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Senior News • Feb. 13-17

Pahrump Senior Center

The menu (subject to change) and activities for the week of Feb. 13 – Feb. 17. Two percent milk and juice available daily:

Monday – Beef tips and mushrooms with rice, asparagus, peach crisp, soup;

Tuesday — Chicken pasta primavera, colorful salad, garlic bread, orange-pineapple mold, soup;

Wednesday – Smothered burrito, Spanish rice, corn, three-bean salad, fruit cup, pinto bean soup;

Thursday — Turkey bacon wrap, green beans, salad with chick peas, apple crisp, soup;

Friday – Meatball sub, cucumber salad, orange, split pea soup.

ACTIVITIES

Monday — Exercise class, 9:30 a.m.; beading class, 12:30 p.m.; poker, 12:30 p.m.;

Tuesday — Exercise class, 9:30 a.m.; bridge, 12:30 p.m.; haircuts, 1-3 p.m.;

Wednesday — Crafty Ladies, 12:30 p.m.;

Thursday — Old Men’s Club, 8 a.m.; Exercise class, 9:30 a.m.; Rippets (Knitting and Crocheting), 11 a.m.; Haircuts, 1 p.m.;

Friday — T.O.P.S. meeting, 7 a.m.; exercise class, 9:30 a.m.; bridge, 12:30 p.m.

Amargosa Valley Senior Center

The menu (subject to change) for the week of Feb. 13 – Feb. 17:

Two percent milk available daily. Meals are served at the Amargosa Valley Senior Center from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Breakfast served from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Monday — Pork roast, brown rice, gravy, zucchini, pears, apple brown betty;

Tuesday — Beef tacos, chunky salsa, guacamole, refried black beans, Mexican corn saute, fruit cocktail;

Wednesday — Turkey pot pie, whole wheat roll, green salad, applesauce, birthday cake;

Thursday — Lemon baked fish, broccoli stuffed potato, steamed carrots, beet salad, whole wheat bread, apple butter, honeydew melon;

Friday — Veggie omelet, home fries, ham slice, fresh berries, oatmeal.

Beatty Senior Center

The menu (subject to change) for the week of Feb. 13 – Feb. 17:

Two percent milk available. Meals are served at the Beatty Senior Center from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., on Tuesday and Thursday.

Tuesday — Beef tacos, chunky salsa, guacamole, refried black beans, Mexican corn saute, fruit cocktail;

Thursday — Lemon baked fish, broccoli stuffed potato, steamed carrots, beet salad, whole wheat bread, apple butter, honeydew melon.

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