A6
SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
To honor my word, I will
begin with the details I did not
have about the week before
(June 12-18). Darlene Nodine
and Carol Roe were our greet-
ers. Dale Stinnett led the flag
salute and Buzz Gilmore asked
the blessing on Monday, June
13. The Lutheran Church folks
were our servers, and our
delivery drivers that delivered
44 fresh and 34 frozen meals
were Buzz and Bobbie Gilm-
ore, Richie Colbeth and Jea-
nette Julsrud. Thanks, folks,
for serving our community.
The barbecue chicken with
baked beans, cornbread salad
and cookies were our menu.
There were a lot of eggs for
anyone to take for their own
use (bring some egg cartons to
transport them in if you like),
as well as items that Ches-
ter’s sent to us for anyone to
have. This is such a blessing to
us and anyone who enters the
building.
Please be aware of scam
phone calls. This is becoming
so annoying and dangerous for
many. Please do not say any-
thing if a call comes you don’t
recognize. Words like “yes”, “I
can” and “OK” are dangerous.
These people cut your words
from this recorded call and put
them in other places that can
cause problems for us. Just
do not say any words if you
should answer any question-
able call.
The hall board annual meet-
ing was held with a hamburger
meal to start with, and many
prizes were drawn for so we
had lots of winners, and we
now have the correct num-
ber of people to have a quo-
rum and decisions about our
building were answered and
other decisions were made for
the near future. Anyone who is
interested in our senior center
may attend these meetings and
become more aware of all the
details of keeping and main-
taining this building and the
activities within.
Chris Labhart won the
Len’s card and Dave Pasko
won the free meal. There were
17 diners in attendance, and it
was Betty Elliot’s 90th birth-
day. Congratulations, Betty.
Last Thursday Darlene
and Carol were at the desk
with smiles and directions for
the meal. Judy Thomas led
the flag salute and Maya Po
asked the blessing. Our servers
were of the Methodist Church:
Delores Belden, Kathy Smith,
and Nancy Elliott. It was our
Father’s Day meal: onion bris-
ket, loaded baked potatoes,
veggies, and strawberries. It
was so good.
Jeanette Julsrud and Patty
Davis delivered 47 fresh meals.
Thanks, ladies, for your consis-
tent service to our community.
A big thanks to Matt Mol-
nar for all your labor on the
beds around the front and side
of our building. It is looking
very nice. We cannot help but
notice the beauty.
Our assistant cook, Kim,
went on vacation and had a
great time and returned to us
all smiles and refreshed. Wel-
come back, Kim.
Billie Bullard was blessed
with a visit from her grandson
and great-granddaughter for
lunch. They rode their motor-
cycles from Boise to here, in
time for lunch with Billie. It
was a nice time to get to visit
with them.
Delores Belden won the
Chester’s card and Andrea
George won the free meal.
Twenty-five diners were in
attendance, and I saw some
to-go meals going out but
didn’t get the number.
Monday, June 20, Darlene
and Carol were at the desk
making sure all is going smooth
and everyone was greeted and
feeling good. Deeda Porter led
the flag salute and Elsie Hus-
key asked the blessing. Mar-
ita Coombs of the Living
Word Church was our server
and Joan Sonnerkeg and Jen-
nie Hardrickson of the hospi-
tal auxiliary delivered 45 fresh
and 24 frozen meals. Thanks
to all of you for your service
to our community. I sure hope
you know you are so greatly
appreciated.
Lunch was French toast,
sausage links, fruit, and lemon
bars. Yummy, yummy.
The food bank brought veg-
gies and fruits for anyone desir-
ing them. Thanks, food bank.
Darlene won the Len’s card
and Carol won the free meal.
Congratulations, you two.
Today, Thursday, Gregg
Starr and Carol greeted us at
the desk. Maya Ennis led the
flag salute and Jim Maples
asked the blessing. The Cath-
olic Church members were
our servers. Forty-seven fresh
meals were delivered by Mike
Shopley, Patty Davis, Jim
Maples, and Matt Jones. You
guys are great. Meeting needs
of our community is such a
worthwhile service.
Lunch today was chicken
veggie lasagna, spinach and
egg salad, and cherry delight.
I had never had chicken lasa-
gna before or spinach salad.
It was a treat to try new foods
and they tasted really good.
Thanks, Shay and Kim, for
good food once again.
Benita Comine brought in
some fresh rhubarb for anyone
who would like some. Thanks,
Benita.
Mike Bowe won the Ches-
ter’s card and Ron Fluens won
the free meal. Congratulations,
you two.
There were 11 in-house din-
ers and 11 takeout meals.
Please forgive all the mis-
spelled words today. We don’t
always know how to spell peo-
ple’s names.
Coming in the near future,
our senior center will become
a convention center. Progress
is in the making now. The air
scrubbers in the building sure
are moving a lot of air sim-
ilar to fans, but they take in
air from the bottom and blow
it out at the top. They do cre-
ate some noise, so since they
clean our whole building
seven times per hour, we are
able to turn them off during a
meeting or when someone is
singing or talking to the peo-
ple in attendance.
On Thursday, June 30,
lunch will consist of pork loin,
mashed potatoes and gravy,
veggies, and rhubarb cheese-
cake. This sounds so good. On
Monday, July 4, we will be
closed for the Fourth of July.
Happy Fourth, everyone!
Exodus 34: 6&7 The Lord:
The compassionate and gra-
cious God, is slow to anger,
abounding in love and faithful-
ness, maintaining love to thou-
sands, and forgives wicked-
ness, rebellion and sin.
(What a mighty and won-
derful God we serve)
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Looks like summer just
appeared out of nowhere! We
are experiencing hot weather
and it is the kind that makes you
feel hot and sweaty. Yay, not.
Everyone is trying to get their
first cutting done. All that rain
that the good Lord blessed us
with had made everything grow
so tall! We just thank the Lord
for His kindness towards us.
We are thankful for our
senior lunch. Our cooks Terry
and Teawna Jewell made us an
Asian meal. We were served
chicken chow mein, rice, pot-
stickers, and chocolate brown-
ies for our dessert. We thank our
cooks for their hard work. We
appreciate them so much!
Bob Cockrell was our
greeter at the table. He led us
in the flag salute and he made
the announcements. Yours truly
prayed the blessing over the
meal. Bob checked in all the
guests and filled out the paper-
work. He also counted up the
money and helped Jan Ensign
make sure everything was run-
ning smoothly. We thank all our
volunteers.
With great sadness I give
this news, we lost two people
in our little community. We lost
Ms. Betty Richards. She was
one of the founders of the Mon-
ument Senior Center. Let us lift
up prayers for Carrie Jewell and
Terri Hamilton and the rest of
the family members on the loss
of their beloved mom, grandma
and great-grandma. Praying the
Lord will comfort them during
this time. When we first arrived
here in Monument, there were
three Bettys. Ms. Betty Rich-
ards was one of them. She and I
like to talk about food. Ha.
The other person we lost
in our community was Steve
Cade. Everyone knew him as
“Mang.” We are praying for
Terry, Mary, and her brother
Riley and the extended family
members on the loss of Mang.
He was a family man and we
often saw him working back
and forth on the four-wheeler
from his house to his father-in-
law’s. May the Lord draw near
to Terry during this difficult
time and show her how compas-
sionate He is for the Lord draws
near to the broken-hearted.
Monument Senior Cen-
ter’s annual rummage sale will
be going on July 2 and 3 from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be
lots of stuff that will be avail-
able for sale. Donations will be
taken up to the day of the sale.
Please no TVs or computers.
Also, please bring your own
bags. If you have any questions,
please call Sylvia at 541-934-
2220, Sue Cavendar at 541-
934-9898, or Judy Harris at
541-934-2244. All sales will go
toward the operating fund of the
senior community center.
We had to move my mama
goats and alpacas into our cor-
ral. We have no more hay for
them to eat and I did not want
them exposed to the boys. I am
done with babies for the rest of
the year! It was not too difficult
until the last four, including the
alpacas. Minnie and Marianne
were my pain-in-my-side goats.
To be continued …
Hebrews 10:22-23 Let us
draw near with a true heart in
full assurance of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an
evil conscience, and our bodies
washed with pure water. Let us
hold fast the profession of our
faith without wavering, for He
is faithful who promised.
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
In this world of turmoil and
change, we can always count on
the weather to do what is normal.
In Grant County, that means that
one week the temperature is 45
degrees and the next week it is
80 degrees. Aah. Normality.
That’s what we’ve been looking
for for two years, right? So take
a deep breath. Summer ... cause
it might change soon!
There were some special
people who came to eat with us
this week from the Blue Moun-
tain Care Center. Good to see
you! Hope you get to come
again. Then there were some
special people who had meals
delivered to them at the school:
the summer staff. Thank you so
much for thinking of us. Maybe
someday you all can join us in
the hall.
Ginger led the flag salute and
Patty Perkins asked the bless-
ing. Our volunteers included
Gwynne, Carla, Mary, Carlos,
Pam, Chris and Theresa. Thanks
to you all. Since Tom is gone
for a couple weeks at summer
camp, we had no “day in his-
tory” type information. Now
next week will be full of his-
tory. So be sure to attend a cel-
ebration someplace. Take your
freedoms seriously. Remember,
people are dying to get into this
country. And if you don’t like it,
you are free to leave ...
Delores Scott was our entree
sponsor today. We enjoyed
meatloaf, mashed potatoes and
gravy, mixed vegetables, pine-
apple Jell-O cup, a roll and
angel food dream cake. Now,
that takes some explaining. Yes,
it was angel food cake, but there
was so much more! Like lots of
whipped cream to go with the
cherries and red syrup that was
hidden inside the cake. Wowzer,
dowzer. Our wonderful cooks
go to great lengths to make food
that is interesting, colorful and
good-tasting. And it only costs
$6! I encountered sticker shock
when a meal for the two of us at
a restaurant cost $35, and it cer-
tainly did not have all that this
meal had. So count your bless-
ings! We are making headway
on the chimney replacement
project. Down to trying to match
the paint color. It’s a shade of
white that requires a little bit
of this and a little bit of that to
come close. But we’re getting
there! Tom got the hole all filled
in with matching wall material.
So when it’s done, you won’t be
able to tell just where on the wall
the chimney was. We hope ...
The peas have poked their
heads up and the beets are wav-
ing their little leaves. Now if the
carrots will make their appear-
ance, I will be a happy gardener.
The other project involved the
bathroom door. Have been want-
ing to refinish it for years. Since
it had to come off to get the new
shower in, it was the perfect
opportunity. Got the old paint
and varnish off, then it got too
cold out in the shed to work on
the sanding. If it ain’t one thing,
it’s another, right? But progress is
being made. We just hung up the
old shower curtain in the door-
way for the time being ...
Eccl. 3: 1a, 3b, 7a There is
a time for everything ... a time
to tear down and a time to build
... a time to tear and a time to
mend ...
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