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 current 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 at noon at The Center. For more information call 527-3775. Bread and milk are served with all meals and a salad bar is available Monday-Friday. The menu this week is:

Monday: Enchilada casserole, corn, green salad, pears.

Tuesday: Beef stroganoff over noodles, carrots, coleslaw, fruit juice or salad, bread pudding.

Wednesday: Corned beef, cabbage, boiled potatoes, carrots, cookie.

Thursday: Sweet and sour pork over rice, broccoli, green salad, pears.

Friday: Haystacks, Jell-O mandarin orange salad, corn bread, peaches.

Lunch is served at Waitsburg Presbyterian Church, 504 Main St., Waitsburg on Tuesdays. Home-delivered meals are 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: Corned beef and cabbage, scalloped potatoes, spinach, rolls, lime Jell-O with whipped topping, milk.

Friday: Fish with tartar sauce, Augratin potatoes, pea salad, peaches, hot roll, cherry crisp, milk.

The menu for Weston is:

Wednesday: Corned beef, Irish potatoes, pickled beet salad, steamed cabbage, peas, shamrock cake.

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. The suggested donation is $3. The menu this week is:

Thursday: Lasagna, potatoes and gravy, garlic bread, green salad, corn, dessert.

- U-B staff reports