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SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
Hallelujah for warmer
weather! Is spring finally
upon us? I sure hope so!
On March 4, our greet-
ers were Ron and Gregg
who were so very welcom-
ing. There were 38 regular
and 32 frozen meals deliv-
ered by David and Rod-
ney and Joyce Nodine and
Linda Ladd to John Day
and Mt. Vernon. Our meal
was served by the ever-so-
gracious Blue Mountain
Hospital Auxiliary ladies,
Joyce and Linda. Many
thanks to you girls! This
week, Ron Dowse won the
gift card donated by Len’s
Drug, and Gregg Starr won
the two free meal tickets.
Dinner took us to Mexico
with a delicious meal of
taco salad, chips and salsa
and all the trimmings. It
was very good. Thanks to
all who helped!
I’m hoping my early cel-
ebration of spring is not
going to jinx the coming
weather!
On March 7, greeters
were Gregg and Jeanette,
and there were 43 total
meals delivered by Joe and
Joan Tayles for John Day,
and David and Rodney for
Mt. Vernon. Our tables were
set up by a couple of won-
derful angels from Long
Creek, Ethan and James.
Thanks, guys!
The meal was served by
volunteers from the Church
of the Nazarene and was
donated by Duke Warner
Realty with cakes donated
by
Driskill
Memorial
Chapel. Dinner consisted
of teriyaki ribs, steamed
green rice, midori blend
vegetables, Asian tomatoes,
cucumber salad, birthday
cake and fortune cookies.
The winner of the Chester’s
Thriftway gift card was Jen-
nifer Marcucci, and Jessie
Elliott won the free meals
from Valley View Assisted
Living.
We are so blessed to
have such an amazing com-
munity that supports our
center each month. You
are so important to us and
are amazing individu-
als, thank you. John Por-
ter donated some Western
pocket books, and Isa Lar-
kin donated cook books.
Thank you one and all.
Remember that we are
on spring forward time
now! A little darker in the
morning but an extra hour
of daylight is well worth it!
Zechariah 10:1 “Ask
rain from the Lord in the
season of the spring rain,
from the Lord who makes
the storm clouds, and he
will give them showers of
rain, to everyone the vege-
tation in the field.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Well, my family and
I got hit with the sick
bug that has been going
around. We did not get to
go to the senior lunch for
March 5.
Thank goodness for
good friends whom I can
rely on to help me out. A
shout of thanks to Linda
Abraham and Kristi Guim-
ont for writing and provid-
ing me with all the info I
needed to write my article.
Our greeters were Jimmy
Cole, Linda Blakeslee and
Kristi Guimont.
Bodean Andersen made
the announcements, led
the flag salute and prayed
the blessing over the meal.
Jimmy and Linda collected
and counted the money,
and Kristi checked in the
guests.
The cooks, Terry Cade
and Carrie Jewell, pre-
pared tater tot casserole,
carrots, cheese bread and
white cake for dessert. We
thank them for all their
hard work.
I’m sure it was delicious
as usual.
There were 37 guests on
the books and nine take-
outs. Betty Breeding was
the lucky winner of the
Len’s Drug gift card, and
Carrie Jewell and Bob
Blakeslee won the free
meal tickets.
It was Bob Blakeslee’s
85th birthday, and to help
celebrate it, his daughter
Deb Cole and his son Larry
Blakeslee were present.
I’m pretty sure every-
one sang the happy birth-
day song to him.
There will be an EMT
fundraiser dinner on May
4. Please mark that on your
calendars.
The dinner will be
chicken enchiladas with
pablano sauce and other
Mexican sides. Sylvia
Cockerell will be the cook,
so you know it’s going to
be super yummy.
There will be two seat-
ing times and also a raffle
for a Traeger.
The tickets for the din-
ner are $15 per person or
$25 per couple. Hope you
all can make it to help sup-
port our local emergency
team and volunteers.
Please note that the
transfer station will be
closed on Thursdays. Trash
dump day will only be on
Sundays from 12-2 p.m.
This will take effect imme-
diately starting this month
of March.
The foot clinic is can-
celed for now in Monu-
ment, but you may call for
an appointment in John
Day.
We still have lots of
snow on the ground, in
case you were wondering,
and for those of you who
don’t live out here in Mon-
ument, we still have almost
2 feet of snow on the
ground!
There were a couple of
glorious sunny moments
during the day, and then
we got more snow here and
there. I don’t know where
all this snow is going to
go. I hope it slowly melts
and seeps deep into the
ground.
My minivan is still out
of commission. I was driv-
ing our truck, which has
four-wheel drive, and I
almost slipped off of our
driveway into the ditch!
Eeks. It is that slip-
pery and slushy out
there.
Our oldest cat, Tigger,
got hurt. My hubby told me
that Tigger had a bloody
ear.
I said that he proba-
bly got into a fight with
Smokey. I said it served
him right for trying to get
in her space. I was wrong.
To be continued ...
Psalm 19:8 “The stat-
utes of the LORD are
right, rejoicing the heart:
The commandment of the
LORD is pure, enlighten-
ing the eyes.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Wow, what a difference a
week makes! Temperatures
were in teens and twen-
ties, then today in the 40s.
Didn’t have to worry about
ice, that’s for sure. Makes
one think that spring will
come to Grant County —
soon. Finished the beets and
carrots from last year’s gar-
den, so I guess I’ll try again.
With our water in the moun-
tains up to 145 percent, that
gives me hope.
Del Lake led the flag
salute, and Jack Rether-
ford asked the blessing.
Carlos and Jay made the
home deliveries. The Feb-
ruary birthday gift certifi-
cate donated by Huffman’s
Market went to Becky
Tatum. The normal first
week drawing for the $5
gift card donated by Len’s
Drug went to Juan Rubio.
Ginger announced that
the service for Chester
Willis will be Wednesday,
March 13, at 1 p.m. at the
Grace Chapel. Carlos and
Luann brought their friend,
Karen Ingersoll, to dinner
today. Welcome.
The entrée for our meal
today was donated by Jean
Kline in memory of her
late husband, Dave. We had
our new little placard hold-
ers on each table to give
you this information, also.
We want to thank those
that have responded to our
informational letter about
this entrée program. We
will be contacting you in
the near future to schedule
your entrée meal.
So who got to go first?
We still had valentines and
hearts all over the place,
even though it is shamrock
month. Tom informed us
that the first table is the one
that had a shamrock among
the red hearts. Sneaky, huh?
The meal consisted
of oven-baked chicken,
mashed potatoes and gravy,
green and yellow beans, a
green salad and a roll, and
pear pie crunch for dessert.
Yummy!!
Lorna
and
Krystin
brought Marilyn Randall,
Gordon Sindt, and Charlene
Dean from the Blue Moun-
tain Care Center.
Speaking of spring, Juan
Rubio is selling raffle tick-
ets for the American Legion
drawing later this spring
for all kinds of gardening
goodies.
I got a new, and very dif-
ferent, catalog this week.
Had my name and street
address but also Prairie City
Senior Citizens.
This catalog is from
FarmTek of 1440 Field of
Dreams Way, Dryersville,
Iowa. Now that address will
give you pause — and the
catalog pricing expires on
March 16. I’ll have to hurry.
This catalog is for agricul-
tural, growing and storage
needs.
They have everything
from gloves and booties
to clearspan buildings that
cost over $150,000. So,
how did my name and the
senior citizens’ name get on
their mailing list? Ah, the
wonders of the electronic
information age.
John 21:25 “Jesus did
many other things as well.
If every one of them were
written down, I suppose that
even the whole world would
not have room for the books
that would be written.”
Church Services In Grant County
Tuesdays at 6:30PM
Use Main Entry Front Doors
106280