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The October meeting of Flatwillow Homemakers was on October 8 at Ginger’s home. She made a delicious beef stew, and everyone filled in with sides. We had delicious salads and breads and desserts to go along with our stew. Roll call was a fun trivia game of sorts for us. We had to use the first letter of our first name to describe ourselves. It was fun to think about what we thought of ourselves using that one letter. Ginger read the thought for the day titled “A Women’s Poem.” There were no birthdays to celebrate in October. The Minutes...
WINNETT SENIOR NEWS 2024 September Sept 5 -Twenty-eight seniors and eight take-out orders enjoyed roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, lettuce salad, rolls, relishes and a Texas brownie for dessert. Thank you to Patti and Cassi for fixing such delicious meals. Thank you to Gary and Linda for bringing fresh cucumbers and squash from their garden for anyone to take. Patti, Kim, Gary and Linda plan to attend the Area II meeting in Harlowton tomorrow. They will give an update on the information they receive. The mail-a-meal boxes are here. Be...
FLATWILLOW and WINNETT NEWS Flatwillow Homemakers will be holding their first meeting after the summer break on Tuesday, September 10. It will be at Linda Gershmel’s home. It will be a summer tea party for ladies so if you have a summer hat, it would be fun to wear them to Linda’s house. We will be filling out our program booklets, dues, choosing hostesses for each month, opportunity table, and revealing secret sisters. We will also draw new secret sisters for the new year. Hope to see everyone there. This summer we had to say goodbye to severa...
Flatwillow Homemakers took a road trip to Billings for our end of year field trip. We carpooled from Winnett and met up with Melody and Sandy at the Yellowstone Art Museum. Ginger’s daughter Stephanie Moore also joined us at the museum. Raye Anne Lund, Ginger Moore, Luann Knutson, Kim Tarplee, Sandy Gonzalez, and Melody Whitcher, along with Stephanie all enjoyed a delicious light lunch at the café located in the YAM building. We had a red, white, and blue themed gift exchange. Everyone brought a gift that was unique and special keeping with ou...
FLATWILLOW and WINNETT NEWS Flatwillow Homemakers met on April 9 at Babs’ home and enjoyed a taco bar for lunch. Desserts and salads complimented a delicious taco meal with all the fixings. Babs read the thought for the day titled “A Positive Thought for Today.” It was a message for today that we can all relate to. Roll call was answered with “what is your favorite flower.” Linda Gershmel, Sandy Gonzalez Luann Knutson, Ginger Moore, Lillian Moore, Kim Tarplee, and Melody Whitcher all enjoyed our time at Babs’ home. We missed Arlene and Bonnie....
FLATWILLOW and WINNETT NEWS Flatwillow Homemakers held their March meeting on Wednesday, March 13 at Melody’s home. It was on Wednesday this month since Melody works on Tuesdays. It worked well for all of us to change the date for this month. There were six members present and one guest. Welcome Ella Iverson as our guest. Sandy Gonzalez, Babs Lea, Ginger Moore, Luann Knutson, and Kim Tarplee were all present. The thought for the day was a Bless You Irish poem. It was a story about St. Patty driving all the snakes out. Each member read a joke. M...
FLATWILLOW and WINNETT NEWS Flatwillow Homemakers met on February 13 at Sandy’s home in Huntley. She prepared a corn bread chili casserole and everyone else brought in salads, and desserts. There were six members present. Raye Anne, Ginger, Luann, Kim, and Babs all carpooled from Winnett to Huntley. It was a fun ladies day out. Sandy read the thought for the day called “A Tribute to Lois Johnke” by Joe Whisonant. It was beautifully written and a wonderful tribute to one of the original founding members of the Flatwillow Homemakers Club. We an...
Leonard and Kardy Eickhoff, with a combined 64 years of being on the Winnett Volunteer Fire Department, were recognized on December 21, 2023, at the annual fire department Christmas party held at the Winnett Bar. Leonard first joined the fire department in 1983. In 1999, when the current chief, Ronnie Olson passed away, Leonard was elected fire chief and held that position until he retired as chief in 2015. He stayed on as a firefighter until he officially retired in 2023. His wife Kardy joined...
WINNETT SENIOR NEWS June June 1 - Our menu today is Polish Dogs, mashed potatoes, carrots/cabbage, and cupcakes for dessert. There were thirty-one members present and eight take-out orders for lunch. The Mail-A-Meal boxes should arrive at the senior center on Monday around noon. If you are a paying member of seniors, be sure to let Patti know if you would like a box. The 2nd annual Winnett Cancer Walk will be at the school gym on June 10 from 5-7pm. There will also be a sloppy joe supper available to buy while at the walk. The 50/50 for $11...
WINNETT SENIOR NEWS May May 4 - First meeting in our new Wesley Room in the Petroleum County Community Center. Thirty-six seniors and six take-out meals enjoyed Cream of Broccoli soup, pasta salad, cheese slices, relishes, garlic bread, fruit, veggie tray, and Lemon cake. It was a wonderful successful first day and as we continue to meet and get organized, we’ll get some of the kinks ironed out. It was fun to see this bright, airy, new room that has lots of space, windows to the outside and on one floor. There were several guests today. N...
WINNETT SENIOR NEWS April Apr 6 - Thirty seniors enjoyed a meal of beef stroganoff, frozen vegetables with cheese sauce, lettuce salad, and Rice Krispie bars for dessert. Charlie Ahlgren spoke to the group about his reasons and thoughts for running for school board. Linda won the senior of the month for April. Kim is still in Indiana, so Ginger conducted the meeting in her absence. Thank you to Flatwillow Homemakers for the Easter table favors. There will be some items that the seniors are putting up for sale. These include the padded folding...
FLATWILLOW and WINNETT NEWS Flatwillow Homemakers met on April 11 at Sandy’s home in Huntley. There were five present and seven absent at this meeting. Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. Sandi fixed ham and potato salad, the rest of us filled in with salads and desserts. Sandi read the thought for the day called “Dear Granddaughter.” It was a religious fashion statement story (joke). Roll call was answered with “what would be your dream vacation.” We all had wonderful ideas of where we would like to go. Minutes and treasurer’s report were...
WINNETT SENIOR NEWS December Dec 1 - We enjoyed a luncheon of taco casserole, fruit salad, relish tray, and a brownie for dessert. There were twenty-six seniors there with seven take-out meals. There will be a basketball game tomorrow in Winnett. Saturday, Dec 3, the Christmas Stroll begins at 6:00pm and goes to 8:00. There will be a parade of lights, a gingerbread house contest, Santa and Mrs. Claus will come through town about 6:30 on the fire truck and then will be at The Breaks Store. It will be set up that you can get Christmas pictures...
Happy Valentine’s Day. Flatwillow Homemakers met on February 14 at Kim Tarplee’s home. She served a delicious soup and we all brought in wonderful salads, side dishes, desserts, and lots of cookies. Seven members were present and five were absent. Linda Gershmel, Luann Knutson, Babs Lee, Raye Anne Lund, Bonnie Moore, and Lillian Moore were all there. We missed Sandy Gonzalez, Karen Hale, Arlene Bond, Ginger Moore, and Melody Whitcher. Weather and traveling kept some of our members from being able to attend. Hope to see everyone next month. The...
Flatwillow Homemakers met at Melody Whitcher’s home on January 10, 2023. She had ham and lamb for her meat, and everyone brought their favorite potluck vegetables, salads, and desserts. Eight members were present, and we had one guest, Ella Iverson. Sandy Gonzalez, Karen Hale, Luann Knutson, Raye Anne Lund, Bonnie Moore, Lillian Moore, Kim Tarplee, and Melody were all here. We missed those who couldn’t make it today. Melody read the thought for the day called “Drinking from the Saucer.” Roll call went along with her thought. We all answere...
Flatwillow Homemakers met on December 13 at Linda’s home for our Christmas party and gift exchange. There were eight members present and four were absent. Linda made lasagna and everyone filled in with delicious side dishes, salads, relishes and desserts. Both the minutes and treasurer’s reports were read and approved as presented. Ginger led the Pledge to the flag. Roll call was answered with a picture of you as a child at Christmas, or a favorite Christmas decoration. Linda and Bonnie each had a birthday in December. Happy birthday to you...
October Oct 6 - Eighteen seniors and nine take-out meals enjoyed a lunch of cabbage patch stew, cheese slices, vegetable tray, biscuits, fresh fruit and cupcakes today. The Area II meeting in Roundup will be on October 14. Gary and Linda Gershmel, Steve and Ginger Moore all brought beets from their gardens to share with anyone who wanted any. Bingo will be on the 16th of October at 1:30 at the courthouse. The PCCC left a chair at seniors for everyone to try out and leave an opinion. Phyllis won the 50/50 for $8.00. Oct 13 - No minutes were...
FLATWILLOW and WINNETT NEWS Flatwillow Homemakers met at Luann Knutson’s home on November 9 for our Thanksgiving dinner and meeting. We met a day later than usual due to November 8th being election day. Luann prepared turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, and everyone else provided a delicious pot luck of salads, vegetables, and desserts. In the absence of our President Sandy, Luann conducted the meeting. Melody led the Pledge of Allegiance. Luann read the thought for the day called “Thanksgiving, Right Around the Corner”, by Clinton Hassett. Our...
FLATWILLOW and WINNETT NEWS Happy Halloween! Hard to believe October is ending and November is already here. Flatwillow Homemakers met at Raye Anne Lund’s home on September 20. We held our meeting a week late due to busy schedules. There were nine members present and three were absent. We all signed a card and sent it along with a gift bag that Bonnie made up from all of us to Donna. She is still in the nursing home in Lewistown. Sandy called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Raye Anne gave the thought for the day called ...
FLATWILLOW and WINNETT NEWS Flatwillow Homemakers will begin our new season a week late. Due to conflicts with busy schedules the first meeting of the year will be on Tuesday, September 20 at Raye Anne Lund’s home. I will be doing ham so anyone can bring whatever they want to go with their ham. Secret sister revealing will be that day, and we will draw for new secret sisters; we will fill out our booklets. Our dues are will be paid, and there will be opportunity table. It will be such a fun and busy day. I look forward to seeing everyone a...
FLATWILLOW and WINNETT NEWS Flatwillow Homemakers will begin their new year on September 13. There was discussion on where our first meeting will be held. One idea was to meet at the Yellowstone Valley Electric Co-op Community Room in Huntley with Sandy as our host. We will find out more and have a definite location before Sept 13. We will let everyone know when it has been decided where we will have it. There will be secret sister revealing and drawing of new secret sisters. We will also fill out our booklets, dues will be paid and there will...
FLATWILLOW and WINNETT NEWS The April meeting for Flatwillow Homemakers was canceled due to the snowy weather and icy roads. We will do a combined meeting in May and take care of April and May business. Flatwillow Homemakers met on May 10 at the Yellowstone Valley Co-Op Community Room in Huntley. Sandy was the hostess and we all brought potluck to go with her chicken and rice. There were nine members present and four absent today. There were no birthdays in April, and Raye Anne was the only one who had a birthday in May. Those that drove to...
WINNETT SENIOR NEWS MARCH March 3 - A delicious meal of roast beef, mashed potatoes with gravy, seven layered salad, and dessert clean-up was enjoyed by all. March 10 - Our menu today was taco soup, French bread, fresh fruit, and a cookie variety for dessert. There were twenty-four present and 6 take-out meals. Kim and her husband Leo were with her father Jack in Lewistown. Russ and Luann were also absent. They were with Grandma Mert in Roundup. Vice-President Ginger called the meeting to order after the meal. Raye Anne gave an update on...
WINNETT SENIOR NEWS JANUARY 2022 Jan 6 - There were thirty seniors and seven take-out meals today. Our lunch was potato soup, chicken pasta salad, ham pickle roll-ups, relishes, and peach cobbler. We had two guests with us today, Luann’s grandchildren, Shelby and Cooper. The Lions’ calendars are here. They will be handing them out today after the meal. Ronnie K. is home from the hospital and doing fine. He had been in the hospital in Billings with Covid, but he is recovering the rest of the way at home. Chuck Allen is out of the hospital. He...
FLATWILLOW and WINNETT NEWS Flatwillow Homemakers held their February meeting at Babs’ home. There were no birthdays to celebrate in February. Babs’ sister Jeanie Jennie from Lewistown was a visitor and helped Babs with the delicious main dish for our potluck meal. Sandy called the meeting to order, and Bonnie led the pledge. Babs read the thought for the day called “Terrific Person”, and roll call was answered with, “where you received your first kiss and/or a memory you had of Florence Wacker”. Minutes and treasurer’s report were approved...
