WINNETT SENIOR NEWS
November
Nov 4 - Our menu today was spaghetti with meat sauce, Caesar Salad, French Bread, fresh fruit and cookies. There were twenty-seven sit down meals, and ten take-out meals today. Our elections were held the last Thursday in October. Welcome our new officers. Kim Tarplee is the new president of seniors; Ginger Moore is vice president. Carol Ann stay on as secretary.
Welcome back to Donna Lund. She has missed a couple of meetings due to her health. She is the outgoing president of seniors but will remain as part of the board for seniors.
Butch gave an update on Brad Stahl. They are trying to wean him off the ventilator. His oxygen is still low.
The 50/50 for $9.00 was won by Phyllis A. Congratulations!
Brenda Brady gave a virtual tour of the new Petroleum County Community Center. She pointed out the new space that will become the senior center.
Luann told about the progress on tearing down the old bank building. It was the little building next to the Odd Fellows Lodge that will be moved to its new location soon. As they were taking down the little building, they found a big steel safe buried in what used to be the basement. No one knew what was in it or for what it was used. The construction company dug it out and took it to the old steel safe burial ground. A fun piece of history on a building that hasn’t been used in many years.
Nov 11 - No seniors today.
Nov 18 - Thirty-four in house meals were served and eight take-out meals were delivered. Roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans with tomatoes, orange fluff salad, rolls, relishes, and pumpkin pie cake with whipped cream was enjoyed by everyone. It was a delicious meal. We honored and recognized our veterans today since we weren’t able to hold seniors last week. We had the missing soldier table set up. Kim shared what each item on the table represented. We thank each and everyone veteran from each branch of the military for their service in years past, present and yet to come.
The 50/50 for $14 was won by Gary Gershmel. He gave a reading honoring veteran of every war. It was a moving tribute to our men and women in the service.
Area II from Roundup was here. Pamphlets are available for anyone who wants one. The senior newsletters are also here.
There will be no seniors next week as families will celebrate Thanksgiving together. See you December 2.
Nov 23 - Thanksgiving Day. No seniors.
See you in two weeks.
Happy Thanksgiving!
FLATWILLOW and WINNETT NEWS
The November meeting of Flatwillow Homemakers was held on the 9th at Melody’s home. She made a New England boiled dinner and we all contributed pot luck salads and desserts. It was delicious. We celebrated two November birthdays – Lillian Moore and Ginger Moore. We had a visitor with us. Jan Cain from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area was here visiting the Lunds, so she came to the meeting with us. She enjoyed meeting everyone and everyone enjoyed meeting her. Jan led the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll call was answered with “something you are thankful for besides your family and friends.” We find we have so much to be thankful for. Sometimes, in the midst of challenges and different circumstances, we forget to be thankful for what we do have.
The Homemakers voted to donate $100 to the Winnett Lions Club for the Nativity scene they are putting together. It is a life size manger scene which will have around 20 pieces when they are finished. This year we have the stable, manger and baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and the angel. We look forward to each year something being added. We want to thank Leo for building all the pieces and putting them together in his garage.
Next meeting will be at Luann’s home on December 14. She is making a turkey dinner and we will all bring delicious pot luck to go with it. It will be our Christmas party with the Christmas gift exchange. Donna won the blind pig. Lillian received a birthday gift from last month and Babs received a secret sister gift from last month that they opened so we could all see what they received. Everyone bid on the opportunity table. Linda and Arlene weren’t able to be here today but everyone else was there. Members present were Sandy Gonzalez, Bonnie Moore, Ginger Moore, Lillian Moore, Jean Cook, Luann Knutson, Donna Lund, Raye Anne Lund, Florence Wacker, Babs Lea, and guest Jan Cain.
We had to say goodbye to a couple more of our dear friends from our community. Brad Stahl fought hard against Covid and pneumonia, but wasn’t able to overcome them, and Karen Tetrault fought and lost her battle with cancer. These are wonderful friends that made an impact on us and were great supporters of the community. We send our hugs and sympathy to both their families.
The school Christmas program was this past Thursday in the gym. What a wonderful program. So fun to see and hear the kids singing Christmas songs and visiting with Santa and Mrs. Claus. The last day of school for Christmas break was on Friday. They will return to class on January 3rd.
The Christmas program at church will be Sunday night (December 19) at 6:00. The kids have been working and practicing hard getting ready to put on their program. Hope to see everyone there. Thank you to Dixie and Jayci for all their hard work and thank you to the parents, and to all the kids with their willingness to work and be a part of the program. We look forward to seeing it.
Stay safe, stay warm and have a happy holiday season! Let’s all hope that 2022 is a wonderful year for everyone. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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