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SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
On the day of our usual
Monday lunch, we were
greeted at the desk by Darlene
Nodine and Gregg Starr.
Darlene Nodine led in the
flag salute, and then Veanne
made announcements. She said
the senior center would not be
giving flu shots this year so we
will need to go to Len’s Drug
or the clinic to get our flu shot.
She said Medicare would cover
the flu shots with no co-pay.
Then she said there will be
a fundraiser activity on Oct. 12.
Veanne also told us that a lot
of scam calls are going around
now, mostly to seniors, and
many of them are about social
security; please do not talk to
them because they record our
voices and change conver-
sations to meet their agenda.
Also, Social Security will only
contact you by mail, never by
phone.
The John Day Senior Cen-
ter will be closed on Thurs-
day, Nov. 14, for maintenance.
Pacific Source will be here for
a lunch on Oct. 28, and they
cover the total tab for all in
attendance as well as provid-
ing current health news follow-
ing lunch.
Darlene
Nodine
and
Rozanne Mullin delivered
20 frozen meals and 38 fresh
meals throughout the John Day
area. Our own Gregg Starr
won the Len’s Drug gift card,
and Kay Cotham won the free
meal certificate.
Dale Stinnett asked the
blessing for our meal, and 29
diners participated in the par-
taking of it. Our fine chef, Mr.
Shay, gifted us with a fried
shrimp basket and coleslaw
— this writer has not had bet-
ter coleslaw in 20 years. We
also had tapioca pudding fit for
kings and peanut butter cook-
ies with jelly, plus a fine garlic
bread on the side. The ladies
from the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, including
Darlene Nodine and Rozanne
Mullin, served for us today.
We got news that Dusty is
doing well so we hope to see
her here with us soon. Deeda
Porter is also recovering well
so we are continuing to remem-
ber both these ladies in prayer.
On Thursday, Oct. 3, we
were again greeted at the desk
by Darlene Nodine and Gregg
Starr.
Everett King led in the
flag salute and emceed the
announcements. He had a few
choice tidbits to grace our ears
with. Nov. 1 the Safe Driver
Course will begin at 9 a.m.
Those interested need to sign
up prior to that date, please.
There is a sign-up sheet on the
desk at the back of the room.
Rodney Brunson from Step
Forward passed away recently
so we will miss having him
participate in the activities.
Best wishes to his family. A
random drawing for unusual
gifts was won by Karen Barri-
etua, Teresa Skinner and Shir-
ley Dinsmore. Please excuse
any misspelling of names.
Vicky Harrison won the
50/50 today, and Yvonne
Majors won the free meal.
Forty-eight fresh meals
were delivered by Joan and
Joel Taylor as well as Dave Gill
of Step Forward. Our commu-
nity seniors appreciate this
faithfulness.
Dale Stinnett asked the
blessing for our meal, and Jes-
sie Elliot, Vicky Harrison, Dale
Stinnett and Trace Andrew
from the Church of the Naza-
rene served for us. There were
32 diners served. Thanks to all
of you for your service. The
entrée today was donated by
Gregg Starr. Thanks, Gregg.
We dined on a loaded potato
casserole with cheese, sea-
soned hot beets, bread sticks
and ham, plus the birthday
cake today for dessert. This
writer says the frosting on the
cake was to die for. There were
four birthday diners to have
their picture taken together.
May all of them have many
more birthdays.
Please sign the card on the
back table for Kris Labhart.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Well, it looks like fall is
really here. Did you get some
pretty cold temps like we did
here in Monument? Time to
put away and say goodbye to
the summer clothes and flip
flops, and pull out the sweat-
ers, scarves and hats. Oh dear,
there is so much to do before
the snow comes. Hopefully all
will get done by then and then
I can maybe relax? Not likely.
Ha
Our greeters at the table
were Jimmy Cole, Kristi Gui-
mont and Ricki Doland.
Jimmy and Ricki collected
and counted the money. Kristi
wrote down the announce-
ments and checked in the
guests. Bodean Andersen led
us in the flag salute, made the
announcements and prayed the
blessing over our meal.
Our cooks Terry Cade and
Carrie Jewell made us meat
and potato casserole, dinner
rolls and we had a variety of
potato salads, and Jell-O sal-
ads and an assortment of des-
serts to choose from. Oh, I
really wanted to eat more, but I
couldn’t. I did not want to be a
glutton. We thank our cooks for
our wonderful meal.
We had 50 guests on the
books and seven takeouts.
Among the guests, we had
many from John Day. Mil-
lie Lyne, Mary Ellen Alborn
and Katee Hoffman. We also
had Carol Claire from Canyon
City, Craig Ensign from Long
Creek, Tad Gley from Kim-
berly and Diane from Pendle-
ton. Hope they all enjoyed the
food and fellowship.
The winners of the free
meal tickets went to Bodean
Andersen and Cindy Helsley.
The lucky winner of the Len’s
Drug gift card went to Donna
Campbell. Thank you to all our
generous supporters.
We welcome back to our
community Bruce Kramer and
Terry Bowlus. They were gone
for a few months, and we are
glad to have them back. They
were missed.
Katee Hoffman, who serves
at the veteran service office
in John Day, announced that
she is having a fundraiser for
deceased veterans. This fund-
raiser would raise money to
help offset the cost of burials
for our veterans and their fam-
ilies. The event will be held on
Oct. 12. Please come and help
support this cause if you can.
Our veterans and their families
should be honored for their ser-
vice and sacrifice.
There will also be a special
event being held at the Monu-
ment Senior Center on Veter-
an’s Day in November. Quilts
will be presented to honor
some more veterans, and a din-
ner will be served as well. Judy
Harris gave us an update on
how we did at the Buckaroo
Fall Festival. We made a little
over $19,000 — $3,500 will go
towards the cost of the event,
and the rest will all go right into
our senior center. The Buck-
aroo Festival helped us meet
our fiscal budget for the rest of
the year. Praise the Lord! Our
heartfelt thanks goes to Judy
and all who helped to make it
a success! All the many who
helped made the work light.
Attention to all who like to
sew, we are starting up again:
Mark your calendar, Saturday,
Oct. 19, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Heard that the season of
locking your car is upon us —
due to zucchini harvest! Tom’s
saying for the day: God gave
us zucchini to force us to make
new friends. Har, har, har.
There are still some waiting for
a new home on the back table,
along with a whole raft of bags
of dried beans. Come and get
‘em!
Delores Scott led the flag
salute, and Jack Retherford
asked the blessing. Carlos and
Luann took care of the home
deliveries. We had 47 names
on the book. Pam Howard was
the winner of the $5 gift card
donated by Len’s Drug.
There were the dulcet
sounds of the old Gulbransen
piano wafting through the ol’
hall too, courtesy of David Sec-
ord. And I missed it. Thanks
for the music.
Amber and crew of Tom,
Ginger and Veanne prepared a
delicious meal for us to enjoy
today — and I missed that too!
Thanks for the food, cooks.
There was pork loin roast with
applesauce, broccoli and cau-
liflower, scalloped potatoes,
bread and a brownie for des-
sert. I did get a meal to go, so
I got to enjoy it on Thursday. It
was very good. Especially the
brownie! Oh, yummy.
Tom started a new month
so his white board musings had
to do with October, fall and
autumn. He found a verse from
1 Timothy 6:1 that had two of
those three words hidden in it.
He is becoming sneaky, right?
Lorna and Krystin brought
Bessie Zemmer, Mary Craw-
ford and Charlene Dean from
the Blue Mountain Care Center.
So, why wasn’t I there?
A strange thing happened. I
called the hand doctor in Bend
to get Derrol started on the
path to another surgery — right
thumb. The lady said that he
could come in the next after-
noon at 2 p.m. I was expect-
ing her to say in two weeks! So
that meant we would have to
leave before dinner — ‘cause
Scotty can’t beam us up and
over there yet. That would
sure help the energy cause,
wouldn’t it? So we got that ball
rolling. His plan is to be reha-
bilitated by next year’s lawn
mowing season.
We did see — and smell
— something new on this trip:
hemp and marijuana. Cute lit-
tle bushes. The ones at the Ore-
gon State Experimental sta-
tion between Prineville and
the Alfalfa cut-off have a large
sign that says they are indus-
trial hemp. Then over by the
airport is another acreage with
the same type of bush with
the same smell. But there was
a building with a lot of cars
around, so I assumed it was a
CBD processing plant. Then
I got to wondering how much
water and cultivation it takes
to raise hemp. Could the vast
areas of central and Eastern
Oregon that are overrun with
junipers be made to grow use-
ful hemp? Any enlightenment
will be appreciated.
Genesis 37:25 “… they
looked up and saw a caravan
of Ishmaelites coming from Gil-
ead. Their camels were loaded
with spices, balm and myrrh…”
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