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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.
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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.
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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
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