Labor Day Picnic at West Side

Today is Labor day, for the past 11 years that we have lived here at West Side Terrace we have had a Labor Day PICNIC !
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Bill Thompson, Me, Daryll Clarke and Mark Berman were the cooks,  Bill buys the Hot Dogs and Hamburger at Fort Drum Army Base, he is retired from the National Guard.  I get the Marinate Pork from Eddies Meat Market in Indian River, it has a dry Rub and when I get the big steaks I cut them
up, put them in a plastic bag and add my seasoning to it for 10 days before I cook it.

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The 4 Chefs not standing in the Smoke,  meat is cooked and we are heading inside, we have 50 apartments hers and we have 32 apartments coming, about 42 people eating !
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Salt Potatoes, Baked Beans, Salads, chips & Dip, Maple Syrup Salad, Mac & Cheese, and Tossed Salad.

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.Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Pork Steak, Pork Strips, Cheese Curd, Cheese which all tasted good.
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The Desert Table help cake, fruit tray, apple and cherry pie, strawberry shortcake and watermelon, we eat a lot of watermelon here as it is good for hydration !
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3 Tables on this side all full of residents, man in glasses on left is Korean Veteran Jim Blackwell..
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Lady on right has Hearing Aids on with no batteries in them, the lady on left in glasses is disabled from motor vehicle accident after she hit a Moose and was almost killed!  Gentleman in black shirt with back to wall is Deaf, uses sign and is a lot of fun, his wife has degenerative joint disease. 

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Above is Daryl and Pam, Daryl is a Lay Speaker in Churches, across is Bill and Cheri who like their toddies and Daryls wife Pam.  The orange card that says 4 on it is how the 7 tabels get up to eat, I draw a card and read off a number from 1 to 7 to see who gets up to eat !
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On the left is our little Italian Lady Jean who does a lot of italian dishes for us to eat.
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In back on Oxygen Machine is Dave Brown,  my Korean War Navy Shipmate and retired Fort Drum Fireman and then a Barber !!
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Eating on the left is Wayne Laplatney who was Air Force during Korea, and Nathan and Bruce.
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Last table is Mark sitting with My Honey Anna Mae, with the Beard is Bill Jenner who has MS but eats constantly but never gains any weight.
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We serve all our meals Buffet Style which makes is easier but slower.   We might be getting older and some of us a little frail but after the meal there is very few left overs.
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Anyone that could not come down to eat that was home I fixed them a plate of food and took it to their apartment.
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Well hope everyone had a Great and Safe Labor Day and Thank You to all our Veterans Past and Present.
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