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About The Blue Mountain eagle. (John Day, Or.) 1972-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 2018)
Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, August 1, 2018 A9 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Nicky Essex I am just getting over a very crazy week. Our son, Shawn, from Glasgow, Kentucky, brothers Jack and Paul and brother-in-law Kenny, all from the Portland-Beaverton area, were here to begin the sort- ing and tossing of 55 years of collecting at our house. (I did hear the word “hoarding” sev- eral times.) We took a break to come for lunch on Monday, July 23, and were greeted by Olivia and Everett. Our service was provid- ed by Rachel Carpenter and Suzanne Taysom from the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat- ter-day Saints. These two girls first made many deliveries to the John Day and Canyon City area while David Gill and Rodney from Step Forward took their Mt. Vernon route. Rachel led us in the pledge to the flag, and I won the two free meals. Suzanne gave the devotion and blessing on our meal. We had more guests, who were also from LDS, and helped serve. Brought by mom and dad, Merry and Ken Hen- ry, was daughter Kristal and her son and daughter Alex and Abby Peck. We had chicken-stuffed to- matoes, cottage cheese, garlic toast and a relish plate. To hon- or National Ice Cream Day, we had vanilla ice cream. Our guests were very impressed with the whole operation, es- pecially this meal. I had to be in Bend on Thursday, Shawn had to re- turn to Kentucky and Gene did medical stuff, so I missed a great meal. I also missed the gang from St Elizabeth’s Catholic Church: Father Chris- tie, Walt and Agnes Hall, Jim- my Maple and David Turner. Jimmy and David took meals to John Day and Canyon City while Larry Palmer led the Step Forward team to Mt. Vernon for deliveries. Walt led the flag salute and Father Christie gave the bless- ing. Agnes won the Thriftway card, and Jimmy Maple won the drawing for the two free meals. This meal was spon- sored by Iron Triangle, and it sounded like it was great. Monterey cheesy chicken with southwestern rice was served… but I missed the details. We were sad to hear of the passing of one of our regulars, Norm Strawn. Please remem- ber to pray for Maria in her loss. My trip to Bend also caused me to miss a visit with Curt, Art and Kelly Periera and Ken and Cheryle Eggers. (Thanks for the corrected spelling.) Lisa must have been pretty happy to have her prince and his entourage come in for lunch. Well, it is no longer a se- cret that we will be moving in the spring, and I would like to find a replacement writer for this column, so I can help, if needed. If I can do it, anyone can — and I hate to let it go. You need to be a regular at the John Day Senior Center for meals, but there is someone who can fill in if necessary. Matthew 7:1-3 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no at- tention to the plank in your own eye?” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa Are we really heading into August already? The temps have been almost unbear- ably hot, more so if you were working outside in the heat of the day. I’ve been trying to get out early to do my watering and chores to avoid the hot, beating sun. By the time I get back in the house, it is just before noon. Of course, after lunch, it is time for a siesta, or aka food coma nap time. Ha. Speaking of food, Teawna Jewell and Terry Hamilton prepared for us chicken en- chiladas, Spanish rice, refried beans, pear slices and cookies for our Tuesday lunch. We thank them for their efforts. It was nice not to have to think of something to cook and then prepare lunch ourselves in this hot weather. We were all grateful for our lunch. Our greeters were Jimmy Cole, Linda Blakeslee and Kristi Guimont. Kristi led us in the flag salute. Judy Harris made the announcements, and yours truly prayed the bless- ing over our meal. Jimmy and Linda collected and counted the money. Judy Harris had a free raf- fle going for a metal “Wel- come” sign. The lucky winner of the prize was Bodean An- dersen. The winners of the free meal tickets were Bodean An- dersen and Ed Bustardo. The winner of the Len’s Drug gift card was Phoebe Yukawa. Our new Marine, Molly Hoodenpyl, came to join us for lunch. We congratulate her and thank her for her service. May the Lord be with her and protect her. We had a few guests join us for lunch. Dick and Pam Wanous came from Spray and brought Louise Britt with them. We had Bonnie Hester and Lorelai Hilton from Mt. Vernon. Lastly, we had Raymond and Debra May from Canyon City. (I hope I got their names right. I had them write down their own names for me, and sometimes I have a hard time reading their writing. Sorry.) There is a quilt and rifle raffle that is ongoing right now until the Buckaroo Festi- val. You know the drill about the cost of the tickets. You need not be present to win. Which reminds me, mark this on your calendars, our next Buckaroo Festival will be on Sept. 22. Did you get that? It will be here in no time. I was reminded by a neigh- bor that I also had wasp traps that I had purchased last year when I saw hers. Thank the Lord that we have them. These wasps, hornets and yellow jackets have invaded us everywhere and are very numerous. The two traps are almost full and they have only been up for two days. I was told their dead bodies make good fertilizer, hmm. No need to spend money on new bait, just use a piece of raw fat or meat and that will attract them. They were on a dead mouse that a cat had caught, and I don’t know what I was thinking and stepped on it to kill the wasps — yeah, eww. Psalm 19:1 “The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declar- ing the work of His hands.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs Hot enough for ya? Whoo! PTL for A/C. Just remember this in December. It was a busy day at the center. I got new curtains hung up in the new library, and we played our pinochle games in there. That way we didn’t bother the driver safety class that Mr. Dowse was con- ducting. And the air from the cooler drifted in just enough to keep us cool. A perfect situation, I think. And a lot of you decided that it was a good day to eat some- one else’s cookin’ because 70 of you had your names inscribed on the registration book. Yahoo. Drew Harmer led the flag salute, and Jack Retherford asked the blessing. Larry, Carlos and Ken took care of the home deliveries. Ginger found four birthday people, and the winner was Jean Kline. She received the $10 gift certificate donated by Huffman’s Market. Cooks Marjean and Joy and helper Ellie served us beef noodle casserole, green salad, garlic bread, peaches and — drum roll please — strawber- ry shortcake with topping for dessert. Great meal, wonder- ful dessert, friendly diners in a nice, comfortable and cool building; what else could you ask for? Well, Grant County is slowly crawling into the 21st century. We have half a roundabout now. (Har, har.) Marjean said that they en- countered an Eastern Oregon traffic jam on their way to On- tario last week. It was so as- tounding that she posted it on Facebook. If you haven’t seen it, or like me, are not connect- ed, I will tell you what it was: a cattle drive. (Hee, hee.) Daughter-in-love’s TKD class is going to be in the Grant County Fair parade, so you can see just what it is. If you want to get more up close and personal, they will be doing demos on the lawn someplace around the pavil- ion. Some of her teachers and their students will be coming from Portland for this parade and demo. So if you see cul- ture-shocked people in white uniforms, be nice to them. Derrol gets his new re- sized, removable cast in ear- ly August. It’s a good thing, too. This one is getting pret- ty loose. Maybe in this hot weather, that’s a good thing, huh? Joel got the carpet laid in the new library, so now the fun begins. Hopefully we can get everything moved and more organized soon. Pray for me. Read a book this week that was a real page-turner: The Martian. The promos I’d seen never said whether he made it, so I had to find out, and in the process, I blotted out all the bad words. So if you read this copy, you’ll have to insert your own. Honestly, I can’t see why people have to write that way. It adds nothing to the story. You can be sure that Mrs. Pollifax never had to use profanity to get her point across. She had a black belt in karate. (Hi-eee.) Exodus 20:7 “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at 71664
