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SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Monday we were greeted by
Gregg Starr and Everett King to
be signed in for lunch. Everett
King did the announcements,
Buzz Gilmore led the flag salute
and Francis Kocis asked the
blessing for our meal. Thanks,
guys. Our dignified servers were
from the Redeemer Lutheran
Church and did a great job serv-
ing and picking up afterwards.
We are always grateful for those
who serve our meals.
Thirty-two fresh meals and
16 frozen meals were delivered
by Francis and Bonnie Kocis.
With certainty, those who
received those meals send their
many thanks. The Len’s Drug
gift certificate was won by Don
Porter, and the free meal was
won by Jason Walker. Congrat-
ulations to both of you.
There were three special
announcements for those inter-
ested. One, the tai chi program
starts next Monday, Sept. 15,
at 12:30 p.m., and we hope to
see a healthy turnout there; two,
the silent auction is in need of
contributions, thanks to anyone
who would be generous enough
to contribute to our cause; and
three, Heather Shank shared
information about the census
that is taken every 10 years.
For anyone 18 years of age or
older and interested in our com-
munity and would like a sea-
sonal part-time job with flexible
hours, the census needs peo-
ple to fill positions with train-
ing of course, for $14.50 an
hour. Applications may be done
online at gsa.gov/fedrelay or
you can call 1-855-JOB-2020.
The U.S. Census Bureau is an
Equal Opportunity employer.
All 27 diners were treated to
a taste of the Orient and dined
on lo-mein and Asian soup with
crackers. We had cherry tarts,
fortune cookies, milk, juice,
buttermilk and coffee. What a
meal. We left there feeling very
full. A very large thank you to
our esteemed cooks.
Thursday, Sept. 12, at our
John Day Senior Center, the
afternoon began with Ever-
ett King giving the announce-
ments, beginning with the Blue
Mountain Hospital donating
two cases of place mats. Thank
you, Blue Mountain Hospi-
tal. The silent auction was held
Monday, Sept. 16, at 11 a.m.
Thank you to all who donated
items for our auction and all
who bid on them. A large thank
you to Mr. And Mrs. Larry
Hoffman for all the fresh pro-
duce they generously shared
with us. Also thanks to Tom
Roark for all the nice pears.
The Len’s Drug gift certif-
icate was won by Wynn Nel-
son, who also won the 50/50
drawing. The free meal certif-
icate was won by Mary Ellen
Osborne. Congratulations to
both of you. Our flag salute was
led by Chris Finley. The bless-
ing for the meal was given by
Darlene Nodine. Everett King
and Gregg Starr dutifully han-
dled the affairs of the front desk.
Dusty Harris is at home still
recuperating from her knee
injury. Thirty-seven fresh meals
were delivered by Step For-
ward and Mike and Patti Davis.
Many thanks to all of you for
you kind efforts. The servers at
our noon meal were from the
Cornerstone Christian Church.
We thank these volunteers for
their presence and kindness.
We had 36 in-house diners
including the servers partak-
ing of a home-style dish of beef
cheeseburger pie and a new
dish to this writer called corn
au-gratin. Both were delicious
and filling. There was a relish
dish of pickle slices, tomato
wedges and onions, which was
very nice too. We were also
treated to a dessert choice of
vanilla ice cream topped with
chocolate sauce or a new item
to this writer, cotton candy ice
cream. Yummy! Both were
offered with generous dollops
of whipped cream if desired.
As usual, the company in our
senior center before, during and
after the meal was abuzz with
cheerful talkers and plenty of
smiling faces all seemingly glad
to come together and share with
each other.
Psalm 41:1-2 1 “Blessed is
he that considereth the poor:
the Lord will deliver him in time
of trouble. 2. The Lord will pre-
serve him and keep him alive;
and he shall be blessed upon
the earth: and thou wilt not
deliver him unto the will of his
enemies.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Well, if you didn’t already
know this, fall will begin Mon-
day, Sept. 23. What? I know,
right? I guess that is why it is
perfect for us to have our annual
Buckaroo Fall Festival. Are you
all ready for summer to end? I
am still trying to get things done
before the rainy weather gets
here. Hopefully, I can get roll-
ing with all the stuff on my list.
Terry Cade and Teawna
Jewell made us chicken enchi-
ladas, Spanish rice, refried
beans, a fresh green salad and
snicker-doodle cookies for our
dessert. Of course I had a full
plate, but I swear, I piled on the
lettuce, and it made it look like I
was being a pig and had a lot of
food. I like to have lots of salad
with my food. We thank our
wonderful cooks for their cook-
ing abilities.
Our greeters at the front
table were Jimmy Cole, Kristi
Guimont and Ricki Doland.
Jimmy and Ricki collected and
counted the money. Kristi wrote
down all the announcements.
Bodean Andersen led us in the
flag salute, made the announce-
ments and prayed the blessing
over our meal.
We want to thank Heather
Riggs and Karen Stubblefield
for painting the senior center.
You gals did a great job, and the
senior center looks great.
There were 40 guests on
the books and 13 takeouts.
The winners of the free meal
tickets were Clarence Harvey
and Phoebe Yukawa. Yours
truly won the Chester’s Thrift-
way gift card. We thank all our
supporters.
There will be a women’s
Monument Bible study that will
begin Friday, Sept. 20. The time
will be from 9:15-10:45 a.m.
The study will be on the book
of Romans. There will be praise
and worship, discussion of the
weekly study and homework
and then prayer time. If you
would like more information,
please call 541-934-2095.
At noon Sept. 21, 4-H will
be opening their food booths on
the front lawn of the senior cen-
ter. The bidder registration table
will also be open for the live and
silent auctions.
At 1 p.m., there will be live
music, horse shoes, corn hole
and a silent auction, which will
be held at the senior center.
There will be face painting
and rock painting. Does that
not seem like it is going to be a
blast?
At 3 p.m., the live auction
will be held, and then of course
(drum roll please) the dinner
y’all have been waiting for: the
yummy and delightful salmon
and elk dinner with all the fix-
in’s. The dinner will be from
5-7 p.m. The tickets will be
$15 per person or $25 per cou-
ple. Children 6-12 yrs old are
$7.50; all other kids that are 6
and under go in free. Doors
open at 5 p.m. The grand mar-
shals will be Boken, Lonnie and
Roger Lawrence. All the ben-
efits of this fundraiser will be
going back to the Monument
Senior Center. Hope you all
can make it because you don’t
want to miss out on this import-
ant event.
2 Corinthians 2:14 “Now
thanks be unto God, who always
causeth us to triumph in Christ,
and maketh manifest the savour
of His knowledge by us in every
place.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Well, the first snow has
appeared on top of Strawberry
Mountain, and we had to turn
on the heater in the ol’ hall. Two
weeks ago we had the swamp
cooler on. No complaints. We
have no hurricanes or floods or
tornadoes, right?
Boy, were we ever blessed
today! Three different peo-
ple brought in excess veggies
and fruits to give away. We
had oranges, apples, potatoes,
squash, etc., and the firefight-
ers gave us a whole bunch of
Vienna Sausage cans. PTL and
a great big thank you! None
of it went to waste. We had a
moment of remembrance on
this historic day. Two historic
days are etched in my memory:
9/11 and Nov. 22.
I’ll always remember where
I was and what I was doing
when I heard the news broad-
casts, do you?
Ginger led the flag salute,
and Tom asked the blessing.
Carlos and Luann did the home
deliveries. In our new contest,
Drew and Carla discovered
the misspelled word in Tom’s
whiteboard message, so they
got an extra apple or orange.
The first table had a U.S. flag
in the centerpiece vase.
Our dinner today was a deli-
cious pulled pork slider with
coleslaw, green salad, apple-
sauce and gingersnap/pumpkin
cake with cream cheese crust.
Whew, it was good.
Lorna and Krystin brought
Marilyn Randall, Bessie
Zemmer and Arloa Martin
from the Blue Mountain Care
Center.
Tai chi will begin on Sept.
18 at 11 a.m. Pinochle starts
at 10 a.m., and just in case
you didn’t know, dinner is
served at noon. So that takes
care of the morning. What do
you do for the rest of the day?
I read the paper, “wrapped”
the oldest grandson’s birth-
day gift, did senior book work,
watched “Jeopardy” and took a
nap while “viewing” “There’s
No Business Like Show Busi-
ness.” I am reading a biogra-
phy of Ethel Merman, and this
movie was a big part of her
career. But I’ll have to watch
it again. Seems I missed an
important segment… ahem.
Speaking of the paper,
did you know that Sept. 4
was Newspaper Carrier Day?
Some famous people who
were newspaper carriers: Walt
Disney, Warren Buffet, Tom
Brokaw, Herbert Hoover,
Harry Truman, Dwight Eisen-
hower, Ed Sullivan, John
Glenn, J. Edgar Hoover, Wil-
lie Mays, Ross Perot, John
Wayne, Eddie Rickenbacker
and Martin Luther King Jr.
My, my, I didn’t know that
we were in such distinguished
company when we delivered
The Oregonian years ago.
One more reminder for
the Operation Christmas
Child packing party on Tues-
day, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m.
to 12 p.m. at the hall: bring a
friend!
John 15:13-14 “Greater
love has no one than this, that
he lay down his life for his
friends. You are my friends if
you do what I command.”
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
139112