Gather ‘round for places to go... things to do... people to see... Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging Table Talk November 2017 receipt of this new card will be automatic. You don’t New Medicare Cards Coming: have to do anything. If you are ready to apply for Medicare, simply go to Medicare.gov and follow Watch Out for Scam Calls the application steps. Be skeptical of any other https://www.bbb.org/northern-alabama/news- approach and keep the following tips in mind. events/news-releases/2017/new-medicare-cards- • No payment necessary. No additional out-of- coming-watch-out-for-scam-calls/ pocket expense is required for enrollees to The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services receive a new card. (CMS) announced that it will be sending new • You will not need to verify your Social Security Medicare Cards to more than 57 million enrollees Number over the telephone. over the next two years. With the passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act • If a caller threatens that you will lose your (MACRA) of 2015 CMS is required to replace all Medicare coverage unless you verify your cards that currently use a recipient’s Social Security identity by providing bank account or credit Number with one that uses a new Medicare card information, don’t believe it. Beneficiary Identifier (MBI). This change was • Be sure to safeguard your new Medicare card. mandated by Congress to help protect citizens from Even with the Social Security Number removed, identity theft and fraud. a savvy hacker could still use it to commit fraud With these new security measures comes an in your name. opportunity for scammers to take advantage For more information on this transition, check of unsuspecting Medicare recipients. If you are out What’s the Social Security Number Removal currently receiving or plan to enroll in Medicare Initiative (SSNRI)? and New Medicare cards are on over the next 18 months, be particularly cautious the way. - United States Federal Trade Commission, if someone comes to your door or calls you and www.ftc.gov - not subject to copyright protection. claims to represent Medicare. The best practice is 17 U.S.C. 403. to hang up or send the door knocker packing. The Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging • Table Talk • November 2017 - Page 2 HISTORY OF first spring. In March, the remaining http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/ settlers moved ashore, where they received an history-of-thanksgiving astonishing visit from an Abenaki Indian who greeted them in English. Several days later, he In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and returned with another Native American, , Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that a member of the Pawtuxet tribe who had been is acknowledged today as one of the first kidnapped by an English sea captain and sold into Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more slavery before escaping to London and returning than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were to his homeland on an exploratory expedition. celebrated by individual colonies and states. It Squanto taught the Pilgrims, weakened by wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that malnutrition and illness, how to cultivate corn, President proclaimed a national extract sap from maple trees, catch fish in the rivers Thanksgiving Day to be held each November. and avoid poisonous plants. He also helped the settlers forge an alliance with the Wampanoag, THANKSGIVING AT PLYMOUTH a local tribe, which would endure for more than In September 1620, a small ship called the 50 years and tragically remains one of the sole left Plymouth, England, carrying 102 examples of harmony between European colonists passengers—an assortment of religious separatists and Native Americans. seeking a new home where they could freely In November 1621, after the Pilgrims’ first corn practice their faith and other individuals lured by harvest proved successful, Governor William the promise of prosperity and land ownership in the Bradford organized a celebratory feast and New World. After a treacherous and uncomfortable invited a group of the fledgling colony’s Native crossing that lasted 66 days, they dropped anchor American allies, including the Wampanoag chief near the tip of Cape Cod, far north of their intended . Now remembered as American’s “first destination at the mouth of the Hudson River. One Thanksgiving”—although the Pilgrims themselves month later, the Mayflower crossed Massachusetts may not have used the term at the time—the Bay, where the Pilgrims, as they are now commonly festival lasted for three days. While no record known, began the work of establishing a village at exists of the historic banquet’s exact menu, the Plymouth. Pilgrim chronicler Edward Winslow wrote in his Throughout that first brutal winter, most of the journal that Governor Bradford sent four men on a colonists remained on board the ship, where they “fowling” mission in preparation for the event, and suffered from exposure, scurvy and outbreaks of that the Wampanoag guests arrived bearing five contagious disease. Only half of the Mayflower’s deer. Historians have suggested that many of the original passengers and crew lived to see their dishes were likely prepared using traditional Native

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging • Table Talk • November 2017 - Page 3 American spices and cooking methods. Because known derisively as Franksgiving, was met with the Pilgrims had no oven and the Mayflower’s passionate opposition, and in 1941 the president sugar supply had dwindled by the fall of 1621, the reluctantly signed a bill making Thanksgiving the meal did not feature pies, cakes or other desserts, fourth Thursday in November. which have become a hallmark of contemporary celebrations. THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS In many American households, the Thanksgiving THANKSGIVING BECOMES celebration has lost much of its original religious AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY significance; instead, it now centers on cooking and Pilgrims held their second Thanksgiving celebration sharing a bountiful meal with family and friends. in 1623 to mark the end of a long drought that Turkey, a Thanksgiving staple so ubiquitous it has had threatened the year’s harvest and prompted become all but synonymous with the holiday, Governor Bradford to call for a religious fast. Days of may or may not have been on offer when the fasting and thanksgiving on an annual or occasional Pilgrims hosted the inaugural feast in 1621. Today, basis became common practice in other New however, nearly 90 percent of Americans eat the England settlements as well. During the American bird—whether roasted, baked or deep-fried—on Revolution, the Continental Congress designated Thanksgiving, according to the National Turkey one or more days of thanksgiving a year, and in 1789 Federation. Other traditional foods include , George Washington issued the first Thanksgiving mashed potatoes, and pumpkin proclamation by the national government of the pie. Volunteering is a common Thanksgiving Day United States; in it, he called upon Americans to activity, and communities often hold food drives express their gratitude for the happy conclusion and host free dinners for the less fortunate. to the country’s war of independence and the Parades have also become an integral part of successful ratification of the U.S. Constitution. His the holiday in cities and towns across the United successors John Adams and James Madison also States. Presented by Macy’s department store since designated days of thanks during their presidencies. 1924, New York City’s Thanksgiving Day parade In 1817, New York became the first of several states is the largest and most famous, attracting some to officially adopt an annual Thanksgiving holiday; 2 to 3 million spectators along its 2.5-mile route each celebrated it on a different day, however, and and drawing an enormous television audience. the American South remained largely unfamiliar It typically features marching bands, performers, with the tradition. In 1827, the noted magazine elaborate floats conveying various celebrities and editor and prolific writer — giant balloons shaped like cartoon characters. author, among countless other things, of the Beginning in the mid-20th century and perhaps nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb”—launched even earlier, the president of the United States a campaign to establish Thanksgiving as a national has “pardoned” one or two Thanksgiving turkeys holiday. For 36 years, she published numerous each year, sparing the birds from slaughter and editorials and sent scores of letters to governors, sending them to a farm for retirement. A number senators, presidents and other politicians. Abraham of U.S. governors also perform the annual turkey Lincoln finally heeded her request in 1863, at the pardoning ritual. height of the Civil War, in a proclamation entreating all Americans to ask God to “commend to his THANKSGIVING CONTROVERSIES tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable For some scholars, the jury is still out on whether civil strife” and to “heal the wounds of the nation.” the feast at Plymouth really constituted the first He scheduled Thanksgiving for the final Thursday in Thanksgiving in the United States. Indeed, historians November, and it was celebrated on that day every have recorded other ceremonies of thanks among year until 1939, when Franklin D. Roosevelt moved European settlers in North America that predate the holiday up a week in an attempt to spur retail the Pilgrims’ celebration. In 1565, for instance, the sales during the . Roosevelt’s plan, Spanish explorer Pedro Menéndez de Avilé invited Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging • Table Talk • November 2017 - Page 4 members of the local Timucua tribe to a dinner in St. Augustine, , after holding a mass to thank God for his crew’s safe arrival. On December 4, 1619, when 38 British settlers reached a site known as Berkeley Hundred on the banks of ’s James River, they read a proclamation designating the date as “a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God.” Some Native Americans and others take issue with how the Thanksgiving story is presented to the American public, and especially to schoolchildren. All Blue Rivers Area Agency In their view, the traditional narrative paints a deceptively sunny portrait of relations between the on Aging Offices, Senior Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people, masking the Centers, and Blue Rivers Public long and bloody history of conflict between Native Americans and European settlers that resulted in Transportation Services will be the deaths of millions. Since 1970, protesters have closed on gathered on the day designated as Thanksgiving at the top of Cole’s Hill, which overlooks Plymouth Friday, November 10, 2017 Rock, to commemorate a “National Day of in observance of Veterans Day. Mourning.” Similar events are held in other parts of the country.

THANKSGIVING’S ANCIENT ORIGINS Although the American concept of Thanksgiving developed in the colonies of New England, its roots can be traced back to the other side of the Atlantic. Both the Separatists who came over on the Mayflower and the Puritans who arrived soon after brought with them a tradition of providential holidays—days of fasting during difficult or pivotal moments and days of feasting and celebration to thank God in times of plenty. As an annual celebration of the harvest and its bounty, moreover, Thanksgiving falls under a category of festivals that spans cultures, continents and millennia. In ancient times, the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans feasted and paid tribute to their gods after the fall harvest. Thanksgiving also bears a resemblance to the ancient Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot. Finally, historians have noted that Native Americans had a rich tradition of commemorating the fall harvest with feasting and merrymaking long before Europeans set foot on their shores.

DID YOU KNOW? Lobster, seal and swans were on the Pilgrims’ menu.

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging • Table Talk • November 2017 - Page 5 If you are over 60 years Alexandria Senior Center of age, have a mininum of 4 hours a week to volunteer, and want to offer friendship and encouragement to a senior Meal reservations due one business day in advance. in your community, Mondays please call Ron at Blue • Word Search Rivers Area Agency on Tuesdays • Cards/Wheel of Fortune Aging for information Wednesdays on becoming a Senior • BINGO/Popcorn Companion Volunteer! Thursdays • Show and Share Fridays • Picture Day November 1, 29 • Dominoes November 2 • Poems November 3 • What is your favorite hobby? November 6 • Bring your favorite soup recipe November 7 • Humor Day/Election Day November 8 • Checkers November 9 • Veterans Day/Remberance Day November 10 • Closed for Veterans Day November 13 • World Kindness Day • Scrabble November 14 • Bring a cookie recipe November 15 • Bring a craft you made or someone gave you November 16 • Join us for our monthly Birthday Dinner Birthday Cake & Ice Cream

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging • Table Talk • November 2017 - Page 6 Alexandria Senior Center (con’t) November 17 Beatrice Senior Center • Mystery Word November 20 • Scrabble November 21 • Good Old Memories/Thanksgiving Stories November 22 Meal reservations due one business day in advance. • Name your favorite Thanksgiving food Coffee & Rolls Every Morning November 23 - 24 Evening Meals - 2nd Thursday, 3rd Tuesday, and • Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday 4th Monday each Month Card Groups on many afternoons Jam Session - 1st and 3rd Thursday, 5 - 9 p.m. Foot & Blood Pressure Clinic - 2nd Wednesday, 11 a.m. November 27 Birthday Dinner - 3rd Friday, if your birthday is • this month your meal is free • What is your favorite dessert? Thursdays November 28 • BINGO at 12:45 p.m. • National Day of Giving Fridays November 30 • Tai Chi at 10:30 a.m. • Name your favorite music to listen to November 10 • Closed for Veterans Day November 23 - 24 • Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday

Cortland Senior Center Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging is one of seven sites hosting the Aging & Disability Resource Center, ADRCNebraska, a new pilot project benefitting: • Seniors (age 60 and older) • People with disabilities of all ages; and • Family members, caregivers & advocates Meal reservations due one business day in advance. Wednesdays Our Options Counselor is available over • Tai Chi get together at 10:30 a.m. the phone or through face-to-face meetings • BINGO at 12:30 p.m. to assist eligible people and/or their November 1 representatives in making informed choices • November Birthday Party about the services or setting that best meet the person’s needs.

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging • Table Talk • November 2017 - Page 7 Davenport Senior Center Deshler Senior Center

Meal reservations due one business day in advance. Meal reservations due one business day in advance. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays November 2 • Exercise at 9:30 a.m. • Word Pictures Wednesdays November 7 • Scrabble • Puzzles November 2, 13, 28 November 9 • Rummikub • Remember our Vets November 3, 6, 21, 20 November 10 • Tri-ominoes • Closed for Veterans Day November 7, 21 November 13 • Trivia • What is your favorite song? November 7, 16, 27 November 15 • Kings in the Corner • Mystery Word November 9, 14, 17, 20 November 17 • Mexican Train Dominoes • History of the Sandwich November 10 November 21 • Closed for Veterans Day • Thanksgiving Trivia November 16 November 23 - 24 • Scam Presentation by Cornerstone Bank • Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday • Join us for our monthly Birthday Dinner celebrating all November birthdays!

November 27 • Jokes Birthday cake and birthday meals are compliments November 29 of Cornerstone Bank. Thank YOU!!! • Story Time November 23 - 24 • Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday

We work on Jigsaw Puzzles every day!

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging • Table Talk • November 2017 - Page 8 Diller Senior Center Douglas Senior Center

Meal reservations due one business day in advance. Meal reservations due one business day in advance. November 1 Fridays • Puzzles • Cards November 2, 17 November 1, 15, 22, 27 • Tell a Joke Day • Laps In the Gym November 3, 27 November 2 • Word Search • How many Trick or Treaters did you have? November 6 November 6 • Tell a Story • What is your zodiac sign or birthstone? November 7 November 7 • Readings • Jokes November 8, 15 November 8 • Club • Birthday Party November 9 with cake & ice cream • Fire Drill Entertainment by Fine Wine November 10 November 9 • Closed for Veterans Day • Word Search November 13 November 10 • Word Puzzle • Closed for Veterans Day November 14 November 13 • Cards in Diller at 1 p.m. • Have you played video games? November 16 November 14 • Story of the Good Old School Days • Trivia November 20 November 16 • Show & Share • Listen to a favorite song November 21 November 20 • What we are thankful for • Do you have a computer? November 23 - 24 November 21 • Closed for Thanksgiving • Favorite Food for the holiday Holiday November 23 - 24 November 28 • Closed for Thanksgiving • Your Favorite Thanksgiving Holiday Dinner November 28 November 29 • Checkers • Bring a picture of your school days November 29 November 30 • Favorite place to eat • Screamo November 30 • Show & Share

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging • Table Talk • November 2017 - Page 9 Fairbury Senior Center Falls City Senior Center

Meal reservations due one business day in advance. Meal reservations due one business day in advance. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays Mondays • Walking Club at 10 a.m. • Tell a Joke Day • Arm Chair at 11 a.m. November 7 Mondays • Games People Played • Tai Chi at 11:30 a.m. November 8, 15 • Canasta at 12:30 p.m. • BINGO at 11 a.m. Tuesdays November 9 • Sr. Songsters at 11 a.m. • Music by Bread & Butter at 11 a.m. • BINGO at 12:30 p.m. November 10 Wednesdays • Closed for Veterans Day • Pinochle at 12:30 p.m. November 14, 16 Thursdays • Blood Pressure Clinic • Tai Chi at 11:00 a.m. November 17 • Canasta at 12:30 p.m. • Bring Christmas Cards Fridays November 21 • Card Club at 12:30 p.m. • Cold Turkey November 9 November 22 • JCHL at 12 p.m. • Give Thanks November 10 November 23 - 24 • Closed for Veterans Day • Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday November 16 • November Birthday Dinner

November 28 - 30 • Bring a Christmas Decoration November 23 - 24 • Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday

November 30 • Foot Clinic, 9 - 11 a.m.

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging • Table Talk • November 2017 - Page 10 Hebron Senior Center City Senior Center

Meal reservations due one business day in advance. Meal reservations due one business day in advance. Mondays & Wednesdays November 1 • Wonderword • Foot Clinic Tuesdays & Thursdays November 2 • Tai Chi at 8:30 a.m. • Kyle’s Store 10 - 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays November 6 • See You Lighter at 8:45 a.m. • Pot Luck at 5 p.m. November 2 November 9 • Blood Pressure Clinic • Tenant Meeting November 3, 7, 14, 17, 21, 28 November 10 • Closed for Veterans Day • BINGO November 6, 20 November 14 • Raffle • Fairbury Trip November 15 November 8 • Tea at 3 p.m. • Care Management with Rachel at 11 a.m. November 16 November 9 • Riverview at noon • Veterans Program at 11 a.m. November 18 November 10 • Potluck at noon • Closed for Veterans Day November 23 - 24 November 23 - 24 • Center Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday • Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday

November 27 • Crafts at 2:00 p.m. November 29 • BINGO at 2 p.m.

SEVERE WEATHER CLOSING INFORMATION In the event of severe weather or dangerous road conditions, Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging Senior Centers may be closed. If the schools in your community are closed, Blue Rivers AAA Senior Centers will also close. If conditions become dangerous, Blue Rivers Public Transportation will also close. Please check your local radio and television stations for the most accurate and up-to-date closing information.

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging • Table Talk • November 2017 - Page 11 Palmyra Senior Center Sterling Senior Center

Meal reservations due one business day in advance. Meal reservations due one business day in advance. November 1, 16, 20, 28 Everyday • Trivia • Events to Remember or Tell a joke • Jokes • Telecare calls • Cards after lunch November 2, 7, 21 November 2 • Cards at 1 p.m. • Coffee & Donuts at 9:30 a.m. November 6 November 10 • Current Events • Closed for Veterans Day November 8 November 11 • Pumpkin recipes • Free Food at 11:30 a.m. • Program on Physical Therapy November 15 by Lisa Anderson, RN Ridgeview Towers • November Birthday Party November 9 with cake and ice cream • Veterans rememberance November 10 • Closed for Veterans Day November 13 • Foot Care Clinic at 10 a.m. courtesy of Ridgeview Towers November 14 November 21 • Exercise • Medicare Enrollment with Mary Ann Holland 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. November 15 November 23 - 24 • November Birthday Party with music from the High School at 11: 30 a.m. • Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday November 16 • Favorite Thanksgiving decoration or event November 20 • Screamo November 21 • Thanksgiving Remembrance November 22 Bring a friend and enjoy a delicious • Favorite Thanksgiving food November 23 - 24 meal at any Blue Rivers Area • Closed for Thanksgiving Agency on Aging Senior Center! Holiday We LOVE meeting new people November 28 • Puzzle and we think you will, too!

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging • Table Talk • November 2017 - Page 12 Syracuse Senior Center Table Rock Senior Center

Meal reservations due one business day in advance. Meal reservations due one business day in advance. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays Tuesdays • Card Playing at 9:30 a.m. • Potato Peeling Tuesdays, Thursdays Wednesdays • Exercises at 10 a.m. • Word Search November 2 November 1 • Birthday Party • Birthday Celebration! • BINGO If your birthday is this month, November 7, 14 your meal is compliments of the • Brain Quest Senior Center Activities fund. November 10 Be sure to remind us of your birthday! • Closed for Veterans Day November 2, 16, 30 November 13 • Diabetes Class with Dee Kaser, RN • Sadie Hawkins Day November 3 November 16 • Banana Splits • Blood Pressure Clinic November 6, 20 • Wear Your Buttons Day • Balloon Volleyball November 21 November 7, 21, 27 • Games Day - Stuff the Turkey • Who wants to help cut quilt blocks? November 23 - 24 November 9 • Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday • Happy Hat Day November 10 • Closed for Veterans Day November 13 • Wacky Word • Making Mints • Who wants to make bread? November 27 November 16 • Pins and Needles Day • Foot Clinic November 28 • Thanksgiving Dinner • November Joke Day November 17 • Root Beer Floats November 23 - 24 Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging • Table Talk • November 2017 - Page 13 Table Rock Senior Center (con’t) Wymore Senior Center November 27 • Who wants to make rolls? November 29 • BINGO with WFLA November 30 • Rotary Meal reservations due one business day in advance. Great American Smoke Out November 1 • Immunization Clinic Thursday, November 16, 2017 November 2 • Humor November 3 • Rootbeer floats November 6 • Pantry Peeking November 7, 14, 21, 28 • BINGO November 8 • Reminiscent Corner November 9, 30 • Penny BINGO November 10 • Closed for Veterans Day November 13 • Food Jokes November 15 • Blood Pressure Clinic • Birthday Dinner November 16 • This was the year... November 17 • Early Days November 20 • Words inside November November 21 • What was your best Thanksgiving? November 23 - 24 • Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday November 27 • Feathered Friends November 29 • Show & Tell

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging • Table Talk • November 2017 - Page 14 November Menu

Beatrice, Cortland, Diller, Odell home-delivered meals, Wymore

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

1 2 3 November 5 - Daylight Savings Time Ends Swiss Steak Pollock Creamed Chicken November 11 - Veterans Day Creamed Potatoes Flame Roasted Potatoes over Biscuit November 17 - Great American Smoke Out Garden Vegetable Fruited Coleslaw Wax Beans November 23 - Thanksgiving Day Whole Wheat Roll Bread Strawberries & Tapioca Tropical Fruit Bananas 6 7 8 9 10 CLOSED Salisbury Steak Chicken Tetrazzini Ham Roast Beef Mashed Potatoes Carrots Sweet Potatoes Mashed Potatoes/Gravy California Blend Garlic Bread Mixed Vegetables Peas & Pearl Onions Bread Apricots Whole Wheat Roll Bread Fruit Cocktail Cookie Pudding Tart Cherry Crisp 13 14 15 16 17 BBQ Beef Sandwich Ham & Beans Turkey & Dressing Chili Chicken Strips Waffle Fries Cornbread Cheese Stick Baked Potato Succotash Cottage Cheese Cranberry Sauce Pea Salad Cheesy Cauliflower Plums Fruit Fluff Whole Wheat Roll Cinnamon Roll Ice Cream Pie Banana 20 21 22 23 CLOSED 24 CLOSED Potato Crusted Fish Chicken Fried Goulash Hashbrown Casserole ChickenSteak Green Beans Peas & Carrots Mashed Potatoes/Gravy Garlic Bread Plums Corn Blushing Pear Peach Crisp 27 28 29 30 Cabbage Roll Breaded Pollock Chicken Liver & Onions WIld Rice Macaroni & Cheese Mashed Potatoes/Gravy Mashed Potatoes/Gravy Veggie Coleslaw Hominy Creamed Peas Strawberries & Bananas Pineapple & Oranges Bread Bread Peaches Red Hot Salad Menus are subject to change.

All meals include low-fat or fat-free milk and margarine.

$4 Suggested Contribution for individuals age 60 and older $6 Meal cost for individuals under age 60 $6 Meal cost for all carryout meals

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging • Table Talk • November 2017 - Page 15 November Menu Alexandria, Chester home-delivered meals, Cook home-delivered meals, Davenport, Deshler, Diller, Douglas, Fairbury, Falls City, Hebron, Nebraska City, Palmyra, Sterling, Syracuse, Table Rock

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

1 2 3 November 5 - Daylight Savings Time Ends Chicken Fish Cheeseburger Soup November 11 - Veterans Day Potatoes Potatoes Vegetables November 17 - Great American Smoke Out Vegetables Vegetables Bread November 23 - Thanksgiving Day Bread Bread Fruit Dessert Dessert 6 7 8 9 10 CLOSED Polish Dog on Bun Liver & Onions or Chicken Roast Beef Sweet Kraut Hamburger Patty Potatoes Potatoes Vegetables Mashed Potatoes/Gravy Vegetables Vegetables Pudding Vegetables Bread Bread Bread & Fruit Dessert Dessert 13 14 15 16 Thanksgiving 17 Ham Swiss Steak Chicken Turkey Beef Soup Sweet Potatoes Potatoes Potatoes Mashed Potatoes/Gravy Vegetables Vegetables Vegetables Vegetables Vegetables Fruit Bread Fruit Bread Bread Fruit Dessert Dessert 20 21 22 23 CLOSED 24 CLOSED Cook’s Choice Pork Chicken Pudding Potatoes Potatoes Vegetables Vegetables Bread Bread Fruit Dessert 27 28 29 30 Fish Pork Rib Sandwich Chicken Beef Potatoes Potatoes Potatoes Potatoes Vegetables Vegetables Vegetables Vegetables Bread Fruit Bread Bread Pudding Dessert Dessert Menus are subject to change.

All meals include low-fat or fat-free milk and margarine.

$4 Suggested Contribution for individuals age 60 and older $6 Meal cost for individuals under age 60 $6 Meal cost for all carryout meals

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