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About The Blue Mountain eagle. (John Day, Or.) 1972-current | View Entire Issue (April 4, 2018)
Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, April 4, 2018 A9 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Nicky Essex On March 25, Ron Dowse and I were greeters, and our friends from the Church of Je- sus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Deronda, Sarah and Rich Lal- liton and Kailee Cherry, served us. Deronda and Kailee also did meal delivery to John Day and Canyon City, while our guys from Step Forward did the Mt. Vernon route. Altogether, they delivered 30 regular and 24 fro- zen meals. Kailee Cherry began our time by leading us in the flag salute. Pat Amling won the drawing for the Len’s Drug gift, and Dave Pasko won the free meal. Dale Stennett gave the blessing on our meal together. It was a small but happy and friendly group who chowed down on delicious Cajun beans and rice with sau- sage, cheese quesadillas, a lovely selection of fruits and mint and chocolate chip ice cream. We had a nearly full house for our Easter meal here at the senior center. We missed some of our regular folks: Veanne Weddle has been very ill, Billie Bullard has had surgery on a very sore foot and is home recuperating, Roberta and Ron Dowse were in Bend with doctors and several others were missed. But even so, we served seven full tables. Serv- ing us was the Hospital Auxilia- ry: Virginia Miller, Kris Labhart, Mary Lou Horton, Chris Yriarte and Mary Jones. Thanks to Tom Roark for setting up. Sally Dunn joined Mary Jones in deliver- ing meals to the John Day and Canyon City area, while David Gill and his crew from Step For- ward did the Mt. Vernon route. A total of 35 meals went out. It wasn’t difficult to see our serv- ers because they wore matching aprons. We have a seamstress, who wishes to remain anony- mous, and she has gifted us with 18 double-sided aprons for all special occasions. Thank you so very much! They are beautiful and can really be used for every gathering. Our Easter Bunny for the day, Linda Stoltz, had egg surprises for everyone and several lovely door prizes. Of course she spent hours decorat- ing, cleaning and straightening/ rearranging the library. Thanks, Linda. Curt Pereira and Danny De Priest helped Shay and Lisa in the kitchen. We so love our volunteers! Mary Jones led the flag salute, Linda Stoltz won the Chester’s Thriftway gift and Jan Holt won the Valley View meal. The entrée was sponsored by Tootie Cernazanu, in memory of Jim. We had honey-glazed ham, parboiled baby reds, creamed peas, fresh baked rolls and a lus- cious finish to a wonderful meal, strawberry cheesecake tarts for dessert. Many visitors included, from Valley View, Dorothy Howard, Betty Sprague, Pam Durr, Chuck Corwin, Linda Christianson, Helen Bogart, Dawn Hindman, Randa Persinger, Lois Bidasolo and Kim Ausland. Other visitors included Austene Hendrix, Col- leen and Lindsey Wyllie, Gene and Sally Dunn, Jim Hamsher and Donald and Joann Stratton. Thanks to all who helped and those who joined us to make our Easter very special. Next Thursday is our April Fools’ meal (cook’s choice), and on April 9, we’ll have chicken teriyaki with noodles. Bingo is canceled on April 5 but will re- sume on April 12. Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa Our lunch for March 27 was donated and sponsored by the Bank of Eastern Ore- gon. They sent $150 to cover the meal. We send our ap- preciation and gratitude for their generous donation. Our cooks Terry Cade and Teawna Conklin pre- pared for us some very de- licious chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, along with green beans and chocolate cake for dessert. We thank them for their hard work. We were all quite sat- isfied with this delightful meal. Boy, we sure had a big crowd come through for the Tuesday lunch. There were 52 guests on the books and 17 takeouts. From among the guests, there were a few visi- tors, Ed and Gracie Baker of Lexington. We also had Tom Wilson and Donna Tompson from Ione. Also present were Dick and Pam Wanous and Keith Galager from Spray. Our greeters were Bode- an Andersen, Jimmy Cole and Linda Blakeslee. Bode- an led us in the flag salute, made the announcements and prayed the blessing over our meal. Jimmy and Linda col- lected and counted the mon- ey. The winners of the free meal tickets were Ricki Doland and Sylvia Cock- erell. Bob Cockerell was the fortunate winner of the Len’s Drug gift card. We thank all our generous supporters. There are printouts avail- able at the greeting table of “The History of Monument Senior Center.” It is quite informative. I never knew that it was through a very generous lady named Veda Jimenez that the building that we have was made possible. The printout also includes the goals, vision and mission of the Monument Senior Center. I would highly recommend you all pick one up when you come. Well, I tried to take ad- vantage of some of the great weather we were having. I put a few bare root trees that I bought into some big pots for planting later. I bought these trees that I found at Costco. They had these apple trees that had like five different grafts on it for only $17.99! I was ecstatic that I got such a great deal. Yup, I scored. You can’t get that kind of a bargain even on online sales. I also bought one pear tree that had different grafts on it also. I hope they will do well, and I’ll be getting apples and pears in about five years. I was able to plant in a deep, raised bed some car- rots, daikon radish and mari- golds. The free spirit in me just threw the seeds and scattered them. I don’t really like to plant things in rows. This way, there is no wasted space and harder for weeds to grow. I think my hubby would be shaking his head if he had seen me do that. Ha. My daughter and I have been trying to clear away all the dead foliage from last year and preparing the beds for the new spring planting. I have so many plans! There is much work yet to be done. The an- ticipation is killing me. 1 Corinthians 15:20 “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first- Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs fruits of them that slept.” Oh, how wonderful to see people sitting at every table in the hall. There were 73 names on the registration book. And a lot of visitors, too. Of course, that may just be spring break and political activities, but we don’t care. ’Twas still wonder- ful. And we had our pinochle table going. Starts at 10 a.m. if you want to join in. Those who said that they hadn’t played in years wasted no time in getting their game on. Thanks to those who came to play. See you next week. Joy and Tom produced a great meal, too: meat loaf, mashed red potatoes and gravy, green beans, salad, corn bread with ready-made butter/honey balls to put on it, and dessert was banana cream pudding with Nilla wafers and lots of topping. Whew. What a meal! Great job, cooks. Larry, Scott and Carlos got the home deliveries taken care of. Drew Harmer led the flag salute, and Jack Retherford asked the blessing. The March birthday gift cer- tificate donated by Huffman’s Market went to Bud Salisbury. He was in attendance with Mar- ilyn Randall and Gordon Sindt, brought by Lorna and Krystin from the Blue Mountain Care Center. Other visitors included classmate Jim Kirkwood and wife, Susan, who brought Su- san’s mother, Helen Bogart; Sandra Hawk and RoseAnn Palmer; Archie Osburn; John and Charlene Morris; and Mar- ty Wampler. Welcome to one and all — and come back again. The post-op visit to the surgeon in Bend was a rous- ing success. First, that I drove right to the office in the Old Mill district; second, that the incision was pronounced “gor- geous”; third, that the X-ray was pronounced “gorgeous”; and fourth, that the range of motion was pronounced “gor- geous.” Isn’t that just splen- did?! So Derrol can get out of the sling around the house and even drive some, as long as he doesn’t have the pain pill in his system. That’s what made his day. So physical therapy at Blue Mountain Hospital and home is the name of the game at this point. Yeah. Spring has sprung. The birds are singing, and the sun is rising earlier and setting later. We survived this winter! And in typical Grant County fashion, the early blooms got frosted. Good thing the daffo- dils are hardy. Saw some on the south side of the Bank of East- ern Oregon. They had tried to bloom, but were kinda droopy due to the frost. Saw an article that claimed to be a Northwest gardening column that proclaimed it was time to set out the seeds that had been started six weeks ago. Yeah, right. Not around here, unless you have a prop- er cool frame or greenhouse. Still would like to know why the “weed” seeds are so much hardier than flower and veg- gie seeds. We need to culti- vate the weeds, I guess, then they will not be so tough. Geneses 3:17, 18 “… Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at 49256
