You
may be venturing out more because you’re going crazy!; or there are just some items
you need: plants for the garden, your prescriptions and toilet paper (shop
early).
When
you do go shopping, the North Central Public Health District has several tips on
how to be a more considerate shopper. The focus is grocery shopping, but most
can apply to any type of shopping.
1. Practice
physical distancing. – I don’t think I need to tell you how many feet you should
keep between yourself and others.
2. Wear
a cloth mask when in public places. As the state cautiously reopens, wearing a
mask in public places may be a necessary recommendation.
3. Clean
your cart with disinfecting wipes before you shop; and consider being a Good
Samaritan and wiping it down after you use it, too.
4. Limit
your time in the store. Create a list and stick to it. (And I suggest spending
no more than ten minutes looking for that item your wife MUST have!)
5. Buy
smart and don’t overfill your carts. Overbuying can prevent your neighbor from
providing for their family.
6. Go
to the store less often and replace items that are missing with a substitute
instead of visiting a second store. And buy locally made products when
possible. (The Dalles Farmer’s Market opens June 6th with
appropriate customer expectations.)
7. Avoid
the WIC label when you can, because the WIC program covers some brands and not
others. If you can choose brands that aren't WIC-marked, you may be helping low
income women, infants and children who already have limited access to food.
8.
And finally, be patient, be kind. We are ALL in this together.
If
you find it difficult to prepare a healthy meal because you are staying home, the
rules for who can receive a home delivered meal have changed. Now ANYONE sixty
and over is eligible. Call your local meals-on-wheels program (in The Dalles
it’s 541-298-8333) or call Tammy at the Area Agency on Aging (1-458-854-4100)
to find what is available in your area.
A shout out to the Columbia Basin Blues Band of Rob Garrett
and his talented team of musicians for playing at the Center’s first Drive-Thru
Concert last Friday night. The goal was to have fun and raise money for The
Dalles Meals-on-Wheels program and both were accomplished. It was a sight to
see, cars parked as in a drive-in movie theater - except there weren’t the
clunky speakers hanging on the car windows. And in addition to clapping, there
were horns honking in appreciation. It was a “let’s do it again” kind of night.
The Freebridge
Brewery is in the historical The Dalles Mint, and Sedition Brewery is in the old
Stadleman Ice House which when operating was the largest ice and cold storage
plant in Eastern Oregon. And if you caught the connection, the former Bonney
Saddle Shop is now the location for the Baldwin Saloon. I only received correct
answers from a couple of floozies: Sandy Haechrel and Mary Davis - both winners
of a quilt raffle ticket.
Saturday
Night Live was a must see for many of us (during those days when staying up past
11:30 wasn’t such a challenge). Some of the early stars were Chevy Chase, John
Belushi, Dan Akyrold, Bill Murray, and Jane Curtin playing such memorable
characters as the Coneheads, the Blues Brothers and Baba Wawa. For this week’s
“Remember When” question, what comedian played the character of Emily Litella who spoke the well-known
catchphrase (which I often have to use), “Oh, never mind”? Email
your answer to mcseniorcenter@gmail.com, leave a message at 541-296-4788 or
send it with a link to a YouTube video of Roseanne Roseannadanna.
Now
it is time to put away your worries and enjoy a couple funny observations – well,
at least my wife laughed.
“I
was a boring child. Whenever we played doctor, the other children made me the
anesthesiologist.” Rita Rudner
“As
the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again, I sat
there thinking about life. Was it nothing more than a bunch of honking and
yelling? Sometimes it seemed that way.” Jack Handley
Well,
it’s been another week, looking forward to being able to hang-out at my
favorite coffee shop. Until we meet again, it never happens to you - until it
happens.
“Tomorrow
is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's
perfect when it arrives, and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've
learned something from yesterday.” John
Wayne
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