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Flatwillow Homemakers met on April 11 at Sandy’s home in Huntley. There were five present and seven absent at this meeting. Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. Sandi fixed ham and potato salad, the rest of us filled in with salads and desserts. Sandi read the thought for the day called “Dear Granddaughter.” It was a religious fashion statement story (joke). Roll call was answered with “what would be your dream vacation.” We all had wonderful ideas of where we would like to go.

Minutes and treasurer’s report were approved as presented. Under unfinished business, we discussed where we would like to go on our outing next month. The consensus is we will go to Billings to eat. Ginger and Sandy were going to talk to relatives and find a good place to eat for our group. We can then decide where we want to tour, whether visit specialty stores or go to a greenhouse and pick out bedding plants or do both. We encourage each of us whenever we get to Lewistown to stop in at Valle Vista and visit Jean. She is able to leave Valle Vista but does get anxious out of her comfort zone so anytime we can, we will get in there to see her. She loves visitors.

Election of officers – we asked everyone there that has a job if they were willing to continue for another year. They all said yes. Our officers will remain the same: Sandy is president, Luann- vice president, Raye Anne – secretary/treasurer, and Ginger will continue to do the scrapbook. Thank you all and congratulations to all. Our next meeting will be on May 11, and we will go to Billings to eat and go shopping. Ginger won the blind pig. Secret sister gifts were given out. Ginger drove: Lillian, Luann, and Raye Anne were her passengers. Thank you, Ginger, for driving. Hope to see everyone next month. We will figure out who will drive and where we are going and make sure to let everyone know.

A reminder that a couple of workshops are coming up. MSU Extension & Fergus Co. Weed District are putting on two workshops on May 4 in Winnett. Both are free. The first one is a Gardening Workshop from 1 – 3pm. Topics covered will be transplanting, weed/pest control, and diagnosing plant injury. It will be held in Carroll Hall at the Petroleum Co. Community Center. The second workshop is an Applicators Class from 3 – 5pm. There will be two classes (2 credits total). One class is a Sprayer Calibration class for 1 credit, and the second class will be Reading the Label class for 1 credit. For these classes meet at 207 E Main in front of the Community Center. For more information or if you have any questions, call the NRCS/PCCD at 406-429-6646. Another upcoming activity planned is “Ladies Day on The Range” on June 5. Ladies, bring a lawn chair and a sack lunch for the day. We will be departing from the NRCS/PCCD office. Postcards with time and location will be sent out in May. Topics planned will be Animal Nutrition, Range Science/Soil & Plant Health, and the “glamor” of being a woman in the Ag industry. If you have any questions, please call 406-429-6646.

The grand opening celebration for the new Petroleum County Community Center is planned for April 29, 2023. Happy hour begins at 6pm and will be provided by the Winnett Bar. The Methodist church ladies are preparing appetizers and snacks. The Brent Williams band will begin providing live music beginning at 7pm. There will be door prizes, fireworks, and lots of fun. Be sure to mark your calendars and plan to attend a fun celebration.

Due to the storms that hit our area this last week, several track meets were cancelled: The Fergus Twilight Track Meet (HS), and the Shepherd/Huntley Invite (JH) were cancelled. The Shepherd/Huntley Invite has been rescheduled for April 28. It will be at Billings Skyview at 9am. The bus leaves Winnett at 6:30am.

There will be a special school board meeting on Monday April 24 at 5:30. Afterwards, a co-op meeting with Grass Range is scheduled for 7pm in the Winnett school cafeteria.

Upcoming school events are a field trip to Billings Alberta Bair Theater is May 1 for K-2. The Winnett Booster Bash is May 5 at the Community Center, and the state music festival is May 5-6. May 8 is a JH Track meet at Stanford, play day for K-6 is May 10 at Grass Range, and on May 10/11, the 5th and 6th graders have a trip planned to Helena (leaving after Play Day). The Jr/Sr banquet is scheduled for May 11, and our spring concert is at 2pm on May 16.

Graduation for Winnett High School is Sunday, May 21 at 1pm in the school gym. The awards assembly and art showcase will take place May 22 at 6:30 at the school and the last day of school for students will be May 25. The last day for teachers will be May 26. Whew. A lot of happenings are coming up during the rest of April and into May. Winter doesn’t seem to want to let go, yet, but spring is coming. Should be much nicer next week. The moisture is wonderful, it can rain; we need moisture. It can warm up and stop snowing. Have a wonderful week and enjoy the rest of April. April showers bring May flowers. Yes!

WINNETT SENIOR NEWS

March

Mar 2 - Twenty-four seniors and four take-out meals enjoyed taco soup with toppings, fresh fruit, bread sticks, with pineapple sunshine cake for dessert. Thank you to Ginger for the birthday cakes this month. Phyllis will bake the cakes for next month.’

Jim told everyone about his sister Marie’s 90th birthday party in Bozeman. Bingo will be in the basement of the courthouse on the 12th. There was hope that we would be meeting in the PCCC next week, but that is very unlikely they will be ready.

Tacoma gave an update on LeeAnn’s recovery. She is getting around with a cane and continues to improve every day. Tammie won $12.50 in the 50/50 drawing.

Mar 9 - The meal today was roast beef, herb potatoes, 7- layered salad, rolls, with strawberry shortcake for dessert. We are still meeting in the courthouse, probably until the first of May.

Mar 16 - Our menu today was corned beef, mashed potatoes, cabbage/carrots, pistachio salad, and green cupcakes to celebrate St. Patty’s Day. There were twenty-eight seniors and four take-out meals today. Kim and Leo are headed to Indiana this week for a month. They are going to visit their son and catch up with friends in that area. They will be back in the middle of April. There will be a foot clinic next Wednesday, the 22nd. Be sure to contact Linda to make an appointment. Ginger won the 50/50 for $10.50. Cards were played after clean-up was finished.

Mar 23 - Winner, winner, chicken dinner. There were thirty-one seniors present and eight take-out orders. Today is our birthday celebration meal of oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes with milk gravy, cranberries, lettuce salad, with birthday cake and ice cream.

Murry Lou from Area II was here today. She reported on her Alzheimers Conference in Harlowton that she recently attended. The next conference will be in Winnett in June. She also talked about the Medicaid letter that people have received. The state gave away a lot of Medicaid aid during the Covid pandemic. Now they are cutting back. If you get a renewal packet, fill it out just like you did when you first applied for Medicaid. You may not receive anything, but fill it out anyway and send it in. They will let you know if you have been renewed or not.

Kim and Leo are still in Indiana visiting family and friends.

There will be a FREE spay and neuter clinic in Tom and Cheryl Tiarks’ shop. Dr. Nancy Belk is donating her time and supplies to everyone who brings in their dogs and cats to be spayed/neutered.Patti let us all know that there will be a service for Joe Whisonant on May 20 at the PCCC. It will be at 11:00. There will be a potluck meal and the meat will be provided using the donations that were given in Joe’s name. There will also be a graveside service for Mary Ann Coffee Bevis on May 13. There will be potluck at the PCCC afterwards.

Patti is also on the school reunion committee. At the first of many reunion meetings, they are asking for everyone to give updated information to Tammie or Patti. They will be sending out information on the reunion shortly.Thank you to Linda for all the beautiful Easter/spring decorations and thank you to

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Melody for helping decorate the tables. We also want to thank Ralph for delivering all the take-out meals.

There are five candidates running for two positions on the school board. In the coming weeks, the candidates will be stopping by to visit with the seniors to tell us why they are running for school board. Thank you to all of them for visiting with the seniors with their thoughts and ideas. Ginger brought a card game that everyone got to play before our meeting ended. Cards were played after dishes were done and clean-up was finished.

Mar 30 - Twenty-seven seniors and seven take-outs enjoyed our lunch of tator tot casserole, 3-bean salad, 5-cup fruit salad, and bread pudding.

Ashley Abrigowitch is one of the candidates running for school board. She answered questions from the group and told us a little bit about herself. Kylie Thompson was also here and gave her presentation of why she is running for school board. Cassie informed us about the current and upcoming budgets for the school.

Chuck Allen won the 50/50 for $10.00. Everyone helped with the clean-up and dishes and then there were several tables of cards played.