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SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
I am loving this beautiful
sunshine. Warm enough to
be outside gardening but not
so hot that you don’t want to
leave your cool house.
This next weekend is
supposed to be slightly
cooler, but hopefully that
will change and we can
really start getting into
summer. After all, summer
officially begins on June
21.
This week, our greet-
ers were Bonnie and Ever-
ett, and there were 41 total
meals delivered by David,
Harvey, Marylou and
Gloria.
We are blessed to have
such selfless people work-
ing with us every week.
Our meal was served by
some wonderful volunteers
from the Blue Mountain
Hospital Auxiliary.
The meal, which was
hamburger steaks with
onions and mushrooms,
mashed potatoes and gravy,
cascade blend vegetables,
dinner rolls, relish tray with
peanut butter celery sticks
and olives, and a parfait for
dessert, was sponsored by
the folks over at Land Title
of Grant County.
Thank you for being so
generous and for support-
ing our center. We only had
one meal this week, which
gave our cooks a much-
needed rest after providing
us with such scrumptious
food every week!
The winner of the draw-
ing for a free meal was
Gloria, and Nadine Smith
won the gift card donated
by Chester’s Thriftway.
Congratulations!
I think it is safe to
buy hanging flower bas-
kets now, if you haven’t
already. Every time I’ve
left my house the last week
it has been 54 degrees —
at 7:30 a.m., no less. I’m
trying to decide what all
to plant in these coming
weeks. I’m thinking of get-
ting a trellis and planting
clematis that can grow and
creep up beside my house.
I also need to pull some
weeds soon and put down
weed killer.
I have so many plans for
this coming month in terms
of working outside. What
better way to praise the
Lord than working outside
in his creation?
Romans 96:11-12 “Let
the heavens be glad, and let
the earth rejoice; let the sea
roar, and all that fills it; let
the field exult, and every-
thing in it! Then shall all the
trees of the forest sing for
joy.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Terry Cade and Car-
rie Jewell prepared one of
my favorite menu items:
Salisbury steak! Well, Terry
called it a different name,
but to this foodie, it’s Salis-
bury steak. Along with Salis-
bury steak, we were served
grilled onions and mush-
rooms, mashed potatoes and
gravy, green beans and peach
cooler cake. Oh, I was so
happy. We thank Terry and
Carrie for their cooking and
preparations to serve us such
a delectable meal.
Our greeters at the table
were Jimmy Cole, Linda
Blakeslee, Kristi Guim-
ont and Bodean Andersen.
Jimmy and Linda collected
and counted the money, and
Kristi checked in the guests.
Bodean led us in the flag
salute, made the announce-
ments and prayed the bless-
ing over our meal.
We had 42 guests on the
books and 10 takeouts. The
winners of the free meal tick-
ets were Judy Harris and
Miranda Hoodenpyl. We also
sang the “Happy Birthday”
song to Karen Stubblefield to
help celebrate her birthday.
Don’t forget the third
annual rummage sale going
on June 13, 14 and 15. You
may donate gently used and
clean clothing if you would
like. The committee asks
that the clothing be washed
and clean beforehand so they
save time by not having to
wash them. There are going
to be lots of items for sale. I
am pretty sure you will find
some kind of treasure item.
The Monument 4th of
July Jubilee is also coming
up. Mark that on your cal-
endar. There will be games,
a talent show, food, booths
and, of course, the greatest
fireworks show on this side
of the state! Yes, I believe
that we can boast about our
fireworks show because it
really is that good.
I know this is kind of far
in the future, but you know
how time flies when you
are having fun. Mark your
calendars as well for this
important event: the Buck-
aroo Fall Festival. It will
be held Sept. 21. You won’t
want to miss this event at all,
nope, nope, not at all.
The library books are all
back on the shelf thanks to
Bob and Sylvia Cockrell.
We thank them for all that
they do for our little town
and community.
We had a great rib-
bon-cutting ceremony at the
park on Friday night. The
girls from the Monument
School for Skills USA had
finished their project, put-
ting in a much-needed walk-
way at the Monument Park.
There was also a photo op
with the girls, Mrs. Engle
and the Monument City
Council. They had invited
everyone in town, served
free hot dogs and hamburg-
ers and cut the ribbon in cel-
ebration of their finished
work. Michele Engle, the
girls and parents prepared
and provided for this event.
The girls will go to Ken-
tucky this summer to com-
pete with other students
around the United States.
Aubrey Bowlus, Kyla Emer-
son and Miranda Cook won
first place for the state com-
petition and will go on for
the nationals in the next
month of July.
We wish them luck and
we are proud of them.
Lamentations
3:22-23
“The steadfast love of the
LORD never ceases; his
mercies never come to an
end; they are new every
morning; great is your
faithfulness.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Our
birthday
meal
entrée
was
provided
by Amy at Prairie City
Antiques and Fine Jew-
elry in memory of her late
neighbor, Billy Drinkwater.
Stepson John Bogue and
wife, Irene, honored us with
their presence on this spe-
cial occasion. Miss hearing
Billy yodel!
The flag salute was led
by Joe Phippen, and Carla
Wright asked the blessing.
Carlos and Luann made the
home deliveries.
There were four birthday
contenders: Irene Bogue,
Marilyn Randall, Gordon
Sindt and Frances Preston.
Frances was the win-
ner of the drawing for the
$10 in trade gift certifi-
cate donated by Huffman’s
Select Market. Driskill
Memorial Chapel supplied
the delicious birthday cake
for us to partake of on this
special day.
Thanks so much!
The first table to go
through the serving line
today was the one with the
long red banner on it in
honor of this past Monday’s
Memorial Day.
And we did partake of
beef stroganoff over noo-
dles, green bean casserole,
green salad, chips, bread,
muffins and the cake.
Wowser, dowser. What a
meal! First timers were Don
Moles and Casey Wood.
Welcome, and come
again. Lorna and Shauntele
brought Marilyn and Gor-
don from Blue Mountain
Care Center.
The rain is nice, but I
would like to get the gar-
den planted without fear of
it being washed away by the
storms.
But then I think of all
the tornadoes and floods
back in the Midwest and am
content to wait just a little
longer.
I have heard some who
did plant, and the seedlings
are not happy.
My irises are bloom-
ing as are the yellow (wild)
roses. Still haven’t got the
grape vine support figured
out.
Too windy and rainy!
And if we didn’t have the
weather to complain about,
what would we talk about?
Har, har.
For his holiday, Derrol
took a couple of passengers
and went to Sumpter and
Malheur City.
Purpose was to see the
country that was involved
in the El Dorado Ditch
business.
It was supposed to be
for helping gold miners,
but ended up being used for
agricultural purposes. To
look at the country now, it’s
hard to see either enterprise
flourishing.
Then there’s the Sumpter
Dredge. We can’t under-
stand why they would tear
up that lovely valley. But
it was a job, and jobs were
hard to come by back then.
Wonder what future gen-
erations will say about what
happened on our watch —
the ocean full of plastic, etc.
‘Tis a conundrum.
Found out what “crappie
skirts” are.
They are little, tiny hula
skirts you put on your fish-
hook to wiggle and attract
the crappies.
OK, now you know.
Some fishermen call them
“jigs.” Anyway, it is some-
thing to get the poor little
fishy lured close to the hook
in order to get caught.
Luke 11:4 “… And lead
us not into temptation.”
Matthew 26:41 “Watch and
pray so that you will not fall
into temptation. The spirit
is willing, but the body is
weak.”
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