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A8 SENIORS Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, March 4, 2020 GRANT COUNTY SENIORS John Day Seniors Elsie Huskey Monday, Feb. 24, Darlene Nodine was our announcer and Rachel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints led the flag salute. Twenty-nine fresh and 24 frozen meals were deliv- ered throughout the area by Rachel and Brandie of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Angie Uptmor, the senior programs manager. Thanks to all three of you for your caring ser- vice to others. Beginning Friday March 20 through Sunday March 29, the John Day Senior Center will be closed for major renovations. Be pre- pared to enjoy the changes when you come for lunch on Monday, March 30. It gives me a sense of excite- ment to see our senior cen- ter improving and becoming more modern. Joanne Stratton and Billie Bullard were the winners of the drawings. Rachel asked the blessing for our lunch and she, Brandi and Angie Uptmor served the meal of fish tacos with coleslaw, french fries and lemon pie to 21 lunch-goers. I am sure it was a great meal. Shay and his crew do a great job always. I am with my daughter in Boise giving support for her sur- gery on Feb. 12 and another on March 2. Hope to return home soon. On Thursday, Feb. 27, Darlene Nodine was at the desk to greet every- one and check them in for lunch. Chris Labhart did the announcements, and Matt Jones led the flag salute. Matt Jones, Jim Maples and David Gill of Step Forward delivered 29 meals to folks throughout our community that cannot get to the senior center. Thanks to all three of you for your caring service to others. The Bible says that in as much as you do any deed to the least of people, you do it also to our Father in Heaven. What a blessing! We now have the menus for the Prairie City Senior Center lunches. Be sure to check them out and ven- ture out to Prairie City for a Wednesday outing for lunch. Janice Holt and Jennie Davis were the winners of the drawings. Father Christi asked the blessing for the meal and then members of the St. Elizabeth Catholic Church served a wonder- ful meal of hot turkey sand- wich and real mashed pota- toes, Brussels sprouts and cinnamon apples for des- sert (yumm). I did not get the number of lunch attend- ees so I cannot tell you how many. To be great in the king- dom of God, we must learn to be servants of all. Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa The wonderful cooks of Monument Senior Center, Terry Cade and Carrie Jew- ell, made orange chicken, rice, salad and birthday cake for the lunch. I was not present because I had to go into town, but I am sure it was a great lunch. We thank our lovely cooks for their hard work. The greeters at the table were Kristi Guimont and Ricki Doland. Kristi and Ricki checked in all the guests, collected and counted the money. Bodean led the people in the flag salute, made the announce- ments and prayed the bless- ing over the meal. There were 44 guests on the books and six takeouts. Pam Callahan and Dallas Helsley were the lucky win- ners of the free meal tickets. Sherry Shultz was the win- ner for the Len’s Drug gift card. I was lucky to have all this information writ- ten down for me by my good friend Kristi. Thanks, Kristi! The EMTs are still hav- ing their Traeger Smoker raffle going on, and the tick- ets are on sale at the front table. The other announce- ment was that Max and Betty Breeding celebrated their 61st anniversary! Wow, that is a long time. We congratulate them on their long years of wedded bliss, and may the Lord continue to bless their marriage. I want to make this very important announcement before I forget. It is my least favorite time of the year again. Yes, it is the dreaded time change. Please do not forget to set your clocks forward one hour ahead this coming Saturday. I thought they were going to do away with this silly time change and leave it alone? Sigh, I guess not. Don’t forget, or else you will be an hour late to everything. When I got home from church, one week after Dolly had Davey and Goli- ath, Chevre had her babies. I saw that she was not out in the goat pen when we got back. So, I quickly changed into work clothes, went out and looked in the goat shed. Sure enough, she had just had her babies, three to be exact. She also had triplets. The last one was still wet and shivering and did not look so good. I put it in my coat and brought it into the house. Well, that was a bit of a slimy mess. I put it in a box and started to dry it off. I even used a hair dryer to dry her off. I had to search high and low for the “Nurse All” milk powder. I could not remember where I had put that darn thing. I finally remembered that I had put it in the pantry (I don’t even remember why I put it in there). I cut a finger off of a rubber glove and fed it. You know, baby goats are cute and all, but I just don’t have the time for car- ing for bottle baby. I was going to have a very busy week coming up so I had to figure out something. To be continued. Ephesians 6:11 “Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs Had a short crowd for our February birthday cele- bration. Lots of people had to stay home and tend to their illness. Hope you can stay well. So far, so good in our household. Derrol gets released from his doc- tor and physical therapist for his last surgery in Novem- ber. Then during his Medi- care wellness check, a blood test indicated that he was anemic. Two subsequent tests to determine why said that he wasn’t. Apparently the first one was a false pos- itive. Most distressing. So it always pays to get a second opinion. Back to business. Gin- ger led the flag salute, and Jack asked the blessing. Our birthday gift certifi- cate donated by Huffman’s Market went to the only one who signed up as having a February birthday: Jimmy Lunzman. We thank all our vol- unteers and our wonderful cooks for all the work done in preparation for these weekly meals: Tom, Pam, Carole, Laura and Laura. Then after the meal, those who clean up and take care of the money: Del, Ben, Delores, me. And a special thanks to faithful home deliverers Carlos and Luann. We also want to thank the Pickle Family again for the donation of the food pro- cessor. It was really used for today’s meal! And Tom found a used meat slicer that he was able to get back to usable condition that was also used in the preparation of the meal today. And wasn’t it a good meal?! Beef stew, garlic toast and birthday cake sup- plied by Driskill Memo- rial Chapel. Thank you so much, Amber, for bringing the cake to us each month. It is delicious! And the stew? Everyone had second help- ings, I think. It was good to see old friend Max Olvera at the meal today, too. He’s the reason that I put the date on the outside reader board so that you will know if the meal listed is the meal for that particular Wednesday. Got that? Whew. Tom’s word of the day: It breathes reassurance; it offers consolidation. After a weary day there is noth- ing like a bowl of soup (or stew). Think about that one. The Blue Mountain Care Center didn’t get to come today, either. Such is life. After the big snow early this month, have you noticed that spring is showing up? My tulips are poking their heads out of the ground. No, no. It’s too early! Der- rol took the big cement block “weights” out of the pickup bed, and that’s a sure sign that winter is over too. The garden catalogs have made their way to my mail- box, and the stores have their seeds available for pur- chase. I’m bound and deter- mined to do better this year in getting seeds started ear- lier. We’ll see how that pans out. In the meantime, I am keeping busy with my new project at the senior hall: refurbishing the utility room. Hope to have it done before the Richardson Bros. Concert March 20 — not that anyone would see it, but it does give me a deadline. We’ll see how that pans out, too. Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.” 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 JOHN DAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Sunday Worship • 9AM (541) 575-1326 johndayUMC@gmail.com 126 NW Canton, John Day Food Pantry Friday 3-4p.m. Like us on Facebook! 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 Confession: Saturday 4:00-4:45 pm Anytime by appointment 541-974-8638 St. Anne Redeemer Lutheran Church Come Worship with us at TV & Radio Networks Tune into KSPL 98.1 FM Valley View Broadcasting PO Box 151, Mt Vernon, Or 97865 Antenna: Digital Channel 15 Blue Mountain Cable Channel 2 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. 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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 Monument - 2nd and 4th Sundays at 12:30 pm 139 S. Washington, Canyon City 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 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. 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