing as candy cane
ice cream. You learn something
new every day, huh? Did you
notice all the different flavors
in that meal?
We did have a new person
sitting at the registration desk
so that I didn’t have to. Matt
Goodwin “volunteered” to sit
there while I joined the Amigas
because Pam was home sick
with the latest version of the
Grant County crud. He got to
have two desserts for doing that
for me. Thanks, Matt.
Lorna and Christina brought
Bud Salisbury, Marilyn Ran-
dall, Joan Metlock and Alma
Joslin from the Blue Mountain
Care Center. And they got to
use the new ramp without any
obstructions.
Taking the computer and
monitor in to the “doctor.” From
my description, he thought it
might be a virus, even though
I pulled the plug on the internet
a year ago. So I’m getting this
typed before I have to discon-
nect everything.
On a high note, I got some
new needlepoint yarn and have
been stitching like crazy. Want-
ed to have this done before
Christmas, but I don’t think I’ll
meet that deadline. Oh, well.
Such is life in the far, far west.
Derrol is making excel-
lent progress in his recovery.
Walked for half an hour in the
church hallways, then walked
to the post office. Good boy.
Said he didn’t leisurely stroll ei-
ther. Really hiked out. Hooray.
The grandchildren are all
old enough now that I can buy
my favorite gifts for them —
books — and read them before
I give them away. Am on the
last one so when my fingers get
tired of needlepoint, I grab the
book.
And, speaking of books, the
center has a lot of them. If you
are out of reading material, we
can supply.
1 Timothy 4:12, 13 “… set
an example… in speech…
devote yourself to the public
reading of Scripture…”
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