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A8 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, June 20, 2018 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Nicky Essex June 11 was National Ger- man Chocolate Day. I couldn’t wait for dessert. Our service was provided by Redeemer Lutheran Church: Buzz and Bobbie Gilmore prepared ta- bles while home delivery was provided by Bonnie and Fran- cis Kocis, who took out meals to John Day and Canyon City. Step Forward’s David Gill and crew delivered for those in Mt. Vernon. Altogether, they delivered 27 regular meals and 32 frozen meals. Thank you for your faithful service. Buzz opened our time with the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag, a freedom we enjoy at every gathering here. The Len’s Drug certificate was then won by Don Porter, and the free meal was won by Ken Henry. Francis Kocis gave the blessing, and the Gilmores brought out a wonderful meal of Polish sausage, sauerkraut, a tomato and cucumber sal- ad and the wonderful German chocolate cake. It occurs to me that, with all of the delays on our freezer replacement and other problems I can’t really go into, Shay and Lisa go on and produce great meals for us and many home-bound friends who can’t come in. Thank you so much. Our floors are beautiful, thanks to the Cernazanus. Pick up chairs to move them if pos- sible. Don’t forget tai chi on Monday after lunch. On Thursday, June 14, we had our Father’s Day celebra- tion meal. Merry Henry and Everett King were our greeters. Joan and Joel Tayles stepped up once again to take meals to John Day and Canyon City, and David Gill and Rodney from Step Forward took out meals to Mt. Vernon. Together, they de- livered 37 meals. The Corner- stone church group, consisting of Donna Johnson, Carla John- son, Zola Pike, Linda Sprouff- ske and Alecia and Henry Mill- er, served us well. Henry took care of pastor Levi’s regular coffee service as well as help- ing with delivery of juice and milk. Good job, Henry. Donna Johnson led us in the pledge to our flag, Maria Strawn won the Chester’s Thriftway gift card and Donna Johnson won the Valley View meal. As always, Linda Stoltz had decorated and produced several other drawing gifts, reserved only for the men in honor of Father’s Day. Linda Sprouffske opened our meal with the blessing, and 42 hungry seniors enjoyed a wonderful meal of beefsteak tips with demi-glace, corn au gratin and hush puppies. Then, surprise! Strawberry shortcake with a generous dollop of whip cream. Our meal sponsors, Boyd and Bonnie Britton, were here to have lunch with us. Thank you so much for all of your support for the senior cen- ter through the years. Thursday we’ll have pork roast, and next Monday we’ll have catfish. Yummy. Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in [every circum- stance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specif- ic] requests known to God. And the peace of God [that peace which reassures the heart, that peace], which transcends all understanding, [that peace which] stands guard over your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus [is yours].” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa We had a wonderful lunch where I absolutely made a pig of myself. I really tried not to make my tacos big, but that’s how they end up being. I think it looked bigger because I put tons of lettuce on top. I like lots of greens, you know. There you have it, our cooks Carrie Jewell and Teawna Jewell prepared for us yummy tacos with all the fixings, re- fried beans, Spanish rice and fruit crisp for our dessert. We thank them profusely for their hard work. We had a couple of vis- itors: Clarence and Sharon Harvey brought their grand- son, Ben Maccio, to visit, and Katee Hoffman from John Day, who is the representative and contact person for our veterans. Katee has informed us that she has a new page on Facebook, “Grant County, Or- egon Veteran Services.” She has received a grant for sui- cide prevention for veterans, and there is medical trans- portation for veterans by the People Mover free of charge. She also has the office open for mental health every fourth Wednesday of the month in Bend from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you need more information, please call Katee Hoffman at 541-620-8057. Our greeters were Judy Harris, Jimmy Cole and Lin- da Blakeslee. Judy led us in the flag salute and made the announcements. Yours truly prayed the blessing over the meal. Jimmy and Linda col- lected and counted the money. The winner of the Len’s Drug gift card was Miranda Hood- enpyl. The winners of the free meal tickets were Jimmy Cole and Bob Yukawa. I don’t know if anyone noticed, but the cross that Bruce Strange had made that was hanging up on the wall is now hanging on a frame with a black back- ground for accentuation. This was done by David and Karen Stubblefield. It looks beauti- ful. Thank you, David, Karen and Bruce. I realized after I had given my email address the last time that most of you older folks probably don’t do email. So I shall give you my snail mail address: P.O. Box 325, Mon- ument, OR 97864. You may write me or let me know if you would like to come for a visit, and I will make sure I will definitely be present. Well, continued from my story about the Fremont, California, visit, I was so surprised about the people singing, dancing and jump- ing with great joy because, well, you know, us Asian people are just so serious. We are so stoic and very proper. At least that was what I have seen in my experience with Asian churches. So, I was pleasantly surprised, and it just made me want that joy and enthusiasm for myself. It was definitely contagious. I was a little self-conscious, but hey, David in the Bible danced for God and he didn’t care who was looking. I have decided that I only have to care about one person in the audience when I sing or dance at church; it’s all for Jesus. Yes, he is the only one who I am worshiping. Psalm 119:2 “Blessed are they who keep His command- ments, And seek Him with the whole heart.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs The best laid plans of mice and men do oft go awry. Head cook Marjean took this week off to go camping with the grandchildren. No problem. Assistant cook Joy had every- thing under control, until there was a family emergency and she had to rush to Portland. So Veanne, Shay and Lisa from the John Day center came to our rescue and finished and served the meal. Thank you so much. They did a wonderful job. And our prayers are with Joy and her family during this time. Ginger did the announcing, Juan led the flag salute and Tom asked the blessing. Larry and Carlos did the home deliv- eries. The gift certificate do- nated by Valley View went to Jean Kline. We had 57 names on the book. We had two kinds of juice, two kinds of milk, two kinds of coffee, tea and water for the liquids. The meal started with tortilla casserole, Spanish rice, refried beans, green salad, fruit cup and a dessert that started out as strawberry shortcake and added bananas and vanilla pudding and whipped cream. Wowzer dowzer. What a treat. And what a meal. Tom Harris played piano for us before the meal and then helped clean up since so many were gone on vacation or to graduations, or medical appointments, etc. Thanks to all who stay and help with the cleanup. This is a volunteer or- ganization, you know. (Ahem.) Lorna and Krystin brought Marilyn Randall, Gordon Sindt and Bud Salisbury from the Blue Mountain Care Cen- ter. We also welcome Murry and Jack back. The “new” carpet for the new office and various other places is in the buildings. It may not get laid until after the Fourth of July, but that’s OK. We’re still making progress. Our table conversation re- volved around Lyme disease. One person had contracted it years ago and has had quite a round of symptoms. Ended up in central Florida to take advantage of its moist heat and is feeling much better. So be careful when dealing with bushes, grass and trees. I’ve been removing juniper shrubs at Joel’s house and so far have avoided the tick transmitter. And I have to get back to the garden soon or all the veg- etables will be overpowered by the weeds. There was a typo in last week’s column, and it was not my fault. Laurel will be teach- ing TKD not TXD. Since I am not online, the staff at the Blue Mountain Eagle have to re- type this missive to conform to their parameters. And mistakes happen. Derrol’s next surgery has been set, so “once more into the breach.” When we look back at all the medical pro- cedures he has had, we are so thankful that the procedures were available. Psalm 139:14- 16 details how God put us to- gether. One of the phrases al- ludes to the fact that God listed all the bones in our bodies. I joke that he had to make some adjustments in the list for Der- rol’s. Psalm 139:5-6 “… you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too won- derful for me, too lofty for me to attain.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at 61005
