Monument Seniors: 2.14.07

Published 4:00 pm Tuesday, February 13, 2007

MONUMENT – There were 33 people here for dinner on Feb. 6 to eat and enjoy beef stew, focaccia bread, green salad, peach crisp and ice cream. Jerry Boyer from Boyer’s Grocery donated the beef for the stew – thank you, Jerry!

Wally Walker is recovering well from his recent double-bypass, heart surgery, and should be home by now. He, Wally, and my stepdad sail through surgeries like there was no pain connected. I think they do that to make me look like a big, old, whiney cry baby. Glad you’re home, Wally! Probably just in time for lambing!

Also heard that Jeanne Strange was recovering from a llama wreck! She wasn’t actually riding a llama, she was riding her horse and her horse had never seen a llama before – so… Jeanne, we feel for you, girl, because we all know how “Western” it can get under those circumstances! One of the wildest wrecks I ever had was because the dog was chasing one of the cats and the cat came to me – climbed right up that horse’s leg!

The bus left for John Day this morning. The Booster Club is having a bake sale next Tuesday, Feb. 13, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Also on the 13th, the Home Extension will meet in Long Creek. Topic will be gems and minerals.

There’s information on the front table for anyone interested in low-income housing assistance for repairs, etc. Gus Petersen showed pictures of Fern Creek School at Top, Oregon about 1930. Students included our own Cora Stubblefield, who was Cora Scott at that time.

Lonnie Davis won the free meal and Bodean Andersen won the Chester’s Thriftway certificate.