Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
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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.”
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