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A10 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, June 6, 2018 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Nicky Essex Since we weren’t here at the senior center on May 28, we were able instead to pay respect to those who have selflessly se- cured our freedom on this Me- morial Day. I’ll be sharing some other things. But first, on Thurs- day, May 31, I want to thank Olivia Cornel for stepping up to help me at the greeter’s desk! We had a good attendance of 52 diners for lunch served by the Blue Mountain Hospi- tal Auxiliary, including Chris Yriarte, Virginia Miller, Mary Jones and Nancy Chase. Chris and Nancy made meal deliver- ies in the John Day and Canyon City area, while David Gill and Rodney from Step Forward de- livered to Mt. Vernon. Altogeth- er, they delivered 34 meals. Mary Jones opened our time by leading us in the flag salute, Nadine Smith won the Chester’s Thriftway gift card and Virginia Miller won the drawing for the Valley View meal. Everett King led the blessing on our meal of pork stroganoff, sponsored by the Blue Mountain Hospital Auxiliary. We also had steamed broccoli, fresh whole wheat rolls and, for dessert, we enjoyed ap- ple crisp. On Thursday, June 7, Shay plans to serve pesto chick- en and loaded mashed potatoes. On Monday, June 11, it will be Polish sausage, sauerkraut and German chocolate cake. A very generous donation has been received by the John Day Senior Center from the estate of Dollina Humphreys and Becky Stewart. Our sincere condolences to the families. There is a very serious warn- ing not to give any information over the phone to anyone call- ing about new Medicare cards. Medicare has all of your info. They only deal through the mail. Now, after 6,659 miles in 18 days, through 17 states, Gene and I, along with our grand- daughter Heather, her husband, Zane, and their kids Zeke and Zoey Rookstool, are back home. We shared a dream road trip and saw so many wonderful sites, visited family in Kentucky, Tex- as and Arkansas — and except for my own rant one day, we had a great time! Three generations, two of each, in a minivan. Zane did almost all of the driving, except when Heather gave him a few breaks. Zeke and Zoey wrote in journals every day and kept up their homework as agreed with their teachers, and we all cele- brated the graduation of another of our grandsons, Jake Essex, in Glasgow, Kentucky. While in Kentucky, we met up with Jaime Saul, who spent several hours with all of our clan, taking pictures in Russellville. Jaime is opening the first coffee shop there very soon, called “The Flying Pig.” She gave us a guid- ed tour. She misses her friends and loved ones here. So, we saw elk horns in Jackson Hole, bison and bears in Yellowstone and moose as we left. We saw Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse and bear country in South Dakota; ate supper in Montana; Zane and Zeke tossed the football outside a stadium in Illinois; saw Abe Lincoln’s birth home and the Louisville Slugger factory; took a walk in downtown Nashville; and visited the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam. Too much more to tell here! Exodus 14:14 NIV “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa I cannot believe that this happened again! I was gone from Friday and didn’t get home till Tuesday night, May 29. I had gone to a Pas- sion Worship Conference for Christ down in Fremont, California, with my eldest and some friends. Wouldn’t you know it, we had some visitors coming all the way from Lincoln City. Seriously, I have maybe missed senior lunch three times in the five years I’ve been here in Mon- ument. Every single time I missed those lunches, there was someone who came to visit from far away. I shall give out my email address in case anyone else would like to come down for a visit and join us for lunch. You may email me and let me know so that I will make sure I am present. Here is my email address: sooy333@gmail.com. Well, since I was not pres- ent at the lunch, my great hubby took down notes for me so that I would have the information available for my article. Here goes. Carrie Jew- ell and Teawna Jewell made a meal of hamburgers with all the fixings, french fries, cole- slaw and brownies for dessert. We thank them for their hard work. Our greeters were Jan En- sign, Jimmy Cole and Linda Blakeslee. Jan led in the flag salute and made the announce- ments. Sylvia Cockerell prayed for the blessing over the meal. Jimmy and Linda collected and counted the money. So our guests that came all the way from Lincoln City were Kurt and Meredith Ol- sen. I hope to meet you both one day real soon. We also had Rex, Cindy and Katie Ander- son all the way from Liver- more, California. They are part of the Williams family (related to Thelma). We had Joe and Barbara Clarke from Long Creek. Lastly, we had Richard Harmon from Portland (cous- in to the Cavender girls) join us for lunch. We hope they all had a great time visiting and enjoyed their meal and time in Monument. We had 41 guests on the books and four takeouts. The free meal tickets were won by Rusty Baughman and Phoebe Yukawa. The Len’s Drug gift card went to Sylvia Cockerell. We thank the local business for their generous support. Debbie Reid has three vari- eties of tomato plants that she is selling for $1 apiece. If any- one is interested, you may pur- chase them on Tuesday or give her a call. The plants are about 6 inches tall. Some of the vari- eties are Early Girl and Roma. My trip to California was awesome. I never thought I would ever go back to that state, but we had to go for this worship conference. It was amazing. This was a Chi- nese-speaking church (no, I don’t speak Chinese), and I had to wear headsets to hear the English interpreter. These were mostly Chinese-speak- ing brothers and sisters in Christ, yet they were singing and dancing with great joy. I will have to share why I was so surprised next week. To be continued… Mark 16:17 “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs My, didn’t it rain. I was afraid that the little bitty seeds that I’d sown would be drowned or float away. But the next day all the puddles were gone. Guess that reveals how dry the ground is. Some of the old flower seeds have broke ground. The peas, beets and radishes are doing fine. But where, oh where are the car- rots? I never had any problem with carrots out at the ranch. How come here? Something’s fishy in Denmark. Then we have the Canada goose that has made himself (herself?) at home in the neigh- borhood. Wanders up and down the streets and alleys visiting everyone. The dogs don’t par- ticularly like him, but why is he here? Another one of those Prairie City characters, I as- sume. Ahem. Jimmy got the lawn around the center all mowed between rainstorms and showers. Looks very nice. And the antique Grange desk has gone to a new home where it will be used and taken care of. Delores led the flag salute, and Jack asked the blessing. Ken and Carlos made the home deliveries. Tom Harris favored us again with his piano mu- sic before the meal while we played pinochle. It was May birthday recognition day. Gin- ger found four celebrants: Lynn McDonald, Marilyn Randall, Sharon Thissell and Gordon Sindt. Gordon was the winner of the $10 gift certificate donat- ed by Huffman’s Market. Later, Marjean brought him a dessert that had a lit candle on it for him to blow out. We do birth- days up right! Marjean and Joy prepared pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans, coleslaw, applesauce and rhubarb crumb cake for dessert for our meal. Yummy in the tummy. We were glad to welcome back Sharon Thissell. First-tim- ers were Maxine Day and Di- ana Burril. Good to see all of you. There were 61 names on the book. Lorna and Krystin brought Marilyn Randall, Bud Salisbury, Gordon Sindt and Mary Crawford from the Blue Mountain Care Center. We have been cleaning the house that son number two bought in Canyon City. Oh, what fun. You find such in- teresting items that get left in drawers or on shelves, or end up under appliances. Joel said that he misplaced an item in the house in Portland and hopes that when they move it will ap- pear so he can bring it with him. Son number one and family came for Memorial Day, and I got him to play the drums with me on the offertory Sunday. Got to use him every chance I get. So we are getting closer to getting carpet on the new of- fice, entry and old office and a runner for the hallway to the emergency exit ramp. This is due to the fact that daughter-in- love Laurel has severe allergies and has to have all the carpet re- moved from the house in Can- yon City. So we don’t have to pay for new carpeting. Free is good, right? Matt: 10:7, 8 “As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have lep- rosy, drive out demons. Free- ly you have received, freely give.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at 61005
