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SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
Monday, Jan. 20, we found
Jeanette Julsrud and Ever-
ett King at the desk to be
sure every lunch attender was
checked in.
Jeanette was the announcer,
and Lorelie Hinton led the
flag salute. This was our head
cook’s birthday so a big birth-
day wish is going to Shay. We
are in need of bags to help in
the delivery of the meals we
provide to our area. Efforts are
being made to buy some so
thanks to all who are willing to
help in this area.
Thirty-one fresh and 24 fro-
zen meals were delivered by
members of the Step Forward
crew and Millie Lysne and
Mark Majors.
The barn doors were being
hung today on the new closet
at the back of the room that
houses extra furniture and
chairs. Larry Hart built the
doors, and he and his helper
Gary Ramey were hanging
them.
Greg Starr and Chris
Labhart painted the closet in a
springy color, adding a bright-
ness to the room.
Deeda Porter has put a few
aloe plants on the free table so
help yourself. Aloe is good for
many things as well as an anti-
oxidant for your home. There
is also a GI Joe hat with a head-
lamp on the free table. The
auction has been closed for the
month of February as the ones
handling it will be on a church
mission for a couple weeks or
so. But look for it to return in
March.
Ed Bennett has passed
away, and his memorial ser-
vice will be this summer. There
is a card on the table for Judy
Longa Bennett who was a cook
at our center for a long while.
Her hubby has passed away so
sign her card and let her know
we have not forgotten about
her.
Sharon Scott and Millie
Lysne were the winners of the
drawings. Debbie May of the
Living Word Christian Cen-
ter asked the blessing for our
meal, and she and other mem-
bers of the church served a
grand meal of pork roast, real
mashed potatoes and gravy,
oh so good, stir fried zucchini
and rolls with butter and cook-
ies for dessert to 28 in-house
diners.
At the desk Thursday, Jan.
23, was Kristina Labhart, Dar-
lene Nodine and Jeanette Jul-
srud, checking everyone in .
Jeanette Julsrud was the
announcer, and David Turner
led the flag salute. Thirty-five
fresh meals were delivered
around our area by the crew of
Step Forward.
Jan. 25 was the Chinese
New Year. This year is the year
of the rat. How disgusting.
Someone decorated the kitchen
window with a toy black rat.
More disgusting. But all in fun
we know. Several things not to
do on Chinese new year. Don’t
say negative words, do not
break ceramics or glass, do not
visit wife’s family, don’t sweep
or clean, do not give New Year
blessing to anyone still in bed.
Are you laughing yet?
Len’s Drug sponsored our
lunch today, so we want to
thank Greg Armstrong for
lunch.
We have a new cook assis-
tant starting Feb. 3. We wel-
come your arrival Kimberly
Heathcoat. Linda Stoltz has
been filling in for a while, mak-
ing her schedule so busy she
can hardly keep up. Linda is
great to do what is needed and
always knows just what to do.
A big thank you to Norma
Lemberger and family for
donation of some wonderful
assistive devices to our center.
Fran Bunch, Janice Hunt
and Don Porter were the win-
ners of our drawings.
Father Christy of the St.
Elizabeth Catholic Church
asked the blessing for our
meal, and then he and several
members of the church served
our meal of chicken chow
mein, egg rolls and lemon bar
for dessert to 48 in-house din-
ers. Good job, Shay, for a good
meal, and thanks to you servers
for a great job.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
We thank our wonderful
cooks for making us chicken
Alfredo (I liked the broccoli
in it very much), garlic bread,
fresh green salad and snicker-
doodle cookies for dessert. We
are spoiled indeed. We appre-
ciate Terry Cade and Carrie
Jewell for their hard work and
effort.
Our greeters at the front table
were Kristi Guimont, Ricki
Doland and Mia Yukawa. Kristi
and Ricki collected and counted
the money and wrote down the
announcements. Mia is still in
training. Bodean Andersen led
us in the flag salute, made the
announcements and prayed the
blessing over our meal.
We had 39 guests on the
books and 14 takeouts. I think
we didn’t have a very big crowd
because of the crazy weather
we’ve been having. It was
snowing, and it was coming
down. But, it seemed that some
folks didn’t care and braved the
trek out to Monument.
The free meal tickets went
to Carrie Jewell and Larry Vogt.
The lucky winner of the Len’s
Drug gift card was Miranda
Hoodenpyl. Those gift cards are
really nice and come in handy.
We thank all who generously
support our senior center.
4-H is having their annual
citrus fruit sales going on. They
are selling oranges, mandarin
oranges and grapefruit. I believe
they will be on sale for a couple
of weeks so if you want to pur-
chase, please contact Miranda
Carlin for more information.
I really don’t have much in
announcements because the rest
were about the games for the
kids at the school, and I didn’t
have enough notice to put them
in the paper. You can always call
the Monument School office for
their game schedule.
We had some really cold
days and some really nice warm
days. The snow up here where
I am is still on the ground, but
slushy and icy. I have not face-
planted in the snow or taken a
tumble, thank goodness. I’ve
almost slipped and could have
landed on my booty, but luckily
I have managed to catch myself.
We had some days where the
temperature went up to 56
degrees Fahrenheit. I think we
are expecting some more snow
soon. Either way, Monument is
awesome.
You know, I was so blessed
the other day. I was at Boyer’s
to get a couple of quick items.
I got in my car, and the battery
died. I could not get my car to
start; it just made that clicking
noise. So I popped open my
hood, and (this is why I love
my town and the people) Rod-
ney and Cory Cowger asked if I
needed to have my car jumped.
They just drove their car over
and jumped my car for me, and
I was good to go. I just want
to give a shout of thanks and
appreciation to them for help-
ing me out.
I think that is what is so great
about Monument. When you
are in need of help, people just
come out to do just that. They
help you, happy sigh. I love
Monument.
Galatians 5:25 “If we live in
the Spirit, let us also walk in the
Spirit.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Did you see what was under
all that snow when it melted?
Green grass!
What a contrast! Let’s see
now. It is only seven weeks
until spring, so we can begin to
dream.
Ginger led the flag salute,
and Jack asked the blessing. Car-
los and Tom took care of the
home deliveries. In the draw-
ing for the free meal, Derrol
Coombs had the winning num-
ber. The table decorations were
candle-waxed vases with pretty
flowers in them. Why? Because
we had lasagna, that’s why. Tom
was trying to get into an Ital-
ian restaurant theme. But he ran
out of vases, so the table that
didn’t have a vase got to go first
through the serving line. His
comical bit was “the early bird
gets the worm, but I prefer to
wait for lasagna.” Har, Har.
Ginger introduced a new sub-
stitute helper in the kitchen: Tra-
vis Rasmussen. Thanks for com-
ing. Fran Bunch helped provide
our entree today in memory of
her husband, Doug. Thank you
so much.
In addition to the delicious
lasagna, we were served green
salad, green beans, a roll and
a fruit turnover. Great meal.
There were 50 names on the
book. Lorna and Erika brought
Mary Crawford, Bessie Zem-
mer, Charlene Dean and Gordon
Sindt from the Blue Mountain
Care Center. Ivan Nance and his
entourage also joined us. Tom,
Carole, Pam and Del did cleanup
duties while Delores and I got
the money counted. Discovered
some more books had appeared
for the library. Oh, goody, goody.
We are going to have a pro-
gram and potluck here on Sun-
day, Feb. 16. The Old Time Fid-
dlers from Grant and Harney
counties are inviting anyone to
come and play old time music
from 1-3 p.m. All are welcome
to come to visit, eat and dance,
etc., during the two hours. No
charge, but we always accept
donations!
Then, on March 19, there
will be a benefit show starting at
6:30 p.m. with appearances by
several (we hope) local groups
joining the headliners, the Rich-
ardson Brothers. Again there
will be no charge for this concert,
but all donations will be split
between the Senior Citizens and
the Prairie City Cemetery. The
music genre is “Americana.”
What that means is that will be
a little bit of all kinds of good
ol’ country, gospel, swing, etc.
So put these programs on your
calendar so you wont forget!
We finally managed to
entice another pinochle player
to our Wednesday morning
games, but this person wishes
to remain anonymous, so you’ll
just have to come and see who it
is. This person was able to pro-
cure two new-to-us card tables
for our pinochle corner. Thank
you so much.
Ephesians 5:18-20 “… be
filled with the spirit, Speak
to one another with Psalms,
hymns and spiritual songs. Sing
and make music in your heart to
the Lord, Always giving thanks
to God the father for everything
in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ.”
John Day Valley
Mennonite
Church
Pastor Keith
Meeting every Sunday
at Mt. Vernon Grange Hall
Sunday School.......................9:30 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship...10:50 a.m.
Pastor Leland Smucker
Everyone Welcome • 541-932-2861
Historic Remnant
Church
St. Thomas
Episcopal
Church
Preparing for
Jesus to come
Morning Prayer........10 am
(1 st , 3 rd , 5 th Sundays)
Eucharist & Sunday
School.............10 am
(2 nd & 4 th Sundays)
Meets Saturday at Mt. Vernon Grange
Sabbath School............................9:30 am
Church Services..........................11:00 am
139 S. Washington,
Canyon City
VICTORY BAPTIST
CHURCH
KJV
Independent
Fundamental • Premillennial
Terence K. Crabb, Pastor
A Bible-believing Church
“He that hath the Son hath life ...” I John 5:12
Sunday School 9:45 am • Sunday Preaching 11:00 am
Junior Church 11:00 am • Sunday Evenings 3:30 pm
Wednesday Bible Study & Master Club 7:00 pm
Saturday Men’ s Prayer Meeting 7:00 pm
108 S. Washington Street, Canyon City
541-575-2688 or 541-575-0844
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Catholic Church
Corner of S Canyon Blvd and SW 2 nd
Mon. - Fri. Mass - 12:05 pm
Saturday Mass - 5:00 pm
Sunday Mass - 9:00 am
Holy Days Mass: Noon & 6 pm
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PO Box 151, Mt Vernon, Or 97865
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Redeemer
Lutheran Church
Come Worship with us at
627 SE Hillcrest, John Day
1 st Sunday Worship/Communion.......10am
3 rd Sunday Worship/Communion/Potluck...4:30pm
2 nd , 4 th & 5 th Sunday Worship ..........10 am
Wednesday Evening Bible Study.......6 pm
For information: 541-575-2348
MT. VERNON
PRESBYTERIAN
Community Church
SUNDAY SERVICE..............9 am
SUNDAY SCHOOL...............9 am
541-932-4800
EVERYONE WELCOME
CHURCH OF THE
NAZARENE
Sunday School..............................9:30 am
Sunday Worship Service..............10:45 am
Sunday Evening Service................6:00 pm
Children & Teen Activities
SMALL GROUPS CALL FOR MORE INFO
Weekdays: Sonshine Christian School
Pastor Randy Johnson
521 E. Main • John Day • 541-575-1895
wwww.johndaynazarene.com
FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
Sunday School.......................9:45 am
Sunday Worship.......................11 am
Fox Community Church..............3 pm
Sunday Evening Bible talk..........6 pm
Saturday Men’s Study................6 pm
Full Gospel- Come Grow With Us
541-575-1202 Church
311 NE Dayton St, John Day
Pastor Al Altnow
Confession: Saturday 4:00-4:45 pm
Anytime by appointment
541-974-8638
JOHN DAY
UNITED
METHODIST
CHURCH
Sunday Worship • 9AM
St. Anne
Monument -
2nd and 4th Sundays at 12:30 pm
2
Every Sunday in the L.C.
Community Center
(Corner of Second & Allen)
Contact Pastor Ed Studtmann at
541-421-3888 • Begins at 4:00pm
FIRST
BAPTIST
CHURCH
Sunday School....................... 10 am
Church....................................11 am
Afternoon Service.................... 2 pm
No Mid-week Services
Pastor Jesse Gosnell
300 W. Main, John Day
541-575-1355
Office Hours
Monday - Friday 9 am - 12 Noon
(541) 575-1326
johndayUMC@gmail.com
126 NW Canton, John Day
Food Pantry Friday 3-4p.m.
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Cornerstone
Christian
Fellowship
139 N.E. D AYTON S TREET , J OHN D AY
541-575-2180
Sunday Worship Service 10 am
Sunday Youth Group 3 pm
Thursday Celebrate Recovery 6 pm
Pastor Levi Manitsas
cornerstonejohnday@gmail.com
ccfjd.org
Seventh-Day
Adventist
Church
SATURDAY SERVICES
JOHN DAY
110 Valley View Dr.
541-575-1216
Head Elder......................541-575-2914
Bible Classes (all ages)............9:30 am
Worship.......................................11 am
LONG CREEK
E. Main Street
541-421-3033
Head Elder............................421-3468
Bible Classes (all ages)...............2 pm
Worship........................................3 pm
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