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SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
August is going to be
busy, busy, busy! The 110th
Grant County Fair is right
around the corner, and the
whole town is buzzing. If
you walk around downtown
— or drive — you can see
how many businesses on
Main Street have stepped
up to decorate. Lots of red,
white and blue around our
little town.
On Monday, our greet-
ers were Yoge and Gregg.
There were 70 total meals
delivered (some frozen) by
the crew at Step Forward as
well as Darlene. We thank
all of you for your devotion
to our organization. You are
a blessing. Our meal was
served by our friends from
the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. Lunch
was delicious, by the way,
and was chips and salsa,
chicken enchiladas with
green sauce, Spanish rice,
refried beans and buñuelos
for dessert. Huge thank you
to our wonderful cooks!
I’m surprised that my
plants have held up in this
heat! Usually I water twice
a day, but I must admit I
have been neglecting that
a little bit. I don’t really
want to be outside all that
much when it’s super hot.
Once evening rolls around
and my yard is shaded, I
am more apt to want to
stay outside. The grass is
definitely looking greener,
though. I had trouble a
couple months ago with
my yard being yellow and
brown, but now it is back
to life. Still trying to get the
weeds under control, but
we shall see.
On Thursday our greet-
ers were Jeanette, Gregg
and Yoge. Our meal, which
was sponsored by Claws
and Paws Pet Sitting (Kris
and Chris Labhart), was
served by volunteers from
the Church of the Naza-
rene. We are so thankful to
have such amazing people
in our lives. The meal was
roast pork, sweet potatoes,
broccoli-apple slaw, wheat
rolls and birthday cake,
which was sponsored by
Driskill Memorial Chapel.
A big thank you to Benny,
the new owner of Dairy
Queen, for donating the
table markers.
It’s supposed to be rather
hot this week, but luckily
Thursday won’t be as hot
so I think I will do more
yard work that day.
My pink rose bush is
blooming now and looks
absolutely amazing! My
red rose bush sadly will not
make it. When I re-planted
it, I moved it to a place
I thought got more sun-
light than it does. In spite
of that failure, my laven-
der is doing amazing! And
my new bee trap has kept
the yellow jacket popula-
tion in my yard to a mini-
mum. I have several nests
to remove once fall sets in.
In the vent above my front
door, that leads to what I
guess is an attic, there are
at least five nests, one of
which is at least 6 inches
long and 2 inches wide.
Those are definitely
coming down, but I think
I’ll find some help for that
project.
Philippians 2:4 “Let
each of you look not only to
his own interests, but also to
the interests of others.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our greeters at the table
this week were your reg-
ulars, Jimmy Cole, Linda
Blakeslee and Kristi Guim-
ont. We thank these folks for
their dedication and volun-
teer service for being at the
lunch every Tuesday. Jimmy
and Linda collected and
counted the money. Kristi
checked in all the guests and
gathered all the announce-
ments. Bodean Andersen led
us in the flag salute, made the
announcements and prayed
the blessing over our meal.
We had 58 guests on
the books and 11 takeouts.
Randy Sweek and Dick
Wanous were the lucky win-
ners of the free meal tick-
ets. Betty Breeding won the
Len’s Drug gift card.
Terry Cade and Carrie
Jewell made us some deli-
cious oven-baked chicken
with mashed potatoes and
gravy, carrots, dinner rolls
and pineapple cooler cake
with whipped cream. It was
a very yummy meal, and
yes, I did go back for a cou-
ple more chicken wings and
another piece of cake. For
some reason, I did not see
the whipped cream the first
time, so I had to have another
piece of cake to make up for
the missed cream.
Did everyone see the
new front deck? It is beauti-
ful, and we sure are blessed.
Bobby Andersen did the
work, and it was funded by
grants and trusts from the
Joyce Miller Owens Foun-
dation. We thank them for
their generous contribution
and support of our senior
center. Judy Harris is hoping
that they come out during
our Buckaroo Festival in
September to show them our
warmest thanks.
Bob Cockrell put in
much-needed shelving in
the back shed, recycling
the wood from the old front
deck. Wasn’t that great?
Nothing went to waste.
Thank you, Bob!
We also wanted to thank
Heather Riggs for the many
volunteer hours that she has
put in. She has put in many
hours of cleaning the facility
and cleaning up the flower-
beds. We are blessed for all
her dedication and effort.
Don’t forget that there
are raffles going on for the
firearms from Nydam’s Ace
Hardware store in John Day.
You need not be present in
order to win. The winner
will be drawn at the Buck-
aroo Festival in September.
There is a petition going
on for the recall of our gov-
ernor, Kate Brown. If you
would like to sign, please do
when you come for lunch.
I think we should also pray
for our leaders; they need
our prayers.
I think I jinxed it when I
said we have been blessed
with having a mild sum-
mer. This past week has
been pretty warm, actually,
downright scorching. We
have had lots of temps in
the high 90s and above 100
degrees. Well, on the bright
side, my tomatoes are com-
ing on nicely. The tomatoes
and zucchinis seem to love
this warm sunshine. Me, eh,
I prefer it a little cooler.
Oh, I almost forgot, I was
in my pantry the other day
wanting to make chocolate
chip zucchini bread, when
I found something. To be
continued.
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
First order of business: Yes
the road to Road’s End via
Indian Springs is open, and a
whole bunch of other people
know that! There were at least
a dozen rigs at the Strawberry
and High Lake trailheads. One
group reported that they had
seen a little mountain goat
on the trail to and a butterfly
swarm on the top of Straw-
berry Mountain. “They” (who-
ever they are) tried to help the
washboardy road by spread-
ing a lot of new gravel, but I
don’t think it helped a whole
lot. Washboards are hard to
cure! On the way home, we
met a rig that had a couple of
kayaks on top. Wonder where
they were going to use them.
Today was July birthday
recognition day, and Amber
Wright from Driskill Memorial
Chapel brought us a delicious
cake. Thank you so much! Our
list had four names on it, and
they are important people to
our center: Jean Kline, Tom
Roark, Drew Harmen and Pas-
tor Jack Retherford. Drew had
his number drawn for the $10
in trade gift certificate donated
by Huffman’s Select Market.
He also won last week, so Gin-
ger said he ought to buy a lot-
tery ticket!
Carlos and Jay did the
home deliveries. Jack asked
the blessing after Tom read
his saying: “I’ve learned that
no one makes potato salad as
good as Mom’s” (Age 51).
Except the Prairie City Senior
Center cooks. The table that
had a potato on it got to go
first. Why a potato? Because
we had potato salad, that’s
why. And BBQ chicken with
cheesy broccoli and a roll.
Then there was the birthday
cake. Yum, yum, wonderful
meal, Amber and Lacy.
Lorna and Bobbie brought
Marilyn Randall, Charlotte
Dean, Thelma Kite and Gor-
don Sindt from the Blue
Mountain Care Center. Volun-
teer Carol has been bringing a
vase of flowers for their table.
They take them back to the
care center to enjoy for several
more days, then bring the vase
back next time! Our table dis-
cussed the different terms for
the noon meal — dinner vs.
lunch — and why there are dif-
ferent terms. I have to specify
the time of day if I invite my
children because to them din-
ner is at 6 p.m. Which brought
up the “old days” of Downton
Abbey where the upper crust
had to dress for dinner. Aren’t
you glad you live in America?
Don’t you feel sorry for those
poor people who couldn’t even
dress themselves? And I’m
certainly glad that our judges
don’t have to wear wigs. Tra-
dition is one thing, but it can be
taken too far.
One thing that we want you
to take home and fill out is our
little survey. If you want to
get something off your chest,
now is the time. But don’t sign
it. Our pinochle game finally
yielded one 300 meld today,
and that was the only big meld
all morning! I made a big boo-
boo and lost the hand and the
game. If my folks had seen
me do that, they would have
had a wall-eyed fit! So I told
myself what I tell all the sports
teams that get upset: It’s only
a game. But I sure felt stupid.
We made a run to Prineville,
Madras and Bend Tuesday.
Left at 7 a.m., got back at
7 p.m. Maybe that’s why my
brain was not working right on
pinochle. That’s my story and
I’m sticking to it!
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
133921