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SENIORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
We had a huge turnout for
our Tuesday lunch. Katie Hoff -
man and the Veterans Services
Offi ce from Grant County spon-
sored the lunch. We were cele-
brating and honoring our vet-
erans who sacrifi ced their
lives and service to us and our
country.
Our greeters at the table
were Kristi Guimont and Bob
Cockrell. They checked in all
the guests. Bob led us in the
fl ag salute and made announce-
ments. Yours truly prayed the
blessing over the meal. We
had 81 lunches served that day,
including the takeouts.
Our fabulous cooks made
us a celebratory meal in honor
of our veterans. They served
us ham, scalloped potatoes,
carrots, dinner rolls, and your
choice of yellow cake with
chocolate frosting or choco-
late cake with preserved cher-
ries on top. I chose the choco-
late cake. It was a wonderfully
delicious meal and we so thank
our awesome cooks for their
hard work!
Judy
Harris,
Jeanne
Strange, Sue Cavender and
Sylvia Cockrell helped make
quilts and also to present them
to our veterans. The Quilts of
Valor were presented to many
around the community who
served in diff erent branches of
the military.
We presented quilts to Jack
Hamilton of Prineville, Gary
Yonamura of Spray, Roger
Langbehn of Spray, Joseph
Chase of Spray, James Hand
of Spray, Emily Lippert of
Canyon City, Lee DeRoss of
Kimberly, Kyle Jeswinski of
Kimberly, Timothy Walton of
Ritter, and a special presenta-
tion to the family of “Bokin”
Lawrence of Monument.
Loni, Roger and Blake
Lawrence lost Bo two years
ago from cancer, and then Loni
and Roger lost their home to a
fi re on Christmas Day the same
year. To replace the quilt that
was burned in the fi re, there
was another special quilt made
and given to Bo’s family. Bo
was liked by all in the com-
munity and is very missed. I
remember Bo and Loni invited
me and my family to an elk
dinner when we fi rst came
to Monument. He displayed
neighborly kindness to us and
it was much appreciated.
We thank all our veterans
for coming and giving us all as
a community a chance to honor
them and thank them for their
service. We thank Katie and
the Veterans Services Offi ce
for their contribution to make it
possible for all of us to enjoy
a free meal and celebrating our
veterans.
Well, my unicorn goat,
Steve, died. He was pretty old
when I got him, and I think I
had him for like eight years.
My hubby found him under the
barn. We think he died happy,
for he had a mouth full of hay.
Out of the fi ve original goats,
I only have Felix left. I gave
away Dolly to retire her.
I am going to have the boys
with the girls until the end of
November. It is looking like if
everything takes, I will have an
explosion of baby goats. Oh,
dear. Does anyone need any
goats? Ha. They are extremely
cute when they are babies, they
really are! I think baby goats
are cuter than lambs, in my
opinion.
Psalms 98: 1 O sing unto the
LORD a new song, for He hath
done marvelous things. His
right hand, and His Holy arm,
hath gotten Him the victory.
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
Monday, Nov. 7, we had
a hall board meeting and got
so many things resolved and
still have many more to do in
December. It takes a lot of deci-
sions to run a center just as it
does in the home. At home we
just do what needs to be done,
but in a center we all work as a
team, so we must present a sit-
uation, and everyone decides
what they think is best and then
we vote to see what we do about
it. It is very interesting to note
what diff erent people consider
good and worse and the dif-
ferent ideas we all have. The
meal committee takes care of
the lunch venue and banking
of funds. One committee with
no name per se meets together
to come to an agreement as to
how to handle a situation and
bring their fi ndings back to the
board members and then we all
vote yes or no on the choices the
committee brought back to us.
Very interesting. Each commit-
tee works on one issue. When
work is divided up, it lessens the
load for the leader of the board.
This week was a very busy
one at home and at the center.
Being busy is good for all peo-
ple. Idleness brings loneliness,
sadness, depression, etc. How
busy are you? Would you have
time to volunteer at our cen-
ter? There is always something
needing to be done. We have
created a list of odd jobs and
consistent needs of our center.
Check us out and see if there is
something you would like to do
or be willing to do to help our
center run smoothly and keep
it cleaned inside and outside.
Wow!
On Monday, Nov. 7, Janet
and Darlene greeted the 18
in-house diners and made sure
their names were in the draw-
ings. Thanks, Janet and Dar-
lene, for all your smiles and
friendliness to each diner today.
Chris Labhart led the fl ag
salute and Gregg Starr asked
the blessing. Thanks, Chris and
Gregg, for being willing to take
part in an action that helped our
lunch go smoothly.
The server today was
Veanne Wedde. Thank you,
Veanne, we appreciate your ser-
vice and caring for our center
and all the people who attend
it. We dined on chicken burg-
ers, sweet potato fries, cheesy
tomato bacon soup and peanut
butter cookie bars. Everyone at
nearby tables was talking about
how good the soup was. We all
enjoyed the chicken burgers and
the cookie bars. The soup was
my favorite. Our chef, Shay,
does make the very best soup
I have ever had. Thank you,
Shay.
Fifty-fi ve fresh meals and
42 frozen meals were delivered
throughout our community by
Veanne, Mike and Pati and Vir-
ginia Miller. Thanks to each of
you for caring enough for oth-
ers to take your time and use
your vehicle to give assistance
to these folks who cannot get
out like we can.
By now the midterm vot-
ing is done, but the counting
of those votes is taking a little
more time. Everyone counting
the votes is careful to make sure
all the signatures are correct and
only one per person and then
keep all the votes in containers
for future reference if needed. It
is a really big job. These people
work long hours. They deserve
and big thank you from all of us.
By the time we read this, the
Christmas bazaar at the Meth-
odist church will be over. I hope
everyone had a great time, got
some nice things, got some
great ideas, and enjoyed all the
beauty and talent from people in
our community.
Elsie won the Len’s card
and Carol Rickard won the free
meal.
In the last few days, the folks
who volunteered at our cen-
ter spent 17½ hours total. The
total meals from our kitchen
today were 117. We all know
how much eff ort goes into mak-
ing all that food and then leav-
ing the kitchen looking great.
Shay and Kim do a great job for
our center. Thank you both. We
will miss Kim greatly when she
leaves us to discover bigger and
better things in life. We will just
keep hoping that she decides
she misses us also and returns
to us.
On Thursday, Nov. 10, we
found Carol Roe and Dave
Pasco at the desk checking
in our 24 adult and two child
guests and getting their names
in the drawings for today. Thank
you, Dave and Carol.
The Cornerstone Church
folks were our servers today
and we sure did appreciate all
the help, care, smiles and cute
stories they had to tell us. We
dined on pork stir-fried rice,
spring rolls and carrot cake.
Veanne made sure all diners
had everything they needed and
drinks to make our lunchtime
special. Thanks, Veanne. Oh
yes, and that carrot cake was so
good, thank you, Kim.
Yog led our fl ag salute and
Pastor Levi asked the blessing
after he made us all laugh. He is
so good at that. Thank you, Pas-
tor Levi.
Fifty-four meals were deliv-
ered to folks that cannot get
out around the area we live in
by Rick LaMountain, Peggy
Molnar, Mike and Pati and our
assistant cook, Kim Heathcote.
November 11 was Veterans
Day, so Bonnie Kocis made the
cutest cupcake-shaped candy
holder for each diner. Thank
you, Bonnie.
Pokeno was canceled this
week due to several players
having things to do and not
being able to attend the game.
We always miss playing and
visiting together. This day is a
highlight of the week for some
of us players. It is a very easy
game to play, and we invite you
to come play with us. The group
is small at this time because
some people moved away and
some have passed away, so
new faces would be a welcome
sight. Right here at the senior
center is the place to play.
Linda Stoltz, our librarian
and decorator, had some Christ-
mas cards on the table to share
with anyone who would like
some. Help yourself.
Rick LaMountain won
the Thriftway card and Scott
Myers won the free meal. Sev-
enty-eight meals went out from
our kitchen today.
Psalm 119:114 O Lord, You
are my refuge and my shield,
Your word is my source of hope.
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
Today we celebrated Veter-
an’s Day with fl ags in the table
centerpieces (thank you, Tom
and Josiah); a veteran lead-
ing the fl ag salute (thank you,
Juan Rubio); and the meal paid
for by the Grant County Veter-
ans Services Offi ce (thank you,
people). All those who came in
and stayed to eat and any vet
that received a meal delivery
had their meal paid for. Thank
you so much. We owe our vets
a lot, and here they paid for our
meal. Ponder that awhile.
Josiah rang the dinner bell
and Theresa asked the bless-
ing. The gift certifi cate donated
by Chuck’s Little Diner went to
Delores Scott. The trivia ques-
tion was: Where was the fi rst
Thanksgiving Day parade in
1920? And it is still going on.
Del guessed Philadelphia, and
he was right! So our table got to
go through the serving line fi rst
to pick up our meal of ham and
cheese sliders, cream of potato
soup, fresh veggies, fruit, pud-
ding and cookie. This meal was
sponsored in memory of Mel-
vin Jones. ‘Twas yummy! Pam
and Pam do good work, right?!
Our delivery people included
Gwynne, Sharon, Mary and
Theresa. Tom, Chris and Josiah
were our table servers. Pam and
Ginger did their thing at their
respective places. Next week
there will be a big surprise in the
gift certifi cate department, so be
sure to come inside and partake
of our Thanksgiving dinner.
Notable birthdays included
Carl Sagan, Hedy Lamarr and
Spiro Agnew. A slice of pie in
1965 cost 65 cents. And would
you believe that the national
dish of the USA is the ham-
burger? Of course you would!
I’ve been reading a book
about George Gershwin. He
made a statement that I really
latched onto: “You see, the trou-
ble is, when I don’t play, I don’t
have a good time.” When God
puts it in you, you have to let it
out. More pondering ...
Another item I thought was
very interesting from this book:
In 1930, these men were in the
pit for one of the Gershwins’
Broadway shows. Charlie Tea-
garden (age 17, played trum-
pet); Glenn Miller (26, trom-
bone); Benny Goodman (21,
clarinet); and Gene Krupa (21,
drums). During intermission,
they would really cut loose
on Gershwin’s music! I never
knew that these men had played
together at one time. Almost
gives me goosepimples!
Moving on, we got the car-
rots all out of the garden. What
a time they had growing this
year! And because I didn’t thin
them, there are some very inter-
esting architectural shapes. ...
Decided what I need to scatter
the seeds is a fl our sifter-type
cup. Have to cogitate on that a
while. ... Only got six months to
think about it ...
Neh 12:27 At the dedication,
the Levites were ... brought to
Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully
... with songs of thanksgiving
and with the music of cymbals,
harps and lyres. Ps. 68:25 In
front are the singers, after them
the musicians; Eph. 5:19 Sing
and make music in your heart to
the Lord.
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