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 chairs and fold up tables. There will be a short board meeting to decide on prices. Any senior that wishes to purchase anything will have first choice.
Luann spoke about the tree landscaping. The landscaper will sell trees to anyone who is interested. They will be $200 a tree and for $50, he will plant them also. These are full grown trees. The fruit tree varieties he has are apple, cherry, plum and pear. He has a number of pine trees and a number of shade trees. Please let Luann know right away and she will let the landscaper know. Ralph won the 50/50 for $9.00. After chores were finished and dishes done, several tables of cards were played.
Apr 13 - Today our menu was white chicken chili, cheese slices, veggie tray, croissants, and cheesecake with fruit. Twenty-six were in the house for the meal and there were ten take-out meals.
Marcia and Lee Iverson are back from Arizona and were with us today. Jean Cave was here. She gave a brief history of her life and gave her thoughts of why she was running for the school board.
The last bingo of the season will be on Sunday, April 16. We will begin again in the fall. Everyone was reminded to be thinking about the various furnishings that will be for sale.
Barry Bauer is throwing an 80th birthday party in Buffalo Wyoming for his mother Janet Bauer. This will be on June 3rd.
Tammie Starkjohann requested updated addresses and wanted to get everyone’s addresses on file. She will get all the new addresses since the last reunion so they can begin mailing out brochures on the upcoming reunion in July of 2024. Gary told an Ole and Lena story. Patti told a pirate story. Ginger introduced a game called Yeltaw that all the seniors played. Patti won and Mary was second. What a fun game. Sylvia won the 50/50 for $11.00. After clean-up and dishes were done, those who wanted stayed and played cards.
Apr 20 - Thirty-one seniors and ten take-out orders enjoyed our meal of taco salad with meat and beans, jello salad with fruit, relish tray, rolls, and chocolate sheet cake.
Kim and Leo are back. Kim filled everyone on their trip back to Indiana to see their son and family, plus all their friends there. Tom and Diane are back after visiting their son Paul and his family in California. Butch won the 50/50 for $13.00. Cards were played after clean-up chores were finished.
Apr 27 - Winner, winner, chicken dinner. Today is our birthday of oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes with milk gravy, lettuce salad, cranberries, birthday cake and ice cream. Thank you to Phyllis for baking the cakes this month.
Next week our first meeting will be held in the Community Center. Seniors will begin moving everything over on Monday. If you are able and want to help, please meet at 2:00 and we will begin transferring everything from the basement of the courthouse to our new senior citizen center.
Tom Tiarks spoke about his interest in running for the school board. He spoke to the group about his ideas and answered any questions. Ginger passed out a list of items that seniors will be selling.
Murry Lou from Area II brought the senior newsletter and spoke to the group about scams and things to look out for. She also talked about five things to do to be healthy: Get enough sleep, eat healthy foods and enough of it, give and receive hugs, stay hydrated and make sure your system is working . She also said that LEAP is ending. If you have any questions, please let her know.
Since this is our last meeting in the basement courthouse, everyone had a story to tell about getting it ready for the senior group in 1973. There is a bit of nostalgia as we prepare to move forward to the community center. In honor of this, Gary and Linda sang a song called “Remember Me’. Remembering the good times and the bad, the friends we’ve made and friends we’ve lost, the community spirit that lives on in all of us. Thank you all for being here to make memories and move forward to the community center as we make more memories. Cards were played after dishes were done.
FLATWILLOW and WINNETT NEWS
Flatwillow Homemakes celebrated their last meeting of the year by taking a road trip to Billings. The group carpooled from Winnett. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch at Sophie’s. There was a lot of laughter and visiting. Raye Anne and Luann drove, each with four people. Sandy met us at Sophie’s. Ginger’s daughter Stephanie, who lives in Billings, also joined our group for lunch. Several secret sister gifts were handed out to those who had missed a meeting or who had a May birthday. After lunch, we all stopped by Crumbl Cookie and had delicious homemade cookies. It was a beautiful day to go to Billings and have a ladies’ day out.
The next meeting will be September 12. Tentatively we will meet at Raye Anne’s home. We will make sure to let everyone know for sure as it gets closer to September.
Raye Anne Lund, Melody Whitcher, Ginger Moore, Lillian Moore, Luann Knutson, Karen Hale, Babs Lea, Kim Tarplee, Sandy Gonzalez and Stephanie all enjoyed a day in Billings. Lunch with friends and then checking out some antique shops before returning home. Hope everyone has a great summer. Can’t wait to see everyone in September.
The Petroleum County Community Center held its grand opening on April 29. Over three hundred people enjoyed touring the new building. Visitors came from far and near to take in all the local artwork, murals, and heritage displays. The Wesley Room, which is also the new Senior Citizens Center, had heritage displays of Cat Creek, the town of Winnett, and a rotating family history display. The Rebecca Room hosted a variety of crafts and games for kids who came. The band, The Bent Willows, started playing at 7:00 and the Carroll Hall was turned into a nice dance hall with room to dance, and tables set up to enjoy snacks and appetizers, provided by the Methodist Church. Kale and Lisa Sandman, owners of the Winnett Bar, had a cash bar set up. If you happen to be in the Winnett area, stop by and see the beautiful new building.
The third Wednesday of every month, “Crafting with Neighbors” will be from 9:30 – 2:30 in the Rebecca Room of the Community Center. Bring your craft supplies, lunch and $5 to share in the cost of the rental of the room. Everyone is welcome and bring any kind of craft and make a fun day of crafting and visiting.
The old Oddfellows Building, now called the 55 Main Building, has been undergoing a face lift and renovations. They plan monthly jam sessions – the first Saturdays at 6:00pm, June through September. Plans for the building include a public convenience facility with restrooms/showers/laundry for visitors and locals alike. They also plan on a first floor visitor center along with space for a proprietor to launch a coffee or ice cream shop. The second floor will house a 3-bedroom apartment.
A new daycare has opened in Winnett called The Sweet Peas Daycare. It is located in the Methodist Church. The hours are 7:30-5:30 Monday through Friday for children ages 0-10 years. Kelby Sandman is the Daycare Director. Thank you to Kelby and the Methodist Church July 31, Fort Peck Theater will be presenting the play Sally Forth at the Community Center. The performance is free. The stars are Winnett’s own Shy Iverson, Sydney Hayward, and Jenny Smith. The is the hilarious Theatre for Young Audiences Traveling Show. Mark your calendars to come watch this wonderful free performance.
There will be a celebration of life for Dolly Sims at the Community Center on August 5.
The library will be closed the weeks of July 17-21, and July 24-28 for cleaning. It will reopen on July 31. There is still work going on at the Winnett Swimming Pool, so they have not been able to open or offer swimming lessons. They will let everyone know as soon as they can when lessons will be offered.
We are still in summer mode so its hard to think about school starting soon, but practice for volleyball and football will begin on August 11. Be sure to have all your sports physicals in before you practice.
We had to say goodbye to a pillar of our community in June. Burt Bevis, born and raised in the Winnett and Cat Creek area passed away on June 8, following a stroke prior. We will miss seeing him drive his 4-wheeler down town to get the mail and then stop by for coffee at the Winnett Bar. He loved to visit and was a friend to everyone. We send our sympathy and prayers to his family and friends. Our lives are all a bit better from having known him and we will all miss him.
This has been a wonderful year for moisture. Everywhere we look is still green and so pretty. After the last several years of drought, hot temperatures and grasshoppers, haying this year is so nice. Grasshoppers are still here, but the moisture makes such a difference in the landscape, and we all are feeling much better about everything. Hope your haying season and whatever else everyone has going on this summer is going great. As usual, the summer seems to go by so fast, we don’t even get a chance to enjoy it. Enjoy July, August is just around the corner.
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