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Extraterrestrial Abductions Day

is March 20

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BeClose is about peace of mindBy Bob McDonnellThe Surveyor

Michele Jurs, B.A., C.N.A. is all about peace of mind.

Jurs, a Berthoud resident, is the director of business development for Nurse Next Door. She is excited about a system called BeClose that is a good adjunct to the face-to-face services offered by Nurse Next Door.

Nurse Next Door is a health care agency offering skilled and non-skilled visits to a home. In addition to medical assistance at home, Nurse Next Door also offers companionship, light housekeeping, and meal preparation.

BeClose is a program for monitoring loved ones near and far. It recently started offering a pilot program in northern Colorado in association with Nurse Next Door.

For those with relatives who need some assis-tance and monitoring, BeClose has a customizable program available.

Typically, a monitor and six sensors keep track of the activities in a home. It is not a video camera; instead it tracks movement or lack thereof.

The sensors detect motion, doors opening, if someone is in bed or in the bathroom, when and how often a chair is used, and any water leaks or flood-ing in the house.

The wireless system requires the area have cell service, but the customer need not have a cell phone to use it.

Once installed, the BeClose system “learns” the daily patterns of the occupant or occupants of a

home. It remembers when doors are normally open and trips to the bathroom. Anything out of the ordi-nary is electronically relayed to relatives.

A dashboard, a private and secure website, for the BeClose program provides a daily snapshot of activities and routines. Family members can under-stand their relative’s normal day and note anything out of the ordinary.

BeClose allows for different alerts depending upon the situation. Multiple people may access the dashboard. For example, a nearby relative or neigh-bor receives notification if a door is open late at night and those out-of-town may opt not to receive this notice since they cannot react to it.

The relative choses how to receive alerts. This could be via email, text message or a telephone call.

An “easy button” at the home offers access to Be-Close at any time. When activated, someone at the business asks what he or she can do for the client. Relatives, or 911, receives a call, depending on the circumstances.

Additionally, an emergency device, to be worn around the neck or on the wrist, adds to the notifica-tion methods.

Currently, BeClose wants to talk to local people to have them try the system. They offer the system at a reduced rate for three months if the customer provides feedback on the experience.

To learn more, call Jurs or Tiffany Turner, R.N., M.S.N., M.B.A., who is the company’s administrator and owner at 970-482-1908.

For more information visit the BeClose website at www.beclose.com, or the Nurse Next Door website at www.nursenextdoor.com.

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The modern Olympic Games are more than just a sporting competition, and although

some lament the fact that politics play a part in the games, it has

always been this way, even in Ancient Greece.

PoliticsAccording to

author Panos Valavanis of the Univer-sity of Athens in ancient Greece, the ruling classes of Greek cities sought to at-tend the Olym-pics, not only to watch the

games, but to engage in political net-working. Also, the games represented a chance for each city’s delegation to show off their wealth and community identity.

In comparison, at this year’s

Olympics, President Obama decided to send a delegation to Sochi that in-cluded mostly gays. This was a direct message to Russia that the United States is in favor of gay rights. Presi-dent Obama was using this world platform to make a statement about his “community’s identity.”

Another way Ancient Greeks exer-cised their power and influence was by bringing the best athletes to the games, even athletes from other cities who had been bribed or otherwise influenced to play for them. There were several examples of this in the Sochi Olympics games. For instance, Viktor Ahn, a former South Korean speed skater won multiple medals for Russia in this past February’s games.

Sometimes the recruitment of foreign athletes is blatant, like in 2000, when Qatar paid eight Bul-garian weightlifters a reported $1 million apiece to compete for Qatar in the Sydney Olympics. While Ahn absconded to Russia after the South Korean team “didn’t have room for him,” other athletes switch countries for various reasons, and according to PJSTAR.com, in Sochi this was more

prevalent than ever. Playing dirty Cheating has been around since

the beginning of time, and bribery was often part of the ancient Olympic Games. Some cities became so fed up with the excessive bribes needed to participate in the games that they threatened boycotts.

Today’s cheater’s cheat-of-choice is doping. According to TheDen-verChannel.com, more than 2,631 athletes were sampled and analyzed for doping in Sochi. Six came back positive and five of the six tested positive for minor stimulants that are often found in food supplements and result in lesser sanctions. None of the six athletes thrown out of the games for doping had won medals.

PatriotismPatriotism plays a quieter and qui-

eter role in the United States. Fewer American flags fly on front porches, and it seems many Americans are more apologetic than proud of their country; but then the Olympics come around. During these two weeks, it’s not only trendy to be pro-American, but it’s encouraged by popular cul-ture; from news outlets to television commercials.

The athletes show up at the games decked out in red, white, and blue and wave small American flags, as they march in the opening ceremo-nies. Throughout the games, morning

television programs show crowds of spectators outside their New York studios chanting “USA! USA! USA!” This return to outward patriotism is refreshing. It’s too bad it only lasts for two weeks every couple of years.

So there you have it; politics, play-ing dirty, and patriotism have always played a part in the Olympic Games, from ancient times to modern day, and will likely continue to do so long into the future.

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Beware they may be looking for you!

Extraterrestrial Abductions Day is March 20. Keep one eye on the sky. And, be ready to duck, dodge and to hide.

UFO’s may be everywhere, look-ing to abduct humans. If you are not careful, perhaps they will find you.

Of course, there are more than a few people out there who are looking to be abducted by aliens, so they can travel to another planet.

Celebrate by reading and watch-ing science fiction stories about UFOs and Extraterrestrials. And, make sure to keep out of sight of extrater-restrials.

Most lovable alien: “ET”Favorite alien: “My Favorite Mar-tian”

Our research did not find the cre-ator, or the origin of this day. From what we have gathered, we believe the creator has been abducted. The suspects are believed to have have fled the area in a very high speed vehicle.From the website: www.holiday insights.com

E.T. may be the most famous extraterrestrial and is the story of a lonely boy (Elliott) who befriends an extraterrestrial who is stranded on Earth. This science fiction film was released in 1982, coproduced and directed by Steven Spielberg.

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Nutrition is important for people of all ages, but it’s especially important for men and women over the age of 50, who can dramatically improve their quality of life by eating a well-balanced diet filled with vitamins and nutrients. Though that may seem like common sense, research has shown that men and women in this age group, who are often referred to as “Baby Boomers,” are not necessarily as healthy as they may seem.

While the baby boomer generation, which is generally regarded as those people born between 1946 and 1964, boasts longer life expectancies than any generation that came before them, some of that can likely be chalked up to advancements in medical care, includ-ing a booming pharmaceutical indus-try that seemingly has an antidote to every ailment. But a 2013 study from researchers at the West Virginia Uni-versity School of Medicine found that baby boomers are less healthy than the generation that immediately preceded them, tending to be more likely to have higher levels of hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol. While that news might be sobering, it’s never too late for men and women over 50 to start eating healthier diets, which can reduce their risk of a wide range of ailments, includ-

ing heart disease, stroke and osteopo-rosis.

The following are a few ways men and women over 50 can alter their diets so their bodies are getting what they need to live long and healthy lives well into their golden years. As is always the case, men and women should discuss any potential changes to their diets with their physicians to ensure the changes will be both effective and healthy.

• Balance your diet. Kids hear of the benefits of a balanced diet seem-ingly from the moment they enter a classroom for the first time, but many adults fail to heed that basic advice as they get further and further away from kindergarten. When changing your diet, be sure to include plenty of protein and carbohydrates. Protein maintains and rebuilds muscles, which is especially important for aging men and women who might find themselves unable to keep up with the physical demands of everyday life as well as they used to. Including ample low-fat protein, which can be found in fish, eggs and low-fat dairy among other foods, will aid in muscle recovery, benefitting aging ath-letes as well as those men and women over 50 who recently started exercising as a means to regaining their physical fitness. A diet lacking in sufficient pro-tein can contribute to muscle deteriora-

tion, arthritis and even organ failure, so it’s important for men and women to prioritize including protein intheir diets.

Carbohydrates are also an important part of a balanced diet, as they are a great source of energy that can help men and women stay active well past the age of 50. Carbohydrates found in fruits, grains and vegetables are the most beneficial, as these contain valu-able vitamins, minerals and nutrients.

• Don’t denounce dairy. Dairy is a great source of calcium, which pro-motes strong bones and teeth. Men and women over the age of 50 want their bones to be as strong as possible because aging is one of the strongest risk factors for osteoporosis, a poten-tially debilitating medical condition in which loss of tissue causes bones to become brittle and fragile. Vitamin D is necessary to effectively absorb calcium, and vitamin D can be found in certain dairy products, including pasture-raised eggs and grass-fed cow’s milk, and can be generated when men and women get enough sunlight. Other healthy sources of vitamin D include salmon, light tuna packed in oil, sardines, and sun-grown mushrooms.

• Cut back on sodium intake. Cutting back on sodium intake can be very beneficial, especially for men and

women over the age of 50, who are at greater risk of diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease. But cut-ting back on sodium intake takes more than just throwing the salt shaker away. Processed foods, soups, canned goods, salad dressings, condiments such as mustard and ketchup, and break-fast cereals are just a few of the many products that may contain alarming amounts of sodium. That’s important to note, as excess sodium increases blood pressure by holding excess fluid in the body. That excess fluid puts an added burden on the heart, potentially in-creasing a person’s risk of stroke, heart failure, osteoporosis, cancer, and kidney disease. The problem with cutting back on sodium is that salt is so often relied on to make foods taste better, and many people find salt-free foods bland. But the rewards of reducing sodium intake are so significant that it’s worth mak-ingthe adjustment, especially for men and women over the age of 50.

No one is too old or too young to embrace a nutritious diet. But men and women over the age of 50 are in a unique position to vastly improve their quality of life by adopting a low-sodium diet that is rich in vitamins and miner-als.

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Cardiac arrest is the abrupt loss of heart function in a person who may or may not have diagnosed heart disease. Though often mistak-en as the same thing as a heart at-tack, cardiac arrest is not the same.

Heart attacks can cause cardiac arrest and even lead to death, but the cause of heart attack and cardiac arrest are different.

According to the American Heart Association, heart attacks are caused by a blockage that stops blood from flowing to the heart. Though heart muscle tissue dies because of this lack of blood supply, heart attacks do not always result in death.

Cardiac arrest is caused by an

electrical malfunction of the heart, which suddenly stops working properly. This can be arrhythmia, a condition that occurs when the heart beats irregularly or abnor-mally. Once the heart has stopped during cardiac arrest, death can occur within minutes. However, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, can reverse cardiac arrest. A defibrillator will be used to shock the heart, whichcan restore the it to a normal rhythm in just a few min-utes. Because cardiac arrest is so sudden and strikes without warning, it’s imperative that men and women who are with someone they believe is in cardiac arrest take action im-mediately.

At the tail end of last year the Food and Drug Administra-tion approved a drug that

may cure some three million Ameri-cans who have hepatitis C, a disease that interferes with liver function and can eventually lead to liver can-cer. It’s a serious illness; many people

don’t know they have it until the first symptoms show up years later, and those who do have it un-dergo grueling, and sometimes ineffective, treatments.

So when Gil-ead Sciences, the manufac-turer of sofos-buvir, which goes by the

brand name Sovaldi, announced its new drug was ready for prime time, doctors who treat patients with the disease cheered. Results of clinical trials showed side effects appeared to be mild compared to those from con-ventional treatment, and cure rates

seemed to be high. A hepatitis expert at Johns Hopkins said, “This is about as hot as I’ve ever seen.”

Stock analysts were ecstatic. One told the New York Times global sales — about 170 million people worldwide are infected — could surpass the sales record of $13 billion set by Lipitor, the statin used to treat high cholesterol. The press touted the good news, too, as it customarily does when a new wonder drug hits the market. And as it too often does, it gave short shrift to the price.

Sovaldi has one major drawback — its budget-busting price tag. Gilead says it will cost $84,000 for the three-month treatment regime. That’s $1,000 a pill.

The debut of sofosbuvir offers a clear example of how expensive technology enters the medical mar-ketplace even before all the evidence comes in that the drug works. In Sovaldi’s case not all the new drug combinations have been extensively tested. “We may be in for surprises,

still,” said Charles Rice, a hepatitis C expert at Rockefeller University in New York City.

It also raises important questions about who should pay for the drug. Should it be Medi-care? Medicaid? Commercial insur-ers? Or should it be the patients whose insurance poli-cies increasingly come with high amounts of cost-sharing in the form of deductibles and

coinsurance? And what contribution does Sovaldi make to the overall high price of medical care in the U.S., the highest in the world?

Indeed these questions can be asked about any new drug or medical device. But they aren’t. Other coun-tries have agencies that deliberate such trade-offs. We don’t. To raise them conjures up unpleasant images of rationing — patients deprived of life-saving treatments. Asking them also conflicts with a deeply held American belief that the medicine man sits at the right hand of God, and we’re willing to spend anything for cures and treatments even if they are extraordinarily pricey.

The entry of Sovaldi also invites serious questioning about why the price of new medical technology doesn’t seem to decrease as prices for other technological advances do — computers, for example. There’s no downward pressure on prices. The patent system for new drugs — pro-tection from competition for seven

to 12 years — leaves drug makers in the driver’s seat. Payers pretty much have to cough up what drug makers charge. And federal rules prevent Medicare, one of the largest buyers of drugs, from negotiating with drug makers over prices. Basically, what’s left is negative publicity, and the press doesn’t provide much of that.

A recent NPR segment did, how-ever, probing the high price of sofos-buvir. It questioned why the drug maker needed to make its prices so high, especially given the large poten-tial market for the drug. One hepati-tis expert wanted to know why once Gilead recovered its costs it couldn’t reduce the price. “I don’t want to say it’s unfair, but it does start feeling more exploitative,” she told NPR listeners. A Gilead vice president responded, “That’s very unlikely that we would do that.” Right now they don’t have to.

Instead Gilead said it would help patients pay for the drug. You know, one of those patient assistance programs that no doubt helps those who have no money for such expen-sive treatment. (These programs do means test; that is, help is avail-able only for those with the lowest incomes.) But does that gesture do much to bring down the cost of the drug and thus the country’s health-care tab that feeds into the insurance premiums and cost of care we pay out of pocket? No, say many experts. Such programs may serve to keep drug prices high.

All this is something to ponder as we move into an election year with health care and its cost promising to dominate the campaign.

How much should we pay for medicines?

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Trudy Lieberman Rural HealthNews Service

Did you know?

“Buster Brown” was the sec-ond important newspaper comic character created by

Richard F. Outcault (1863 - 1928), the first being the Yellow Kid of “Hogan’s Alley” fame.

The lead character of the strip, also named Buster Brown, and his constant com-panion Tige, an American pit bull terrier, were created and began being published in James Gordon Bennet’s “New York Herald” in 1902. The strip appeared only in the Sunday color editions.

The “strip” began as a weekly, very busy full-page panel, but eventually gave way to a full-page multi-panel layout.

By 1904, less than two years after beginning the strip, Outcault had signed an agreement with the Brown Shoe Co. to have Buster (along with Tige) act as the spokesperson for their line of shoes. Buster Brown shoes were introduced to the public at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. This, along with other merchandis-ing, made the Buster Brown character one of the most phenomenal success stories in the history of comics.

Today millions of people are familiar with Buster Brown shoes. Far fewer know of the association with a comic strip character.

The name Buster came either directly or indirectly from the wildly popular Buster Keaton, who was then a vaudevillian child actor. The charac-ter’s appearance was reportedly based on Granville Hamilton Fisher, a son of Charles and Anna Fisher of Flushing, N.Y. The young Granville’s physical ap-pearance, down to the pageboy haircut, was copied by Outcault and used as the basis for the Buster Brown character. Buster is depicted as being young, be-tween the ages of 5 and 10 years of age, with wealthy parents. He was always impeccably dressed – at least prior to his many mishaps and disasters – in a waist coat, knee-length knickers and a broad-brimmed hat, all matched and brightly colored. This style of dress is commonly called the Little Lord Fauntleroy style.

Unlike Outcault’s other successful creation, the destitute Yellow Kid, Bust-er Brown lived an opulent life, never wanting for anything. He is generally described as being a “pretty” child.

The cast of regular characters that appeared in the strip included Buster, his sweetheart Mary Jane, his rather attractive mother whom he called Mama or Ma, his father, a pair of unnamed do-

mestic servants and the dog, Tige. It is thought that Tige is the first talking pet to appear in an American comic strip. However, during the course of the strip, Outcault imbued the power of speech on many other animals from goats to roost-ers to cats to pigs.

Like most of Tige’s successors, his “utterances” are not heard, or at least go unnoticed by others in the strip. He sometimes functioned as a conscience for Buster, sometimes as a sentry, and sometimes as a narrator, commenting on the action without direct-ly taking part in it. More often than not the dialog given to Tige and the other animals was for consump-tion by the readers rather than other characters.

To say Buster was mischievous would be a bit of an under-statement. He was constantly pulling practical jokes that would get him into trouble. He might break a window with his slingshot, play a prank on a neighbor, or, as in one episode, take charge of a goat and wagon which had been meant for his father and chasing the runaway goat and wagon through the house, breaking up Mama’s tea party, as well as some assorted fine china, in the bargain.

Buster’s pranks are nearly always discovered and he is almost always punished, usually being spanked by his mother. It can be noted here that Mama was the disciplinarian of the family. Fa-ther may look on as Buster is spanked but apparently seldom raises a hand himself. It’s unclear if Buster repents of his misdeeds.

Many strips end with Buster deliver-ing a self-justifying moral or absurdity which has little or nothing to do with his transgression. For example, a strip from May, 1903, shows him giving Tige a soda from a drugstore soda fountain. The drink splashes, not only the front of his clothes, but also onto the skirts of a woman’s splendid dress. Horrified by his clumsy misadventure, Buster’s mother takes him home and spanks him with a stick. In the last panel the boy has written a message beginning with: “Resolved! That druggists are legalized robbers; they sell you soda and candy to make you ill, then they sell you medi-

cine to make you worse …”In yet another episode one of Mama’s

friends comes for a visit, bringing along her daughter, Florence. Buster is instructed to “amuse” Florence by his Mama – what could possibly go wrong here, right? Buster leads Florence to another room where he takes a pair of scissors to Florence’s beautiful long tresses, trimming her hair to match his pageboy haircut. The pair then swap

their clothing. A panel near the end of the strip has Buster saying, “You look just like me, Florence.” Florence replies, “Isn’t this fun.” Tige hangs in the back-ground saying, “I’m glad I’m not in this. I see a fast finish.”

When the two miscreants reveal themselves to their mothers they are turned over their respective mothers’ laps and soundly wailed with hair-brushes. The final panel shows Buster with a pillow fastened to his behind with a cord around the waist. The “moral” in this case reads in part: “Herbert Spen-cer says ‘Life is perfect adjustment to one’s environment’ – Drummond says ‘Happiness is perfect harmony with our correspondences’ … When I think I’m going to make a hit it’s always the time Ma makes one.”

(Another note: while quite “politically and socially incorrect” in today’s world, the spanking of children was quite com-mon in the early 1900s.)

Regular readers of these articles will remember that in 1896 Outcault switched from a Joseph Pulitzer-owned newspaper to a rival paper owned by William Randolph Hearst, taking “Ho-gan’s Alley” and the Yellow Kid with him and triggering a year-long legal battle. The reason for the move was Outcault’s quest for a larger paycheck.

Outcault again jumped to a Hearst newspaper in 1906, this time taking

Buster with him. The object of the move was again more money. Bennet, the Herald’s owner, sued Hearst for full rights to the “Buster Brown” strip. As was the case 10 years earlier, when Out-cault brought The Yellow Kid to Hearst, the court ruled that the characters could go with the cartoonist, but the name of the feature must stay with the pub-lisher. From then on, Outcault produced his strip without using the character’s

name in the title, while the original strip continued at the Herald under a succession of less-talented artists.

Newspaper records of the time are a bit sketchy, but the Herald’s version of the strip lasted until about 1911, with the Outcault strip run-ning until 1921.

The “Buster Brown” strip was far more popular amongst “polite society” than the Yellow Kid ever was. The Yellow Kid was also a prankster, but in a more crude way. He was a product of the slums, spoke

in a slang-filled dialect, and his antics were more slapstick in nature, but, on the whole, his pranks and tricks were no worse than those perpetrated by Buster.

On the other hand, Buster was from the “right side of the tracks.” He was always well dressed; his parents were wealthy and WASPish. These ingre-dients combined to make the “Buster Brown” comic strip acceptable to the “upper crust” of society. This acceptance quickly grew into popularity, making Buster Brown one of the most merchan-disable names in the history of newspa-per comic strips. In terms of real dollars the only comic strip able to surpass the success achieved by Buster Brown was the “Peanuts” comic strip, which oddly enough featured the Charles Schultz character, Charlie Brown.

The Buster Brown character even-tually faded into obscurity, but the merchandising aspect carried on for de-cades. To this day Buster Brown shoes are still being sold under that name.

With the success he had in marketing and merchandising both the Yellow Kid and Buster Brown franchises, Outcault spent much of his life in relative luxury. He passed away in 1928, at the age of 65, a very wealthy man.

I’ll see you in the funny papers.

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This week, the USDA released preliminary data from the 2012 Census of Agriculture

that provides a snapshot of a rural America that remains stable in the face of difficult economic times. While

the data does not paint a perfect pic-ture, they do tell a story of the unlimited potential and growing op-portunity in modern rural America.

Census data indicate that the loss of farmland has slowed sig-nificantly since 2007, which

means that while a total of 72 million acres of farmland have been lost since the 1982 census, we have begun to stem the tide. New tools in the 2014 Farm Bill should help to further slow and perhaps even reverse this trend

in some areas of the country.The results reinforce what we have

known for many years: the farm population is aging. While that is a con-cern, the data also show that the num-ber of young farmers increased slightly and the number of minority farm and ranch principal operators increased dramatically, reflect-ing the changing face of America as a whole. We are hopeful that USDA policies that attract and retain the next generation of talent into rural America will help to continue this trend.

The number of small and very large farms held steady. This reflects, in part, USDA’s recent push to help farmers and ranchers diversify into new markets, including local and regional food systems, specialty crops

and organic production, and expand market access for American farm

products overseas. The 2014 Farm Bill will do even more to expand support for beginning farmers and new market opportunities for all producers.

At the same time, we cannot ignore that devastating weather events increasingly im-pacts producers’ bottom lines. The prolonged drought and lack of disaster assistance over the past several years have made it even tougher for livestock

producers and mid-sized farms to sur-vive and thrive, and the data reflects that reality.

We must do more to protect the middle — farms and ranches that are middle-sized and mid-income — and

ensure that they can access resources and protections to help them thrive. Here too, the farm bill will provide much-needed relief and stability through guaranteed disaster assis-tance.

More than anything, the census illustrates the power of data. Data from the census helps to inform smart policymaking that makes life easier for farmers and ranchers. It helps to stand up programs and ini-tiatives that benefit young and begin-ning farmers and ranchers just start-ing out; improve access to resources that help women, veteran and minor-ity farmers and ranchers thrive; and help farmers and ranchers diversify into new markets, including local and regional food systems, specialty crops and organic production.

We are on the right track, but there is still more work to do. In or-der to survive, American agriculture must continue to embrace innovation and diversity in crop production, mar-kets, people and land use across the agricultural sector.

Census of agriculture results tell story of unlimited potential in rural America

6. Cheeseburger, Calico Baked Beans, Scan-dinavian Vegetables, Bun, Milk, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Pickles, Ketchup, Mustard, Tropi-cal Fruit Salad 7. Spinach Lasagna, Garlic Bread, Broccoli, Squash Medley, Milk, Tossed Salad, Italian Dress-ing, Pineapple Chunks10. Chicken Breast Tenders with Orange Ginger Sauce, Coconut Rice, Buttered Peas, Bread, Milk, Chilled Plums 11. Meatloaf with Gravy, Mac-aroni and Cheese, Glazed Beets, Bread, Milk, Tropical Fruit Salad 12. White Chicken Chili with Cheddar Cheese, Mexicorn, Fiesta Squash, Milk, Tortilla Chips, Sour Cream, Carrot Pineapple Gelatin 13. Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy, Baked Potato, Butter, Spinach with Onions & Bacon, Bread, Milk, Sliced Peaches 14. Pork Loin with Apple Chutney, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Brussel Sprouts, Bread, Milk, Fruited Ambrosia17. Irish Beef Stew, Corn Bread, Butter, Cabbage and Carrots, Milk, Lime Cottage Cheese Salad 18. Chicken Parmesan with Pesto Sauce, Lemon Risotto, Rhubarb Strawberry Crisp, Bread, Milk, Tossed Salad, Italian Dressing

19. Barbequed Pork, Oven Browned Pota-toes, Mixed Vegetables, Bun, Milk, Creamy Coleslaw, Applesauce

20. Scottish Chicken Soup, Corn Bread, Butter, Buttered Broc-

coli, Milk, Frozen Strawberry Yogurt, Egg Salad, Crackers

21. Beef Stroganoff Over Noodles, Peas with Red Peppers, Curried Peaches, Bread, Milk, Orange Beet Salad

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Gratin, Bread, Milk, Fruit Cock-tail

25. Cheesy Chicken Stuffed Potato, Califor-nia Vegetables, Hot Fruit Compote, Bread, Milk, Banana 26. Baked Fish with Lemon Caper Sauce, Quinoa Pilaf, Glazed Carrots, Bread, Milk, Orange Wedges 27. Turkey Stuffed Pepper, Mashed Potato Bake, Peas and Celery, Bread, Milk, Apple-sauce 28. Ham with Pomegranate Sauce, Honey Mustard Sweet Potatoes, Broccoli, Bread, Milk, Pineapple Chunks31. Chicken Enchilada Bake, Refried Beans, Zucchini, Corn and Tomatoes, Bread, Milk, Tropical Fruit Salad

Meals on Wheels March Menu

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Tom VilsackAgricultureSecretary