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NEWS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
Once again I am home
from Boise. Sorry I missed
Thursday lunch at seniors and
have no information about it
so will add that next week.
On Monday, May 2, Dar-
lene Nodine and one other
(sorry, her name just left me;
I think it is Carol Roe: A
senior moment; this happens
to me a lot lately) greeted us
at the sign-in desk and assisted
everyone in signing in for
prizes today. Elsie Huskey
won the Len’s card and Dave
Pasko won the free meal.
Deeda Porter led us in the fl ag
salute and Elsie Huskey asked
the blessing for our meal.
Nine in-house diners were
present as well as Shay and
Kim. Seven people ordered
lunches to go, and our drivers
delivered 43 fresh meals and
26 frozen meals. We cannot
thank our drivers enough for
this wonderful service to our
community. The drivers were:
Stewart, VeAnne and Sharon.
Thank all of you so much for
your time, your vehicle and
gas and the desire to care for
others.
The servers and cleanup
crew were from the Blue
Mountain Hospital Auxil-
iary. We sure appreciate all
the interest in our senior cen-
ter. Thanks to all of you. The
menu Monday was roast pork
and gravy (yummy, yummy),
veggie medley (thanks, Shay),
and coconut cream bars (so
very tasty). Thanks, Kim.
A sign-up sheet is on the
desk for the OTEC meeting
on May 21. The bus leaves
the senior center at 7 a.m.
and departs Baker City High
School at 1:30 p.m. to bring
us home. The address of the
school is 250 East St., if you
decide to drive yourself there.
If you sent in your ballots for
new representatives, you will
be on the list to receive one of
many prizes given away. It is a
fun day all in all and much to
learn and lots of visiting with
people from all over Grant
County. The doors will open
at 8:30 a.m.
So far there is no news
about Gregg Starr’s wife,
Betty, with her fall and leg
injury. Keep watching here for
news about her.
For lunch on Thursday,
May 12, we will have a shrimp
basket, french fries, coleslaw,
and cookies. Then on Monday,
May 16, Shay and Kim are
making meatloaf, a favorite of
many, cheesy potatoes, veg-
gies of their choice, and carrot
cake (yum yum). Lunch for
in-house diners 60 years and
older is yours for a donation
of $5, and for younger than 60
and takeout meals a donation
of $6 is welcome.
Everyone that gets takeout
meals or delivered meals is
asked to return the containers
the food is in. They are extra-
nice containers and cost more
than ordinary ones so we ster-
ilize them in our dishwasher
and reuse them. Thanks for
your cooperation.
Something to keep in mind
is the annual board meeting
for the senior center. News is
that it will be fun, and a meal
of hamburgers and all the trim-
mings will be provided for all
attendees. Also, there will be
prizes given to winners of the
drawings from the attendee
list. Come and fi nd out how
our senior center is doing and
maybe you will fi nd a spot that
you can assist in. Volunteering
is so rewarding for our spirit
person. I personally fi nd that
true.
Bingo is being played
around 1:15 p.m. after lunch
on Thursdays. Everyone has
a good time. Check it out.
Pokeno is played on Fridays,
and we all enjoy that a lot.
We do have room for another
player or two so come on Fri-
day at 1 p.m. and check us out.
We have no new news at
this time about the line dance
class, but we will soon. Keep
an eye out here.
Psalm 119: 114 O LORD
You are my refuge and my
shield; Your word is my source
of hope.
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
When it was a very nice
day April 29 I made the fool-
ish comment that maybe it was
time to put the snow shovel
away. Oops! Good ol’ Grant
County weather. “Change-
able” isn’t quite the right word
to describe what happened the
last two weeks. Wind, rain,
snow — and sunshine. That’s
why you never leave the house
without a jacket or coat!
Tom’s word for the day:
“All men make mistakes, but
married men fi nd out about
them sooner.” Red Skelton.
The birthday of note was Bar-
tolomeo Cristofori in 1655.
The table that knew his claim
to fame got to go through the
serving line fi rst. This man is
credited with inventing the
piano in 1709 by fi guring out
the escapement mechanism.
(If I went any further with
this explanation, you could be
more confused ...) Anyway,
I guessed correctly. (Good
thing, huh?)
So we all trooped over
to the serving window and
received our plate of food:
baked chicken and rice, glazed
carrots, Jell-O with fruit, and
pumpkin cobbler. Chris, Tom
and Josiah brought us our
utensils and drinks. Pam H.
was at her registration desk,
Pam W. and Pam G. prepared
this great meal with help from
the other Pam W. (There goes
our Pam-demic again!) Mary,
Gwynne, Sharon and Carla
made the home deliveries.
Josiah rang the diner bell and
also led the fl ag salute. Tom
asked the blessing, and a good
time was had by all eating
and visiting. The $5 gift card
donated by Len’s Pharmacy
was awarded to Del Lake. Our
sponsor for the day was Bar
WB. Thanks to all who had a
part in today’s repast.
Visitors included John
Rowell and Mark Webb, who
visited with their constituents.
Frances Preston reported that
the capital construction grant
money is in the pipeline and
paperwork should be arriving
soon.
We had a large donation to
the yard sale (which is next
Friday and Saturday, May 13
and 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
from Sue Haskins, which we
really appreciate! Thank you!
I’ve made progress in my
spring cleaning and got to the
living room — where there
are large built-in bookshelves.
Was able to fi nd a boxful to
donate. The most interesting
thing is that in rearranging and
dusting off , I found at least
two dozen book markers — in
books that I’d never fi nished.
Oops. And we had been look-
ing for book markers to use
in our current reading mate-
rial ... now we have ‘em! Just
fi nished a fantastic book about
three crazy guys who made
a speed run down the Grand
Canyon at the height of the
1983 Colorado River fl ood.
Told the history of the discov-
ery of the river, the dam con-
structions and the prolifera-
tion of river guided tours. As
I said, fascinating!
John 21:25 Jesus did many
other things as well. If every
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one of them were written
down, I suppose that even the
whole world would not have
room for the books that would
be written.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Looks like spring is here!
We have been so blessed
with lots of rain showers that
the grass is growing really
tall and lush. I have been
using my baby goats to mow
down the grass. They just
can’t seem to eat it down fast
enough, though. Go fi gure. I
just praise and thank the good
Lord for His blessing of all
this rainfall!
So, our cooks Terry Cade
and Carrie Jewell made us a
delightful meal of chicken faji-
tas, Spanish rice, refried beans,
and all the fi xings. We had pea-
nut butter chocolate cookies for
our dessert. I was pretty full by
the time I ate everything. We
thank our hard-working cooks
for their wonderful cooking!
We are blessed beyond mea-
sure, that is for sure.
Our greeters at the table
were Kristi Guimont and
Bob Cockrell. They checked
the people in, collected and
counted up the money. Jan
Ensign fi lled out the paper-
work. Bob led us in the fl ag
salute and made the announce-
ments. Yours truly prayed the
blessing over the meal. Roger
Bickle was the winner of the
free meal ticket.
We have a very important
announcement that you should
take note of or else you will be
showing up for Tuesday meal
and there will be no food. Ha.
The Monument Senior Center
will be closed on May 17 for
repairs and possibly May 24,
depending on the work being
fi nished or not. Please put this
on your calendar.
Angie, our Grant County
senior adviser, was present and
lending a helping hand around
the kitchen. She also made an
announcement about a water
bill assistance program. This is
for home water bills only and
not for irrigation. She also had
forms for the Oregon Senior
Program to be fi lled out so that
the senior centers could get
funding from the state.
I have really taken to my
two little baby girls, Shay and
Kiki. They are just good-na-
tured little goats and come
when I call them. Did I tell
you that Belle and Leah have
become very mischievous?
Yes, I had them tethered to a
big old tire and I forgot that
I had some beautiful straw-
berry plants on the top of a big
planter pot near them. They
ate them down. I was very
peeved. Belle and Leah are
neck and neck as to being the
brattiest goats ever.
One of my friends said that
goats just are that bad. I could
see where she would get that
idea. I have to be real care-
ful not to place the goats near
something that I don’t want
them to eat because they will.
I think I am going to be very
busy this summer creating an
enclosed space for my veggie
pots. I still won’t let the goats
free-range because they are
troublemakers.
I got a couple of yellow
pear tomato plants from Len’s
in John Day. I am thinking of
putting them in a pot and plac-
ing them at a big window.
Hope it works!
John 10:9-10 I AM the
door, by Me if any man enter
in, he shall be saved, and shall
go in and out, and fi nd pas-
ture. The thief cometh not, but
for to steal, and to kill, and to
destroy. I AM come that they
may have life, and that they
may have it more abundantly.
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