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Seniors/History
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
I definitely believe the hot
summer days are gone. Can
you feel the briskness of the
air in the morning? How about
the sudden drop in the temp as
soon as the sun goes down?
Time to think about putting
away those summer shorts and
tank tops and pulling out the
long johns, sweaters and warm
boots. The first day of autumn
is Sept. 23 in case you didn’t
already know.
To warm up our hungry
tummies, our cooks Terry Cade
and Teawna Jewell made us
some hearty meat burritos,
Spanish rice, corn, fruit cocktail
and chocolate cookies. We all
enjoyed our yummy meal and
were satisfied. We thank them
for their hard work.
Our greeters were Jimmy
Cole, Linda Blakeslee, Kristi
Guimont and Jan Ensign. Jan
made the announcements and
led us in the flag salute. Kristi
marked off the guests. Jimmy
Cole and Linda collected and
counted the money. Yours tru-
ly prayed the blessing over the
meal. There were 46 guests on
the books and four takeouts.
The winner of the Len’s
Drug gift card was John Ray.
The winners of the free meal
tickets were Sue Cavender and
yours truly.
We had the pleasure of
having our good friend Bruce
Hansen from Sauvie Island join
us for lunch. He brought along
with him John Ray, who is also
from Sauvie Island. John’s fa-
ther was one of the people who
helped us receive our large
donation of $40,000 from the
Joyce Miller Owens Charitable
Foundation. We are indebted to
these generous friends for help-
ing our senior center.
Mark on your calendars that
the tai chi classes will resume
on Sept. 25. Our instructor
will be our very own Miranda
Hoodenpyl. The class will be-
gin at 1 p.m. right after lunch.
If you haven’t already no-
ticed, there is a beautiful deck
being installed in the back of
the senior center building. This
work is being done by Dennis
Abraham and David Stubble-
field. We thank these men for
their hard work and dedication.
The funds were provided by the
Joyce Miller Owens Charitable
Foundation.
Are you ready for the Buck-
aroo? It’s this week already!
4-H food booths will open in
the park at noon. Bidder regis-
tration for live and silent auc-
tions will also open at this time.
Starting at 1 p.m., live music,
horseshoes and corn hole begin
in the park. Silent auction in the
senior center. Games for kids
with prizes. Live auction be-
gins at 3 p.m. in the park.
Lastly, the salmon and elk
dinner will be from 5-7 p.m.
The cost is $15 per person or
$25 per couple. Children 6-12
years old cost $7.50. Free for
those under age 6.
We are calling for any and
all volunteers to help run this
show. We would appreciate
volunteers for cooking crew,
cleaning and serving crews.
We also would appreciate any
donations of pies, cakes and
other sweet goodies for the des-
sert auction that will be going
on during dinner. We look for-
ward to seeing everyone there
and are grateful for everyone’s
support.
Isaiah 51:1 “Hearken unto
me, ye that follow after righ-
teousness, ye that seek the
LORD.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Did you see and hear the
water falling from the sky?!
Hallelujah! It can still do it!
How nice it felt and smelled.
And there was a dusting of
snow on Strawberry too. So if
we would have had a contest as
to when the first snow would be
on the mountain, anything after
today would have been too late.
That’s another one of my “fas-
cinations.”
I quit watering the garden
and have found that the plants
that were left high and dry must
be quite drought tolerant. Der-
rol brought in some ripe toma-
toes. They were only an inch
long and a quarter inch around,
but it proved that they got polli-
nated! Hope for better opportu-
nities next year.
And there were a lot of
empty seats because of doctor
appointments, visiting rela-
tives, etc. Pam registered 46
diners altogether. Drew led the
flag salute, and Jack asked the
blessing. Carlos, Ginger and
Tom got the deliveries taken
care of. Tom and Veann were
helping in the kitchen again.
We are sad to report that Mar-
jean will not be returning to
her cooking duties here. We
thank her for her excellent
work during her tenure. We
pray God’s blessing on her in
the future. So we are in need
of another cook. We do thank
and appreciate those who have
come to assist in our time of
need.
Delores and I played some
two-handed pinochle using
our own rules. Then Drew ap-
peared and we played some
three-handed. Del came along
later so we could get this start-
ed. And Carol is still looking
for someone to play cribbage
with. The gift certificate do-
nated by Valley View Assist-
ed Living went to Jean Kline.
But the ladies from the Blue
Mountain Care Center didn’t
get to come. Tom’s good word
for the day: “If at first you
don’t succeed, try reading the
instructions.” That’s what I
had to do to get the heating
stove to do its thing. Found
them, read them, used them
and, voila, warm air. Whee.
We sang “Happy Birthday” to
Nancy Viggers and got busy
with our delicious meal: Salis-
bury steak, mashed potatoes
with onion-mushroom gravy,
green beans with other veg-
gies, a roll, and orange-cran-
berry cake with a quarter inch
of luscious creamy frosting
on it for dessert. And Ren
wanted you to know that it
was all made from “scratch.”
Good job. Then all able-bodies
helped with the cleanup.
Thanks and appreciation to
you too
We wanted to put another
grab bar in the bathtub so Joel
came to do it. Just one problem
— where he wanted to put it has
no solid wood. So, have to go to
the adjoining room, move the
computer desk, move the items
off the shelves, take down the
shelving and remove the piece
of hardboard so that he can get
to the inside of the wall to put
in some solid 2x4 pieces so that
the grab bar screws have some-
thing to hold onto. Yup. ’Nother
one of those 10 minute jobs that
turns into two hours.
Mark 13:32-33 “No one
knows about that day or hour,
not even the angels in heaven,
nor the Son, but only the Fa-
ther. Be on guard! Be alert! You
do not know when that time will
come.”
Eagle file photo
From Sept. 17, 2008: Crane’s Cole Maupin gets tackled
by a group of Monument-Long Creek-Dayville defenders
during the second half of the game in Monument Sept. 12.
O UT OF THE P AST
75 years ago
September 17, 1943
Seneca school opens with
enrollment of ninety
The Seneca Grade School,
as well as kindergarten start-
ed Sept. 7 with an enrollment
of 90. All of the teachers are
new with the exception of
Mrs. Harvey Jones of Seneca.
The other teachers are Miss
Maude Alexander of Baker,
principal; Mrs. Alva Spense
of Medford, Mrs. J Gossler
and Mrs. Art Hansford both of
Seneca.
50 years ago
September 19, 1968
Ranchers elect officers
Members of the commu-
nity ASCS committees have
been selected for the 1968-69
year, announces Walt Foree,
county ASCS chairman.
Ballots for the commu-
nity elections were counted
Wednesday prior to an ASCS
county committee meeting in
the courthouse.
A county convention for
the new officers of the com-
munity committees will be held
Wednesday, Sept. 25 at one
o’clock p.m. in the courthouse.
A member will be selected to
replace Foree on the county
committee. Foree is retiring
from the county committee.
Abe Rickman was elected
to serve as chairman of com-
munity “A” consisting of Izee,
Bear Valley and Seneca. Other
officers are: Bill Hyde, vice
chairman; Gene Officer, regu-
lar member; Leslie Robertson,
first alternate; and Lester Sch-
nabele, second alternate.
Community “B” chairman
for John Day-Prairie City area
is Dick Ray. Other officers are:
Alfred Coombs, vice chair-
man; Bud Trowbridge, regular
member; Laurie Wyllie, first
alternate; and Orrin Forrest,
second alternate.
Stanley Musgrave will be
the chairman of community
“C” Monument, Fox, Long
Creek and Dale area. Other
officers are Phil Murphy, vice
chairman; George Stubble-
field, regular member; Warren
Constant, first alternate; and
Jack Blackwell, second alter-
nate.
John McCaige is the new
chairman for community “D”
Mt. Vernon-Dayville area.
Other officers are: James A.
Cant, vice chairman; Law-
rence Mascall, regular mem-
ber; Ivan Profily, first alternate;
and Anthony Tirico, second
alternate.
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