EWS
One thing you can say about Oklahoma weather is that if you don’t like it, wait 15 minutes and it will change! Isn’t that true about this past week! We had temperatures in the 80s, winds up to 70 miles per hour and lows in the 30s. I remember my mother and grandmother talking about the Dust Bowl Days, and how they put damp cloths over their windows to try to keep out dust. They turned their cups, glasses, bowls, etc., upside down to keep them clean. That went on for days. Can you imagine? We freaked out over one day of high winds, losing power long enough to mess up our tvs! Are we spoiled or what? Also, this week spring begins on Thursday, March 20. This is called the vernal equinox—when the sun and the Earth’s equator align. I have seen some daffodils blooming already, as well as Bradford pear trees. Grass is beginning to green up a little, too.
We plan to get in our yards and gardens to work. You may want to join us on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to exercise for the spring. We meet from 9- 9:45 a.m. and this is a free service. Come see what we are doing!
Our menu for the upcoming week: Thursday, March 20 Liver and Onions Friday Fried Chicken Monday Chili or Soup Tuesday Chicken Strips Wednesday Kiwanis Meets (Chicken Spaghetti) Thursday, March 27 Ham and Beans Friday Roast Beef (Birthday Dinner) If you are a paid member of the center, and you have a birthday in March, you get a FREE meal on Friday, March 28. We eat from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. each day except Wednesday when we eat from 11 a.m. to noon. Call any day before 10 a.m. for home delivery.
Our deliveries were made last week by Hailey Boden, Sharon Barnes, Curt and Brenda Stein, Janice Hood and Vernon Brickman We received a donation last week from the Robert Diamond Family.
Memberships were renewed from Mary May, Beth Pflaum and Patty Clift.
Our quilters this past week were Louise Cooper and Martha White la Douc On Friday, March 14, Twila Doucet from Long Term Care Authority of Enid Area Agency on Aging came to the center to discuss the services they can provide to seniors, ranging from care for caregivers, respite for caregivers, Medicare assistance and many others. If you need information on these services, come by the center for information and brochures.
Got your calendar marked for April 4? Remember Watonga Masonic Lodge is having a fund-raiser for the Watonga Senior Center from 5- 7 p.m. It will be a chicken and noodle dinner, with a cake auction at 6 p.m. This is one of the main events of the spring and you won’t want to miss it! Hope to see you there.