Spirit Lake Senior Services

Newsletter

Edition 7 June 2008

The Senior Services Staff would like to thank all TANF and TWEPT workers for assisting our drivers and cooks in their daily tasks.   Your assistance is very needed and greatly appreciated. 

GOOD JOB!!! :)

The Spirit Lake Senior Services  welcomes items for publication such as recipes, poems, stories and any other wisdom you would like to share.  This page is in no way meant to offend any reader.

Happy Birthday to the following elders with a birthday in June:

1st: Duane Jackson and Yvonne Thompson

2nd: Rosemary Wee

3rd: Kenneth Gourd

4th: Darrell Thumb and Roger Cavanaugh

5th: Sheila Thompson

6th: Charles Walker and Cecil Longie

8th: Tim Demarce

9th: Adrian Thomas

11th: Priscilla Cavanaugh and Phyllis McKay

12th: Marie Jackson

17th: Vincent Walker

19th: Judy Ami

25th: Phillip McKay

27th: Sharon Anderson-Gatlin

28th: Archie Redfox, Ernest Redday and Cynthia Lindquist

Outreach contacts for the month of May were 243.  Way to go Duane.    If you need someone to visit and assist you with a problem, Duane is always available.

We are looking for donations for an upcoming fund raising prize bingo.  If you have anything to offer, your donation would be gratefully appreciated. 

The Spirit Lake Senior Services office will be holding another yard of the Week Contest, throughout the months of June and July.  If you would like to enter your yard in the contest, please call the office at 766-1211 or 1296 and we can come out and get a picture of your yard.  Judging will be held on Fridays in the lobby of the Tribal Building. Winners will be announced on KABU radio.  Join the fun and Good Luck to all entrants.

Mark Your Calendars

The elders annual pot luck picnic is scheduled for June 18th, at the Fish and Wildlife Park.  Please call the office and let us know if you will be participating in this event.

We still have assistive living items available for those of you in need.  Items include depends, bathtub grab bars, raised toilet seats, toilet frames and canes.

Elders 55 and older needing eye exams and eye glasses are asked to take advantage of the Lenscrafter Program being offered by Mary Cavanaugh at 766-1705.  This service will be offered to the elders and children on June 23rd through the 27th from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  This is a great opportunity for elders and children to get a free eye exam and glasses.  Any questions, call Mary 766-1705.

Elders needing their grass cut are asked to call Curtis Black at 350-0635.  Curtis will also be working with the children from a church group that comes to the Spirit Lake Tribe each summer.  If you are in need of house repairs or have any question regarding this group, please call Curtis.

A huge Thanks goes out to “Boy” Jetty for the donation of buffalo jerky and sausage which was used on the Senior Services display booth at Mystic Lake during the Title VI Directors Awards Conference.  Thank you Mr. Jetty.  The donation was well accepted by all Tribes in attendance.  Thanks also go out to the Spirit Lake Casino for their donation of mugs, shirts, pens.  Thank you.

The annual elder’s fish fry is another event held in conjunction with the Fish and Wildlife Program.  The event is scheduled for July and we are always in need of volunteers to assist with the filleting of the walleye.  If you are willing to assist with this task, please call Andrew at 766-1243.