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 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at The Center. 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: Swiss steak with tomato sauce, corn, coleslaw, fruit juice, roll.

Tuesday: Roast pork, gravy, broccoli, mashed potatoes, Waldorf salad, roll.

Wednesday: Summer salad plate-cottage cheese, egg, fruit and melon, roll fruit cobbler.

Thursday: Meat loaf, gravy, mixed vegetables, mashed potatoes, bread, fresh melon.

Friday: Brunswick stew, coleslaw, fruit juice, biscuit, pears and cookie.

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: Sweet and sour meatballs with rice, mixed vegetables, melon slices, rolls, cookies.

Friday: Barbecue beef on a bun, green beans, coleslaw with carrots, pears, pudding.

The menu for Weston is:

Wednesday: Salisbury steak with gravy, baked potato, orange slices, Caesar salad, corn bread, oatmeal cookie.

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 $3.50. The menu this week is:

Thursday, Sept. 16: Beef roast, carrots/potatoes, salad, dessert, hot rolls, milk.

- U-B staff reports