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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.”
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