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St. Luke Living Center

By SUE GUTSCH

St. Luke Living Center correspondent

Our "seasoned" bakers made sugar cookies Friday morning — the melt-in-your-mouth variety. We had recipes from three sources and the only variation was one-half cup of flour.

Lois Winter bundled up to come in to serve as our bingo caller after lunch Friday. We didn't realize that the cold snap was just a precursor.

Our scheduled Sunday minister was forced to cancel services and we understood his decision. Our regular Monday card-playing volunteer wisely decided to stay home as did Ellen Darrow. As it happened, Shirley Bowers was out and about, dropped in, and was promptly designated the fourth pitch player joining Fern Palmer, Olinda Meier, and Amelia Vinduska.

To fill Ellen's spot we worked on our large picture projects while we discussed Martin Luther King's legacy. We shared an article and pictures of artist Dick Bergen of Salina who is in the process of sculpting a bust of the Rev. King which will be placed near Ahearn Field house on the campus of Kansas State University. The university was the site of Dr. King's last major speaking engagement.

Beautician Bonnie came Tuesday morning to work her hair magic. The "uninvolved" played our game of categories, making lists of weather events (summer and winter), elected government officials, books of the Bible, and sports games.

The afternoon was spent on the banks of Plum Creek which included a town party and a reciprocal country party where Laura introduced Nellie Olsen to crabs and blood suckers and Ma's delicious vanity cakes.

Resident council met Thursday morning with 14 residents in attendance. After discussing some ongoing matters, we turned to some sprucing-up projects in our large dining room. The replacement or refurbishing of the chairs used in our dining room is back on the agenda. Perhaps spring fever is in the air (or is that wishful thinking?) but we also talked of painting the walls a more vibrant color and perhaps a new valance at the large windows on each side of the room.

The residents as a group, again expressed heartfelt appreciation for the wonderful van and a thankfulness to all the good people who made it possible.

After lunch the Vinduskas, Ken, Bonnie, and Amelia, treated us to homemade cookies and ice cream as a Christmas thank-you. Amelia and Bonnie had actually made the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies here a few days earlier, so we were able to enjoy them twice — the aroma and the taste.

Following the Vinduskas' treat, Judy Priest and Shirley Bowers provided us a musical treat. It was so nice to hear these women play the violin and piano as they sang so beautifully. Sometimes we joined in on the familiar songs.

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