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SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
How about that Demoli-
tion Derby? I didn’t go, but
I heard it was a hoot! I can’t
believe it is almost time
for the 110th Grant County
Fair. Time flies by when
you’re having fun!
On July 22, there were 29
regular and 20 frozen meals
delivered by the crew at
Step Forward and Darlene
and Suzanne. Our greet-
ers were Chris and Mary,
and the meal was served by
our friends at the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. Thank you so much
for spending your time with
us.
Ron Dowse won the
sundae donated by Dairy
Queen, and Evon won the
free meal.
Lunch was a delicious
Reuben bake, California
pasta salad, tropical fruit
and a rhubarb cobbler for
dessert. We are so incred-
ibly blessed to have the
cooks we do. We thank you
all for providing us with
such decadent meals every
week. God bless.
We would like to also
extend our thanks to Mad-
die and Emma for also help-
ing to serve our meal. You
girls are amazing.
This weather is tak-
ing somewhat of a toll
on my beautiful plants. I
have to water twice a day
instead of just in the eve-
ning just to keep them
alive.
My poor black-eyed
Susan will be full of flow-
ers one minute, and then
all of them will be gone
the next. It is still climbing,
though, so I’m thankful for
that.
On Thursday, there was
46 total meals delivered by
Step Forward and David
and Matt. Greeters were
Everett and Jeanette, and
the servers for our meal
were from St. Elizabeth
Catholic Church. We have
such amazing friends, don’t
we?
We celebrated Christmas
in July on Thursday so our
door prizes were Christmas
themed! Our winners were
Warren Braendlein, Bonnie
Hester, Elsa Spence, Bar-
bara Comer, Gene Freshour,
Carol Roe, Darlene Nodine
and Marcice Paquel. The
children who attended also
got to go up to the table and
get a gift.
Our delicious dinner
of turkey with cornbread
dressing, mashed potatoes
with pan gravy, green bean
casserole, cranberry sauce,
dinner rolls and pumpkin
pie for dessert was spon-
sored by Iron Triangle.
Thank you so much
for your generosity. The
house was full! To say it
was very good would be
an understatement. It was
fantastic!
Seems like a lot was
going on this last week, but
I have a feeling it is about to
get crazier. I wonder what
the fair will be like this
year.
The theme is “Amer-
ican Flare at our County
Fair” so it should be quite
exciting.
Romans 15:13 “Now
may the God of hope
fill you with all joy and
peace in believing, that
you may abound in hope
by the power of the Holy
Spirit.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Terry Cade and Carrie
Jewell prepared hamburg-
ers, french fries, pasta salad
and pudding for dessert. I
am sure it was delicious. I
was not present again for the
lunch. I was at Camp Elkanah
for the week. We thank our
wonderful cooks for all their
hard work. Our greeters were
Jimmy Cole, Linda Blakeslee,
Kristi Guimont and Bodean
Andersen. Jimmy and Linda
collected and counted the
money. Kristi checked in
the guests and wrote down
the announcements. Bodean
led the flag salute, made the
announcements and prayed
the blessing over the meal.
There were 55 guests on
the books and 13 takeouts.
The winners of the free lunch
tickets were Bo Lawrence and
Jimmy Cole. Judy Bustardo
was the lucky winner of the
Len’s Drug gift card.
Judy Harris had a peti-
tion to recall governor Kate
Brown. There were frozen
strawberry cups and hearing
aid batteries available for free.
There is only one more
Tuesday lunch for the month
of July, and then we will be
into the next month of August.
Wow, time sure is flying by
quickly. It seems like this
summer has been extremely
busy. I don’t know where
the summer has gone. I hope
August won’t be too busy.
So, I was gone last week to
kids’ camp at Camp Elkanah.
This year I was in charge of
seven little girls. There was
another leader in the cabin
from another church who had
three girls. The last day was
hilarious. There were piles
of clothing, water bottles and
towels that were being dis-
played for their owners to
come forward and claim. My
co-leader was stating that she
just couldn’t believe how so
many people just left their
things all over the place. That
was when someone held up
some pajama pants. I looked
at them and said, “I have seen
those pants before! They look
familiar!”
That was when my
co-leader let out a horrified
cry. They were her pajama
pants! I was laughing so hys-
terically and hard that I didn’t
let out any sound at times. I
had tears rolling down my
face. My co-leader pulled her
hood over her head to retrieve
her pants and sat back down
next to me. That was when she
realized that her underwear
was also in the lost and found
pile (I am laughing again
while typing this down). She
refused to get her underwear.
Ha. Well, my hubby and my
eldest held the fort while I was
away with my two little ones.
It is good to be back home and
in my own bed. There is no
place like home. I am thankful
that my hubby let me go and
took care of the farm. I hope
that all the little kids felt the
love of Jesus at the camp and
that it made an impact on their
lives and future. The times I
got to go and serve have made
an impact on my life for sure.
May God be glorified through
this camp.
1 Corinthians 15: 57-58
“But thanks be to God, who
giveth us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ. There-
fore, my beloved brethren,
be ye steadfast, unmoveable,
always abounding in the work
of the Lord, forasmuch as ye
know that your labour is not
in vain in the Lord.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Have you noticed that
there are still some spots of
snow on the top of Straw-
berry Mountain? Hmm.
Wonder if the road is
open to the Indian Springs
Trailhead?
Ginger led the flag salute,
and Jack asked the blessing.
Drew Harmer won the free
meal. Carlos and Jay made
the home deliveries. We
had rhubarb to give away
courtesy of Thomas Harris.
Thank you.
For dinner today we had
tacos with Southwestern
rice and watermelon slices.
Our dessert was banana
cream pudding. I usually
have trouble eating such
fare, but I just gobbled it
all down today because it
tasted so good!
Lorna and Maria brought
Gordon Sindt, Marilyn
Randall and Charlotte Dean
from the Blue Mountain
Care Center.
Tom’s word for the day:
I’ve learned that goldfish
don’t like banana cream
pudding (Age 5). There-
fore, the table to go first
through the serving line had
a banana among the flower
centerpiece.
Har, har.
Ginger is preparing a
survey for us all to peruse
and opine on. So be ready
to write. The tai chi lady is
going to take a break during
August so there will not be
any sessions until the mid-
dle of September. Then
she is going to do it in the
morning. So you have been
informed.
Our pinochle games had
three 300 pinochle melds
and 1,000 aces! Drew had
to take a photo of that too.
Only go to 1,500 points in
four-handed, so that first
game was really short!
Did you count how many
things are going on in our
little corner of the world last
weekend? The swim meet,
the Fiber Fest, the Demo-
lition Derby, the cowboy
concert and the golf scram-
ble. Whew. Plus the “nor-
mal” weekend activities of
the farmer’s market, yard
sales, thrift stores, sports
goings-on. Double whew.
Think I’ll head for the hills.
Or back to the shop to
continue my 20-plus years
interrupted refinishing proj-
ect. The shop stays cool in
the morning so I can work
there then. In the afternoon
the sewing project gets an
hour or so. Trying to get
that out of the way so I can
get to the new needlepoint
and latch hook projects.
When all else fails, there
are a lot of good books I
need to read.
Saw someone’s com-
ment that their corn was
“knee-high by the 4th of
July.” Well, mine is try-
ing! About 30 inches now.
The mullein weed that I let
grow is almost 5 feet. The
beets, peas and cucum-
bers are doing well. Then
there is the sorry tale of
the carrots. I haven’t fig-
ured out why I can’t get
them to grow here. Had no
problem out at the ranch.
Everything else seems to
grow here, but those picky
carrots are giving me a
headache!
Proverbs 15:17 “Better
a meal of vegetables where
there is love than a fattened
calf with hatred.”
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