A8
Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
Flu shots will be available
right here tomorrow, Oct. 4,
beginning at 10:30 a.m. A cele-
bration of life will be held here
for Norm Strawn on Saturday,
Oct. 6, at 2 p.m.
First, a big thank you to the
secret angels who bring in their
wonderful fruits and vegetables
to share with us. It all disap-
pears so quickly. I especially
love the zucchini and green
tomatoes for my relish. Thanks
also to Jessie Elliott for those
great Western magazines.
On Monday, Sept. 24, Ol-
ivia Cornell and Ron Dowse
were at the greeter’s desk while
James and Ethan were busily
wrapping silverware and set-
ting tables. Darlene Nodine and
Susan Sintay, from the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, served our meal. Dar-
lene opened our time by leading
us in the Pledge of Allegiance,
and Susan gave the blessing on
our fellowship and meal. Karen
Barrietua won the $5 gift card
from Len’s Drug, and Roberta
Dowse won the free meal.
We gobbled the chef’s hand-
made pizza, green salad and a
choice of very colorful sherbets
for dessert. I chose “Mowie
Wowie.” We served 32 friends
in the center and our home de-
liveries were made to John Day
and Canyon City by Darlene
Nodine and Susan Sintay while
David Gill and Rodney, from
Step Forward, made deliveries
to Mt. Vernon. Altogether, they
delivered 29 regular meals and
36 frozen ones.
On Thursday, Oct. 27, Jea-
nette and Everett had desk duty,
greeting 56 diners and having to
turn away a number of folks. It
is imperative that you check in
by 11:45 a.m. if you want to be
seated and if you want to be sure
to have lunch here. Shay is good
at estimating but limited by
budget. We had smothered pork
chops, mashed potatoes, veggies
and rolls, and for dessert, Lisa
made her wonderful chocolate
pudding with whipped cream.
Thanks to State Farm’s Jean-
nette Hueckman for sponsoring
our meal. Our volunteers from
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church,
David Turner, Jimmy Maple,
Agnes and Walt Hall and Father
Christie, served at tables. David
and Jimmy did meal deliveries
to John Day and Canyon City,
while the Step Forward crew,
led by David Gill, took their Mt.
Vernon route.
Walt led us in the flag sa-
lute, including his actual salute
at the end, and Father Christie
surprised us with the “birthday
song” to honor our special guest
Kathlyne Page who was cele-
brating her ninth birthday. Fa-
ther then said grace. Kathlyne’s
special wish was to play bingo
on her big day. Her mom, Ka-
trina, joined her. Welcome to
our friends from Valley View:
Norma Ryerson, Beck Sprague
with daughter, Pam Durr and
her husband, Mike, Randa
Persinger, Barbara Miller,
Georgia Osborn, Lois Bidasolo
and their leader Kim Ausland.
Also visiting was Jason Walker.
Nadine Smith won the Ches-
ter’s Thriftway gift card for $5,
and Walt Hall won the free Val-
ley View meal.
Isaiah 9:6-7 “For to us a
child is born, to us a son is giv-
en, and the government will be
on His shoulders. And He will
be called Wonderful Counselor,
Might God, Everlasting Father,
and Prince of Peace. Of the
greatness of His Government
and peace there will be no end.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our cooks Terry Cade,
Carrie Jewell and Teawna
Jewell made us a delicious
meal of spare ribs, rice, fresh
green salad and birthday cake.
I must say, it was a very tasty
meal. We thank our cooks for
making this meal for us hungry
folks.
Our greeters at the ta-
ble were Jimmy Cole, Linda
Blakeslee, Kristi Guimont and
Judy Harris. Judy led us in the
flag salute and made the an-
nouncements, Jimmy and Lin-
da collected and counted the
money and Kristi signed the
guests in; yours truly prayed
the blessing over our meal. We
had 42 guests on the books and
14 take-outs. We had Dick and
Pan Wanous from Spray join
us for lunch.
The winner for the Len’s
Drug gift card was Dick Wa-
nous. The winners of the
free meal tickets were Ricky
Doland and Monica Sowa.
Judy gave us some num-
bers concerning the Buckaroo
Festival. There were over 200
guests served for the salm-
on and elk dinner. The gross
amount of money made was —
drum roll please — $18,500.
Subtract about $2,000 for
event related expenses. We
thank everyone that participat-
ed and volunteered their time
and support to make this event
happen. I’m sure that Judy will
put something in the paper
acknowledging all who were
involved.
The winner of the rifle raf-
fle was Rich Johnson of Port-
land, who bought the ticket
at the Thomas Orchard while
visiting. The quilt raffle win-
ner was Sherry (sorry I didn’t
catch her last name) from
Portland. Wes Adams of Mon-
ument won the $100 for the
Buckaroo flyer raffle. Due to
rain during the Buckaroo Fes-
tival, the auctions were moved
to the senior center. The board
has decided that they will con-
tinue to do so for the future
Buckaroo Festivals, since it
worked out so well. Now that
is a blessing in disguise.
Don’t forget there is a sew-
ing class at the senior center
on Saturday, Oct. 20. The class
is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There
will be a potluck lunch to share
around noon. Bring your sew-
ing machine and a project, or
do a project that Judy has for us
to work on. The Grant County
Health Department will be
giving flu shots on Oct. 23 if
you are interested. Last an-
nouncement, yours truly will
start a women’s Bible study on
the Book of Acts every Friday
morning from 9:15-10:45 a.m.
at Kristi Guimont’s house, 368
Third St. in Monument. If you
would like to join us, please
shoot me an email: sooy333@
gmail.com.
Well, I finally got moti-
vated enough to clean out my
chicken coop. I first cleaned
out their run and put down a
bunch of fresh dirt. Boy, the
girls were happy and so was
my rooster, Hank Williams.
They were all dust bathing, and
Hank was just sitting in the big
hole I made with his girls. Ha.
I locked them out of the coop
and proceeded to clean it out.
I cleaned everything out and
proceeded to move the nest-
ing boxes to clean behind and
under it, then screamed. To be
continued...
Psalm 25:4 “Show me thy
ways, O Lord; teach me thy
paths.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Welcome to fall. At least,
it feels like it! Ah, a sem-
blance of normal, finally.
Can you believe all the wild
weather everywhere else and
we sit here in our blessed
little valley? No cause for
complaining, is there? Our
thought for the day echoes
that theme: Although the
tongue weighs very little,
few people can hold it. Pon-
der that for a while.
Carlos, Larry and Ken
took care of the home deliv-
eries. Drew led the flag sa-
lute, and Pastor Jack asked
the blessing. The winner of
the September birthday gift
certificate, donated by Huff-
man’s Market, was Vivian
Rookstool. Margie Walton,
Dick Field, Tom Roark and
Veann (our hard-working se-
nior coordinator) were our
cooks and helpers. We are
still looking for a head cook
and assistant cook. They
whipped together a nutri-
tious and filling meal for our
dining pleasure: spaghetti
in meat sauce, green salad,
French bread and good ol’
yellow cake with chocolate
frosting for dessert.
Had lots of people out
hunting or laid low with
the newest incarnation of
the Grant County crud, I
assume, as Pam only regis-
tered 48 names on the book.
I came down with “some-
thing” Monday afternoon
and laid low that night and
all of Tuesday. Managed to
do my duties on Wednes-
day, but paid for it Thursday.
Which brings up the fact
that if we get enough people
signed up for flu/pneumonia
shots, the people from the
health department will come
to us at some point in the
near future.
But the tai chi lady will
be here Oct. 3, and the Blue
Mountain Care Center didn’t
get to come last week, either.
Try again next week, huh?
We also want to acknowl-
edge the donation each
month of bags of ice from
Prospector Ice so our juices,
milks and teas will stay cool.
Thanks so much. We finally
got to have two tables of pi-
nochle players today. Yeah!
Spread the joy. Del, Drew
and I played at one table
while Carla, Delores, Gwyn-
ne and Bonnie played at the
other. Carole is still looking
for a cribbage partner.
I am happy to report that
the little burg of Prairie City
is beginning to look a little
livelier. The Prairie Pub is
open for business, the an-
tique store is displaying its
wares and there are new
things going on in the old
Prairie Drug. Hallelujah!
Have you read the signs that
are in front of the Public
Works building? They are
for people passing through,
but you should avail your-
self of the information con-
tained therein. Then you can
converse intelligently with a
visitor about why this quaint
village is where it is. Don’t
be like an old-timer of years
ago who had lived here all
his life and never been to the
top of Strawberry Mountain.
Be like Auntie Mame and
“Live, Live, Live!”
Ephesians 5:15-16 “Be
very careful, then, how you
live-not as unwise but as
wise, making the most of ev-
ery opportunity...”
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