Klyda Fall Shares Her Interesting Life History

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– BREANNA: CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 – can benefit from your life experiences. and smells in your telling of the story. expand and grow. That new space will Progressive Bingo is back! Thursday, You don’t have to include every detail, be outside Public Works near the tree April 22 at 6:00 p.m. When we think about memoirs, we tend though – just the ones that stood out to farm. There, we will start from scratch to think about the powerful, brilliant, you. Sometimes one well-placed detail and build the garden into a space that Movie: Little Women, Monday, April 26 and famous – people with incredible can bring an entire scene to life. will continue our mission and create at 1:00 p.m. Sign up early for a matinee stories. It’s easy to conclude that our a large nutrition program for our seat. lives aren’t as interesting, and therefore 4. Use the scenes and stories you tell members. The Senior Center garden is not worth writing about. The truth is that as a means of reflection only open to garden club volunteers, if MONTHLY OBSERVANCES: anyone can write a memoir. Facts are Memoirs are different from first-person you would like to join the club – please April 1 April Fools’ Day often more interesting than fiction, and fiction, because you are telling true call the Senior Center for a volunteer April 2 Good Friday everyone has a story to tell. Everyone stories that happened to you. You application. April 4 Easter Sunday has experienced rejection and were a younger person back then, and April 7 National Walking Day overcome obstacles, only to encounter therefore you had a different worldview Events and Services to Watch At A April 11 National Pet Day more resistance as they strive for their than you do now. Give yourself Glance (E-SWAAG) World Parkinson’s Day goals. This is the pattern of any story, permission to point out how you’ve Line Dance and Beginning Line Dance April 19 Bicycle Day and if you want to write your own changed, what you know now that you is back on Thursday at 2:15 p.m. and April 21 Administrative Professionals memoir (and you should), you need to wish you knew then, and reflect on 3:00 p.m. Day have a good handle of the storyteller’s your past experiences throughout the April 22 Earth Day tools. book. Writing your memoirs is a process Kansas Stronger Together for April 24 World Tai Chi and Qigong Day of self-discovery, and when you let COVID-19, Thursday, April 1, 8, 15, 22, April 29 International Dance Day Below are four tips to help you start the people in on that process, you provide and 29 at 10:00 a.m. This free service April 30 National Arbor Day creative, rewarding process of writing a greater experience. group is available to seniors suffering National Oatmeal Cookie Day your memoirs: through COVID-19 challenges – to National Raisin Day No matter what you decide to write discuss trauma, stress management, 1. Write an outline about, remember that this is more self-care, meditation, mental health and April affirmations: I challenge myself The best way to organize your thoughts than just writing a book. Writing your how to relax. to go 24 hours without complaining is to write an outline. The outline memoirs is certainly a challenge, but (not even once), then watch how my life serves as the skeleton of your memoir, it is almost always a fulfilling process Water in Motion, Tuesday and Thursday becomes better. providing structure and signposts for of self-discovery for writers of all skill only, April 1-29 at 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. where more detail will be needed. The levels. Some memories will be happy, Meet at the DRC, front counter. $2 per Let us know if this was easy or hard for final product will probably not match while others will be sad. You may find class. you and the outcome. Remember to your outline completely, but that’s OK. an overwhelming number of emotions enjoy the life you have and make April a The outline will serve as your starting come over you in the writing process. Spring Wreaths – Tuesday, April 13 at productive month! point, and it will grow as it helps you As long as you are benefiting from it, 1:00 p.m. A great way to design and focus on what story or stories you want keep going. Allow your emotions to create your own silk floral, grapevine BreAnna – Signing off to tell. color your writing, and always keep wreath. Kit provided. Cost: $15 in mind that you are writing this for 2. Identify themes and use specific yourself. Only you can tell your story, Jewelry Pouch – learn to make a scenes to demonstrate those themes and I hope these tips will you get cute and functional bag, with 8 inside A memoir, like any novel, should have started! pockets. Kit provided. Cost: $2 themes coursing through it. Themes are broad ideas or messages that often Center Highlight aren’t revealed to the writer until he or The Senior Center garden club formed she steps back from a draft and begins over two years ago, with a promise to to see patterns. Second and third drafts improve Senior nutrition and create How long will it take? are well served when the writer uses an activity for seniors to volunteer. them to further draw those themes out. We have been very fortunate with With us you’ll know. our volunteers to bring produce from A scheduled appointment guarantees 3. Set the scene and use specific the Oaklawn Community Garden, individual care, in a time frame you expect. details to breathe life into your story that we grew, into the center. Ten This is a story about your life, after all. volunteers, including me, went out in Certain details will jump out at you as various weather conditions to create Rainbow Valley you recall your experiences – don’t the success that we are grateful for. Veterinary Clinic dismiss these as trivial. 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Water in Motion Jewelry Pouch Eat Right for Healthy Living Tuesday Quilters Tuesday, Thursday April 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, Thursday, April 22 • 1 p.m. Monday, April 12 • 10 a.m. Not meeting until further notice 20, 22, 27, 29 Multipurpose Room • $2 Multipurpose Room • Free 11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Join Jean Mulford for a fun class on Your dietary needs change as you age. Beginning Guitar Classes Meet at DRC, front counter • $2 /class jewelry bag making. You will learn to And while you may need fewer calories Wednesday, April 7, 14, 21, 28 Moving through the day with ease and make a cute functional jewelry bag. This than you did when you were younger, 2:00 p.m. • Multipurpose Room confidence comes from working those round jewelry bag has 8 inside pockets you need more of certain nutrients. $25 / per month muscles that help with this function. This to separate all your jewelry. Kits will Reduce your risk of illness, keep your Thinking of taking up a musical is a low impact but high intensity water be provided. Bring scissors, 1 medium mind sharp, and feel more vibrant by instrument? The guitar is an ideal aerobics class where no swimming safety pin, and straight pins. If you have learning these healthy eating tips. instrument to learn because of all the skills are needed. This class is designed a portable sewing machine, please bring types of musical styles you can play on to improve flexibility, range of motion, it. Sign up early – 6 max in class. Inspiring Women it. Here is your chance to learn to play. strength, muscle tone and cardiovascular Monday, April 12 • 1 p.m. endurance while using the resistance Progressive Bingo Multipurpose Room • Free Community Quilters of the water. Instructor: Marcia Conner. Thursday, April 22 • 6:00 p.m. During this last year you may have Not meeting until further notice *Please shower before class and only Austin Room watched re-re-runs of the sitcom arrive 15 minutes early. Pack of 10 cards $5 “The Golden Girls.” The roles the girls Hooks & Needles Single Blackout Card/ Progressive played may not have been inspiring! I Mondays at 1 p.m. Catered Lunch Card $1 thought we might want to know about Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 1 • 11:30 a.m. Progressive bingo is a unique way to the stars, Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Conference Room • Free Welcome Center - Austin Room • $5 play a classic game and possibly win Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty. Meet with a great group of people who Take a break from cooking and join us a lot of money. Unlike regular bingo in We will also discuss the producing of love needle work. Anyone interested for a catered, individually boxed lunch. which balls are drawn until someone “The Golden Girls.” Loretta Lyon will be in needle point, embroidery, tatting, After lunch enjoy entertainment – to be wins, progressive bingo has a limited presenting. crewel or knitting is welcome. We announced. Sign up by March 31. number of balls and then ups the jackpot have a volunteer to help, or if you are ante every round when there is no The Maze of Grief skilled you can lend a hand too. Come Spring Wreaths winner. The longer the game goes on, Monday, April 26 • 9 a.m. see what other ladies are doing or get Tuesday, April 13 • 1:00 p.m. the higher the grand prize. The board Conference Room • Free started on a new skill. Austin Room • $15 will be selling chips, popcorn, candy bars The process of navigating through Welcome spring and freshen up your and sodas. grief can take many twists and turns. home. Hubbard Arts Center instructor Each person’s journey is unique and Jeanette Hansen will guide students Movie: Little Women unpredictable. Join us as we explore through designing and creating their Monday, April 26 • 1:00 p.m. some of the potential traps and some own 18" grapevine wreath filled with Austin Room • $1 of the pathways through the process silk flowers sure to welcome spring. In the years after the Civil War, Jo March of grieving. Jeff Wisner, Bereavement Examples will be provided for inspiration. lives in New York and makes her living Coordinator with Heartland Home Price includes everything – just bring as a writer, while her sister Amy studies Health Care and Hospice instructor. your creativity! painting in Paris. Amy has a chance encounter with Theodore, a childhood Birthday Celebration crush who proposed to Jo but was Thursday, April 15 • 1:30 p.m. ultimately rejected. Their oldest sibling, Welcome Center - Austin Room • $2 Meg, is married to a schoolteacher, while If you have birthdays this month come shy sister Beth develops a devastating celebrate on us! We will play bingo illness that brings the family back for about an hour with cash prizes. together. Everyone is welcome to attend. Sign up by April 14.

View our Online Resources page with exercise videos, virtual tours, senior resources and more at derbyks.com/seniorservices. Prime Times | April 2021 5 April 2021 MON TUE WED THU FRI 1 2 8:10 Weight/Strength 8:10 Cardio, Core & More 9:00 Beginning Tap 9:10 Exercise w/Purpose 9:10 Fitness & Flexibility 10:15 Yang Tai Chi 10:00 Intermediate Tap 11:30 Chair Yoga 10:00 Stronger Together 11:15 Water in Motion 11:30 Catered Dish 2:15 Beginning Line Dance 3:30 Line Dance 5 6 7 8 9 8:10 Cardio, Core & More 8:10 Weight/Strength 8:10 Cardio, Core & More 8:10 Weight/Strength 8:10 Cardio, Core & More 9:10 Exercise w/Purpose 9:00 Beginning Tap 8:10 Zumba Gold 9:00 Beginning Tap 9:10 Exercise w/Purpose 1:00 Hooks & Needles 9:30 Bingo 9:10 Exercise w/Purpose 9:10 Fitness & Flexibility 10:15 Yang Tai Chi 3:30 Chair Yoga 9:10 Fitness & Flexibility 10:00 Hooks & Needles 10:00 Intermediate Tap 11:30 Chair Yoga 9:30 Diabetes Self-Management 1:00 Carving Class 10:00 Stronger Together 11:15 Water in Motion 2:00 Beginning Guitar Lesson 11:15 Water in Motion 4:00 Belly Dancing 2:30 Intermediate Guitar Lessons 2:15 Beginning Line Dance 3:30 Yoga 3:30 Line Dance

12 13 8:10 Cardio, Core & More 14 15 16 8:10 Cardio, Core & More 8:10 Weight/Strength 8:10 Zumba Gold 8:10 Weight/Strength 8:10 Cardio, Core & More 9:10 Exercise w/Purpose 9:00 Beginning Tap 9:00 Board Meeting 9:00 Beginning Tap 9:10 Exercise w/Purpose 10:00 Eat Right for Healthy 9:10 Fitness & Flexibility 9:00 St. Patrick’s Drop By 9:10 Fitness & Flexibility 10:15 Yang Tai Chi Aging 9:30 Diabetes Self-Management 9:10 Exercise w/Purpose 10:00 Intermediate Tap 11:30 Chair Yoga 1:00 Hooks & Needles 10:00 Intermediate Tap 10:00 Hooks & Needles 10:00 Stronger Together 1:00 Inspiring Women 11:15 Water in Motion 1:00 Carving Class 11:15 Water in Motion 3:30 Chair Yoga 1:00 Spring Wreaths 2:00 Beginning Guitar Lesson 1:30 Birthday Celebration 2:30 Intermediate Guitar Lessons 2:15 Beginning Line Dance 3:30 Yoga 3:30 Line Dance 19 20 21 22 23 8:10 Cardio, Core & More 7:00 Foot Care 8:10 Cardio, Core & More 8:10 Weight/Strength 8:10 Cardio, Core & More 9:10 Exercise w/Purpose 8:10 Weight/Strength 8:10 Zumba Gold 9:00 Beginning Tap 9:10 Exercise w/Purpose 1:00 Hooks & Needles 9:10 Fitness & Flexibility 9:00 Blood Pressure √ 9:10 Fitness & Flexibility 10:15 Yang Tai Chi 3:30 Chair Yoga 9:30 Diabetes Self-Management 9:10 Exercise w/Purpose 10:00 Intermediate Tap 11:30 Chair Yoga 11:15 Water in Motion 9:30 Bingo 10:00 Stronger Together 12:00 Friendship Club 10:00 Hooks & Needles 11:15 Water in Motion 1:00 Carving Class 1:00 Jewelry Pouch 1:00 Book Club 2:00 Beginning Guitar Lesson 2:15 Beginning Line Dance 4:00 Belly Dancing 2:30 Intermediate Guitar Lessons 3:30 Line Dance 3:30 Yoga 6:00 Progressive Bingo 26 27 28 29 30 8:10 Cardio, Core & More 8:10 Weight/Strength 8:10 Cardio, Core & More 8:10 Weight/Strength 8:10 Cardio, Core & More 9:00 Maze of Grief 9:00 Beginning Tap 8:10 Zumba Gold 9:00 Beginning Tap 9:10 Exercise w/Purpose 9:10 Exercise w/Purpose 9:10 Fitness & Flexibility 9:10 Exercise w/Purpose 9:10 Fitness & Flexibility 10:15 Yang Tai Chi 1:00 Hooks & Needles 9:30 Diabetes Self-Management 10:00 Hooks & Needles 10:00 Intermediate Tap 11:30 Chair Yoga 1:00 Movie: Little Women 10:00 Intermediate Tap 1:00 Carving Class 10:00 Stronger Together 3:30 Chair Yoga 11:15 Water in Motion 2:00 Beginning Guitar Lesson 11:15 Water in Motion 2:30 Intermediate Guitar Lessons 2:15 Beginning Line Dance SIGN-UPS 3:30 Yoga 3:30 Line Dance

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Beginning Tap Exercise with a Purpose Yang Tai Chi Belly Dancing Tues, Thurs, April 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 22, 27, 29 Mon, Wed, Fri, April 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, Friday, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Tuesday, April 6, 20 9:00 a.m. 21, 23, 26, 28, 30 10:15 a.m. • Class Room • $1/ class 4 p.m. Classroom 1 • Free 9:10 a.m. Tai Chi is a Traditional Chinese Welcome Center - Austin Room Here’s your chance to try tap! This class will Welcome Center - Austin Room Martial Art that combines deep $1/class have you shim-shamming’ & shuffling’ off to $1/class breathing and relaxation with Are you bored of your regular Buffalo in no time! This is a very basic tap Learn how to enhance your balance for fall many fundamental postures workout routine and interested class for beginners. prevention. This 30-minute exercise program that flow smoothly from one to in a fun way to stay fit? Well, was created by two individuals with 20 years the other through slow, gentle, look no further! Every first and Fitness & Flexibility of experience in the field of exercise science. graceful movements. This will be third Tuesday, our very own Tues, Thurs, April 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27,29 The video is appropriate for all ages and done with a video. Administrator, BreAnna will teach 9:10 a.m. fitness levels. Mon: vita band, Wed: foam you the beginning moves of belly Welcome Center - Austin Room balls, Fri: Variety. All classes done with video Wii dancing and how to keep your $1/class and equipment is provided. Tues at 1 p.m./Thurs at 8 a.m. hips moving. Benefits of dancing The goal of this class is to improve health and Classroom 1 • Free in older age, are not just social functional ability, to promote independence, Balance and cardio dance Get a Wii bit of exercise while and psychological, but also and to help prevent chronic disease and (Watch online or Facebook) having a great time. Wii is an easy physical. In particular, dance is disability in adults over age 50. This is a low https://www.youtube.com/ way to enjoy your favorite sport good for physical fitness and for impact class, perfect for beginning level watch?v=QRD6uCrt5Z8 of golf, bowling or tennis. You can the sense of balance. exercise. Come and have some fun and This class will spend time focusing on exercise and have fun at the same improve your overall health! Class taught by balance, using elements from modern, time. Taryn Blankenship. ballet, and other forms of dance. The class – ACTIVE LIVING: CONT. ON PAGE 7 – is designed to maintain and/or regain Weight/Strength Training stability and balance for everyday life. Tues, Thurs, April 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29 Cardiovascular activity will also be addressed 8:10 a.m. by participation in faster paced dance styles Welcome Center - Austin Room such as swing, waltz, lindy hop, and line $1/class dancing. Doctors and Physical Therapists recommend weight training as one of the best forms of Zumba Gold exercise active, older adults can engage Wed, April 7, 14, 21, 28 in. Strength training is also vital to improve 8:10 a.m. strength, flexibility, balance, and arthritic Welcome Center – Austin Room conditions. This is an entry-level weight $1/class bearing and muscle strengthening class. Zumba Gold takes the Zumba formula and Please bring your own mat as some exercises modifies the moves and pacing to suit the will be done on the floor. Class taught by needs of the active older participant, as well Taryn Blankenship. as those just starting their journey to a fit and healthy lifestyle. What stays the same are the Cardio, Core and More elements the Zumba Fitness-Party is known Mon, Wed, Fri, April 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, for: the zesty Latin music, the exhilarating, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30 easy-to-follow moves; and the invigorating 8:10 a.m. atmosphere. It’s a dance fitness class that Welcome Center - Austin Room feels friendly, and most of all, fun. Class $1/class taught by Nick Alderete. Ready to get moving and build a strong core? This class will include low impact aerobics Yoga along with exercises to provide you with a Wed, April 7, 14, 21, 28 strong core with a little yoga and stretching. 3:30 p.m. You will get a total body workout. This class Classroom 1 will be done standing, sitting, and on the $3/class floor with the use of mats. Bring your own Join Kandi Ellsaesser for a relaxing and mat. Class will be led by instructor, Taryn enjoyable session of gentle yoga, learning Blankenship. techniques to increase your flexibility, balance and muscle tone. Bring your own yoga mat. Prime Times | April 2021 7

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Chair Yoga maintenance. Later he was the Parklane 16, and a mixed breed named Mocha to fame is Doan’s Pills and famous Monday at 3:30 p.m./ Towers manager for several years. who lived to be 15 and a half. In 2001 cousins, the Gatlin Brothers (whose Friday at 11:30 a.m. Together, Klyda and Kress remodeled a Klyda and her husband moved from mother is a Doane) and Seth Doane, who Classroom 1 home in west Wichita built in 1932. Klyda their home in Wichita to a home on one is a CBS foreign news correspondent. $3.00/class redesigned and decorated every room acre south of Haysville. Klyda and her Chair yoga works on joints, and Kress completed all the hard labor husband Kress were married for 38 In June 2011 Klyda returned to George- flexibility, and balance. It is good for with Klyda’s help. years before he passed away in October town Village – now Ascension Via Christi fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, arthritis 2011 after a six-year battle with multiple- Village Georgetown. She worked part- and osteoarthritis. Kandi Ellsaesser Klyda worked for WSU dormitory and myeloma cancer. Klyda’s father died in time as a driver providing transportation teaches how yoga can be done from campus food services for 14 years 2008, and a year after Kress died she for residents and then full-time as Activi- a chair. from 1971 to 1985. She started in food decided to move in with her mother to ties Assistant. Her current duties include preparation and advanced to Food help take care of her. Klyda then moved teaching a stretch band exercise class, Beginning Line Dance Lessons Services Supervisor and finally to her mother to the Clearwater Nursing facilitating a men’s discussion group, a Thursday, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Kitchen Production Manager where home in 2014 and she passed away in reminiscing group, personal shopping 2:15 p.m. she supervised food production for the November of 2019. for homebound residents, transporting Classroom Student Union cafeteria, snack bar and residents to movies and live theater in $1/class catering. Beginning in September 1985 The most interesting thing about Klyda Wichita (before COVID-19), managing the Have you ever wanted to step on she worked three years at Georgetown is that she is a twelfth generation Georgetown Village Store, calling bingo, the dance floor but didn’t have the Village Retirement Community as the descendant of John Doane who was and planning theme parties and games. courage? Come learn basic line Food Service Director, operated by born in England in 1590. He arrived in dance with Jeanene Holl. Its great Spear’s Restaurant and Pie Shop owner Plymouth Colony on an unknown ship Klyda is a longtime member of College exercise and a wonderful way to Gene Spear. She worked from 1989 sometime between 1628 and 1632. Hill United Methodist Church, plays socialize, no partner needed. to 1996 for RGIS Inventory Specialists He was a prominent politician and in the bell choir and serves on the part-time as an Inventory Auditor and left government service for a time in Foundation Board. She also serves Line Dance also worked full-time for Sedgwick Plaza the 1630s to serve as a deacon in the on the Haysville Library Board and as Thursday, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Retirement Community. The first three Plymouth Church. The Doane Family President of The Friends of the Library 3:30 p.m. years she worked as a dietary aide, then Association was organized in 1909 and Board. Klyda serves on the Board for Classroom three years as Activities Director, and remains active today. The Association the Shepherd Center of West Wichita $1/class one year as the Marketing Director. In has 13 Chapters across the United States where she volunteers with Adventures This line dance class is for those the fall of 1996 Klyda began working as and Canada. Reunions are held every in Learning for seniors. She has been who have been line dancing for a part-time sales clerk for JC Penney. other year by a sponsoring chapter in a member of the Mid-Kansas Vintage a while and want to learn more When the store opened its Custom various locations. Klyda has traveled with Thunderbird Club for 23 years and is advanced dances. Jeanene Holl will Decorating Studio in February 1997 her parents to several of the reunions a member of the Red Hats N’ Kansas. teach this class. No partner needed. Klyda became a Decorator Consultant in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Klyda enjoys live theater and movies, for the next 14 years until 2011. Oklahoma, Kentucky, Oregon, Nebraska, and likes to collect dishes and do Blood Pressure Check-Ups and Nova Scotia and Ontario, Canada. tablescapes for fundraising events. No appointment is necessary. Klyda and her husband had three All the history and archives of the Doane She enjoys Zumba and participating in 1st Tues at 9 a.m. and dog “children.” One was a purebred family are held at Doane College in the Cardio Core & More and Weight/ 3rd Wed at 9 a.m. cinnamon Chow named Kublai Khan Crete, Neb. Klyda and her sister plan to Strength classes at the Derby Senior Conference Room Poaway, (meaning protector) who lived attend the 56th reunion in Crete in July Center. Klyda feels blessed beyond to be 12; a wolfhound-German shepherd where there will be a memorial service measure and looks forward to each day mix named Kahlua who lived to be for her mother. The Doane family claim and new opportunities to serve others. (316) 788-2828 Derby ~ Wichita Haysville ~ Mulvane Belle Plaine ~ Douglass Smith Family Mortuaries www.smithfamilymortuaries.com Prime Times | April 2021 8

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1. The wettest place in the United States is Mt. Waialeale on Kauai in Each word below starts and ends with the letter B. Hawaii. Approximately how much rain falls per year? 1. B _ _ B (type of lettuce) A. 230 inches B. 345 inches C. 460 inches 2. B _ _ _ _ _ B (alternative to a shower) 3. B _ _ B (explosive device) 2. What city usually gets more than five feet of rain a year, receiving 4. B ______B (search for shells) more precipitation than any big city in the continental U.S.? 5. B _ _ B (reveal secrets) A. Seattle B. New Orleans C. Portland 6. B _ _ B (shapeless form) 3. The greatest 24-hour rainfall in Kansas occurred in Burlington in 1941. 7. B ______B (tease your hair) Approximately how much did it rain? 8. B _ _ _ _ B (tree of the savannah) A. 9 inches B. 10 inches C. 12 inches 9. B _ _ B (what you plant in the fall) 10. B ______B (betray by word or deed) 4. Where in Kansas recorded the least annual precipitation of 4.77 11. B _ _ _ B (short ad or description) inches in 1973? 12. B ______B (confusing jargon) A. Johnson B. Ulysses C. Garden City 13. B _ B (worn by a baby) 5. In 1973, Hiawatha, Kansas set a record for the greatest annual 14. B _ _ _ _ _ B (pub that makes its own beer) precipitation? How much rain did they get that year? 15. B_ _ _ _ B (slang for baking soda – HCO3) A. 59.10 inches B. 65.34 inches C. 71.99 inches 6. In March of 2009, what Kansas city set the record for the most Quiz: Decades – Answers on page 10 snowfall in a 24-hour-period (30 inches)? A. Pratt B. Russell C. Hays The following people, fads, or events are most closely associated with which decade? 7. What Kansas city holds the record for the greatest seasonal snowfall 1. Panama Canal completed ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s at 102 inches? 2. Bay of Pigs invasion ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s A. Goodland B. Colby C. Scott City 3. Women’s vote ratified ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s 8. In 1970, the heaviest hailstone ever to fall in Kansas weighed 1.65 4. First human heart transplant ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s pounds and was 17.6 inches in circumference. Where did it fall? 5. The Honeymooners ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s A. Iola B. Coffeyville C. Baxter Springs 6. Operation Overlord ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s 7. The Grapes of Wrath ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s 9. In 2008, Kansas hit a new high for the number of annual tornadoes. 8. The Flappers ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s How many were recorded that year? 9. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s A. 135 B. 156 C. 187 10. Elvis Presley drafted ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s 10. Two Kansas towns, Fredonia and Alton, tied on the same day in 1936 11. First talking movie ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s for the highest daily temperature. How hot was it? 12. The Wizard of Oz movie ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s A. 116 degrees B. 121 degrees C. 123 degrees 13. West Side Story ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s 14. Treaty of Versailles ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s 11. The lowest daily temperature of -40 degrees was recorded in 15. Prohibition repealed ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s Lebanon, Kansas in what year? 16. Elizabeth II crowned Queen ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s A. 1895 B. 1919 C. 1905 17. Slinky created ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s 12. In the year 2000, the U.S. Drought Monitor was started. Since that 18. Franz Ferdinand’s death ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s time, what is the longest duration of drought recorded in Kansas? 19. The October Revolution ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s A. 248 weeks B. 190 weeks C. 145 weeks 20. Mamie becomes First Lady ’10s ’20s ’30s ’40s ’50s ’60s 13. What Kansas city is considered one of the windiest cities in the United States with an average wind speed of just under 14 miles per hour? Quality & Service ~ YOU DESERVE! A. Elkhart B. Dodge City C. Sharon Springs 18TH YEAR IN 2021 14. For over 60 years, Mount Washington, New Hampshire has held the world record for the fastest wind gust ever recorded on the surface of Sig’s Gourmet Meats is the old-fashioned butcher the earth. How many miles per hour was this incredible gust? shop you grew up with ~ offering only the best A. 168 mph B. 193 mph C. 231 mph USDA choice beef. Need a special cut? We will gladly do it. Just want a small amount? That’s Turn in your answers and name for the General Quiz to the office by fine with us. Some things never change. Our April 15 either by mail or in person. All entries with the correct answers commitment to serve you is one of those things. will be entered into a drawing for a $20 gift certificate from Dillon’s. 300 S. Baltimore • K-15 Congratulations to March winner, Joyce Tolle! Open Mon-Fri 9-6; Sat 9-3 “Let us meat your expectations” Prime Times | April 2021 9

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Vegetarian Linguine Word Search Puzzle: Lots of Room BALLROOM BATHROOM BEDROOM BOARDROOM BOILER ROOM CHATROOM CLASSROOM COURTROOM DARKROOM ELBOWROOM HEADROOM LIVING ROOM LUNCHROOM MAILROOM MUSHROOM PLAYROOM REC ROOM SUNROOM WAITING ROOM WASHROOM Ingredients Directions WORKROOM 16 ounces uncooked linguine Cook linguine according to package 2 tablespoons butter directions. 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 medium zucchini, thinly sliced Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced butter and oil over medium heat. Add Quiz Answers 1 large tomato, chopped zucchini and mushrooms; saute 3-5 2 green onions, chopped minutes. Add tomato, onions, garlic DECADES SAME LETTER 1 garlic clove, minced and seasonings. Reduce heat; simmer, 1. ’10s 11. ’20s 1. BIBB 8. BAOBAB 1/2 teaspoon salt covered, about 3 minutes. 2. ’60s 12. ’30s 2. BATHTUB 9. BULB 1/4 teaspoon pepper 3. ’20s 13. ’60s 3. BOMB 10. BACKSTAB 1 cup shredded provolone cheese Drain linguine; add to vegetable 4. ’60s 14. ’10s 4. BEACHCOMB 11. BLURB 3 tablespoons shredded Parmesan mixture. Sprinkle with cheeses and 5. ’50s 15. ’30s 5. BLAB 12. BAFFLEGAB cheese basil. Toss to coat. 6. ’40s 16. ’50s 6. BLOB 13. BIB 2 teaspoons minced fresh basil 7. ’30s 17. ’40s 7. BACKCOMB 14. BREWPUB 8. ’20s 18. ’10s 15. BICARB Nutrition Facts 9. ’40s 19. ’10s For 1 ½ cups: 260 calories, 13g fat (7g saturated fat), 25mg cholesterol, 10. ’50s 20. ’50s 444mg sodium, 26g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 2g fiber), 12g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 starch, 1-1/2 fat, 1 medium-fat meat, 1 vegetable.

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Ongoing Activities

MONDAY WEDNESDAY DAILY LUNCHES Senior 7AM-4PM Treadmill, Recumbent Bike 7AM-4PM Treadmill, Recumbent Bike Friendship Meals / Meals on Wheels 8:10AM Cardio, Core & More 8:10AM Zumba Gold *Meals served Mon-Fri @ 11:30 AM Condolences 9:10AM Exercise w/Purpose 8:10AM Cardio, Core & More Call by Wednesday for following week. MARY EGGEL 10:00AM Balance & Cardio Dance 9:00AM Blood Pressure ✓ (3rd Wed.) Call 788-0223 by 9 AM for reservation. ANDREW WOJCIK 1:00PM Wii (on hold) 9:00AM Board Meeting (2nd Wednesday) *Homebound service available BARBARA BOHM 1:00PM Hooks & Needles 9:10AM Exercise w/ Purpose GARY MOSSMAN 2:00PM Hand & Foot (on hold) 9:30AM Bingo (3rd Wednesday) OUTREACH SERVICES KATHERYN ELLIOT 3:30PM Chair Yoga 10:00AM Hooks & Needles Are You All Right Today: Reassurance 1:00PM Carving calling. Call 788-0223 to put someone or TUESDAY 1:00PM Ping Pong (on hold) yourself on this list to receive daily calls. 7AM-4PM Treadmill, Recumbent Bike 2:00PM Mexican Train Dominos (on hold) 8:10AM Weight Strength 3:30PM Yoga LOANER EQUIPMENT 9:00AM New Member Orientation Wheelchair, Cane, Walker (on hold) THURSDAY Up to 30-day check out 9:00AM Pitch (on hold) 7AM-4PM Treadmill, Recumbent Bike 9:00AM Blood Pressure ✓ (on hold) 8:00AM Wii (on hold) TRANSPORTATION 9:10AM Fitness & Flexibility 8:10AM Weight Strength Derby Dash runs curb to curb, 7:30 AM to New Members 9:30AM Bingo (1st Tuesday) 8:30AM Hearing Aid ✓ (on hold) 4:30 PM Monday thru Friday by appointment GARY ALLEY 12:00PM Friendship Club (3rd Tuesday) 9:00AM Tap in city limits of Derby. Reservations will be VICKIE CARTER 1:00PM Dominos (on hold) 9:10AM Fitness & Flexibility accepted as long as time slots are available. TERRY COFFELT 1:00PM Book Club (3rd Tuesday) 10:00AM Massage (on hold) Call 788-7433 for additional information. ROBERTA JORDAN 4:00PM Belly Dancing (2nd & 4th) 11:30AM Covered Dish (on hold) VENITA NELSON 6:00PM Bunco (4th Tuesday) 1:30PM Birthday Celebration (3rd Thurs.) VOLUNTEER JUDITH PINAIRE 6:30PM Alzheimer’s Support Group 2:15PM Beginning Line Dance If you would like to be a volunteer at the REXANN WOOD (on hold) 3:30PM Line Dance Center we have many opportunities – from 7:00PM Community Dance (on hold) 6:00PM Progressive Bingo delivering meals, making phone calls or being a class instructor. Please call FRIDAY 788-0223. 7AM-12:30PM Treadmill, Recumbent Bike 8:10AM Cardio, Core & More 9:10AM Exercise w/Purpose 10:15AM Yang Tai Chi

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