Around Town By Kay Howard

Well, I just want all my friends to know I won $410,000 on the lottery! APRIL FOOLS! I wish!!!

News around town - Easter is over and on to the eclipse. Are you ready? I’m not!

Lets see now - lunches all over town: Antlers Nutrition Center, daily $2 donation for 60 and over, 59 and younger is $5.

Tuesday mornings at 10 a.m. there is bible study with Bob Childers. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. - the center opens at 10 a.m. Bingo last Thursday by Elara.

Rattan Senior Center serves lunch on Wednesdays at noon - $5.00.

Fundraiser with Indian Taco lunch is April 6 at Westside Church - $10.

There is a senior program ARAP Seniors Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program non-native opened for a $50 card for fresh fruits and veg. May-Oct. Must apply - proof of residency, non-native Americans at least 60 years old. ID is required - provide a tax return for last 30 days of pay stub. Call 539316-3864 if interested, or download or request an application by mail. This is funded by the USDA and partnered with the Choctaw Nation.

Remember, parents are not around forever. We all need to remember to treat our parents with love and respect. We never know the sacrifices that they made while we were growing up. Call them, take their grandchildren to see them, laugh with them, hug them, let them tell their old stories. They are the ones that made us feel safe and fed us, so take them their favorite treat or an ice cream. Have patience with them and let them know you love them. You will be elderly someday, and I hope you have someone that loves you no matter what. Until you are a parent yourself, and up in years, you won’t know the loneliness.

Tomorrow may be too late to pick up the phone, visit, laugh, and cry together. Do yourself a favor and do it today! They have been there for you since before you were born, they may not be able to take care of themselves, it may be time for you to step up and take care of them.... love and respect - that’s all we want.