A8
Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
Monday, Oct. 8, Merry
Henry and Everett King were
greeters. Merry and her hus-
band, Ken, are “snow birds”
and were preparing to take off
for Utah the next day. Have a
safe and happy time! I will re-
ally miss you. Betty Holzna-
gel, Jeanette Kile and Buzz
and Bobbie Gilmore from Re-
deemer Lutheran Church pro-
vided our table service. Prior
to that, Bobbie and Buzz de-
livered meals to John Day and
Canyon City, while Mo Dela-
no and the Step Forward crew
took the Mt. Vernon route.
Altogether, they delivered 28
regular meals and 36 frozen
meals, as well as serving 27
meals here in the center. Bet-
ty Holznagel opened our time
together by leading us in the
salute to our flag, Bob Meador
won the $5 Len’s Drug gift
certificate and Dale Stennett
won the free meal. Dale then
led us in the prayer of thanks
for our meal. We welcomed
visitors, Gary Wilson and
Nancy Collins. Taco soup
was on the menu, as well as
tacos with refried beans, sea-
soned meat, lettuce, tomatoes,
salsa and sour cream, corn
salad and stuffed churros; it
was incredible and very fill-
ing. Afterward, we went to tai
chi with full tummies. Great
meal, Shay and Lisa!
On Thursday, Oct. 11,
Olivia Cornell and Jeanette
served as greeters while Cor-
nerstone members Linda
Sprouffske, Donna Johnson,
Chris Finley and Zola Pike
served us at the tables. Linda
and Larry Christiansen did
meal deliveries to John Day
and Canyon City while David
Gill and Rodney, from Step
Forward, delivered to Mt.
Vernon. Altogether they de-
livered 35 meals to our friends
at home.
Thank you so much for
volunteering. Donna John-
son led us in the Pledge of
Allegiance to our flag. Then
Heather Swank won the Ches-
ter’s Thriftway $5 gift card,
and Ron Dowse won the free
meal. Linda Sprouffske bless-
ed our meal, and we were also
blessed by the family of Mar-
ianne Morris, who sponsored
our meal in memory of our
dear friends; daughters Laura
Christman of Baker and Sue
DeRosier of John Day and
son Tim Morris and his wife,
Donna, of Boardman shared
our meal of spinach artichoke
chicken, pasta, veggies, green
salad, rolls and for dessert.
Lisa satisfied my huge need
for calories with pumpkin
bars.
Our tai chi group is grow-
ing, but there is plenty of room
for you. We are enjoying our-
selves and learning some new
skills that help with physical
balance (I haven’t fallen for
quite a while) and concen-
tration (something I need to
continue to improve upon).
We also find tai chi to be very
good exercise. Bingo is main-
taining a solid group, and we
look forward to the next $200
winner soon. Next Thursday,
Oct. 18, we’ll have sweet and
sour pork and Monday, Oct.
22, beef stew. Please be here
by 11:45 a.m. so we can begin
serving on time at noon.
1 Peter 2:16 “Live as
free people, but do not use
your freedom as a cover-up
or pretext for evil; but (use it
and live) as bond-servants for
God.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Terry Cade and Teawna
Jewell served us wonderful
spaghetti for our meal along
with garlic bread, a fresh
green salad and cookies for
dessert. I think many of us
were pretty famished because
I either saw people pile it on
or they went back for seconds;
I plead the fifth.
Our greeters were Jimmy
Cole, Linda Blakeslee, Kris-
ti Guimont and Jan Ensign.
Jan made the announcements
and led us in the flag salute,
Jimmy and Linda collected
and counted the money, Kris-
ti checked in the guests and
yours truly prayed the bless-
ing over our meal.
There were 42 guests on
the books and one takeout.
The free meal tickets were
won by Betty Richards and
Linda Abraham. Betty Breed-
ing received the Len’s Drug
gift card.
For any ladies out there
that desire to study the word
of God and to be a part of a
fellowship, we would love
to have you join us at Kristi
Guimont’s house on Friday
mornings from 9:15-10:45
a.m. If you would like more
info, you can shoot an email
to sooy333@gmail.com.
Well, this was not such a
busy week, so I will contin-
ue my story from a couple of
weeks ago.
When I moved the nest-
ing boxes, there jumped out
a mama mouse, and I think
it was about seven or eight
baby mice. They took me by
surprise, and I screamed. But,
hey, this former city girl start-
ed pounding the mice with a
shovel. I was so glad that I
had cleaned everything else
out prior to moving the nests
so the mice literally had no-
where to hide.
My scream drew the at-
tention of my son. He came
running over to see what was
the matter, in which case I
yelled that there were mice in
the chicken coop, and I was
killing them with a shovel.
Now, him being a boy and all,
he wanted to pound the mice
with the shovel too, so I in-
dulged him. I tried to bring a
couple of our many kitties to
catch them but they freaked
out about being in the coop
and ran away.
We killed the mice quick-
ly and humanely in case there
are any animal lovers out
there. I did not let them go to
waste and we fed them to the
cats. Yup, I picked them all up
by their tails and threw them
to the cats.
Of course, I was wearing
gloves; otherwise, that would
have been gross.
These mice got in be-
cause there was a little gap
in the door on the bottom.
I’ve been leaning a big
heavy cinder block to keep
it closed. Hopefully that will
prevent future vermin from
getting in.
I think I graduated from
fearful mouse killer (back in
California, I found a nest in a
planter and tried to kill them
with a broom and screamed
every time I tried to hit one)
to a fearless and merciless
mouse killer.
Ha. I’d say that I am get-
ting countrified, or am I al-
ready? I’m really embracing
the country life.
Psalm 8:9 “O LORD, our
LORD, How excellent is Your
name in all the earth!”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Tom’s thought for the day:
“What a big difference there
is between giving advice
and lending a hand.” Always
helps if you know what you
are talking about, too. Several
of our volunteers lent a hand
today. Margie, Tom, Dick,
Veanne, Pam, Carla, Ginger,
Delores, Del, Bonnie and Car-
ol helped before and after the
meal. Carlos, Larry and Ken
took care of the home deliver-
ies. That was just the meals.
Jessica Winegar from the
Grant County Health Depart-
ment came and administered
flu shots to those who wanted
them. After the meal, Crish
Hamilton had her group of tai
chi participants going through
their paces. And if you still
wanted something to do, Gin-
ger said that the SMART reader
program could use some vol-
unteers for their endeavor. And
“they” say there is nothing to
do in this little burg. Ha.
Drum roll, please: The new
front door is in! Soon the doors
between the entry and the din-
ing hall will be installed. Then
we won’t have to remind any-
one to close the door, because
they will close automatically.
Why? Because they will have
special double-swinging hing-
es. And you will be able to see
if anyone is on the other side
due to a 2-foot square of plexi-
glass window in the door. Oh,
are we getting modern or what?
Ginger led the flag salute,
and Jack asked the blessing.
The winner of the gift certifi-
cate donated by Valley View
Assisted Living was me.
We had 56 names on the
registration book for our meal
of baked ham, scalloped pota-
toes, green beans (and, because
they were a special recipe, I
had a spoonful. Yes, they were
good), a roll and a pumpkin/
cheese dessert bar. The Prairie
City High School government
class is holding a forum to
meet the candidates who are
running for Prairie City mayor
and council positions at 6:30
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in the
old gym. I think this is wonder-
ful. When I was in PCHS 57
years ago, I had no idea who
was in charge of the city. All
I knew was the city recorder
Zelma Wood, because she took
the money for the water bill.
This is a great opportunity for
us as Prairie City residents to
participate in our community
government. So how do I know
all this? Because the members
of the class hand-delivered a
letter to my house –– and I as-
sume to all the houses in town.
I applaud their efforts. And you
can even write a question for
the candidates to answer. Aha.
Citizen participation. Don’t sit
at home and complain. Find out
from the “horse’s mouth.”
We certainly enjoyed the
“gully-washer” that came
through Tuesday morning.
The vehicles are all clean now.
Knocked a lot of leaves off the
trees. The tree at the southeast
corner of the church was a
beautiful red extravaganza on
Monday. On Tuesday night,
there was a circle of red all
around on the ground below
it. The voters’ pamphlet has
appeared, so the ballots will be
coming soon. Use your liberty.
Romans 13:1 “Everyone
must submit himself to the gov-
erning authorities, for there is
no authority except that which
God has established. The au-
thorities that exist have been
established by God.”
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