A6
Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
Time has gotten away
from me. Christmas is next
week, and I am completely
off my stride. I hope you have
been better prepared. Merry
Christmas to all, and here’s to
the best New Year ever!
On Dec. 11, Everett and
Ron were at the desk, and we
were graciously served our
meal by our Redeemer Lu-
theran friends: Bonnie and
Francis Kocis, Jeanette Kile
and Betty Holznagel. Bonnie
and Francis started the day
by delivering meals to John
Day and Canyon City, while
David, Rodney and Travis
from Step Forward ran the
Mt. Vernon route. Altogeth-
er they delivered 39 regular
and 40 frozen meals. Thank
you, all, for your faithful-
ness.
Betty led us in the flag sa-
lute. The drawings produced
a free meal to Jerry McClel-
lan and a Len’s Drug certifi-
cate to Ken Henry. Surprise:
two more wreaths were
given to Drew Harmer and
Chris Labhart. Francis said
grace for our meal, and we
enjoyed tuna casserole with
sunshine carrots and pickled
beets. Anne Lewis stood in
for Lisa and Veanne; it is fun
to see her here more often.
We had 25 diners.
Welcome to Jerry McClel-
lan and Kerry Foster. Y’all
come back now, hear?
Dec. 14, Everett was back
at the desk. I sat in, then Jea-
nette jumped in — we seem
to have lost some of our help.
Cornerstone Bible Church
was here to serve. Pastor
Levi Manitsas, his wife and
daughter were here as well as
Donna Mulder, Vickie Raaf,
Linda Sprouffski and Don-
na Johnson. Donna Mulder
opened our time with the flag
salute.
Then we had drawings.
Deda Porter won the Valley
View meal, and Billie Bullard
won the Chester’s Thriftway
certificate. Surprise again,
Donna Mulder and Nancy
Elliott each took home one
of the wreaths. More will be
given away on Dec. 21. Pas-
tor Levi did his coffee ser-
vice and, after a funny story,
prayed for our meal. We love
our servers and never want to
lose them. It helps to thank
them when you can.
We enjoyed turkey-stuffed
meatloaf with gravy, green
beans, dinner rolls and my ab-
solute favorite soup, beef bar-
ley, so hearty. Thanks, Shay.
More please. We served 55
diners.
There are some special an-
gels I would like to acknowl-
edge, since I have some space.
We love our teachers, and we
even note volunteers and par-
ents who help in the class-
room. We notice the folks in
the office who are called on to
fill in for all kinds of special
needs. There are so many who
impact our children’s lives.
Today, it is the bus drivers I
want to thank — especially
“Miss Betty.” Our precious
cargo is treated as if they are
hers. My granddaughter told
me, “She gets us to school
safe every day.” Thank you
all!
John 1:14 “The Word
became flesh and made his
dwelling among us. We have
seen his glory, the glory of the
one and only Son, who came
from the Father, full of grace
and truth.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
For our Dec. 12 meal, we
feasted on delicious ham,
scalloped potatoes, carrots,
dinner rolls and chocolate
mousse for dessert. This meal
was graciously sponsored by
sisters Judy Cavender of Port-
land and Jan Ensign of Long
Creek in loving memory of
their father, Jack Cavender.
Mr. Jack was an active and
generous member of the
Monument community. We
miss him very much. Thank
you so much, ladies, for your
generosity. We also thank
our great cooks for their hard
work in cooking for us.
Our greeters were Bodean
Andersen, Jimmy Cole and
Debbie Reed. Bodean led us
in the flag salute, made the
announcements and prayed
the blessing over our meal.
Jimmy and Debbie collected
and counted the money. We
had 47 guests and five take-
outs, for a total of 52 meals
served. The winners of the
free meal tickets were Max
Breeding and Sharon Falls.
We had three nice ladies from
Spray join us, Ellie Mann,
Judy Alford and Melba Cecil.
We had a very sad event
occur: Makayla Mitchell, a
23-year-old young mother
of a baby and wife to Kevin
passed away. She was in the
hospital for over 5 weeks,
waiting to be placed on the
list for a heart transplant.
We mourn with her family
and pray for the Lord’s heal-
ing and comfort in the midst
of great sorrow. Her funeral
services will be held in the
spring. Notices will be given
when that time draws near.
The senior center storage
building is ready to accept
rummage sale items. Please
donate only good and usable
items. Gently used cloth-
ing will also be acceptable.
Please bring these items only
during Tuesday meal times.
Please do not drop off when
there is no one at the senior
center to receive them. Thank
you all for your cooperation
and donations.
A reminder to all you bin-
go lovers out there: There
will be bingo night for the
last Saturday of the month
on Dec. 30. Bingo starts at 6
p.m., breaks for potluck din-
ner around 7 p.m. and then
concludes with the other half
of bingo time.
Christmas is really, real-
ly close now. I am freaking
out, a little bit in my head by
myself mostly. Ha. At least,
this year, we were able to
get our cards. I just need to
make my newsletter, address
them, stuff the envelopes,
stamp them and send them
off. Sounds so easy, right?
Hmm, right.
As the year 2017 draws
to a close, I try to remem-
ber all the blessings that
the Lord has done for our
family, which is a whole lot
of things! I thank the Lord
for his daily provision, our
health, the food on our table
and the roof over our heads.
I also thank the Lord for my
wonderful hubby and my
children. I am most thankful
for my Lord Jesus for whom
we celebrate this Christmas
season. Hope ya’ll have a
blessed Christmas!
Luke 1:31 “And, behold,
thou shalt conceive in thy
womb, and bring forth a son,
and shalt call his name JE-
SUS.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
I want to thank Frances
for all the Christmas decorat-
ing she did for Christmas on
the Prairie in the hall. It is still
decorated and really looks nice.
And we still have some left-
overs from the “rummage sale”
on the stage to give away. So
help yourself. After next week,
it will be gone. Another give
away is lots and lots of word-
fill-in puzzle books. So if you
like those, come and get ’em.
The Grant County Se-
nior Advisory Council had its
meeting here, so I asked Chris
Labhart to lead the flag salute.
The winner of the free meal at
Valley View was Jean Kline.
The nice thing about that door
prize is that you get to take a
guest. What a deal.
Jack Retherford asked the
blessing on our meal of pork
chops in mushroom sauce, mac-
aroni and cheese, green beans
and corn with bacon, peaches
or pears, rolls and chocolate
lush for dessert. There were 61
names on the registration book.
We had lovely dinner music
too, courtesy of David Secord.
Janine and I played before dinner.
Dec. 20, we will have all Christ-
mas tunes of one sort another, so
be sure to come and listen.
Also, we need you to bring
a pie, cake or other dessert to
share so the cooks don’t have
to think about fixing a dessert
along with all the Christmas din-
ner items. If someone is going to
fix dinner, I’m more than willing
to bring a dessert.
And there will be no meal
on Dec. 27. The cooks will take
that week off. Lorna and Krystin
brought Otho Laurance, Rich-
ard Findlay, Dorothy Braend-
line and Lois Hill from the Blue
Mountain Care Center.
I want to mention the table
centerpieces, too. We have Mar-
jean and Tom to thank for those.
And have you noticed that there
is a table number on them some-
place? How cute.
Due to Harold’s resignation,
we need a new president. Gin-
ger Kendall has agreed to fill
that position, and we will have a
short business meeting on Dec.
20 to officially vote on her nom-
ination. Our annual business
meeting will be in January 2018
to take care of other vacancies.
Another event that will take
place in January is a bingo night
sponsored by the Prairie City
PTC. There are posters at the
desk to help you remember.
Took my computer monitor
to the “doctor,” but he wasn’t
able to help it. Said he’d never
seen that particular “ailment”
before. That figures. Any phys-
ical ailment I’ve ever had is
something that is out of the
ordinary, so why should my
household equipment be any
different? Anybody got a spare
monitor they would care to do-
nate? I did get some needlepoint
yarn that works. Not as good,
but beggars can’t be too choosy,
huh? At least I have something
to do with my hands now.
The food for thought: When
your house is the messiest is
when you will have company.
Just remember, people are more
important than an un-messy
house.
Matthew 2:9,11 “After they
had heard the king, they went
on their way, and the star
they had seen in the east went
ahead of them until it stopped
over the place where the child
was. – On coming to the house,
they saw the Child, … and they
bowed down and worshiped
Him …”
Church Services In Grant County
Come Worship with us at