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A grand adventure Pandemic gave Vikky Ross the chance to try a different career while hanging with grandkids PAGES 8-11

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MONDAY, AUG. 3, 2020 / VOL. 30, NO. 8

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Birthdays .................................................................... 6-7 Briefs ........................................................................... 12 Businesswoman tries her hand at teaching ............. 8-11 Reader essays .............................................................4-5 Scam stopper: Tips on staying safe ............................ 13 Senior meals update, menus and meal sites.......... 14-16 Sudoku puzzle / solution ......................................... 11/8 Volunteer Opportunities .............................................. 3

Lorraine Young Patricia Grimm Harold Behler LaVon Behler

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Veda Wagner Ray Long Lucille Taylor

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TIMES ON THE COVER: Vikky Ross stands on Lewiston’s Main Street outside the building where her shop, Idaho Memories Gift & Souvenir Shop, is located in this photo by Tribune photographer August Frank. She recently took a break from business to teach her grandkids. See the story on Pages 8-9.

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ow here is one of the wildest stories I ever heard. I’m a kid about, oh 9, 10 years old, living in Wisconsin. Had this great uncle, and the story went that we were kinfolk to Jesse James.

So he took us all aside one afternoon and he says to us, “We are not related to Jesse James.

We are actually the guy that worked with Jesse James.”

Well, way back to Missouri when the James brothers and their gang were doing all this robbing and fighting and everything, my uncle had himself a small farm — just barely making a living, had a bunch of kids, and was just scraping by. So any-

way, Jesse James comes to the farm one afternoon and he says, “Hey, I would like to give you some money,” and my uncle says, “Nah, I don’t want your money.”

James says, “Aw, you’re broke. Here is some money.

But you’re going to have to work it off.”

My uncle says, “OK, I will work it off. What do you want me to do? Go break a horse?

Clean your stables? Do your farming?”

James says, “I want you to come with us and watch our horses. I know that you were in the war (this being the Civil War, of course), and you learned a little bit about medicine.”

So James wants my uncle

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to take care of the horses and basically be the gang’s first MASH unit.

So my uncle says “OK.” So this is what he started doing.

And they were robbing, doing pretty good. Every once in a while, people would get shot. They used these old shotguns — it was black powder shotguns, and they didn’t really do much damage, but they would leave a lot of shot in your body. So you would be shot in the back or leg or something, and it wouldn’t kill ya, it would just hurt ya. So this was my uncle’s job: He would dig out all these shotgun pellets.

So they had been doing this for a couple, three years, and one afternoon James says, “Well, we are going to Minnesota” to rob

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In the meanwhile, one of the guys had told his wife where he was going, and the cops came to his house, and she told them what they was doing.

So the gang arrives at the bank, and every doggone farmer, every cop, everybody in the corner was there. This is back when they had old, flat-roofed buildings, and they were on these roofs. Some of the gang is standing around outside, and a bunch of guys go into the bank, and on their way back out, these guys on the roofs opened up and they started shooting. I mean they shot everybody,

killed like five men immediately right there in the yard, and the gang took off, got out of town to where my great-uncle was waiting.

He said, “Look, some of these guys are in such bad shape, they are going to die before they get to Missouri.

But I got them patched up enough that we can leave them right here, then the police will come and take them back and, you know, heal them up. They’ll spend some time in jail, but they’ll live through it.”

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members of All Saints Catholic Church and have been married 73 years.

They have three children, eight grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren, who look up to Harold as the best role model and patriarch in the world.

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Lorraine Young, 90

Patricia Grimm, 90

Lorraine Young of Lewiston was born in 1930 in Ferdinand, the oldest of Rudolph and Eva (Kinzer) Herzog’s 11 children.

She graduated from Ferdinand High School in 1948 and then studied nursing in Twin Falls.

Lorraine became an Air Force wife in November 1953, marrying Norris Young of Grangeville in Biloxi, Miss. They lived in Germany, England, Mississippi and California, until Norris retired in 1979. They moved to Moscow, where Lorraine was an assistant cook at Lena Whitmore Elementary School, retiring in 1991.

After Lorraine’s retirement, Norris and Lorraine moved to Lewiston. They were married nearly 60 years when Norris died in 2013.

Lorraine is a member of All Saints Catholic Church. Over the years, she has volunteered at St. Vincent de Paul, Salvation Army, VFW Auxiliary and American Legion Auxiliary. Now, she enjoys reading, puzzles and playing cards with the VFW Auxiliary and with friends in a small card group. She also is so happy to spend time with her daughter, Irene, who relocated to Lewison from California in 2018.

Her family had hoped to have a family celebration this summer, but all plans have been put on hold.

Patricia M. Grimm was born in 1930 to Henry and Agnes Zellerhoff in Colton.

Patricia attended Guardian Angel St. Boniface Catholic School in > AUG. 14 Colton and LaVon Behler, 94 trained as a LaVon Behler was born nurse at Sacred Heart in in 1926 to Roy and Gladys Chambers near Reubens.

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For many She married Dale L. years, LaGrimm on June 13, 1953, Von attendat St. Gall Catholic Church ed a onein Colton. He is deceased. room school Their family includes four house children, 12 grandchildren called Cold and six great-grandchildren.

Springs Patricia retired from School. In nursing in 1995 and lives in the winter, she and her Lewiston. brother would ski to class.

She graduated as valedic> AUG. 13 torian from Reubens High Harold Behler, 95 School in 1944. She then attended nurses training Harold Behler, of Lewiston, was born in 1925 in Fer- at North Idaho College dinand. He was the second of of Education (now Lewis-Clark State College) in nine children born to HerLewiston, and became a man and Katheryn Behler. registered nurse.

His family LaVon met Harold moved from Behler when she was a Ferdinand to nurse cadet at a woundGreencreek, ed warriors’ hospital in Keuterville, then to Clark- Walla Walla. They married in 1947 and later ston. He was moved to their farm near drafted into the U.S. Army Winchester. They both worked on the farm and and served in Germany in WWII. After being wounded, also had other jobs. LaVon enjoyed taking care he later was awarded the Bronze Star. He married La- of her many patients and was the perfect farm wife Von Chambers in 1947, and and mother. together they farmed near In the early 1980s, she Winchester. After retiring and leaving their farm in the and Harold retired and moved to Lewiston, and early 1980s, they moved to they enjoyed wintering Lewiston and also enjoyed in Arizona for many many winters in their second home in Surprise, Ariz. years. They have three children, eight grandchilHarold enjoyed golfing dren and 14 great granduntil his early 90s, and had children. They’ve been more than one hole in one.

He was a longtime member married 73 years and are members of All Saints of the Lewiston Country Catholic Church.

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Veda Wagner, 90

Ray Long, 80

Lucille Taylor, 90

Veda Eliza Wagner was born in 1930 in her grandmother’s Stockvalley, Idaho, home. She was the youngest of five children born to Jennie and Leroy Bosworth, and she enjoyed a wonderful childhood.

She wed Russell Topp on Nov. 15, 1946. They had seven children and divorced after 27 years. In 1974, she married Donald Wagner, who brought four children into their clan. He died several years ago, but Veda doesn’t feel alone amid her many friends and family. Family includes 28 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.

Veda has lived in Lewiston since 1963. Among several jobs, her favorites were four years as a cook at Lewis-Clark State College and 10 years driving the Senior Citizen Aid Transport (SCAT) bus to transport the elderly and disabled. During retirement, she and Don enjoyed several winters in Arizona.

She enjoys making quilts and quillows — many of which were sold or given as gifts to family — cooking, canning her garden produce, reading and spending time with family.

An open house is planned from 1:30-4 p.m. Aug. 15 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in Lewiston.

The family asks visitors to respect her health by social distancing and wearing masks if warranted.

Ray Long, of Lewiston, was born in 1940 in Garfield, Wash., the only child of Eileen Pritchard Long and Donald Ray Long.

Ray attended schools in Bovill, Lewiston and Grangeville before graduating from high school in Kenniwick in 1959.

He worked in construction at Hanford until 1963, when he moved to Lewiston and began a 40-year career at Potlatch Forests Inc. in the Specialities Department.

He retired in 2002.

He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1966 and after a year in Vietnam was honorably discharged in 1968. He married Karen Larson in 1969, and they celebrated 51 years of marriage earlier this year.

Ray has a daughter, Darlene Moore, of Tacoma, from a previous marriage. He and Karen have a son, Alan Long, and his wife, Tracy, plus five grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.

Ray and Karen enjoy spending time at home, at their cabin in Clearwater County or on the road in their motor home. His hobbies include hunting and fishing, reading the newspaper and watching TV. A family celebration will be held Aug. 15 at his home.

Lucille Taylor was born in 1930 to Carl and Cloe Carter Schrom on a Grangeville-area farm.

She met William B. Taylor Jr. in 1947 and graduated from Grangeville High School in 1948.

They attended the University of Idaho in Moscow, marrying in December 1952 in Grangeville. She earned an accounting degree in 1953, and they honeymooned on Elk Summit Lookout during the fire season. That fall, Bill entered law school in Moscow, and she earned her Putting Husband Through degree by working for Helbling Bros. International Harvester and Singer Sewing Machine. He graduated in 1956, and they returned to Elk Summit for a second fire-season honeymoon. They returned to Grangeville in 1958, where they’ve lived since.

Family includes six children, Kevin, Pamela, Vernon, Sheila, Nancy and Heidi; 32 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren. They reunite every two years in Grangeville.

Lucille and Bill are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

She was a director of her ward’s Family History Center for nearly 40 years, helped found the Idaho County Genealogical Society and received the State of Idaho Historical Society’s Esto Perpetua Award in 2010. She enjoys documenting family events and staying in touch with family and friends.

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Vikky Ross is reected in a mirror at her downtown Lewiston store, Idaho Memories Gift & Souvenir Shop, last month. Bath bombs and soaps are displayed on an antique sink below the mirror, and the photographs behind her are by a local photographer. While the business was closed for three months during the shutdown this spring, Ross homeschooled her grandchildren.

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Cramming for school Moscow native and Lewiston businesswoman Vikky Ross had to master the art of teaching in a hurry

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ikky Ross’s dad always said she should be a teacher. She had the patience for it, he told her, and a voice that commands respect. In her early 60s, she decided to give it a whirl.

Her first teaching assignment was a three-month gig courtesy of COVID-19, with four students, all in different grades.

“It was a one-room schoolhouse,” she said.

The students were her grandkids.

She held classes around the dining room table in her Moscow home after the pandemic closed their schools in Deary and Genesee and her business in downtown Lewiston.

SUDDEN TRANSITION “Prior to the school shutdowns, we knew that Idaho was going to be shutting down nonessential businesses,” Ross said, but she didn’t wait for the official March 22 order to close Idaho Memories Gift & Souvenir Shop. Situated on the F Street side of Newberry Square shopping mall, the store relies heavily on pedestrian shoppers.

“We’d already seen a downturn — huge — in foot traffic.”

So she locked up and assessed

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Vikky Ross sits with the grandchildren she homeschooled for three months during the COVID-19 isolation period. She is holding Travis Jensen, 8. Behind her, (from left) are Gunner Ross, 4, Rylin Ross, 6, and Malia Jensen, 14. Travis and Malia are the children of Matt and Kelli Jensen, of rural Moscow. Gunner and Rylin are the children of Justin Ross, of Moscow, and Stacie Ross, of Deary. the situation. She was out of business; her grandkids were out of school; and her children, who still had work obligations, were about out of options.

“I told my kids, ‘Do you want me to be their teacher?’ ”

During school hours, Ross was to be known as Sister Mary Elephant, a nickname she borrowed from a 1972 comedy skit by Cheech and Chong. The levity helped balance her strict schedule. Their days included a regular start time, study periods, recess, snacks and art and exercise activities.

“I don’t think it would’ve worked any other way,” she said.

Before her students arrived each morning, Ross would go through each lesson plan and lay out supplies. She used the teacher-prepared packets from the kids’ schools as a framework for her lessons.

“For as quick as the school district had to put this thing together for online teaching — phenomenal job,” she said.

She sought further advice and inspiration from her future daughterin-law, Jeanne Rodriguez, a K-12 art teacher for the Genesee School District, and “I had to fill in the blanks on exercise ... and some things to make it real fun for the kids.”

LEARNING CURVE It turned out to be a good learning experience.

At the end of those first days of First, she laid down ground rules: teaching, Ross was exhausted.

“I said, ‘You know, we’re gonna “But then I got into a rhythm,” do this by the book, and I’m your she said. “It took a couple weeks. ... teacher, I’m not “Grandma” when we do your schooling.’ ” > See TEACHING, Page 10

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the pandemic broke out.

“This virus came quick and had so many unknowns, it should have been treated aggressively,” she said. “So many people thought it was just another new flu virus, which it is. However, it has proven to be much more deadly.”

Her sister, Nikky Hites, who lives in rural Latah County, is immune compromised. Hites is a cancer survivor, “her lungs still hurt,” from a bout of pneumonia, and her doctor told her COVID-19 would kill her, Ross said. “So I’m taking it pretty seriously.”

And she trusts Idaho’s leaders to make the right decision on school this fall.

“I watch Gov. (Brad) Little closely. I think he’s got a real down-to-Earth understanding of what’s going on,” and is committed to getting kids back

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doesn’t make for an ideal learning environment.

Her son and daughter had periods during the shutdown when their employers allowed them time to be at home, but both told Ross they found teachA GRAND ADVENTURE ing challenging, and they MAY AWAIT YOU gratefully returned their Idaho and Washington children to Sister Mary school districts are finalElephant’s classroom. izing plans for the comHer advice to teaching ing school year. Should grandparents: “Don’t let classroom hours be cut or them see you get overschools reclose later this whelmed, even if this year, Ross encourages oth- means stepping outside er grandparents who may for good deep breaths.” be available to consider And above all, create stepping into the teaching and maintain dual roles. gap for their families.

“They have to pull them“I would ask that they selves out of being Grandwould please try ... because ma,” Ross said. “You’ve the kids really need that.” got to kind of remove “When you have a parent yourself. You don’t get to trying to be a teacher and roll around on the floor do their (regular) work (with the grandkids) — as well,” it puts a strain unless it’s recess time. on the parent-child rela“Then after 3 p.m., tionship, Ross said, and become Grandma again.” in school, she said. “But this virus has a mind of its own, and if it doesn’t allow this to happen, then I’m ready and willing to do the homeschooling again.”

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> RED FLAGS INCLUDE CALLS, EMAILS OR LETTERS THAT:  are unsolicited (you didn’t initiate contact)  are threatening in tone, promising scary or embarrassing consequences for noncompliance or  are euphoric in tone (great news, you won the lottery — we need your bank account number to deposit your winnings)  request personal information  request money — usually in the form of a prepaid debit or credit card  carry an aggressive sense of urgency

> 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).

> THINK YOU’VE BEEN TAKEN? It’s a good idea to pay attention to details on bills and other financial transactions; discrepancies can be a red flag for identity theft. But many fraudulent schemes currently circulating are sophisticated and able to trick even the most savvy. Anyone who believes they’ve been contacted by a scam artist and/or fallen victim to a fraudulent scheme may …  Report it to local police at (208) 7460171 in Lewiston, (509) 758-2331 in Clarkston, (208) 883-7054 in Moscow or (509) 334-0802 in Pullman. Police can alert the community to new scams and help victims

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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.

> BEWARE OF CATFISHERS LOOKING FOR “LOVE” Catfishing is when someone fakes an online identity to scam victims for money, romance or physical harm. These predatory online relationships can last for months or even years. It’s catfishing if ...  They ask for money: An online friend or romantic interest whom you’ve never met asks you to send money or provide your bank information.  They won’t meet. Beware if the contact strings you along but avoids meeting in person. Some catfishers agree to meet but have an “emergency” — such as a canceled flight or a medical issue — that prevents it.

Catfishers often claim to be stationed abroad or working on an oil rig as an excuse for not meeting.  Skyping is off limits, too. Catfishers refuse to video chat.  They seem too good to be true. Some people who catfish feel bad about themselves and often assume the online persona of a fashion model, actor, successful businessperson, etc.

> DON’T GET HOOKED Before meeting in person or providing any information about yourself, fact-check claims and verify online identities using Google and SocialCatfish.com.

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How can Physical Therapy help after a total hip replacement?

When a surgeon replaces your hip joint during hip replacement surgery, you’re only part of the way toward your goal of relieving your hip pain. The next step is to restore range Levi Frasier, PT of motion in the joint and build a strong, sturdy support system for your new joint by strengthening your leg muscles. That’s where physical therapy comes in. Be careful with instruction for self management following surgery which may result in persistent hip joint pain or stiffness. Walking may be more difficult, and you may walk with a limp due to pain.

Physical therapy can help you with symptoms of joint stiffness, and help you strengthen and stretch the hip. When you are healing from any surgery, it is vital to restore mobility to limit pain and stiffness.

Generally there is a window of time in which to restore mobility after your replacement-sometimes within a few weeks. In order to allow full participation in activity after replacement, range of motion needs to be restored to the fullest extent within guidelines known by your rehab team. You may also learn to use a cane or other device to limit the amount of limping or pain that you have with movement. You will learn how to keep your hips healthy with a home exercise program that will be specifically designed to meet your goals.

Hip mobility and strength are vital in restoring the natural balance of our system to allow for proper core stability and knee stability further influencing our ability to function normally in our environment.

Without professional guidance regarding progression of exercise and modification of activity you may not be able to meet your maximum potential. Contact the professional staff at the Institute of Physical therapy for an appointment so we can assist in your rehabilitation following total hip arthroplasty.

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Senior meals available for pickup or delivery drive-through in Clarkston.

Meals are available at noon Congregate meal sites in Tuesdays, Thursdays and Lewiston, Moscow, ClarkFridays. Preordering isn’t ston and Asotin will remain necessary but face masks closed for the foreseeable must be worn during pickfuture as the region contin- up, per state mandate. Cost ues to struggle with rising is $7 for people younger COVID-19 infection rates. than 60, and a $4 donation “I have had a lot of ques- is suggested for those 60 tions (from) people in reand older. More informagards to our reopening, but tion is available by calling as long as the numbers are (509) 758-3816. increasing I can’t see us opening back up,” Chrystal The Friendly Neighbors Wiese wrote in an email. meal service in Moscow Wiese is the site manager is continuing its home for the Senior Round Table delivery program. Moprogram in Clarkston. bile seniors may pick up Plans to resume congre- “grab-and-go” lunches at gate meals July 14 at the the back door of the 1912 Moscow site didn’t pan Center meal site at 412 E. out as infection numThird St. Meals are availbers continued to grow able at noon Tuesdays and in Idaho. The Lewiston Thursdays at a cost of $7 Community Center hopes for those younger than to resume serving on-site 60 and a suggested donameals in September. tion of $5 for those 60 and Meanwhile, the proolder. Seniors must sign grams continue offering up for either service by meals for pickup or delivcalling program President ery. Masks must be worn Bill Terrio at (208) 310by all who are picking up 3779. Clients also should meals. Readers are advised wear masks during pickto call their local meal pro- ups. More information can viders for updates. be found at usersmoscow. com/srcenter.

Valley Meals on Wheels, Lewiston’s Senior Nutri(208) 799-5767, provides tion Program, (208) 743home-delivered meals.

6983, continues its normal Meals are prepared home deliveries five days at the hospital and are a week for homebound delivered by volunteers between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. clients. Brown-bag lunches are available for pickup year round. Cost is $3.50 per day for a hot meal and from noon to 1 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays and $4.50 per day for a hot from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 meal and a sack lunch. p.m. Wednesdays. Lunches The Senior Round Table are distributed curbside Nutrition Program, which on the east side of the community center, 1424 normally serves meals in Clarkston and Asotin, con- Main St. Cost is $5 for tinues to serve homebound those younger than 60, and $4 is suggested for those clients. Mobile seniors 60 and older. Preordering can pick up meals at the 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.

3 Eggplant parmesan/hot veggie/salad/ fruit/bread

4 Beef stroganoff/hot veggie/salad/fruit/

10 Chicken enchiladas/hot veggie/salad/

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12 Ham salad sandwichs at 11:30 a.m.

19 Hamburgers at 11:30 a.m.

26 Pulled pork at 11:30 a.m.

25 Chicken-fried steak/hot veggie/salad/

24 Sweet-n-sour chicken/hot veggie/salad/

fruit/bread

5 Pork chops at 11:30 a.m.

fruit/bread

31 Salisbury steak/hot veggie/salad/fruit/bread

SENIOR MEAL MENUS FOR AUGUST

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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11 Baked fish/tater tots/veggie medley/fruit cocktail 18 Hawaiian chicken over rice/broccoli/sunshine carrots/fruit salad/roll 25 Baked ham with pineapple/au gratin pota-

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7 Tuna salad sandwich/carrot salad/

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20 Company casserole/peas/fruit/Texas

21 Roast beef sandwich/spaghetti salad/

27 Beef stroganoff/cauliflower/peaches/gel-

28 Cheeseburgers-n-fixings/macaroni salad/baked beans/watermelon

toast/peanut butter cookie

atin with fruit/Texas toast

mashed potato/cherry lemonade fluff

MOSCOW SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM — When: Noon, Tues./Thurs. • Where: Pickup 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. Providers hope to resume congregate meals by July 14, in which case salad bar would be available at 11:30 a.m., and soup and a dessert bar will be provided. • Online: users.moscow.com/srcenter.

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11 Sausage-n-kraut/fruit cocktail/dinner roll 18 Turkey roast/mashed potatoes/broccoli 25 Chicken strips/seasoned pasta/peas-n-carrots

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13 Swedish meatballs w/pasta/peas/pears 20 Scalloped potatoes-n-ham/green beans/

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27 Pot roast/potatoes-n-carrots/dinner roll

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REGIONAL SENIOR MEAL SITES Congregate meals weren’t being served in Idaho or Washington at press 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 outbreak.

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

Craigmountain Senior Center

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

Wednesdays and Fridays.

Nezperce Senior Citizens

Juliaetta-Kendrick Senior Citizens Center

104 S. Sixth St., Kendrick, (208) 289-5031, meals from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays.

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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501 Cedar St., Nezperce, (208) 937-2465, noon on Mondays and Thursdays.

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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VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS — AUGUST 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.

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HOT: Lasagna/ HOT: Roast HOT: Baked HOT: Crispy 4 turkey/mashed 5 ham/scalloped 6 ranch chicken/ cauliflower potatoes/veggies potatoes/corn peas-n-carrots SACK: Turkey salad sandwich/pea SACK: Ham sandwich/ SACK: Krab salad/cau- SACK: Turkey sandwich/ salad/applesauce potato salad/cut fruit liflower salad/pudding Italian bread salad/cake

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HOT: Tomato-braised beef/veggies SACK: PBJ/broccoli salad/oranges

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HOT: Tater tot casserole/veggies SACK: Ham sandwich/coleslaw/pears

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HOT: Rosemary chicken/veggies SACK: Chicken salad/spinach salad/ crisped-rice treat

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HOT: Ribs/ HOT: Teriyaki HOT: Pot roast/ 19 chicken/rice/green 20 mashed/carrots baked beans/ corn beans SACK: Roast SACK: Turkey sandSACK: Egg salad sandbeef sandwich/sweet wich/beet salad/cobbler wich/pasta salad/brownie corn salad/Oreo mousse

HOT: Chicken torHOT: Chili/corn22 bread/squash tellini/broccoli SACK: Seafood SACK: PBJ salad sandwich/green Uncrustable/cottage salad/fruit cocktail cheese/peaches

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HOT: Chicken HOT: Lasagna/ HOT: Roast HOT: Baked HOT: Crispy 24 cauliflower 25 turkey/mashed 26 ham/scalloped 27 ranch chicken/ parmesan/noodles/green beans potatoes/veggies potatoes/corn peas-n-carrots SACK: Turkey SACK: Egg salad sandsalad sandwich/pea SACK: Ham sandwich/ SACK: Krab salad/cau- SACK: Turkey sandwich/ potato salad/cut fruit liflower salad/pudding Italian bread salad/cake wich/3-bean salad/cookies salad/applesauce HOT: Toma-

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HOT: Rosemary chicken/veggies SACK: Chicken salad/spinach salad/ crisped-rice treat

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HOT: Pork loin/ HOT: Chicken corHOT: Spaghetti/ 3 rice/squash 2 meatballs/veggies don bleu/noodles/ peas SACK: Roast SACK: Chicken beef/tortellini pesto SACK: Ham sandwich/carsalad/dill cucumbersalad/pudding rot-raisin salad/gelatin fluff n-onion salad/cake

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HOT: MeatHOT: Chicken/ 5 loaf/mashed/ mac-n-cheese/ creamed corn broccoli SACK: Pastrami/potato SACK: Turkey salad/ salad/cookies pea salad/cut fruit

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HOT: ChickenHOT: Goulash/ 8 zucchini-squash fried steak/ mashed/broccoli SACK: Roast SACK: Tuna sandwich/ beef sandwich/fresh cottage cheese/brownie veggie cup/cobbler

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HOT: MeatHOT: Chicken/ 15 loaf/mashed/ mac-n-cheese/ creamed corn broccoli SACK: Pastrami/potato SACK: Turkey salad/ salad/cookies pea salad/cut fruit

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SATURDAY

HOT: Pork loin/ HOT: Chicken corHOT: Spaghetti/ 12 meatballs/veggies 13 rice/squash don bleu/noodles/ peas SACK: Roast SACK: Chicken beef/tortellini pesto SACK: Ham sandwich/carsalad/dill cucumbersalad/pudding rot-raisin salad/gelatin fluff n-onion salad/cake

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