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SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Dusty Harris
On Aug. 12, the greet-
ers were Gregg and Mary.
There were 30 meals deliv-
ered, and 20 delivered by
Step Forward, Bonnie and
Frances.
The servers were from
the Lutheran Church.
Dusty won the Len’s
Drug gift certificate, and
Bobby won the free meal.
We had navy beans and
ham, cornbread muffins,
roasted rosemary potatoes
and ice cream sundaes for
dessert.
At Thursday’s lunch, the
greeters were Gregg and
Darlene.
There were 35 meals
delivered.
The servers were from
the United Methodist
Church. The Thrift Shop
sponsored the meal.
Daryl won the free
meal, and Carol Roe won
the Chester’s Thriftway
gift certificate.
The meal was hand-
breaded
chicken-fried
steaks, mashed potatoes
and cream gravy, fresh veg-
gie salad, rolls and peach
cake for dessert.
Toni Wynn, the first
cook, passed away Aug. 1.
To my understanding, she
had lots of volunteer help
before they hired a second
cook. Our deepest sympa-
thies out to her family and
friends.
John 11:25 “Jesus
said to her, ‘I am the res-
urrection and the life. The
one who believes in me
will live, even though they
die; and whoever lives by
believing in me will never
die.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Well, looks like summer
is coming to a close real fast.
Sigh. I’m in denial, but not
really successfully because
the reality of fall com-
ing on is undeniable. But,
I must say, it’s been a real
mild summer, and that was
a blessing.
We had 51 guests on
the books and two take-
outs for our Aug. 13 meal.
Terry Cade and Carrie Jew-
ell made us chicken Alfredo
with broccoli, fresh green
salad, garlic bread and
cherry cobbler for our des-
sert. We thank our cooks for
our delicious meal. I really
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enjoy our senior lunch time.
It is nice to not have to worry
and cook a meal. I also enjoy
visiting with everyone that
comes.
Our greeters at the table
were Jimmy Cole, Kristi
Guimont and Ricki Doland.
Jimmy and Kristi counted
and collected the money.
Ricki helped check in the
guests. Bodean Andersen
led us in the flag salute,
made the announcements
and prayed the blessing over
our meal.
The women of the Mon-
ument sewing group are
going to do some more
Quilts of Valor so dona-
tions for purchasing mate-
rial, paying for the quilting,
are being accepted. If you
would like to donate, you
may contact Judy Harris at
541-934-2244. It’s our way
of thanking all our men and
women who served in the
military and our country.
The winner of the Ches-
ter’s Thriftway gift card was
Carrie Jewell. Judy Harris
and David Stubblefield both
won free meal tickets.
We thank all our gen-
erous supports and their
donations.
Rose Howe made an
announcement. She was
requesting everyone who
lives in the Monument
area to please sign your
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cal address. This is for the
ambulance run in case they
need to come out and pick
you up for an emergency
and will know where you
live.
Donations for the Buck-
aroo Festival auctions are
starting to come in. If you
would like to donate some-
thing for the Buckaroo,
please contact Judy Har-
ris. Bruce Strange donated
a beautiful, leather cow-
boy picture that was
framed with old barn
wood.
The Buckaroo Festival is
approaching fast! Hope you
all can make it, you will not
be disappointed. I will have
more information available
as it gets closer.
So, I thought I needed
to clarify something from
the previous story about the
mouse holes in the choc-
olate chip bags I found in
my pantry. I did need choc-
olate chips for my choco-
late chip zucchini bread, but
I did not use the ones that
had the holes in them. You
can be relieved now. Ha. I
had some smaller bags of
Ghirardelli dark chocolate
bags, and I used those for
my bread. I still don’t know
what to do with those other
bags of chocolate though. It
seems a waste to throw them
away. Maybe I will just cut
out the ends with the holes
and save the middle after
inspection?
I don’t know. If you
were me, what would you
do? Would you toss out the
whole bag or try and sal-
vage some?
1 Thessalonians 5:17
“Pray without ceasing.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
My, didn’t it rain, hail,
thunder and lightning!
Whew. When it was all
over, my poor corn stalks
were not standing upright
anymore. They seemed
to be the only casualties,
however. As the week pro-
gressed, the stalks became
more upright and seem to
be doing OK. Even have
some tassels showing!
Do have one correction:
The mullein weed was 6
feet, 1 inch tall. It is now 6
feet, 6 inches tall. How high
can you go?
Matt Goodwin led the
flag salute, Tom and Jay did
the home deliveries and Jack
Retherford asked the bless-
ing on our special meal. Why
was it special? Because we
were celebrating Del Lake’s
birthday. We all sang happy
birthday to him. In other
news, Yvonne Eaton won
the free meal donated by the
good folks at Valley View
Assisted Living. The flow-
ers on the tables were black-
eyed Susans, I was informed.
The table that went first had
a sun amongst the flowers in
the vase. Psalm 50:1 will tell
you why.
For Del’s birthday dinner,
Bonnie provided the entree
of pork chops. Thanks so
much. To go with them we
had rice pilaf, green beans,
gravy, bread and choco-
late chip cookies. (I brought
some home-grown peas for
my vegetable.) We thank
the cooks for their delicious
meals.
Lorna
and
Debbie
brought Thelma Kite, Mar-
ilyn Randall and Charlene
Dean from the Blue Moun-
tain Care Center.
Amber announced that
she has an abundant amount
of Swiss chard that she is
most willing to share. Just
come and get it.
Did my civic duty and
attended the Grant County
Fair and Parade. Highlights:
the stilt walker, the TXD
board breaker, the old road
grader, the anxiety balls, all
the various queens from the
surrounding counties, all the
mounted riders and the lit-
tle pony gamely pulling his
cart.
In the Pavilion was an
at least 14-foot-tall sun-
flower. Made my mullein
weed look puny! So glad
the weather was moder-
ate. Helps both humans and
animals!
So here’s some trivia that
someone should put to use:
An acre of hemp will yield
the same amount of paper
as three acres of trees.
Tom’s word for the day:
A pessimist is someone who
looks at the land of milk
and honey and sees only
calories and cholesterol.
Poor soul.
Exodus 3:8 “... I have
come down... to bring
them... into a good and spa-
cious land, a land flowing
with milk and honey...”
Ezekiel 20:15 “... most
beautiful of all lands...”
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