Seniors in Senior Dining Info

March 2016 In This Issue: Vol. 7 Issue 03

Plaer Paer ...... Pg. 2 . Seniors in Senior Dining Info. Pg. 2 Queson of Month.Pg. 3 Take Out Food Safety ...... Pg. 4 TOUCH Eang Fruits and Vegeta- “ It Means So Much To Stay In Touch” bles...... Pg. 4 Health Highlight ..... Pg. 6 Resource Spotlight. Pg. 6 HANK SEMPH: HOWARDS GROVE SPORTS LEGEND Frozen Food Day. ... Pg. 7 March is Nutrion Month By Amanda Smith ...... Pg. 7 with Toni Becker Ask The Pharmacist.Pg. 8 Joker’s Corner...... Pg. 10 Years of sports recognition Recipe...... Pg. 10 awards hang on a wall in Hank Semph’s Howards Health Promoon Work- Grove home. Among them: shops...... Pg. 12 Election into the Sheboygan County Baseball Hall of Fame; President of the How- Special Days In ards Grove Athletic Club; March: Member Sheboygan Red- wings Semipro Football Team Board of Directors; Election to Sheboygan Diamond Club; 1st National Pig Day HG High School Letterman Award; Varsity Football An- 2nd Old Stuff Day nouncer Award for 32 years of game announcing. 3rd National Anthem

Day Accomplishments made by 4th Hug a GI Day the Howards Grove Athletic Club under Semph’s 40 -year presidency,1955 to 1995, still stand as a remind- 8th International Work- er of his dynamic and respected leadership. Semph credits the Club’s enthu- ing Women Day siastic, talented, hard -working members for the many achievements made during his tenure; members say it was Semph’s skillful leadership that made it 10th Middle Name Pride all happen. There’s the Howards Grove Memorial Park that the Club created Day by obtaining land, grading it, making the baseball diamond with fencing and 11th Johnny Appleseed promoting the installation of field lights. The Club still maintains the park with Day workers and funding. Then there are the numerous HG men’s, women’s and youth sports teams and tournaments initiated and sponsored by the Club: 17th St. Patrick’s Day baseball, basketball, volleyball and bowling. And under Semph’s leadership, the annual Howards Grove Silver Dollar Days was built into the popular event 19th Poultry Day and fund raiser that it grew to be in its golden days. Profits from this annual event are used by the Athletic Club for the many Village activities it sponsors. 27th Easter Semph’s love of sports started when he was a youth growing up in Howard’s 30th Take a Walk in the Park Day Grove. Since the town did not have a place for (cont. on p. 9)

Sheboygan County Senior Dining Program Serving Sheboygan County Seniors “We keep our readers well fed, and our diners well read” Sheboygan County Plaer Paer Senior Dining Sites Adell Senior Center The Aging and Disability Resource Center of Sheboygan County 650 Siefert has begun an effort to make Sheboygan County a “dementia - Adell, WI 53001 friendly” county. What does that mean? “A dementia -friendly Phone: 920 -994 -9934 community is a place where individuals with dementia: Open: Monday thru Friday Manager: Mary Kempf Are able to live good lives.

Have the ability to live as independent as possible. Cascade Village Hall Continue to be part of their communities. 301 1st Street Are met with understanding. Cascade, WI 53011 Phone: 920 -994 -9934 Are given support where necessary.” (Wisconsin Healthy Brain Initiative -Building Dementia Friendly Communities.) Open: Mondays Manager: Mary Kempf The Sheboygan County Dementia Friendly Task Force, is an or- Cedar Grove—First Reformed Church ganization comprised of representatives of local businesses, Alz- 237 South Main heimer’s Association, Sheboygan County Public Health, and She- Cedar Grove, WI 53013 boygan County Aging and Disability Resource Center, has been Phone: 920 -668 -6863 developed to address this issue. The task force has identified its Open: Mondays mission as “an initiative dedicated to building a community that Manager: Delores M. values, supports and accepts individuals living with memory loss through leadership, partnership and education.” Howards Grove Village Hall 913 South Wisconsin Drive Why is this kind of effort needed? Alzheimer’s and other related Howards Grove, WI 53083 dementias have an impact on almost everyone in Sheboygan Phone: 920 -467 -9042 County. The statistics show that 1 in 8 people, on average, over Open: Tuesdays the age of 65 have some form or stage of dementia. As of 2014, Manager: Toni Becker Sheboygan County had an estimated16,000 residents over the age of 65. So, if the projection accurate, there would be an esti- Oostburg Civic Center mated 2,300 people with various stages of dementia. In another 213 North 8th Street 10 years, that number is expected to grow to an estimated 3,600 Oostburg, WI 53070 Phone: 920 -564 -5099 individuals. And, with the aging of the Baby Boom generation, that number is only going to increase. Open: Wednesdays Manager: Joan (volunteer) The Task Force will be having kick -off events in later this spring Plymouth—Generations Building with selected groups, area businesses, health care providers, and 1500 Douglas Drive other interested community groups and organizations. These Plymouth, WI 53073 events will be used to identify and establish priorities for the Task Phone: 920 -892 -4821 Force on areas that need development in order to make this effort Open: Monday thru Friday a success. Later, in July or August, the Task Force plans on hold- Manager: Susan Wenzel ing a community conversation/strategic planning session. At this meeting, members of the community will be invited to participate in Sheboygan—Zion Covenant Church a roundtable discussion and brainstorming session regarding the 1125 North 6th Street challenges and barriers to building a dementia -friendly community Sheboygan, WI 53081 and what it will take to accomplish this in Sheboygan County. Phone: 920 -207 -2522 Open: Monday thru Friday Manager: Darcy Vollrath Contact Us At: Sheboygan Falls Aging and Disability Resource Center Sheboygan County Senior Dining Program 650 Forest Avenue Aging and Disability Resource Center Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085 650 Forest Avenue Phone: 920 -467 -9042 Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085 Open: Monday thru Friday Phone: 920 -467 -4100 Manager: Toni Becker Email: [email protected]

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Colorectal Cancer Awareness Senior Meet and Eat Colorectal cancer screening saves lives. If you're 50 years old or The Sheboygan AARP will meet on older, talk to your doctor about getting screened. Among cancers March 15, 2016, at Arabella’s on South that affect both men and women, cancer of the colon or rectum is 8th Street in Sheboygan. The speaker to the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. be determined.. Every year, about 140,000 Americans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and more than 50,000 people die from it. But this You do not need to be a member of the disease is highly preventable, by getting screened beginning at Sheboygan AARP chapter to attend. For age 50. - more information, call 467 6634 . What You Can Do If you’re aged 50 to 75, get screened for colorectal cancer regu- larly. Screening tests help prevent colorectal cancer by finding Riddle Me This precancerous polyps (abnormal growths) so they can be re- moved. Screening also finds this cancer early, when treatment (answer on p. 10) can be most effective. Be physically active. You have three boxes of fruit. One Maintain a healthy weight. contains just apples, one contains just oranges, and one contains a mixture of Don’t drink too much alcohol. -- Don’t smoke. both. Each box is labeled one says "apples," one says "oranges," and one Fast Facts says "apples and oranges." However, it Risk increases with age. More than 90% of colorectal cancers is known that none of the boxes are occur in people aged 50 and older. Precancerous polyps and col- labeled correctly. How can you label orectal cancer don’t always cause symptoms especially at first. the boxes correctly if you are only al- You could have polyps or colorectal cancer and not know it. That lowed to take and look at just one piece of fruit from just one of the box- is why having a screening test is so important. If you have symptoms, they may include— es? Blood in or on the stool (bowel movement). Stomach pain, aches, or cramps that do not go away. Losing weight and you don’t know why.

Some people are at a higher than others for developing colorectal cancer. If you think you may be at high risk, talk to your doctor about when and how often to get tested. There are several different screening tests available. Talk with your doctor about which test is right for you. (http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/dcpc/resources/features/ ColorectalAwareness/index.htm)

March QUESTION of the MONTH

What Chores Did You Do When You Were Growing Up?

asked at the Sheboygan Falls Senior Dining Site

Picked night crawlers with my Hang clothes outside to dry; put underwear in the back where they dad, but I only held the flashlight. couldn’t be seen and hung men’s separate from women’s. -Shirley C -Edgar K

Everything. Cooking, clean- Milk cows, haul manure, make Feed calves, brought wood in and ing, laundry. hay, other farm chores. tormented my brother. -Joanne M -Harold P -Mary S

Farm field chores. Kept the wood box full. Housework. -Irene R -Leo S -Bonnie G, Pat S, Irmie Z

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20 Ways to Enjoy More Fruits and Vegetables Is It Safe To Store Food In Takeout Building a healthy plate is easy when you make half your plate fruits and vegetables. It’s also a great way to add color, flavor and texture plus vita- Containers? mins, minerals and fiber. All this is packed in fruits and vegetables that are low in calories and fat. Make 2 cups of fruit and 2 ½ cups of vegetables your It's probably safe to leave food daily goal. Try the following tips to enjoy more fruits and vegetables every in takeout containers. But the day. smart play is to wrap them in airtight packaging or seal them 1. Variety abounds when using vegetables as pizza topping. Try broccoli, in storage containers. These practices help keep bacteria out. spinach, green peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms and zucchini. 2. Mix up a breakfast smoothie made with low -fat milk, frozen strawberries and a banana. Here's another safety tip: Don't 3. Make a veggie wrap with roasted vegetables and low -fat cheese rolled let prepared food sit out — in in a whole -wheat tortilla. your car or on the counter — for 4. Try crunchy vegetables instead of chips with your favorite low -fat salad more than two hours. The rea- dressing for dipping. son is that bacteria can grow 5. Grill colorful vegetable kabobs packed with tomatoes, green and red rapidly in food that's unrefriger- peppers, mushrooms and onions. ated. And some bacteria make a 6. Add color to salads with baby carrots, grape tomatoes, spinach leaves poison or toxin that can make or mandarin oranges.* you ill, hence the term "food poi- - soning." 7. Keep cut vegetables handy for mid afternoon snacks, side dishes, lunch box additions or a quick nibble while waiting for dinner. Ready -to -eat favorites: red, green or yellow peppers, broccoli or cauliflower florets, If you don't plan on eating takeout food immediately, you have carrots, celery sticks, cucumbers, snap peas or whole radishes. 8. Place colorful fruit where everyone can easily grab something for a two choices: snack -on -the -run. Keep a bowl of fresh, just ripe whole fruit in the center You can keep it hot in a pre- of your kitchen or dining table. heated oven at an internal temperature of 140 F (60 C) 9. Get saucy with fruit. Puree apples, berries, peaches or pears in a blender for a thick, sweet sauce on grilled or broiled seafood or poultry, or on or higher. pancakes, French toast or waffles. Or you can divide food into 10. Stuff an omelet with vegetables. Turn any omelet into a hearty meal with smaller portions, place in broccoli, squash, carrots, peppers, tomatoes or onions with low -fat shallow contains and refrig- sharp cheddar cheese. erate. Plan to reheat the 11. “Sandwich” in fruits and vegetables. Add pizzazz to sandwiches with food to a temperature of 165 F (74 C) just before serving. sliced pineapple, apple, peppers, cucumber and tomato as fillings. 12. Wake up to fruit. Make a habit of adding fruit to your morning oatmeal, (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ ready -to -eat cereal, yogurt or toaster waffle. 13. Top a baked potato with beans and salsa or broccoli and low -fat cheese. 14. Microwave a cup of vegetable soup as a snack or with a sandwich for lunch. 15. Add grated, shredded or chopped vegetables such as zucchini, spinach and carrots to lasagna, meat loaf, mashed potatoes, pasta sauce and rice dishes. 16. Make fruit your dessert: Slice a banana lengthwise and top with a scoop of low -fat frozen yogurt. Sprinkle with a tablespoon of chopped nuts. 17. Stock your freezer with frozen vegetables to steam or stir -fry for a quick side dish. 18. Make your main dish a salad of dark, leafy greens and other colorful March is National vegetables. Add chickpeas or edamame (fresh soybeans). Top with low - fat dressing.* Awareness Month For:

19. Fruit on the grill: Make kabobs with pineapple, peaches and banana. Colorectal Cancer Grill on low heat until fruit is hot and slightly golden. 20. Dip: Whole wheat pita wedges in hummus, baked tortilla chips in salsa, Kidney strawberries or apple slices in low -fa t yogurt, or graham crackers in ap- Nutrition Month plesauce. (http://www.eatright.org/) Sleep Awareness Brain Awareness Week

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How Much Sleep Should We Be Getting?

You can "cheat" on the amount of sleep you get. Sleep experts say most adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep each night for optimum performance, health and safety. When we don't get adequate sleep, we accumulate a sleep debt that can be difficult to "pay back" if it becomes too big. The resulting sleep deprivation has been linked to health problems such as obe- sity and high blood pressure, negative mood and behavior, decreased productivity, and safety issues in the home, on the job, and on the road.

Daytime sleepiness always means a person isn't getting enough sleep. Excessive daytime sleepiness is a condition in which an individual feels very drowsy during the day and has an urge to fall asleep when he/she should be fully alert and awake. The condition, which can occur even after getting enough nighttime sleep, can be a sign of an underlying medical condition or sleep disorder such as narco- lepsy or sleep apnea. These problems can often be treated, and symptoms should be discussed with a physi- cian. Daytime sleepiness can be dangerous and puts a person at risk for drowsy driving, injury, and illness and can impair mental abilities, emotions, and performance.

The older you get, the fewer hours of sleep you need. Sleep experts recommend a range of seven to nine hours of sleep for the average adult. While sleep patterns change as we age, the amount of sleep we need generally does not. Older people may wake more frequently through the night and may actually get less nighttime sleep, but their sleep need is no less than younger adults. Because they may sleep less during the night, older people tend to sleep more during the day. Naps planned as part of a regular daily routine can be useful in promoting wakefulness after the person awakens. (http:// www.sleepfoundation.org/article/how -sleep -works/myths -and -facts -about -sleep)

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Building a healthy plate is easy when you make half your plate fruits and vegetables. It’s also a great way to add color, flavor and texture plus vitamins, minerals and fiber. All this is packed in fruits and vegetables that are low in calories and fat. Make 2 cups of fruit and 2 ½ cups of vegetables your daily goal. Try the following tips to enjoy more fruits and vegetables every day.

1. Variety abounds when using vegetables as pizza topping. Try broccoli, spinach, green peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms and zucchini. 2. Mix up a breakfast smoothie made with low-fat milk, frozen strawberries and a banana. 3. Make a veggie wrap with roasted vegetables and low-fat cheese rolled in a whole -wheat tortilla. 4. Try crunchy vegetables instead of chips with your favorite low-fat salad dressing for dipping. 5. Grill colorful vegetable kabobs packed with tomatoes, green and red peppers, mushrooms and onions. 6. Add color to salads with baby carrots, grape tomatoes, spinach leaves or mandarin oranges.* 7. Keep cut vegetables handy for mid -afternoon snacks, side dishes, lunch box additions or a quick nibble while waiting for dinner. Ready -to -eat favorites: red, green or yellow peppers, broccoli or Good Shepherd Community Meals: cauliflower florets, carrots, celery sticks, cucumbers, snap peas or whole radishes. 8. Place colorful fruit where everyone can easi- Location: First Reformed Church ly grab something for a snack -on -the - run. 527 Giddings Avenue Keep a bowl of fresh, just ripe whole fruit in Sheboygan Falls the center of your kitchen or dining table. 9. Get saucy with fruit. Puree apples, berries, Date: The 4 th Tuesday of every month peaches or pears in a blender for a thick, sweet sauce on grilled or broiled seafood or Time: 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. poultry, or on pancakes, French toast or waffles. Hosted By: Various Churches in our Community 10. Stuff an omelet with vegetables. Turn any omelet into a hearty meal with broccoli, We serve a complimentary meal to those in need. We squash, carrots, peppers, tomatoes or on- encourage everyone to come and enjoy a homemade meal ions with low-fat sharp cheddar cheese. and the opportunity to meet and fellowship with other people. This is the fifth year of service to folks in our community.

Reagan's Unsung Legacy: Frozen Food Day by Eliza Barclay

Former President Ronald Reagan would surely be pleased to know that many of his legacies remain intact in 2012, from campaign promises to lower taxes to ketchup's classification as a vegetable. But few are aware that Reagan is also responsible for another enduring contribution to American food culture: National Frozen Food Day. In 1984, Reagan memorialized his affinity for frozen food — and the time with his wife, Nancy, it allowed in front of the TV, as the above photo attests — with a proclamation that March 6 would be the designated occasion.

"I call upon the American people to observe such a day with appropriate ceremonies and activities," the president said. Just what festivities did Reagan have in mind? Nursing a hango- ver with a frozen pea pack on your head? One can only wonder.

If you do happen to visit the freezer aisle this month, as NFRF would like you to do, you might reflect on just how far the frozen meal has come since Swanson introduced the first TV dinner in 1954. That meal took about 25 minutes to cook or reheat. Back then, the aisle might have consisted of a shelf or two in one remote corner of the supermarket. Now, of course, frozen food is recognized as an innovation that has helped minimize many an American's time in the kitchen. (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/03/06/148061738/reagans -unsung -legacy -frozen - food -day)

Seniors In Touch Newsleer | 7 8 | Seniors In Touch Newsleer (cont. from p. 1) kids to play baseball, they played outside a local grade school. Unfortunately if the ball was hit just right, it could break a window. According to Semph, when that happened, everyone clapped. It was Semph’s long -time dream to have a baseball field in Howards.

Semph continued playing sports in high school as pitcher on the baseball team and guard on the basketball team. During Semph’s two years in the U.S. Army, he was able to play football, a sport not offered at his high school. After his discharge, Semph attended Mission House (now Lakeland College), coached baseball teams and especially remembers the years he took his baseball teams to the state tournaments held in the Milwaukee County Stadium.

“When you treat the players right, it’s not hard to get good players,” said Semph about the teams. While coaching, Semph occasionally took his adult men’s teams to the Waupun, Green Bay, and Fox Lake prison to play baseball against the prisoners. Other inmates lined up Hank being congratulated by Sheboygan to watch the big games. major/minor league baseball legend, Joe Hauser. Semph remembers that it was hard to get the players all ready on time because they liked to sleep in. According to Semph, he had to tell the players to be ready one hour before ac- tual departure time. Unfortunately, the players figured it out and there were always a few who showed up late. To help fund the club’s many sponsorship activities, Semph created tournaments for local teams to participate in. It started with a Class B basketball tournament from 1955 to 1965. In 1957, a class A tournament was created. This school tournament for grades through eight, lasted for 30 years,1966 to 1996, often with 30 or more teams. “I think we did a lot of good for the community and the sports,” said Semph about the changes that were made by the Club. To foster camaraderie and provide a relaxing outlet for the fifty -some Club members and their families, Semph arranged yearly bus trips to places like Nashville, Niagara Falls, and World’s Fairs. Members paid their own trip expenses, and “We had the greatest times on those trips!” remembers Semph.

In addition to coaching and playing sports, Semph has also officiated basketball games, umpired baseball games, and announced football games. After forty years with Vollrath Company, Semph retired from his man- agement position in 1990. Throughout all of his years of sports involvement, Semph gratefully says that his wife Grace, stuck by him. “Good thing I had a wife who was very understanding. She put up with all my baseball stuff, and called herself a baseball mother.” After 60 years of happy marriage, Grace passed away in 2010. Together, they raised three sons.

The Semph sons all caught their father’s love of sports. They started out as batboys and when old enough, started playing on the teams. You’ll hear fa- therly love and pride when Semph talks about his children: Son Curtis played football in college and now works in orthopedic surgery. Son Kerry enjoyed high school sports, and is now an outdoor sports enthusi- ast. Son Dennis now umpires baseball, referees basketball and is commissioner of two high school sports conferences.

“There are all kinds of things to make the day go by,” noted Semph. These days those things include visit- ing with family and friends, attending local high Hank being honored by members of the Howards Grove Ath- school and college sports games several times a - letic Club for his 40 years of service as their president. week, serving as vice president of the Shoreland Baseball League, dining and playing Scat with friends at the Howards Grove Senior Dining Center, and every once in awhile spending a few hours at home with his calico cat, Pip.

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The Joker’s Corner

Hoping to encourage his young son to work harder, a father told his boy, “When Abraham Lincoln was your age, he was splitting rails.” The son replied, “Yeah, and when he was your age, he was president of the United States!” ~ A sign in the window of a house reads: “Piano for sale”. Hours later a sign ap- pears in a window of the house next door: “Yay!” Food Celebrated In March ~ I have a diversified portfolio. That’s Noodles Peanuts when your money goes down the drain in Fresh Celery Frozen Food six different sinks. Caffeine Awareness Sauce Month ~ Flour Hot Cross Bun Day And Ole’ asks his dentist how much it costs to have a tooth pulled. “Two hun- dred dollars,” the dentist replies. “Dats Riddle Me This—Answer (from p. 3) too much for just a few minutes work!” says Ole. “I can do it slower if you’d like.” Take a piece of fruit from the box marked "apples and oranges." Suppose the fruit you take is an apple. Then that box must be the box containing just apples. Therefore, the box marked "oranges" can't be the box containing just apples, and it can't be the box containing just oranges either -- so it must be the box containing apples and oranges. The remain- ing box is therefore the box containing just oranges.

HONEY PEANUT GRANOLA Submitted by Toni Becker

3 cup quick cooking oats 1/4 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup chopped peanuts 2 tbl warm water

1/4 cup wheat germ 1/2 tsp salt 1/3 cup honey 1 tsp vanilla extract

1/3 cup brown sugar

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Lightly grease baking sheet 2. In large bowl, combine oats, peanuts and wheat germ. 3. In separate bowl, combine honey, brown sugar, vegetable oil, water, salt, and vanilla. 4. Stir well; then pour into the oat mixture and stir. Spread on a cookie sheet 5. Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool before serving.

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Astronaut Alan Shepard brought a peanut with Goober—a nickname for peanuts—comes from him to the moon. “nguba”, the Congo language name for peanut.

There are six cities in the U.S. named Peanut: Peanuts are sometimes called “ground nuts” or Peanut, California; Lower Peanut, Pennsylva- “ground peas” because peanuts grow underground. - - nia; Upper Peanut, Pennsylvania; Peanut, (http://nationalpeanutboard.org/the facts/fun facts/) Pennsylvania, Peanut, Tennessee; and Peanut West Virginia.

March 2016 Activity Calendar

CASCADE CEDAR GROVE HOWARDS GROVE OOSTBURG Tue Good Drugs Gone Wed Foot Clinic 3/1 Bad 3/2 Mon Tue Wed Mon 3/7 Voter ID 3/7 Group Game 3/8 Card Bingo 3/9 Group Game Mon Mon CG Forensic Tue Mary Huenink, Die- Wed Author Richard Walking Class 3/14 3/14 Group 3/15 tician 3/16 Dykstra Mon Mon Deputy Sheriff Tue Wed Birthday Party Easter Party Wheel of Fortune 3/21 3/21 Visit 3/22 3/23 Mon Prevent Hospital Mon Tue Wed Birthdays Bingo Morningside Bingo Birthdays Bingo 3/28 Visits 3/28 3/29 3/30

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ADELL SHEBOYGAN SHEBOYGAN FALLS Tue

3/1 Brain Fitness Exercise w/ Anna Golden Living Bingo Wed - 3/2 Board Games Seven Eleven Games w/ Waterford Thur Pat Hafermann, Bethesda Bingo Mary Huenink, Dietician 3/3 Elderly Benefits Specialist Fri

3/4 Walking Class Bingo Quarter Bingo Mon

3/7 Word Games Candy Dice Games, Trivia or Reminiscing Tue

3/8 Good Drugs Gone Bad II Cool – Tunes on Tuesday Kiwanis Bingo Wed

3/9 Board Games Morningside Games Good Drugs Gone Bad Thur

3/10 Bingo Good Drugs Gone Bad Wheel of Fortune Fri

3/11 Walking Class Bingo Card Bingo Mon

3/14 Word Games Keno Games, Trivia or Reminiscing Tue Bingo; Millionaire Game Quarter Bingo 3/15 Blood Pressure Screenings Wed

3/16 Board Games Sunshine Bingo Fun Exercise w/ Mary Ellen Thur

3/17 St. Pat’s Party St. Patrick’s Day St. Pat’s Wheel of Fortune Fri

3/18 Walking Class Bingo Quarter Bingo Mon

3/21 Word Games Golden Living Bingo Games, Trivia or Reminiscing Tue

3/22 Prevent Hospital Visits Shamrock Races Kiwanis Bingo Wed

3/23 Board Games Price is Right Group Game Thur

3/24 Easter Party Easter Party Wheel of Fortune Fri ** ALL SITES CLOSED TODAY ** 3/25 Mon

3/28 Word Games Shamrock Dice Games, Trivia or Reminiscing Tue Birthday Party Accordion Club Quarter Bingo 3/29 Voter I.D. Wed Price is Right – Board Games Group Timeline 3/30 Sheboygan Service Club Thur

3/31 Birthday Party Penny Toss Wheel of Fortune

14| Seniors In Touch Newsleer Plymouth Menu & Activities March 2016 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 1 2 3 4 Potato Pancakes w/ BBQ Pork Sandwich Liver & Onions Fish Fry w/ Tarter syrup Pickled Beets Baked Potato Sauce Sausage Links Potato Salad Glazed Carrots Cole Slaw Applesauce Orange Pears Tater Tots Orange Juice Cookie Dinner Roll & But- Rye Bread & Butter Strawberry Short- ter Cherry Crisp cake Atrium Bingo Prevea Dice Game Morningside Bingo Cardiologist 7 8 9 10 11 Chicken Cordon Taco Salad with Turkey Loaf w/ Gra- Pot Roast Spaghetti & Marina- Bleu Tomatoes, Cheese, vy Red Potato ra Buttered Noodles Sour Cream & Mashed Potatoes Mixed Veggies Tossed Salad Green Beans Chips Peas Mandarin Orang- Pineapple Strawberries Breadstick Peaches es Garlic Bread Cookie Apple Pie Bread Dinner Roll & But- Cheesecake Orange Cross County Dietician Fred’s Health tips ter Ambulance Golden Living Nickel Bingo Bingo 14 15 16 17 18 Grilled Chicken Sal- Pork Chop Swiss Steak Corn Beef, Cab- Baked Haddock ad Scalloped Potatoes Roasted Potatoes bage w/ Tarter Sauce w/ Egg, Veggies & Peas Corn Boiled Potatoes French Fries Cheese Tropical Fruit Dinner Roll Glazed Carrots Cole Slaw Breadstick Bread Apple Crisp Jell -O Fruit Cocktail Cherry Pie Dinner Roll Bread & Butter Triad Sheboygan U.W Nutrition Sharon Richard- Quilt Project Service Club Edu . son Hospice 21 22 23 24 25 Turkey and Stuffing Meatloaf Chicken Breast Glazed Ham Carrots Oven Roasted Pota- Mashed Potatoes Peas & Carrots CLOSED TODAY Strawberries toes Broccoli Breadsticks Brownie Green Beans Bread Scalloped Potato Peaches Banana Peaches Dinner Roll Gathering Place Life in a Cabin Bethesda Bingo Music w/Dan in 1840’s 28 29 30 31 Lasagna Baked Chicken Brat on a Bun Chef Salad w/ Plymouth Tossed Salad Au Gratin Sauerkraut Ham, Turkey, Senior Dining Mandarin Oranges Broccoli Scalloped Potatoes Cheese, Eggs 1500 Douglas Dr. Garlic Bread Pears Jell -O w/ Peaches and Veggies Plymouth, WI. Ice Cream Birthday Cake Banana 53073 Keyboard w/Elinor Birthday Hospice Ad- Breadstick Celebration vantage Bingo Public Health To Reserve Meals: Drugs Gone Bad 920 -892 -4821

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March

Senior Dining Menu 2016 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 1 2 3 4 Cream of Chicken Turkey Breast Jambalaya over Fish on a Bun & Wild Rice Soup Mashed Potatoes/ Rice Coleslaw PB * Jelly Sand- Gravy Buttered Corn Peaches wich Peas & Carrots Pears Lemon Bar Tossed Salad Bread Jell -O w/ Fruit Cookie

7 8 9 10 11 Homemade Meat- Breaded Pork chop Crab Casserole Tator Tot Casserole Chili Mac loaf Patty Peas Carrot Coins Rye Bread Au Gratin Potatoes Mashed Potatoes/ Tossed Salad/ Wheat Bread Banana California Blend Gravy Dressing Cookie Fruited Jell -O Veggies Italian Blend Veg- Apple Crisp Wheat Bread gies Bread Pudding Fruit Cocktail Wheat Bread 14 15 16 17 18 Monterey Chicken Hamburger Stroga- Salisbury Steak Corned Beef & BBQ Shredded Pork/ Mashed Potatoes noff Mashed Potatoes/ Cabbage Bun Diced Beets Buttered Noodles Gravy Boiled Potatoes Baby Red Potatoes Bread Creamed Corn Summer Blend Carrots Red Cabbage Muffin Orange Veggies Rye Bread Oatmeal Cookie Strawberry Fluff Wheat Bread Lime Jell -O w/ Chocolate Rice Pears Crispy Bar 21 22 23 24 25 Lasagna Chicken Breast Beef Stew Brown Sugar Honey Tossed Salad w/ Mashed Potatoes/ Rye Bread Ham ALL SITES CLOSED Dressing Gravy Pears Cheesy Potatoes TODAY Garlic Bread Squash Whipped Jell -O Glazed Carrots Applesauce Wheat Bread Wheat Bread Cherry Oatmeal Torte Bar 28 29 30 31 Chicken Pot Pie Macaroni & Seasoned Chicken Hamburger on Bun Broccoli Cheese Mashed Potatoes/ German Potato Salad

Bread Polish Sausage/ Gravy Baked Beans Chocolate Cake Bun Country Blend Veg- Mandarin Orange Fluff Green Peas gies Tropical Fruit Bread Marble Cake Confetti Cake

My Favorite Words of Wisdom “In order to appreciate a feather bed, one has to have slept on rocks.”

Submitted by Edgar Kuhlow

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