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TIMES A monthly magazine for the region’s seniors

MONDAY, DEC. 7, 2020 / VOL. 30, NO. 12

Birthday index: Page 4 .............................

Dortha Headrick Mary Kay Jungert

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Anniversary: Taylors mark 77 years of marriage .......... 7 Briefs ............................................................................. 5 Library offers delivery for the homebound .................. 3 Making a longterm care plan ...................................... 12 Meet Clarkston’s crafting queen ..............................8-10 Reader Essay: remembering the Depression ............... 6 Scam stopper: tips on staying safe ............................. 13 Senior meals news, menus and meal sites ............. 14-16 Volunteer Opportunities ............................................. 11

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TIMES ON THE COVER: Jody Foster, of Clarkston, holds an armful of the Hug-A-Bears she’s been sewing for more than four decades in this photo by Golden Times photographer August Frank. See the story, Pages 8-10.

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he Lewiston City Library or a particular subject in nonficwould like to remind our tion, we can accommodate them. at-risk patrons, who may Patrons may receive anything in be temporarily or permanently our collection for home delivery, unable to come visit us, that we including regular and large-print can deliver books and books, magazines, physical other materials to their audiobooks and DVDs. Pahomes. Patrons who feel trons who feel comfortable comfortable getting out placing holds in the Valnet and driving can still use catalog also may do that. our curbside service. With The HomeBound regisCOVID-19 cases on the tration form is available for rise in our community, as download on our website well as seasonal flu and at cityoflewiston.org/512/ inclement weather settling COMMENTARY HomeBound-Service. in, we encourage patrons Patrons lacking a computto do what they can to keep er or Internet access can themselves and others safe. call the library at (208) In order to register for 798-2525 and create HomeBound Service, a profile over the phone. patrons may fill out a form Patrons also can correthat creates a reader profile, which spond with our HomeBound outlines their interests and reService staff via regular mail. quests. Whether a patron prefers The library’s mailing address is cozy mysteries, Christian fiction, 411 D St., Lewiston, ID 83501.

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The library delivers and retrieves items from HomeBound Service customers once a month. Patrons receive their materials in our canvas HomeBound Service bags, with the patron’s name on a tag attached to the bag. Bags are washed between deliveries.

If patrons would like to change their reader profile or are dissatisfied with the items they are receiving from the library, they can send us a note when they return the items, or simply give us a call.

We welcome feedback.

Patrons also have the option of downloading eBooks and eAudiobooks from Overdrive directly onto a smartphone or other device. The Idaho Talking Book Service, administered through the Idaho Commission for Libraries, is another possibility for patrons who are visually impaired.

Winter can be rough for many people, with the sun setting early and the roads icy. It helps to have entertainment: books for pleasure and information, and a good movie or TV series to watch. Please remember that the library is here for you, even if you can’t come to us. Our seasoned and dedicated HomeBound Service staff members look forward to serving you.

Olmstead is the Adult Services librarian at the Lewiston City Library.

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Dortha Headrick, 90

Mary Kay Jungert, 80

Dortha Jean Headrick was delivered by Dr. Charles Gritman in Moscow in 1930 to Mattie Violet Clark.

She has been a lifelong area resident, growing up in Pullman and graduating from Pullman High School in 1950.

She moved to Potlatch when she married Grover Eliel “Lyle” Headrick in Moscow in 1951. He died in February 1976. She also had companions Ray Bell on Rock Creek and in Moscow, and Charlie Bower in Moscow in her later years.

She has been a Granger for 68 years, first in the Rock Creek Grange and later in the Princeton Grange. She enjoys her monthly pinochle with her Rock Creek neighbors and friends, learning the computer and keeping in touch with family and friends through email and Facebook. She was always a homemaker.

Dortha celebrated her birthday with a private family party in October. She has two daughters, both now living in Potlatch; and two sons, one in Newport, Wash., and one in Garfield, Wash.; six granddaughters; and eight great-grandchildren.

A card shower is being held for in honor of her birthday. Cards can be sent to her at 1217 S. Blaine St., Moscow.

On the day after Christmas in 1940 John and Marie (Kinzer) Frei waited anxiously at Our Lady of Consolation Hospital, Cottonwood, for their gift. Mr. Claus was a day late. (Mother always assured Mary Kay Jungert that she was worth the wait.) She joined an adopted sister, and the family grew to include five other Freis.

In 1946, Mary Kay’s lifelong quest for learning and music began at St. Maurus Elementary and the Sisters of Benedict. In high school, she enjoyed theater and marching band, graduating in 1959.

In the summer of 1957, she met the love of her life, Guy Jungert. Two years later, they married. They raised six girls and three boys on a dairy farm. During haying, Mary Kay’s already large table grew to include the work crew.

In 1993, she and Guy moved to Clarkston, where Mary Kay was hired as a cook in the Lewiston School District.

Mary Kay’s hobbies include organizing get-togethers for their family — which includes 24 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She also loves traveling, reading, crossword puzzles, cards and music, as a church choir accompanist and playing at nursing homes, Raspberry Festival and Idaho County Fair.

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The Asotin County Library is offering free to-go cups of hot cocoa Friday in honor of National Cocoa Day (which falls on Sunday).

The cocoa can be picked up from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the downtown Clarkston branch, 417 Sycamore St., while supplies last.

The library is once again operating only by online programs and by curbside service as the coronavirus infection rate continues to rise.

Patrons may order items for pickup by logging into their accounts at valnet. org; emailing the library; or calling (509) 758-5454.

Items can be picked up weekdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3:3-5:30 p.m. at the downtown branch. The Heights and Asotin branches are closed.

Updates are available at asotincountylibrary.org.

Other library services include: ï A Christmas craft for children in kindergarten through sixth grade.

The free kits can be picked up from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays while supplies last.

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ï An online discussion of contemporary nonfiction takes place at 10:30 a.m. the third Wednesday of each month.

Details on books being discussed and registration can be done online or by calling the library. ï Career services: One-on-one online appointments to help with job searches, applications, resume writing, cover letters and more are available from 8 a.m. to noon Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and from noon to 4 p.m.Thursdays. ï Tech help: One-on-one 30-minute appointments are available via Zoom or phone from 6-8 p.m. Mondays and 10 a.m. to noon Wednesdays. Tech help also is available through TechBoomers.com. This free educational website features online tutorials that teach inexperienced technology users how to use the most popular and trusted websites and Internet apps. ï Round-the-clock reference help through AskWA, a cooperative of more than 50 public and academic libraries throughout Washington. The service provies online reference

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Emergency rent assistance may be available Help may be available to Asotin County residents who have been behind on their rent since March, and who meet income guidelines and additional screening requirements.

Anyone interested in applying for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program will need to show documentation of income, if possible, and a W-9 form and agreement signature will be requested from the landlord.

More information is available at www.qbhs. org or by calling the QBH Housing Program at (509) 758-3341 from 8 a.m. to noon and 15 p.m. Wednesdays.

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According to a news release, the service helps qualified vets in need find and keep housing.

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Dixson is the service’s community liaison manager for the Blue Mountain Action Council, based in Walla Walla.

She encourages veterans in need of assistance to email SSVF@bmacww.org or call (509) 529-4980.

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Reader essay: growing up during the Depression

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grew up during the Depression. I thought Culdesac was the center of the world.

I didn’t know about the Depression, but I did feel ashamed about our house and the way I was dressed.

We lived in a three-room house — a kitchen, living room and one small bedroom with a tiny closet.

There was no sink or water inside, only a pump outside; no refrigeration, no bathroom and only one light bulb in the ceiling for each room. The water for our Saturday night baths was heated on the cook stove. Talk about no privacy! My parents had their bed in the living room.

As more kids were born, there was no room, so my sister, Velda, and I were the oldest, and for many years we slept year-round on the covered porch.

Herbert Hoover was president from 1922-33.

The stock market crashed, but Hoover said, “While people must not suffer from hunger and cold, caring for them must be a local and voluntary responsibility.”

Every summer, we Vawter kids got sick. Mama said it was “summer complaint.” Now I believe it was because of no refrigeration and the flies. The fly paper was hanging from the ceiling in the little house, and it was full of flies.

ABOVE: From left are Erma, Melba and Skip Vawter.

RIGHT: Melba (Vawter) Ashburn posed on top of the car, as her brother, Glenn Vawter, perched on the hood.

I took my turn going downtown in Culdesac to get the mail. In the summer, without shoes, I felt the splintery floor of the post office. I wondered why the postmaster was always so crabby. There was a butcher shop, and I looked in the window and wished for just one wiener. Sometimes, I stopped at Norbo’s General Merchandise Store and spent my penny, which was given to me by a sweet old lady, Mrs. Tiffany. Of course, I had gone down to the creek to pick the wildflowers for her, but it was worth the penny. I wonder

how come my brothers and sisters didn’t know how this was done.

There wasn’t much laughter or even smiles at our house in the early ’30s. I was determined to smile; so when I walked downtown, I practiced smiling at the fenceposts and telephone poles. It’s a good thing I was alone, or I might have been considered loony.

Keller’s Drug Store was a favorite place. They had high stools and served ice cream and sodas. However, I seldom had the nickel for a cone. The drug store

was the daily bus stop, and I wanted to see the people who arrived. There was a barbershop in Culdesac with the red-and-white barberpole. I was told they even had a bathtub in the back. My parents told me I shouldn’t go into the barbershop. After all, I was just supposed to get the mail.

My parents didn’t go to church, but we had wonderful grandparents who came every Sunday and took the Vawter kids to Sunday school and services at the Methodist Church. They always came from the farm in

their wagon, pulled by two horses. Thank you, God, for my grandparents!

I want to tell you about my family. Velda was born in 1923, then I was born in 1924 and Glenn in 1926.

He was followed by Irene, 1928; Marvin, 1929; Ellis, 1930; Erma, 1932; Teddy, 1935; and Skip, 1939. Our dad didn’t have a regular job during the Depression, so you can imagine how poor we were as we lived in the tiny house in Culdesac.

I had a great desire to play the piano. When I was 11, Dad got me an old pump organ and hired a teacher, Mrs. Olin. I was in seventh heaven. I paid the teacher by taking a quart of milk each school day.

I didn’t milk the cow, but my dad did. A year later, Mama and Dad bought me a used piano. Recently I found they paid $8 a month for two years for the piano — what a sacrifice. It was placed in the tiny living room, along with their bed.

I was blessed.

I was happy to grow up in a small town, and even though I didn’t know it was in the middle of the Great Depression, God was good. I never enter a bathroom without saying, “Thank you, God.” — Melba Ashburn, 95, Lewiston

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Betty and Clarence Taylor, then and now.

Taylors celebrating 77 year of marriage Betty and Clarence Taylor of Clarkston will celebrate 77 years of marriage Dec. 15.

They met at a dance in Clarkston. One year later, they married in Portland, where Clarence worked in the ship yard. In 1945, Clarence went into the Infantry Service.

Clarence worked at Potlatch Forests Inc. (now PotlatchDeltic) for 37 years. Betty worked for the Clarkston School District as the cafeteria supervisor for 19 years. After retiring from Clarkston School District, she worked at Lee Morris for six years.

After retirement, Clarence was instrumental in

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getting the Pautler Senior Center (now the Valley Community Center) in Clarkston started. They spent most of their time in the mountains at their cabin and traveling with friends. They have been at Evergreen Estates for the past six years.

They have two living children, Gene and Debi Taylor and Jeanette and Ben Krause, both of Clarkston. They also have five grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Their son, Don, died in 1999.

The family also recently celebrated Clarence’s 97th birthday, which was Nov. 24.

Golden Times prints anniversary announcements for couples married 70 years or more. We’ll try to run your love story, along with a wedding portrait and current photo, in the Golden Times edition that corresponds to your anniversary month.

Here’s what we need: A brief synopsis of how you met, your lives together and, most importantly, how you managed to stay together all this time. Submissions should be 500 or fewer words as told by the couple, please.

Text and photos submitted by email are preferred and may be sent to goldentimes@lmtribune.com. Paper copies may be delivered to the Lewiston Tribune office at 505 Capital Street or mailed to P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501.

Questions may be directed to Golden Times editor Julie Breslin at (208) 791-6635. Deadline for the January edition is 5 p.m. Dec. 17.

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Bearing up under the strain Clarkston’s Jody Foster reckons she has made 15,000 Hug-A-Bears to comfort traumatized kids Tri-State Memorial Hospital and given to young patients as comfort aids. ody Foster of Clark“They tell me the kids are ston ran the felt cut- really excited when they out of a teddy bear get them,” she said. through her sewing Her work with the machine recently to Hug-a-Bears began as a attach a heart to its chest. project with the service It’s just one step of organization the Telephone many in the approximate- Pioneers. She and other ly four-hour process she members of the group were follows to create a Hug-A- all employees of what was Bear. It’s a procedure she then Pacific Northwest Bell. and her trusty 1958 Elna “All the girls were parSupermatic have repeated ticipating in it, and through some 15,000 times over the the years — why — I kind decades. of ended up as the only one “It keeps me off the making them,” she said. streets,” joked the “Eventually I was the last 88-year-old crafter. “You old person doing it.” just can’t sit and watch the Over the years, the tube all day.”

Telephone Pioneers also Foster doesn’t rememdonated bears to law enber exactly when she forcement agencies so ofstarted making the bears ficers could hand them out but said it likely was in to traumatized youngsters 1977 or ’78, and she has they sometimes encounter. maintained a pace of about Foster, on a tour through 30 a month since then. Do her basement crowded the math, and it works out with crafting equipment to more than 15,000.

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Foster is seen through mannequin heads wearing hats that Hundreds of Hug-A-Bears sewn by Jody Foster sit in tubs last month in her Clarkston home. she sewed.

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Jody Foster assembles and sews Hug-A-Bears last month at her home sewing studio. After 43 years of making them, she has the process down to a science.

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and various projects, pointed to a bulletin board adorned with fair ribbons, including several purples.

“That is very, very good — winning a purple,” she said. “Those are best-of-show.”

She won her latest purple in the 2019 Asotin County Fair for an afghan blanket.

“I got one for a purse and a hat one time,” she said.

In addition to Hug-ABears, afghans and hats, she makes dish scrubbies, barbecue aprons and cardigan sweaters, among other things. She sells her wares at craft fairs and pumps the proceeds back into materials for the bears.

Foster is unsure how long it takes her to complete a bear because she makes 10 to 12 at a time in repetitive steps. For example she cuts out dozens of eyes, noses and hearts, plus the fronts and backs of the bears. Then she sews the eyes, noses and hearts to the fronts. Next she pins several fronts and backs together and then sews them.

She said she has dozens of bears ready to be stuffed, one of the last steps.

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Those ones are ready for eyes,” she said.

She also had hundreds ready to be donated. One room is stacked with bins full of the bears and other crafts that have piled up.

Foster wasn’t able to sell many of her wares last spring and summer be-

cause of COVID-19 restrictions that limited craft fairs.

“I have a whole dungeon full of crafts just sitting here.”

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If you’d like to volunteer, the following spots are available. ï Are you committed to feeding the hungry? A food bank needs volunteers to re-pack frozen and dry foods for distribution, staff the front counter and drivers for morning food pickups. ï Do you like driving and helping the homebound?

Senior meal providers need regular and substitute delivery drivers. Drivers must have a valid driver’s license and auto insurance. ï Are you good with people? A blood drive canteen needs volunteers for follow-up duties, including maintaining a comfortable atmosphere,

serving refreshments and talking with donors and answering questions while observing them for possible adverse reactions. ï Do you get satisfaction from cutting through red tape? The State Health Insurance Benefit Advisors program needs volunteers to assist local seniors with Medicare questions.

Training is provided. ï Do you enjoy hand crafts? Project Warm-Up needs people to make hats, scarves, mittens and lap robes to be donated to more than 30 nonprofit agencies in the fall. Yarn is provided. ï Are you passionate about helping the less-fortunate? Nonprofit thrift stores need volunteers to work as sorters, cashiers and on the sales floor and to do general cleaning, pricing and other tasks as needed. ï Does your heart ache for vulnerable children?

Court Appointed Special Advocates/guardian ad litems needs volunteers to speak on behalf of children. CASA/GALs work independently to investigate and monitor cases of juvenile abuse, neglect or

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In 2018, nursing home costs averaged more than Myth 3: My family will take $91,000 a year nationally. care of me.

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Myth 7: Longterm care policies only cover nursing homes.

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> IF YOU SUSPECT YOU’RE BEING TARGETED BY A SCAMMER: DON’T  share any personal information  send money DO  hang up the phone  delete the email or  shred the letter  Check legitimacy of claims if desired, but not using a number supplied by the caller. Instead, look the company up in the phone book or online.  Report the scam (more information follows).

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take steps to minimize damage and protect themselves.  Report it to their bank or credit institution if money was taken or information was shared.  Report it to the business or organization involved.  Report it to the Better Business Bureau at www.bbb.org/scamtracker/us.  Report it to the Federal Trade Commission at ftc.gov/complaint or by calling (877) FTC-HELP.  Find a list of current known scams and more information on avoiding scams, at www.consumer.ftc.gov/features/scam-alert.  Find information on scams circulating locally on the Lewiston Police Department’s Facebook page, where citizens also may sign up for news alerts.  Ask door-to-door solicitors to show their licenses, and call the police if they don’t.

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ongregate meal sites in Lewiston, Moscow, Clarkston and Asotin will remain closed for the foreseeable future as the region continues to struggle with rising COVID-19 infection rates.

Meanwhile, the programs continue offering meals for pickup or delivery. Masks must be worn by all who are picking up meals. Readers are advised to call their local meal providers for updates.

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Medical Center and are delivered by volunteers between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. year round. Cost is $3.50 per day for a hot meal and $4.50 per day for a hot meal and a sack lunch.

The Senior Round Table Nutrition Program, which normally serves meals in Clarkston and Asotin, continues to serve homebound clients. Mobile seniors can pick up meals at the Valley Community Center drive-thru in Clarkston. Meals are available at noon Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Preordering isn’t necessary, but face masks must be worn during pickup, per state mandate. Cost is $7 for people younger than

60, and a $4 donation is suggested for those 60 and older. More information is available by calling (509) 758-3816.

masks during pickups.

More information can be found at usersmoscow. com/srcenter.

The Friendly Neighbors meal service in Moscow is continuing its home-delivery program.

Mobile seniors may pick up “grab-and-go” lunches at the back door of the 1912 Center meal site at 412 E. Third St. Meals are available at noon Tuesdays and Thursdays at a cost of $7 for those younger than 60 and a suggested donation of $5 for those 60 and older.

Seniors must sign up for either service by calling program President Bill Terrio at (208) 310-3779.

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Lewiston’s Senior Nutrition Program, (208) 743-6983, continues its normal home deliveries five days a week for homebound clients.

Brown-bag lunches are available for pickup from noon to 1 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays and from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Wednesdays. Lunches are distributed curbside on the east side of the community center, 1424 Main St. Cost is $5 for those younger than 60, and $4 is suggested for those 60 and older. Preordering isn’t necessary.

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LEWISTON SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM — When: Noon, Mon./Tues. and 11:30 a.m. Wed. • Where: Pickup available at Lewiston Community Center, 1424 Main St., or call for delivery at (208) 743-6983. • Cost: $4 suggested for seniors 60 and older; $5 for nonseniors • Note: Menu is subject to change.

7 Tater tot casserole/hot veggies/salad/

fruit/bread

8 Chicken lasagna/hot veggies/

21 Chicken-fried steak/hot veggies/salad/

fruit/bread

28 German sausage-n-kraut/hot veggies/ salad/fruit/bread

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23 Navy beans-n-ham

salad/fruit/bread

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29 Teriyaki chicken/hot veggies/ salad/fruit/bread

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SENIOR ROUND TABLE NUTRITION PROGRAM — When: Noon, Tues./Thurs./Fri. • Where: Pickup is available at the Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St. No. F, Clarkston, or call for delivery at (509) 758-3816. • Cost: $4 suggested for seniors 60 and older; $7 for nonseniors • Note: Menu is subject to change.

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beans with bacon/ambrosia salad/roll/apple pie

29 Roast pork/mashed potatoes/baby carrots/

juice/roll/cake and ice cream

10 Salisbury steak/mashed potatoes with gravy/corn/applesauce/roll

11 Corn chowder/pasta salad/veggie salad/cot-

17 Company casserole/peas/fruit/

18 Chicken-n-dumpling soup/pickle salad/BLT

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31 Hamburger/baked beans/potato

salad/creamy cranberry salad/chips

MOSCOW SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM — When: Noon, Tues./Thurs. • Where: Pick up at the 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St., or call for delivery (208) 310-3779. • Cost: $5 suggested for seniors 60 and older; $7 for nonseniors. • Notes: Menu is subject to change. • Online: users.moscow.com/srcenter.

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VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS — DECEMBER MENU Meals are delivered to established clients between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. 365 days of the year, with delivery guaranteed by 1 p.m. each day.

Individuals can have a hot meal delivered to their residence for $3.50 per day or a hot meal and a sack lunch for $4.50 per day.

More information is available by calling (208) 799-5767. Menus are prepared by St. Joseph Regional Medical Center and are subject to change.

SUNDAY

MONDAY HOT: Beef pot roast/mashed potatoes/carrots SACK: Turkey salad/3bean salad/applesauce

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TUESDAY HOT: Chili/cornbread/corn SACK: Ham sandwich/potato salad/butterscotch pudding

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HOT: Chicken cordon bleu/noodles/tomatoes SACK: PBJ/broccoli salad/chocolate mousse

HOT: Pork loin/ HOT: Chicken 14 roasted pota15 rice pilaf/peas toes/carrots SACK: Ham SACK: Chicken salad/ sandwich/garbanzo spinach salad/cookies bean salad/lemon tart

HOT: Roast 20 turkey breast/ potatoes/peas SACK: Ham sandwich/ coleslaw/pears

HOT: 3-cheese lasagna/carrots SACK: Tuna salad sandwich/cottage cheese/peaches

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HOT: Beef pot 28 roast/mashed potatoes/carrots SACK: Turkey salad/3bean salad/applesauce

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THURSDAY

HOT: Chicken pot pie/peas SACK: Krab salad sandwich/cauliflower salad/cobbler

HOT: SpaHOT: ShepHOT: Chicken12 ghetti/roasted 11 herds pie/ 10 fried steak/pomushrooms green beans tatoes/carrots SACK: Tuna salad/cot- SACK: Roast beef/ SACK: Turkey sandwich/bread salad/Jello tage cheese/oranges macaroni salad/cake

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HOT: Salisbury HOT: Baked HOT: Pork chops/ 19 ham/mac-n18 steak/potatoes/ potatoes/corn cauliflower cheese/broccoli SACK: Roast beef SACK: Pastrami/potato sandwich/tortellini pesto SACK: Turkey salad/ cabbage salad/cut fruit salad/cookies salad/tapioca pudding

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HOT: Meatloaf/ HOT: Chicken HOT: Barbecue 22 potatoes/green 23 cordon bleu/po24 ribs/mac-nbeans tatoes/veggies cheese/corn SACK: Turkey sandwich/ SACK: Egg salad/cuSACK: Roast beef/sweet beet salad/rice treat cumbers/brownies corn salad/gelatin fluff HOT: Chili/corn29 bread/corn SACK: Ham sandwich/potato salad/butterscotch pudding

FRIDAY

HOT: Teriyaki 25 chicken/rice/ cauliflower SACK: Seafood salad/ salad/fruit cocktail

HOT: Beef 26 stroganoff/ noodles/squash SACK: PBJ/fresh veggie cup/Oreo mousse

HOT: SpaHOT: ShepHOT: ChickenHOT: Chicken pot 2 ghetti/roasted 1 herds pie/ 31 fried steak/po30 pie/peas mushrooms green beans tatoes/carrots SACK: Krab salad SACK: Tuna salad/cot- SACK: Roast beef/ SACK: Turkey sandsandwich/cauliflower wich/bread salad/Jello tage cheese/oranges macaroni salad/cake salad/cobbler

REGIONAL SENIOR MEAL SITES Congregate meals aren’t being served in Idaho or Washington at the present time. Readers are advised to call to check if their local meal providers are offering a pickup option as states continue working to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

Cottonwood Community Hall 506 King St., basement, Cottonwood, (208) 792-2465, meals at noon Tuesdays.

Craig Mountain Senior Center

ville, (208) 983-2033, cow, (208) 882-1562, noon meals at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Wednesdays and Fridays.

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Juliaetta-Kendrick Senior Citizens Center

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Kamiah Senior Center 125 N. Maple St., Kamiah, (208) 935-0244, meals at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Lewiston Community Center

413 Nezperce St., Winchester, (208) 924-6581, noon Wednesdays.

1424 Main St., Lewiston, (208) 743-6983, meals at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

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Orchards United Methodist 1213 Burrell Ave., Lewiston, (208) 743-9201, meals at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Orofino Senior Center 930 Michigan Ave., Orofino, (208) 476-4238, meals at noon on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Pomeroy Senior Center 695 Main St., Pomeroy, (509) 843-3308, meals at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

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Palouse Senior Meals 220 E. Main St., Palouse, (509) 878-2301, meals at noon on Wednesdays.

Potlatch Senior Citizens Potlatch Senior Citizens Meal Site, 645 Pine St., Potlatch, (208) 875-1071, meals at noon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Pullman Senior Center 325 SE Paradise St., Pullman, (509) 338-3307, meals at 11:45 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays.

Riggins Odd Fellows Building 121 S. Lodge St., Riggins, (208) 628-4147, noon on Tuesdays.

Spud Hill Seniors 401 Line St., Deary,

(208) 877-1717, meals at noon on Tuesdays.

United Methodist Church 313 Second St., Asotin, (509) 758-3816, meals at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Valley Community Center 549 Fifth St., Clarkston, (509) 758-3816, noon Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays.

Weippe Hilltop Senior Citizens Center 115 First St. W., Weippe, (208) 435-4553, meals noon Mondays and Thursdays.

Pullman Meals on Wheels (509) 397-4305.

Valley Meals on Wheels (208) 799-5767.

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