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03/1983 Senior News U ySenior ■ Fridle News Fridley Recreation Dept. 571 . 3450 GHANDI / MERIWET H ER ' S Before seeing the movie depicting the life of Ghandi at Brookdale, we will have lunch at Meriwether' s . Their teacup bread and cinnamon butter is fantastic . WHEN : Wednesday, March 9 10 :45 a.m. - Bus leaves Fridley United Methodist 4 : 30 p.m. - Return COST : $11 .00 per person - includes lunch, movie and bus LUNCH : A) French Dip; B) Chicken Meriwether ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " HELLO DOLLY " - Chanhassen Dolly Levi is one of the most bubbling, pleasure-loving, mischievious women you' ll ever meet. "Hello Dolly ! " has the reassuring message that life is meant to be enjoyed. And enjoy it she does, as she plays match- maker for a host of charming characters . . .and herself as well . WHEN : Wednesday, April 6 11 : 15 a.m. - Bus leaves Fridley United Methodist 5 : 15 p.m. - Return COST : $19 .00 per person - includes lunch, performance and bus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION - SENIOR OUTINGS NAME: TELEPHONE : ADDRESS : ENCLOSED: $ GHANDI/MERIWETHER' S (Lunch: A ; B ; ) CHANHASSEN - Hello Dolly! (Make checks payable to "City of Fridley" and return to the Recreation Department, 6431 University Avenue N.E . , Fridley 55432 . 571-3450 . ) FREE TAX ASSIST�LW.E MM WHIST John Silliman and Chet Anderson are Eveiy Thursday from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. , all donating their time to prepare tax forms seniors are invited to play whist or just for Fridley seniors every Wednesday morning socialize at the Community Education Center. from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Fridley A donation of 25 cents is requested. Get City Hall , Community Room I . This out and join us for an afternoon of fun. assistance will be available through April 13th. 500 CLUB i A 500 card club has been organized on Tuesday afternoons in the Community •�� Education Center's Room 10 . Novice and ~ experienced players are encouraged to .• �s�"��` attend. Play begins at 1:00 p.m. , � n, FRIDLEY CONGREGATE DINING • � _� Hot meals are served Monday through Friday at 12 :00 noon in the gymnasium of the Community Education Center. Everyone under the age of 60 is asked to pay $2.30 - all others are requested to make donations. Menus are published weekly in the Sun Newspaper and Star and Tribune . WALKING CLUB Reservations must be made at least two work days in advance . To place your Join us in the fresh spring air for reservations, please call 571-6085 between our weekly hikes on nearby trails. Class 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. , Monday through is geared at the participant's level. Plan Friday. If you have any questions on attending the organizational meeting for concerning the program, please call details. 332-2316. WHEN: Thursday, April 14, 10:00 a.m. SENIOR TRANSPORT WHERE: Fridley City Hall Transportation is provided to the Fridley Community Room II Congregate Dining site. Anyone wishing to CRIBBAGE ride the bus to dining must notify Connie two working days in advance. Calls should Every Wednesday from 1 : 00 to 3 : 00 be directed to 571-3450 , extension 122 , p.m. , seniors are invited to play cribbage Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and at the Community Education Center. 10:00 a.m. A 50 cent round trip fare will be charged. APPLIQUE SENIOR SHOPPING The basics of applique will be taught during this four week session. Transportation is provided to Holiday WHEN: Thursdays, March 10 to March 31 Warehouse each Wednesday afternoon of the (4 classes) , 9.30 to 11:30 a.m. month and to Target the first Tuesday of each month for seniors. A 50 cent donation LOCATION: Community Education Center is requested. For more information, call COST: $7.50 per person Connie at 571-3450, extension 122. MONTHLY BLOOD PRESSURE TESTS CRAFTS CLUB Free blood pressure tests are offered at the The Crafts Club is busy making items Community Education Center, Room 20, 6085 for the Ethnic Festival. Please join in 7th Street. The March schedule is: this important fund raising event for our club. We meet on Tuesday and Thursday Tuesday, March 1. .. . .. . .. . . .11:30 a.m. mornings from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Thursday, March 17.. . . . . . . . .12:30 p.m. the Community Education Center. Remember high blood pressure has no symptoms to warn of its presence. Regular check-ups Do I love you? are necessary for detection. I cannot remember the day I did not. Jolene Roehlke SENIOR CITIZENS FORUM SENIOR GOLF LAZE This is your show on subjects essential to A senior golf league is being the living patterns of older Americans. organized for Monday mornings beginning 'Dutch' Kastenbaum is your host every late April through September , weather Saturday morning on KMSP Channel 9 at 8:30 permitting. Any interested seniors should a.m. Following is the December schedule: attend the get-acquainted meeting scheduled 3/5 - Hospital Price Reporting at the Community Education Center on April 7th at 9:30 a.m. Golf experience is not a Guest: David Aquilna requirement of the league. Scheduling is 3/12 - Pre-Admission screening for flexible to allow for vacations. For more nursing home applicants information, call Connie at 571-3450 , Guest: Barb Colliander extension 122 and plan on attending the 3/19 - Elderhostel 183 April 7th organizational meeting. Guest: Carol Daly 3/26 - Health and medical insurance programs ' Guest: Bernard Skrebes 0 PEER COUNSELING TRAINING FOR SENIORS * NOTE CHANGE OF STARTING DATE An opportunity for seniors to develop % listening communication skills while learning more about themselves. A 12 week class using texts, lecturing and small group activities. DATES: Thursdays, 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. Beginning April 4th for GRANDMA'S GLASSES 12 weeks. PLACE: Senior Drop-In Center A little boy said to a playmate: "When I • Community Education Center get older, I want to wear glasses just like Grandma wears. COST: Free with $5.00 material fee to be collected at first session. She must have a special kind because she can see much more than most people. She can see APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 1, 1983 when folks are hungry or tired or sorry and Applications are available at the Fridley she can even see what ' ll make them feel Recreation Office, Community Education better. Center and St. Williams Church She can see how to fix a lot of things to Class is limited to 15 . For more have fun with and she can see what a feller information, call Ruth Smith at 571-5600. meant to do, even if he didn't do it right. She can see when a feller is about to cry HERITAGE OF THE FUTURE and she can see what to do to make him feel Through fiction, essays, poetry and better. pictures, The Heritage of the Future I asked her one day how she could see so addresses questions that confront society good and she said it was the way she learned about our future . Possibilities of to look at things as she got older. affecting the future, the limits that confront us, and the links between the past, So when I get older , I want a pair of present and future re all explored. glasses just like Grandma's so I can see good, too." WHEN: Fridays, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. 0007 LOCATION: Community Education Center • COST: Free o Together SENIOR !:ENTER HAPPENINGS you and I ought to be Seniors of Fridley! Have you been instead of many miles sitting around this winter listening to your of distant lands arteries hardening and letting your bodies and thoughts. deteriorate from lack of exercise? Have you Yes, plunked yourself into a chair in front of together the TV set, letting the food you've eaten you and I should be turn into fat? If you have, now is the time to fill the many miles to shake yourself loose and get over to the of gaps in my heart Senior Center of Fridley and join us in that are alone dancing to the music of Melodians on the without you. second Friday of each month, from 1:00 to Jolene Roehlke 3:30 p.m. We will be dancing to old time music. The dance will be held in the gym of the Community Education Center, located at TRAVEL 7th Street and 61st Avenue , formerly Most people's eyes light up when you Parkview Elementary School. The fee will be mention going on a trip. Everybody enjoys a donation of $1.50 per person to defray the getting away from the usual routine to visit cost of music. a new place. With the difficult economy, Some of the other programs at the Center many people find it financially impossible to travel far away like to Hawaii , include: California, Florida or Europe. But, you can - 500 every Tuesday from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. still take a trip easily and without - Cribbage every Wednesday from 1:00 to 3:00 spending a lot of money. P-m• You'll enjoy a trip more if you take - Party whist every Thursday from 1:00 to the time to plan and make preparations. The 3:00 p.m. reason why trips end up in a disaster is due - Bingo is being considered as another event to lack of planning. for seniors to take part in. You will be informed of coming events. The Twin Cities and neighboring communities offer endless activities for everyone. You can drive or easily take the MTC bus. Visit a museum. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts admits the public free of charge every Thursday evening. Other museums have discount rates or free admissions for senior citizens. L Museums also usually offer films dating from the present back to the 1920s. Again, prices are usually less than $2.00. Many times Minnesotans see less of Minnesota than tourists. Take advantage of the tours and sites. Visit the New Zoo, Woodlake Nature Center , the Como Zoo IN OTHER WORDS Conservatory or the IDS. Oh, it's a man's world, and for men it' s Many new shopping centers have popped up in the Twin Cities in the last few years. rosy. Visit the Town Square or Victoria Crossing for men investigate; women are nosy. Men stand firm; but women are mulish. in St. Paul or St. Anthony Main and Nicollet The male's indiscreet; the female's foolish. Mall in downtown Minneapolis. A man takes credit; a woman is bragging. You don't need a group of people to A man is critical; a woman is nagging. take a trip or to have fun. Find what you Men make concessions ; women surrender. enjoy, look in the newspapers and magazines But nevertheless, the feminine gender for information and begin planning. You Has one advantage it well deserves; don't need to fly to some exotic city for an Men have ; but women have nerves. exciting adventure. Minnesota has a lot to Georgie Starbuck Galbraith offer and it's right in your back yard. -- Jolene Roe lke MaTch Su Mondav Tuesd Wednesday Thursday F ri d av ——SaL- 1 2 3 4 5 PV = Parkview FFF Meeting, 7:00 Hardanger, PV 1:30 Party Whist, PV 1:0 Heritage of the Fu e VG = Village Green 500 Club PV 1:00 Crafts ClubPV 9.30 Cribbage, PV 1:00 Crafts Club, PV 9:30 PV 10-11 , ML = Maple Lanes Holiday - 1:30 Bowling, ML 1:00 CH = City Hall Target - 1:00 Tax Assistance, CH Blood Pressure, PV 9-12 11:30 HAM LOAF WITH SAUCE SPAGHETTI TURKEY BREAST TUNA NOODLE CSRL 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Cribbage, PV 1:00 party Whist, PV J:OC Heritage of the Future Bowling, ML 1:00 Crafts Club, PV 9:30 Holiday - 1:30 Crafts Club, PV 9:3C PV 10-11 500 Club, PV 1:00 Tax Assistance, CH 9-12 Baling, ML 1:00 SENIOR TRIP-GHANDI LIVER AND GRAVY MEATLOAF PORK CUTLET/GRAVY STUFFED PEPPER CHICKEN ALA KING 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 500 Club, PV 1:00 Cribbage, PV 1:00 FFF Meeting, PV Holiday - 1:30 Party Whist, PV 1:0 1.00 Tax Assistance, Chi Crafts Club, PV 9:3 Bowling, ML 1:00 Bowling, ML 1:00 Crafts Club, 9:30 Blood Pressure, PV 9-12 12:30 VEAL BIRD/GRAVY BAKED CHICKEN 'TURKEY TETRAZINNI CORNED BEEF BATTERED FISH 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Cribbage, PV 1:00 Crafts Club, PV 9:3 , ML 1:00 Bowling, Crafts Club, PV 9:30 Holiday - 1:30 g 500 Club, PV 1.00 Tax Assistance, CH Party Whist, PV 1:0 Bowling, ML 1:00 9-12 SWISS STEAK SLICED TURKEY BREAST BEEF STEW W/VEGIES SWEDISH MEATBALL BAKED HAM 27 28 29 30 31 Cribbage, PV 1:00 Crafts Club, PV 9.•30 Crafts Club, PV 9:3 Holiday - 1:30 pt Whist, PV 1:0 Bowling, ML 1:00 500 Club, PV 1:00Tax Assistance, CH aY 9-12 �E ROAST PORK BEEF MACARONI CSRL BBQ CHICKEN TURKEY CHOW MEIN City of Fridley BULK RATE Recreation Department U. S. POSTAGE 6431 University Avenue N.E. PAID Fridley, NN. 55432 MINNEAPOLIS, t POLIS,o. 6N I