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A8 SENIORS Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, March 18, 2020 GRANT COUNTY SENIORS Editor’s note: The John Day, Monument and Prairie City senior centers will be closed for all activities until further notice. Each center is offering to-go or delivered meals. Contact the centers for more information: John Day, 541-575-1825; Prairie City, 541-820-4100; Monu- ment, 541-934-2700. John Day Seniors Dusty Harris On March 9, meals deliv- ered included 32 fresh and 20 frozen, delivered by Roger Hartwick and Step forward. Thanks for your service. Servers were from the Lutheran Church. The meal was pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs and fruit. The winners of the door prizes were Dusty Harris, who won the Len’s Drug certificate, and Bobbie Gilmore, who won the free meal. On March 12, the greet- ers were Jeanette, Ever- ette and Gregg. Thirty-three meals were delivered by David Gill, Step Forward and Jeanette. Thanks for your service. The servers were from Cornerstone Christian Fel- lowship. Lunch was Irosj stew, barley stir fry, drop bis- cuits and Irish mint brown- ies. Lunch was sponsored by Len’s Drug. We thank you for your service to the senior center. Don Porter won the gift card to Chester’s Thriftway, and the free meal went to Dale Stennett. The senior center will be closed March 23-26 for renovations. A couple of ladies from Blue Mountain Hospital let us know what we can do to stay safe with the virus that is spreading like wildfire. Remember, the first thing is to wash your hands often during the day. If you are feeling like you are coming down with the flu, stay home and take care of yourself. If need be, call and talk to your doctor. Thank you, ladies, for coming and letting us know that Grant County is virus- free at this time. Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa Our cooks Terry Cade and Carrie Jewell made us chimichangas, Spanish rice, refried beans, fresh salad and fruit crisp for dessert. You all know that we enjoyed our food. A shout of thanks goes out to our cooks for feeding us so well. We had a pretty big crowd too, 61 guests on the books to be exact. We also had 11 takeouts. I think our senior center lunch is get- ting pretty popular, and it is a hopping place to be. Our greeters at the table were Kristi Guimont and Mia Yukawa. Kristi col- lected and counted the money. Mia checked in the guests. Bodean Ander- sen led us in the flag salute, made the announcements and prayed the blessing over our meal. May 2 will be the EMT fundraiser dinner. Mark that on your calendars. The Traeger smoker will be raf- fled off that day too. I don’t think you need to be pres- ent in order to win it. Good luck! We want to show some special recognition to Doug Sweek who is helping our senior center by tak- ing the garbage out to the dump every week and also for volunteering to pick up food for the food bank in La Grande. We appreciate him very much and all who work quietly behind the scenes to make Monument a great place to live. The winner of the Len’s Drug gift card went to Jean Hammel of Spray. Judi Bustardo and yours truly won the free meal tickets. We had Jim Hamsher and Rob, who is running for the circuit court judge posi- tion, come by and join us for lunch. The sewing class for The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. www.eomediagroup.com March 21 has been can- celled due to this corona- virus. In fact, the senior center meals will not be held until further notice. People may call ahead of time if they want to pick up a takeout lunch, but we will not be meeting at the senior center for lunch. So, please spread the word so we won’t have peo- ple showing up and being disappointed. We got about 8 inches of snow in two days, at least where I live. I know you all are ready for spring to come, but I thank the Lord Jesus for any moisture we get. I am looking forward to a little bit of warmer weather. I don’t know about all this coronavirus drama and all that it entails, but I do know one thing for sure and that God is still on the throne. All this is no surprise to our great and mighty God. The enemy loves to use fear to get us running scared. I just want to encourage you all out there, armor up, and stand firm in your faith. The King James Bible calls the enemy’s weapons “fiery darts.” If I am think- ing correctly, darts are lit- tle. Our God is mighty and powerful. He is our strong tower and refuge. He delights in our prayers, and he says if we call upon his name, he will answer and save us. 2 Chronicles 7:14 “If My people, who are called by My Name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs Faith and begorrah! I think we have made it to spring! There is only one small snow bank at my back door now. And did you see the big moon? If you didn’t, you will have two more chances this spring — in April and May. I find that very interesting. Another interesting thing is that spring itself begins on March 19. Hmmm. Wonder if fall is going to come early too. Went to look at the cal- endar and discovered that fall is a day later. What’s going on here? Must be Leap Year’s fault. Del led the flag salute, and Jack asked the blessing. Tom made the home deliv- eries. Betty Retherford was awarded the door prize of a free meal since we can’t give away any meals at Val- ley View right now due to the virus problem. Tom has a quote that he will be pro- gressively giving us through the rest of the month that was made by St. Patrick. It starts with the word “Be,” so the table that had a bee in amongst the shamrocks got to go first through the serv- ing for their veggies, roll and dessert. He went to each table and ladled out our main course of ham and potato soup. Our veggies were broccoli Normandy, and the dessert was lemon cake with white frosting with sprinkles in honor of spring, don’t-cha know? Our thanks to Laura No. 2 and Tom assisted by Travis for a tasty and filling meal. We didn’t have a big crowd due to the virus prob- lem, but those who were here were having a good time. And that’s the “name of the game,” right? We also appreciate those who stay after dinner and help with the cleanup: Tom, Carole, Pam, Ginger, Del and Ben. It is time for us all to fill out the special government form to be certain that we get our share of funds for this center. So be sure to get yours filled out so we can turn them in soon. Thank you. I got excited the other day and purchased a little box of seed potatoes. When I got home, I discovered a sprout coming out of one of the lit- tle ventilation holes in the box. Decided I’d better put it out in the cool of the tool shed because it’s for sure that the garden bed is not ready to receive them! Found a book on how to deer-proof your yard and garden. We will see how that pans out, too. But it is so disappointing to work so hard to grow stuff then dis- cover that the deer have made themselves a feast, too. I do see yards that have been deer-proofed, so it is possible. I recall hearing one story about deer: The family was in bed and heard a strange knocking on the wall of the house. Turned out to be the antlers hitting the siding when the deer reached to eat off the goodies by the foun- dation. Oh, my. Isa. 35:5,6 “Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute… shout for joy.” 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. Main • John Day • 541-575-1895 wwww.johndaynazarene.com 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 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 MT. VERNON PRESBYTERIAN Community Church SUNDAY SERVICE..............9 am SUNDAY SCHOOL...............9 am 541-932-4800 EVERYONE WELCOME 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 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. Main Street 541-421-3033 Head Elder............................421-3468 Bible Classes (all ages)...............2 pm Worship........................................3 pm S175340-1
