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SENIOR & HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
This is the first year in a
very long number of years that
i have witnessed a real fall sea-
son. It is so nice to see nice
weather in November even
though it is pretty cool outside.
It feels really nice to not be into
winter already; actually, winter
starts on Dec. 21.
Our John Day Senior Cen-
ter is still active providing
meals for those who cannot get
out and for those who like hav-
ing lunch prepared for them
and come and pick it up.
On Mondays we deliver 50
(plus or minus) meals to those
who cannot get out as well as
many for those who can come
by to pick them up or have
them picked up for you; and on
Thursdays we have many peo-
ple stop in and pick up their
meals all warm and toasty in
bags prepared just for them.
Shay and Kim do an excellent
job keeping it all organized so
pickup is easy, quick and no
mistakes are made.
Due to the colder weather,
our back door entrance can get
a bit slick, so to prevent any
accidents, we have moved the
entrance for lunch pickup to
the front door.
On Thursday, Nov. 18,
Shay and Kim are preparing a
great lunch consisting of coun-
try fried steak sandwich with
french fries, a Jell-O salad and
apple fritter bread. Sounds
great. Monday, Nov. 22, will be
our Thansgiving meal. It will
be turkey with mashed pota-
toes and gravy, stuffing and
veggies, and pumpkin crunch
cake. A great way to have your
Thanksgiving meal without
having to prepare it yourself
and have lots of leftovers.
Thursday the 25th is
Thanksgiving day, and we will
be closed. Happy Thanksgiv-
ing, everyone.
For anyone who does not
know: If you would like to
order your Thanksgiving meal,
do so ASAP, as the cooks need
to be sure to have enough food
so you will not be left out. The
number to call is 541-575-
1825. For a $5 donation per
person, you can have Thanks-
giving dinner. Wow!
How long is your list of the
things you are thankful for?
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
We are getting very close.
Very, very close. Hopefully,
by the end of the month we
will be able to say, “It is fin-
ished!” It has been a long, hot
(and cold) haul for the contrac-
tor to get the building prepared
and repaired for the applica-
tion of new metal siding. And
it looks just fabulous! No more
flaking paint peeling off the
old, unsightly boards. No more
breezes blowing through under
the old section. No more drafty
windows! Wow. Come check it
out and order a meal to help us
celebrate! We are beginning to
think about a party. Stay tuned
...
The Prairie City Senior
Center Board of Directors was
responsible for today’s meal
in memory of Carole Gar-
rison. We enjoyed chicken
alfredo, green salad, pears,
breadstick and apple crisp for
dessert. Thanks to head cook
Pam, helper Pam and helper
Tom for a delicious meal. (We
could even say that we had a
Pam-demic today in the center.
Ahem and tee-hee.) Mary, Car-
los, Carla, Del and Pam all did
their duties and got the bags of
food out the doors of the cen-
ter. Thanks to all the volunteers
and our wonderful cook(s) for
your excellent work. We are
looking forward to the Thanks-
giving meal on the 17th. It will
be the traditional turkey dinner
with pumpkin pie. Which begs
the question, “Do you eat to
live or live to eat?” Think about
that awhile.
Which brings up another
question: What are you thank-
ful for this year? For some it
will be very difficult to find
something to be thankful for,
but there has to be something
or life would be untenable. If
all else fails, one thing to be
thankful for is that we are closer
to the time when all the wrongs
of the world will be made right
— and not by human actions.
The record of human actions
(history books) just reveals
how wrong it has turned out.
I’m thankful that there is a his-
tory book that reveals how the
world will be ruled by the God-
man in the future. No crime,
no sickness, no war when the
Prince of Peace is king. That’s
what we need to focus on, not
the contrived “facts” that seek
to divide us. OK, off the soap-
box ...
Talking about the green
grass ... If the carrot seed that
I planted so carefully in June
decides to sprout now, I will
be really upset! This will be
an overwinter experiment. I
don’t plan to disturb that por-
tion of garden bed just to see if
the seeds come up next spring.
‘Twill be interesting.
Hebrews 12:23, 13:1
Therefore, since we are receiv-
ing a kingdom that cannot
be shaken, let us be thankful,
and so worship God accept-
ably with reverence and awe ...
Keep on loving each other as
brothers.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
All of us who either came
to eat at the Monument Senior
Center or to pick up a to-go
meal, were pleasantly surprised
that our meals were being
sponsored by Grant County
Veterans Services. We send our
heartfelt thanks to Katie Hoff-
man and Grant County Veter-
ans Services for their support
of our senior center and our
delicious meal. Terry Cade and
Carrie Jewell prepared for us
chicken cordon bleu casserole,
garlic bread, fresh green salad,
and a various selection of des-
sert options. I was super hun-
gry and it was so good that I
had to go back for seconds. We
thank our cooks for their dedi-
cation and service.
We had quite a crowd. My
family decided to eat at home
while I wanted to sit and visit
with people at the senior center.
So I sat with different peo-
ple and I had a most delightful
time. I sat with Mr. Mac McK-
innon, Terry Cade’s uncle, and
we had a nice visit. It was so
nice to be able to chat with peo-
ple over a nice meal.
The greeters at our front
table were Jimmy Cole and
Kristi Guimont. They checked
everyone in, counted up the
money, and filled out the
paperwork. Judy Harris led
us in the flag salute and yours
truly prayed the blessing over
our meal.
Carrie Jewell won the Len’s
gift card and yours truly won
the free meal ticket. We had
other winners but they won
previously so they insisted we
should draw new names and
kindly relinquished their prizes
for others to have a chance to
win.
Judy Harris also made the
announcements. If you are the
last person leaving the senior
center building, please make
sure the bathroom doors are
left open to ensure the pipes
will not freeze and also lock
the doors when you exit. We
appreciate our volunteers for
all their work.
Mark your calendars for
next year. This is tentative, but
Judy says that we are planning
to have the Buckaroo on Sept.
23, 2022.
This fall is turning out quite
different. I see lots of green
grass along with bright yellow
leaves on the trees. There are
still skunks out, even though
I think they should already be
hibernating. Which reminds
me, I went to deliver Jim-
my’s lunch to him at his home
a few weeks ago. When I got
there, I went to open his gate
and noticed a suspicious-look-
ing animal on his porch. I had
just pulled the gate open when
I realized it was a skunk, so of
course I screamed! Ha.
I must have startled him,
just as he startled me, and he
turned around towards me,
hopped off the porch and then
scurried under the porch. He
was a big skunk! I was not sure
if I wanted to risk going over to
the porch. I did not want to get
“skunked.” Well, I decided that
I did not want to starve Jimmy,
so when I thought it was safe, I
ran in. Ha.
Luke 10:19 Behold, I give
unto you power to tread upon
serpents and scorpions, over
all the power of the enemy, and
nothing shall by any means
hurt you.
OUT OF THE PAST
75 YEARS AGO
50 YEARS AGO
Has an idea for winter
Home from Vietnam
Clarence Willingham of Long
Creek was at the court house this
week, and it seems that he has a novel
idea for spending the winter months.
He says he has always wanted to take
time out and trap for coyotes.
His plan, if he does as he wishes,
will be to go back into the hills
where the coyote really live, and
trap this winter. He had a dozen traps
during the past six weeks and caught
around two dozen of the howling
brutes. He says that a $3.00 bounty
is very good and is bounty enough
to make money for any trapper if he
will get a saddle horse and leave the
car in the barn at home.
U.S. Marine Corporal Walter
Youngren of Canyon City and for-
merly of Dayville is presently sta-
tioned at Camp Pendleton, CA, as
an office administrative chief. He
returned from Vietnam on May
12, 1971, after spending 6 months
there and six months previous
to that in Okinawa. He has been
home on leave since Monday, Oct.
18, and returned to Camp Pendle-
ton on Saturday, Nov. 13. While
here he visited his grandmother
and grandfather, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Grindstaff, and his brothers
Fred, Paul, Jule and Chuck Youn-
gren, all of Dayville.
Corporal Youngren also visited
his in-laws, the Red Hasher fam-
ily of Canyon City.
25 YEARS AGO
Long Creek, Tigers have
seven for Trico All-League
volleyball
Trico All-League volleyball
players were released Nov. 4 as
five Long Creek players and two
Dayville/Monument players were
selected.
Kellie Bennett, Sayward Car-
ter and Holly Hunt, all from Long
Creek, were picked to the first team
from the Lady Mountaineers team
that went undefeated in league play.
Other first teamers included Sandy
Lockett, Harper; Mindy Siddoway,
Burnt River; and Billie Burley,
Huntington.
Second team consisted of Tami
Sasser, Dayville-Monument; Nicki
Paulson, Dayville-Monument; Jen-
nifer Anderson, Harper; Crys-
tal Summar, Spray; Jeni Ander-
son, Burnt River; and Carly Keller,
Huntington.
Honorable mentions were given
to Amy Hunt, Long Creek; Shan-
non Walton, Long Creek; Marcie
Kowalski, Huntington; Inez Doug-
las, Ukiah; Nicole Sullivan, Burnt
River; Mandi Anderson, Burnt
River; Celeste Miller, Spray; Kelly
Corrigall, Harper; Vicki Gocheff,
Huntington; Melissa Cossitt, Spray;
and Jessica Carroll, Mitchell.
Walter Youngren
MT. VERNON
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