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Westwood Senior Center 60 Nahatan Street, Westwood, MA 02090 (781) 329-8799

Director, Pat Larkin Editor, Trish Tucke

OCTOBER 2013

NOTE FROM THE COA DIRECTOR Got Errands to Do? October 1 st and 15 th are the days the

van is available to take you to the Director’s Report: hair dresser, barber, post office,

Welcome to colorful October. The colors are library, drug store, friend’s house or simply beautiful. This month we are any other local errand you would like celebrating people who are 90 years of age to do. Call 781-329-8799 to sign up and older on October 17 th . Due to the large to get your errands done. group we will be celebrating at the First Baptist Church on High Street. If you have a The Swing Era – A three part series friend who is 90 years of age or older, please consider attending our celebration with your that will look at the significant friend. Just think about how many changes composers and performers of the our 90 year old have seen in their life heyday of Jazz – the Swing Era. time. This series will be held on Wednesday, October 2, 9, 16 at Sincerely, 10:00 AM.

Pat Carty-Larkin “Out to Lunch Thursdays” Director, Westwood COA Want to do lunch? Thursdays, October 10 we will go to Blue Moon Bakery in Medfield and October 24 it’s off to Bamboo Chinese Restaurant in Dedham.

Great Decisions – Come find out

more about this informative and interesting program. Wednesday, HESSCO Meals on Wheels Lunch October 23rd at 1:00. Program is in need of Drivers. Please call Nina at: 781-329-6514 ! Page 2 CLASSES and EXERCISE REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR (continued) MOST EVENTS.

To register, or for more information on any of these activities, please call the Knit and Free Senior Center at (781) 329-8799.  Crochet ! ! Tuesdays October 1:00pm CLASSES and EXERCISE 1,8,15,22,29

This class is led by Louise. Bring your projects and enjoy relaxing afternoons. Low Impact $3.00/session Exercise Mondays October 7,21,28 1:00pm Ladies Craft Group Free Wednesdays October 1:00pm Mondays October 7 10:00am 2,9,16,23,30 Keep fit, stay healthy! The Ladies Craft Group usually meets the first two Mondays of each month. Fun Fit Exercise $3.00/session Mondays October 7,21,28 9:00am Wednesdays October 9:00am Quilting $1.00 2,9,16,23,29 Tuesdays October 10:00am Fridays October 9:00am 1,8,15,22,29 4,11,18,25 This class is led by Fitness Instructor, Join our group and enjoy quilting with Stephanie. Keep fit, stay healthy! friends.

Tai Chi $3.00/session Free Tuesdays October 1:00pm Laugh Yoga 1,8,15,22,29 Thursdays October 10,24 10:00AM

Practice the ancient art of Tai Chi, a gentle physical, stretching exercise that reduces Led by Mary Beechinor our Public Health Nurse. Anyone can do Laughter Yoga there stress and improves flexibility. is NO contortion of limbs or any strenuous activity. Laughter Yoga includes clapping, deep breathing, relaxing, singing, meditation, Yoga $3.00/session making friends, being silly, and of course Tuesdays October 9:30 am laughing. Wear comfortable shoes and 1,8,15,22,29 clothes

Experience the wonderful benefits of balance Why seniors still need newspapers!! and strength from yoga. Registration required While I was visiting my niece last night I asked if I could borrow a newspaper. “This is the 21 st century,” she said. “We don’t waste money on newspapers. Here use my iPad.” Well, I can tell you this muchAthat fly never knew what hit him.  REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR MOST EVENTS. Page 3 To register, or for more information on any of ONGOING ACTIVITIES these activities, please call the Senior Center at (continued) (781) 329-8799.  !! Legal Advice Free ONGOING ACTIVITIES Tuesday October 1 8:30am- 10:00am Bereavement Group Free Mary J. Roque, Attorney, specializing in Elder Wednesday October 9, 23 10:00am Law and Estate Planning, will provide free legal guidance to seniors usually on the first Led by LICSW Nina Johnston, this friendly Tuesday of each month. Appointments are and supportive group usually meets every scheduled at half hour intervals. other Wednesday during each month.

SHINE Waxing Appointments required (Serving Health Information Needs of Elders )

Friday October 4 8:30- Tuesday October 1 9:00- 10:30am 11:00am Licensed Aesthetician Lisa will offer waxing Lori Howell, SHINE representative, is usually the first Friday of each month. Available, BY APPOINTMENT, on the first Tuesday of each month to help you deal with Fees: issues or questions you may have regarding Brows $10.00 your health insurance. L ip $ 10.00 Chin $8.00 Any two $15.00 Blood Pressure Clinic Free services All 3 services $20.00 Wednesday October 16 9:00am

Please call the senior center to schedule Westwood’s Board of Health nurse is available your appointment. the third Wednesday of every month.

Manicures $10.00 Monday October 21 9:00 AM

Lauren, the manicurist will be here to make your nails look beautiful! APPOINTMENTS are required. Call for an appointment.

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REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR Great Decisions II Fee TBD MOST EVENTS. Starting January 2014 To register, or for more information on any of these activities, please call the Informational Meeting October 23rd at 1:00 Senior Center at (781) 329-8799.  PM Are you interested in what’s going on in the GAMES & SPORTS world? Do you like to read about international issues? Would you like to discuss world affairs with other people? If so, you might enjoy a Great Decisions discussion group, a Bingo Free nationwide civic education program sponsored Thursdays October 1:15pm by the Foreign Policy Association of New York. 3,10,17,24,31 Participants use briefing books and a video Seniors are invited to play Bingo every purchased from the Foreign Policy Association Thursday afternoon. Join us and bring a and meet together every two weeks for eight friend! sessions to discuss topics of foreign policy,

international affairs and global concerns. An Bowling League informational meeting will be held Wednesday, Mondays October 7,21,28 9:30am October 23 at 1:00 pm at the Senior Center. It will be a member of the Westwood Woman’s Bri dge Free Club who has offered to help a new group get Fridays October 11:15am started. Discussions will not begin until 4,11,18,25 January 2014 but plans need to be made early so that materials can be ordered. More Join us for Rubber Bridge. Bring your information is available at www.fpa.org and partner, or come alone. www.facebook.com/GreatDecisions

Duplicate Bridge Free Wednesdays October 11:30am Westwood High School Technology 2,9,16,23,30 Students are offering Computer We play in Foxboro on Wednesdays, and all Classes and One-on-One Assistance duplicate bridge players are welcome! -- WHS students will be offering free one-on- one classes afternoons on days to be Mah Jongg Free determined. Please call to sign up and we will Thursdays October 12:30pm get back to you to arrange a time. 3,10,17,24,31 Mah Jongg is a game that originated in “Out to Lunch” Thursdays China, commonly played by four players. Similar to the card game rummy, Mah Jonng October 10 Blue Moon Bakery is game of skill, strategy and calculation and October 24 Bamboo Chinese Restaurant involves a certain degree of chance. Join us for a lunch trip. The van can take up to Whist Free 8 people. Make some new friends or catch Tuesdays October 1:00PM with old friends. Call to reserve your seat on 1,8,15,22,29 the van. We are trying to build our Whist Group back up. If you enjoy playing Whist please come and join us.

Page 5 To insure that the Senior Center will be a REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR healthy environment for everyone, please do MOST EVENTS. not come to the center if you have any of the To register, or for more information on following conditions: any of these activities, please call the  Senior Center at (781) 329-8799. • Cold with fever, sneezing, cough and nasal drainage. SPECIAL EVENTS (cont.) • Flu; if you think you have the flu, please rest,

take plenty of fluids and stay home. Errand Day $2.00 • Temperature greater than 100 degrees. 1st and 3rd Tuesday of Each Month • Bronchitis, which can begin with Everyone has errands they need to get done. hoarseness, sore throat, cough and slight Whether it’s getting your hair cut, banking, temperature. Your cough may be dry and drug store, or post office call the COA and then become more productive. take the van. Our driver will either wait for • you or come back and pick you up. Diarrhea (watery bowel movements, which are different from usual or are more frequent). Please allow three days to pass The Swing Era -- 3-Part Series without diarrhea before returning to the Wednesday, October 2, 9, 16 at 10:00 AM. center. • Vomiting, if vomiting is persistent and This lecture series will look at the significant composers and performers of the heyday or prevents you from keep down any liquids Jazz – the Swing Era, where Jazz exploded you should contact your doctor. upon the popular music scene. Goodman, • Rash that has not be diagnosed by a Ellington, Basie, Miller – j ust a few of the Big physician. If your rash is a result of an Bands we will discuss, as well as the singers infection, it is important to be sure you are and dance styles that swept the nation. not contagious. Fuller Village of Milton – Friday, • Contagious disease, if you are placed on October 11 at 10:00 AM antibiotics please allow 24 hours on the antibiotic before returning to the center. Come find more about this Retirement Living • Feeling very sick without obvious symptoms. Residence in Milton . You may be coming down with something, rest, take fluids and please stay home. Protect yourself and others from illness during the winter months Remember your flu shot and frequent hand and during cold and flu season. washing is the best way to protect against GET YOUR FLU SHOT at the annual illness. Please wash your hands before eating, Board of Health Flu Clinic on handling food, after coughing or sneezing, or th Saturday, October 19 at the using the bathroom. Washing off surfaces that Westwood High School gymnasium maybe contaminated is also good protection between 9:00 am and 12 noon. from illness. Hand washing protects you and others, do it often.  TRIPS ASK A LAWYER A Very Special Christmas Production of The The attorneys at the Dedham law firm of Samuel, Sayward & Baler LLC will answer a question each month related to estate American Boychoir planning or elder law issues such as wills, trusts, probate, Demetri’s, Foxboro, MA estates, Medicaid, or veteran’s benefits. rd This month’s question is: Tuesday, December 3 -- $62.95 pp includes Luncheon and Show Q. I would like to help out my daughter and son-in- The American Boychoir is regarded as the law this fall by paying my grandchild’s tuition. What United States’ premier concert boys’ choir. is the best way to do this? Boys in grades 4 through 8, reflecting the ethnic, religious and cultural diversity of the A. The federal gift tax law provides an unlimited United States, come from across the country exemption for gifts for tuition or medical expenses and around the world to pursue a rigorous payments if the gift is made directly to the institution musical and academic curriculum at the school. involved. Therefore, if you are paying tuition, make Meal choices: Roasted Stuffed Chicken Breast sure to make the check payable directly to the or Baked Atlantic Scrod with Ritz Cracker educational institution, rather than to your crumbs. grandchild or your daughter. This is a drive on your own event.

Also, keep in mind that this gift tax exception New Year’s Eve Day Trip applies only to payments for full-time or party-time Featuring Stan Anderson at Sheraton 4 student tuition, not to payments for room and board, Points, Norwood MA books, supplies or other expenses. st Tuesday, December 31 -- $59 pp includes Making gifts to family members, including making luncheon and show tuition payments, is often a good idea for tax planning reasons, however gifts may impact your A Boston native, Stan Jr. burst on to the New ability to qualify for public benefits in the future. If England music scene to critically acclaimed you have concerns about this, or other questions reviews. From Country to Oldies But Goodies about gifting, you should consult your estate and a touch of Gospel, Stan Jr. has it all. Plus planning attorney. dancing to the Tom LeMark Orchestra. Meal choices: Prime Rib or Baked Scrod,  Q`JV7 :`1: 8:CV`1:]:` JV`11 . .VVR.:I salad, vegetable, potato, Dessert and coffee `1`IQ`:I%VC5:71:`R:CV`8Q`IQ`V and tea. 1J`Q`I: 1QJ011  1118GCCH8HQI Q`H:CC L R8 This is a drive on your own event.  *.1:` 1HCV1JQ 1J VJRVR Q]`Q01RVCV$:C:R01HVQ` !.!-+',%)*0'.1)',)XVWZ) H`V: VQ`1I]C7:J: Q`JV7RHC1VJ `VC: 1QJ.1]8,Q 1J`Q`I: 1QJHQJ :1JVR.V`V1J1:%G 1 % V`Q`: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 Ronan Tynan at The Venus de Milo, Swansea, MA ]V`QJ:CHQJ%C : 1QJ11 .:J: Q`JV78 Tuesday, March 15, 2014 Debbie Reynolds at Mohegan Sun

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OCTOBER 2013 ACTIVITIES MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 1 2 3 4 Errands 8:30-2:30 Fun Fit 9:00 Wii Games 9:30 Fun Fit 9:00 SHINE 9:00 Swing Era 10:00 Book Club 10:30 Waxing 8:30 Legal Asst. 8:30 Dup. Bridge Gr. Mah Jongg 12:30 Roche Bros. 9:30 YOGA 9:30 at Foxboro11:30 BINGO 1:15 Coffee Hour 10:00 Quilting 10:00 Lo Impact Exercise 1:00 Rub. Bridge Gr. 11:15 Knit & Crocheting 1:00 Woman’s Club Bd. Mt. Tai Chi 1:00 1:00 Whist Group 1:00 Movie 2:00

7 8 9 10 11 Fun Fit 9:00 Braintree Mall 9:30 Fun Fit 9:00 Wii Games 9:30 Fun Fit 9:00 Ladies Craft Grp. 10:00 YOGA 9:30 Bereavement 10:00 Sr. Men’s Club Board Shaw’s Mkt. 9:30 Lo Impact Exercise 1:00 Quilting 10:00 Swing Era 10:00 Mtg. 10:00 Coffee Hour 10:00 Painting 1:00 Knit &Crocheting 1:00 Dup. Bridge Gr. Laugh Yoga 10:00 Fuller Village 10:00 Tai Chi 1:00 at Foxboro 11:30 Lunch/Blue Moon Rub. Bridge Gr. 11:15 Whist Group 1:00 Lo Impact Exercise 1:00 11:30 Movie 2:00 Mah Jongg 12:30 BINGO 1:15

14 15 16 17 18 Errands 8:30-2:30 Fun Fit 9:00 Men’s Club Mtg 9:00 Fun Fit 9:00 Columbus Day YOGA 9:30 Blood Pressure 9:00 Wii Games 9:30 Hannaford’s Mkt. 9:30 Quilting 10:00 Swing Era 10:00 Book Club 10:30 Coffee Hour 10:00 Knit & Crocheting 1:00 Dup. Bridge Gr. Mah Jongg 12:30 Rub. Bridge Gr. 11:15 Closed Tai Chi 1:00 at Foxboro11:30 90s Celebration 1:00- Whist Group 1:00 Lo Impact Exercise 1:00 3:00 Movie 2:00 BINGO 1:15

21 22 23 24 25 Fun Fit 9:00 Walmart 9:30 Fun Fit 9:00 Wii Games 9:30 Fun Fit 9:00 Manicures 9:00 YOGA 9:30 Bereavement 10:00 Laugh Yoga 10:00 Roche Bros. 9:30 Glad Rags Mtg. 9:00- Quilting 10:00 Dup. Bridge Gr. Lunch/Bamboo 11:30 Coffee Hour 10:00 11:00 Knit & Crocheting 1:00 at Foxboro11:30 Mah Jongg 12:30 Rub. Bridge Gr. 11:15 Lo Impact Exercise 1:00 Tai Chi 1:00 Lo Impact Exercise 1:00 BINGO 1:15 Painting 1:00 Whist Group 1:00 Great Decisions II 1:00 Movie 2:00

28 29 30 31 Fun Fit 9:00 Xmas Tree/Foxb. 9:30 Fun Fit 9:00 Men’s Club Mtg 9:00 Lo Impact Exercise1:00 YOGA 9:30 Dup. Bridge Gr. Wii Games 9:30 Painting 1:00 Quilting 10:00 at Foxboro11:30 Book Club 10:30 Knit & Crocheting 1:00 Lo Impact Exercise 1:00 Mah Jongg 12:30 Tai Chi 1:00 BINGO 1:15 Whist Group 1:00 Movie 2:00

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