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SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
Shay and Kim did a
great job on lunches this
last week. Thanks, Shay
and Kim, for great food. It
just gets better at the John
Day Senior Center.
On Monday, April 25,
our drivers delivered 45
fresh meals and 34 frozen
meals. The drivers were
Joyce Atchley, Rachel Car-
penter, Jeanette Julsrud,
Levi (I do not know his last
name), and Michael Shock-
ley. Thanks to all of you.
Delivering meals to shut-
ins is such an important
effort to our community.
You are all appreciated
more than we can tell you.
Monday, Judy Thomas
led our flag salute and
Rachel Carpenter asked
the blessing for our food.
Thanks, ladies. Mo Reth-
erford won the free meal.
Judy Thomas won the
Len’s gift card. Congratu-
lations, Mo and Judy. Sev-
enteen diners were pres-
ent Monday. The servers
today were from the LDS
Church. Great job, ladies.
They cleaned up afterward
also. Thanks, all of you.
There is an OTEC
sign-up sheet on the
check-in desk, so be sure
to get your name on it for
a ride on May 21 to Baker
City for the OTEC annual
meeting. If you choose to
drive yourself there, the
address is: Baker High
School, 250 East St.,
Baker City. The ballots for
new representatives for
OTEC came in the mail
this week. So study the
candidates and get your
voting packet mailed in
in the green postage paid
envelope. No ballot, no
entry for prizes. Usually
the bus leaves the senior
center
around
7 a.m.
Doors for the meeting are
open at 8:30 a.m. There
is lots to see and games
to play while waiting for
the meeting at 10:30 am. A
free lunch will be after the
meeting and we will know
who won the new offices.
Gregg Starr’s wife,
Betty, fell and broke her
ankle, and the word is that
she will have surgery on it
in Bend soon. There was a
card on the desk Thursday
the 28th for anyone who
cares to, to sign it for her.
Thursday, April 28,
lunch was taco pizza,
cucumber tomato salad
and cheesecake brown-
ies. Sooo yummmmmmy.
Twenty-seven diners were
present to participate.
John Rowell led the flag
salute, and Jimmy Maples
asked the blessing. Mem-
bers of the St. Elizabeth
Catholic Church were the
servers and cleanup crew
today. This whole meal
was sponsored by Walt
and Agnes Hall. Thank
you two, you are a great
blessing to our senior cen-
ter. Nadine Smith won the
Len’s certificate and Chris
Labhart won the free meal.
Congratulations you two.
There are maple bars
and other goodies to be
had by any of you that
would like some, on the
big table near the check-in
desk. Enjoy.
Our drivers for meal
deliveries today were
Jimmy
Maples,
Matt
Jones, Mike and Patti
Davis, Jeanette Julsrud
and Dayne, her pet dog
(sweet). They delivered 46
fresh meals today. Wow,
that makes 125 meals
delivered this week. You
guys sure are a blessing to
our neighborhood.
We had special guests
today; John Lallatin of
the John Day/Canyon
City Parks and Recre-
ation District board and
Ron Lunbbom, John Day
mayor. They came to
answer any questions we
might have concerning the
new swimming pool that
is on the upcoming bond
election, to be built near
the Seventh Street park.
We appreciated them tell-
ing us some details, costs,
and proposed tax to the
residents and where other
pools are that are similar.
Come on out to lunch
tomorrow, Thursday, May
5, and on Monday, May
9, and see what Shay and
Kim have in store for us.
Mark your calendars:
The John Day Senior
Center’s annual business
meeting will take place
on Saturday, June 18,
2022, at the senior cen-
ter. You do not have to be
a member of the board to
attend, just interested in
our senior center. A ham-
burger dinner with all the
fixings will be provided by
the hall board. Prizes and
games will be part of the
program. Election of offi-
cers will take place at this
meeting.
If you are interested in
being on the board or run-
ning for an office position,
please contact Angie Upt-
mor. Everything begins at
5 p.m.
Isaiah 43:10 Don’t be
afraid for I am with you.
Don’t be dismayed for
I am your GOD. I will
strengthen you. I will help
you. I will uphold you with
my VICTORIOUS right
hand.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
We had a very deli-
cious meal served to us by
our special cooks, Terry
Cade and Carrie Jewell.
They prepared for us pork
loin, scalloped potatoes,
broccoli, dinner rolls, and
some different kinds of
dessert. It was a very good
meal and we thank them
very much.
We did not have our
usual suspects, I mean
volunteers, at the greeter’s
table. We had Jan Ensign,
Sue Cavender, and myself
greeting everyone. Sue
and I checked in the guests
and collected the money.
Jan and Sue counted up
the money and filled out
the paperwork. Jan led us
in the flag salute and made
the announcements. Yours
truly prayed the blessing
over the meal. Pam Cala-
han was the winner of the
free meal ticket
Jimmy’s service went
well. Many people came
to pay their respects. The
gym was full of Jimmy’s
friends and family. There
was video of old pic-
tures of Jimmy. I was so
shocked to see that Jimmy
had had a mullet hairdo!
I wish I had known that
when Jimmy was still
here. I would have never
let him live that one down,
that’s for sure! Ha. Jimmy
and I would joke with each
other a lot and he would
always tell me something
and being the gullible and
guileless person that I am,
I would totally believe
him. Jimmy would then
be “roarin’,” as he would
put it, because I was so
gullible.
I am sure going to miss
Jimmy. I am still having
a hard time believing that
he is gone. Some of us
friends of Jimmy are going
to try and keep some of the
things he really enjoyed
doing, going. A bunch
of us would meet at Jim-
my’s for our friend Bruce
Hansen to bring us down
cases of strawberries in
the spring and hang out
with Jimmy. We would eat
pie and ice cream and just
be visiting. Jimmy loved
it, to have his friends sit
and visit with him. For old
times’ sake, we will try to
keep that tradition going.
I know that I will see
Jimmy one day. He will
have all his teeth and he
will be walking straight
and tall. Maybe he will
have that mullet hairdo
and I can poke fun at him!
Ha. As Jimmy would put
it, we’ll see you when we
see you, Jimmy!
Little Leah is not so lit-
tle anymore. I decided I
would start weaning her.
I was trying to bottle-feed
Billy in the pen through
the fence, and Leah was so
mad that I would not give
her any milk that she bit
Billy’s ear! She bit it so
hard that it was bleeding,
a lot. I think I spoiled her
rotten. Leah tried to do it
again at another feeding;
this time I pulled her out
and bit her ear. I think it
worked because she did
not try to do it again. I am
weaning Leah, Billy, and
Choco. They are bigger
and fatter than their sib-
lings. It’s time.
Psalms 17:6-7 I have
called upon You, for You
will hear me, O God,
incline Your ear to me, and
hear my speech. Show Your
marvelous loving kindness
by your right hand, O You
Who save those who trust
in You from those who rise
up against them.
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
I was so glad to see the
article about U.S. Grant!
Tom had noted that today
it was his birthday 200
years ago. And the table
that knew what the S in
his name stood for got to
go first through the serv-
ing line. (‘Twas Simpson,
in case you didn’t know.)
This was also the birth-
day of the man who created
Woody Woodpecker. Wal-
ter Lantz was born in 1898.
So there’s your trivia for
the day.
We also did something
else today that we hav-
en’t been able to do for
two years: We gave away
a birthday gift certificate
donated by Huffman’s
Market. There were four
diners eligible to win: Jim
and Pam Howard, Scott
Knepper, and Latrona
Smith. Latrona was the
lucky — and surprised
— winner. This is a good
deal, because it is worth
$10. Thanks so much,
Blaine, for doing this for
us. Our sponsor for this
day is Driskill Memorial
Chapel. They supply the
delicious birthday cake.
Thank you, too, for doing
this. The cakes are always
decorated so beautifully.
It’s a shame we don’t get
to see them before they are
served to us. Oh, well…
Ginger led the flag
salute and Tom asked the
blessing. Our drivers and
deliverers for today were
Mary, Gwynne, Sharon,
and Tom. Pam was at her
station and Chris deliv-
ered utensils and drinks to
those of us in the hall. Our
one big announcement is
the yard sale on May 13
and 14. We have received
some drop-off donations
and others are in the pipe-
line. If you need help get-
ting your items from your
house to the hall, just call
and let us know. We will be
glad to assist.
Tom’s word of wisdom:
I’ve learned that milk helps
to keep your bones from
bending over. (This from a
7-year-old.) So that’s why I
have milk with my meal on
Wednesday! We also have
coffee, tea, and water avail-
able for your libation.
Our meal was very spe-
cial. Would you believe
baked salmon? Wow! And
rice pilaf (so what makes it
rice pilaf and not just rice,
hmmm?), broccoli salad
and a little cup of fruit.
Mmmm, good. Then comes
the birthday cake. Whew!
Thanks so much, Pam W.
and Pam G., our fantastic
cooks.
I got that pesky dande-
lion in the garden when
the wind quit. Then was
able to get started clean-
ing out the flowerbeds.
Keep finding more little
pansies. The most startling
thing I found was runner
from the grapevine which
ran along the ground next
to the house, across the
crawlspace door and head-
ing toward the other trel-
lis, which is 20 feet away.
I was planning on trans-
planting some there this
year anyway. C’mon,
guys, don’t get ahead of
me.
II John 1: 8-9 Watch
out that you do not lose
what you have worked
for, but that you may be
rewarded fully. Anyone
who runs ahead and does
not continue in the teach-
ing of Christ does not have
God; whoever continues in
the teaching has both the
Father and the Son.
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