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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Hospital foundation raises more than $23,000
Funds to go for
new call system
By Richard Hanners
Blue Mountain Eagle
The
Blue
Mountain
Healthcare Foundation raised
more than $23,000 at its an-
nual dinner and auction at the
John Day Elks Lodge on Oct.
20, foundation director Jena
Knowles said.
When combined with
more than $8,000 raised
during the foundation’s an-
nual golf scramble this sum-
mer and other funds built up
by the foundation, the mon-
ey will go toward a $75,000
call system at Blue Moun-
tain Hospital. The system
will connect patient rooms
and the emergency rooms to
the nurse station, Knowles
said.
About 150 people attend-
ed the annual dinner, many in
costume. Funds were raised
by ticket sales, a silent auc-
tion, table sponsors and a re-
verse auction held at the end
of the night.
Eagle photos/Richard Hanners
Steve and Cherry Hill won the award for best costumed
couple at the Blue Mountain Healthcare Foundation
annual dinner and auction at the Elks Lodge in John Day
on Oct. 20.
Amy Kreger, president of the board of the Blue Mountain
Hospital District, and her husband, Craig Jackson, enjoy
the Blue Mountain Healthcare Foundation annual dinner
and auction.
The reverse auction raised
$2,500 for a much-needed
$5,000 vein finder, Knowles
said. The foundation will
cover the rest of the cost of
the device, which illuminates
veins to help medical staff
auction items this year and
a record turnout. Thank you,
Grant County.”
Steve and Cherry Hill,
dressed as ancient Egyptian
royalty, won the award for
best costumed couple. Dr.
draw blood or install intrave-
nous equipment.
“We are truly amazed at
the generosity of our local
businesses and this incredible
community,” Knowles said.
“We had some really great
O utlook
Raffaella Betza, dressed as
Mystique from the X-men
stories, won the award for
best costumed female. Chris
Deiter, dressed as a chained
beast, won the award for best
costumed male.
Dr. Raffaella Betza won the
award for best costumed
female at the Blue Mountain
Healthcare Foundation
annual dinner and auction
at the Elks Lodge in John
Day.
SENI R
Whew, what a week.
I’ve been on the road
from Redmond to
Looney Springs and
I’m tired! But what a
beautiful week to be on
Rose Coombs
the road. Derrol has his
quarterly test at the
urologist’s office and
he’s going to have to have some therapy to process how great his test
results were. My, my… Which brings up the thought for the day:
success comes in ‘cans’, failure comes in ‘can’ts’. Margie, Dick and
Tom got our meal together again today. We appreciate so much that
Margie could step in and keep things running in the kitchen. A new
cook will start on Nov. 1 and her name is Amber Ford. The assistant
will be Dick Field. The kitchen could still use a third person so, if you
would like to help our there, just let them know.
Juan Rubio led the flag salute and Jack Retherford asked the blessing.
Larry, Carlos and Ken took care of the home deliveries. The winner of
the gift certificate donated by Chuck’s Little Diner was Bev Curtis.
The pinochle players and the Tai Chi class did their things before
dinner. Tai Chi will resume after dinner next week and beyond.
We enjoyed Field’s Grass-fed BBQ beef slider sandwiches, green
salad, potato wedges, devilled eggs and two kinds of yellow cake for
dessert. Um, um, good.
Prairie City
Seniors
We had 63 names on the registration book.
I have been scrubbing the vinyl flooring in the ‘new’ section of the
building. 40 years worth of grime takes lots of elbow grease. Had to
get some super-duper heavy-duty cleaner to get it to let loose. And I
would bet that this flooring is something that Mother picked out. She
liked this color and pattern. So I think about her with every pass of the
scrub brush… and know why my new kitchen flooring will be smooth.
No little design cavities to catch dirt. Joel wanted to know if the
attendees were blinded by the clean floor. I told him that everyone was
so bedazzled by the new front door that they didn’t even notice
anything else!
So Joel took his three boys camping at Looney Springs for a couple of
days. We had never been there, so we drove up to check it out. One
thing is for sure, it is not an improved campground. People have made
‘improvements’ to the grounds through the years. But if you didn’t
know where you were going, you would drive right past it. Since we
didn’t, Joel tied a bandana on a tree where we should turn off. He said
it was a rough road. Yeah, two washed-out tracks down through the
boulders. But, never fear, Subaru is here! We got in, and
‘improvements’ it has to be seen to be believed.
The Prairie City candidate forum last week was cancelled. I was
feeling bad that I didn’t get to go ‘cause I was ill, but I haven’t missed
it yet. So try again on Nov. 3. And if you have an Oregon driver’s
license you are registered to vote. The ballots came, so be prepared to
do your civic duty. Many have died so you can.
A big day for us too, we filled a table with our family, who had set out
last Saturday for a week of hunting in their favorite spot near Fossil,
and we planned to go to visit their camp for a while on Tuesday. They
called Tuesday morning to ask for help; their rig broke down outside
of camp and appeared to be out of transmission fluid. A man named
Paul let them call us and he got them to their camp; we picked up
several quarts and headed out. After trying that, our borrowed rig also
broke down! There we were up in the “tullies” with two broke down
4-wheel drive rigs, a week’s worth of food and gear, a utility trailer
and two tents full of etc.! My nephew and younger brother, after
scouring the camp for ideas, built a part out of wrist rocket tubing,
snap ties, duct tape and another item I can’t remember; it got us to
John Day. Then we needed a pickup, and wouldn’t you know Katrina
Page just gave us hers to do whatever we needed. She is an angel in
Thursday, Oct. 18, was a great day! Our Asian style meal, sponsored by our family. The guys took it up to the camp, loaded all of their gear
Blue Mountain Eagle, of sweet and sour pork, veggies, rice and Asian
and trailer and got it all home. Our meal today was a celebration; our
sesame slaw, was exceptional. We enjoyed a chance to meet the editor, nephew had to leave his rig and donated it to someone who was
Sean Hart, and writer, Angel Carpenter, representing The Eagle. We
willing to tow it away. I’m sorry Steve. Their wives came and rescued
served about 52 diners!
them in another rig and they all arrived safely home in Aloha about 10
p.m. Memories for Kentucky.
Has anyone ever been served bread in a Chinese restaurant? Not here,
either, but all the fortune cookies you could eat. And lots of birthday
Next Thursday’s meal, Oct. 25, will be our Halloween meal; bat wings
cake! We are blessed by having 97-year-old Billie Bullard here to
and grave yard enchiladas! Monday, Oct. 22, beef stew and fruit salad!
celebrate with her and her family, daughter Cheryl Berry, her husband
Tom and son, Tom Jr. They brought a beautiful bouquet of multicolored Hebrews 10:23 NIV Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess,
for He who promised is faithful.
roses and 2 cakes to share. We love you Billie!
What a crazy week! But
first, Monday, Oct. 15,
Pacific Source Insurance
sponsored and treated all
28 diners to a yummy
lunch of Chicken
Cacciatore. Peas with pearl
Nicky Essex
onions, cheese stuffed
bread sticks and 2 salads;
tossed green and pasta were added as well as Lisa’s wonderful fruit
crisp! First Christian Church did our table service and our Step Forward
friends, led by David Gill and Rodney, delivered all 30 regular and 36
frozen meals to John Day, Canyon City and Mt. Vernon. Thanks to all.
John Day
Seniors
Our cooks Terry Cade and
Teawna Jewell prepared
for us chicken tacos,
Spanish rice, refried beans
and all the fixings; I think
I stuffed my face pretty
well. We thank our cooks
Soo Yukawa
for their efforts and
appreciate them very
much.
Our greeters were Jimmy Cole, Linda Blakeslee, Kristi Guimont and
Judy Harris. Jimmy and Linda collected and counted the money, Kristi
checked off the guests., Judy led us in the flag salute and made the
announcements and yours truly prayed the blessing over the meal.
We had quite a crowd, 57 guests on the books and seven takeouts. The
free meal ticket winners were Tina Davenport and Kristi Guimont. The
Len’s Drug gift card went to Christian Yukawa.
We had a few visitors join us for lunch as well. We had Katee Hoffman
from John Day, who is the V.A. rep for our area, Kit and Herman Brown
from Long Creek and we also had a group of ladies from Condon present;
Sally Dyer, Shirley Ludlow, Garnett Bettencourt and Karie Hickerson.
Hope they all enjoyed their meal and come back again real soon.
Some of the announcements were that the library will be closed until
renovation is complete so please refrain from donating any books.
Another announcement is that there will be the first shoot on Nov. 3 at
Brad and Julie Smith’s in support of our local 4-H program. They would
Monument
Seniors
appreciate some pumpkins to use as targets.
Krista, the foot doctor, will be here at the Monument senior center on
Oct. 23.
I think there must be lots of vermin out looking for food. I was riding
the 4-wheeler and I saw something scamper across my driveway; it
wasn’t moving very quickly. It was kind of hopping and running,
when I suddenly realized it was a packrat! Yes, can you believe it, in
broad daylight? So of course I’m hollering for one of the dogs.
The packrat takes a dive under one of the pine trees and I’m trying to
direct the dog to its hideout. He totally misses it when our other dog
shows up. She immediately smells something and then finds the
packrat and goes for the kill bite. Yes! She killed it and then I think
the puppies all jumped at it afterwards. I don’t know who ate it and I
don’t think I really want to know. Eww.
My cats have been doing a fine job of finding mice and moles all over,
too. I don’t know where they’ve been hunting for those. Too bad they
can’t scare off the deer that’s been trying to visit my garden. He’s
been driving the dogs crazy at night and he did munch on my new
lettuce. I’ve blocked it off with an old window for now and I hope to
harvest some fresh lettuce soon. I just hope the frost doesn’t kill it
anytime soon.
Which reminds me, it’s been really, really cold in the mornings here in
Monument. Winter is coming soon!
Psalm 18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; And let the
God of my salvation be exalted.
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