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SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
How was everyone’s
weekend? If you didn’t
know, Sunday was Cinco
de Mayo, so I’m sure there
were plenty of fiestas hap-
pening around the county! It
is pretty interesting actually
and a good way to expand
your cultural horizons. Any-
way, on April 29 our greet-
ers were Everett and Gregg
whom we are always happy
to have as they welcome us
all to eat! There were 37 fro-
zen and 28 regular meals
delivered by Step Forward
and Suzanne.
Our meal was delicious as
always, as our cooks cooked
up some delicious cavatappi
pasta with chicken, turkey,
summer squash and zucchini
in a creamy cheese sauce,
cucumber tomato salad,
bread and trifle for dessert!
Yum, yum. The meal was
served by volunteers from
the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, and we
thank them for their gener-
osity. This time, our two free
meals were won by Rachel,
and the gift card donated
by Len’s Drug was won by
Carol Roe. Congratulations,
guys! Better luck next time
to everyone else.
This warmer weather has
got me in the mood for some
yard work! I’m pretty OK
with it staying this tempera-
ture, though, and not getting
much hotter. Although, the
breeze makes it seem con-
siderably colder some days,
hmmm. I guess we can only
pray that the Lord gives us
some favorable weather!
We would like to thank
Methodist Thrift Shop and
Driskill Memorial Chapel
for donating our meal today,
as it was delicious! It con-
sisted of beef enchiladas,
Spanish rice, refried beans,
chips and salsa with birth-
day cake for dessert. What
would we do without our
amazing cooks keeping us
well-fed and happy?
This time it was served
by members of the Naza-
rene Church who always
do such an excellent job
and who are so kind. Thank
you!
It always amazes me, all
the angels in our commu-
nity that give of themselves.
I still can’t believe that
it’s May. This year has flown
by! Crazy to think how fast
time moves. All the more
reason to be thankful for
what you have and for those
you have. Stay tuned for
more gardening adventures
to come!
1 Chronicles 16:34 “Give
thanks to the LORD, for he
is good; his love endures
forever.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
We had a most excellent
meal for our last Tuesday of
the month of April. If you
weren’t present, you missed
juicy pork ribs, with cole
slaw, baked beans, garlic
bread and chocolate birth-
day cake for dessert. Bodean
and I both whooped and let
out a cry when we learned
that it was chocolate cake!
Ha. It was oh so yummy
and satisfying. We are very
thankful and appreciative to
our cooks Terry Cade and
Carrie Jewell.
Our greeters at the table
were Jimmy Cole, Linda
Blakeslee and Kristi Gui-
mont. Jimmy and Linda
collected and counted the
money. Kristi checked in all
the guests. Bodean Ander-
sen led us in the flag salute,
made the announcements
and prayed the blessing over
our meal.
We had 40 guests on the
books and nine takeouts.
Colleen Wiley and Jackie
Sweek both won free meal
tickets.
My family and I went to
the EMT dinner that was
on Saturday, May 4. It was
a very delicious meal, and
the head chef was our won-
derful Sylvia Cockrell. She
made this amazing pablano
sauce that was just so tasty.
We all enjoyed our meal so
very much. Of course I ate
like a pig, but you know that
great feeling in your tummy
when you enjoyed your food
and are completely satis-
fied? Well, that was exactly
how I felt. I felt good!
The EMT dinner was a
great success. We went to
the 6 p.m. time slot, and it
was crowded. There were
also live pie auctions. I think
some pie actually went for
like $70! Crazy, right? But,
hey, it’s all for a very good
cause. Ray Davis of Monu-
ment was the lucky winner
of the Traeger smoker that
was being raffled.
So, can you believe that
we are now in May? That
is almost half a year gone
by us. We’ve also been hav-
ing some really gorgeous
weather here in Monument.
It’s still pretty green out here
and just takes your breath
away with its beauty.
I’ve started to water my
raspberries and asparagus.
Some of the asparagus heads
from last year got frozen in
the very frigid morning tem-
peratures. Although it was
deceivingly “sunny” look-
ing and warm, it was cold!
Brrr.
Because we have been
having such nice sunshine,
I decided to let the mamas
and their baby kids out.
Hmm, I’m not so sure that
was a good idea. They kept
squeezing through the panels
and escaped. Well you know
the freaky control side of
me had to do something, so
I spent the next almost two
and half hours zigzagging
bailing twine. Did that deter
these little rascally escape
artists? Of course not! So I
decided to give up and move
on to more important mat-
ters like the garden.
Oh, we went to look for
a certain grape vine at the
Prairie City nursery and
decided to visit their senior
center lunch. It was nice to
share a meal and visit with
my other correspondent,
Rose Coombs, and meet so
many nice folks.
1 John 1:7 “But if we
walk in the light, as He is
in the light, we have fellow-
ship one with another, and
the blood of Jesus Christ His
Son cleanseth us from all
sin.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
We celebrated Cinco
de Mayo in fine style,
with tacos and all the fix-
in’s, black beans, rice and
a super-duper cupcake.
We thank Russell’s Cus-
tom Meats for donating the
ground beef for the tacos. It
was good. The table that got
to go first had a five of hearts
card under the centerpiece.
Har, har.
Ginger led the flag salute,
and Jack asked the bless-
ing. Carlos and Jay made
the home deliveries. Delores
Scott was the recipient of
the $5 gift card donated by
Len’s Drug. Tai chi will start
again on May 8, so if you
have been missing the move-
ments, here’s your opportu-
nity to get going again.
Now this announce-
ment is really important in
our area of high unemploy-
ment: Next year is the cen-
sus! And you can get paid
a good wage for just going
around and counting your
neighbors. So get with it
and apply.
We had special guest
today in the persons of Soo,
her hubby and two young
children from the Monu-
ment Senior Center. We
had a great time visiting,
and this meal was right up
her alley! And once every-
one has been served, you
are permitted to go back for
seconds. So she did. Glad
you came!
So what is all this about
Cinco de Mayo? I was
under the impression that
it was a Mexican holiday
celebrating Mexican inde-
pendence. It actually began
earlier than that. According
to what I heard on the radio
(and that’s just as good as
the internet, right?) on May
5, 1862, Mexico defeated
the forces of Napoleon III,
thereby keeping him from
providing arms and mate-
rial to the Confederate
States. This was instrumen-
tal in allowing the Union to
win the Civil War. Union
soldiers were allowed to
keep their government-is-
sued arms, horse, tack, etc.
if they would go to Mexico
and serve in that army in the
Mexican War for indepen-
dence. Later, many men of
Mexico came to the United
States to volunteer for duty
in the America armed forces
during Word War II. So it
truly is a joint celebration.
We are pleased to let you
know that the roof above
the kitchen and bathrooms
has been repaired. After 40
years, it had developed sev-
eral leaks. Was most dis-
concerting to come into the
kitchen and see a stream of
water coming out of one of
the new light fixtures! So
everything is ship-shape
again. Whew.
And I know it’s spring
because I have been able to
get out and clean the flower
beds — after waiting for the
cold wind to go away! So
I have some sore areas on
my body now. Called for an
appointment with my alter-
native medical provider. He
asked how I hurt myself.
When I answered, he replied
that there was a lot of that
going around!
Here are a few things to
think about:
If poison is past its expi-
ration date, is it more poison-
ous or no longer poisonous?
Which letter is silent in
the word scent? Is it the S or
the C?
The word swims upside
down is still swims.
Isn’t the English lan-
guage fun?
Rev. 7:9 “After this I
looked and there before me
was a great multitude that
no one could count, from
every nation. Tribe, peo-
ple and language, stand-
ing before the throne and in
front of the Lamb.”
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