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Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
Labor Day, a day of rest.
Celebrated in the United States
and Canada, it was inspired in
the 19th century by the labor
movement and actually be-
gan in Canada. Thus, no meal
served on Monday, Sept. 3.
Interesting facts, accord-
ing to the U.S. Department of
Labor: The first governmental
recognition came through mu-
nicipal ordinances passed in
1885 and 1886. From these, a
movement developed to secure
state legislation.
The first state bill was intro-
duced into the New York legis-
lature, but the first to become
law was passed by Oregon on
Feb. 21, 1887. During 1887,
four more states — Colorado,
Massachusetts, New Jersey
and New York — created the
Labor Day holiday by legis-
lative enactment. By the end
of the decade, Connecticut,
Nebraska and Pennsylvania
had followed suit. By 1894,
23 more states had adopted the
holiday, and on June 28, 1894,
Congress passed an act making
the first Monday in September
of each year a legal holiday in
the District of Columbia and
the territories.
I hope you rested. We re-
turned to the senior center on
Thursday, Sept. 6, to find Bon-
nie Kocis and Everett King,
who greeted diners. The Naz-
arene Church was represented
by Trace Andrew, Dale and
Corinne Stennett, Vickie Har-
rison, Debbie Bloom and Ev-
erett King, who served at the
tables. Deliveries were made
by Joan and Joel Tayles, who
took meals to John Day and
Canyon City, and Step For-
ward, represented by David
Gill and his crew, who had the
Mt. Vernon route. Altogether,
they delivered 35 regular and
30 frozen meals. Well done,
and thank you. I was unable to
stay for lunch, because of my
need to help set up a garage
sale with my family who came
from Kentucky and Portland,
in preparation of our big move.
After faith in Jesus, family is
the most important facet of my
life, never to forget our friends.
Shay prepared chicken Par-
mesan, angel hair pasta, cu-
cumber salad, deep fried green
beans and baguettes, sponsored
by Ye Olde Thrift Shoppe at the
Methodist Church. Celebrating,
“Birthday of the Month Day,”
our friends at Driskill Memo-
rial Chapel donated their regu-
lar, beautiful sheet cake today.
I want you to know that our
sponsors, volunteers, servers
and donors are the heartbeat of
the John Day Senior Center.
Those who come in and fel-
lowship in meals, games, tai chi
and bingo come with aches and
pains, losses and failures, but
here they are loved, equal and
valuable. If you visited for the
first time today, welcome.
I hope to see you next time.
On Thursday, Sept. 13, we’ll
have pepper steak. On Monday,
Sept. 17, we’ll have lasagna
Florentine. Remember tai chi
on Monday at about 12:30 p.m.
(after lunch), then Thursdays
(before lunch) at 10:15-11:15
a.m.. Bingo is after lunch.
Colossians 2:2-3 “My goal
is that they may be encour-
aged in heart and united in
love, so that they may have
the full riches of complete un-
derstanding, in order that they
may know the mystery of God,
namely, Christ, in whom are
hidden all the treasures of wis-
dom and knowledge.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Fall sure is approaching
fast, I tell you. I think we’ve
made it over that hump of tem-
peratures being in the 100s,
thank the Lord. The milder
temps are more to my liking,
my kind of weather. The morn-
ings are definitely a lot cooler. I
can’t wait for the cold weather.
Maybe it will rid me of those
horrid yellow jackets that have
been devouring my raspber-
ries. Anyone else having those
issues? Yes, I am looking for-
ward to fall and then winter.
We are sure glad to have
Terry Cade back as one of our
cooks. She had been out due
to back surgery. We’ve missed
her. We were very appreciative
of the help from Teawna, who
was helping to cook our meals
in Terry’s absence.
Cade and Carrie Jewell
roasted up some delicious
chicken. We also had green
beans, macaroni salad and
chocolate pudding for our des-
sert. Oh, the chicken was very
yummy. I had to get the recipe
for the rub from Terry. It takes
three different seasonings. I
must try it at home. We wom-
en are always looking for new,
easy and tasty recipes to try,
right? We thank our cooks for
our delightful meal.
Our greeters at the ta-
ble were Jimmy Cole, Linda
Blakeslee, Kristi Guimont,
Lonnie Lawrence and Jan
Ensign. Lonnie and Jan made
some announcements. Kristi
noted the guests on the books.
Jimmy and Linda collected
and counted the money. Lon-
nie led us in the flag salute, and
yours truly prayed the blessing
over the meal.
We want to thank David
Stubblefield and Dennis Abra-
ham for all their effort and hard
work in fixing up the senior
center. Through their dedica-
tion and effort, the center has
been blessed with new kitchen
appliances installed and build-
ing improvements being up to
date. We are grateful for hav-
ing them care so much about
the senior center and that all of
us can enjoy and benefit from
their help.
Coming up is the Monu-
ment Buckaroo Festival & Fall
Harvest Auction. Do you have
it marked on your calendar?
You do not want to miss this
event. It is just around the
corner. The important date is
Saturday, Sept. 22. Dinner is
salmon and elk with all the
fixings. Great event for the
whole family. There will be
more details coming soon.
Veanne Weddle was pres-
ent and wanted to let seniors
know energy assistance is still
available for those who need
financial help. They will also
assist in furnace replacement
care. If you need that help,
please contact Veanne.
The winner of the Len’s
Drug gift card was Donny
Lippert. The free meal tickets
went to Max Breeding and
Christian Yukawa. We had 51
guests on the books and four
takeouts. We thank all our lo-
cal supporters of the senior
center. One last thing, we will
need assistance moving books
and bookshelves to be put
away while the flooring re-
placement project is going on.
Please contact Jan Ensign to
let her know if you would like
to help, thanks.
Matthew 9:38 “Pray ye
therefore the Lord of the har-
vest, that He will send forth la-
borers into His harvest.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
So here we go on a new
month. And we have a new
assistant cook. Whoopee.
But head cook Marjean was
found to have a condition
that will prevent her from as-
suming her duties for a few
weeks. So please pray for
her. In the meantime, Shay,
Veanne and Tom will fill in
where needed. Thanks to
them for volunteering.
Delores led the flag salute,
and Jack asked the blessing.
The winner of the $5 gift card
from Len’s Drug was new
diner Shirley Dinsmore. See,
you never know what will
happen when you come to eat
with us. Other newcomers
were Beca and Lloyd from
the Twice Upon a Time store
and Carole Garrison. Nan-
cy and Storey returned from
their trip to the west side and
were very glad to be back.
Lorna and Christina
brought Carl Lino, Mar-
ilyn Randall and Thelma
Kite from Blue Mountain
Care Center. And please, oh
please, do not park where
the new bright orange safety
cone is. Lorna had to make
two runs to be able to get to
the wheelchair ramp with her
bus.
So, the 62 of us who were
registered partook of chick-
en salad sandwiches, lime
Jell-O salad, watermelon and
cantaloupe pieces and choc-
olate pudding for dessert.
I was pleasantly surprised
to see the lime Jell-O salad.
That was what mom always
made for the holidays.
Asked tablemate Carol if
she played pinochle. No, her
folks did. She would like to
play cribbage, though. So if
you would like to play, too,
come and get together with
her. We even have an old
board on top of the piano, I
think. If you don’t want to
play anything, you can al-
ways visit or peruse the of-
ferings in the library. And if
you want to give us some of
your supply, we will be glad
to take them. I found several
to read while I was shelving.
After the meal, Pam, Bon-
nie, Del and Fran helped with
the cleanup, while Ginger
and I took care of the money.
Many hands make the work
light, you know.
And now it’s the wrap-up
of baseball. I was struck by
how fast the Little League
games are played. They don’t
waste any time. The major
leagues have been wonder-
ing how to make their games
more interesting. I suggest
that they watch the young-
sters.
Got one batch of music
arranged for the Youth Arts
Program choir. And one of
the songs is stuck in my head.
I’d never heard it (1918 vin-
tage), but it is a catchy little
tune. Have to go write some-
thing else (or practice) to
get it out, I guess. The men
who come to help me at the
BMCC Sunday afternoon
service have been surprised
at how old some of the songs
in the hymnal are. And they
are melodic and have a beat.
‘Nuff said.
I John 2:7-8 “Dear
friends, I am not writing you
a new command but an old
one, which you have had
since the beginning. This old
command is the message you
have heard … its truth is seen
in Him.”
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