Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
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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.”
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