QUARTZ HILL WOMAN'S CLUB DONATES $600 FOR SENIOR MEALS.Byline: Bettie Rencoret Senior Columnist QUARTZ HILL - As a fitting tribute to the holiday season's tradition of giving gifts, the Quartz Hill Woman's Club has donated $600 to the Antelope Valley Committee on Aging for its Meals on Wheels n. 1. A program that delivers hot meals to persons, such as the elderly or disabled, who are confined to their homes and unable to cook for themselves; also, the meals thus delivered. Such programs are usually conducted by governmental or charitable organizations. program. At the recent Christmas luncheon meeting in the community hall at Lane Park, club president Ginny Beaver and member Marilyn Johnson presented the check to Harriett Davis, AVCOA's executive director and also the club's immediate past president. ``This is wonderful and so appreciated since we still have a waiting list of 100 people for the delivered meals,'' Davis said. ``It takes a lot of money to fund the project and we almost never have enough. Every dime we get helps us take care of our shut-in citizens and make sure that they get at least one well-balanced meal a day.'' Recent donations have also come in from the Boeing Co., $7,000; Boeing Employees Association, $10,000; and the Lancaster Rotary Club West, $3,000. ``These are all marvelous gifts and help immensely to defray de·fray tr.v. de·frayed, de·fray·ing, de·frays To undertake the payment of (costs or expenses); pay. [French défrayer, from Old French desfrayer : des-, the $34,000 monthly costs of the program,'' Davis said. On Dec. 17, club members assisted with a children's Christmas party at the park and the Saturday before, provided cookies for the Quartz Hill Town Center tree-lighting ceremonies. Entertainment for the holiday luncheon was provided by The Happy Singers. The all-senior group sang Christmas carols to keyboard accompaniment. The Oliver Handbell Choir of Lancaster United Methodist Church United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism). presented a Holiday Handbell Concert in the church's new sanctuary. Also performing were the Palmdale High School div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 2em; width: 20em; text-align: right; font-size: 0.86em; font-family: lucida grande, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> '''Palmdale High School Chamber Singers, pianist Daniel Zu, organist Dan Royster, trumpeter Julie Pfeifer and percussionist Tom Lee. Mary Zimmerman, the church's organist, directed the bell choir, which consists of Ann Bush, Fred Bush, Jeanne Cochran, Vicki Fisher, Marty Gatlin, Helen Halasey, Kathy Lee, Joann Marshall, Gerry Saul, Larry Stebbins, Kathy Young and Al Zimmerman. Teacher Mike McCullough directed the chamber singers: sopranos Angela Clayton, Morgan Ray, Julia Sobo and Megan Tondreau; altos Candace Cortez, Deirdre Montgomery and Shatera Sangster; tenors Charles Paling, Andrew Shoff and Paulo Vilcapoma; and basses Chris Correa, Bryan Green, Tim McCullough, Bruce Rivera and Marrin Romo. The young men appeared in white tie and tails, as did their director, and the young ladies wore long black gowns. The finale featured the handbells with Royster at the organ, Pfeifer on the trumpet and Lee on the drums. The Chamber Singers were called back for an encore. Menus for the week at the senior life nutrition sites in Lancaster and Palmdale have been announced. All meals include bread, margarine and coffee, tea or milk, for a suggested donation of $2. Monday: Chili egg puff, chili beans, spinach, vegetable soup, coleslaw cole·slaw also cole slaw n. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette. , apple. Tuesday: Spaghetti and meatballs Noun 1. spaghetti and meatballs - spaghetti with meatballs in a tomato sauce dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" , mixed vegetables, garden salad, apple juice, ice cream. Wednesday: Sweet and sour sweet and sour adj → agridulce chicken, wild rice, juice, green beans, carrot salad, gelatin gelatin or animal jelly, foodstuff obtained from connective tissue (found in hoofs, bones, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage) of vertebrate animals by the action of boiling water or dilute acid. with fruit. Thursday: Barbecued pork sandwich or fish fillet fillet /fil·let/ (fil´et) 1. a loop, as of cord or tape, for making traction on the fetus. 2. in the nervous system, a long band of nerve fibers. fil·let n. 1. , soup, scalloped scal·lop also scol·lop or es·cal·lop n. 1. a. Any of various free-swimming marine mollusks of the family Pectinidae, having fan-shaped bivalve shells with a radiating fluted pattern. b. potatoes, corn Niblets, marinated salad, citrus cup. Friday: Roast beef, mashed potatoes, green beans, fruit salad, orange juice, apple pie. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Antelope Valley Committee on Aging executive director Harriett Davis, center, accepts a $600 check for senior meals from Quartz Hill Woman's Club members Ginny Beaver, left, and Marilyn Johnson. Bettie Rencoret/Daily News |
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