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SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
Greeters were Gregg
and Bonnie. Lunch was
finger steaks, mashed pota-
toes and cream gravy,
wheat rolls and churros for
dessert.
It was very good.
Thanks, chefs.
Chris Yriarte, Mary Lou
Horton and the folks from
Step Forward delivered 27
meals and 36 frozen meals.
We had no meal on
Thursday because of the
Fourth of July.
We hope everyone had a
good and safe weekend.
We are having Christ-
mas in July on the 18th.
If you come, and we
hope you will, please call
and make a reservation to
make sure you get a place
to sit.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
I can’t believe that sum-
mer is almost half over.
Time sure is flying.
This month of July
seems to be pretty busy, for
me at least.
We’ve been having some
freaky weather too over the
course of these last couple
of weeks. It’s very strange
to me that we’ve not had
one summer that has been
the same weather since
we’ve been here, and it has
now been six years.
Yes, I’ve got six years of
being an Oregonian under
my belt and proud of it!
Terry Cade and Car-
rie Jewell made us some
yummy and hearty spa-
ghetti for our lunch.
We also had garlic bread
and a fresh green salad,
along with peanut butter
cookies for our dessert.
We
thank
them
immensely for all of their
hard work.
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 Andersen
led us in the flag salute,
made the announcements
and prayed the blessing
over our meal.
We had 57 guests on
the books and nine take-
outs. Our visitors include
many family and friends
of Betty Breeding. Edward
and Grace Baker of Lex-
ington were present, along
with Donna Thompson and
Tom Wilson of Ione.
There were also a cou-
ple of ladies who came
for lunch, Paula Long
from John Day and Linda
Smarr of Canyon City.
Dick and Pam Wanous
from Spray, who also like
to join us for lunch, were
present.
The winners of the free
meal tickets were Donna
Thomas, Darlene Forrest
and Bill Nichols.
There was also a free
special Fourth of July bas-
ket raffle, and the winner of
that was Linda Blakeslee.
Here are announce-
ments that you might want
to make note of.
This month, there will
be a board of directors
election for the senior cen-
ter coming up.
Rusty Baughmon and
Larry Vogt are working
on our new steamer table
installation. Judy Harris’
sister Trish from Mitchell
was present and had two
quilt raffles going.
These benefit kids for
their school supplies. We
like to help each others’
communities.
Mitchell
also received all the unsold
items from our rummage
sale, and we don’t have
to store everything. It is
a win-win situation for
everyone.
There is a Monument
Senior Center firearms raf-
fle going on, and the win-
ner will be drawn at the
Buckaroo Fall Festival in
September for $400 toward
any firearm at Nydam’s
Ace Hardware in John Day.
In addition to the $400,
Nydam’s donated a Vortex
Crossfire 3-9 power scope
valued at $200. Total value
of the certificate is $600,
no cash value.
Tickets are $1 each or
six tickets for $5. You do
not need to be present to
win.
You must pass a back-
ground check to pur-
chase firearms. If you
have any questions, you
may contact Judy Harris at
541-932-2244.
Bobby Andersen will
be working on a new front
deck for the senior cen-
ter from grant money,
and he will be starting
that after the Fourth of
July.
Proverbs 31:30 “Favour
is deceitful, and beauty is
vain: But a woman that
feareth the LORD, she
shall be praised.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Hope you had a great
Fourth of July! Prairie City
did itself proud with all the
activities. Kudos to all who
had a part in making the
day memorable. The break-
fast at the teen center was
not your ordinary break-
fast. Wowser, dowser!
I’ve never seen such a
spread. What will they do
for an encore? The parade
organized by Taci and
Anna was a success. Con-
gratulations to all who par-
ticipated. Our little entry
got a second-place ribbon.
Thanks to Delores, Del,
Tom, Ruth, Ginger and Jay
for their efforts. I jumped
on the trailer after the PBC
Ensemble did their sing-
ing for the veterans. Derrol
asked did I see so-and-so or
such-and-such. No. That’s
the problem. When you are
in the parade, you don’t
get to see the parade. So
if that’s all I have to com-
plain about, then I don’t
have any complaints, huh?
We had both boys and
their families here at var-
ious times during the day.
And I didn’t have to cook!
A very big thank you to
neighbors Vicki and Lee
for the invitation to their
potluck after the parade.
‘Twas wonderful!
We had our regular
meal on Wednesday, July
3, and 46 diners came to
get the holiday started with
non-BQ food: beef bar-
ley or cauliflower soup,
chef salad, a roll, choco-
late chip cookies and cake.
Most appreciated, Amber
and Lacy.
The entrée provider
today was Old West Fed-
eral Credit Union. Thank
you so much.
Tom’s word for the day:
I’ve learned that eating
chocolate won’t solve your
problems, but it doesn’t
hurt anything either. Har,
har. I’m so happy to know
that.
The flag salute was led
by Del Lake. Tom Roark
asked the blessing. The
gift card donated by Len’s
Drug was won by Susan
Harris. Carlos and Luann
made the home deliveries.
Lorna
and
helper
brought Marilyn Randall,
Charlotte Dean and Gor-
don Sindt from the Blue
Mountain Care Center.
Well, I do have one com-
plaint: When did it become
the thing to do to throw
candy during a parade? I
asked my grandkids which
part of the parade they
liked the most. Answer:
the candy. If that’s the only
thing that kids remember
about a special parade, it
makes me sad. You don’t
see any candy being thrown
during the Portland and
Pasadena Rose Parades.
The PCSC made up some
little baggies with candy in
them along with a note that
invited you to come and
eat a hot delicious meal
with us on Wednesdays at
noon. It is hard to believe,
but there are some folks in
the county who still don’t
know that there are senior
meals available at three
different locations in the
county during the week.
This was one way for us
to get the information out.
OK. Off the soapbox.
Acts
16:34
“(He)
brought them into his house
and set a meal before them.
...”
Church Services In Grant County
Church of Acts
Tuesdays at 6:30PM
Use Main Entry Front Doors
- Spirit Filled Sabbath Church -
Sabbath School 10 a.m.
Worship Service 11 a.m.
Fellowship dinner after
Wed. Bible Study 2:30 p.m.
Home church at 421 N
McHaley & 2nd, Prairie
City, OR 97869
Brother Kelly, 541-620-4684
128880
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