St. Luke Living Center correspondent
The living center bakers didn’t bake Friday morning but made no-bake Snacks On Sticks (which we didn’t put on sticks). The peanut butter, raisin, and Cheerios treats were quite tasty, shaped into small balls.
Later Friday, bingo was interrupted a few times as we stopped to enjoy a little skunk, a princess, Star Wars characters, etc., as they passed through our large room and picked out some treats. Thanks to Elsie, the black cat, Reiswig, and Bill Schimpf for keeping us on task while enjoying the children.
Many thanks to Shirley Bowers for being here during the evening treaters rush and assisting wherever needed. We all enjoyed a “sack” lunch/supper which gave us more free time to welcome tricksters and hand-out treats.
Thank you also to Marion Health Mart Pharmacy, employees of St. Luke, our residents, their families, and friends for the wonderful response to our “treat” invitation.
We look forward to these delightful visits every year and thank all the costumed tricksters and their families for stopping by our home.
Gene Vinduska survived Halloween and brought his accordion Saturday morning to entertain us with music.
Rev. Brett Huebner of Our Savior Luther Church was our guest minister Sunday afternoon. We’re very grateful for the time these members of the clergy spend with us on the Sabbath.
There was some “pretty-up” Monday morning and lots of corn, popped in our big, red machine for us to snack on that afternoon.
Election day was busy as many residents visited Bonnie for “hair care.” We also conducted a living center presidential straw vote, and spent time reviewing qualifications for the presidency, read the oath of office, matched 15 presidents with the names of their first ladies, and shared some interesting facts concering our commanders-in-chief. Did you remember John Tyler had 14 children (the most of any), Woodrow Wilson is the only president buried in Washington, D.C., William H. Taft was our largest at 300 pounds, and James Monroe ran for the office unopposed.
After emptying our ballot box and reviewing the completed documents that afternoon, Martin and Frances tallied 12 votes for John McCain, four for Barack Obama, and one for Ralph Nader with a few abstentions.
Book club aficionados read a few more chapters in the hap-hazard life of Marley, the very large golden Lab who once again attended obedience school, graduating this time, eighth out of nine pooches.
This week we received the welcomed work from Our Savior Lutheran women’s group, confirming a bingo date for our 2009 activity calendar. We invite other groups to include us on their schedules, one or two evenings a year, to play bingo with us.
Dick Pracht and a “full house” gathered in our chapel Wednesday morning for prayer group.
In the afternoon, we caught up on current events by reading the Marion County Record, hot off the press, which included the outcomes of local and county election issues.
Lois Winter was our hymn song leader Thursday morning, both pianist and vocalist. This day there were several nice voices to add to hers. Some of us attend as listeners and this was a perfect time for that.
A full load of passengers settled in our mini-bus after lunch for this week’s outing. We went west to the Canada corner, south to Peabody, passing a cotton field, still waiting to be harvested. After a leisurely drive around town and the park, we turned north on Sunflower Road and headed back to Marion.