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Pahrump Senior Center

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

Monday — chicken patty sandwich, baked beans, apple crisp, soup;

Tuesday — tuna stuffed tomato, bread, celery/carrot sticks, Jello, soup;

Wednesday — open-faced roast beef sandwich, mashed potatoes, corn, fruit, soup;

Thursday — sweet and sour pork, rice, carrots, cake, soup;

Friday – country fried steak, mashed potatoes, broccoli, peach crisp, soup.

Saturday – pancake breakfast, 8 to 11 a.m.

Activities

Monday — haircuts, 9 a.m.; exercise class, 10:30 a.m.; poker, 12:30 p.m.; beading class, 12:30 p.m.;

Tuesday — exercise class, 10:30 a.m., bridge, 12:30 p.m.;

Wednesday — Dr. Reiner seminar, 10 a.m.; Comfort Hospice blood pressure checks, 9:30 a.m.; Crafty Ladies, 12:30 p.m.;

Thursday — Infinity Hospice seminar “Thinking Through Your Options”, 10 a.m.; Stovall legal services, call 727-5008 for appt.; exercise class, 10:30 a.m.; haircuts, 1 p.m.;

Friday — exercise class, 10:30 a.m., bridge, 12:30 p.m.

Amargosa Valley Senior Center

The menu (subject to change) for the week of April 13 – April 17

Two percent milk available daily. Meals are served at the Amargosa Valley Senior Center from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Breakfast served from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Monday — stuffed peppers, spinach spaghetti, garlic bread, glazed carrots, cheesecake;

Tuesday — BBQ baked chicken, macaroni salad, corn on the cob, dinner roll, apple cobbler;

Wednesday —herb pork loin roast, red potatoes, seasoned zucchini, ice cream;

Thursday — spaghetti and meat sauce, baked acorn squash, colorful salad, dinner roll;

Friday — biscuits and gravy, sausage, scrambled eggs, oatmeal, yogurt and fruit.

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