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Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, April 18, 2018 A9 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Nicky Essex Monday, April 9, at the se- nior center found Ron Dowse and Merry Henry at the greet- er’s desk. Our Lutheran Church friends, Bonnie and Francis Kocis, Buzz Gilmore and Bet- ty Holznagel, did table service for us. Francis and Betty made meal deliveries to John Day and Canyon City, and David Gill and his crew from Step Forward took the Mt. Vernon route. Altogether, they deliv- ered 30 regular and 20 frozen meals. Way to go, volunteers. Buzz opened our time to- gether by leading the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag. Jan Ellison won the drawing for the Len’s Drug gift, and Carol Roe won the free meal. Francis gave the blessing, and we enjoyed chicken teriyaki with angel hair pasta. We also had mixed veggies, homemade bread and birthday cake to celebrate our April birthdays. We were sur- prised with fortune cookies too. (Mine said, “I cannot help you, for I am just a cookie.”) We served 21. We’ll be starting a free tai chi group on Mondays right af- ter lunch. Stay and give it a try; focus is on balance. On Thursday, April 12, Jea- nette Julsrud and Olivia Cor- nell were greeters; Joan and Joel Tayles took the John Day and Canyon City route for meal delivery. Thanks for stepping up. Rodney and Harvey (who didn’t sign in with last names) from Step Forward did the Mt. Vernon route. Altogether they delivered 30 meals. Thank you. Volunteers, please sign in. Our friends from Corner- stone Church, Zola Pike, Car- la and Andy Anderson, Donna St. Cyr, Donna Johnson, Linda Sprouffske, Dottie Parsons and Pastor Levi Manitsas, served us. Thank you all so much. Love Levi’s jokes and cof- fee service. Donna Johnson opened our time by leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance to our American flag. Pastor Levi shared the Lord’s blessing on our meal. Our meal was spon- sored by Dave and Sherry Pas- ko and Gregg and Betty Starr in memory of Geri Pasko. We had a “beef and potato bake,” and we licked the platters clean. We also enjoyed delicious veggies, homemade dinner rolls, and Lisa made a delicious cake she called, “a taste of sunshine,” and it was. Don’t forget bingo after lunch on Thursdays begins at 1 p.m. Next Thursday, April 19, we’ll have stuffed pork loin, and Monday, April 23, we’ll have chili dogs and cheesecake. Billie Bullard is recover- ing from her surgery, and we expect her back at the senior center soon. She is so missed. We love you, Billie. It is good to see Maryanne Morris feeling better, too. I want to again thank some wonderful volunteers who actually do a service ev- ery meal, but stay quiet and unthanked, Don and Deda Porter actually hand wash our silverware before it goes through the dishwasher. They care. Thank you. Note: Someone donated a working treadmill to the senior center. Call Veanne for info if you can use it, 541-575-2949. John 11:25-26 “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who be- lieves in me will live, even though they die.’” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa We had a most scrump- tious meal, my favorite, Salis- bury steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas and carrots, biscuits and apple cobbler for dessert. I ate every bite. Thank you to our wonder- ful cooks, Carrie Jewell and Christy Howell. Our greeters were Bode- an Andersen, Jimmy Cole, Debbie Reid and Lonnie Lawrence. Bodean led us in the flag salute, made some announcements and prayed the blessing over our meal. Jimmy, Debbie and Lon- nie helped in collecting and counting the monies. We had lots of guests join us for lunch: John and Char- lene Morris, Katee Hoffman (the Grant County veterans service officer) and Gordon and Julie Larson. We were also joined by Tyler Stone, our tai chi instructor. Sorry, I had his name wrong in last week’s article. We had a warm welcome for Darlene Forrest of Monument who suffered broken ankles this past winter. Good to see that she was up and walking. We had a new dishwasher that was installed by David Stubblefield for our senior center. Yay! We thank David for his time and hard work and appreciate all that he has been doing. We had 48 guests on the books and 11 takeouts. The drawing for the Len’s Drug gift card went to Linda Abra- ham. Larry Vote won the Chester’s Thriftway gift card. Yours truly won the free meal ticket. We thank all our gener- ous supporters for their gifts. Here are some very import- ant announcements you might want to mark down. Lots of events are coming. First of all, the third annual rummage sale will be going on April 21-22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dona- tions have come from many areas, and there will be some- thing for everyone. On April 22, the 4-H kids will be serving hot roast beef sandwiches and desserts with donated proceeds going to support their group. Donations for the rummage sale will be taken up to the day of the sale, and all proceeds will go toward the operation fund for the senior center. Mikayla Mitchell’s funeral service will also be April 21 at 11 a.m. It will be held at the gravesite in the cemetery. There will be a potluck din- ner at the park afterward. We grieve with her family and lift them up in our prayers. Jay Ball, who passed away recently after moving to Mon- ument, had his funeral services and was remembered by his family and friends in the town of Heppner. We pray for peace and comfort for his family. We will miss seeing Jay at the se- nior center for lunch. Well, while we had a couple of days of sun, my kids and I decided to clean up some flow- er beds, pull out weeds and put some mulch down. It was quite satisfying work. I’m glad we did that. It looks so nice and clean and pretty. The daffodils are blooming, and my colum- bines are sprouting too. Looks like my one rhubarb plant is doing good. I’m glad it didn’t die after I accidentally fell on it and squashed it last year. John 8:32 “And you will know the truth. And the truth will set you free.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs Quote on my calendar from Richard Wagner: Joy is not in things; it is in us. So therefore you didn’t have to be fearful on the first of the two Friday the 13ths that will occur this year. Do you know what the proper word is for those who have such a fear? If I had a smartphone, I could probably ask Siri. Seem to remember that it is a very long word. But that is not the subject for today. Ha. That was just to get your attention. The 62 of us who had a meal prepared by our fabulous cooks, Marjean and Joy, certainly had things to be joyful about. And, again, it was a meal that I would never prepare. Chicken tortilla soup, black bean and corn sal- ad, cheese quesadilla and flan cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for dessert. What a delicious meal. Again, I usually cannot eat Mexican-type food, but this whole meal never gave me a problem. Heard several others com- menting on how delicious ev- erything was. And next week’s will be just as good, so you better come and get yourself a great meal. It will be pot roast. Goody, goody. Leone Meador led the flag salute, and Tom Roark asked the blessing. Betty Retherford was the winner of the Valley View gift certificate. And this is a super one. A free meal for you and a guest. Thank you so much, Valley View. I have been there, and I know the meals are good. Our home delivery men did their thing. Thanks to Ken, Scott, Larry and Carlos. Thanks to Pam for her registration desk duty and help in the kitchen afterward. And thanks to Del, Bonnie, Leon, Ginger, Sharon and Lynn for help in the rest of the kitchen and hall cleanup. And isn’t it nice to have next week’s menu displayed on the outside message board? You just have to remember to look up. First-timers included Phyliss Schultz. Kristi Steber representing the Shelk Family Foundation was also in atten- dance. She even stayed to help Sharon in the kitchen cleanup. Hope to see you again. Lorna and Kristin brought Marilyn Randall, Thelma Kite and Bud Salisbury from the Blue Mountain Care Center. Our pinochle game is going great guns. Drew likes to help those who are still relearning the game, so if he could find two or three more people, we could have another table going. Games start around 10 a.m. so come join the fun. Carla and I surmise that our fathers prob- ably played with each other years ago. Ah, yes, the good ol’ days when fun and games were person to person and not phone to phone. I couldn’t stand it any- more, so I proceeded to the garden patch on Monday and spent two and a half hours on my knees prying weeds out. Got about two-thirds done before my body said that was enough. Guess it’s too early to see if my experiment with putting vinegar on the morn- ing glory weed root was suc- cessful. Someone else is try- ing rock salt. Stay tuned. Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled by men.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at 49256
