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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Black Friday bazaar growing and filling capacity
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
Black Friday can be a
time of deals and headline
stories on aggressive shop-
pers, but the third annual
Black Friday bazaar at the
Canyon City Community
Hall provides a more laid-
back chance to socialize
and buy items from various
vendors.
On Nov. 29, the Black
Friday bazaar will be from
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a total
of 25 vendors.
As a participant of other
bazaars, Michele McMa-
nama noticed Black Fri-
day was the one weekend
in November when no other
bazaar was going on so she
decided to start one of her
own in Canyon City.
“The first year we had
12 vendors,” McManama
said. “Then the second year
we had 21, and this year
we have 25 vendors. The
upstairs and the lower level
of the Canyon City Commu-
nity Hall are both filled to
the brim.”
There are so many ven-
dors
that
wanted to
participate
this
year
that McMa-
nama had to
turn down
Michele
several. She
McManama
didn’t want
to, but every of Mt. Vernon
organized
spot
was
the third
taken.
annual
“The first Black Friday
year I adver-
bazaar.
tised
for
vendors, trying to get people
together,” McManama said.
“Last year I didn’t have to
do that and worked through
word of mouth, and this year
all I did was send out my
notice to vendors from last
year, and it grew from there.
I have not put one post-
ing that said ‘looking for
vendors.’”
The event showcases
local vendors and the unique
items they sell that can’t be
bought at other major retail
stores. The bazaar gives
vendors an opportunity to
succeed during the busiest
shopping time in the nation.
“For a small community,
Contributed photo
Vendors showcasing items at the 2018 Black Friday bazaar in the Canyon City Community Hall.
we have a lot of talented
people here,” McManama
said. “It’s nice to see them
succeed and see them be
happy at the end of the day
and hear them say, ‘Don’t
forget to call me next year to
come back,’ because it was a
success.”
On top of being a ven-
dor and organizer for the
event, McManama will also
provide the cinnamon rolls,
muffins, coffee and cocoa
and cook the homemade
loaded baked potato soup
and chili for the luncheon
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
While the bazaar gives
a chance for people to buy
items and eat, the event
allows community mem-
bers to see friends in the
community.
“It’s kind of become a
social event as well,” said
McManama. “People come
and see people that they
haven’t seen in a while and
start chatting in the corner.
I am hoping to make the
luncheon, if I can find the
space, somewhere where
we can set a table and they
can enjoy their lunch with
friends.”
O utlook
SENI
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Wowser, Dowser,
What a Day! The ol’
Prairie City
Hall was a happening
place today. In
Seniors
addition to it being our
Thanksgiving meal, it
was November birthday
Rose Coombs
recognition day, Too.
That’s because there
will not be a meal because there are at least two other places that will
be serving great Thanksgiving meal: Prairie City Teen Center and the
John Day Elks Lodge. And if you cant get there, they will deliver! Now
you can’t beat that offer. The information is in the What’s Happening
column in the Blue Mountain eagle Newspaper posters are around, so
you have no excuse for not having a good meal.
Back to business: Ginger led the Flag Salute and Jack asked the
blessing, Carlos and Luann did the home deliveries. The new Senior
Program Director was introduced. She is Angie Uptmor and we
welcome her and our well wishes go with our retiring director
Veeann. The entrée of turkey for today’s meal was donated by Eastern
Oregon Building maintenance in memory of Jim Cernazanu. Head
Cook Laura K. also got some pies donated for the desert table from
the Dayville Café. Thank you so much for these donations.
‘Tom’s word for the day: Thanksgiving is not only an expression
for the lips, but an attitude of the heart. Therefore, the tablet that
was able to go first had a heart in the amongst the centerpiece deco.
There were four people who signed for the birthday drawing: Ginger,
Gwynn, Carole, and Carlos. Carlos Won and to top it off, his table
had the heart.
So our cooks and helpers of Laura K., Laura B, Angie and Veeann
Weddle delivered a great meal today: Turkey stuffing, mashed
potato’s, and gravy, green bean cassoral, salad, fruit dalad, pickles,
olives, cranbrerry sauce, and a dinner roll. You were able to pick your
own dessert from the assortment that was brought in. We got home
just in in toime to pick up pour meals nd enjoy too. ‘Twas excellent.
Lorna and Bobbie brought Bessie Zemmer, Marilyn Randall,
Gordon Sindt, and Charlene Dean from the Blue Mopuntain Care
Center. Frist timers were Don and Emma Stratton. Welcome, and
Come again.
The Prairie City Fire Department would like you to know that they
are doing their annual Children’s Christmas Gift Donation. See the
posters around town for more info.
Birthdays to celebrate are Ginger and Gwynn they share the
same birthday. Carla brought each of them lovely bouquet Happy
Birthday ladies.
Derrol had his 17th surgery on Tuesday afternoon. He is doing
well. He will go back in a week and get stitches taken out.
On Thursday, Derrol was able to get a haircut, shampoo, Shower
and toe nails trimmed. This all made him a happy camper! Then his
brand, spankin new hearing aid decided to quit!!!!! So have to take
care of that next week, also. On top of everything else, Tracfone
sent me a letter that’s says, “I have to get a new phone cause my old
phone is too old!
1Thess. 5:18 Give Thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for
you in Christ Jesus.
Mon. Nov. 18,
2019, Our lunch
day started out with
Darlene Nodine and
Everett King at the
desk to greet all 27 participants that arrived. Jeanette Julsrud did our
announcing and presented Mya to lead in the flag salute.
Several members of the Living Word Christian Center, including
Marlene, Melodie, Mark, Vickie and Iler with Step Forward they
delivered 32 meals and 20 frozen meals to people that could not
attend our lunch in person in our local communities. Thanks go to
these volunteers for doing this much-needed service.
On Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, the John Day Elks, located in the
same parking lot, as the senior center will be hosting a traditional
thanksgiving meal for our community at no charge to anyone. This
is a great service to John Day and nearby communities. Lots of
fellowship will be had and a large variety of great food. The senior
center will be closed thanksgiving day.
Kay Cotham was the winner of the Lens certificate and Don Porter
won the free meal. Congrats to both of you.
Angie Uptmor is now training with Veanne Weddle as Senior
Program Manager for John Day. She was greeted by all attendees
and welcomed. We are privileged to have this service here so we are
happy to have Angie with us to keep this service going. Welcome
Angie!
Mark Majors asked the blessing for our meal and we all enjoyed
cheeseburgers with all the trimmings, potato wedges and banana
pudding, along with your choice of beverages. The Living Word
Christian Center of Mt. Vernon assisted serving the meal. It truly
was a good meal. Shay and all his helpers along with our servers did a
great job to make this lunch a great and pleasant success.
Thurs. Nov. 21. Darlene and Everett were at the desk greeting all
96 participants of our Thanksgiving meal. After everyone was seated,
Everett did the announcing. Nancy Elliot led our flag salute.
Angie Uptmor was again recognized as our new Senior Programs
Manager. We are pleased to have her, as Veanne will be retiring at
end of 2019. We will miss Veanne as well: She has been on top of all
things in John Day and delivers news and helps and tips to everyone
as she learns them. This is very helpful to all who hear these helps.
Everett told us about the Amazon scam that is being done on our
phones. Please do NOT give information to anyone that calls you.
Call Amazon for yourself and do not use a # that they give you or
call you from. Call Amazon for yourself with your own Amazon #
to know it is really Amazon. There are others as well that call us for
information. One is warranty for our vehicles: they want us to give
them information about our vehicle. Do NOT give information to
anyone that calls you. You should call for yourself with your own #
to know you really got the company of interest. Other ones that are
scam calls are Microsoft, social security, IRS, and your computer.
Some people don’t even have a car or a computer that get these calls.
Bill Choate got the Chester’s certificate and Delores Beldon got the
free meal. Congrats to all of you.
On Thanksgiving Day the Prairie City Teen Center is hosting
a traditional thanksgiving meal for all who choose to attend, for
NO charge to anyone. Don’t forget the Elks meal in John Day for
Thanksgiving as well.
One of the members of Step Forward has passed away and there is a
service planned, so stop by the desk at our senior center.
Sherry Feiger asked the blessing for our meal and several members
of the Methodist church served us a great thanksgiving meal to all
96 in attendance. The meal consisted of a lovely cheese ball with an
assortment of crackers and celery for appetizers. We had REAL mashed
potatoes, turkey slices, dressing, great Brussels sprouts made with
bacon and cranberries: very nice, turkey gravy and rolls with butter
and jam and strawberry cheesecake for dessert, Choice of beverages.
It was a very wonderful meal. Many were stuffed. There was plenty
of food for all. Thanks to Shay and his staff.
In all things, give thanks.
Our Thanksgiving
meal was sponsored by
Monument
our generous friends
Bokin, Lonni, and
Seniors
Roger Lawrence. We
had many hungry
mouths to feed for our
Soo Yukawa
Thanksgiving lunch
on Tuesday. Our
wonderful cooks Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell did a fabulous job
cooking up a storm of yumminess. We had turkey, mashed potatoes
and gravy, green bean casserole, dinner rolls, fresh green salad, and
pumpkin cake. Oh, we were so blessed to have this delicious meal.
We thank our cooks and the good Lord for His blessings. A shout of
thanks to the Lawrence family for their support and donation.
Our greeters at the table were Jimmy Cole and Kristi Guimont.
Jimmy and Kristi collected and counted the money, and checked
in the guests. Kristi wrote down all the announcements. Bodean
Andersen led us in the flag salute, made the announcements, and
prayed the blessing over our meal.
Would you like to know how many folks were at the lunch? Drum
roll please, ok, here goes, we had 79 guests and twenty one takeouts!
Crazy right? I did not even bother to write down all the visitors,
there were just too many of them and I lost count. We thank all
who came out to partake in our Thanksgiving feast.
The winners of the free meal tickets were Judi Bustardo and Kristi
Guimont. Bob Yukawa was the lucky winner of the Len’s Drug gift
card. We thank all sponsors and for their generous support.
Katee Hoffman was present and gave some more information
regarding helping our veterans and their families for their burial.
The burial urns for our veterans are going for $117.11. If you would
like to help out and donate, please contact Katee Hoffman. Our
veterans deserve the honor and a decent burial for their sacrifice and
service.
We will be having our next sewing class on Saturday, December 14.
You don’t have to sew, you can also bring your crocheting, knitting,
or other projects and just join us. It is from 9:00am -3:00pm.
We share a potluck lunch at 12:00pm noon. If you don’t have a
machine, we have several available from our many generous friends
who donated machines. Hope to see you there.
I am so thankful for my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am so
thankful for my wonderful husband and family. I am so thankful for
the roof over our heads, the clothes on our backs, and the food on
our table. I am so thankful for living out here in Monument. I am
so thankful for our animals ( yes, even the sometimes pain-in-the-
butt goats!) I am thankful for all our new friends in our community.
I am so thankful for the beautiful John Day River. I am so thankful
to be able to see the stars at night. I am so thankful for the beautiful
mountains that surround our town. I am so thankful that I still live
in a country where I can still freely worship my God. May you all be
blessed and thankful as I am.
Psalm 92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to
sing praises unto Thy Name, O Most High.
Mountains that surround our town. I am so thankful that I still live
in a country where I can still freely worship my God. May you all be
blessed and thankful as I am.
Psalm 92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to
sing praises unto Thy Name, O Most High.
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