Union-Bulletin

Activities and weekly lunch menus at area senior centers

Activities offered daily at The Center at the Park, 720 Sprague Ave., include pool and cards from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. A complete listing of center activities, classes and health and welfare programs may be found in the center's monthly newsletter. The annual center membership fee, $12 per person, includes a subscription to it. Spanish is spoken at the Center. Adult day care is provided at the Adult Day Center 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday. For more information, call Mike Johnson at 527-0771.

Senior Round Table luncheons are served weekdays 11 a.m.-1 p.m.. For more information, call 527-3775. Bread and milk are served with all meals. A vegetarian option and salad bar are available Monday-Friday. The menu this week is:

Monday: Breaded chicken patty with gravy, green beans, mashed potatoes, bread, apricots.

Tuesday: Summer salad plate: cottage cheese, egg, fruit. Melon, celery and carrot sticks, fruit juice, biscuit.

Wednesday: Stuffed peppers (beef and rice), corn, roll, pears and cookie.

Thursday: Beef-green bean combo, carrots, fruit juice or salad, biscuit, melon.

Friday: BBQ chicken, pea salad, au gratin potatoes, fruit juice, bread, fruit cocktail.

Lunch is served at Waitsburg Presbyterian Church, 504 Main St., Waitsburg, Tuesdays. Home-delivered meals available. Questions: call 527-3775

Milton-Freewater and Weston seniors can enjoy hot lunches and socialize at the senior centers in Milton-Freewater and Weston. Activities are offered 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Fridays at the Milton-Freewater Senior Citizens Center, 311 N. Main St. Hot lunches are served at noon on Tuesdays and Fridays. Bingo is 1 p.m. every Tuesday and pinochle is 7 p.m. every Friday. The Weston Senior Citizens Center on Main Street is open for social time and a hot lunch is served at noon on Wednesdays.

For more information, contact the Area Agency on Aging for Umatilla and Morrow counties, 541-276-1926 or 800-752-1139, ext. 123 or 124.

The suggested donation is $3.50 for meals for those 60 and older or children under 8; and $6 for those 59 and younger. Bread and milk are served with all meals. The menu for Milton-Freewater is:

Tuesday: Taco salad with chips, cheese, refried beans and ground beef, corn, fruit cup, tomatoes, onions, lettuce, tortilla chips, spice cake.

Friday: Baked chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, cauliflower, tropical fruit salad, hot roll, cake and ice cream.

The Weston menu is:

Wednesday: Oven roasted chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, glazed carrots, spinach salad, biscuits, cake and ice cream.

Seniors of the Blue Mountains and Walla Walla Valley offer a meal at noon Thursdays in the Milton-Freewater Community Building, 109 N.E. Fifth Ave. Hot rolls and milk are served with every meal. Suggested donation is $3.50. Menu:

Thursday: Pork chops, fresh veggies and applesauce, peas and carrots, salad, dessert, hot rolls.