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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
SENIORS
GRANT COUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Elsie Huskey
Reflecting on the week
of Thanksgiving, it is obvi-
ous that there are a lot of
wonderful people in and
around John Day. People
caring about other people
and making plans to help
others. Our center had a
great sense of the holiday.
Two ladies chose items dis-
tinctive of the season and
arranged them around our
dining room. It was beau-
tiful. Those ladies were
Janette Julsrud and Patti
Davis. Thanks, ladies, for a
pleasant job well done.
On Monday, Nov. 21,
Janet Binger and Darlene
Nodine were at the desk
greeting all 16 in-house din-
ers and several that came to
pick up meals. They were
sure they were all signed
in and their names in the
drawings for the day.
Joe Phippen led the flag
salute and Carol Claire
asked the blessing. Janet
Binger did the announce-
ments, and she was once
again better than last time.
Thanks, Joe, Carol and
Janet, for taking part in get-
ting our lunch off to a good
start.
The Living Word Chris-
tian Church with Carol
Claire and Millie Lysne
were the servers. They
made sure folks had water
or coffee or milk and any-
thing else needed for a suc-
cessful lunch. They also
cleaned up after lunch,
leaving the room looking
good and the tables cleaned
and sanitized.
Marieta
Coombs,
Carolyn
Stout,
Kathy
McPheeters, Millie Lysne,
Kim Jacobs, and Flora
Cheadle delivered 57 fresh
meals and 51 frozen meals
to folks in the community
that are homebound. That
was 108 meals delivered. It
is amazing how many peo-
ple are homebound and pos-
sibly lonely. Makes one feel
like we should have a visit-
ing committee to visit some
from time to time to let
them know we are thinking
about them and care about
them. My mind causes me
to wonder how I would feel
if I was homebound and
alone. Would you be willing
to visit at least one home-
bound person at least one
time a month? I would. We
will be talking more about
that soon. For them, time is
precious.
We dined on bacon-
wrapped meatloaf, roasted
potatoes, pea salad, and
cherry cheesecake. Yummy
yum yum!
Nov. 17 was our assis-
tant kitchen help’s last day.
We miss you, Kim, but
hope you are doing well
and finding everything you
need in life for this time.
Kim’s position is up for
grabs. Are you interested
in helping in the kitchen
at our senior center for
approximately 16-19 hours
per week? If so, call Misty
Palmer at 541-575-2949 or
541-620-3014.
Nancy Nelson is fill-
ing in currently. Nancy has
been helping in the kitchen
for some time doing what-
ever Shay and Kim need
her to do, including help-
ing Shay get the meals
ready for delivery. Thank
you, Nancy, for all you do
to help our kitchen oper-
ate more smoothly. A big
thanks to Shay and Nancy
for getting all the deliv-
ered meals ready to go and
getting the in-house dining
meals ready on time and
45 meals ready for folks
to pick up. A big day and
lots of work and all the
cleanup to do as well. The
total number of meals from
our kitchen today was 169.
Good job, Shay.
On the table near the
coat rack are Christmas
cards free to whoever would
like some. Feel free to help
yourself to all you can use.
By the time you read
this, we will have had a
board meeting and will
have news about it in next
week’s news.
Joe Phippen won the
Len’s card, and Mary Ellen
Osborn won the free meal.
Congrats, you two.
Thanksgiving Day we
were closed so folks could
have this day with their
families. Some went to the
Elks Lodge to mingle with
other people and visit with
other folks.
Many people here in
John Day have no family to
share holidays with, so it is
super nice to have the Elks
to go meet with other folks
for a pleasant day. Thank
you all at the Elks for doing
all this work to have a great
meal for so many folks.
They also sent out many
meals to shut-ins, so thanks
again, Elks Lodge, for car-
ing about other people.
There is so much to be
thankful for. Be sure to
thank our Heavenly Father
for all things.
If you would like to
know what is for lunch next
week, call 541-575-1825.
2 Corinthians 3:17 & 18
For the Lord is the Spirit,
and wherever the Spirit of
the Lord is, there is free-
dom and victory. All of
us who have had that veil
removed can see and reflect
the glory of the Lord. And
the Lord — who is the Spirit
— makes us more and more
like Him as we are changed
into His glorious image.
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
“The best laid plans of mice
and men do oft go awry.”
That’s why a person has to
be adaptable! First, son No.
1 and family were coming
from Portland. Then they
couldn’t because his herni-
ated disc would not appre-
ciate a six-hour auto trip.
So scrap the big family din-
ner at son No. 2. The four of
them would just bring din-
ner to our home since we
were still recovering from
the latest crud making the
rounds. Then the in-laws
from Lexington said they
were coming, so the meal
was back on in Canyon
City. OK, no problem. (This
is what’s called a “mov-
able feast.”) But then Der-
rol took another ride to the
BMH ER. But we got him
home in time to be able to
go to dinner.
Then the cook started
feeling like the crud was
coming to see her, and since
the parents from Lexing-
ton had just got home from
heart surgery at OHSU,
and Derrol was only one
day out from his hospital
stay, everybody would be at
their respective homes for
Thanksgiving dinner.
And what do have to be
thankful for? We all have
adequate housing, and it’s
warm and dry; we have
access to clean water; the
stores have well-stocked
shelves; the phones still
work, whether landline or
cell; the electricity is still
functioning at full capacity;
medical help is available
24/7; and God is still on His
throne. If He wasn’t, all the
rest would have no mean-
ing. Hope your Thanksgiv-
ing was a blessed time.
Did you know that you
can use the senior center
building for activities that
require more room than
your home can handle? We
have a family in the com-
munity that hosts their
Thanksgiving dinner at the
ol’ hall. We are glad to be of
service. To make arrange-
ments, just call the number
that is on the front door.
Did you notice the date
for yesterday? 11-22-22.
And how many people
remember that date’s sig-
nificance? And I know that
life went on with births and
weddings on that date, but
for a certain segment of the
population, we will always
remember what we were
doing when the newscast-
ers announced that JFK had
been killed. (Now, there’s
another one of those sen-
tences that I’d hate to have
to diagram!)
Here are a couple of
items to ponder: “In an
effort to limit the Dalai
Lama’s power, China has
banned Tibetan Buddhist
monks from reincarnating
without government per-
mission.” Wonder if they
have a secretary to give
the permission? “Opportu-
nity is missed by most peo-
ple because it is dressed
in overalls and looks like
work.” Amen!
So here come the hol-
idays! That word is from
Middle English holidei
which means — Tada! — 1.
Holy Day, 2. a day of free-
dom from labor, 3. set aside
by law or custom in com-
memoration of some event.
Notice the downward trend
from the first definition to
the last. Another point to
ponder, right?
Gen. 2:3 God blessed
the seventh day and made it
holy ... Lev. 11:45 ... there-
fore be holy, because I am
holy.
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
Time sure is flying by.
Hope everyone had a won-
derful Thanksgiving and
reflected on how blessed
we are with our loved ones
and the provision the Lord
has provided for all of us.
I personally am especially
thankful for my wonder-
ful hubby and my children.
God is good, all the time.
Our cooks, Terry Cade
and Carrie Jewell, made us
a very nice, tasty and hearty
meal of tater tot casse-
role, corn, garlic bread and
peach cobbler for our des-
sert. It was delicious and
filling. We are very thank-
ful for our awesome cooks
and their efforts in making
us meals every Tuesday.
Our greeters at the table
were Kristi Guimont, Sue
Cavender and Jan Ensign.
Kristi and Sue checked in
the guests and collected and
counted up the money. Jan
led us in the flag salute and
also made the announce-
ments. Yours truly prayed
the blessing over the meal.
Don’t forget that the
Ugly Sweater Christmas
Bazaar is coming up on Sat-
urday, Dec. 10. To rent a
table for the event, the fee
is $15 and you can contact
Jeanne Strange for more
information. Her num-
ber is 541-934-2001. The
Silent Wave Rescue group
will be selling maple bars,
soup, and rolls for lunch.
The EMT group will be
selling baked goods. There
will be a raffle for a Mas-
terbuilt smoker. The tickets
will be $1 each or $5 for six
tickets.
Hope you all can make
it to help support our local
merchants and community.
It will also be a nice time to
get out of the house and sit
around and visit neighbors
you haven’t had a chance to
see and jabber with.
Another
important
announcement that you
definitely should take note
of and mark on your calen-
dar is that the Monument
Senior Center will be closed
for renovations the week
of Dec. 12-16. The center
will be open for our Christ-
mas lunch on Dec. 20. So
please, please, please don’t
show up on Dec. 13 for
lunch! Ha.
My kids are always lov-
ing on their kitties. We have
a few adolescent kitties that
are very tame, so much so
that they are not afraid of
cars, ATVs, dogs. I don’t
know if they are tame or just
plain dumb. They are very
lovey-dovey kitties, though.
Because these kitties are so
tame, they love hanging out
at our little porch.
My kids requested a
couple of kitty box houses
for them, so I indulged
their request. I get the per-
fect-sized boxes, close
them up with tape, cut out
a small opening on one side
and I also sewed up some
cushy, fleecy pillows to put
in them. I also tape up a big
black trash bag around the
box and opening so that it
does not get wet. The boxes
are put out on the porch on
either side of the door and
we have a couple of the kit-
ties sleeping there or just
hanging out. So, hence the
name, porch kitties.
2 Corinthians 3:18 But
we all, with open face,
beholding as through a
glass darkly, the glory of
the Lord, are changed into
the same image from glory
to glory, even as by the
Spirit of the Lord.
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