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 and Treasurer’s reports from September were approved. Melody motioned, Kim seconded, motion carried. Melody mentioned she had several homemaker quilts at her guest house. They are stored there and easily accessible if anyone wants to see them.
There was a lot of discussion about table favors for the senior citizens for Halloween. After talking about several ideas, the motion was made to make bats with peanut butter cups, chocolate Oreos cut in half, and edible eyes. Raye Anne made the motion, Babs seconded, motion carried. Our next meeting will be November 12 at Luann’s home. She is having a traditional Thanksgiving meal with turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy. We will all bring our favorite Thanksgiving sides to go with the meal. There will be opportunity table and exchange of secret sister gifts. Sandy Gonzalez, Linda Gershmel, Luann Knutson, Ginger Moore, Kim Tarplee, Babs Tetrault, Melody Whitcher, guest Ella Iverson, and Raye Anne Lund all enjoyed a girls day at Ginger’s. Hope everyone has a wonderful Halloween. See you next month.
Our community wants to express our heartfelt sympathy to several in our area. Jack Hughes of the Grass Range/Winnett area passed away October 4 in Arizona. Les Bayers, brother of Dan Belk, passed away Oct 24. He is the grandson of Dorothy Bartlett. The Jordan Community as well as Winnett and surrounding communities had to say a sad goodbye to Claire Potts. She passed away Oct 30. She had many friends in all these communities, as well as making friends everywhere she went. Last but not least, we had to say goodbye to Dick Gardner. He lived in Winnett and for the last few years he has lived in the Shepherd area. We send our sympathy and prayers to the families and friends of Jack, Les, Claire, and Dick. They will all be missed.
Congratulations to our Grass Range/Winnett Lady Ranger volleyball team. They had a super season and took 3rd at the Divisional Tournament held in Winifred. Congratulations on an awesome season. Our Grass Range/Winnett Ranger football team had a very respectable season considering this is the first time in several years we had our own team. They are in a rebuilding period but showed us how tough they are. Can’t wait to see them next year. Thank you to all the coaches, assistant coaches, referees, and volunteers who helped with the volleyball and football programs.
There will be Veterans Day Concert at the Winnett Gym on November 11 at 11:00. Please come and support the Winnett School music program and show support for our area veterans. Thank you for your service to the community and our country.
We want to welcome our new sheriff of Petroleum County. Sheriff Dan Linder has worked in Kalispell and Hot Springs. While with the Flathead County Sheriff’s office, he worked on patrols, the dive team, SWAT and the narcotics task force. He also served a tour of duty in the Marines in Iraq. He wanted to move to the eastern side of the state. We are glad he is here and welcome him to Winnett.
Thanksgiving break for school starts Wednesday, November 27. Hard to believe November is already here. Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween. Happy October and Hello to November.
Oct 3 - There were twenty-six seniors and ten take-out meals today. Lunch was scalloped potatoes with ham, beets, fruit salad, and poke cake for dessert.
Linda and Gary brought gourds for table decorations. There will be a volleyball game in Winnett on the 11th. We play Jordan that day. Pickleball is on Monday at 6:30. Everyone is welcome. There will be a flu clinic next week in Winnett. You can get flu and covid shots. They will be at seniors from 10:00 to noon; and at the school from 1:00-3:00. 50/50 for $9 was won by Steve Moore. Donna Rowton won senior of the month. Congratulations to you both.
Oct 10 -Twenty-nine seniors and ten take-out orders enjoyed a meal of pulled pork taco soup, cookie salad, cottage cheese, and apple crisp for dessert. Dellie won the YeeHaw game. Ronnie brought a Saguaro wren nest back from his trip to AZ. Jack Hughes passed away last Friday. We send our sympathy to the Hughes family and friends.
Bingo will be on Sunday at 1:30. Everyone welcome. Come out and have a fun time. Volleyball vs Jordan is tomorrow in Winnett. The Harvest dinner is October 26. If you haven’t bought your ticket yet, there is still time. We welcomed Marge Flint and Willa Solf. They joined us for the meal today. Kim and Patti went to a nutrition workshop last week. There are some new rules that will be coming down in the future. Steve and Ginger brought fresh tomatoes from their garden for anyone to take. Steve won the 50/50. See you next week.
Oct 17 -Our menu today for lunch was meatloaf, baked potatoes, 7-layer salad, and peach cobbler. We had thirty-three seniors in house and several take-out meals. Ballots for the senior board were passed out. Kim was elected president, Ginger is vice-president, Phyllis is secretary, Luann and Chuck were elected as trustees. Congratulations to you all!
The mamo van will be in Winnett on October 28. Mary told about her and Chuck’s vacation to Utah. Pastor and Mrs. White told about their trip to California. The 50/50 for $12 was won by Georgia.
Oct 24 -There were thirty-four seniors and several take-out orders for our birthday dinner. We had oven friend chicken, mashed potatoes with milk gravy, cranberries, lettuce salad, and birthday cake with ice cream.
Murray Lou was here to give information that is important to our seniors. She brought the senior newsletters with Medicare Part D information. A couple of scam examples were presented – one by Murry Lou and one by Melody. On Friday, at 10:00, there will be elementary and jr high basketball games. The mammogram van will be here Monday from 9:00-3:00 at the school. Senior dues are due now. They are $3.00 for the year. Gershmels brought tomatoes from their garden. The next Bingo Day will be Sunday, November 10 at 1:30. Donna S. had a funny story about catching someone’s eye. The 50/50 was won by Claudia. Melody won the heads or tails game, and Luann won second.
Oct 30 -Happy Halloween! Thirty-four seniors and 8 take-out orders enjoyed chili with fixings, cinnamon rolls, cheese slices, and a veggie tray. Thank you to Flatwillow Homemakers for the edible bat table favors.
Jess from the courthouse sent out a reminder to everyone that early voting ends at noon on November 4. November 5, the registrar’s office will be open at 8:00 for new registration and to re-activate voter’s registrations. Voting begins at noon and will be open until 8:00pm. Linda informed us about a fall Gary had. He hit his head, cheek, and foot . He went to the hospital and had 6 stitches in his cheek. We will be thinking of him and wish him a speedy recovery. Linda also mentioned that if anyone had seen a helicopter flying over Winnett, it was their grandson, Gavin. He was ferrying firefighters to and from fires. He even went down to take a picture of Gary Linda’s home, only they weren’t home to wave at him. Patti told about the auction of her dad, Burt Bevis’s estate. There will be a soft closing next Wednesday. All the information is on the web site, but if you have questions, please contact her and she will help you out.
Pastor White told about a prime rib dinner at the Methodist Church on Sunday, November 3 in Grass Range. The meal will start at noon. Everyone is welcome. There will be a memorial service for Les Bayers on Sunday, November 3 in Roundup MT. Ilt will be at 11:30am at the end of main for military honors. Afterwards there will be a pot luck celebration at the Senior Center located at 622 2nd St. West, in Roundup. Les was Dan Belk’s brother. They were both grandsons of Dorothy Barlett, a matriarch of this community and area. Stockgrowers is tomorrow at the PCCC. Registration begins at 5:30 and dinner will start around 6:00. Bingo will be on Sunday, November 10 at 1:30. Jim Johnke won senior of the month for November. Melody won the 50/50 for $13. Dues for $3 are now due. October flew by. What a busy month. Welcome to November. See you next week.
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