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NEWS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
Once again, we come to
realize time goes so fast. Tomor-
row being July 1 means half of
this year is gone. Onward we
go.
Monday and Thursday
lunches were well attended. The
food was great. Kim and Shay
always do a good job. It is very
nice to have real mashed pota-
toes and gravy.
Over 100 meals were deliv-
ered to homes throughout our
community, including Mt. Ver-
non and Canyon City. A big
thanks to the drivers and assis-
tants that got these meals to the
homes.
Some days the servers of
in-house dining does some of
the deliveries too. Thanks to all
drivers and servers. Without all
you volunteers, we could not
keep our senior centers open.
Volunteering is very reward-
ing, and you get to see and meet
folks you have not seen for
some time.
On Thursday, July 7, our
hall board is having a meeting
to vote for new officers. Any-
one can attend this meeting who
is interested in our senior center.
This meeting will be held at the
senior center following lunch.
Lunch will be cottage pie with
veggies, cornbread and birthday
cake. The meal is sponsored
by Driskill Memorial Chapel.
Thanks, Driskill, for caring
about out senior center.
For a to-go meal, call by
10:30 a.m. and pick up at
11:30 a.m. In-house dining is at
noon.
Our library is now open
every Monday and Thursday
at lunchtime (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
approximately).
Sorry for keeping this short
today, but I have not felt well
for about 10 days or so, but have
now seen a physician and am on
meds. Things should be looking
better soon.
John 14:6 I am the way,
the truth and the life: No one
can come to the Father except
through me.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
We were served a very tasty
meal of meatloaf, mashed pota-
toes and gravy, bacon green
beans, dinner rolls, and yel-
low cake for our lunch. It was
so popular that they had to-go
lunches served up to their eye-
balls. We also had quite a big
crowd present, not to mention
our usual friends from Spray.
We thank our cooks Teawna
and Cindy Jewell for cooking
our delicious meal.
Our greeters at the table
were Bob Cockrell and Susan
Cavender. They checked in
all the guests, collected and
counted up the money. Bob led
us in the flag salute and made
the announcements. Yours truly
prayed the blessing over the
meal. Judi Bustardo was the
winner of the free meal ticket.
If anyone has animals that
need to be spayed or neutered,
Hope 4 Paws is sponsoring that
at the John Day River Veterinary
Clinic in July. Please give them
a call for more information and
to make an appointment.
Angel Flight is avail-
able to apply for and may
be free depending on your
qualifications.
We had Nick Nash and
Susan Bower of Grant County
Transit along with Angie Jones,
district manager, who came to
talk to all in the Monument area
about the transportation service
available for residents. They
wanted feedback and questions
from the residents to assess how
the program was working for us
in Monument.
There will be a board of
directors meeting for the Mon-
ument Senior Center and they
will be taking a vote for a seat
that is available.
It felt like summer had sud-
denly come upon us and it
seems that all of us, myself
included, are scrambling to get
things done. I forgot that I must
write about things two weeks
in advance. So, my apologies
to ya’ll. I hope you all have a
wonderful Fourth of July week-
end celebration even though
you will read about it after the
fact. Freedom is not free. There
Central Oregon counties
enter high risk for COVID
Bulletin staff report
BEND — The Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention raised the COVID-19
community levels Thursday, June 30, to
high for Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson and
12 other Oregon counties.
The increasing spread means 24 Oregon
counties are now at high levels of commu-
nity spread. Nine counties were at high lev-
els as of June 23.
All other Oregon counties — including
Grant — were listed Thursday at medium
levels.
It’s the first time all three Central Ore-
gon counties have been ranked at high levels
since restrictions were removed in March.
The CDC has been monitoring com-
munity levels of COVID-19 to help com-
munities decide what prevention steps to
take based on the latest data. Levels can
be low, medium or high and are deter-
mined by looking at hospital beds being
used, hospital admissions and the total
number of new COVID-19 cases in an
area.
Precautions the CDC recommends for
communities with high levels:
• Wear a mask indoors in public.
• Stay up to date with COVID-19
vaccines.
• Get tested if you have symptoms.
• Additional precautions may be needed
for people at high risk for severe illness.
was a very high price to pay and
may we never forget. May this
nation remember its roots and
return to the Lord, justice, righ-
teousness, and the principles of
Judeo-Christian beliefs and val-
ues. We also want to thank and
honor all our military, both past
and present, for their sacrifice.
So, from the previous week,
I had to finagle and catch Mar-
ianne and Minnie. Took me
awhile for they are cunning girls.
I had to chase them, and finally
managed to catch each one
when they ran into the goat shed.
It was easier to trap them and
catch them. But that Marianne is
strong! I had to catch her and put
a collar on her because she lost
her previous one. She dragged
me down and pulled me along
a couple of feet before I could
stop her. Once I caught her, she
pulled me hard. Minnie was hard
to catch too but easier to move;
she is tiny. I was a little worried
about catching the alpacas. I saw
a video on Youtube how to do it.
To be continued…
Psalms 40:1 I waited patiently
for the LORD, and He inclined
unto me, and heard my cry.
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Hope you were able to cel-
ebrate our country’s birth in a
manner befitting its worth. Last
week’s cartoon on the editorial
page was just perfect, I thought.
After volunteer Theresa led us
in the Pledge of Allegiance, we
sang “God Bless America” to
get us all in the mood for our
Fourth of July meal, which was
another barn-burner! Before
that, we had the drawing for the
$10 gift certificate donated by
Huffman’s Market. The winner
was Colin Kolb, a newcomer
to our community. Congratu-
lations! After volunteer Chris
asked the blessing, Colin’s table
got to go through the serving
line first. Aha, you see how this
works now ...
Our biggest announcement
is a sad but needful one: Our
prices are going up — to $6 for
all meals. Which is such a good
deal that I’m not going to bela-
bor the point. (See last week’s
column.)
On to the meal: tuna noodle
casserole, mixed veggies, fruit
cup with delicious dressing,
and chocolate birthday cake
supplied by Driskill Memo-
rial Chapel. Thank you, people,
for doing this each month. We
really appreciate it. The choice
of what to drink includes coffee,
tea, milk, juice, and water. The
water pitcher had a surprise —
purple ice cubes. BIG purple ice
cubes. Turns out that they were
plastic cubes colored purple that
you filled with water and froze.
Makes you look, though! And
they kept the water cool, not icy,
which is just the way I like it!
Our volunteers for the day
included Sharon, Gwynne,
Carla, Carlos, Pam, Chris, The-
resa, and Josiah. Good job,
people!
Did you enjoy our hot
weather for a couple of days?
We got the A/C in and it imme-
diately cooled off. The swamp
cooler that had to be removed
for last year’s siding project
got put back in its space, so we
are ready for hot weather now!
Didn’t have to use it today,
though. But we are prepared!
The chimney area is all
cleaned up and painted properly
again. Took three tries to get the
right color, and you can hardly
tell the difference. PTL.
Back to the bathroom door
it took a long time to get all the
coats of paint and varnish off due
to it being too hot out in the shed
to work! Imagine that. In June?!
Finally got that done, then it was
too cold to do any sanding! What
a time. But perseverance always
pays off. At last came the day
to put the new stain on. Whew.
Next the clear varnish (rough use
kind) goes on. This prolonged
situation has given me time to
ponder the door frame ... might
as well put some new paint on it
while I’m at it! Before the door
goes back on! We will hardly
know how to act with a door
since using the shower curtain
all this time. (Ahem.)
Rev. Those whom I love I
rebuke and discipline. So be
earnest, and repent. Here I am!
I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears My voice and
opens the door, I will come in
and eat with him, and he with
Me.
VA won’t downsize Walla Walla facility
East Oregonian
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
— U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden
announced the proposal to make
the Jonathan M. Wainwright
Memorial VA Medical Center in
Walla Walla an outpatient clinic
is coming to an end.
Wyden, in a press release
Wednesday, June 29, said he
welcomed the news this week
that Senate Veterans’ Affairs
Committee Chairman Jon Tes-
ter, D-Montana, U.S. Sen. Patty
Murray, D-Washington, and a
bipartisan group of senators will
block the veterans Asset and
Infrastructure Review Commis-
sion’s proposals to reclassify the
Walla Walla veterans facility as
a community-based outpatient
clinic and to move its 31-bed
residential rehabilitation treat-
ment program 180 miles north
of Walla Walla to Spokane.
This comes as Wyden has
been pressing the Veterans
Administration through town
halls he hosted for Eastern Ore-
gon veterans, their families and
veterans service providers to ask
top VA officials about proposed
VA cuts and service changes
that would have gone to the AIR
Commission for consideration.
Wyden shared Eastern Ore-
gon veterans’ concerns at a June
4 town hall about VA recom-
mendations to the Walla Walla
VA medical center.
“What I heard earlier this
month from veterans in Uma-
tilla, Union, Wallowa, Baker
and Morrow counties was their
deep and well-justified con-
cern about how these proposals
would undercut the quality and
accessible care they earned with
their service to our country,”
said Wyden, who also wrote
a letter last month to the VA
detailing the rural Oregon vet-
erans’ concerns. “The end to the
process that could have led to
poorer and more distant care for
Eastern Oregon veterans is good
news, and I’ll continue to advo-
cate for these rural veterans to
ensure these ill-considered pro-
posals don’t resurface.”
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