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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
SENIORS
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
It seems there is so much
happening at our John Day
Senior Center that one does
not know where to start tell-
ing about it, so I am going
to keep this short till I
finally am back at home in
John Day to get it all down
correctly.
On Monday, Oct. 24, Dar-
lene was at the desk greet-
ing the 12 in-house diners.
Janet had a troublesome day
and was not able to be with
Darlene as planned. Darlene
got everyone signed in and
their names in the drawing
for the day and also did the
announcements.
Rick LaMountain led
the flag salute and Rachel
Carpenter asked the bless-
ing. The servers were from
the LDS Church. Rachel,
thank you for your service
to us at lunch and for bless-
ing us with your prayer to
our Heavenly Father in our
behalf.
Besides the 12 in atten-
dance, there was one take-
out meal and 57 fresh and
40 frozen meals delivered to
residents in our community.
That makes 110 meals that
went out from our kitchen
this day. Shay and Kim are
to be commended for all the
work that goes into getting
that many meals prepared
and all cleaned up in one
day. Wow!
The delivery drivers
today were Pati and Mike
Davis, Rachel Carpenter,
Kim from our kitchen and
Michael Shockley. Thanks
to all you drivers for this
wonderful service of love
for others.
Our hall board has nine
voting members and one
non-voting member and we
will all gather on Monday,
Nov. 7, for a very import-
ant board meeting. We have
many things to discuss and
decisions to be made, and
we want to only keep it for
one hour so we can all get
to our homes in a relatively
short time to take care of
things there.
Linda Stoltz, our librar-
ian, has put out some books
you may take and do not nec-
essarily have to be returned
if you would like to pass it
on to someone you would
like to have read it. Also,
to our library collection,
we have added CDs, DVDs
and VHS tapes, so stop in
and see for yourself what is
there that you may enjoy.
We have a blood pressure
machine that anyone can
use if you wish. Feel free to
access it when you are in the
building.
Pati had a supply of the
Samaritan’s Purse shoe-
boxes that need filled. She
announced that she would
like some folks to help
with this project on Thurs-
day, Oct. 27, and she got a
good response and it was a
success.
Deda Porter won the
Len’s card and Robert John-
son won the free meal. Con-
grats to both of you.
The John Day City Coun-
cil was to meet in our center
on Tuesday evening. We are
grateful that we can offer
our building to those who
need a place for meetings.
On Thursday, Oct. 27,
Bonnie Kocis and Jeanette
Julsrud were at the desk
greeting 19 in-house diners,
getting them signed in and
their names in the drawings
for the day. Jeanette also did
the announcing. Thank you,
Bonnie and Jeanette, for giv-
ing Darlene the day to relax
and enjoy some visiting time
with diners.
Rick LaMountain led the
fl ag salute and Father Christy
asked the blessing. Thank
you, fellows, for honoring us
with your time. We do appre-
ciate all of our volunteers.
There were some takeout
meals, but the number did
not get noted in the notes:
sorry. Fifty-one fresh meals
were delivered throughout
our community by Kim from
our kitchen, Mike and Pati
Davis, Dena Steach and Rick
LaMountain. Thank you to
all our drivers for your ser-
vice of love for others.
The servers today were
of the St. Elizabeth Church
and we dined on Hallow-
een witches’ stew (brew),
bean salad, candy corn cake
and one other item we could
not remember: sorry, Shay.
Chester’s was the sponsor of
our lunch today.
Do not forget to sign up
for Thanksgiving lunch/din-
ner at noon, as we would
not want to not have enough
food for everyone attending.
Michael Johnson won
the Thriftway card and Rick
LaMountain won the free
meal.
Tomorrow,
Thursday,
Nov. 3, lunch will be gold
miner’s chicken (sounds
lucky), mashed potatoes,
veggies of cook’s choice, and
birthday cake from Driskill’s
who also is sponsoring this
meal. Thank you, Driskill’s.
On Monday, Nov. 7, we
will dine on chicken burgers,
cheesy tomato bacon soup,
sweet potato fries and peanut
butter cookie bars. Mmm,
mmm good.
Colossians 2:6-7 As ye
have therefore received
Christ Jesus the Lord, so
walk ye in Him: Rooted and
built up in Him, and estab-
lished in the faith, as ye have
been taught, abounding
therein with thanksgiving.
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
I told you that it was
going to snow — and it
did! May all those little
flakes have lots of flakelets!
Had to make a run to Burns
today and it was wonder-
ful to see the snow on the
Strawberry Range. Then
coming up the river from
John Day, there was Dixie
all covered, too. There was
a black cloud behind it so
the white snow really stood
out! Would have made a
great photo ...
Ginger led the fl ag salute
and Tom asked the bless-
ing on our meal today. Our
faithful volunteers included
Mary, Sharon, Delores,
Carla, Chris, Theresa, Pam,
Josiah, Tom, and even Misty
got to lend a hand. Thanks,
everybody. This was October
birthday celebration day, and
Carla Wright won the $10 in
trade donated by Huff man’s
Market. Thanks, Blaine. Our
meal today was in memory of
Blaine Kendall, and this was
actually his birthday. Wonder
how often that happens?
Our fabulous cooks, Pam
W. and Pam G., prepared —
and I quote from the menu —
ravioli tortellini in marinara
sauce, garlic bread, green
salad, applesauce, and birth-
day cake supplied by Drisk-
ill Memorial Chapel. Thanks
to you all, too. We had to get
our meals early so we could
get to Burns by 1:30 for the
Miracle-Ear lady to do my
quarterly checkup. Took all
of 15 minutes. There just
isn’t enough of her to go
around to be able to come
into John Day. ...
Anyway, back to the
dinner. Today’s birthdays
included Picasso, Minnie
Pearl and Johnny Carson.
Now, there’s an interesting
trio! The table to go first
through the serving line had
to know what Picasso’s first
name was. Pablo, of course.
The “bright saying” for the
day: “One reason the dog
has so many friends is he
wags his tail instead of his
tongue.” (Ahem.)
Guests of note were Jim
and Lynnette Sullens and
Dan McDonald. Good to see
you all. (Well, I didn’t actu-
ally see them, but everybody
else did!) As I was chang-
ing the menu sign outside,
a fellow called from across
the street, “What’s a West-
ern casserole?” I have not
a clue, but come next week
and find out!
I’m a little short on sleep.
Had to follow Derrol to Blue
Mountain Hospital last Fri-
day afternoon. The ER docs
then had him flown to St.
Luke’s Nampa so he could
have treatment for an intes-
tinal blockage. Thankfully,
surgery was not required,
PTL. After spending three
nights there, daughter-in-
love Laurel and I picked him
up Monday and came home.
Tuesday, we all rested! Then
off to Burns today. That’s
enough for a while!
We ate all the volunteer
cantaloupes, and they were
very good. Am down to the
last of three beds of carrots.
Some are huge, some nor-
mal, some baby and some
have just sprouted! Strange
year in the garden is all I
can say. And the snow came
before I was ready! (And
whose fault is that?)
Senior programs manager
Misty has made us a page on
Facebook. How about that?
After 100 years, the Ol’ Hall
is joining the Internet Age!
Eccl. There is a time for
everything, and a season for
every activity under heaven;
:11 He has made everything
beautiful in its time.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
We had our last meal
for the month of October
2022. Our awesome cooks
Terry Cade and Carrie Jew-
ell made us pork ribs, cole-
slaw, baked beans and choc-
olate cake for lunch. The
ribs were pretty tasty. We
thank our cooks and we sure
appreciate them very much.
Our volunteer greeters at
the table were Bob Cock-
rell and Sue Cavender. Bob
checked in all the guests,
led us in the flag salute, and
made the announcements.
Yours truly prayed the bless-
ing over the meal. The free
meal ticket was won by Bob
Yukawa.
Asking for the Prayer
Warriors out there to help
pray for Max Breeding,
who has been in the hospi-
tal for over a week. Let us
stand in the gap and lift him
up to the Father for healing
and protection. We pray for
the Lord’s wisdom for the
doctors on how to treat him
and that he would be able to
come home soon.
The following are some
important announcements
you may wish to consider
marking on your calendar.
On Friday, Nov. 4, at 6 p.m.,
the Monument School will
be participating in the Mis-
soula Children’s Theatre
production of “The Frog
Prince.” The performance
will be held at the Monu-
ment School gym.
On Saturday, Nov. 5, the
Chuckwagon in Long Creek
will be having their ninth
annual tri-tip dinner. The
cost is $15 per plate, and
it will be served from 3 to
6 p.m.
On Tuesday, Nov. 8, the
Monument Senior Center
will be serving meals spon-
sored by the Grant County
Veterans Services Office
and Katie Hoffman in honor
of our veterans. The Crazy
Quilters will be giving out
Quilts of Valor to honor
chosen veterans. Please note
that that is the last day to
vote.
On Thursday, Nov. 10,
the Monument School will
be sponsoring a free lun-
cheon at 11:30 a.m. in honor
of Veterans Day.
On Saturday, Dec. 10,
is the Ugly Sweater Christ-
mas Bazaar. Wear an ugly
sweater to be entered to win
an awesome door prize, or
just come ugly. (Note: I am
just copying the notes that
were announced. Ha.) If you
would like to have a booth
at the bazaar, the cost of a
table is $15. Please contact
Jeanne Strange to reserve
a table. I believe they will
also be selling lunch and
maple bars.
Cycle Oregon sends their
thanks to all the volunteers
that helped make the event
a success for the town of
Monument.
Well, the winter weather
seemed to suddenly come
upon us, and it got cold
really fast. It almost caught
me off guard. I am still try-
ing to get some things done
before the snow comes. I
hope I make it.
The billygoats and the
wethers have been a pain.
They have been escaping
every day. They have dis-
covered some “holes” in the
fencing trying to get to the
girls. The billygoats have
taught the wether goats
how to get out, and I am
not happy about that — no,
siree, I am not!
Psalms 37:39 But the
salvation of the righteous
is of the LORD: He is their
strength in times of trouble.
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