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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, January 31, 2018 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Nicky Essex We have already used up almost 1/12th of this new year! Who sped the whole world up? On Jan. 22, Ever- ett King and I were greeters while our friends from The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat- ter-day Saints served at our ta- bles. Not only did Rachel Car- penter and Suzanne Taysom serve us, they did meal deliv- eries to John Day and Canyon City earlier in the morning. The guys from Step Forward, David Gill and Rodney Brun- son, took their regular route to Mt. Vernon. Altogether, these faithful servants delivered 33 regular and 32 frozen meals. Suzanne opened our time together by leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Our drawings produced winners: Curt Pereira, who won the Chester’s Thriftway certifi- cate, and Everett, who won the free meal. Rachel gave the blessing on our meal, and we dined on Polish Kabo three- bean salad and homemade bread with Lisa’s blondies for dessert. A personal note of thanks: Jay Colson went out on his own and picked up trash in our parking lot. Thanks, Jay. If everyone would take that kind of initiative, he wouldn’t have found so much. The election board picked up our drop box and told us that Grant County has one of the highest voting percentages in Oregon. On Jan. 25, the team from St. Elizabeth Catholic Church served us. Jimmy Maples and David Turner delivered meals to John Day and Canyon City, while our Step Forward crew did their Mt. Vernon route, delivering 37 meals altogeth- er. Upon returning to the se- nior center, Jimmy and David joined Agnes and Walt Hall in preparing the service of our tables. We drew the Len’s Drug certificate, which was won by Don Porter, and then Tom Roark won the meal at Valley View. Jimmy gave the blessing on our meal, and we chowed down. Our entrée was honey mustard chicken, along with carrots, bow tie pasta, bran muffins and fruit salad for dessert. We served 46 din- ers. Please remember to pray for Alma Joslin. She has been pretty ill and in the hospital with pneumonia. Margaret Glass was sched- uled for knee surgery today. No updates at this time. Please pray for her, too. Our faithful Ethan has moved on to a new job. That means we will need our reg- ular servers to do all of the setups as of Feb. 1. Thanks so much, and good luck in the future, Ethan. Our Valentine’s meal will feature chicken cor- don bleu and will be served the Thursday before Valentine’s Day, Feb. 8. If you want to eat here that day, be sure to make a reservation. These special days have caught some of us off guard, and sometimes we can only seat those with res- ervations. Linda may have a special drawing or two. 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 “However, as it is written: ‘What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has con- ceived’ — the things God has prepared for those who love him — these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa It’s been an intense week. It’s a good thing — it builds character, right? When things you don’t expect happen, when life throws you that curve ball, you just go with the flow. Well, Jill, my other nanny goat, had her babies. Uh huh, did you get that? Ba- bies. Yes, she also had twins. I just figure, the good Lord knows what he’s doing and deemed fit that we should be blessed with two sets of baby goats! They are just as cute as the other two, for now. Ha. I wanted to name one of them Babe, but I got outvoted by my kids. They decided on the names of Phineas and Ferb after the cartoon show. The funny thing is, one is bigger and taller than the other just like their namesake counterparts. These are both males. I will be banding them very soon. So, moving on to our se- nior news, for our Jan. 23 meal, Carrie Jewell and her soon-to-be daughter-in-law cooked up for us pulled pork, french fries, coleslaw and apple cobbler for des- sert. Yes, I did eat very well. We thank our cooks for their diligent work. Our greeters were Bode- an Andersen, Jimmy Cole and Debbie Reid. Bode- an led us in the flag salute, made the announcements and also prayed the blessing of the meal for us. Jimmy and Debbie collected and counted the money. Miranda Hoodenpyl won the $5 gift card for Len’s Drug. Ran- dy Sweek and Bob Yukawa both won free meals. Darlene Forrest is now back home with her son. She has both her ankles in casts, so we are still praying for her speedy recovery and for her to regain her mobility quickly. Another announcement you might be interested in: Krista Qual, our foot doctor, was present, and her next visit to Monument will be March 20. So mark your cal- endars if you wish to have your toes taken care of. There will be an estate sale going on at Tom Camp- bell’s place starting on Fri- day Feb. 9. The money made will be going to help Tom in a care facility. The Senior Shoot fund- raiser was very successful. We thank Brad and Julie Smith for their generosity in hosting this event for us. Through the pie auction, the amount made was $426. The incoming funds from the shoot was $1,300 minus the cost of operations. The Monument Senior Center was able to bring in $1,064. Wow, isn’t that just wonder- ful? Thank you to all who donated and participated in this event! We had a great day of sewing. We had almost 20 women, including four young girls. Some people didn’t even sew but came to visit, and we sure all had great fun. Oh, and by the way, we had a wonderful and delicious feast. Oh, yeah, it was some delicious food. I will let you all know when the next sewing day will be. 1 John 2:12 “I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs According to Tom, the menu was as follows: Work is the main course; pleasure is the dessert. Har, har. Actually, we had a very tasty tuna noo- dle casserole, spinach salad, bread sticks and peach cobbler with topping for dessert. And the dessert was very pleasur- able. There was also mango juice, apple juice, milk, butter- milk, coffee and water to wash it all down with. That was an- other one of those dishes that I had never had before. Then our table discussed what edi- bles their mothers had put into this dish. Very interesting. Two of the 3 Amigas prac- ticed and played before the meeting and meal. And my neck didn’t hurt this time. Hmmm. Tom got the setup done. Monty Buck drove for Carlos for the first time, and Ginger and nephew Brian Johns did the rest of the takeouts. Thanks to those in the community who step up to help because of oth- er’s absences. Sickness and illness is taking a toll not only here but everywhere. Only 41 names were on our registration book. Drew Harmer led the flag salute, and Tom Roark asked the blessing. Before we ate, we had a short business meeting to approve the new by-laws and elect the new slate of offi- cers and members-at-large. All unanimous. Thanks for your confidence. Since we did not have a gift certificate for that day, we let Gwynne Wulfert eat for free. The rumor is that we will be getting new gift certificates donated by Len’s Drug soon. Goody, goody. Made another run to Bend to get the shoulder surgery prerequisites started. We’ll see how long that takes. We were enjoying looking out the window and saw a sight to behold. At least 20 head of deer jumped out of the across- the-street neighbor’s yard and trotted down the street to an- other neighbor’s back yard and investigated the food bin there. I guess that’s one reason we don’t have too much trouble with deer. There isn’t anything edible in our yard. (Except the big and beautiful tulip that one year.) And the other neighbors have dogs that make lots of noise. You do have to be care- ful when driving in town so as to avoid a collision with them. That can be expensive. Remember the turkeys roosting in the trees out of Mitchell? When we came back from Bend, we saw how they manage that. The flock was climbing up the hill on the north side of the road so they could get high enough to float down to the tops of the cotton- woods on the south side. Ah ha. Jan. 31 will be January birthday recognition. So be sure and let Ginger or Delores or me know if your birthday was in January. This gift cer- tificate is worth $10 in trade donated by Huffman’s Market, so don’t be shy. I Peter 1:3-4 “Praise be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mer- cy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade – kept in heaven for you.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at
