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TIMES A monthly magazine for the region’s seniors

TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2021 / VOL. 31, NO. 3

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Birthdays .................................................................... 6-7 Briefs ............................................................................. 4 Fraud alert: Tips on avoiding common scams ......... 8-9 Senior meal menus and site list ............................. 10-12 Sudoku puzzle / solution ........................................ 10/8 Thinking Out Loud: On bridging the gaps .................. 5 View from Two: Life in isolation .................................. 3 Volunteer Opportunities .............................................. 7

Wally Rugg Audrey Jones Marion Shinn Thelma Dorion Jerome Schremmp

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Yes, we’re isolated — but no, we are not alone As far as I can in, and for those attending remember, the and caring for the person. only two-story Over on the right side of house I have ever the building is a row lived in was the of clinics, with many old farmhouse in people coming and northern Idaho going all day. How where I was born. quiet it gets on that I was out of there side on the weekat age 3, and all the ends. However, the other homes have hospital receives been one level. ambulance visits When I first saw and helicopter dropTHE VIEW the apartment FROM TWO ins any day or night where I live now, of the week.

Pete Caster/Tribune at Evergreen EsOne lovely aspect Students from all four Clarkston elementary schools — tates, Rhicca, the of the apartment Grantham, Parkway, Highland and Heights — parade around woman showing it facing north is that Evergreen Estates Assisted Living Facility wishing a happy to me, commented I could see the LiValentine’s Day to the residents last month in Clarkston. that it is on the ons Club’s gift of a This truth was driven shady side of the buildstar on the north hill. I left dent’s situation, and word home last month in an ing, facing north, with no the shade up so I could see got around.

The couple I watched amazing act of kindness: hot sun pouring in. I was it as often as I wanted. moving out had the apartChildren from the four elebusy getting settled in, In the days before the ment right above mine, on mentary schools in Clarkand several days went by pandemic, residents went ston — Grantham, Parkbefore I bothered to look to the large dining room for the third floor. At mealout the windows. each meal. It was always a time, they pulled their table out from the wall The building is sometreat to share a table and with a lot of loud scraping, what crescent shaped get caught up on the latest on the front. The street news. We were always con- and their chairs scraped as well, as they sat down curves in that shape, and cerned about changes in from my perch on the sec- our friends’ health or news to eat. I miss their noise. I knew someone was alive ond floor, I see the westof people moving in. and eating along with me. I end entrance, with mail Looking out of my was not alone in the world. trucks, delivery vehicles second-floor window, Being in quarantine makes and the endless stream of I watched as a couple you wonder if anyone but cars bearing goods to fam- moved out. I would oththe kitchen help exists. ily members in the home. erwise never have known I know I can call my With the virus commandabout it, as privacy laws family or a friend and ing our days, visitors can keep staff from discussshare an experience from only ring a bell and wait ing the activities of resithe strange year we just for someone to come to the dents. It was easier when ended. We all are praying entrance and take their we could go to the dining packages. Only residents room and talk among our- for a new and better year.

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way, Highland and Heights — came with banners, balloons and handmade valentines for the residents of Evergreen to help us celebrate the holiday.

How long has it been since we have even seen children of this age! With tears of gratitude we watched them parade around our building, waving at those who stood in their windows or went out on their balconies. How touching and kind. A world of thanks to all of you.

Bosserman, 92, lives at Evergreen Estates in Clarkston, where she has been in quarantine since the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in March. She has agreed to share monthly glimpses of life from her apartment complex with Golden Times readers.

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BRIEFS and updated vaccine distribution details also can be A new set of scams has found at CDC.gov and the arrived on the scene along FDA vaccine webpage. with COVID-19 vaccines, ï Avoid buying treataccording to several news ments or vaccines off the releases shared with Gold- internet. There is no cure en Times. for the coronavirus. The Current pandemicvaccine is provided at no related cons include offers cost, although providers to avoid lines and get vacmay charge a reimburscines sooner; bogus promis- able administrative fee. es of COVID-19 testing; the ï Beware of solicitasale of fake and potentially tions, whether in person harmful cures or treator via text, email or phone, ments; people claiming to asking you to provide accollect money for people count information (finanhard-hit by the virus; and cial or medical) phony “contact tracers.” ï Avoid clicking unAccording to information familiar or unexpected from AARP, federal offilinks, or visiting unfamilcials advise the public to: iar webpages, which can ï Go to a trusted source load malware onto your for all vaccine information technological devices. (e.g., your doctor or local ï Contact local law health department). Legit- enforcement agencies if imate information regardyou think you’ve received ing the COVID-19 response fraudulent communica-

tion regarding COVID-19 treatment. ï Contact your financial institutions as soon as possible if you believe your accounts have been accessed.

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Support group for caregivers of dementia patients Online support groups take place monthly for caregivers of dementia suffers within the Quad Cities region.

The Lewiston-Clarkston Valley area support group meets from 1:30-3 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month. A Moscow area group meets from 1-2:30 p.m. the second Thursday.

Alzheimer’s Association family caregiver support groups provide a consistent and caring place for people to learn, share and gain emotional support from others who are also

on a unique journey of providing care to a person with memory loss, according to a news release.

These groups, organized by the Alzheimer’s Association, are conducted by trained facilitators and are a safe place for caregivers, family and friends of persons with dementia to share.

Participants may join the group from home via telephone or video conferencing. Access links are available by calling facilitators Mona Jack in Lewiston at (208) 798-4197 for the access link, and Tammie Poe in Moscow at (208) 874-2667.

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Free caregiver class planned A free online class is available to northern Idaho caregivers this month and next.

Powerful Tools for Caregivers is a six-session workshop is presented by the Alzheimer’s Association and Area Agency on Aging from 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesdays from March 24-April 28.

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Took a chance on a horse, and everybody won It

was Harvest Festi- ing done.” val time at Wilson “I didn’t know you have a Banner Ranch, new baby. How adorable,” where I paint faces to raise I gushed. She truly was. money for a pet cause. The Long black hair and perfect drizzling weather discour- features. “How old is she?” aged attendance “One month the first day. I yesterday,” Mom painted only 80 replied. We talked faces. The $1-a-face more baby talk and earnings would go I returned to my toward the purpainting. chase of something “OK. What shall that night at the I do with this?” I Family Promise thought. I knew I THINKING dessert auction. was meant to give OUT LOUD this family someWhile guesstimating my income thing I bought at the for the next three auction. Wouldn’t it painting days, I felt be great if there was strongly convicted something there for that I could count a baby? on raising $300.

But $300?

That figure seemed I drove home, like a leap of faith, what changed clothes and with the scarce crowd and headed to Family Promcool, damp weather. ise’s biggest fundraiser of Toward the end of the the year. I checked out the day, I spied my neighbors at desserts and other items. the festival. They had lived The last big item for aucacross the street from me tion was a rocking horse. It for a year but evaded conwas small — sized for about versation. I wanted to break an 18-month to 3-yearthe ice and let them know old child — and sturdily it’s a good neighborhood. handmade by an old friend But their dogs had deterred I hadn’t seen for years. His me; one bit a neighbor as he wife provided a lavender went to the mailbox. frosted angel food cake to The two elementary-age go with it. How perfect. children were with them, along with a huge surprise — a baby wrapped in a cozy tied to Mom’s front. I didn’t even know she was pregnant.

No one was waiting in my line. I walked quickly over and greeted them.

“Hi neighbors. Getting your pumpkins today?”

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Someone on the other side of the room bid furiously against me. My limit was $300. My mind took a rabbit trail, then I heard the auctioneer repeating $230 over and over and announced. “Sold to bidder number 16 for $225.” Me? Really? And $75 short of my goal?

Thrilled, I carted my horse and cake to the car.

It was too late to take it to the neighbors that night.

Neither of us was home the next day. It would have to be Monday. My doubting mind planted fear. What would I say? I was nervous.

“This is ridiculous,” I told myself.

Around 3:30 p.m., they arrived home. I had scripted my speech and prayed the dogs wouldn’t escape.

Dad opened the door a crack and braced his feet against the pushing dogs.

“I have a cake for you to celebrate your beautiful daughter,” I said as I shoved it in his hands.

Mom stuck her head out the door and he handed it to her. Both wore smiles and said thanks.

I lifted the horse.

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The weekend after the auction, I painted enough faces to make exactly $225.

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B I R T H DAY S > MARCH 8 Wally Rugg, 98 Wally Rugg was born in 1923 in Cabri, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was the third of seven children born to Clarence and Ella Mae (Humphrey) Rugg.

When he was 4, his family moved to Peck.

He graduated from Peck High School in 1942. He served from 1942-45 with the Army Engineers, two years in the South Pacific Theater.

Wally retired from the Clearwater Tribune in Orofino as a printer after 27 years of service. He served as a past commander of Post No. 3296 in Orofino, is a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge.

In 1993, he moved from Orofino to Lewiston to be closer to his son, John, and daughters, Marilyn and Patty. He enjoys fishing, baseball, playing cribbage, bingo and a dance or two.

> MARCH 10 Audrey Jones, 99 Audrey Jean (Gillespie) Jones, of Clarkston, was born in 1922 to John Carl and Mary Em (Powell) Gillespie at their family homestead in Lenore. She was the fifth of eight children.

Audrey moved to Lewiston in 1936 to attend and graduate from school.

She married Chester O. Jones on Jan. 20, 1940, in Orofino. They were married 47 years before he died in 1987. Their family includes five sons (the oldest, Lynn, is deceased), four daughters, 21 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and 33 great-great-grandchildren. Audrey and Chester ran Chet’s Limousine Service in the area for many years. She retired as a bookkeeper from the Vogue Shop in 1988.

After retirement, she did a lot of traveling, visiting family and friends. She is a past member of the Soroptomist Club and the Eagles Club. Hobbies include crocheting, doing crossword and jigsaw puzzles, playing Skipbo, watching the Mariners and Seahawks games and visiting with family and friends.

She also has a great love of chocolate.

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a Bluebirds leader. She also was a member of the Lindsay Creek Garden Club, CB club, the Marion Shinn, 100 Take Off Pounds Sensibly club and is a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church.

Marion Shinn, of Lewiston, was born in Over the years, she has enjoyed plant1921 on the Canfield, Idaho, family farm. ing vegetable and flower gardens. Before He taught elementary school at Dixie and COVID-19 hit she had coffee once a week with Melrose before serving aboard a submarine in two of her lifelong friends. Now she likes to the Pacific Theater in World War II. He marknit, visit with family, watch TV and go for nice ried Lorena Neumayer in 1945.

Marion taught chemistry at Lew- long drives. The family will host an open house celebration later as health protocols permit. iston High School for 17 years.

With their children, Philip and Donna, they spent 10 summers > MARCH 27 in Glacier Park, where MariJerome Schrempp, 95 on worked as a Seasonal Park Ranger. He left the classroom Jerome Schrempp was born in 1926 to Otto in 1966 to start the Vocational and Theresa (Bruder) Schrempp in Eagle Education School at Lewis-Clark State College Butte, S.D. He and his five brothers learned as its dean. After retirement in 1980, he served hard work and values early on the family farm. as a Lewiston City Councilor and mayor.

In 1942, their father died, and the family Marion and Lorena traveled extensively in moved to Clarkston to be the U.S. and abroad, and they enjoyed giving near relatives. travelogues locally about the 70 countries At age 18, Jerome was they visited. Lorena died in 2014. drafted into the Army. MemoMarion’s hobbies include woodworking, rable travel and jobs include gardening and writing, including two books chauffeuring Gen. Douglas about his experiences and a thesis about the MacArthur. He has beautiful History of Vocational Education in Idaho. photos, stories and mementos He’s been involved in a number of professionfrom that time, including a set al and civic organizations, including Kiwanis of pearls from Tokyo for his wife that their and the Nez Perce County Historical Society, daughters and some granddaughters wore on where he edited the Golden Age for many their wedding days. years. He was a founding member of the He married Jeanne Zellerhoff Schrempp Clearwater Economic Development Associain 1950, and they lived in the same Lewiston tion. He lives at Royal Plaza.

Orchards home for more than 60 years. She died in December after 70 years of marriage.

Family includes four daughters, seven grand> MARCH 15 children and six great-grandchildren.

Jerome worked in the grocery business Thelma Dorion, 90 for many years, retiring from Lewiston Thelma E. Dorion was born in 1931 in Lew- Grain Growers in 1989. He then worked iston. She was the third of four children born in maintenance at Our Lady of Lourdes to Fred and Lydia Stelljes.

Catholic Church, where he and his family Thelma has lived in Lewiston all her life were active parishioners. and married Henry Dorion on June 12, 1948.

Jerome’s hobbies include reading, military They will celebrate their 73rd anniversary history and socializing. He lives at the Idaho this year. They raised four chil- State Veterans Home in Lewiston, where famdren, Ron Dorion, Linda Dorion ily have visited him in any capacity possible Jorgensen, Karen Dorion Elliot during the pandemic. and Lorri Dorion Evans. They also have six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one To submit birthdays: Birthday announcements starting at great-great-grandchild. age 70 are accepted for free publication in the month of the Thelma was the bookkeeper birthday only. Length limit is 200 words. All submissions for their business, Dorion’s TV must include the name and contact information of the person for 15-20 years. She and Henry enjoyed many submitting the announcement. Current photos are welcome trips together. Some of their favorites were to — please no dated pictures. To have photos returned, please Minnesota, Chicago, Alaska, Las Vegas, the include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Submissions may Oregon Coast, Yellowstone, the Grand Canbe sent to goldentimes@lmtribune.com or Golden Times, P.O. yon and Mount Rushmore. They also enjoyed Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501. Questions may be directed to editor spending time at their cabin at Waha.

Julie Breslin at jbreslin@lmtribune.com or (208) 791-6635. April Thelma was a Cub Scouts den mother and birthday announcements must be received by 5 p.m. March 15.

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For many years, Dorothy worked at the Dorothy Ellis, 95 high school as a cook, and after she reDorothy Ellis was born tired, she took up a hobby of decorating wedding cakes and birthday cakes. in 1926 in Sturgis, S.D. Clancy died in 2010 after 66 years When she was 9 months of marriage. Dorothy has attended old, her parents, Claude and been a member of Orchards Comand Blanche Ryther, moved to Lewiston, which munity Church since she was 5. She worked with children as a Sunday became her permanent school teacher for many years, somehome. A brother and thing that she totally enjoyed. She also sister were added to the was involved with the church in many family May 18, 1944.

Dorothy graduated from Lewiston High other ways and loved every minute.

She has seven grandchildren, and School and married Clarence (Clancy) Ellis two days later. The family was bless- 10 great-grandchildren.

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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.

Golden Times publishes Volunteer Opportunities in the LewistonClarkston Valley monthly as a free public service. Area agencies may send information to goldentimes@ lmtribune.com or Golden Times, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501.

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The group partners with people in the Nez Perce and Asotin Counties to help them build or improve a place they can call home and welcomes volunteers.

For more information or to sign up, visit l-cvalley habitat.volunteerhub.com or call the volunteer coordinator at (208) 310-0702. ï The administrative office is seeking someone with strong written communication skills, are who is comfortable on a computer to help write grants for a few hours a month. This position can either be done remotely or in the office. No experience is necessary. ï Volunteers with construction skills, painting skills and/or just a willing spirit to learn new home-building and maintenance skills are needed.

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Refuse to be hustled

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nternet and telephone scammers can target senior citizens with a quiver full of devious arrows, but the Idaho Attorney General’s Office says seniors have one weapon that can neutralize them all: time.

To make sure they have time on their side, seniors should have a plan in place for when that call, text or email eventually comes, said Deputy Attorney General Brett DeLange, the head of the office’s Consumer Protection Division.

“The most important thing is for families to have these conversations,”

Scammers pressure victims to act now; experts say slow down

“I have heard these (purported IRS) calls. They sound legit, and they sound horrible. That would freak anyone out. But we just have to say, ‘Is this really the IRS?’ If they really do have a problem, they’ll send you a letter. They’re not going to call you on the phone and demand payment.”

DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL BRETT DeLANGE, HEAD OF THE OFFICE’S IDAHO’S CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION

DeLange said before demonstrating how that conversation might go. “ ‘Let’s agree that you won’t respond on the phone.

You’ll first call me, and we’ll talk about it. Time is our ally. (Scammers) know that, and they’re going to try to make you decide on the phone right now, because that’s the only way they’re going to be able to steal from you.’ ” If someone doesn’t have

a trustworthy person to talk to, DeLange encouraged them to call the Consumer Protection Division hotline at (800) 432-3545, where employees in his office can offer expert advice.

Criminals are endlessly inventive and have the technology that allows them to commit crimes from other countries, where they can be out of the reach of local law enforcement.

“In the old days, the man from River City had to come into town to hawk his wares,” DeLange said, referencing “The Music Man,” a classic musical about a charismatic swindler. “Nowadays, he can hang out in the Caribbean Islands or in India or somewhere overseas and blast out emails or robocalls.”

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seem overwhelming, they can be exposed by even a moment’s careful examination and reflection.

For example, one of the more common ploys going around is the “IRS scam,” in which a caller poses as an employee of the Internal Revenue Service or other government agency to forcefully demand payment for things like back taxes or other fees and penalties. But DeLange said that approach is easy to spot because those agencies never take those kinds of action by phone.

“I have heard these calls,” he said of his division’s investigations.

“They sound legit, and they sound horrible. That would freak anyone out.

But we just have to say, ‘Is this really the IRS?’ If they really do have a problem, they’ll send you a letter.

They’re not going to call you on the phone and demand payment.”

Some scams have even hit close to home for DeLange, literally. His 85-year-old neighbor recently told him of a call

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number pops up. from someone purporting to be a grandson who was “If it’s important enough, in some kind of trouble and they’ll leave a message,” needed money. She smelled he said.

Nez Perce County Prosa rat, however, and the call ecutor Justin Coleman didn’t go any further. said local law enforcement “It’s representative of fields several comthe calls that I’m plaints per year confident our seabout online and nior citizens are retelephone scams, ceiving every single and they are typiday, all around the cally forwarded to state,” he said. the Attorney GenAnd while seniors eral’s Office, since aren’t necessarily it specializes in that more susceptible Justin type of crime. But to these types of Coleman his office frequentfraud, they do tend ly deals with elder to have landlines fraud cases perpetrated that are listed in directonot by strangers on a farries and are more apt to away island, but by those pick up the phone when it rings. One way to combat right inside the victim’s that vulnerability is to use inner circle.

Those fraud cases the caller identification information that most cell- almost always involve phones and landlines offer. the unauthorized use of cash, checking accounts DeLange said the best or bank cards by a trusted approach is to simply not answer if an unrecognized person, like a caregiver or

a family member.

“We take those cases seriously, and our police department does a really good job of following up on those and bringing us a case that can be prosecuted,” Coleman said.

But since those thefts can involve family members or someone the victim thought they could trust, embarrassment and shame often discourage the victim from going to police.

Coleman said that makes elder fraud one of the more underreported crimes.

He suggested that seniors remain vigilant about checking their financial statements for suspicious activity. And if they see something that seems odd, they shouldn’t feel ashamed to discreetly seek the assistance of a police officer.

> BY THE NUMBERS The following information is from the Idaho Attorney General’s Office Consumer Protection Division 2020 annual report.

The division received 136 emails in 2020 from consumers who reported receiving unwanted telephone calls. Such individuals include appointment setters, debt collectors, survey companies, charities and persons engaged in criminal conduct (e.g., government imposter scams, illegal lotteries/sweepstakes, grandparent scams).

Because it manages the Do

Not Call Registry, the Federal Trade Commission receives the bulk of consumers’ telephone call complaints. In its most recent Do Not Call report, the Commission reported it had received 21,976 complaints from Idahoans regarding unwanted calls.

It is significant to note that more than 4,000 of these complaints concerned imposter scams (people posing as government officials, like the IRS demanding certain payments), not deceptive telephone solicitations or Do No Call Registry violations.

Of the “call types” reported, 16,192 were robocalls, and 4,808 were live callers.

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2 German sausage-n-kraut/hot 8 Spaghetti/hot veggies/salad/fruit/bread

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15 Chicken enchiladas/hot veggies/salad/

fruit/bread

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9 Chicken noodle casserole/hot

10 Ham and more at

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16 Meatloaf/hot veggies/salad/

17 Corned beef-n-cabbage

fruit/bread

22 Swedish meatballs/hot veggies/salad/

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29 Tater tot casserole/hot veggies/salad/

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24 Roast beef and more

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2 Beef stroganoff/winter mix/pickled beets/

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pears/Texas toast 9 Chicken fettuccine alfredo/veggie medley/ veggie gelatin/sliced pineapple/Texas toast onions/applesauce/roll/cookie

23 Chicken-fried steak/mashed potatoes/corn/ mandarin-pineapple gelatin/roll

5 Potato-bacon soup/Korean salad/pasta salad/

11 Pork chop/gravy/mashed pota-

12 Tomato ravioli soup/pasta salads/frog-eye

18 Sausage/au gratin potatoes/

19 Cheddar broccoli soup/salad varieties/cottage

25 Company casserole/veggie medley/salad/fruit cocktail/Texas toast

26 Clam chowder/salad varieties/cottage

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16 Corned beef/cabbage/potatoes, carrots and

4 Chicken strips/jojos/peas/peaches/ lemon pudding and vanilla wafers

toes/beets/fruit cocktail/roll

fruit salad/hard-boiled egg/cheddar biscuit

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salad/hard-boiled egg/bread sticks

carrots/pears/cook’s choice dessert

cheese/peaches/hard-boiled egg/Texas toast cheese/pears/cheddar biscuits

30 Roast beef/mashed potatoes/baby carrots/

juice/roll/cake & ice cream

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2 Chili mac/pickled beets/pineapple 9 Veggie egg rolls/mexican rice/beans/peaches 16 Corned beef/root veggies/apricots/roll 23 Mac-n-cheese with ham/broccoli/apricots

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HOT: Meatloaf/ HOT: Chicken 17 cordon bleu/popotatoes/green beans tatoes/veggies SACK: Turkey sandwich/ SACK: Egg salad/cubeet salad/rice treat cumbers/brownies

dles/tomatoes SACK: PBJ/broccoli salad/chocolate mousse

10 alfredo tortel-

lini/veggies SACK: Chicken salad/ veggie salad/cake

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

HOT: Chicken/

29 roasted pota-

HOT: Chicken

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toes/carrots SACK: Chicken salad/ spinach salad/cookies

HOT: Pork loin/

30 rice pilaf/peas

SACK: Ham sandwich/garbanzo bean salad/lemon tart

FRIDAY

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SATURDAY

HOT: ShepHOT: Spa6 ghetti/roasted herds pie/ green beans mushrooms SACK: Tuna salad/cot- SACK: Roast beef/ tage cheese/oranges macaroni salad/cake

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HOT: Salisbury HOT: Baked HOT: Pork chops/ 13 ham/mac-n12 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: Barbecue ribs/mac-ncheese/corn SACK: Roast beef/sweet corn salad/gelatin fluff

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HOT: Chicken pot

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potatoes/carrots SACK: Turkey salad/3bean salad/applesauce

HOT: Chicken

HOT: Chickenfried steak/potatoes/carrots SACK: Turkey sandwich/bread salad/Jello

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

22 roast/mashed

28 cordon bleu/noo-

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

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HOT: Pork loin/ rice pilaf/peas SACK: Ham sandwich/garbanzo bean salad/lemon tart

HOT: Beef pot

HOT: Chicken/potatoes/ green beans SACK: Egg salad/ pea salad/cookies

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THURSDAY

HOT: Chicken/ roasted potatoes/carrots SACK: Chicken salad/ spinach salad/cookies

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15

potatoes/peas SACK: Ham sandwich/ coleslaw/pears

WEDNESDAY

24 pie/peas

SACK: Krab salad sandwich/cauliflower salad/cobbler

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

HOT: Chicken-

25 fried steak/po-

tatoes/carrots SACK: Turkey sandwich/bread salad/Jello

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HOT: Shep-

26 herds pie/

HOT: Beef

20 stroganoff/

noodles/squash SACK: PBJ/fresh veggie cup/Oreo mousse HOT: Spa-

27 ghetti/roasted

mushrooms green beans SACK: Tuna salad/cot- SACK: Roast beef/ tage cheese/oranges macaroni salad/cake

HOT: Chicken alfredo tortellini/veggies SACK: Chicken salad/ veggie salad/cake

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