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A journey through the past

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ON THE COVER: This contributed photo shows Mike Kramer as he takes in the large battlefield maps at the Normandy American Cemetery in France. Kramer and his son-in-law Dustin Johnson took an epic history trip. The story is on Page 6.

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Adventures of buying cars in Europe In

Grangeville, most folks live by the car since there is no public transportation, not even a taxi. My first year living in Czech Republic, I had to use buses or trains. So, I really missed the freedom a car provides and at times when passing used car lots, called “Avto Bazaars,” I actually coveted some of those vehicles. I would press my nose against the bus window as we passed and dream of owning one.

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At the local dealership, he tried out the few that were there. One was a Russian Lada that he said steered like a tank and left a puddle of oil. We chose a little red Renault 5 featuring a line of starburstlike decals that made it look like a toy.

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In fact, one section was dedicated to him. We decided to return via Italy on a mountain road where we didn’t see even one other car. It was beautiful, but a slow and winding trip and we got home after dark. The next day when I started to drive to work, I had a flat tire. Elwyn tried to put on the spare, but it was flat as well. Luckily, we didn’t have that flat the day before in the mountains. I sold that car at the end of the year to a fellow who dealt in autos.

The following year, it was not as easy to find a car to buy. Some salesmen were reluctant to sell to an American because of the extra paperwork involved.

Finally I found a little red Peugeot 105 for sale, and Aaron, the salesman, was willing to work with me.

That was the sweetest car I owned over there and I was considering shipping it home to Idaho. But parts would have been difficult to find, so I sold it to a friend at the end of the school year. Instead, I bought a tiny metal toy car that looks identical and sits on my bedroom bookshelf. And the car’s doors even open.

Next month’s column: Look out for the nitty gritty of driving in Europe.

Johnson, of Grangeville, worked in three different European countries — Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovenia — in the 1990s and early 2000s. She can be reached at johnsondixie@hotmail.com.

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us that was how window. No probthis model soundlem, and the car ed. It ran perfectly did just fine in the and carried us all mountain snow. over the countryI was working in side, and even with Portorož and Piran, our two grown towns on the balmy sons visiting, we Adriatic Sea where chugged right over ADVENTURES parking was scarce. the Alpine passes OF AN EXPAT Those little cars in just fine. I sold Europe are perfect the car back to the for the tiny roads dealership at the and parking spaces, end of my term. and I am proud to The next fall say I could paralwhen I returned lel park that little I tried to buy it dear perfectly on the steep again but it had sold just streets, even without power days before so I ended up steering. One of my major getting a white Renault triumphs that year, since Clio. With such a scarcity I spoke little Slovene, was of used autos, I didn’t pay attention to the year of the having the tires rotated.

On a Sunday, Elwyn car or to the mileage. But and I picked up a friend I was lucky each time. I in Nova Gorica and drove had bought the car in the town where I first lived so north into the towering Julian Alps. It is a gorgeous I had to drive across the area with tumbling rivers, country that night down narrow gorges, pretty vilto the seacoast where I lages and very little trafcurrently taught. I kept fic. We had a lovely day hearing a thump, thump visiting a World War I mucoming from the back of the car. Yikes: What could seum in Kobarid, where be wrong? I pulled over in Ernest Hemingway served the snow and discovered it in the war and wrote about was the wiper on the back in “A Farewell to Arms.”

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examined them. They eeds have a bad lawn cleaned off so they reputation. I get have many stems growing could find the sprinkler rid of them beheads. Out came the weed upward and twice as cause they crowd out the eater, clippers and gloves. many roots spreading plants I’d rather look at below the ground. If you The next three hours I in my garden or worked around the grab just one stem it yard. They cerbreaks off. Even two or edges of the yard, tainly survived three won’t pull up the and learned root our harsh January. plant. The secret is to go lessons.

I thought I’d lost I tame my yard’s to the ground level, wrap a lot of plants in your hand around all the wild nature only those four days of stems and pull straight when some plant minus 10 degrees up. Even then, some of encroaches on last winter. Most the tentacles of the root another I want to THINKING came up at the stay in the ground ready be free. After all, OUT LOUD roots — all except that’s the directions to start a new plant. my 12-foot-high They survive anything.

God gave when he butterfly bush.

They’re the comeback kid. put Adam in the I cried over that Nothing can stop them. garden: “He sat one. I was busy I took a lesson from him down in the trimming the dead these invaders. The secret Garden of Eden to branches away and is in the roots. Maybe my work the ground hadn’t paid much life ought to look more and keep it in attention to the like weeds than flowers — order.” rest of the yard. growing wild, spreading That was before My place is like an seeds with joy, extending the weeds came. My take English garden — scads my roots deeper. Strong on weeds is that they’re of ground cover. I besuper strong, fast-growing roots of truth and faith, lieve in letting the green which have been proven plants that want to take spread wherever it likes over thousands of years, over the world. I like my to grow best. (Have you keep me grounded, secure organized chaos so I get ever noticed how many and growing even when rid of these bullies even shades of green there are?) though I admire their people or circumstances The 4-foot-high cement try to pull me out or cut insistence. The amazing foundation of the shop thing is, you can never re- me off. has been nicely hidden In my life, the core root ally get rid of them. Their for years by ivy, but the is love from the ultimate seeds are powerful and freeze left no leaves. The sacrifice of love. It sprouts their roots are tenacious. barren branches are just They don’t understand the kindness, respect, encourbeginning to reproduce. agement, caring and civmeaning of order.

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integrity, honesty, fairness and peace. Just think what would happen if I let those grow wild like weeds in my life.

Would the world be a different place if I didn’t complain when someone breaks off a stem or two?

What if I stubbornly cling to my love root system and practice its characteristics, growing and spreading the seeds from my life?

Like weeds, some people might look with disdain, wanting to get rid of the

fast-growing influence.

They might even try to cut me off or pull me out because I’m different. My stubborn weed lifestyle would just bounce back, spreading more seeds, growing more roots.

I’m thinking I want to be more like a weed: hang on tight with my roots and go wild with my seeds.

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From foxhole to foxhole, Clark Dustin Johnson and Mike Kramer dive deep into war history

By KERRI SANDAINE

RIGHT: Mike Kramer looks over a German Tiger tank in La Gleize, Belgium. he trip of a lifetime for Dustin BELOW: Dustin Johnson kneels Johnson and Mike Kramer beside a monument dedicated to began on the anniversary of the lives lost within the village D-Day, which seems appropriate of Graignes during the battle for for a whirlwind tour of World War Normandy in June 1944. battlefields, cemeteries and memo-

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Johnson, 46, is the public works director for the city of Lewiston, and a longtime history buff who’s been studying World War I and II for about 20 years. His father-in-law Mike Kramer, 69, is a retired college football coach, who now lives in Clarkston.

When Johnson and his future wife Courtney Kramer met two decades ago in Montana, he started reading the books in Kramer’s expansive war history libraries and his interest in the topic grew.

Both men have been to Europe before, but this trip was unusual. Instead of hitting the popular tourist spots, they traveled across France and into Belgium, visiting nine American cemeteries, gathering sand from Utah and Omaha beaches at Normandy and searching for graves of soldiers from Montana, Idaho and Washington.

For Christmas, Kramer gave Johnson a plane ticket to Paris, and “the keys to the castle” by letting the engineer plan their stops.

Johnson created a daunting itinerary that kept the men on the road from dawn to dusk, soaking up the scenes and remembering the fallen.

“Our goal was to go foxhole to foxhole on our (self-guided) tour,” Johnson said. “We covered so much ground and saw so many monumental places. It truly was a oncein-a-lifetime trip.”

Because the crowds were thick in Normandy on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the travelers started at Belleau Wood, about 1½ hours from Paris. The WWI cemetery was qui-

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people lost their lives during a 10-month conflict there.

However, the grounds of the final resting spots of American soldiers are gorgeous. et when they arrived.

“Every one of these American A Colton WWI Marine, Charles cemeteries is beautiful,” Johnson Boyd Maynard, was killed June 6, said. “They are manicured and 1918, at the Belleau Wood battlewell maintained to such a high field, he said. standard. At the first one we visit“The battlefield is right behind ed, we were the only ones there.” the cemetery, and the guns are still With a list of names, they set out sitting out. You can walk through to honor every grave of soldiers the trenches and the forest.” from this region. On Montana From there, they drove to Verdun gravesites, state flags or pennants and visited the Meuse Argonne from Montana State University or American Cemetery. The scenes the University of Montana were from movies and books came to life placed. Of the eight Colton resias they walked through villages dents who were killed in WWII, and rural areas torn apart during only Courtney’s uncle is buried in the wars.

Europe.

Verdun was an “awful place,” The Kramers have deep family Johnson said. More than 300,000 roots in Colton, where both Mike and

his wife Sandi were raised. Courtney grew up in Cheney, when her father was coaching at Eastern Washington University. She graduated from Bozeman High School in 2001.

Johnson graduated from Castle Rock High School in western Washington, and went to college in Bozeman.

Mike Kramer played football for the University of Idaho and coached at EWU, Montana State University and Idaho State University before moving to the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley. He still helps out with farming during harvest in Colton.

Because he and his son-in-law share the same interests, the European trip seemed “meant to be.”

Kramer told Johnson he was the ideal traveling companion for such an adventure.

After Verdun, the two men drove to Bastogne, Belgium, stopping at

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June 11 on a transport, At one battlefield, live Johnson said.

“The scale of everything ammo shells are still beneath the green grass. The blows you away. Omaha site is mowed by sheep Beach is massive. I can rather than equipment, to stand there and still see avoid any blasts. the bunkers, bluffs and Johnson said his trip had the sands that were in play so many important and on D-Day. It’s not hard to imagine what it was like.” memorable moments that it’s hard to describe in detail Each day, the travelers were on the road early, try- to a casual listener. However, he said he’s willing to ing to get to cemeteries at share his photos and speak 9 a.m. when they opened. about the journey with vetIn France, dinner is served late, and “we were eran groups in the valley.

August Frank/Golden Times “I love to talk about it,” starving by then,” Johnson Various brochures brought back by Dustin Johnson from his said. “Everyday we were he said. “It was something recent trip.

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he three teachers who wrote to me after I sent them information and pictures about my LCSC Warrior Award are some of my favorite people.

Denice Strohmaier taught junior high English and some vocal music at Asotin until she retired.

She came to the school when I did in 1975. Both of my sons were taught by her and enjoyed it. Denice and her late husband Ted both graduated from Sandpoint High School.

She is a very loving and caring person. Her son Joe and his wife Kristy live in Lewiston as does Denice.

Her daughter Katie, an

outstanding singer, lives in England.

I had a nice note from Joanie Holland who, like Denice, is a retired Asotin teacher. Joanie is a “cool,” understanding person who was a wonderful special education teacher. She and her husband Roger and daughter Suzie live in Oregon in retirement.

The third letter I received about the Lifetime Warrior Award was from June McComas, a retired California elementary school teacher. June was married to my late friend Ed McComas who played baseball with me at the University of Idaho and town team baseball at

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Kamiah and the her. She was a Lewiston Orchards sweet, smart little in 1952 and ’53. girl who then was The NAIA World the big sister who Series is held a helped her mothblock from our er take care of house in late May, her little brothers and Ed and June Doug and Matt. often stayed at our She loved life and 90 AND house along with COUNTING her friends, family my other former and fellow students teammates Ray and and teachers. At Klea Copeland, and the age of 17, she Roger and Dorothy graduated from Olson. We all had a Highland High great time during School as class series week. June valedictorian and and I are the only one of most valuable basketball the eight of us who are still player in 1976. alive.

We used to take Jolyn I already mentioned to University of Idaho Marlene and Bill Stellmon Vandal football games, and and their five children. she always wanted to be Another favorite lady I a Vandal. She did become know is Francie Hilbert a true Vandal, had high Tatko. She and her late grades, was a flag girl in husband also have five the band and was presichildren. Francie lives in dent of her Alpha Gamma Lewiston now, but she was Delta sorority before gradraised in Keuterville and uating in 1980 with majors graduated from St. Gerin elementary and special trude Academy in Coteducation. She then taught tonwood. Bob was on the kindergarten at Lewiston’s school board when I was Whitman Grade School the school superintendent until she passed away at at Highland in Craigmont. age 46 on April 18, 2005.

Francie is a fun, very inIn 1980, Jolyn married telligent lady I enjoy. Two the love of her life, Ed of our children were class- Dahmen, who worked at mates of their children, the paper mill in Lewiston. and our daughter Jolyn They moved to Clarkston was a basketball teammate in the mid-’90s where their to their daughter Bobbi, two boys graduated from who is a very successful high school in 2004 and basketball coach of the 2006. Zach graduated from Walla Walla Community Whitworth University in College Lady Warriors.

Spokane where he now Before closing this artilives. Joel is a professional cle I want to talk about my golfer who lives in beloved wife Barbara and Scottdale, Ariz., with his my wonderful daughter wife Lona and 1-year-old Jolyn who are now with son Riggs. Since 2017, Joel God as his angels. I can’t has won about $12 million. think of enough words to Jolyn was a wonderful say how much I thought mother who took Joel of and loved Jolyn. I did to golf tournaments all write a short book about summer.

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In May of 1960, Benita Ruark got me a date with her fellow 1955 LHS Bengal graduate and fellow bank employee, Barbara Wagner. We went out with Benita and her husband, my friend Mel Ruark, to dinner and then dancing at the Stables Club. I was immediately in love with the beautiful Barbara who was also beautiful inside with the greatest of personalities.

We were married Aug. 19, 1960, at Grace Lutheran Church in the Lewiston Orchards. After 63 wonderful years together, my beloved Barbara passed away on May 11, 2023, at the age of 87. Like most husbands I am biased, but I have never met a better, nicer, kinder person than my Barbara. She loved her family and so enjoyed her Presbyterian Church and friends. Those who knew her enjoyed her pleasant smile and outgoing personality. After I dragged her around for 15 years from Seattle to Craigmont, we settled in Asotin where our Doug and Matthew graduated. My beloved Barbara stood by me in difficult times like when we lost our precious Jolyn in 2005 and I lost my job in 1990.

We enjoyed each other, our family and traveling in retirement.

She and Jolyn have left me with wonderful memories, but with a broken heart.

Riggs, 90, is a lifelong Lewistonian.

He’s an avid Warriors fan, a retired educator, coach and school superintendent and volunteers his time at the Nez Perce County Historical Society. He can be reached at bdriggo@gmail.com.

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y profession for 54 years was conducted in the pet industry as a groomer, speaker, writer and grooming competition judge. A love for dogs began in childhood with a retired circus dog that allowed me to dress her in a bonnet and push her around the neighborhood in a baby carriage.

I can’t remember a time when a canine companion didn’t accompany, protect and comfort me.

I was fortunate when I married into a family with a tradition and reputation for producing quality show dogs. Many of you may remember Dorothy Christiansen’s My-Ida-Ho Kennels which produced American cocker spaniels.

Dorothy was one of the founding members of the Lewis-Clark Kennel Club.

She, Grace Griner, Jean

Sweet and Marilyn Casey were the first officers when it formed in 1947 and incorporated in 1950.

From the beginning, the club was involved in the community by offering rewards for lost animals or bringing animal abusers to justice in addition GALLIVANTING to the GRANNY preservation and promotion of purebred dogs. In 1952, club president Lloyd Moody took over for Hayden Mann in charge of an animal shelter. D.K. Warden donated a small building for an isolation house to keep ill animals away from the healthy. It was the first structure the shelter ever owned because they’d been renting property at 29th Street and 11th Avenue.

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dog that is closest to breed standards, with hope that the progeny will be of the finest quality. If breeders in the U.S. hadn’t stepped in, many dog breeds wouldn’t exist today because the war in Europe depleted them.

Even today, if dogs were wild, many of the breeds would be considered an endangered species, even more rare than the giant panda. Those who continue their commitment to them are considered preservation breeders. They strive to conform to standards in excellence set by breed clubs according to the job they were bred to do in assistance to humans.

Good breeders do health and temperament testing in an effort to provide quality puppies.

They produce consistency in the litters where the size, color and temperament are determined by good genet-

ics. The study of pedigree and an understanding of dog conformation has become an art. Not every puppy in a litter will become a show dog. Those not selected as potential breeding stock are sold as good quality pets. As a buyer, you should expect to learn about the parents of the dog, the care and training needed. A good breeder should also be a good mentor.

If you seek a purebred dog to become a part of your family, attending a dog show is a good place to begin. A catalog shows the names of those exhibiting and their breed of choice.

You have an opportunity to determine the right dog for you. The American Kennel Club website is full of tips and information as well. At a show, approach the person handling a breed you’re interested in after the class is over when they’d have

more time to discuss all aspects of the dogs they show.

Lewis-Clark Kennel Club has offered classes for training dogs, scholarships to veterinary students, puppy matches and a meet the breed program held at North 40. They join Palouse Hills Kennel Club to hold an annual dog show where nearly a thousand dogs are shown. The show is held at the Nez Perce County Fairgrounds in April each year.

The club always seeks new members.

Having a dog gives you a reason to get out of bed every morning. They fill so many of our needs for companionship and love.

Having a pet has proven to extend life expectancy. I know my dogs have given me reason to smile every day. How about yours?

Christiansen lives in Lewiston. She can be reached at petpal535@gmail.com.

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REGIONAL SENIOR MEAL SITES Cottonwood Community Hall 506 King St., basement, Cottonwood, (208) 792-2465, meals at noon Tuesdays.

Craig Mountain Senior Center 413 Nezperce St., Winchester, (208) 9246581, meals at noon Wednesdays.

Daley Senior Care 30302 Harley Lane, Culdesac, (208) 7917438, meals at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. daily.

Friendly Senior Citizens of Troy 100 S. Main St., Troy, (208) 835-6092, dine-in or pick-up; noon Wednesdays.

Grangeville Senior Center 108 Truck Route, Grangeville, (208) 9832033, meals are at noon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Juliaetta-Kendrick Senior Citizens Center

Fridays.

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Lewiston Community Center

Pullman Senior Center

1424 Main St., Lewiston, (208) 743-6983, meals at noon Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Moscow Senior Center 412 E. Third St., Moscow, (208) 882-1562, noon Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Nezperce Senior Citizens 501 Cedar St., Nezperce, (208) 937-2465, noon Mondays and Thursdays.

Orofino Senior Center 930 Michigan Ave., Orofino, (208) 476-4238, noon Tuesdays and Fridays.

Palouse Senior Meals 220 E. Main St., Palouse, (509) 878-2301, meals at noon Wednesdays.

104 S. Sixth St., Kendrick, (208) 289-5031, meals from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays.

Pomeroy Senior Center

Kamiah Senior Center

Potlatch Senior Citizens

125 N. Maple St., Kamiah, (208) 935-0244, meals at noon Mondays, Wednesdays and

Potlatch Senior Citizens Meal Site, 645 Pine St., Potlatch, (208) 875-1071, meals at noon

695 Main St., Pomeroy, (509) 843-3308, noon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

190 SE Crestview St., Building B, Northside Entrance, Pullman, (509) 338-3307, meals at noon Tuesdays and Fridays.

Riggins Odd Fellows Building 121 S. Lodge St., Riggins, (208) 628-4147, meals at noon Tuesdays.

Spud Hill Seniors 401 Line St., Deary, (208) 877-1717, meals at noon Tuesdays.

Senior Round Table 549 Fifth St., Clarkston, (509) 295-8685, noon Tues-days, Thursdays, Fridays.

Weippe Hilltop Senior Citizens Center 115 First St. W., Weippe, (208) 435-4553, meals noon Mondays and Thursdays.

Pullman Meals on Wheels (509) 397-4305.

Valley Meals on Wheels (208) 799-5767.

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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WA-ID Volunteer Center, in the Lewiston Community Center at 1424 Main St., strives to provide individualized volunteer opportunities for those wishing to serve in Lewiston, Clarkston, Asotin, Pomeroy, Moscow and the Orofino area. Information and other volunteer openings can be found at waidvolunteercenter.org or by calling (208) 746-7787.

Volunteer needs include: Tutors — America Reads needs tutors to help students in kindergarten through third grade become proficient readers.

Volunteers need to be able to commit to at least an hour a week for the school year. Background check required.

Food bank help — Volunteers are needed to repack frozen and dry foods for distribution.

Front counter volunteers and drivers for morning food pickups also are needed.

AARP tax preparer —

Do you feel comfortable with computers? Can you spare a couple of mornings a week? AARP Tax Aide Program needs volunteers to help prepare free basic tax returns for seniors and low-income individuals.

No experience necessary.

Training and materials are provided.

Project Warmup — Crafters are needed to make hats, scarves, mittens and lap blankets (yarn is provided). Completed items are donated to local nonprofit agencies.

Companions — The Senior Companion program provides companionship and respite care to the elderly and disabled. It allows low-income senior volunteers an opportunity to assist those who need minor help to continue living independently.

Senior Companions visit clients in their homes, but it is not an in-home care program.

program trains volunteers to assist local seniors with Medicare questions for Asotin, Garfield and Whitman counties.

Local hospital auxiliary — Volunteers are needed to greet people, deliver flowers, staff the courtesy cart, deliver mail, assist in the gift shop, create baby and child items, do clerical work, provide hospital tours and more.

Lewiston City Library — Volunteer needs include circulation support, tech tutors and programming support.

Mobile blood drive canteen — Volunteers serve refreshments to donors immediately following donations, help maintain a comfortable atmosphere, talk with donors and answer questions while observing the donors for possible adverse reactions

Museum docents — Skills include meet-andgreet abilities, friendly Medicare counselor — The State Health Insurance personality and the ability Benefits Advisors (SHIBA) to answer questions about

the displays at the center.

Training is provided.

Transportation — Drive seniors or disabled community members to and from destinations across the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley.

You must have a valid driver’s license and auto insurance.

Garden and Park Volunteers — General lawn maintenance, weeding, sweeping, etc. Training provided. Community service approved.

Building updates — Habitat for Humanity volunteers will help with many updates to the former

Clark Communications Building. We need to work on painting, cleaning, removing shelves, removing walls and everything in between.

——— Interlink Inc. is a nonprofit organization in Clarkston that matches community volunteers to people needing assistance to remain independent in their own homes. For information about becoming a volunteer and volunteer opportunities, call (509) 7519143. Volunteer applications and additional information also can be found online at interlinkvolunteers.org.

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Interlink to compile new senior social directory Interlink of Clarkston has landed a grant of $10,000 from the Innovia Foundation in Spokane.

The volunteer organization will use the money to compile information for a new “Senior Social Directory” for the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley.

“Health directories exist. Resource directories exist,” Mark Havens, executive director of Interlink, said in a news release. “But no one has ever compiled a social directory containing contact information for clubs, civic groups, membership organizations, churches and any type of S A T U R D A Y, J U L Y 6 , 2 0 2 4

gathering (that) welcomes new members.”

The social directory will be targeted to two groups: retirees who have recently relocated to the L-C Valley, as well as the valley’s growing population of “solo seniors” (retirees who are living alone and have no family members or close friends living in the community), Havens said.

Interlink aims to have the directory printed and available before the end of 2024.

Interlink is inviting any group or organization that would like to be featured in the social directory to

send their contact information by email to director@ interlink-volunteers.org or phone at (509) 751-9143.

Those who would like to join Innovia in sponsoring the new social directory are also asked to contact Interlink.

TO SUBMIT BRIEFS: Groups and organizations may submit event information pertaining to seniors in the region for free publication in the monthly Golden Times magazine.

All submissions are subject to editing and space restraints and must include the name and phone number of the person submitting the information. Questions may be directed to editor Dallas Marshall at dmarshall@lmtribune.com.

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VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS — JULY MENU SUNDAY

MONDAY

Menus are prepared

by St. Joseph Regional Medical Center and are subject to change.

HOT: Chicken cordon bleu/ peas SACK: Egg salad/ chips/pears

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TUESDAY HOT: Stuffed peppers/rice/ broccoli SACK: Turkey/chickpea salad/Jell-O

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WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

HOT: Chicken HOT: Taco HOT: Beefy mac and 5 casserole/corn 4 tetrazzini/carrots cheese/cauliflower SACK: Roast SACK: SACK: Chicken beef/potato salad/ Uncrustable/yogurt/ salad/spinach salad/ orange peaches cookies

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SATURDAY HOT: Vegetarian lasagna/mixed veggies SACK: Ham/crudite cup/ fruit salad

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HOT: Spaghetti HOT: Pesto HOT: Salisbury steak/ HOT: Pork loin/ HOT: CheeseHOT: Philly steak HOT: Chicken 13 with meat sauce/ 12 mashed potatoes/ 8 chicken casserole/ 9 burger casse10 strips/mac and 11 and onions/potamashed potatoes/ mushrooms cauliflower green beans squash role/corn toes/cabbage cheese/peas SACK: Pastrami/threeSACK: Tuna salad/pickled SACK: Pastrami/ SACK: Turkey salad/pea SACK: Egg salad/green SACK: Uncrustable/carrot SACK: Chicken salad/ bean salad/cookies broccoli salad/pear chips/pineapple beet salad/applesauce salad/cottage cheese salad/lemon pudding almond salad/cake

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HOT: Ham/scal-

14 loped potatoes/

broccoli SACK: Roast beef/pasta salad/Jell-O fluff HOT: Roasted turkey/yams/ green beans SACK: Seafood salad/ coleslaw/pudding

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HOT: Pork loin/

28 mashed potatoes/

HOT: Lasagna/ HOT: Teriyaki HOT: Chicken 16 pot pie/green 17 meatballs/rice/ squash peas beans SACK: Tuna salad/green salad/ SACK: Uncrustable/ SACK: Egg salad/ apple broccoli salad/cookies chips/peaches

HOT: Tuna noodle HOT: Chicken 19 casserole/carrots and rice casserole/cauliflower SACK: Pastrami/ SACK: Ham/potato sal- cucumber and tomato ad/chocolate pudding salad/fruit cobbler

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peas SACK: Egg salad/ chips/pears

HOT: Stuffed peppers/rice/ broccoli SACK: Turkey/chickpea salad/Jell-O

HOT: Pesto

HOT: Cheese-

HOT: Chicken

22 cordon bleu/

HOT: Beefy mac and

24 cheese/cauliflower

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HOT: Chicken strips/mac and role/corn cheese/peas SACK: Turkey salad/pea SACK: Egg salad/green salad/cottage cheese salad/lemon pudding

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8 Hamburger gravy

9 Taco pie

10 Chicken nacho

15 Cowboy quiche 22 Chicken nuggets 29 Sloppy joe

16 Chicken enchiladas 23 Beefy mac and cheese

24 Chicken fried steak

30 Lasagna

31 Chicken salad sandwich

17 Biscuits and gravy

All meals served with: hot veggies, salad, fruit and bread.

HOT: Chicken

25 tetrazzini/carrots SACK: Roast beef/potato salad/ orange

SACK: Chicken salad/spinach salad/ cookies

29 chicken casserole/ 30 burger casse-

cauliflower squash SACK: Pastrami/ SACK: Tuna salad/pickled broccoli salad/pear beet salad/applesauce

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HOT: Taco

26 casserole/corn SACK: Uncrustable/yogurt/ peaches

HOT: Stroganoff/

20 noodles/lima

beans SACK: Turkey salad/celery and carrots/banana HOT: Vegetarian lasagna/mixed veggies SACK: Ham/crudite cup/ fruit salad

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Meals are delivered to established clients between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. 365 days of the year, with delivery guaranteed by 1 p.m. each day. Individuals can have a hot meal delivered to their residence for $4 per day or a hot meal and a sack lunch for $5 per day. More info: (208) 799-5767.

LEWISTON SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM — When: Noon, Mon./Tues. and 11:30 a.m. Wed. • Where: Lewiston Community Center, 1424 Main St., or call for delivery at (208) 743-6983.

On-site meals are every Monday through Wednesday. • Cost: $4 suggested for seniors 60 and older; $5 for nonseniors • Note: Menu is subject to change.

SENIOR MENUS FOR JULY

SENIOR ROUND TABLE NUTRITION PROGRAM — When: Noon, Tues./Thurs./Fri. • Where: Valley Community and Senior Center, 549 Fifth St., No. F, Clarkston, or call (509) 758-3816 for delivery. • Cost: Donations appreciated for seniors 60 and older; $7 for nonseniors • Note: Menu is subject to change.

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9 Pork fritters/mashed potatoes/green beans/ pears/roll

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16 Goulash/carrots/pickled beets/Jell-O with fruit/garlic toast 23 Baked fish/Tater Tots/veggie medley/fruit cocktail/dessert 30 Birthday dinner: Roast beef/mashed potatoes/carrots/juice/roll/cake and ice cream

11 Saucy meatballs over pasta/broccoli/ pickled beets/peaches/garlic toast

12 Chicken salad sandwich/ salad bar

18 Chicken strips/jojos/veggie medley/ applesauce/dessert 25 Fried chicken/mashed potatoes/corn/ mandarin oranges/roll

19 Hot dog/ salad bar 26 Club sandwich/ salad bar

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MOSCOW SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM — When: Noon, Tues./Thurs. • Where: 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St. or call (208) 310-3779 for delivery.

Cost: $5 suggested for seniors 60 and older; $7 for nonseniors. • Notes: Soup (starting at 10:30 a.m.), salad bar (at 11:30 a.m.) and dessert are available daily. Menu is subject to change. • Online: users.moscow.com/srcenter.

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9 Breaded chicken/roast broccoli/brown rice/peaches 16 Ham/roll/mashed potatoes/roasted broccoli and carrots 23 Pulled pork with gravy/mashed potatoes/corn/roll 30 Omelet/mixed berries/bacon/potatoes/biscuit and gravy

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11 Braised beef/pasta/corn/melon slices

18 Meatloaf with gravy/roasted cauliflower/roll 25 Cheeseburger/oven fries/strawberries/pasta salad

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