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SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
Whew! What a crazy
whirlwind of weather
we’ve had this last week.
At least in John Day, that
is.
First, it was cold. Then
it was warming up, and
now it’s starting to snow?
What next?
On Jan. 28, our greeter
was Everett King who
warmly welcomed our
guests to our lovely
lunch.
There were 37 reg-
ular meals and 46 fro-
zen that were delivered
by our wonderful volun-
teers! We are very grate-
ful for your selfless
service.
Lunch was served
by the ladies from the
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. Thank
you, ladies.
Lunch consisted of
blueberry pancakes, link
sausage, cottage cheese
and pears, and raisin
cookies. Deda Porter won
the Len’s Drug gift card,
and Ron Dowse won the
free meal tickets.
Thank you for the gra-
cious contributions from
our local businesses.
We are truly blessed
to live in this county
with all these wonderful
people.
Jan. 31 was one of the
warmer days giving us
a sweet taste of spring.
Our greeters this time
were Greg, Jeanette and
Everett.
There were 44 meals
delivered to John Day
and Mt. Vernon by Mary
Lu and Virginia. Thank
you so very much.
Our meal was donated
by the Methodist Church,
and we had some ladies
from Blue Mountain Hos-
pital come down to serve
our meal.
Thank you to all the
volunteers who make
these meals truly wonder-
ful. Graces were given by
Darlene who did a spec-
tacular job.
The meal was spa-
ghetti, green salad, gar-
lic bread, corn, Jello with
fruit and peppermint ice
cream.
Billie won the gift
card donated by Ches-
ter’s Thriftway, and the
two meal tickets donated
by Valley View Assisted
Living were won by Jan.
Two stuffed animals were
also won: one to Judy
Nelson and the other one
to Shirley.
There is some good
news in relation to this
gloomy weather, though!
As you know, Groundhog
Day was on Feb. 2, and
Punxsutawney Phil did
not see his shadow! You
know what that means?
You’ve guessed it, an
early spring.
I, for one, cannot wait
for the spring show-
ers and flowers. Spring
is such a beautiful time
of year and is a time of
growth that the Lord
so graciously gives us.
Hallelujah!
Isaiah 35:1 “The wil-
derness and the dry land
shall be glad; the desert
shall rejoice and blos-
som like the crocus; it
shall blossom abundantly
and rejoice with joy and
singing.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
We had a small crowd for
our last lunch of the month of
January. We had 33 guests on
the books and one takeout. It
was a little rainy — maybe
that was what kept the usual
crowd away. But, hey, on the
bright side, PTL for the rain!
The river is actually look-
ing a little swollen. We thank
God for the moisture and
the snow we’ve been get-
ting off and on. I sure am not
complaining.
Our cooks Terry Cade
and Teawna Jewell made
us some chili dogs, french
fries, fresh green salad and
chocolate birthday cake. Of
course, I pigged out. I almost
went back for seconds, but
I decided against it. I didn’t
want to be a glutton! Ha.
Our greeters were Linda
Blakeslee, Kristi Guim-
ont and Bodean Andersen.
Jimmy Cole is out of com-
mission for a bit from pneu-
monia. He is on the mends,
though, thank goodness.
Linda and Kristi checked
in the guests, collected and
counted the money. Bodean
led us in the flag salute, made
announcements and prayed
the blessing over our meal.
We had Betty Richards
present after her recovery
from a fractured pelvis. We
were so happy to have her
back. We also had Sharon
Livingston join us for lunch
from Long Creek. The win-
ners of the free meal tick-
ets were Betty Richards and
Judy Bustardo.
We will be having our
sewing class on Feb. 23. It
will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
and a potluck lunch at noon.
You can come and sew, cro-
chet or knit, or you can just
come and hang out to visit.
Bring your own project or you
can work on something that
the group is working on. Either
way, it will be a fun day.
Well, to continue my story
from the week prior, I would
hear the little heifers bellow-
ing when they knew I was
coming to feed them in the
morning. I don’t know when
I realized that they weren’t
doing that anymore. I also
noticed their tummies looked
quite wide. So, I decided to
take a look around. That’s
when I discovered that Joy
had been getting into the hay!
She was squeezing her head
through and then had taught
Annie, the other heifer, to do
the same.
I was livid when I caught
both of them with their heads
through the panels feast-
ing on the hay after putting
more twine for prevention.
You know the control freak
in me was not going to allow
that to continue. So, I spent
over an hour reinforcing the
twine horizontally and then
vertically. I even pushed on
it just to make sure that no
head could squeeze through.
Well, the next day, I heard
hungry bellowing from the
little heifers. Of course, I had
to tell my husband that I had
outsmarted the little heifers
and they could no longer get
to the hay.
He ruined my triumph
when he declared, “You
do realize you outsmarted
some dumb animals?” Ouch,
thanks honey.
Revelation 12:11 “And
they overcame him by the
blood of the Lamb, and by
the word of their testimony;
and they loved not their lives
unto death.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Well, we managed to
make it through the first
month of the New Year even
if the government shut down.
How about that? Just let you
contemplate that for a bit.
Matt Goodwin led the flag
salute, and Tom Roark asked
the blessing. Carlos and Jay
took care of the home deliv-
eries. We had 51 names on
the registration book, which
is ably maintained by our
faithful volunteer, Pam How-
ard. She was rewarded today
by being the winner of the
$10 in trade gift certifi-
cate provided by Huffman’s
Select Market for the Janu-
ary birthday prize.
Before we started all that,
Chairwoman Ginger called
for a vote on the officers of
the corporation. The motion
was made, seconded and
passed that the current offi-
cers and board of directors
continue for another year.
Have to be legal, you know.
Then we got down to
which table would go first.
This was a good one. The
table that had the snowman
that went to Florida to get
warm was the chosen one and
how could you tell? Because
the only thing left of the
snowman was his hat, eyes,
nose, scarf, buttons and twig
arms, which were all lying
in a serving bowl. Har, har.
This month will be all Valen-
tine motifs. Hmmm. Moving
right along to the meal: taco
bake (with or without salsa),
green salad, olives and baked
peaches, either in a sauce or
crisp for dessert. Very good
meal. You need to come and
see for yourself.
Lorna and Krystin brought
Virginia Moore, Marilyn
Randall, Thelma Kite and
Gordon Sindt from the Blue
Mountain Care Center.
Our oldest grandchild’s
17th birthday was this week.
We have seven grandchil-
dren. Thought that was
pretty good until Carla
announced that she had a
new great-grandchild — her
15th! How do you keep track
of all of them? I have to post
and carry around a piece of
paper that tells me all of their
birthdays. I can do fairly
well on the date, but the year
eludes me. If I need to know,
I ask the child. They always
know down to one half-year.
Do you remember that? How
important it was that you
were at least one half-year
older than someone else?
Which brings up another
subject: How did our ances-
tors keep track of time before
calendars were invented?
Why was it so important to
keep track of time? You can
ponder on those questions
when you wake up in the
middle of the night and can’t
get back to sleep.
Be very thankful that you
live in our little “banana belt”
and not Chicago. This morn-
ing’s temperature there was
-23 degrees Fahrenheit; ours
was 25 degrees Fahrenheit
and went up to 50. We have
two more months of winter.
Are you praying for snow? If
not, do!
Isaiah 55:10,11 “As the
rain and snow come down
from heaven, and do not
return to it without watering
the earth and making it bud
and flourish… so is my word
that goes out from my mouth:
it will not return to me empty
but will… achieve the pur-
pose for which I sent it.”
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