07/1978 Senior News l
Senior Citizen Newsletter
Friendly
Fridley Recreation Dept. 571 - 3450
in cooperation with Community Education, Ind. School District No.14
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Volume IT, Number
DULY BIRTHDAYS JULY PREVIEW
rvid Pearson - July 2 Tuesday, July 4 - Fourth of Jud - Independ-
Irene Yarns - July 2 ence Day. City offices closed.
ary Metcalf - July 3
Aildred Smiens - July 3 Thursday, July 6 - Cards, Coffee, and Con-
dell Sable - July 7 versation - 1 :00 p.m. , Community Room II ,
iorris Bangsund - July 8 Fridley Civic Center.
ary Koontz - July it
Tillie Melleren - July 11 Thursday, July 13 - Senior Square Dance -
onnie Morphew - July 13 "Great Skate" -_ Bus departs 12:15 p.m. i
Marry Briskey - July 18 Cost: $2.00.
Lola Sellentine July 19 Cards, Coffee, and Conversation - 1 :00 p.m. ,
Stella Wang - July 21 Community Room II , 72—lei"Civic Center.
Adelynne Tuttle July 26
Olive Hedman - July 28 Tuesday, July 18 - Senior Meeting and Birth-
Lillian Aasland July 29 day Celebration - 12:00 noon, Fridley
Mildred Briskey July 29 United Methodist Church.
Vivian Ellenwood July 29
Alvin Gulsvig - July 31 Thursday, Jule 20 - Blood Pressure Tests -
Edna Pearson - July 31 Conference Room, Fridley Civic Center.
Cards Coffee, and Conversation - 1 :00 p.m. ,
Community Room II , Fridley Civic Center.
NEW MEMBERS
Tuesday, July 25 - Concert in the Park, Buri-
Robert and Violet Calhoun ington Northern Clown Ban - 5p.m.
Locke Park.
SUMMER SCHEDULE FOR SENIOR MEETINGS Thursday,_ July 2.7 - Cards , Coffee, and Con-
versati(5n—_-1- 00 p.m. , Community Room II ,
eet every third Tuesday of the month at Fridley Civic Center.
12:00 noon. The meeting will be field at
the Fridley United Methodist Church, 666 SQUARE DANCE BUS PICK-UP - Transportation to
ississippi Street, This schedule will the Square Dance will be provided if we can
continue through August. fill the bus. Otherwise transportation is
All activities are open to everyone 55 on your own. The bus will leave Fridley
United Methodist Church at 12:15 p.m. Call
ears or over. If you would like to join
us, or if you have any questions, call Rickie to make your reservation, 571-3450.
ickie Bergquist, 571-3450, ext. 123.
NEW MEMBERSHIPS SKILLS BANK
New members for the Friendly Fridley The Metropolitan Senior Federation has
Folks are welcome at all times. To join, recently begun a new service for Seniors,
you must be 55 years or older. Yearly entitled the "Skills Bank". They have lists
dues are $2. If you wish to join, you of people who are capable of doing house-
can complete the forms at the meetings hold chores , fix-up, repairs, house main-
or call the Parks and Recreation office tenance, and other odd jobs. If you need
at 571-3450. something done around your home, call the
Metropolitan Senior Federation at 645-0529.
** HEALTH HAPPENINGS ** They will then give you the name and tele-
FREE MONTHLY BLOOD PRESSURE TESTS phone number of the person who can help you.
SENIOR SEMINARS
Free blood pressure tests will be of-
fered at the Fridley Civic Center, Mount Sinai Hospital is sponsoring a series
6431 University Ave. , Community Room II . of seminars developed and led by Seniors,
In July they will be taken from 12 :30 to entitled STAGES (Seniors to Advise, Grow,
2:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 20. It is Educate, and Serve) .
FREE to all Seniors.
The first involves the facets of living
WELL SENIOR CITIZEN CLINIC alone. It will be conducted from 1 :00 to
3:00 p.m. on Wednesdays until July 26. Also
1323 Coon Rapids Boulevard on Wednesdays, from 9:30 to 11 :30 a.m. , until
Telephone: 755-5300 July 19; seminars will be held on the dif--
Services offered: Annual Physical faculties of diminishing vision and hearing
Examination, Health Counseling, Blood problems. The fourth seminar, co-sponsored
Pressure Screening, Information and by Metropolitan Community College will deal
Referral . with economic concerns of older people.
Fee: Suggested fees range from $3.50,
if person 's income is $350/month or -Che cost is $1 .00 per session. Further in-
under ($450/couple) and up to $25, if formation is available from Mount Sinai
the patient's income is over $1 ,000 Hospital .
per month.
Hours: Open on Mondays and Tuesdays by SUMMER MEETING SCHEDULE
appointment. The clinic has office hours
during business hours. For information There will again be only one business meet-
and appointments, call 755-5300. ing in July. It will be held the third
Tuesday, July 18th at 12:00 noon. Bring
NEED TRANSPORTATION?? The answer is here' your bag lunch and join the group. Mr.
The American Red Cross has volunteer trans- Robert Torgorson will demonstrate how
portation available to people in N.W. easy self-defense really is if you know
Hennepin County and Anoka County. Trans- how to use the articles you carry with you
portation will be provided for: Medical every day.
needs, non-medical needs, and social
needs! This is a FREE SERVICE for you. CARDS, COFFEE, AND CONVERSATION
Volunteers to drive and do dispatching
are desperately needed to make the project Meets every Thursday afternoon at 1 :00 p.m.
work. Riders are also needed. To reserve in Community Room II at the Fridley Civic
a ride or get more information, call Center. Everyone is welcome to join in the
Floy Sims at 533-3048. fun. Coffee and cookies are served for 25�.
NOTICE TO SENIOR CITIZENS MANY THANKS: : : : :
If you are 62 years of age or older, or The Fridley Seniors and the Fridley 49'er
disabled and your combined yearly income Inc. must extend a hearty THANK YOU to the
is $7,000 or less, please contact the Senior 49'er Committee: Carl Nelson, Chair-
Utility Billing Department for information man; Nellie Aitchison , Wally Olson, Bowling
concerning Senior Citizen water and sewer Tournament Chairpersons; Veronica Olstead,
rates. Call 571 -3450, ext. 135 or 149. Craft Fair Chairman; Matt & Helen Sczezch,
Alex Berberich, Theresa Benner, Ray Delano,
Alvera & Tony Lorbeski .
METROPOLITAN SENIOR FEDERATION SPONSORING Neighbor: "Isn't it a beautiful day?"
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
Retiree: "It's so beautiful , I wish I
It has been scheduled for Friday and Sat- were working again so I could take the day
urday, August 11 and 12. It will again be off ,
held at the St. Paul Radisson. Steve *
Edelman and Sharon Anderson from KSTP's
Twin Cities Today Show and Dave Moore of CONCERTS IN THE PARK
WCCO-TV will be the hosts. Entertainment &
will be provided by Jim Murray and the
Cosmopolitan Troubadours. It will be a MOVIES UNDER THE STARS
grand performance. City Band concerts and movies are held
This year's festival is going German! A weekly in the Fridley Parks. Bring your
number of drawings will be made on Saturday. lawn chair and enjoy the summer evening.Concerts begin at 8:00 p.m.
Winners will receive such prizes as trips
to Germany and Switzerland, tours to Win- June 29 - Flanery Park - Nikki , Wild Dog
nipeg, Canada, and $50 Savings Bonds. of the North
July 6 - Fridley Library - Uncle Sam Magoo
Tickets are $8.50. This includes entrance July 13 - Moore Lake Beach - Yellowstone
into the festival , your noon meal , and makes Cubs
you eligible for the drawings. Additional July 20 — Craig Park - Digby, the Biggest
chances can be purchased at 3 for a $2.00 Dog in the World
donation.
PRIORITIES FROM THE PRESIDENT
Charter round trip transportation is also
available for an additional $1 .50. We are already going into the second half of
the year 1978, and a very busy time the first
Reservations are being taken now. Start half has been. Everything worked finewithout
planning early, call Rickie Bergquist at other activities conflicting at the start of
571-3450 now for reservations. the year, but as spring came peeping around
the corner, there were too many things going
CONCERT IN THE PARK on for the same dates that Friendly Fridley
Folks planned, so your president had to miss
The Burlington Northern Clown Band will a couple of meetings. They were well attended
again be performing in Fridley. For those and functioned properly by our capable vice
of you who missed last year's concert, here chairpersons.
is your opportunity to enjoy a fun afternoon
this year! It is a group of professional We have been saddened by the loss of four of
musicians, who not only perform musically, our dear members since January, viz. , Earl
but do magic tricks and clown stunts. Ellenwood, Belle Adair, Homer Almly, and Carl
When: Tuesday, July 25 Morphew. Our membership has not dropped down,
Time: 2: 15 to 3:00 p.m. however, as new members came popping in and
we hope to see more new members right along.
Where: Locke Park
Cost: Free July coming in makes us all picnic and outing
minded - staying out of doors as much as pos-
ONCE IN A SMILE sible. Remember - it is well to be careful
about getting overheated and over-exercising.
An old lady kept a parrot which was always Please heed all warnings , because we want to
swearing. On Sundays she kept a cover over see all of you rested up and in good form by
the cage, thus preventing him from cussing the time we start our fall season in September.
on the Sabbath.
Remember, only one meeting again in July on
One Monday, after uncovering the cage, she the 18th and also the same in August on the
saw her minister coming towards the house, so 15th, a combination birthday and business
she again covered the cage. As the minister meeting at 12:00 noon.
stepped in the door, the parrot remarked,
"This was a damned short week. " Cheers, Clara Nordell
JULY
,;nday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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CITY OFFICES 4TH OF JULY Cards, Coffee and Conver-
CLOSED sation - 1 p.m. , Civic Bowling - 1 p.m.
Center, Community Room II
CITY OFFICES
CLOSED
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Cards, Coffee and Conver
Bowling - 1 p.m. sation - 1 p.m., Civic
Center, Community Room II Bowling - 1 p.m.
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Square Dance - 12:30 pm,
"Great Skate"
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Cards, Coffee and Conver
Bowling 1 p.m. Meeting - 12 noon, sation - 1 p.m. , Civic
Fridley United Meth- Center, Community Room I Bowling - 1 p.m.
odist Church
Blood Pressure Tests -
12:30 - 2:30, Civic
Center
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Bowling 1 p.m. Concert in the Park Cards , Coffee and Conver
2:15p.m. sation - 1 p.m. , Civic Bowling - 1 p.m.
Locke Park Center, Community Room I
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Bowling - 1 p.m.
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