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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
Halfway through May,
can you believe that? As you
all know, Sunday was Moth-
er’s Day so I’m hoping all of
you took the time to spend
it surrounded by loved ones.
How about this weather? It’s
amazing how fast we can go
from dreary and cold to bril-
liantly sunny and warm. I
keep hearing more and more
about people planting their
gardens and transferring
seedlings outside. PTL that
the nighttime frost is finally
over.
On May 6, our greeters
were Everette and Gregg.
There were 35 regular and
72 frozen meals delivered
by Joyce Nodine and Linda
Ladd, and the crew from Step
Forward. We thank you for
your generosity. Lunch was
baked potatoes topped with
grilled chicken, steamed veg-
etables and Alfredo sauce,
grilled French bread, tossed
green salad and blackberry
cobbler for dessert. The win-
ner of the two free meals was
Linda Ladd, and Carol Roe
won the gift card graciously
donated by Len’s Drug.
For our Mother’s Day
lunch, our greeters were
Everette and Gregg, whose
dedication to our center is
most admirable. There were
41 meals delivered by the
crew at Step Forward, as
well as Mike and Pat Davis.
Bonnie made some deli-
cious Mother’s Day goodies
of kiss and prestal. Thank
you so much for taking the
time to make these delicious
treats. It was very kind of
you.
Our meal was sponsored
by the Cornerstone Church
and consisted of steak tips
with onions and mush-
rooms in a demi-glace sauce,
shrimp cocktails, wild rice
pilaf, vegetables, fresh din-
ner rolls and cherry cheese-
cake for dessert.
We are looking for a hos-
pital bed for a dear friend of
Darlene Nodine. If you know
of one or have one, please
call 541-575-1617. We thank
you very much in advance.
We would also like to thank
Jay and Ted for cleaning the
parking lot. Dave Pasko won
the two free meals, and Drew
won the gift card donated
by Chester’s Thriftway. We
always like to thank every-
one who donates to us and
those who support us.
Gene and Nicky came and
had lunch with us. They will
be moving soon. They will
go to Portland first to visit,
then will fly back to Ken-
tucky where their kids will
drive their belongings back
to them. We wish you both
much happiness from the
bottom of our hearts.
It’s just about time to
start some spring cleaning
and maybe clearing out the
wardrobe? I always say I’m
going to go through clothes
to donate but find myself
procrastinating heavily. This
year I’m going to really do
it! You can donate clothes to
the Ye Olde Thrift Shoppe by
the United Methodist Church
here in John Day. Just make
sure everything is freshly
washed and in good shape!
What a wonderful little shop
we have that helps those in
need.
Hebrews 13:16 “And do
not forget to do good and
to share with others, for
with such sacrifices God is
pleased.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our cooks, Terry Cade
and Carrie Jewell, made us
a new item for our Mother’s
Day lunch. We had shrimp
Alfredo! They also served
us garlic bread, a fresh green
salad and a special dessert.
This lunch was paid for by
our generous friends, Ed and
Judy Bustardo of Service
Creek. We thank them for
their provision and support.
We also thank our great cooks
for cooking up our delicious
meal. Our greeters at the table
were Linda Blakeslee, Kristi
Guimont and Bodean Ander-
sen. Jimmy Cole was at home
nursing a cold. We hope he
gets better soon. Bodean led
us in the flag salute, made the
announcements and prayed
the blessing over our meal,
and Linda and Kristi checked
in the guests and collected and
counted the money.
We had 39 guests on the
books and eight takeouts.
Bill Nichols and Bob Yukawa
were the lucky winners for the
free meal tickets.
Mark your calendars for
the Monument School spring
concert, which will be held
on Wednesday, May 22, at
6 p.m. There will be a fund-
raiser dinner afterwards. They
will be serving baked potato
and chili. The Monument stu-
dents would appreciate your
support.
Well, I think it is safe to
bring out the summer clothes.
We’ve had a couple of days
that went into the high 80s and
up to the 90s this past week.
It is getting dry out there real
quick! I’ve started to water
my garden — well sort of, the
ones that are cleaned up. I’ve
been a bit behind. I missed
the planting of broccoli and
lettuce apparently. I did get
to plant some snap peas and
sugar peas, and they are
starting to peek through the
ground now.
I’ve got lots of asparagus
growing, and they should be
ready to harvest next year.
I love roasting them on the
grill with just some olive oil,
salt and pepper. I need to start
some zucchini and peppers. I
have spinach growing from
last year. I never pulled them
up, just kept pinching off the
leaves. They grew back and
they have huge leaves, and
are all organic, of course. I
see some wild “pigweed”
or lamb’s quarters growing!
They will be great for eat-
ing with sesame oil, salt and
some garlic. The baby goats
are growing. Chip and Dale
are the friendly ones. Chevre
and Frita, not so much. When
holding Dale, one has to be
careful. He likes to nibble.
Sometimes, he might nibble
on some skin, ouch! Ha.
I’ve been trying to clean
my house because I have a
bunch of family coming. My
parents are finally coming out
for a visit! I just know they
will love it out here, espe-
cially my dad. He loves the
country. I think they will be in
awe when they see the beauty
of this place. I hope I have
some time to take them out to
Painted Hills to see the spring
flowers blooming, and other
pretty places like Cathedral
Rock and Picture Gorge.
Galatians 2:20 “I am cru-
cified with Christ: neverthe-
less I live; yet not I, but Christ
liveth in me: and the life
which I now live in the flesh I
live by the faith of the Son of
God, who loved me, and gave
himself for me.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
What is it about tulip
blossoms that is so tempt-
ing to deer? They won’t
eat the stems or leaves,
but only the beautiful blos-
soms! Grrr.
Had 90 percent of the
plants protected behind
fencing, but the two that
were off by themselves in
the middle of the bachelor
buttons, I thought might
escape notice.
Ha. No way. Grrr again.
Live and learn.
Harold Preston led the
flag salute, and Dale Sten-
net asked the blessing.
The winner of the free
meals donated by Valley
View Assisted Living was
Juan Rubio.
Carlos and Luann took
care of the home deliver-
ies. Our entrée today was
furnished by Nydam’s Ace
Hardware.
We thank you for this
provision. And what did
they provide? Pork roast,
potatoes and gravy, aspar-
agus, applesauce, bread
and oatmeal-raisin frosted
cookies for dessert. Good
job, Amber and Lacy!
You may be under the
impression that Prairie
City is a place that does not
have any activity. I counted
the package boxes at the
Post Office. Any guesses?
When they first put in these
boxes, there was maybe a
dozen.
Then a few years later,
they added another batch.
I counted close to 100
now. This is for your
information.
The carpenters have
completed the new false
front on Huffman’s Mar-
ket. Now we are waiting
to see what happens next
in the matter of color, sig-
nage, etc. Another eco-
nomic indicator is housing
starts.
We have four new
houses going up. Hooray!
The Youth Arts Program
concert on Friday was
well-attended and appreci-
ated. All the “youth” had a
good time.
Changes will be forth-
coming, so if you want to
participate, keep yourself
informed.
We had to make a mad
dash to Fruitland early Fri-
day morning, on top of all
the YAP prep.
It must be spring. There
were a lot of fields with
alfalfa that had been cut
in the Vale area. Here,
the cows are still on the
meadows.
We want to thank our
readers for their responses.
Some make mention of the
good jokes. Others sup-
ply a need that was made
known. We now have a
good supply of leftover
take-out containers, thanks
to reader Kyle Cline.
We
made
another
improvement in the ol’
hall:
The old fluorescent
lights are slowly giving up
the ghost, so the electri-
cian has elected to install
new LEDs as the old ones
die. My, my, they are cer-
tainly brighter! Progress
and change.
I Tim. 4:15 “Be dili-
gent in these matters… so
that everyone may see your
progress.” Phil. 1:25 “…
continue with… your prog-
ress and joy in the faith…”
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