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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 2001
Page
2
Brownfield notes rule changes in home health care and urges awareness of available Medicare funded services. Public relations spokesperson LaDeana Hudson explains that patients must be homebound and unable to drive, needing rides for essential activities.
Brownfield continues to expand its Home Health program with 75 to 80 patients. Director Charlotte Wilkes notes many residents remain unaware of eligibility. The service emphasizes rehabilitation and keeping patients out of hospitals and nursing homes, teaching early symptom recognition for independence. The program employs 35 people and acts as eyes and ears for doctors.
A weekly menu listing daily meals: Monday features smoked pit ham with English peas yams pineapple rings and home baked bread plus chocolate pudding. Tuesday offers Southern fried chicken breast steak with country gravy mashed potatoes Popeye’s spinach tossed salad hot rolls and Dutch apple cobbler. Wednesday presents Swiss steak white beans pickled beets buttered bread turnip greens and cornbread with chocolate cake. Thursday serves deep fried steak fingers with cream gravy ranch style beans Texas toast buttered corn apple rings and butterscotch pudding. Friday includes XYZ Stew baked beans tossed salad buttered bread fried okra cornbread and yellow cake.
Monday through Friday menus list daily meals for senior citizens featuring main dishes such as Chicken Fried Steak Meat Loaf Polish Sausage Taco Salad Beef Stroganoff. Each day includes sides like vegetables fruit dairy or dessert options and bread or rolls.
Funeral services for Jerlene Jerry Lassiter 79 of Brownfield were held September 8 at Brownfield Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with two officiants. Burial at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens in Irving. She died September 5 in Brownfield. Survivors include son Coker Lassiter, sister Naomi Crowe, brothers Joe and Hugh Martin, grandchildren Lea Ann Wilson Joni Ellis Ross Lassiter and five great grand children. Also graveside for Abigail Rose Hodges infant daughter of Jerry and Sarah Hodges of Lubbock held September 8 at Resthaven Memorial Park Mausoleum. Abigail died September 5. Parents and sister Leilani Beth Hodges survive with extended relatives.
Brownfield Cub Scout Pack 743 holds area roundup at 6 15 p m on Monday September 10 at First United Methodist Church. For information call Ricky Allison at 637 2770.
Brownfield News invites former Harvest Festival Queens to submit or visit for a photo in October. Bring a photo or email one to bnews@door.net to be featured in the Harvest Festival section.
Girl Scouts will register from 6 to 8 PM on Tuesday September 12 at the Girl Scout Hut on North 1st Street near the Coleman Park entrance.
Women's Protective Services announces a 24 hour crisis hotline at 1-800-736-6491 and an outreach coordinator line at 637-3206 for appointments. The measures expand confidential support and access to services for those in need.
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