CORRESPONDENTS: St. Luke Living Center
By SUE GUTSCH
St. Luke Living Center reporter
Our bakers used a recipe from the 1985 St. Luke cookbook again Friday morning and made butterscotch delights, a recipe of Tillie Schafers. We followed her directions, but added walnuts for the nut-lovers and topped several pans full with a few chocolate chips. Our nearly 102-year-old baker, Amelia never saw a cookie recipe that couldn't use some chocolate!
Mid-morning we took time from our duties to meet Clinton and Kayla Kroupa, their mother Kimbra, and their three-month-old tranquil puppy Hank, who had come to visit Grandpa Edmund. Hank was big, beautiful, and an armload for Clinton.
That afternoon the bingo players gathered and there were sounds of pleasure when Magdalen Dvorak entered our large room. she had skipped a turn due to some surgery and it was evident she had been missed. Or maybe it was the kalaches! Whatever the case, we were happy to have her back and we always appreciate "our man Friday," Bill Schimpf.
Members of the Aulne United Methodist Church brought the afternoon worship service Sunday, including a pianist. Thank you for spending part of the Lord's day with us.
We enjoyed a bit of pretty up Monday morning. Our afternoon of reminiscing evolved from an e-mail Khrista received and showed concerning clotheslines. From there it moved to clothespin bags, to lines vs. dryers with a nearly unanimous vote for lines, with Esther dissenting. She contends it makes a difference what you intend to dry.
Because times were hard, Sam Caraclough of Yorkshire County in northern England was forced to sell Lassie, the family pet and a prized Collie. This week during Tuesday morning book club following Lassie's third escape from the Duke's kennels to meet his young master Joe at school, the boy and dog hid on the Moors.
Between and during little showers that morning, Les Broadstreet and Nancy Tharp could be seen planting begonias and vinca along the west railing of our roofed front patio area. The recent hail downpour injured our lone surviving morning glory, but the hardy variety is "climbing" back.
During the afternoon craft activity we made 4th of July pinwheels — 18 of them to be exact. We used the red, white, and blue toys as centerpieces on each of our six large wooden dining tables. We appreciated the rotating assistance of Kaylee, Megan, and Laura during decorating and assembly.
Our Nancy and her beautiful voice led hymn sing Thursday morning. In the afternoon a busload of residents accompanied Khrista on her final outing as our "designated" driver. As an added bonus, we stopped at Marion's Central Park and bought some sno-cones and cotton candy to go, from a young baseball team's concession.
We traveled south and west of Marion hoping to see the wheat harvest in action. On the return trip we drove over the large dam, one of our favorite sightseeing locales.
