Senior-Wise Newsletter

Senior-Wise

NORTH BERRIEN SENIOR CENTER, INC

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August 2019 • Vol. 43 • Issue 8 6648 Ryno Road • P.O. Box 730 • Coloma, MI 49038 • northberrienseniorcenter.org CENTER HOURS Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Phone: 269-468-3366 Email: [email protected]

Berrien County Youth Fair Pain Management Alternatives to Medications Senior Day By Dr. Bez from Southern MI Pain Consultants Friday, August 16th, 2019 Thursday, August 8th, 2019 at 12:30 PM

It is that time of summer to start bringing Are you looking for ways to reduce your pain with- in your finished entries for display in this year’s fair. All out taking another medication? Come to the senior items must be hand made, no kits allowed and no center on Thursday, August 8th at 12:30 PM to collections. All entries must have been completed during learn, from Dr. Bez, alternatives to taking more med- the past 12 months. A max of 4 exhibits will be permitted ication. Dr. Bez will offer an informative presenta- per person, ONE per class/description. The following tion on pain management. At the pain clinic they categories are welcome: use several different methods to treat different condi-

FINE ARTS tions. Call us at 468-3366 to Original Work drawn from still life, imagination or sign up today, this presentation photo that current artist took: Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, could truly help ease your Pastel, Drawing (charcoal, pencil, ink, etc.), Print (etching, pain!! woodblock, etc.), Fabric Painting, Wood Carving (No mechanical tools), Photography, Mixed Media. Medicare Supplement Presentation Re-created Work drawn from an already existing By Mick Ashbrook photograph, picture or art work: Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Thursday, August 29th, 2019 Pastel, Drawing (charcoal, pencil, ink, etc.), Print (etching, 1:30 PM woodblock, etc.), Fabric Painting, Wood Carving (No mechanical tools).

Join us at the senior center on Thursday, August CRAFTS - Ceramics, Paper, Plastic, Flower Arrangement 29th, 2019 to learn about the different Medicare (fresh, dried, silk), Jewelry, Glass Art, Recycled Crafts, Supplemental Plans available to seniors in our area. Mosaics, Basket Making, Scrapbooking, Holiday Theme, This is a great time to learn about new plans that Porcelain Dolls, Metal Art, Card Making, Misc. Crafts. might be a “good fit” for yourself and loved ones

FIBERS - Quilting - hand quilted (bed size, under 200”), over 65. With open enrollment starting on October Quilting - Machine quilted (bed size, under 200”), 15th it is never to early to gather information about Coverlets (pieced blocks tied w/yarn), Embroidery, the different supplemental plans available. Please Tatting, Crochet (thread, yarn), Knitting, Counted Cross call the senior center at 468-3366 to RSVP. All are Stitch, Textile—fiber weaving, Sewing, Needlepoint, welcome to attend. Misc. Fibers.

Remember to stay hydrated during these dog days of summer. Do your outside chores either early in the morning or later in the evening to avoid the hottest part of the day. You can always stop by the center and cool off for awhile during the day!

TRIPS

New Bus Trips for 2020! Rat Pack Lounge at Turkeyville Washington D.C. - Our Nation’s Capital Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 June 18th - 24th, 2020 $67.00 per Person $739.00 per Person (Double Occupancy) WAITING LIST ONLY Enjoy a day at Turkeyville! Start the day at the gift shop Join us for this “monumental” bus trip as we tour our that has fresh baked goods and knick knacks galore! way around Washington DC. This is a 7 day/6 night trip Then enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all with 4 consecutive nights in the Washington DC area. the fixings and a piece of their delicious dessert. Now 10 meals are provided (6 breakfasts and 4 dinners). it’s time for The Rat Pack! Frank, Dean, and Sammy are Included in this trip is guided tours of the WWII up in heaven, but God tells them they left some Memorial, Capitol Hill, Embassy Row, the Korean War unfinished business back on Earth. It seems Frank made Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, an unfulfilled promise to Vic, the owner of the Rat Pack the Smithsonian, the Martin Luther King Jr. National Lounge. Now he and the boys have one night to make Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial and so much more. things right. No need for lookalikes or impersonators, Plus, enjoy a tram ride through Arlington National just a cast who can charm you with hits like “My Way”, Cemetery. There are fliers and insurance available at the “What Kind of Fool Am I?”, and “Everybody Loves senior center. This trip will fill up quickly, do not delay Somebody Sometime”. With over 30 hit songs, The in calling the center at 468-3366! Rack Lounge will leave you singing and savoring the days of highballs and high rollers. The bus will depart at Niagara Falls and Toronto 10:00 AM from the North Berrien Senior August 10th - 14th, 2020 Center and return at 5:30 PM. Payment Passport Required for this Trip of $67.00 per person is due at time of $569.00 per Person (Dbl Occp) WAITING LIST sign up. Call the center at 468-3366 to

A wonderful 5 day/4 night trip to Niagara Falls and sign up today! Toronto with 8 meals (4 breakfasts and 4 dinners) included. On this fantastic trip you will have a guided White Christmas at Theatre at the Center tour of the Niagara Falls area, visit the Welland & Four Winds Casino Shipping Canal and beautiful Queen Victoria Park. You Thursday, November 21st, 2019 will also visit Toronto’s majestic castle estate - Casa $69.00 per Person

Loma. Before the trip is over, enjoy a breath taking boat ride on a “Hornblower Niagara Cruise.” Fliers and We are getting into the holiday season with a White insurance are available at the senior center. Please call Christmas!! First stop is at Four Winds Casino for some us today at 468-3366 to sign up today. gaming. Here you will enjoy a casino package of $15.00 instant slot credit and $10.00 food credit and time to Beautiful Vermont have lunch on your own. From there we head to September 20th - 26th, 2020 Munster, IN for Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. $899.00 per Person (Dbl Occp) Celebrate the holidays with this heartwarming stage WAITING LIST ONLY adaptation of the classic film. Song and dance duo Bob Passport Required for this Trip and Phil follow singing sisters Betty and Judy to their What a wonderful way to see the fall colors, a bus trip to Christmas show at a quaint Vermont lodge in this family Vermont in autumn. This is a 7 day/6 night trip with 10 classic packed with Irving Berlin favorites including meals included (6 breakfasts and 4 dinners). Tour the “Blue Skies,” “I Love a Piano,” Count Your Blessings,” Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks, the Ben and Jerry’s Ice “Sister's” and of, “White Christmas.” The cost is $69.00 Cream Factory, enjoy a dinner cruise on the beautiful per person and includes transportation, casino package Lake Champlain, the Shelburne Museum, a visit to Cold and entry into the theatre. The trip departs at 8:30 AM Hollow Cider Mill, a tour of Rock of Ages Granite and returns at 7:30 PM. Please park in the back of the Quarry and a visit to Stowe Village. Fliers and senior center on the day of the trip to allow our daily insurance are available, call the center at 468-3366. This people easy entrance to the center. Payment is due at trip will feel up quickly, don’t delay today! time of sign up, call the senior center today at 468-3366.

2 TRIPS CONTINUED Tunica, Memphis and Elvis Baby! NEW GAMING TRIP!! November 3rd - 9th, 2019 Firekeepers Casino $645.00 per Person (Double Occupancy) Waiting List Only! Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 $30.00 per Person It is a week filled with touring, gaming and the blues! This is a 7 day, 6 night trip with 4 consecutive nights at a Tunica Casi- no Resort. There are fliers and insurance available at the senior Feeling Lucky? Join us for a day of gaming at center. Deposit due at sign up and final payment due by FireKeepers Casino! This trip cost $30.00 per August, 27th, 2019. This will be a fun and exciting trip. Call person and includes transportation, $20.00 in the senior center at 468-3366 today!! slot play and $5.00 towards lunch. This will make for a fun filled and hopefully a lucky afternoon. We will Boston, Salem and Cape Ann leave on Wednesday, October 9th, at 9:00 AM September 4th - 10th, 2019 from the North Berrien Senior Center and $779.00 per Person (DBL Occupancy) return at 4:30 PM. Payment is due at the time WAITING LIST ONLY of sign up, call us at 468-3366 to sign up This wonderful 7 day trip is filled with historical sights and the today!! gorgeous east coast. Insurance and fliers are available at the senior center. Call us today, 468-3366, deposit due at time of sign up and final payment due by June 27th, 2019. We’re Off to the Races!! At Arlington International Race Course

Giants vs. Cubs at Wrigley Field Thursday, September 19th, 2019 Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 $80.00 per Person

$75.00 per Person Join us on Thursday, September WAITING LIST ONLY 19th for a day of racing, wagering

Trip depart at 10:00 AM from the North Berrien Senior and fun at the Arlington Center and return at 8:00 PM . Call the center at 468-3366 to International Race Course. It has sign up. been quite awhile since we have traveled to the race course to see the horses run. Arlington International Racecourse epitomizes everything about the Sport of Kings, offering the best Fliers and insurance available at the senior center for these of Thoroughbred racing in a setting rooted deep in fantastic once in a lifetime upcoming trips!! tradition. Racing occurs over Arlington’s renowned

turf course and a synthetic main track. The cost of Iceland’s Magical Northern Lights November, 11th - 17th, 2019 $80.00 includes transportation, admission into the $4,149.00 per Person race course, box seats, a box lunch and an

non-alcoholic beverage. We will depart from the senior center at 11:00 AM and return at 10:00 PM. South Pacific, Australia & New Zealand March 17th - 31st, 2020 Don’t delay in signing up for this trip, contact the $6,999.00 per Person center at 468-3366, payment due at time of sign up.

If you are in need of a good book to read this All of the North Berrien Senior Center trips leave from summer, here are a few suggestions! “Spilled the back of our parking lot. Please park at the end of Milk” by K.L. Randis and our parking lot, behind the garage area. This will help keep our spaces closest to the building open for people “People of Mist: A Novel of who are using our center for daily activities and coming North America’s Forgotten for lunch. We appreciate your help in this matter. Past” by Kathleen O’Neal Gear.

3 MONTHLY SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES

ART SESSIONS TRANSPORTATION Will Resume in the Fall Volunteers donate their time to drive the center’s VAN/CAR and Pam Spica is skilled in a variety of art mediums and will be wheelchair accessible van to provide this service for seniors who available to help on Wednesday afternoons from 1-3:00 pm. Cost do not have other means of transportation. This includes medical is $7.00 for a two hour session. appointments, grocery shopping, hair-dresser, and rides to the center for lunch. Transportation is available 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 BASKET MAKING p.m. and is limited to certain areas of Berrien County. Donations Join the group on Mondays at 1:00 p.m. and learn how to create are very much appreciated. (Transportation supported by Area your own beautiful basket. Bring your own water basin. Pay for Agency on Aging IV) materials used only – All are welcome!

DBL COMMODITIES BOARD GAMES Monthly CSFP(USDA) & Quarterly TEFAP Bring in your favorite board game or just join in the fun – all are Wednesday, August 21st, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. welcome – it’s a great way to spend an afternoon and a chance to We register and distribute commodities to seniors. Call us for meet new people. The fun begins at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays. information on these programs. The next distribution date is Wednesday the 21st, 9:00 – 12:30. If you need help carrying out BOARD MEETING your commodities, please be here at that time. If you’re not 3rd Tues. of the month, meetings are open to the public, 1:00 pm. available on that day, please make arrangements with your authorized representative to pick your commodities up for you. BRIDGE This institution is an equal opportunity provider. If you enjoy playing bridge, join us on Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. for

a fun afternoon of cards and camaraderie.

LOAN CLOSET

We have wheelchairs, walkers, stool risers, bathtub seats, canes, FOOT CLINIC etc. available for SHORT TERM LOAN. If you need an item On a monthly basis, health care workers from Van’s Medical for short-term use, call us before you buy. Equipment come to our center to trim and file toenails. Initial

K.I.S.S. cost is $30 which includes a reusable foot care kit. Follow up visits are $25. BRING YOUR OWN TOWEL. Call 468-3366 Keeping Independent Seniors Safe for an appointment. We have a staff person who makes daily calls to seniors living alone to check on their welfare. If you or someone you know might benefit from this program, call the center for more LINE DANCING information. Helen Malloy volunteers her time on Monday and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. to instruct line dancing. CHAIR EXERCISE PROGRAM This is a CHAIR exercise program DVD on Mondays, MAH JONG Wednesdays and Fridays at 9:00 AM, that will help improve Join us on Thursday afternoons at 1:00 PM for Mah Jong. Come stability, balance, help you stay mobile, and go up and learn a new fun game! Bring your card if you have one. downstairs.

Counsel and Advocacy Law Line NEEDLEWORK Call 1-888-783-8190 to talk to a lawyer. A Lawyer will be Bring your project to work on and enjoy the conversation every available Mon., Tues., & Thurs. from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Friday at 1:00 p.m. Come on in and learn a new hobby.

Wed. from 11:00 am to 6:00 p.m. to answer questions and give advice. PINOCHLE YOGA This is one game you don’t want to pass on, join us Tuesdays at Vicky Shoemaker, a licensed yoga instructor will be here on 1:00 p.m. for the game of pinochle.

Mondays and Fridays at 1:00 pm for yoga. The cost is $5.00 per QUILTING person. Please bring your own yoga mat. If you enjoy sewing and putting together Quilts, then come to the

center on Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m. to join the quilters as they CARDIO & STRENGTH - Resume in Fall magically turn pieces of material into beautiful comforters and Vicky Shoemaker, is here on Wednesdays at 2:30 for light room decorations. strength training and a cardio workout. The cost is $5.00 per person. This is a wonderful way to get in shape with a great group of people.

4 August 2019 We provide a meal site for Meals on Wheels of Southwest MI Senior Nutrition Services to serve Lunches daily Monday through Friday at 11:30 a.m. Senior Nutrition Meals Are supported by Area Agency on Aging (Region IV) Menu is subject to change without notice. Donations are requested.. Please call 24 hours in advance for reservations 468-3366. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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Walking Exer 8:30 Chair Exercise 9:00 BRIDGE 1:00 p.m. TAI CHI 10:00 MAH JONG 1:00 Needlecrafts 1:00 p.m. Blood Pressure 10:30-12 Yoga 1:00 PM FOOT CLINIC

Chicken Fajitas Lemon Baked Cod 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Chair Exercise 9:00 Walking Exercise 8:30 LINE DANCE 10:30 PINOCHLE 1:00 Chair Exercise 9:00 BRIDGE 1:00 p.m. Chair Exercise 9:00 Basket Making 1pm BOARD GAMES 1p.m. LINE DANCING MAH JONG 1:00 TAI CHI 10:00 Yoga 1:00 PM Quilting 1:00 p.m. 10:30 AM Pain Management Needlecrafts 1:00 p.m. Walking Exercise 10 Presentation 12:30 Yoga 1:00 PM Northern MI Adventure FOOT CLINIC Northern MI Adventure Departs Returns

Chicken n’ Dumplings Egg Salad Chef’s Choice Country Chicken Pork Loin 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Walking Exercise 10 Chair Exercise 9:00 Chair Exercise 9:00 PINOCHLE 1:00 Chair Exercise 9:00 Walking Exercise 8:30 TAI CHI 10:00 LINE DANCE 10:30 BOARD GAMES 1p.m. LINE DANCING BRIDGE 1:00 p.m. Needlecrafts 1:00 p.m. Basket Making 1pm Quilting 1:00 p.m. 10:30 AM MAH JONG 1:00 Yoga 1:00 PM Yoga 1:00 PM Scotland & Ireland Senior Day at BCYF Departs

Roast Beef Turkey Burger Stuffed Pepper Bratwurst Southern Corn Meal Fish 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Chair Exercise 9:00 Walking Exercise 10 Chair Exercise 9:00 Walking Exercise 8:30 Chair Exercise 9:00 LINE DANCE 10:30 PINOCHLE 1:00 LINE DANCING BRIDGE 1:00 p.m. TAI CHI 10:00 Basket Making 1pm BOARD GAMES 1p.m. 10:30 AM MAH JONG 1:00 Needlecrafts 1:00 p.m. Yoga 1:00 PM Quilting 1:00 p.m. DBL Commodities Yoga 1:00 PM Board Mtg 1:00 CSFP & TEFAP Cubs Trip 9:00-12:30

Lasagna Casserole Mac & Cheese Chef’s Choice Chili Swiss Chicken 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Chicago Skyscraper Medicare Supplement Scotland & Ireland Trip Program 1:30 Returns

Meatloaf Quiche Lorraine Chicken Teriyaki Salisbury Steak Tuna Salad

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Do you have medical concerns, question or a short term special medical need that you would like some advice on? Brenda Ives, our site nurse, is available Monday through Thursday from 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Please make sure to call first at 468-3366.

BLOOD PRESSURE checks…Blood pressure clinics will be on the first Thursday and the third Tuesday of the month, 10:30am - 12:00.

9 August BIRTHDAYS 2019 1-Doris Kibler 10-Nan Meyer 18-Richard Matheny Sandra Vladic Sheila Albright Darlene Gatchell William Drogus Terry Gast Karen French Carolyn Danneffel Larry Swisher 2-Irma Kreiger Michael Pethick Richard Weich Karen Coffey Edith Lutz Lina Williams Auggie Pupedis 11-Joyce Cable Jill Stanage 26-J.E. Berry Betty Brady Betty Geron 3-Edward McKean Barbara Orr 19-Brenda Bickers Mary Stainbrook Barbara Zvonar Larry Ohst Grace Duffield Edwin Nelski Carolyn Ballard 27-Erma Weldy Sue Heater 12-Edna Frigo Don Burleson Jane Leatz Mildred Wendzel Bernard Schaaf William Griffin Bobbie Eichler Mary Wesaw 20-Shirley Essig Sara Goss Leslie Schmuhl Alice Ketcham Nora Spearritt Jerry Meader Kathleen Post James Fortune 4-Peggy Woodward LaVonda Kunst 21-Nadine Rogers MariFrances Styers Ron Ravitch Bonnie Fillwok Dorothy Hartline Elaine Creager Joan Polaskey Paula Renfro Carl Spessard Mary Pat Hooper Shirley Mason Otis Watkins Dorothy Baldwin David Lange Phyllis McDaniel 5-Joan Gruber 13-Kathy Arend 22-Florence Smith Virgil Carpenter Alta Boven Ruth Elliott Marian Slentz Ginny Rubel Marvin Jones Alan Kunst 28-Arthur Newton Hank Ziemke Beverly Hibnar Michael Stewart Howard Reth Larry Wrobel Donna Grabowski Janet Spicer Betty Smith Bev VanTieghem William Kietzerow Joyce Faraone Roberta Becker 29-Lester Dewey 6-Carrie Jackson 14-Ivan Nestle Janet Evans Dorothy Myrick Marsha Demler Hilde Nigro Lee Gast Joyce Howell Peggy Frontczak 23-Blanche Napier Patrick Yore John Schmuhl Emma Bruin 7-Arlene Barchett 15-David Emerson Selma Holmes Bobby Robinson Don Hetfield 30-William Rogers Kenneth Hughes 16-Lorraine Pater Don Nigro Clarence Keller Janice Gruss Helen Getz Hazel Dubar Edward Woulfe Charles Abrams Sandy Ingels Polly Walther 8- Martha Sempert MaryLou Eckoff Darwin Johnson Willis Bouma Pat Todd 24-Leon Miller Paul Pflugradt Martha Walker Karol Chabot Harriet Sicard Gloria Krogel Rod Krieger Janet Snyder Carol Ward Doug Moore Marie Banks Ruth Deam Worney Skidmore 17-Richard Seymour Ruth Thornton 31-William Selvidge Nancy Weir Judy Rutherford Juanita Kelley Dolores Pavich 25-Lillian Schultz Ralph Thurston 9-Virginia Engler Shirley Loomis Lucette Green Lori Webb Kay Hoban Robert Christy Pete Austin Nancy Perry Elma Doty Sally Gast Sharon Jones Sven Nelson Linda Vonk Earl Hurd Marilee Corwin 10 MANY THANKS TO THOSE WHO GAVE MONETARY DONATIONS TO THE CENTER Exercise Programs available…

DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE. WE “WALK SLIM” – (Leslie Sansone’s DVD) APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT! Tues. at 10:00 a.m. & Thurs. at 8:30 a.m.

Transportation: Linda Stuard, Corinne King, Shirley Hagood, Judie Lake, Linda Wiley, Willis Bouma, James Chair Exercise Program Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00 AM Scheid, Mary Ann Gelder, Loretta Bahr, Michael

Graffenius, Anthony Nicpon, Don Adams, Norma Lou, LINE DANCING - with Helen Malloy Bob Cuchran, Renee Webb, Leola Pugh, Marybeth Mondays at 10:30 a.m. Price, Paul Hendricks, Maryanne Matlow, Georgia NEW TIME - Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.

Thomas, Toni Engel, Wayne Antosz, Leon Burke, Helen Thompson, Joanne Hendrix, Wanda Gregory, TAP CLASSES with Pat Culver - Resumes in Fall Mary Hendrix, Mary Lorenz, James Hoff, Karol Ann Advanced 10:00 AM Beginner 11:00 AM Chabot, Dyan Yore.

TAI CHI General Fund: Corinne King, Lou and Pat Gibson, Don Fridays with Janet Snelgrove and Frances Young, Nancy Weir, Edna Frigo. 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Cost is $60 for 8 weeks, $48 for 6 weeks Bakeless Bake Sale: Ron and Paula Schroeder. or $10 drop in rate

Loan Closet: Roman Gajewski, Jeraldine Cole, Gene Yoga Rennhack, Bob and Cheri Freed, Helen Malloy, Mark Mondays and Fridays with Vicky Shoemaker Yoga 1:00 p.m. $5.00 per class Baldwin, Sandy Keirnan.

Cardio & Strength - Resume in Fall Memorial: In loving memory of Duane Bodfish: Milt Wednesdays with Vicky Shoemaker and Linda Stibal, Larry and Dovie Downey, Judy 2:30 p.m. $5.00 per class Andres, Alton and Mildred Wendzel, Merry and Thomas Yops, Richard O’Leary, Elaine and Michael White, Cheryl VanDrasek. In loving memory of Donna Back Up Volunteer Drivers Needed! Kublick: Glenn Kublick. In loving memory of Harriet Are you looking to volunteer but you have a busy Golomb: Nancy Dings, Sandy and Brian Kraemer, schedule and don’t want to be tied down to a certain Edna Frigo, Jim and Sherry Polashak. In loving volunteer day every week? How about helping the memory of Emma Gaipa: Bret and Janice Bachman. seniors in the area with getting back and forth to doctor appointments. Our senior center offers rides to people in the area over 60 who no longer drive. This is a Attention WHIRLPOOL Employees or Retirees, wonderful service, and we have wonderful volunteers If you would like to give a donation to the Senior that help us daily. With the summer months in full Center, The Whirlpool Foundation will match your swing our regular daily drivers would like to take a donation $ for $.(Whirlpool requires a minimum do- vacation or two!! This is where we need back up nation of $50.00). So if you’d like to do this, please volunteers to fill in a day here or there. You just need contact the senior center for more information. to have a valid driver’s license and be insurable. You would use the senior centers vehicles, so there is no wear and tear on yours. Please call the center at 468-3366 if you are interest. Are you a Thrivent Member with “Thrivent Choice” Dollars? If you have Choice Dollars Our picture wall will have on display our available to direct, please consider directing to the Art groups talented artwork over the North Berrien Senior Center. We plan to use next 2 months. We have enjoyed Thrivent Choice grant showcasing work of our local artists!! funding to help fund our Please come and enjoy all the different transportation services. mediums that the art group excels in!

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All About Alzheimer’s Annual Picnic...Thank you to the following business- With Jeanne Merkel MSW, ACSW es and people who have donated to our 43rd Annual Thursday, September 12th, 2019 at 1:30 PM Picnic! Without their continued generosity our picnic would not be a success year after year!! Jeanne Merkel is coming back to the senior center with an in-depth Karla Smothers from State Farm, Harding’s, Barb Fay, look at Alzheimer’s. She will be Terry Bjes, Shear Magic, The Hub Central, Hair presenting several different case Innovations, Shear Design, Lane Automotive, The Bend studies that support how your diet Bar, Pizza Hut, The Friendly, Doreen Hess, Eddie’s could play a role in Alzheimer’s. Drive In West, Watervliet Fruit Exchange, Karma Vista, Also, she will discuss the advantages of regular Contessa, Mattson’s House of Décor, Easy Street Inn, exercise, sleep, lack of stress, brain training, key Wesco, Side Track Café, Cutting Corners, Tri City vitamins, body mass index and genetics and how they Record, Tri County Computer Services, Donna Sieber, are all related to Alzheimer’s. If you are interested in Clare Horneij, Sandy Kraemer, Rosanne Bittner, learning more about this topic, which could possibly Coloma Hometown Flowers, Woodfire Restaurant, True affect yourself or a loved one, please consider coming Value Hardware, Hot Spot, Moo’s Place, Chicken Coop, on Thursday, September 12th. Call the senior center at Frosty Boy, Fluff n’ Suds, B and 468-3366 to RSVP, all are welcome to attend. B Outlet, Bev DeMaria, Pat Reynolds, Ray’s Towing, Edgewater Bank, Mike’s Pit North Berrien Senior Center Board Members: Stop, El Asadero Restaurant, Sandy Kraemer, Jim Polashak, Dorothy Messinger, Eva Linda’s Antique Store, Vincent Baumeister, Bill Moser, Lin Lisles, Jewelers, Neil DenHaan, Karen Matrau, Paulette Lynch, McDonald’s, Chemical Bank, Donna Sieber, Dave Gearhart, Theresa Jenkins. Kandy Kays, Nancy Dings.