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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, March 21, 2018 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Nicky Essex Everett King and I were greeting as folks came into the Senior Center for lunch, library and cards. It is always fun to work with him. Our servers were from Redeemer Luther- an Church: Jeanette Kile and Betty Holznagel found plenty to do while Bobbie and Buzz Gilmore did meal deliveries to John Day and Canyon City. David Gill and his crew from Step Forward delivered to Mt. Vernon. Together, these won- derful people delivered a total of 34 regular meals and 38 fro- zen meals. Bobbie opened our time by leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Our drawings pro- duced winners from the same table and same family. Don Porter won the Len’s Drug card and Deda Porter won the free meal. Buzz led us in a thankful prayer for our meal. Then the room settled down and enjoyed a very wholesome and tasty lunch of chicken and white bean chili, with corn- bread muffins, pea salad and a desert of fruit Jello topped with whipped cream. We served 24 guests. As always, we celebrate holidays the Thursday prior to the holiday, so this Thursday we had a traditional St Patrick’s Day meal. We were greeted by Bonnie Kocis and Dave Pas- ko and served by our friends from Ye Old Thrift Shoppe and the Methodist Church, led by Sherrie Feiger. Included in the serving group were Chet Day, Dolores Beldin, Margie Conlee and Paul Smith. Prior to lunch, Sherrie Feiger and Chet Day took meal deliveries to John Day and Canyon City, while David Gill and his group from Step Forward made de- liveries to Mt. Vernon. Alto- gether, they delivered 34 meals. I know those you delivered to were very grateful. Jeanette Julsrud led us in the flag salute, Jay Colson won the Chester’s Thriftway card and Margie Mortensen won the free meal at Valley View. Then we had some special drawings for St. Patrick’s Day, with our thanks to Linda Stoltz who keeps her eyes open all year for special gifts, decorations and anything else she finds to enhance our joy at these special times. Sherrie gave the blessing on our meal and our fellow- ship, and then came the corned beef and cabbage, sponsored by Mobile Glass of Oregon, along with roasted red pota- toes, dinner rolls and key lime bars. Visitors were Dorothy Howard (Paul’s mom), Norma Rynearson, Lois Bidasolo, Rod Dowdy, Jim Smith, Jeannette Sheridan, Margie Martensen and Pam King (Everett’s wife). Happy crowd. Next week, March 22 will be chicken cacciatore with rice, and March 26, Cajun beans and rice. Don’t forget bingo next Thursday, and we will have Sandy Gladish here at 11:30 a.m., prior to lunch, to get in- put for the Fossil Beds acces- sibility…with some items to draw for. Please keep Lon’s eyes, Billie’s foot, Deda’s health is- sue, and Shay’s ribs on your prayer list. They are all waiting to hear about doctor appoint- ments/tests out of town. Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa Are you enjoying the glo- rious sunny days we’ve been having with the beautiful blue skies and big, puffy, white clouds? I sure have been! I still have to sometimes pinch myself that it is a reality that my family and I really do live out here in God’s Country. I was talking to a friend of mine the other day who is still living in California and I was trying to tell her how we literally have no traffic at all. I don’t think she really under- stood nor could she compre- hend that thought. I love that I have the view of the river on my drive around here. I write this for the benefit of you all out there reading and won- dering how us folks in Mon- ument are faring. We had quite a plethora of different weather fronts come through here this past week. We had the fog, torrential rain (seriously, it was blow- ing and coming down), dip- pin’ dots, huge snowflakes in blizzard-like conditions and a couple of days of weather in the 60s. Did I mention we also have green grass slowly growing? Yup, spring is defi- nitely in the air. We had a nice meal of creamy spinach and chick- en penne, garlic bread, fresh green salad, with a blueberry cobbler for dessert. We thank our chefs Terry Cade, Carrie Jewell and Teawna Conklin for preparing our lunch for us. Our greeters were Judy Harris, Debbie Reid, and Lin- da Blakeslee. Judy led us in the flag salute and made the announcements, yours truly prayed the blessing over the meal. Debbie and Linda col- lected and counted the money. We thank everyone for the volunteer work. The Len’s Drug gift card winner was Lonnie Lawrence. Bob Yukawa was the winner for the Chester’s Thriftway gift card. The free meal ticket was won by Gary Engle. Katee Hoffman of Canyon City joined us for lunch and was present to answer or as- sist any of our veterans’ ques- tions concerning services. Mark your calendars; there will be a sewing class for March 24. The class will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring your sewing machine, ma- terial, project and a dish to share. You can also come just to fellowship and have some female bonding time. Ha. The Tai Chi class is now being offered to anyone in- terested right after lunch on Tuesdays. If you want to feel good, get some good stretch- ing, help your overall health, please come. Two of my baby goats will be leaving to go to their new home this week. Oh, so sad, but at the same time I will be glad they will be going to a loving home and live in the lap of luxury. I’m sure they will be spoiled and treated like little princes. I hope they don’t try and hop onto the new owner’s lap, because they are getting quite big now and well, they also try and hop onto one’s head, crazy little goats. Psalm 100:4-5 “Enter into His gates with thanksgiv- ing and into His courts with praise: Be thankful unto Him, and bless His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth en- dureth to all generations.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs Typical March in Grant County — 60 degrees one day and snow the next. Ain’t it grand. After two days in Bend, we were ready for home. Derrol’s left shoulder sur- gery went “perfectly,” accord- ing to the surgeon. Hey, can’t ask for anything better than that, can you? Now comes the rehabilitation process. They have a new way to keep the procedure area cool to reduce swelling. At least it was new to us. Apparently it came out after his last shoulder joint replace- ment surgery several years ago. Looks like a little ice chest that you keep filled with ice and water and it circulates the cold water through a specific-shaped pad to keep the swelling down. Neat little gizmo. A lot easier to manage than that nose feeding tube. So far, no glitches, PTL. Ginger and company held down the fort while I was gone. Del Lake led the flag sa- lute and Jack Retherford asked the blessing. The winner of the two meals from Valley View was Carla Wright. (Wonder if Larry can find anything to eat there.) Ken, Scott, and Carlos took care of the home deliver- ies. Announcements: Sandra Burns had the misfortune of breaking her hip and a card was signed and sent to her. There will be a board meeting on March 21, so if you should be there, make your plans to be there. And I am pleased to announce that there will be an- other Cabin Fever game day on March 28. Oh, goody, goody, goody. You wouldn’t believe how much fun we had playing pinochle. Join us at 10 a.m. and see. And Frances has all the info if you need to be regis- tered to vote. If you don’t vote, you can’t complain. And if you don’t register you can’t vote. At least that’s the way it’s sup- posed to be. The lovely ladies from the Blue Mountain Care Center — Lorna and Krystin — brought Marilyn Randall and Gordon Sindt. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day our great cooks made Irish stew, mashed spuds, mixed veggies, Irish soda bread and cake. Sounds delicious. I am sure the 45 who registered en- joyed it. Pam said the bread was her dessert it was so good. Wow. That’s some bread. I’m pleased to report that the street leading to St. Charles Medical Center in Bend that has been torn up for such a long time is open with no detours, even though the signs are still up. I really appreciate that. I am not a city driver. I know where I need to go and I don’t want any detours or other hindrances to confuse me. Bend traffic is confusing enough! Thank you, one-stop-light Grant County. I can’t imagine having a to learn to drive in the “big city.” All you old-timers will recall the song lyric, “Give me 40 acres and I’ll turn this rig around.” That’s where I learned to drive. We had a long driveway be- tween the milking barn and the house. That’s where we got to practice — with a stick shift, no less. Ah, fond memories. I Thessalonians 3:6 “But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memo- ries of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at