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NEWS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
In looking at the menu
for August, it seems that
our wonderful cooks are
taking us on a tour of the
world in food. Last week
was American turkey; today
was Mexican taco; next
week is Asian spring rolls;
then back to American fried
chicken; after that goulash
from Europe (I wonder if it
will be like what my Polish
daughter-in-love
makes);
then to finish out the month
we have chili dogs before the
Labor Day weekend (Yikes!
Labor Day already?). This
summer went fast, didn’t it?
Back to today — our
sponsor was Delores Scott.
And the taco salad was deli-
cious! To go along with
it were corn chips, cot-
tage cheese and pears, and
a chocolate refrigerator
cookie. Yummy, yummy in
the tummy. Good job, Pam
and Pam.
Our volunteers included
Carlos, Mary, Gwynne,
Carla, Ginger, Pam, Josiah,
Chris and Theresa. Thank
you all very much. Josiah
led the flag salute and Chris
asked the blessing. The
gift card donated by Len’s
Pharmacy was won by Gail
Kolb. She and hubby are
new residents of the Prairie
City area. And we welcome
them to our community and
to our center. May your tribe
increase!
Angie brought us a cou-
ple of air purifiers that the
Health Department loaned
to us. They are brand-new,
out of the box and required
a little figuring out how to
do the set-up. But with Car-
los’ help, she got them up
and working. Thank you.
We were of the opinion that
our air here in Prairie City
is pretty pure anyway, but ...
Theresa’s dates in his-
tory: Christopher Columbus
set sail on this date in 1492.
In 1914, WWI was declared.
Notable birthdays are Tony
Bennett and Martha Stew-
art. The table that got to
go first through the serving
line had to answer this ques-
tion: What was the name of
the movie that starred Ingrid
Bergman and Humphrey
Bogart? Mr. Kolb jumped
right on that one. “Casa-
blanca,” of course. Back to
Columbus. How many days
from Aug. 3 to Oct. 12?
Then remember how long it
took the SuperSonicTrans-
port to cross the Atlantic.
When we came back from
Poland, it was 15 hours
from there to San Francisco.
Don’t know if I could stand
it now!
One of our pickup and
takeout diners today was
Lindy Cruise, who used our
meal site to provide a meal
for her haying crew! Good
thinking! Bet there were no
leftovers.
Am reading a book about
Wales, and this sentence
was used to explain some
of the information: Certain
things happened “under cir-
cumstances which are dif-
ficult to interpret.” Think
about that awhile ...
Luke 12:56 You know
how to interpret the appear-
ance of the earth and the
sky. How is it that you don’t
know how to interpret this
present time?
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
Our week started with
Aug. 1, Monday. Darlene
Nodine and Elsie Huskey
were at the desk greeting the
17 lunch attendees as they
came in to sign in and get
their names in the drawing.
Darlene did the announc-
ing also. If my memory
serves me right, there were
six meals to go. That made
a total of 117 meals served
up today. Shay and Kim are
working their hearts out to
serve up this many meals in
one day. Thanks, you two.
We appreciate you both.
Dale Stennett led the
flag salute and asked the
blessing as well. The serv-
ers for today were members
of the hospital auxiliary.
Virginia Miller was one of
them and the name of the
other lady did not get on the
list, so sorry for not being
able to thank you by name.
These ladies do a great job,
and we are grateful to have
them. Thanks, ladies. We
dined on fiesta chicken,
green beans, corn salad,
and pineapple cake. It was a
scrumptious meal. Thanks,
Shay and Kim. That pineap-
ple cake was scrumptious.
Corn salad is something I
had never heard of, but why
not corn? I make pea salad
all the time and beet salad,
too. Thanks, Shay, for add-
ing a new salad to our meal
planning.
The weather has been so
hot and dry that it is imper-
ative that we keep well
hydrated. Drink at least 64
ounces per day: Your body
will thank you.
Did you take your weed
bouquet? If we all have a
bouquet of weeds, we will
not have any weed prob-
lems in our landscaping.
Thanks for doing this for
us.
Fifty-five fresh meals
and 39 frozen meals were
delivered before lunchtime.
Some folks think the peo-
ple we deliver meals to are
ones that used to come to
dine in person, but we have
checked the list and that is
not the case. These folks
do depend on getting meals
this way as they are not
able to get out to get meals
for themselves. The drivers
were Rick LaMountain and
Pattie and Mike Davis. Rick
went with another delivery
person a couple times and
now he can deliver on his
own. Thanks, Rick, for step-
ping up to help in this heart-
felt venture. Thanks to all of
you for helping others this
way.
Corrine Stennett won
the Len’s card and Carol
Roe won the free meal.
Congrats, you two.
On Thursday, Aug. 4,
Carol Roe and Darlene
Nodine greeted each of
the 14 diners and got their
names in the drawing and
on the list of diners. Cor-
rine and Dale Stennett of
the Nazarene Church were
the servers today. Corrine
led the flag salute and Dale
asked the blessing. They
both served us a meal of
Swiss steak with noodles,
fruit, and birthday cake.
Eighteen meals to go went
out today as well. Driskill
Memorial Chapel provided
the cake and sponsored the
meal today as well. Thank
you, Driskill.
Rick
LaMountain,
Michael Shockley, and
Patty Davis delivered 51
meals today. Thanks to
all of you for this great
service.
There were 14 in-house
diners, 51 meals deliv-
ered, and 18 to-go meals
for a total of 83 meals for
today. Shay and Kim can
give themselves a pat on
the back for making that
many meals and cleaning
up afterwards. Thanks to
both of you.
Michael Johnson won
the Thriftway card and
Scott Myers won the free
meal today.
Colossians 2:10 I am
complete in Him who is
the head over all rule and
authority of every angelic
and earthly power.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Our cooks Terry Cade
and Carrie Jewell cooked
us up a very hearty meal of
spaghetti with meatballs, a
beautiful fresh green salad,
garlic bread, and cook-
ies for our dessert. We all
enjoyed our lunch. We
thank and appreciate our
wonderful cooks!
Our greeters at the table
were Bob Cockrell, Jan
Ensign, and Judy Harris.
Bob checked in the guests,
collected, and counted up
the money. Bob led us in
the flag salute and Judy
made the announcements
and prayed the blessing
over our meal. I’ve got
lots of announcements, and
I hope I have room in my
article to fit it all!
We welcome home Jess
Hoodenpyl. He served five
years in the U.S. Marines.
We all thank him for his
service to our country
and are glad to have him
back.
There is a back-to-school
barbecue on Tuesday, Aug.
16, at 5:30 p.m. at the park.
It is a free meal and every-
one is invited to join in.
We want to extend our
most
heartfelt
condo-
lences to the family of our
dear friend, Bruce Hansen,
his son, daughter-in-law
Michelle, and granddaugh-
ter. Bruce lost his young
grandson, 23 years old,
to a car accident recently.
You all are in our prayers!
Life is but a vapor here on
the earth. We must never
take for granted that we
will always have our loved
ones. We must thank the
Lord every day for every
breath that we have and
love everyone. No one is
our enemy, but there is a
Blue Mountain Eagle
spiritual battle. Time is
very precious, and I pray
that we just spend as much
time as possible with our
loved ones.
Judy Harris and Bruce
Hansen have helped to
notify and request financial
assistance from the Joyce
Miller Owens Charitable
Foundation. This founda-
tion has helped our Mon-
ument Senior Center with
many projects in the past
that have amounted to over
$75,000. They have sent a
letter of intent to donate up
to $23,742.69 to fund the
replacement of the dining
room flooring in the Mon-
ument Senior Center. This
foundation has generously
funded our senior center to
help us, knowing that our
senior center is so import-
ant and vital to our commu-
nity. We are just so thank-
ful for their generosity and
support!
Don’t forget to mark
your calendars for our
upcoming event, the Buck-
aroo Fall Harvest Celebra-
tion on Sept. 24. There will
be live and silent auctions,
music, games, dessert auc-
tions, and of course our
wonderful dinner.
The 4-H kids will be
serving lunch at 11 a.m.
Music will be from noon
to 2 p.m. There will be
things like rock painting
and prizes for the kids. A
more detailed poster will be
out soon for the exact time
of events. Hope to see ya’ll
there!
Looks like the scorch-
ing sun of summer is here. I
have lots of round zucchini
forming and it looks like I
may be frying up some in
a week or so. Oh, goody!
I just praise and thank the
Lord for His goodness and
grace!
Psalms 26:8 O LORD, I
love the habitation of Your
House and the place where
Your glory dwells.
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