Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
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G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
On Monday, May 7, Merry
Henry and I were at the greet-
er’s desk. The Blue Mountain
Hospital Auxiliary ladies, Mary
Lou Horton and Chris Yriarte,
were here to serve at tables for
us, after they had already done
meal home deliveries in John
Day and Canyon City while
David Gill and Rodney from
Step Forward took the Mt. Ver-
non route.
Together, they delivered a
total of 27 regular meals and
24 frozen meals. Chris Yriar-
te began our time together by
leading us in the Pledge of Al-
legiance. The drawings yielded
a gift card from Len’s Drug for
Marianne Morris and a free
meal for Heather Swank. Ron
Dowse gave the blessing on our
meal. We had real hamburgers,
with all the goodies to add as
we wanted. We enjoyed a re-
ally good macaroni salad and,
for dessert, rainbow sherbet.
We served 32 diners. We enter-
tained a guest we haven’t seen
lately, Gale Heising from Val-
ley View. Welcome back, Gale.
Don’t be scammed. An in-
ternet site called “Gov Simpli-
fied,” which claims it can get
you a quick, easy Social Secu-
rity card, is charging innocent
people a fee. Then if you do get
anything, it isn’t the real deal.
You can only get to the Social
Security site by going to SSA.
gov. By the way, your bank
may not help you if you do
get ripped off. I called a phone
number on an internet site. They
took my money ($149.95, plus
$4.95 for a foreign transaction
fee). BOA said, since I agreed
to the charge, they wouldn’t
help me. We have banked there
for over 30 years.
Thursday, May 10, Jeanette
Julsrud and Olivia Cornell were
busy checking in a large group
of friends. We celebrated Moth-
er’s Day at the senior center
and what a meal. Cornerstone
Bible Church served us with
sweet care. Donna Johnson,
Zola Pike, Linda Sprouffske,
Bill Skinner, Andy and Carla
Anderson, Alicia Miller and
Pastor Levi Manitsas were kept
pretty busy with such a large
group, but handled it with ease.
Pastor Levi provides our coffee
and does a great job. Brenda
and Jay Taramasso did John
Day and Canyon City meal
deliveries, while David Gill
and Rodney from Step For-
ward did the Mt. Vernon route.
Deda Porter won the Chester’s
Thriftway gift card, and Kar-
en Barrietua won a free Valley
View meal. Pastor Levi gave us
some sweet humor about moth-
ers and then gave the blessing
on our meal. Our sweet Linda
Stoltz produced some love-
ly gift items for several more
ladies. We served nine full
tables. Shay and Lisa did a
bang-up job on a wonderful
meal. Old West Federal Credit
Union sponsored this meal of
hand-breaded pork steak with
mashed potatoes and gravy, a
spinach and strawberry salad
(yum) and, for dessert, peach
pie ala Lisa. Welcome, Jason
Walker and Jennifer Marcucci.
Come again. Saw some dear
old friends we’ve missed too.
Welcome back. I will be send-
ing my news via remote for a
while. Have a great week!
Psalm 51:1-2 “Have mercy
on me, O God, according to
your unfailing love; accord-
ing to your great compassion,
blot out my transgressions.
Wash away all my iniquity and
cleanse me from my sin.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
We thank our cooks Terry
Cade and Carrie Jewell for
their efforts in cooking up
some great roasted chicken
and deboning it too! They
also served it with a fresh
green salad, and dessert of
your choice from a variety of
pies.
The greeters at the desk
were Linda Blakeslee and
Judy Harris. Judy led us in
the flag salute and made the
announcements. Yours truly
prayed the blessing over our
meal.
The foot clinic will be
coming for appointments on
May 29. If you would like to
have your feet taken care of,
please call Krista Qual to set
that up.
Mike Voigt from John
Day and his crew were pres-
ent to pour the cement for the
storage shed out back. It will
be a nice feature for storing
without the worry of critters
crawling into it and building
nests.
We sure were glad to have
both Jerry Cowger and Ran-
dy Sweek present with us.
Praise the Lord! They both
were having issues with their
hearts.
The winners of the free
meal tickets were Debbie
Reid and Ed Bustardo. Roger
Lawrence was the fortunate
winner of the Len’s Drug gift
card. We thank all our spon-
sors for their generous contri-
butions.
Well, my wonderful hub-
by and I spent two days se-
curing the bottom part of our
corral so we could move the
goats over to chomp down
the new growth in there. We
weren’t going to do the back
part that was to the acreage
but the silly babies kept get-
ting out and didn’t know how
to get back in, so we decid-
ed to block the whole corral
off. I was ecstatic when I saw
them munching off the tops
of the cheet grass. Yes!
I was going to give Felix,
who was exiled to the acre-
age after fighting with Steve,
a chance to join the rest of
the goats. The big dummy
kept running away when I
was trying to coax him into
the corral. I finally gave up
and left him out. He was ex-
asperating. All the rest of the
goats are happy. I am too. I
won’t have to feed them for
awhile now that they have all
that delicious, fresh, green
foliage to eat. I think I un-
derstand how the story of
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
came about. To the goats, the
grass really is greener on the
other side.
I was watering my garden
before church, and what do I
find? Lo and behold, I found
lamb’s quarters. Yahoo! I
can’t believe it. I finally have
some of that illusive lamb’s
quarters, a whole bed of it
even. Very exciting indeed.
I plan on making my Korean
dish when it matures a little. I
also found a treasure trove of
stinging nettle. Did you know
that it is also considered very
high in vitamins? I would
like to try and harvest to cook
and eat it. I’ll let you know
how it turns out. I just have to
figure out how without getting
“stung,” hmmm.
1 John 4:2 “Hereby know
ye the Spirit of God: Every
spirit that confesseth that Je-
sus Christ is come in the flesh
is of God.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
May 9 was the birthday of
our youngest grandchild, who
turned 5. It is also the birthday
of her great-grandfather. Isn’t
that interesting?
We had our Mother’s Day
meal and was it ever good.
Too bad you missed it. It
consisted of pork loin roast,
mashed potatoes, green salad,
rolls, peaches and a stupen-
dous strawberry shortcake
cake. Had a sliced strawberry
and strawberry topping and
a 1/4 inch of that delicious
white frosting on top of a very
generous portion. Mmmm.
Great job, Marjean and Joy.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of
us! There were 55 names on
the registration book.
Jack Retherford led the
flag salute and also asked the
blessing. Bob Meador won
the gift certificate donated by
Valley View Assisted Living.
We have received over $100
toward the cost of paint for the
building this summer. Thanks
so much. We really appreci-
ate your donation. Thanks to
Jimmy for getting the grass
mowed around the building.
Thought we were going to
have to rent a cow. There is an
area that needs to be done by
a weed-eater, so if you feel so
inclined, have at it.
Lorna and Krystin brought
Thelma Kite, Bud Salisbury,
Marilyn Randall and Virginia
Moore from the Blue Moun-
tain Care Center.
I asked how many of us
had voted and was pleased
to note that over 80 percent
of those in the hall had done
so. Good for you. If you think
your vote doesn’t count, just
remember those around the
world who do not even have
an opportunity to cast a ballot.
This is one of our cherished
freedoms that all our veterans
fought and died for. Don’t dis-
honor them.
We are having a good time
playing pinochle before the
meal. Since it had been such
a long time for all of us since
playing last, some of the rules
and regulations had slipped
our minds. One question that
we haven’t resolved yet is
how much do you add to the
“family” score when you have
an extra king or queen? So I
attempted to find the answer in
my copies of Hoyle’s Official
Rules For Card Games. One
book was published in 1948
and the newer one in 1970.
But neither of them addressed
this question. In fact, if I had
to play according to the rules
that I read in those books, I’m
not sure I could. I really like
the “pool hall rules” that we
play by. Maybe I’ll call the
cousins in Drewsey and get
an answer.
That was a good picture
of me in the paper last week,
huh? From the back. The con-
cert was an absolute success.
Everyone did their very best.
You can come and play or
sing this fall if you want. The
more the merrier.
I read a book about the
making of the movie “Ti-
tanic.” Found a VHS copy
and watched the movie this
week. Now I know what it’s
all about. Have to keep up-to-
date you know. (Tee, hee.)
Food for thought: Laughter
is the brush that sweeps away
the cobwebs of the heart.
Proverbs 17:22 “A cheer-
ful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up
the bones.”
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