A8
Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
On Monday, Aug. 6, oh,
was it hot. Looking back, it
only got worse. Merry Hen-
ry and Olivia Cornell were
greeting.
The hospital auxiliary la-
dies, Mary Jones and Gloria
Kulis, took deliveries to John
Day and Canyon City before
serving at tables. David Gill
and Rodney from Step For-
ward did the Mt. Vernon route.
Altogether, they delivered 27
regular and 64 frozen meals.
Good job to you all. I love our
volunteers! Merry opened our
time together by leading us in
the Pledge of Allegiance.
Yog Harris won the draw-
ing for the Len’s Drug gift
card, and Roberta Dowse
won the two free meals. Dale
Stennett gave a lovely bless-
ing on our meal, on the hands
that prepared it and on our
country. Lisa told me this was
National Root Beer Float Day
and Wiggle Your Toes Day. I
lost to the floats, but I wiggled
my toes whenever no one was
looking.
We had hamburgers with
all the trimmings and BLT
pasta salad. We all loved the
floats. We had four-plus tables
full and welcomed back Dar-
lene Nodine after a year on
a mission trip. We also wel-
comed Carol and Ron Bright
from Mt. Vernon. We will be
having tai chi here on Mon-
days after lunch, about 12:30
p.m., and are happy to have
Ron Flores as our form lead-
er. He just wants to be one of
us, not a teacher, but he really
is familiar with a lot of forms
and can help us.
On Thursday, Aug. 9,
Jeanette Julsrud and Olivia
Cornell were at the greeter’s
desk, and Cornerstone church
did our table service. Thanks
to Carla and Andy Anderson,
Linda Sprouffske, Zola Pike
and Henry and Alecia Mill-
er for taking such good care
of us. Jeanette and Veanne
filled in for our regular de-
livery folks to take meals to
John Day and Canyon City, as
David and Rodney from Step
Forward delivered to Mt. Ver-
non. Altogether, they deliv-
ered 34 meals. Thank you to
all! Zola led us in the salute to
the flag, Linda won the draw-
ing for Chester’s Thriftway’s
gift card and Helen Bogart
won the drawing for two free
meals here. Andy gave a won-
derful devotional blessing on
our meal.
Everett King sponsored
our meal, and Shay made
delicious, yummy pork loin
with gravy and sweet pota-
toes, cheesy veggies, dinner
rolls and, in honor of National
Rice Pudding Day, Lisa made
a cinnamon-flavored rice
pudding. We filled six tables.
Great. We had some of our
regulars from Valley View,
including Larry and Linda
Christiansen who dined with
Lynda’s dad, Chuck Corwin,
Betty Sprague, Norma Ryer-
son, Helen Bogart, Lois Bi-
dasolo and their fearless lead-
er, Kim Ausland. It’s so nice
to see Leone and Bob Meador
regularly, too. Welcome, An-
nette Perry.
We learned that our dear
friend Maryanne Morris has
passed away. We will miss
you, dear one.
Hebrews 12:14 “Make
every effort to live in peace
with everyone and to be holy;
without holiness no one will
see the Lord.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Well, how is everyone do-
ing? Did you survive the heat
wave? It sure was hot and in-
tense. I thought I came here to
get away from the hot Califor-
nia sunny weather. Ha. It did
make my corn and zucchini
plants take off.
My romaine lettuce is now
trying to bolt. I am thankful
that we got to enjoy fresh let-
tuce, and I believe we will at
least for another few weeks
more before it becomes tough
and bitter. I did plant the next
batch so maybe I will have
new lettuce by the time the
older batch goes to seed. I am
definitely saving this variety
of lettuce seeds. Would any-
one like some of the seed?
Shoot me an email or snail
mail me.
Our greeters were Jimmy
Cole, Linda Blakeslee and
Kristi Guimont. Judy Harris
led us in the flag salute and
also made the announce-
ments. Yours truly prayed the
blessing over the meal. We
had 45 guests on the books
and four takeouts.
Our cooks, Carrie Jewell
and Teawna Jewell, made us
a nice meal of tater tot casse-
role, boiled carrots, cookies
and sliced pears for dessert.
We thank our cooks for their
hard and dedicated work.
We had a few visitors that
came to enjoy the lunch with
us. We had Tina Allus and
Andy Shutz. Tina had her son
and his whole family. Her
son’s name was Matti, along
with his wife, Livia. Their
kids were Lukas (7 years old)
and Nella (4 years old). They
were visiting from Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada. I
hope they enjoyed their stay.
Judy Harris is having a
couple of raffles going on
currently. She has a quilt and
rifle raffle to raise some mon-
ey. The drawing will be held
during the Buckaroo Festival
in September. You need not be
present in order to win.
The winners of the free
meals were Jan Ensign and
Matti Allas. The lucky winner
of the Len’s Drug gift card
was Betty Breeding.
So I’ve been exacting my
revenge on the nasty grass-
hoppers. I think the most I
caught was about 100 at one
time. I fed them to my chick-
ens, and there was a frenzy.
I thought it was an appropri-
ate measure of poetic justice.
I found a mother lode of the
buggers on some thistle. They
had gorged themselves so
much on the leaves that they
were quite fat and meaty.
I found a way to pick them
off without me getting hurt
by those sharp thistle needle
points. I used my disposable
chopsticks. I grabbed them
by the head and then I got a
good hold of their legs and
abdomen.
Of course, I pop them in
my cheese jar, and after a
while, I take them over to the
chickens. When they hear me
shaking those grasshoppers
in the jar, they come tearing
over to wait for their delecta-
ble treats. Yes, I have trained
them well. Ha. Yes, it gives
me quite a satisfied feeling
that they are being eaten by
the chickens and receiving
my just revenge for eating the
fruits of my labor.
Psalm 37:3 “Trust in the
LORD, and do good; Dwell in
the land and enjoy safe pas-
ture.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Old business: FedEx does
not do business on the week-
end, so the overnight ship-
ment from San Francisco to
Oregon City did not take place
until Monday. But they said it
would be there at 10:30 a.m.
on Tuesday, and it was! PTL.
Now they can begin enjoying
their time in the USA. If you
don’t know what I’m talking
about, you need to read last
week’s column — or ask
somebody who has.
New business: We went to
the Old Mill doctor’s office
and satisfied them that Der-
rol’s thumb is doing OK. Then
to the therapy people and got
half of the removable cast re-
moved and got some exercises.
’Twas a long day. Back again
in September.
On the next day, we got
our semi-annual teeth clean-
ing done. Wednesday we got
to stay in Prairie City for se-
nior dinner! And lots of people
signed up for it, too — 73. We
had pineapple chicken over
rice, kale salad, cantaloupe
pieces and a chocolate chip
zucchini cake with vanilla
swirl ice cream. Delicious.
The flag salute was led by
Bob Meador, and the blessing
was given by Jack Retherford.
The free meal for two, donated
by Valley View Assisted Liv-
ing, was won by Sandra Hawk.
Our summer helper Ellie
let us know that she is going
to be showing a turkey at the
fair. She explained how that
was done, and it sounded very
interesting. It will be available
for purchase, so attend the auc-
tion and bid.
Due to the fair being next
week, we opted not to have
a board meeting on the third
Wednesday as directed in
the by-laws. We did have a
mini-meeting to dispense
information on some of the
projects that we are pursuing
on the hall. The swamp cool-
er is trying to go on the fritz.
That is not good at this point.
Always something to take
care of, right? Which leads to
a big thank you to those who
volunteer to help in the kitchen
and clean up before and after
the meals. May your tribe in-
crease.
Lorna and Shauntele
brought Marilyn Randall,
Mary Crawford and Sandra
Burns from the Blue Mountain
Care Center.
I was impressed with Ken
Koser’s T-shirt: “The Sec-
ond Amendment – America’s
Original Homeland Security.”
So we went to Baker Thurs-
day. One of the stops between
appointments was at the Sal-
vation Army Thrift Store. As
we were about to enter, a lady
hollered at me from across
the parking lot to wait as she
had something for me. And
I thought, what? A petition,
a tract? Neither. She was on
a mission to give out a gift
package as a random act of
kindness to someone each day.
And I was the chosen one! I
was speechless. She gave me a
hug and a “God bless,” jumped
in her car and drove away. I’m
still in shock — the items in
the gift package are all very
useful, too. Thank you, Lord,
for this lady. May her tribe in-
crease, also.
Galatians 5:22,23 “But
the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentle-
ness and self-control. Against
such things there is no law.”
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