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Senior
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
These weeks slip by me
lately, with my memory letting
me down. I forget more birth-
days than I remember. Too
much going on I guess. We had
a good group at the senior cen-
ter on Monday, April 2, with
Olivia Cornell and myself at
the greeter’s desk. The Hospi-
tal Auxiliary was on hand to do
our table service, for the sec-
ond time back to back, filling
in for another group on short
notice. Thanks to Kris Labhart
and her crew for stepping up
so nicely. There were 31 regu-
lar and 24 frozen meals deliv-
ered that day.
Without our volunteers I
don’t know how the senior
center would function. Thank
you so much to every one of
you who helps us keep things
running! Don Porter opened
our time together by leading
the flag salute, Nadine Smith
won the drawing for the Len’s
Drug certificate and Deda Por-
ter won the free meal. Dale
Stennett gave the blessing on
our meal, and we seriously en-
joyed breakfast lasagna with
hash browns and peaches and
then to commemorate Pea-
nut Butter and Jelly Day, Lisa
made PB and jelly cookies for
our dessert. Lisa was off, but
prepared them in advance, and
Anne Lewis was here helping
her hubby, Shay, in the kitchen.
Chris Labhart gave an-
nouncements, which included
a warning not to be taken in by
phone calls saying they are call-
ing because you failed to report
for jury duty. They try to get
you to send money for “fines.”
Don’t trust anyone who tries to
solicit money over the phone
that way. On Thursday, April 5,
Drew Harmer and Everett King
were there to “man” the desk.
The Nazarene Church group,
led by Trace Andrew, was here
doing table service. With Trace
was Vickie Harrison, Jessie
Elliott, Dale Stennett, Everett
King and Duane Andrew. Joan
and Joel Tayles took out meals
to John Day and Canyon City,
while our Step Forward crew
had a new leader, Mariah Boyd.
Welcome and thanks, Mariah.
They took their regular route in
Mt. Vernon. Altogether, there
were 31 meals delivered.
Duane opened our time by
leading the flag salute, Vickie
won the Chester’s Thriftway
gift and Duane Andrew won
the Valley View meal. Everett
gave the blessing on our meal,
and we held our breath as food
came out to the tables. This was
advertised as our “April Fools”
meal, and we never know what
Shay, Lisa, Veanne and Danny
might come up with, but there
is never a dull moment here.
There were different entrées,
all sponsored by Pat Amling
in memory of her husband,
Chuck. Some tables had meat-
loaf; others had meatballs.
There were baked potatoes on
some tables, mashed potatoes
on others. We had gravy for all
and miscellaneous vegetables
here and there. But the desserts
were all to celebrate the birth-
day of the month. Our table
had cherry pie. Thursday, we’ll
have beef and potato bake, and
then Monday, April 16, we’ll
have mushroom and spinach
quiche. Reminder: The kitchen
is a busy and dangerous place.
Please don’t come in unless
you are serving. Communicate
through the window. Thanks.
Matthew 28:6 “He is not
here; he has risen, just as he
said!”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
We had a scrumptious
meal of beef stroganoff, garlic
bread, fresh green salad and
chocolate cake for our dessert.
Did that just make your mouth
water, hmm? We thank our
great cooks Terry Cade, Carrie
Jewell and Teawna Conklin for
their efforts and hard work.
Our greeters at the front
table were Bodean Anders-
en, Jimmy Cole and Linda
Blakeslee. Bodean led us in
the flag salute, made the an-
nouncements and prayed the
blessing over our meal. Jim-
my and Linda collected and
counted the money. Working
behind the scenes was Jan En-
sign. We thank everyone that
supports and volunteers their
time and service for our Mon-
ument Senior Center.
Judy Harris had a free raf-
fle going so everyone who
walked in the door to join
us for lunch received a raffle
ticket and a chance to win a
couple of prizes. The prize
winners were Judy Bustar-
do from Fossil and Teawna
Conklin of Kimberly.
Our regular prizes, the
Len’s Drug gift card went to
Pam Calahan. The winners
of the free meal tickets were
Judy Bustardo and Mia Yuka-
wa.
We had some visitors who
came to eat with us. We were
glad to have Bruce Hansen
come and dine with us all the
way from Sauvie Island in
Portland. He also brought with
him a full trailer and truck
with items for our upcoming
rummage sale. We thank him
for hauling all that stuff for us
and his donations. I saw some
items that I think would inter-
est quite a few people. We also
had among our guests, Ryan
and Nora, our tai chi instruc-
tors from John Day. I partic-
ipated last week, but I had to
go home after lunch this time
due to a headache. I definitely
recommend the class; it was
helpful. Our total number of
guests on the books for April 3
was 40 and 10 takeouts.
We send our condolences
to Jeanne and Bruce Strange.
Jeanne’s mom just passed
away. We pray for the Lord’s
comfort and peace during this
difficult time.
We have some exciting
news for the senior center. We
received our grant money, and
the Monument Senior Center
will soon have in working
order a new mixer, a new
oven and a new dishwasher.
We thank all who helped to
make it happen. We appreci-
ate everyone’s involvement
and dedication for the senior
center.
Please mark your calen-
dars for the sale of the cen-
tury! OK, maybe not quite
that caliber, but it will still be
a great event. You may find
your treasure that you’ve been
searching for. The Monument
rummage sale will be occur-
ring April 21-22. There will
be all sorts of stuff that might
entice you to buy something.
There is always something
great that one always finds at
these sort of events.
Lastly, there’s an EMT
dinner in the month of May.
Please come and help support
our EMTs.
1 Corinthians 8:6 “But to
us there is but one God, the
Father, of whom are all things,
and we in him; and one Lord
Jesus Christ, by whom are all
things, and we by him.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Met a fellow pinochle
player in the post office af-
ter the meal. Her comment:
“Where the elite meet.” I
like that. Come to dinner
and hang out with the other
“elite.”
The local American Le-
gion post held a raffle this
spring and the winners
are: Iva Gill, $250 worth
of items donated by Better
Blooms and Gardens; Jenny
Workman, $100 worth of
items donated by Front and
Center; and Carl Swank, the
wagon full of goodies. Good
job, fellas.
Don’t forget the bin-
go party on April 13 at the
school.
We were saddened to
learn of the death of our
friends Amos Cardwell and
Joann Wilson. Our con-
dolences to their families.
They both were long-time
supporters of the Prairie City
Senior Center.
Seeing as how it was
spring break time in Wash-
ington state, Nancy Viggers
had her son, daughter-in-law
and grandson visiting. And
they always come to dinner
and help clean up. Nice to
see them all. Nadine Smith
has also returned from win-
tering in the south.
Larry Wright led the flag
salute, and Jack Retherford
asked the blessing. The $5
gift card donated by Len’s
Drug went to Kathy Lewis.
Larry, Ken and Scott made
the deliveries. We had 62
names on the registration
book.
Ginger announced that
if you are able, there is al-
ways cleanup work to do
after the meal. The Viggers
boys jumped right in to lend
a hand. Thanks, guys.
We have decided to have
pinochle every Wednesday
starting at 10 a.m. Still try-
ing to teach the other players
how to use the poker chips.
Come join us. If you don’t
know how to play, come and
learn. It’s good for the brain.
The meal had turkey a la
king over pop-overs, savory
rice, green salad, peaches
and tropical lime cake for
dessert.
Scrumdiddlyum-
tious.
Made it to all the out-
of-county medical appoint-
ments, and Derrol has been
pronounced fit as a fiddle.
One more this month. Hal-
lelujah. I want to stay home
and work in the yard.
There is a fundraiser for
the fifth and sixth grades’
OMSI trip making the
rounds. It’s called “You’ve
Been Flocked.” Neighbor
Marnie has between 30 and
40 pink flamingos in her
yard. You pay to have them
removed to someone else’s
yard. I must say that they
look better than the purple
potty that appeared in my
front yard several years ago.
I want to give a hearty
thank you to our faithful jack
of-all-trades, Tom Roark.
When he learned that the
new office needed to have
the new sheet rock mudded
and taped, he offered to do
it for me since I was busy at-
tending to Derrol’s medical
needs. Thank you so much,
Tom. I can see the light at
the end of the tunnel now.
Psalms 119:105 “Your
word is a lamp to my feet
and a light for my path.”
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