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Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
I am writing this in a love-
ly hotel room in Texarkana,
Texas, or Arkansas. We have
been in so many places I can’t
remember. By the time you
read it, I will be home, and I
have really missed you all!
Veanne has helped me keep
my trip a secret by sending
me information. Thank you
so much, Veanne. And she is
recovering from wrist surgery.
Lisa has had to be in Bend for
Curt’s doctor appointments.
Please continue to pray for heal-
ing. This has created a kitchen
opening for Linda Stoltz, who
is very capable. She helps so
much around here.
On May 21, Ron Dowse
and Merry Henry were greet-
ers, and the First Christian
Church group, Dusty Harris,
Jan Ellison and Ron and Ro-
berta Dowse, served our tables
while our Step Forward crew
led by David Gill and Rodney
delivered all 30 meals in Can-
yon City, John Day and Mt.
Vernon. We served 24 in the
center. Jan Ellison opened the
time by leading the flag sa-
lute. Balbina Escudero won the
Len’s Drug gift card, and Maria
Strawn won the free meal. Ron
Dowse gave the blessing, and
the menu included pasta prima-
vera, bread sticks, green salad,
cinnamon apples and cinnamon
rolls. Did you know that cinna-
mon is very good for those who
have diabetes? Last Thursday,
I failed to acknowledge our
entrée sponsors, Dennis and
Linda Dickinson — thank you
so much. We are happy to wel-
come Buzz’s son, Thomas Har-
ris, back home in Prairie City.
On May 24, Olivia Cornell
and Bonnie Kocis had desk
duty. Bonnie and Jean Willey
also made candy cups for the
tables. St Elizabeth Catholic
Church members, including
Walt and Agnes Hall, Judy
Nelson, Jimmy Maple and Da-
vid Turner, served our special
Memorial Day meal. Jimmy
and David did meal deliveries
to John Day and Canyon City,
while David Gill and Rodney
from Step Forward did the
Mt. Vernon route. Total meals
delivered were 33 regular and
40 frozen. Great job! Walt
Hall gave the flag salute, Sha-
ron Smith won the Chester’s
Thriftway gift card and David
Turner won the Valley View
meal. Jimmy Maple gave the
blessing, and we remembered
to honor our vets. Darren and
Karri Pettyjohn from Nydam’s
Ace Hardware sponsored our
entrée of barbecue chicken. We
also enjoyed baked beans, cole-
slaw, watermelon, fresh baked
bread and Lisa’s special cup-
cakes. Thursday, May 31, we’ll
have pork stroganoff.
Reminders: June 9, the Peo-
ple Mover will be running for the
open house at the Cant Ranch
with 18 spots available. Also
on June 9, Kam Wah Chung is
celebrating a 140-year anniver-
sary. Call Kam Wah Chung for
details. The health fair is June
15 from 6 a.m. to noon. Signups
begin June 11 at Blue Mountain
Hospital with some scholarships
available. Don’t forget tai chi
Mondays after lunch here at the
center, and bingo after lunch on
Thursdays.
Titus 2:11-12 “For the
grace of God has appeared that
offers salvation to all people. It
teaches us to say ‘No’ to ungod-
liness and worldly passions,
and to live self-controlled, up-
right and godly lives in this
present age.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
I almost didn’t make it to
Tuesday’s lunch. I was at the
dentist, but luckily, I got done
in time. Whew! I was hungry,
and I was glad to be at the se-
nior center. Now that I go ev-
ery Tuesday, rain or shine, if
I miss it, it would seem very
odd. Yes, very odd indeed.
Our cooks Carrie Jewell
and her daughter-in-law Teaw-
na Jewell made us some tasty
fried rice with chicken and
steamed veggies. We also had
macaroni salad, pear slices
and peanut butter cookies for
dessert. Thank you, ladies, for
your well-done work.
Our greeters were Jimmy
Cole and Linda Blakeslee.
Lonnie Lawrence led us in
the flag salute and made the
announcements. Yours truly
prayed the blessing over our
meal. Jimmy and Linda col-
lected and counted the money.
We had 41 guests on the books
and six takeouts.
Our special winners for free
meal tickets were Betty Rich-
ards and Bob Cockerell. Oliv-
ia Hoodenpyl was the winner
of the Len’s Drug gift card. A
warm thanks to everyone who
supports the Monument Senior
Center.
Betty Breeding had a bunch
of her siblings visiting to help
celebrate her birthday. Hope
she had a wonderful time with
her family on her special day.
We had some thank you
cards to be signed that were
being passed around to thank
the people for their part and
support in the assistance of the
Monument Senior Center re-
ceiving a most generous dona-
tion from the Joyce Miller Ow-
ens Charitable Foundation. We
cannot thank them enough for
all their help and financial aid.
We also want to thank George
Ray, one of the trustees for the
board and, of course, Bruce
Hansen for their part.
Well, I finally got to pick
and try some of that lamb’s
quarters that I had been dream-
ing about for two years! Yes, I
got to harvest some in one of
my raised beds and made my
Korean dish with it. It was
delish and was a hit. I had
some friends come over for
dinner, and they liked it too.
In fact, they ate it all up. We
didn’t get sick or die, so I
think we’re good. Ha.
Remember my romaine
lettuce seeds that I scattered
around my raspberry canes?
They have sprouted, and I got
to pick some of that for my
salad. I picked them at the
same time as thinning them
out. I like that they are grow-
ing rather than some pesky
weed.
All this wonderful rain that
we’ve been having has been
a blessing from the Lord. My
strawberry plants have enor-
mous leaves, blooming tons
of flowers, and I see lots of
little strawberry formations.
I’ve got crazy raspberry
canes growing all over, and
my blueberry plants look like
they are going to gift us with
some yummy blueberries. My
new asparagus and rhubarb
transplants are getting nicely
established too. In a couple of
years, I bet I will have rasp-
berries, blueberries, strawber-
ries, asparagus and rhubarb
coming out of my ears. Yay, I
can’t wait!
Proverbs 12:23 “A pru-
dent man concealeth knowl-
edge: But the heart of fools
proclaimeth follishness.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Food for thought: People
may doubt what you say, but
they will always believe what
you do. Is that where “actions
speak louder than words” came
from? Anyhow, 70 of you put
feet to your thoughts and had
your name inscribed on the reg-
istration form. Good work. And
if you came early enough, you
would have had an opportunity
to play pinochle and hear Tom
Harris play the ol’ piano.
Harold and Lonnie led the
flag salute, and Jack asked the
blessing. The winner of the $5
gift card donated by the Out-
post was Ken Koser. We had 25
home deliveries by Larry, Ken,
Carlos and Scott.
Veanne announced about
the newly acquired money for
the energy assistance. Good
deal. Get your papers together
and call her.
Ginger announced the Me-
morial Day salute at the flag-
pole in the Prairie City Cem-
etery at 11 a.m. This is a most
moving tribute. Hope you got
to go.
So why did everyone come
to eat? Taco salad, that’s why.
To accompany it was refried
beans and fruit. And would
you believe an apple enchila-
da with ice cream for dessert?
Told Marjean that was the best
enchilada I ever ate.
Lorna and Krystin brought
Marilyn Randall, Bud Salis-
bury and Gordon Sindt from
the Blue Mountain Care Cen-
ter. Neighbor Marnie Mediger
brought Debbie Bryant from
school. And it was good to see
Chester Willis back after his
long illness.
So PBS has been doing a se-
ries called the Great American
Read, which got me to think-
ing about books. In this era of
videos, iPads, smartphones,
etc., how do book publishers
stay in business? Not that I’m
complaining. Reading from the
printed page is not as hard on
the eyes, as are the electronic
devices, I’m told. So all of that
to say that there are all kinds of
free libraries in Grant Coun-
ty: the Grant County Library,
the ones at each of the senior
centers, the “little libraries” in
various locations around the
county, some of the churches.
You can add to your personal
library by attending yard sales,
too. Just this year, I have read
books about Les Schwab, Jack
Benny, the making of the mov-
ie “Titanic” and Jewish organi-
zations that smuggled people
out of Europe and into Pales-
tine/Israel before, during and
after Word War II. Every one of
us has a story to tell. So make a
record of some sort of yours. It
will have value to someone in
the future. Off of the soapbox
now.
For the first time in years, I
got the garden planted before
June 1. Just hope it doesn’t
turn cold now — and the deer
go somewhere else. Some of
the flower seeds were two to
four years old. We’ll see what
happens. Have a good crop of
bachelor buttons — there were
a few hard ones growing along
the fence that the lawn mower
person missed. So when they
developed their seeds I brought
them over by the house and
shook them out. Wow. No prob-
lem with them germinating.
John 12:24 “I tell you the
truth, unless a kernel of wheat
falls to the ground and dies,
it remains only a single seed.
But if it dies, it produces many
seeds.”
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