BILLINGS MEALS ON WHEELS

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Adult Resource Alliance’s Meals on Wheels Program (MOW) offers a hot nutritious meal to those over 60 years of age who are homebound. They are delivered by volunteers, Monday through Friday between 10:00 and 12:30. Meals are available on a short-term basis for persons recovering from a hospital stay or surgery until the person is no longer homebound. If a person is able to prepare their own meals, or lives with someone who can prepare their meals you may be denied.

I often wish I knew more about the people who receive Meals on Wheels. Once in a while, a driver will come in with a fun story. Recently, Diane Wise, one of our wonderful drivers, shared a story that Pat, a Meals on Wheels recipient, shared…

Henry Patton “Pat” Stewart is a quiet soft-spoken southern gentleman, but behind that facade he is one tough dude! Pat was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. In his collegiate years, he was also an award-winning weight lifter and body builder which he continued throughout his life. He trained and worked with the best, Boyer Coe, a three-time winner of the Mr. Universe contest. He even overcame a hair-line fracture on his spine and forged on winning many contests; Mr.

Louisiana, Mr. Oklahoma, Mr. Texas, Mr. Tucson, Mr. North America.

In December, 1969, Pat was selected to be a Special Agent with the U. S. Justice Department in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (now known as the Drug Enforcement Administration). He also continued to compete in body building and won Mr. New Orleans in 1970, while earning a brown belt in karate and judo.

Pat’s career with the DEA spanned 17 years. During that time, he served in the Washington DC area as a Special Agent/Physical Fitness and Firearms Instructor. He was then sent to the Mexican border where some of the heaviest narcotics traffic in the U.S. occurs. While in Tucson working in an undercover capacity, he was wounded but managed to not only save his own life but that of his partner’s and was awarded the DEA Purple Heart Award for bravery and valor in the line of duty, only one of many awards and citations that he earned for high-level border busts. Despite his gunshot wound, he won Mr. Western America and later won Mr. Arizona. Shortly after being wounded, he was promoted and traveled to over 40 countries assisting foreign governments in training narcotic agents. In 1977, he moved to Los Angeles where he continued his career with the DEA.

It was in Los Angeles that he met and trained with Mr. Olympia, Frank Zane and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He won Mr. Western USA, and in 1978, went professional and won the Mr. America contest.

Retiring from the DEA, in the fall of 1986, Pat continued to work in law enforcement ranging from security for celebrities and special events, to a Special Investigator for the State Bar of California, a professor teaching Criminal Justice, a Contract Investigator for the Department of Defense and as a Licensed Private Investigator, receiving many awards and letters of commendations from State, Federal and Foreign Law enforcements offices.

Pat also had a very successful Polo career,as well as becoming a priest! But let’s save that story for another day!

Pat has now lived in the Billings area for nearly 20 years.

Henry Patton “Pat” Stewart is one tough dude!

Thank you Diane Wise for capturing Pat’s story, and thank you Pat for sharing your amazing life.

“My mom, Mary, is my biggest supporter and my biggest fan. The morning of her stroke, something felt di erent. God was telling me something was wrong.

I checked on my mom and that’s when she told me she couldn’t move her legs. I rushed over and took her to the Emergency Room at Billings Clinic.

When we arrived, the team told me that my mom was having a stroke. They immediately got her in for a thrombectomy to remove the clot.

A nurse came out and called my name, and it was one of the scariest and best parts of my life. I immediately asked, ‘Is my mom okay?’ And she said ‘yes’ with a big smile.