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Senior News Aug. 25 – Aug. 29

Pahrump Senior Center

The menu (subject to change) and activities for the week of Aug. 25 – Aug. 29

2 percent milk and juice available daily:

Monday — meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, fruit cup;

Tuesday — chicken cordon bleu, parsley potatoes, peas and carrots;

Wednesday — tuna stuffed tomato, pasta salad, cake;

Thursday — shepherd’s pie, spinach, ice cream;

Friday — herb baked chicken, rice pilaf, carrots, cake.

Activities

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

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

Wednesday — shopping day, 9:30 a.m.; Senior Dimensions, 9:30 a.m.; crafty ladies, 12:30 p.m.; blind support, 12:30 p.m.;

Thursday — exercise class, 10:30 a.m.; hospice seminar, 9:30 a.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 Aug. 25 – Aug. 29:

2 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 — pineapple pork chop, baked garlic sweet potatoes, mixed vegetables, dinner roll, sherbet;

Tuesday — hot turkey sandwich, peas and carrots, tomatoes vinaigrette, oatmeal raisin cookies;

Wednesday — cheese enchilada, Spanish rice, refried beans, black olives, tapioca;

Thursday — pepper steak, fresh corn and zucchini, asparagus saute, mixed berry cobbler;

Friday — waffles, sausage, hash browns, oatmeal, strawberries and blueberries, coffee, orange juice, tea.

VFW or Stateline, 372-5614; Cottonwood, 372-1343; Kenna Vallance, Farm Road, 372-5465; or Prudy Stengel, Diablo and Farm Road, 372-5138.

Bus service for those interested: Monday, pick up between 3 and 4 p.m., Mecca Road between Route 373 and Miner Road. Drop off after dinner at 5 p.m.

Friday, pick up between 8 and 9 a.m. Farm Road between School Lane and Tamarack Road. Drop off after breakfast at 10 a.m.

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