A8
Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Nicky Essex
Just so you know, Gene and
I had the first snow in our yard
on our 55th anniversary! We
also had the first snow on our
53rd and 52nd anniversaries.
For all I know, it may happen
every year. I just recently re-
alized this monumental piece
of news.
On Monday, Nov. 26, Ron
Dowse and I were greeting.
and we were also trying to
close out our second silent
auction. As promised, if you
didn’t pay and pick up your
items by the deadline, you lost
out, and someone else got a
chance to take them. We are
setting up our next auction,
and you are welcome to be-
gin bidding. Pay attention to
the closing date; you need to
make arrangements to pay and
pickup within one week of the
auction close date.
Our service was provided
by Darlene Nodine and Ineta
Carpenter from the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. They began their day
by delivering meals to our
friends in John Day and Can-
yon City while our friends
from Step Forward, led by
David Gill and Rodney, deliv-
ered to those in Mt. Vernon.
Altogether, these wonderful
volunteers delivered 32 regu-
lar meals and 52 frozen meals.
Because of the loss of Lisa’s
assistance to Shay, his wife,
Anne, is helping as much
as possible as well as Dick
Field and Marge Walton, on
loan from the Prairie City
Senior Center, who dug right
in taking up the slack. Wow,
what friends we have! We ate
biscuits and sausage gravy
with potatoes O’Brien, fresh
grapes and “better than any-
thing cake” for dessert. This
was the best yet; I can’t wait
to try it myself. We served 24
diners and had great visiting
and fellowship. After lunch,
our regular tai chi group fin-
ished their last session until
after the first of the year; new
sessions will be announced.
Thanks so much to Crish
Hamilton for her faithful
leadership.
Thursday, Nov. 29, it
was the ladies from the Blue
Mountain Hospital Auxiliary
who provided deliveries and
table service. Chris Yriar-
te and Judy Martin took the
John Day and Canyon City
route while the Step Forward
crew, led by David Gill and
Rodney, delivered to those in
Mt. Vernon. Together, these
volunteers delivered 38 reg-
ular and four frozen meals.
I believe we are averaging
400-plus meals per month
delivered to those at home.
You can add your name to
the list by contacting Shay
or Veanne, at 541-575-1825,
no later than 8:30 a.m. on the
day of delivery. Marylou Hor-
ton and Virginia Miller joined
Chris and Judy to serve our
lunch of macaroni and cheese
with ham, green salad, three-
bean salad, dinner rolls and
Shay’s own recipe of peach
cake. Next Thursday, Dec. 6,
we’ll have American goulash
and birthday cake!
Weekly bingo on Thurs-
day after lunch starts at about
1 p.m. Join us to win!
Ephesians 2:8-9 “For it
is by Grace you have been
saved, through faith, and
this is not from yourselves, it
is the free gift of God — not
by works, so that no one can
boast.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our last meal for the month
of November was some
yummy chicken fried steak,
mashed potatoes and gravy,
green beans, dinner rolls and
chocolate cake; it was all very
delicious. Terry Cade and
Teawna Jewell did a great job;
I really would have eaten way
more, but that morning I was
starving and had to eat some
breakfast before coming to
lunch. I did eat two pieces of
chocolate cake though. The
moist cake was too good, and
it was beckoning me to eat
more. Ha. We thank our cooks
for a job well done.
Our greeters were Jimmy
Cole, Linda Blakeslee, Kristi
Guimont and Jan Ensign. Jan
led us in the flag salute and
made the announcements, and
yours truly prayed the bless-
ing over our meal. Jimmy and
Linda collected and counted
the money, and Kristi checked
all the guests in.
There were 45 guests on
the books and three takeouts.
The free meal tickets were
won by Charlotte Barker and
Karen Stubblefield. Linda
Blakeslee won the Len’s Drug
gift card.
Betty Richards came home
after a fall she had and had
gotten a fractured pelvis. Her
daughter Elaine is going to
have her for an extended vis-
it in Pendleton. We will miss
Ms. Betty and are praying that
she will have a full and quick
recovery. Donna Campbell is
back at home, also, from her
stay at the hospital. We pray
that she is back to her old self
and will join us for lunch on
Tuesdays.
Since Betty Richards will
be out of commission, Kristi
Guimont will be taking over
the scheduling of the rooms
for rent at the Monument Se-
nior Center.
We regret to inform ev-
eryone of the passing of Car-
ol Williamson; she was the
sister of Joanie Howell. We
pray for Joanie and the rest
of the family for their loss.
May the Lord bless them with
his peace and comfort them
in this difficult time. I don’t
have any further information
as to when the services will be
held. I will have to get back to
you on that.
We are calling on all bak-
ers in the area; the Monument
Christmas Cookie Caper will
be taking place Dec. 18 at
12:30 p.m. They are request-
ing two to three dozen cook-
ies to be brought to the senior
center on Dec. 18 between the
hours of 8 a.m. and noon. The
cookies will be wrapped and
delivered to those who live
by themselves or have special
needs to brighten this time of
the year.
Well, we finally got some
snow to go with the month
of December. Yay! The Lord
is so good. He gave us some
rain to quench the dry ground
first, and then the good Lord
gave us snow. Yes, it is a
white winter wonderland.
My dog likes for me to make
snowballs and throw them for
him to run after. The other dog
has the herder instinct in her
and doesn’t like him to chase
them. So one dog chases the
snowballs while the other
chases the dog chasing the
snowballs. They are silly.
John 1:1 “In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word
was God.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Today was November
birthday recognition. There
were four people who vied for
the $10 gift certificate donat-
ed by Huffman’s Select Mar-
ket: Gwynne Wilfert, Carlos
Bortel, Ginger Kendall and
Carole Garrison. Gwynne was
the winner. The flag salute
was led by Carole Garrison
and Jack Retherford asked the
blessing. We had 59 names
on the registration book. Lar-
ry, Carlos, Ginger and Carla
made the home deliveries.
Ginger announced that we
will begin a silent auction on
Dec. 5 and end on Dec. 19. If
you have goodies to donate to
the cause, contact her or bring
them to the hall on Dec. 5.
This will be a good way to get
some gifts!
Amber and Dick fixed a
delicious lasagna for us to-
day, along with green salad
and bread, with or without
garlic on it. I even went back
for a second helping of the
lasagna; it was so good. Then
came the dessert: pineapple
upside-down cake. And was
it ever good! Scrumdiddly-
umptious! Derrol, Del, Tom,
Carole and others handled the
cleanup after the meal. Lorna
and Trena brought Marilyn
Randall, Thelma Kite and
Charlene Dean from the Blue
Mountain Care Center; don’t
forget their Christmas party
on Dec. 14.
We had our monthly board
meeting after the meal. There
will be no meal on Dec. 26,
but we will have a meal on
Jan. 2, so mark your calendar.
There will be more silent auc-
tion items available then too.
Thank you to those who
are bringing in new books
and taking them out. Books
don’t do you any good sit-
ting on the shelf, you know.
I have at least six books on
my chair-side table in various
stages of perusal. John 21:25
“If every one of the things that
Jesus did were written down,
I suppose that even the whole
world would not have room
for the books that would be
written.” So be sure you are
reading good books.
I did see a study once com-
paring learning from books
to viewing on an electronic
device — they both have their
place. How many times have
you heard, “I watched them
do this on YouTube.”
Then there is the resur-
gence of the vinyl 33-rpm re-
cord, and some people prefer
an old-fashioned typewriter to
a computer keyboard. The best
thing about a “word processor”
is you don’t have to use a cor-
recting device. Just backspace!
To those who complain
that there is nothing to do in
Grant County, I urge you to
read the coming events col-
umn. There are only so many
days in a given week, month,
year — many good caus-
es have to share their dates.
Do try to attend those you
care about. At least one time
conflict has been resolved,
though, as the YAP concert
has been postponed because
of illness. That frees up the
evening of Dec. 7 for more
time at the Carrie Young Me-
morial dinner!
Eph. 4:29 “Do not let any
unwholesome talk come out
of your mouths, but only what
is helpful for building others
up according to their needs,
that it may benefit those who
listen.”
Church Services In Grant County
Come Worship with us at
92687