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NEWS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our cooks Terry Cade
and Carrie Jewell made a
fabulous meal for our Tues-
day lunch. I informed them
that I am going to consider
this particular dish one of
my new favorites! They
made for us meat and potato
casserole, fresh green salad,
dinner rolls, and apple pie
for our dessert. The cas-
serole had mashed pota-
toes and green beans in it. It
was delicious. We thank our
cooks for our lovely and sat-
isfying meal.
Our greeters at the table
were Kristi Guimont and
Bob Cockrell. Bob led us
in the flag salute. Judy Har-
ris made the announcements
and yours truly prayed the
blessing over the meal.
Kristi collected and counted
up the money. Jan Ensign
filled out the paperwork.
Judy announced that our
Fall Buckaroo event will
be on for Sept. 24. So mark
that on your calendars so
you won’t miss this import-
ant event. Judy asked if
there were any quilters who
would like to donate items
for the auctions that will be
going on during the Buck-
aroo. This event will really
help the Monument Senior
Center finances. Since we
did not have the Buckaroo
for two years, our financial
reserves have been dwin-
dling. This event will help
to offset our outgoing debt.
Hope to see you all here in
September!
The Monument Rum-
mage Sale has been changed
to occur during the Fourth
of July celebration. If you
would like to donate any-
thing, please drop it off at
the senior center. Remem-
ber to donate only clean and
gently used items. We thank
everyone for their support of
our senior center.
The good Lord has been
giving us quite a drenching!
I have grass (maybe they are
weeds) growing where they
weren’t previously. My little
goats can’t seem to eat them
down fast enough. They
have been nibbling and eat-
ing the soft pre-budding of
the cheat grass.
I have Belle and Leah
tethered to a big tire and
move them around. Choco
and Billy are tethered
together on a big tire too.
By the time I put them back
in their pen in the late after-
noon, their bellies are big
and fat! Ha. I give them a bit
of grain and put a little hay
in their houses for them to
munch on in the evening.
Billy still remembers the
sound of milk being shaken
in a bottle. He tries to run
over to me when I shake
the milk bottle for Shay
and Kiki. It has been such
a relief not to have to bottle
feed five baby goats three
times a day! Whew, now it
is only Shay and Kiki.
I had to dig up my rhubarb
plants to move them and got
some dirt from old chicken
poop. Wow, I found a bunch
of big, fat, red worms! There
were so many, they were
falling out when I picked up
the dirt with a shovel. Hope-
fully this is going to be a big
bountiful garden this year. I
can’t wait to get my garden
going for the summer!
John 6:63 It is the Spirit
who quickeneth, the flesh
profiteth nothing, the words
that I speak unto you, they
are Spirit, and they are life.
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
First: Thursday, May
5, was not addressed in
last week’s writing. The
announcer for that day
was Darlene Nodine. Judy
Thomas led the flag salute
and Dale Stinnett asked the
blessing. The servers and
cleanup crew were from
the Nazarene Church. For-
ty-three fresh meals and 68
frozen meals were deliv-
ered to homes in our com-
munity that could not get
out. The drivers and drivers’
helpers were Jeanette, Mike
and Patty Davis, and Peggy
Molnar. Please forgive me if
the spelling of your names
is incorrect. The meal was
representative of Cinco de
Mayo. I heard it was very
good. (I was out of town for
that lunch.) Driskill Memo-
rial Chapel provided the
birthday cake for this lunch.
Judy Thomas won the Ches-
ter’s card and Leon Davis
won the free meal. Congrat-
ulations, you two. I am not
sure how many people were
present at the center for
the lunch, it was not noted
on the information sheet,
sorry. Thank you to every-
one above that had a part in
making this lunch success-
ful. I see something about a
50/50 but am not sure what
is going on there. Join us to
find out and keep an eye on
this space as well to learn
more about it.
The OTEC meeting in
Baker City is Saturday, May
21. The sign-in sheet for
a ride from the senior cen-
ter and back is on the front
desk. I see the deadline for
signing in was May 13, so
check it out and see if you
can still sign in.
Monday, May 9, Darlene
Nodine was the announcer,
Kay Cotham led the flag
salute and Elsie Huskey
asked the blessing. The serv-
ers and cleanup crew were
from the Redeemer Lutheran
Church. Forty-two fresh
meals and 24 frozen meals
were delivered through-
out our community and the
drivers were Mike and Patty
Davis, Jeanette Julsrud, and
her pet dog Dayne. These
three really worked hard
today. Thank you for being
so caring about our shut-ins.
The meal this day was turkey
and dressing with luscious
gravy, veggie medley, and
wonderful lemon delight.
This meal was in honor of
mothers for Mother’s Day.
Bonnie Kocis made a treat
for all mothers (how nice of
you, Bonnie). Thank you.
Deeda Porter sponsored this
meal in memory of her late
husband, Don. Billie Bullard
won the Len’s card and Carol
Roe won the free meal. Eigh-
teen people were present, as
well as Shay and Kim in the
kitchen.
News is that Betty Starr
will be going to Bend for
surgery on her ankle on
Tuesday.
Thursday, May 12, Dar-
lene was our announcer
again. She is getting bet-
ter and better and gives us a
lot of information. Darlene
and Carol were at the desk
again, to greet and make
sure everyone is signed in
and gets their name in the
drawing can. Thanks, ladies.
This job also requires some
time and concentration, and
we appreciate those that do
it. They also count money,
record it, and make bank
deposits as well as check
spelling, etc. What a good
feeling it is to know we had
a part in creating a happy
atmosphere for all who
attend.
Billie Bullard led the
flag salute and Pastor Levi
Manitsas asked the blessing
as well as told us a cute story
that got smiles and laugh-
ter. Thanks, Pastor Levi.
Our servers and cleanup
crew were from the Cor-
nerstone Church. We really
do appreciate your caring
and kindness to use your
time and efforts to be with
us at lunch and make it all
run smoothly. Scott Knettek
won the Chester’s card and
Mo Rutherford won the free
meal. Congratulations, you
two. Eighteen people were
in attendance for lunch this
day.
Forty-three fresh meals
were delivered by Patty
and Mike Davis, Richie and
Sandy Colbeth and Peggy
Molnar. Thank you all for
caring enough about our
community residents to use
your talents to deliver food
to them.
The menu today was a
shrimp basket with fries and
they were so good, yum yum,
and coleslaw that was out of
this world delicious. Thanks,
Kim and Shay. The pea-
nut butter cookies were so
good. I had mine with black
coffee. Yum. Marilyn Foss
sponsored the meal today in
honor of her late husband,
Wayne Foss.
Betty Starr had surgery
on her ankle and is now at
home, quite uncomfortable
but each day will be better.
News is she has a long road
to recovery after three pins
were put in her ankle.
Bingo is coming along.
Our first day, someone won
the $200 blackout and the
third day someone won the
$39 quarter game. Come
share with us and get a
chance to win these prizes.
The blackout can be won
next session with 52 balls or
less called.
The bridge players meet
and play on Thursdays after
lunch. I think it is every
other Thursday but I will get
that straight by next writing.
There is still room for
pokeno players on Friday at
1 p.m. A fun time is had and
lots of visiting. A great two-
hour getaway; we all need to
get away at times, especially
now that COVID is giving us
a break.
Psalm 91:1 He who
dwells in the shelter of the
Most High will rest in the
shadow of the Almighty. This
is such a refreshing promise.
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Tom’s word for the day:
Leftovers are food that’s here
today — and here tomorrow.
But we all licked our plates
clean, so there weren’t any
leftovers! That “poor man’s
dinner” is good stuff! It was
hamburger with sliced pota-
toes in cream of mushroom
soup. To go with it, our won-
derful cooks Pam W. and Pam
G. made creamed corn, pear
bits, a roll, and — ta-da! —
chocolate cake with chocolate
frosting for dessert. Mmmm,
good.
To get our meal going,
Josiah rang the dinner bell,
Ginger led the flag salute, and
Tom asked the blessing. The
table that went first had to
answer the question of what
was Irving Berlin famous
for. He was born on this date
in 1888. Well… I knew the
answer, so our table got to
go first, again. Sorry about
that, but if you keep ask-
ing questions about music,
that’s what’s gonna happen!
The answer, by the way, was
he wrote “White Christmas,”
which was copyrighted in
1940.
The other thing that hap-
pened on this date was the
humongous dust storm that
started the Dust Bowl in 1934.
Read a book about that just last
year. It gave all the weather-re-
lated and other causes of the
disaster.
Back to the present. The
winner of the Little Diner gift
certificate is new helper The-
resa Ketchum. And she was
thrilled! Thank you so much,
Valeria, for providing this for
us to give away. Other help-
ers were Sharon, Mary, Carla,
Carlos, Gwynne, and Pam H.
Thanks to all.
We had two of the three
candidates for county commis-
sioner with us again today. We
had two last week, also, but this
week’s were a different combi-
nation. So I hope that you have
cast your ballot, because if you
haven’t by the time you read
this, you are too late!
There are good things about
spring cleaning and bad things
about spring cleaning. The
good is that things get cleaned,
sorted and rearranged. The bad
thing is that some things get
moved and you can’t find them
again. I have an album of all
the needlepoint, cross-stitch,
latch hook and embroidery
projects I have done over the
years. I went to put a photo of
the latest one in the album, and
I can’t find the album! It was
right there in the middle of the
bookcase when I cleaned, and
I don’t know what I did with
it! It has to be in the house,
so that should make it easier
to find. (Ahem.) Then while I
was putting things out and pric-
ing them for the yard sale, I lost
my little pink stapler that I keep
in the office here. Oh, no! It
also has to be in the hall
somewhere...
Did you enjoy the spring
we had last week? Took
advantage and cleaned out
another flowerbed. Good
thing, too. It’s been windy
and cold ever since!
John 18:9 This happened
so that the words He had
spoken would be fulfilled:
“I have not lost one of those
You gave Me.”
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