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SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
Wow, April already?
Does that mean we start
getting some April showers
in hopes of May flowers?
I sure hope so. At least we
have some perennials pok-
ing up around town in the
form of tulips and daffodils.
Check your yards!
On March 25, our greet-
ers were just wonderful, but
I forgot who they were, so I
apologize.
We had 35 regular and
36 frozen meals delivered
by David and Rodney, Dar-
lene Nodine and Suzanne
Taysom.
Our delicious meal con-
sisted of tuna pita pockets,
hummus and crackers, cole-
slaw, chicken with rice soup
and apple cobbler for des-
sert. It was served by our
lovely volunteers from the
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. Thanks
to all our deliverers and vol-
unteers who work so hard
for us!
The winner of the Len’s
Drug gift card was Dale
Stinnett, and Jay Colson
won the free meal. Con-
gratulations, guys! To those
who didn’t win, better luck
next week!
Another big thanks to
all who helped on the day I
was under the weather. I’m
feeling much better now.
I decided to put some
seedlings in some little
peat pots earlier last week
and already have my rad-
ishes sprouting! I figured
this would give me a good
start on planting this year
so that I can put them in the
ground when it’s ready. I’ve
only been putting them out-
side occasionally, though,
because of the colder
weather. Luckily I have
enough sunlight through
my kitchen windows to
make them grow!
Greeters on March 28
were the ever-so-lovely
Bonnie and Gregg. David
Turner, Matt Jones and
David and Rodney deliv-
ered 39 meals! Way to go,
guys. This meal was Mexi-
can chicken, rice and black
beans, veggie plates, gar-
den veggies and pie for
dessert. It was served to
us by our volunteers from
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Catholic Church. Ed Staub
& Sons donated the meal
so we thank them for their
generosity.
The gift card donated by
Chester’s Thriftway was
won by Gerald Masner,
and the free meal donated
by Valley View Assisted
Living was won by Maria
Strong. Another big thank
you goes to Trace Andrews
for the donated eggs and to
the John Day Elk’s Lodge
for the other donation of
food.
So far, I have planted
radishes, peppers, dill,
basil, parsley, thyme, yel-
low zucchini and lemon
balm, but I bought more
seeds this weekend to plant!
Guess I need another row of
peat pots to be able to plant
everything!
Lamentations 3:22-24
“Because of the LORD’s
great love we are not con-
sumed, for his compas-
sions never fail. They are
new every morning; great
is your faithfulness. I say
to myself, ‘The LORD is
my portion; therefore I will
wait for him.’”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
I can’t believe that it is
April. Time is just flying! For
our last meal of March, Terry
Cade and Carrie Jewell made
us roast pork, peas, dinner
rolls, a fresh green salad and
orange cooler cake. It was
delish. I’m one of those peo-
ple who like to eat their des-
sert along with the food. I find
the sweet and salty taste goes
really well together. We thank
our cooks for their hard work
slaving over the kitchen for us.
Our greeters at the table
were Jimmy Cole, Linda
Blakeslee, Kristi Guim-
ont and Bodean Andersen.
Bodean led us in the flag
salute, made the announce-
ments and prayed the bless-
ing over our meal, Jimmy and
Linda collected and counted
the money and Kristi helped
to check in the guests.
We had 52 guests on our
books and six takeouts. We
had a few visitors join us for
lunch. We had Scott and Pat
Reed from Spray, along with
Dick and Pam Wanous, Diane
Britt came all the way from
Pilot Rock and, finally, Dale
Stinnett came from John Day.
We hope they enjoyed their
lunch and come back again
real soon.
The free meal ticket win-
ners were Scott Reed and Bob
Cannon, and Randy Sweek
was the lucky winner of the
Len’s Drug gift card.
Don’t forget about the
EMT dinner on May 4 that
is coming up. Let’s help sup-
port our local emergency
responders and raise some
much-needed funds to pur-
chase items that can help
save lives. There will be two
dinner times, the first one at
4:30 p.m. and then at 6 p.m.
Please purchase your tick-
ets ahead of time so they can
get a head count of how much
dinner to make. Thanks for
everyone involved.
Cody Cole has been
approved for a kidney trans-
plant from his sister Sarah
Newton. The surgery is
scheduled for May 7. We will
be praying that the Lord’s
hand of blessing and protec-
tion would be upon it. We
pray that the recovery for both
Cody and Sarah will be quick.
We had a freaky weather
storm that rolled in real quick
and rolled right out. We heard
thunder rumbling. At first,
we were unsure of what we
heard. The kids then saw the
lightning, and started count-
ing. Then we heard the loud
thundering, when all of a sud-
den the clouds got real dark.
Then it started pouring buck-
ets. Not only did we get a sud-
den downpour, we also got a
hailstorm. The wind made the
rain go sideways, and then,
just as quickly as it appeared,
it disappeared within I’d say
about seven minutes? Then
the sunshine burst forth, mak-
ing one question: Did we even
have dark and stormy weather
just pass us?
Well, the snow around
our place is finally melting
off, yay! Our male dog got a
whiff of something that took
residence under a pallet and
was searching. So, our female
found what he was looking
for and got it. Yuck, a pack
rat, which she quickly ate.
Ewww.
1 Peter 3:12 “For the
eyes of the LORD are upon
the righteous, and His ears
are open unto their prayers:
but the face of the LORD is
against them that do evil.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Last week was the
March birthday recogni-
tion meal, and there were
only two names on the list:
LuAnne Bortel and Jim
Howard. LuAnne was the
winner of the $10 in trade
donated by Huffman’s
Select Market. We also had
a new donor in the per-
son of Amber Wright rep-
resenting Driskill Memo-
rial Chapel. She brought a
lovely chocolate cake for
us all to share for the birth-
day meal. It was great!
Happy spring! Thank you
so much to all our donors.
Carlos and Tom took
care of the home deliv-
eries, Bruce led the flag
salute and Jack asked the
blessing. Tom hid St. Pat-
rick in one of the table cen-
terpieces. If it was on your
table, you got to go first to
the serving table. I wonder
what he had planned for
April Fool’s Day.
We had a wonderful
meal for the last of March:
pork steaks in mushroom
soup, rice and stuffing,
broccoli, applesauce, rolls
and chocolate cake. Wow.
However, some people had
to miss it due to doctor’s
appointments and holiday-
ing in Hawaii. It’s a tough
job, but somebody has
to do it, huh? Pam man-
aged to register 49 names
including Marilyn Randall
and Gordon Sindt whom
Lorna and Krystin brought
over from the Blue Moun-
tain Care Center.
If you have any spare
containers for the left-
over take home food, you
can bring them in again.
Preferred are the cottage
cheese and such like con-
tainers. Thank you.
Since three of the usual
pinochle players were out
of town, a new duo got to
play. If we could garner
one more, we would have
two tables! We’ve offered
to teach the game to any-
one who wants to learn, but
no takers yet.
We are halfway through
the spring Youth Arts Pro-
gram. My, time flies when
you’re having fun! Here’s
a quote from that old
Cable Piano Co. songbook:
“Music is irresistible; it’s
charities are countless; it
stirs the feeling of love,
peace and friendship as
scarce any mortal agent
can” — Thackery. Amen!
I could preach on that for
quite awhile!
But I better not. Any-
way, the point is that when-
ever there is a concert or
musical production, espe-
cially a live one (not pre-
viously recorded), you
should attend to support
those who have worked
long and hard in rehearsals.
TV and movies come and
go, but a live performance
out here in the boondocks is
special.
Something else that is
gonna be special is the
Prairie City Fiber Fest the
last weekend of July. It will
have different things going
on all over town, so I don’t
think you can miss it.
Hebrews 12:14, 15
“Make every effort to live
in peace with all men and
to be holy;… See to it that
no one misses the grace of
God and that no bitter root
grows up to cause trouble.
…”
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