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SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
Fair is this week, and
I hope y’all are ready.
I’m sure town will be
extra busy with the head-
liner of the fair being
Parmalee.
On Monday, our greeters
were Gregg and Darlene.
There were 33 regular
and 20 frozen meals deliv-
ered by our friends at Step
Forward, as well as Chris
and Margen.
The winner of the gift
card donated by Len’s
Drug was Margie, and
Yvonne won the free meal.
Congratulations, ladies!
Our delicious lunch was
a baked potato bar with
chili, chips, cheese, salsa,
sour cream and corn relish
with strawberry churros for
dessert.
It was so good, and we
thank our wonderful cooks
for the meal.
Went out to find some
huckleberries
yester-
day. Only found a couple
handfuls, but better than
nothing.
It started to rain as we
were picking huckleber-
ries, but luckily it passed
quickly.
We were about five min-
utes away from calling it
quits if the rain wouldn’t
stop.
At least it was a sprinkle
and not a downright pour.
I’m hoping I can get out at
least one more time before
the summer is over.
It’s hard to find a good
place now that everyone is
picking.
I’ll have to try some
of my old standbys to see
what I can turn up.
On Thursday, our greet-
ers were Everette and
Mary.
There were 34 total
meals delivered by Mike
and Patty and the crew at
Step Forward.
Our meal, which was
barbecue chicken, but-
tered pasta with veggies,
seven-layer salad, French
bread and old-fashioned
rice pudding for dessert,
was served by our won-
derful friends over at the
Cornerstone
Christian
Fellowship.
We thank the Lord to
have such great people in
our community.
The senior center bingo
group was our sponsor for
lunch. Betty Starr won the
free meal, and Jan Ellison
won the gift card donated
by Chester’s Thriftway.
We would like to thank
Janet Henderson who
donated some books to the
center.
We greatly appreciate it
and you.
Here at the center we
are very proud of our com-
munity members who
donate items, such as med-
ical equipment (wheel-
chairs, walkers, crutches,
etc.) movies, books, puz-
zles and even gardening
equipment.
Thank you so much for
your donations and another
thank you to the businesses
for their support.
Acts 20:35 “In all things
I have shown you that by
working hard in this way
we must help the weak
and remember the words
of the Lord Jesus, how he
himself said, ‘It is more
blessed to give than to
receive.’”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
A new dish was served
for this Tuesday senior cen-
ter meal. Terry Cade and
Carrie Jewell prepared what
they called “super nachos”
with all the fixings, a salad,
fruit and cookies for dessert.
I was not present, but I can
assure you that it was a deli-
cious meal. I was at home
nursing a sick child with the
flu. We thank our cooks and
are grateful for all they do
for us.
The greeters at the table
were Jimmy Cole, Linda
Blakeslee and Kristi Gui-
mont. Jimmy and Linda
collected and counted the
money. Kristi checked in
the guests and took notes of
the announcements. Bodean
Andersen led the flag salute,
made the announcements
and prayed the blessing over
the meal.
Linda Blakeslee is retir-
ing from working at the
greeter’s table. If anyone
else would like to volun-
teer to help at the front table,
please let us know.
There were 52 guests on
the books and 11 takeouts.
We had some visitors from
Wisconsin. They were Shir-
ley Wennerstraub and Linda
and Steve Kelsey. Donna
Campbell was the lucky
winner of the Len’s Drug
gift card. Linda Abraham
and Steve Kelsey both won
free meal tickets. There
were also door prize raf-
fles drawn, and they were
for two $50 certificates to
Mobile Glass Repair. The
winners for those were Bob
Cannon and Lonnie Law-
rence. Those might come
in handy one of these days.
Bob and Sylvia Cockrell
brought and shared squash
and garlic. I tell you, that
Bob is a master gardener. I
need to be his shadow one
day and observe what, how
and when he gardens.
Well, to continue my
story from last week, I
went into my pantry to
look for chocolate chips
to make my chocolate chip
zucchini bread. I found one
of those Costco bags that
was already open but still
pretty full. I pulled that out
and brought it over to the
counter. That was when I
noticed a hole, a chewed up
hole! I was like horrified. I
had seen a couple of other
holes and just brushed it
off. Now I could not deny
that there was some critter
in my pantry.
Oh, the horror. I took
out three other new bags
of chocolate chips (I
know what you are think-
ing, why does she have
so many chocolate chip
bags?), and they all had
holes in them as well. We
like to make lots of choc-
olate chip cookies, and
I hate to run out of them,
and you know we live like
hours away from civiliza-
tion, so I always have them
on hand. So, I believe there
was a mouse in my pantry.
But really? Did it have to
make a hole in each bag? I
set a trap with some peanut
butter, and it is still there. I
am wondering if the mouse
was the one we caught
about six months ago. I’m
sure it wouldn’t keep away
from some delectable pea-
nut butter, would it? Well, I
say PTL! I hope it’s the one
we caught.
Ephesians 3: 9-10 “And
to make all men see what is
the fellowship of the mys-
tery, which from the begin-
ning of the world hath been
hid in God, who created all
things by Jesus Christ: To
the intent that now unto the
principalities and powers
in heavenly places might
be known by the church the
manifold wisdom of God.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Mistress (Rose), quite so
nosy, how does your gar-
den grow? With pea pods
on the vine, blossoms on
the cucumber and a 6-foot-
11-inch-tall mullein weed,
that’s how!
Wonder what depart-
ment I could put that weed
in at the fair? Har, har.
Carlos and Luann did
the home deliveries, and
Jay led the flag salute.
Wanda Kaufman was the
winner of the $5 gift card
donated by Len’s Drug. We
had sunflowers and some
other blossoms that look
like sunflowers provided
by various gardens in our
fair city. Thanks so much
for sharing, Amber and
Carol.
Tom’s word: If you
want to be a leader with a
large following, just obey
the speed limit in Grant
County. Ahem. Therefore,
the table that got to go first
had a piece of paper that
read “speed limit.” Hearty
har, har. Jack Rether-
ford asked the blessing on
our meal of beef pot roast
with potatoes, carrots, cel-
ery and onions. Along with
a roll and your choice of
strawberry or vanilla ice
cream, this was a great
meal. Yummy, yummy in
the tummy. There was gravy
too. What else could you ask
for? It was cool in the hall,
too!
Lorna
and
Geralyn
brought Thelma Kite, Char-
lene Dean, Marilyn Randall
and Arioa Martin from the
Blue Mountain Care Center.
We had 53 names on the reg-
istration book.
We have entered the “dog
days” of summer. That’s
when you just lay around
in the shade, read a good
book, watch re-runs that
you missed during the reg-
ular season, drink lemon-
ade, etc. Such is the life of
the retired in Grant County,
right? Ho, ho, ho. Why is
it the “retired” are so busy?
‘Cause it is so much fun to
do the things that you didn’t
have time to do when you
were holding down a job,
that’s why. So keep yourself
in good physical shape, have
a bright outlook on life and
enjoy our little corner of the
world. We are so blessed to
live here.
Came across a story
about another “John Day.”
He was born during the
reign of Henry VIII, became
a printer at age 22 and was
the first to print music. The
sign in front of his shop in
later years featured a man
pointing to the sun and say-
ing, “Arise, for it is day.” He
had 13 children by his first
wife and another 13 by his
second! Wonder if it was
one of his descendants that
came through Oregon in
1811 and had such a terrible
time. Maybe I could Google
that — if I was hooked up to
the “Googler.” Ahem.
Luke 11:13 “Give us each
day our daily bread.”
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