A10
Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
On Monday, July 9, Ron
Dowse and I had greeters’ duty.
Our table service was provided
by Redeemer Lutheran Church:
Jeanette Kile, Buzz and Bobbie
Gilmore and Bonnie and Fran-
cis Kocis. Bonnie and Francis
did meal delivery to John Day
and Canyon City while David
Gill and the Step Forward crew
made deliveries to Mt. Vernon.
Altogether, they delivered 27
regular meals and 28 frozen
meals to our friends at home.
Buzz led us in the flag sa-
lute, and our drawings pro-
duced winners Connie Perry,
who won the Len’s Drug gift,
and Jan Ellison, who won the
meal at Valley View. Francis
Kocis gave an inspired bless-
ing on our meal. Our French
bread pizza was a real hit, and
the homemade tomato tortellini
soup was gobbled up too. We
also had a refreshing fruit salad,
followed by extra-large cookies
for dessert. We served 29 for
this luscious lunch.
On Thursday, July 12, Ol-
ivia Cornell and Everett King
greeted 51 diners. Who doesn’t
love a turkey dinner? Our regu-
lars from Cornerstone Christian
Fellowship Donna Johnson,
Zola Pike, Linda Sprouffske,
Henry and his mom, Elisha
Miller, Kristina and her dad,
Pastor Levi Manitsas, did
our table service. These kids
are training for service. Well
done. Donna Johnson gave
the flag salute, as she did for
years of teaching school, with
spirit. Andrea Martinez won
the Chester’s Thriftway gift
card, and Carolyn Stout won
the Valley View meal. Pastor
Levi gave his usual humorous
chat, and then he introduced a
really special guest who gave
the blessing — his daughter,
Kristina! Thank you so much.
We then enjoyed a great turkey
dinner, with dressing, gravy,
the traditional green bean cas-
serole and pecan pie cobbler,
acknowledging National Pecan
Pie Day. (Virgin peach Bellini
was served as our juice. Very
refreshing.) This wonderful
meal was sponsored by Re-
deemer Lutheran Church. God
bless all of our sponsors.
Welcome to visitors Lon’s
son, Brian Davis, Andrea and
Pete Martinez and Mikalia
Crane. For those who have so
enjoyed tai chi, we are sad to
say it has been suspended un-
til a new leader can be found.
Thank you so much to Tyler
Stoneman who has taught us so
much. I’m not alone in feeling a
very real loss. There is still a tai
chi group meeting at the hos-
pital on Wednesday evenings
from 6-7 p.m. upstairs in the
main reception room.
AARP will present an infor-
mational talk at the fairgrounds
pavilion about fraud prevention
on July 25 from 10:30 a.m. to
noon, at no charge. I can vouch
for the need to know this stuff.
Even my own bank “could not
track down the payment” they
made from my Visa card. Ed-
ucation is vital, especially for
seniors, who are scammers’ fa-
vorite targets. Naturally, I took
the loss, not the bank — they
don’t lose. Warning, do not
trust any phone number you
find on the internet. Especially
on the Microsoft website.
2 Timothy 1:9 “He has saved
us and called us to a holy life —
not because of anything we have
done but because of his own
purpose and grace. This grace
was given us in Christ Jesus be-
fore the beginning of time.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our cooks Carrie Jewell
and Teawna Jewell made a
fabulous meal of Salisbury
steak, mashed potatoes and
gravy, mixed veggies, rolls,
fruit and cookies. Guess
what? I totally missed one
of my favorite meals. I do
have a very good excuse
though, which I will share
about later. Thank you to
our great cooks. Our greet-
ers were Jimmy Cole, Linda
Blakeslee and Lonnie Law-
rence. Lonnie led the folks in
the flag salute and made the
announcements. A couple of
the announcements were that
Nancy Wilson passed away,
and her service will be held
at the Pioneer Picnic Park
at 10 a.m. on July 21. Grant
County Health/Kathy Can-
cilla came from the Commu-
nity Health Assessment and
also brought dessert.
The number of guests on
the books were 38 and six
takeouts. There were a num-
ber of visitors that joined
in the feast. Jean Hammell,
Carolyn Adams and Caro-
lyn’s brother Tim came from
Spray. Rusty Baughman’s
mom, Bea, also joined in on
the yummy meal. The win-
ners of the free meal tickets
went to Kathy Cancilla and
Larry Voght. Tim from Spray
won the Len’s Drug gift card.
We thank all our sponsors.
I had a very good reason
why I missed one of my most
favorite meals. I was away
at a kids camp. I had volun-
teered to be a counselor, and
my two little ones also at-
tended as campers. This was
my second year at Camp El-
kanah. Through my church,
at the Spray Assembly of
God, I was able to attend
this camp for four and a half
days. The first night, I did
not sleep much. Remember
how I am like the princess
and the pea story? Oh, I just
tossed and turned on the bed,
making all sorts of squeaky
noses. I just couldn’t get
comfortable. I woke up feel-
ing pretty tired and thought,
“How am I gonna get
through this week?” But the
Lord gave me strength, and
I was able to sleep well the
next few days.
I was so blessed at the
kids camp. I got to have a
couple of other girls from
different areas because they
didn’t have a counselor and
had the privilege to love on
them and hopefully make a
lasting positive impact for
Jesus. I told them all bed-
time stories about the story
of Joseph from the Bible.
Of course, I had to stop and
leave them on cliffhangers
until the next night. They
protested that it wasn’t very
nice of me to stop at such a
crucial part in the story and
leave them hanging. Ha.
I don’t know about you
all, but I am melting. The
temps are definitely rising,
and I don’t like to sweat. I
have to get up extra early to
water my garden so that I am
not out there in the heat. But
my potato plants are looking
good, and we are starting to
get lots of raspberries. I am
so looking forward to peach-
es from the orchard. I’ve been
having a craving for them.
I’m counting the days!
Proverbs 15:3 “The eyes
of the LORD are in every
place, Beholding the evil and
the good.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Oh, hallelujah and PTL.
We had 77 names on the regis-
tration book. And what a deli-
cious meal: chicken Parmesan,
angel hair pasta with sauce,
cucumber salad, applesauce
and a mocha upside-down
cake with ice cream. Great
meal, good company, a cool
place (literally!) to hang out
on a hot day. What more could
you ask for?
Lyn McDonald led the flag
salute, Jack Retherford asked
the blessing and I did the an-
nouncing. Ken, Larry and
Carlos took care of the home
deliveries. We had an “oh,
phooey” announcement: The
man who was going to do the
tai chi after the meal cannot
do it. So, some are trying to
make other arrangements. Del
Lake was the winner of the gift
certificate donated by Valley
View. Thanks again to all of
our donors.
We had a good time with
our pinochle game. Each set
of partners won one game, so
that was good. I even did the
thing that Drew called “shoot
the moon.” That’s when the
winning bidder takes all the
tricks and the losers do not get
to save their meld. Now for
those who do not play this par-
ticular game, that’s all Greek
to you, just like a bridge report
is to me. Helps to know what’s
going on.
Lorna and Krystin brought
Bud Salisbury, Sandy Burns,
Virginia Moore and Mary
Crawford from the Blue
Mountain Care Center. And
the bright orange cone has not
reappeared.
Joel came and got my new
office carpet laid, so we are
still making progress. I did
some cleaning in the old of-
fice. Took the curtains down to
wash, but they did not survive,
so have to get some more —
cheaply.
Have made two trips to
Bend so far this month. The
removable cast is really a
great invention. The hand is
healing well. Was able to put
his Levi’s back on. And man-
age to tie his bootlaces. Ah,
progress. Go back in August
to get the cast resized. They do
that after the initial swelling
goes down and the cast needs
to be smaller to do its job of
holding the bones in proper
alignment. Some were tell-
ing of their awful experiences
with the old plaster casts of
the past. Ah, progress. Now if
only we could find a cure for
restless leg syndrome, there
would be one happy man.
The garden is producing.
We have had lots of radishes
and there are some pods on the
peas. And I’m hoping that the
deer spend their time browsing
in places outside of town.
Derrol was concerned that
our old toilet seemed to be
wobbling. So Joel took a gan-
der and agreed with his con-
cerns. So for the second time
in six years, the bathroom
floor has to be removed and
replaced due to a failed wax
ring. But this product has also
made progress and is greatly
improved, along with the new
toilet designs. I was amazed
to realize that I was excited
about getting a new toilet.
Doesn’t take much to keep me
happy.
Prov. 15:13 “A happy
heart makes the face cheer-
ful …” James 5:13b “… Is
anyone happy? Let him sing
songs of praise.”
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