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Annual Bazaar & Craft Show Recreation Friday October 11, 9:00-1:00 Saturday October 12, 9:00-2:00 Coordinator: Put the dates on your calendar and plan to come support our Debbie Aue program. This once a year fund-raiser is very important to our program. Due to budget cuts many of the events, Office Staff: snacks, coffee, parties, birthday treats and others are funded with the money earned through the Bazaar. There is a way for EVERYONE to participate: [email protected]  Purchase from the Crafters Center Hours:  Buy raffle tickets  Eat lunch at the Concession Stand Mon - Fri  Volunteer during the two day event 8:00 - 4:00  Flu Shots Friday 9am-1pm (Debbie’s hours)

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Ypsilanti Township Community Center 2025 E. Clark Rd, Ypsilanti 48198 734-544-3838 www.ytown.org (click on Parks & Recreation and then click on 50 & Beyond)

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1 Ethel Walker, Janet Schaffer, Tony Lewis 2 Tina Hotchkiss The front desk in the main lobby is closed for 3 Pam Skornicka, Pat Hoefle lunch 12:00-1:00 Monday to Friday. 4 Lisa Putman, Martha Collins, 50 & Beyond Program Robert Gunderson Membership 6 Helen Crudup-Minifield Resident single rate is $15.00. 9 David Reynolds, Kathy Densel, Marti Pons Resident household is $25.00. Non-Resident single rate is $20.00. 10 Lillian Lawrence, Phyllis McFee Non-Resident household is $35.00. 11 Esther Reilly, Judy Kirby, Linda Jones 12 George Turner, Joyce Streber, A big thank you to Tim Horton’s for Marianne Oltersdorf their generosity as they donate yummy donuts to our center on a regular basis. 13 Brenda Brewington, Kurt Godden

14 Barbara Valencourt, Dennis Earley, Do you have old Linda Halliburton, Nancy Hamilton, medication? Phyllis Martin Do NOT flush it down the toilet or throw it in the garbage. You 15 Gloria Bester, Jerry Bailey, Sharon Sunada need to dispose of it in a safe way. Below are two 16 William Taylor pharmacies that will take it for you. They will NOT take narcotics like Vicodin. 17 Betty Viterna, Dean Russell, St. Joes Reichert Pharmacy 734-712-2222 Nancy Dugas, William Johnstone Saline Pharmacy 734-316-2162 18 Callie Clemon, Robin Moore

19 Barbara Knowlton FREE VHS Tapes 20 Martha Anderson If you have a VCR and would 21 Jenoatha Green, Raymond Mitchell, like some Free Tapes we are Rolland Petelka, Sharon Vanburen, getting rid of the large selection Shirley Lambert here at the Center. Come on in 22 Camille Hudson, Nancy Rogers, Olga Byrd and take what you want. 23 David Woody 25 Judith Hull 26 Melody Thomas, Virginia Skeans 27 Clinton Elswick, Corinne Terrian, Emily Jones, Julianne Redente, Margie Couperthwaite 31 Janice Anschuetz, Katy M. Thomas 2

Group Activities - Events Mahjong 10:00am Newsletter Dates. Come help label and count the newsletter to prepare for mailing. Mondays in room 201 Mahjong is a Chinese game played with tiles. There ALL MONDAYS are several variations of this challenging game. The September on August 26 type we will be playing is a modified, simple October on September 23 version. The game is not difficult to play. If you can November on October 28 play Rummy, you can play Mahjong. LOOKING December/January on November 25 FOR MORE PLAYERS

Activities Membership is Required Stamping and Card Making Club Thursdays 1:00-3:00pm Bible Club - Mondays 10:00am All are welcome to come discuss the Bible. Music activities Quilter’s Club - Mondays & Wednesdays 9:00am-3:00pm Ceramics - Tuesdays 9:30am starting in Sept. Mahjong - Mondays 10:00am Country Music Saturdays Jewelry Making Club - Wednesdays 1:00-3:00 2:00 - 5:00pm Card Playing Clubs Please check the sign in our lobby Bridge - Mondays 12:30pm for the country music location. Week #1 - New River Band Cards - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 1:00-3:30 Week #2 - J & JR Band Recycled Cards Club - Thursdays 11:00am Week #3 - Southern Echo’s (the first Thursday of the month only Week #4 - Muniz & Company No meetings in December) Week #5—Open Mic Music is available at the Van Buren center on NO BIBLE CLASS IN AUGUST Sunday’s 2:00-5:00pm.

Music Makers Mondays 1:00pm, room 204 Do you like to sing or play a musical instrument? We practice every Monday afternoon, September to June and we perform for facilities on Tuesdays. Bid Whist Club Everyone is welcome! LOOKING FOR NEW The club now meets on MEMBERS Mondays Director: Sharon Hewitt 1:00pm Still room for more players

The Lively Singers “One-on-one” computer help is available at the Ypsilanti District Library by appointment only for 1:30 - 2:40pm ages 55+. Just call 734-482-4110 x1384 to Meets September to May schedule your one-hour session. All ALL are welcome to come appointments are held at YDL-Whittaker, 5577 sing in our choir. Whittaker Rd., Ypsilanti

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Dance Classes/Members Only Advance Tap - Fridays 9:30-10:00am September 7-June 2019 Did you know that one half hour This Tap class requires strong Tap skills, of dancing will burn 200-400 consistent attendance, and a desire to be calories? challenged. We will learn difficult Tap combinations; work on our speed and execution of Hawaiian Dance for Exercise steps. This class will dance in the YTRD Spring 11:00-11:30am -Fridays recital but will learn a dance routine that will be performed in our annual talent show in June. . September 7—June 2019 What a great way to get a little exercise and explore a different culture. Hawaiian dance not only provides movement that is Dance-R-Size - Thursdays wonderful for your lower back and waistline, but it 10:15-10:45am tells the story of the Hawaiian culture. Sign up in September 6-June 2019 advance for this class at the front counter. This program is an informal, free-flowing style of movement that combines exercise with Jazz steps. Dance is simply good fun and the kind of activity that can be enjoyed over a lifetime. It involves both Intermediate Tap - Thursdays your body and mind to create an overall workout. 10:50-11:30am September 6—June 2019 The instructor will introduce many Jazz steps using This class is for tappers with knowledge of the great upbeat music. Sign up at front counter. basic steps. This class will move at a faster pace than the beginning Tap class. This low impact-exhilarating tap class will get you moving Couples Dance Lessons and laughing all at the same time. Using an uncomplicated, comprehensive and FUN teaching technique, it is designed for all levels of dancers. Social Ballroom Dance Fridays 6:30-7:50pm Fall dates coming soon Members $25.00 per person Beginning Tap - Fridays Do you enjoy “Dancing with the Stars”? Wish you 10:10-10:50am knew some of those dance steps? Now you can learn September 7-June 2019 the Waltz, Foxtrot, Swing, Cha-Cha, Rumba, and This low impact exhilarating tap class will get more. No experience necessary. Couples preferred, you moving and laughing all at the same time. singles are welcome, but partners are not Using an uncomplicated, comprehensive and guaranteed. Wear comfortable shoes with smooth FUN teaching technique, it’s designed for all bottoms. Register at the front counter. levels of dancers. That is more than many other popular forms of aerobic exercise. No Tap experience needed. We start with the basics. Mr. Smooth Basic Ballroom Wednesday’s 7:15-8:15pm Members $49.00 per session Advanced Class You must be a 50 & Beyond member in Friday’s 6:30-7:30 good standing to take these dance classes. This class offers students the opportunity to im- There is an option to perform in the prove their health and socialize while learning ball- Township dance recital in April. This is room style dance. This style of dance combines the not mandatory. benefits of exercise with fun and grace.

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The Following Memberships expire in August Callie Barnes Jean Marie Madlo

Building and/or program closing: Joanndra Mitchell There has been much confusion on what our policy is for Carol Brown closing the building and/or cancelling programs. Cloris Brown Kathleen Moomey The Township officials will make the decision Leroy Carter Frieda Perry if our building is closed. It is NOT based on the schools Ron Podolak closing. It is a rare occasion that our building actually Carole Clare closes. The best way to check is on the website at Susan Collins Renee Ramey www.ytown.org or by calling 734-544-3800. Rhonda Curtis Esther Reilly The lunch program IS cancelled when the John Delcamp Marilyn Rintamaki Ypsilanti Community Schools are closed. If you are a Diana Rivis regular attendee you will get a call from Gladys or a Nadine Diegel volunteer. You can also call 734-544-3838 after 8:30am. Karen Dunlap Dennis Sears The WCC classes are cancelled when the Helen Edwards Sonny Sheth Washtenaw Community College is closed or if the Debra Shippell instructor chooses to cancel. You will only get a call if Millicent Fasing the instructor cancels. Tarita Fonville Julie Smith Enhanced Fitness is cancelled if the area Leonard Hunter Carmen Stemple public schools are closed. You will not get a call. Dian Johnson Sharon Sunada Lorraine Taylor 50 & Beyond classes (not art classes) are Emily Jones cancelled if the Ypsilanti Community schools are closed. Michael Jones Phyllis Tera Steven Kitchen Mignon Walls Tina makes the decision if her art classes are Susy Wiegand cancelled and will get in touch with her students. Barbara Knowlton Jennifer Woodard

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Health and wellness Classes Provided by WCC The classes listed below are provided through the T.O.P.S Community Enrichment Department at Washtenaw 10:00am meetings begin Community College for people age 60 and over. 9:00am Thursday morning weigh in (if you are under 60 and there is room in the class, T.O.P.S. is a weight control program which uses you may participate). group support, competition and recognition to

motivate and aid weight loss goals set by physicians. Line Dancing Join others that have similar weight loss goals. Tuesday’s 10:30-11:30am September 10– Nov. 12, 2019 Enhance Fitness Lite You will learn new dances as well as some of the Tuesdays & Thursdays old time favorites. The next time you go to an 10:30-11:30 in the Gym event with dancing you will be able to show off This class provided by the National Kidney your line dancing skills. Line dancing is not just Foundation will focus on balance and stretching. good exercise, it's lots of fun. Exercises can be done from a chair this is gentle exercise for beginners or those who have not exercised in a while. Lifetime Fitness Tuesdays, ACUPUNCTURE 9:15-10:15am Every Friday Room 301 September 10– Nov. 12, 2019 9:00-11:00am Thursdays, $20.00 per treatment (weekly) 9:00-10:00am Licensed and insured acupuncturist will September 12– Nov. 14, 2019 be at our center on Fridays offering group Designed to increase flexibility and strength. treatments. Acupuncture can treat many issues This low-impact class will cover stretching and including: pain relief, sleep problems, digestion strength training. issues, stress and anxiety, weight loss, smoking, Allergies, and many more. No appointment needed; but, please arrive early to get a full treatment. Tai Chi

Mondays, All levels 9:15-10:45am September 9– Nov. 18, 2019 HEARING TEST No class Nov. 11 2 Tuesdays of each month This ancient form of exercise emphasizes By Appointment only 12-3:00pm physical, mental, and spiritual well-being through Room 301 - FREE movement and gentle exercise. Miracle Ear will provide a hearing aid specialist to NO TAI CHI ON AUG. 4th administer a hearing test free to our members. Please call our office at 734-544-3838 to schedule

an appointment. Let’s Try Yoga! Tuesdays, 10:15-11:45am Pickleball Players! September 10– Nov. 12, 2019 11:30am-2:00pm Unlike stretching for fitness, yoga is more than Mondays /Wednesdays /Fridays just physical postures. What do you have to lose Come play Pickleball with us. Open to by trying, except stiff joints and tight, sore anyone who wants to learn how to play. This muscles? is a great form of exercise!

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Health and wellness Evening exercise classes

Basic Yoga Wednesdays 5:00-6:15pm Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays Fall dates coming soon 10:30-11:30am Members $37.00 Enhance Fitness is a group exercise class aimed at This yoga class includes seated mid plane & improving your overall functional fitness and standing yoga posture, while safely transitioning well-being. The class incorporates a warm-up, between them. low-impact cardiovascular conditioning, strength, balance, and flexibility training. Certified Zumba! instructors make it fun with upbeat music and exercises that truly improve your health. Wednesdays Participants have noticed increased strength and Fall dates & time TBD energy and decreased blood pressure and weight. Members: $30.00 for 6 This class is provided in partnership with the weeks National Kidney Foundation of Michigan. Zumba Fitness is a global lifestyle brand that fuses There is a $25.00 per month suggested fitness, entertainment and culture into an donation payable to the Kidney Foundation.

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Summer Art Classes Watercolor Pencils, Masking, and Col- Watercolor Pencils, Masking, and ored Pencils Colored Pencils—3 Day Workshop Thursday 5:30-7:00pm August 20th, 21st, and 22nd September 12 – October 17 10:00am-4:00pm October 31 – December 12 50& Beyond Members Fee: $50.00 No class November 28 Instructor: Tina Hotchkiss 50& Beyond Members Fee: $40.00 Are you looking for a new way to use colored Are you looking for a new way to use colored pencils and still display the piece in an all colored pencils and still display the piece in an all colored pencil show? This workshop will cover how to pencil show? This class will cover how to create create watercolor pencil underpaintings, which adds watercolor pencil underpaintings, which adds movement, color surprises and texture to colored movement, color surprises and texture to colored pencil drawings. It also speeds up the colored pencil pencil drawings. It also speeds up the colored pencil process; and gives the opportunity to use masking, process; and, gives the opportunity to use masking, creating lines of actitation and organization. This creating lines of actitation and organization. Class workshop includes demos form the instructor on includes demos form the instructor on mastering mastering watercolor pencils, colored pencils and watercolor pencils, colored pencils and masking masking fluid. In addition, student will learn to use fluid. In addition, students will learn to use the color the color wheel to guide them in their color choices wheel to guide them in their color choices to finish to finish with a well, unified piece. with a well, unified piece.

Supply List: Supply List: Professional grade watercolor pencils (instructor’s Professional grade watercolor pencils (instructor’s favorite favorite Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle Pencils) Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle Pencils) Professional grade color pencils (at list 48 set) Professional grade color pencils (at list 48 set) Arches 140lb Hot Press Watercolor Paper (artist Arches 140lb Hot Press Watercolor Paper (artist choice in size) Erasers choice in size) Fineline Masking Fluid Pen- Standard Tip 0.8 mm Erasers Tape Fineline Masking Fluid Pen- Standard Tip 0.8 mm Watercolor brushes (instructor will have some to borrow) Tape Board to mount your watercolor paper on Watercolor brushes (instructor will have some to White cutting board borrow) Board to mount your watercolor paper on White cutting board Fall Evening Art Classes Masking Tap Instructor: Tina Hotchkiss Drawing with Soft Pastels Tuesday 6:00-8:30 pm September 10- October 1 October 15- November 5 November 19- December 17 No class November 26 50& Beyond Members Fee: $40.00 Learn the fundamentals of drawing with pastels in a fun, relaxing atmosphere. Class will include instructional demos, time for students to practice skills, and instructor’s feedback on work. Supplies students will bring to class are: professional grade soft pastels and sanded paper; if beginner: a set of Nupastel by Prismacolor, and Canson MI-tentes Pastel paper or pastel sanded paper. Instructor: Tina Hotchkiss

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Watercolor Basics and Beyond Thursday 7:00-8:30pm Travis Erby Portrait Drawing Session 1: Painting from life Tuesdays 1:10-2:40pm September 12 – October 17 Tuesday, September 10- Session 2: Painting Buildings October 15 October 31 – December 12 Tuesday, October 29- No class November 28. December 10 50& Beyond Members Fee: $40.00 This fun relaxing step-by-step class is appropriate No class November 26 for the beginner and intermediate artist. Students 50 & Beyond Members: $40.00 will master many watercolor techniques used by To draw a portrait one must understand how to professional artist. Note the different sessions focus. draw the human head. In this class, students will A list of supplies provided in the first class. learn many features about this complex shape, such as movement, proportion, structure, anatomy, Instructor: Tina Hotchkiss and many more. Students will master the skills needed to draw the human head. Supplies to bring Fall Daytime Art Classes are a sketchpad and a pencil to the first class.

Watercolor Basics and Beyond Monday 10:00am- 11:30am Session 1: Painting from life September 9 – October 14 Session 2: Painting Buildings Texture, One of the Elements of Art October 28– December 9 Monday 12:30pm- 2:00pm No class October 14 & Nov. 11 Mondays, Nov. 4—Dec. 16 50& Beyond Members Fee: $40.00 50& Beyond Members Fee: $40.00 This fun relaxing step-by-step class is appropriate for No class November 11 beginners and intermediate artist. Students will Texture is one of the Elements of Art. This refers master many watercolor techniques used by to the way an object feels to the touch or looks as it professional artist. Note the different sessions focus. may feel if it were touched. Adding textures to A list of supplies will be given at the first class. your art can create realism, balance, and interest. Instructor: Tina Hotchkiss Learning what to look for is the key in reproducing a texture. Value changes, shapes, and patterns are important elements in the process. All projects will focus on these concepts. Students may work in Space, One of the Elements of Art their desired media. Monday 12:30pm- 2:00pm Instructor: Tina Hotchkiss Mondays, September 9 – October 21 No class October 14 & Nov. 11 Working Studio 50& Beyond Members Fee: $40.00 Friday 10:00am- 2:00pm Space is an Element of Art referring to the September 13- October 4 placement of forms on a two dimensional surface. October 25- November 15 Using space correctly, artists are able to create the 50& Beyond Members Fee: $35.00 illusion of 3D on a flat surface. Students will learn No class September 27 the skills of overlapping, placement on paper, size, Come join other artists for this time of creativity. detail, color, value, and linear perspective to create One may choose to draw or paint the still life that art that is a believable representation space. will be provided, or work on their own project. Students should bring graphite drawing pencils, Time will be given for group critiques and color pencils, easers, and drawing paper to class. individual help from the instructor, Tina Hotchkiss. Instructor: Tina Hotchkiss Participants will provide their own supplies and lunch .

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Fall Daytime Art Classes Fall Art Workshops

How to Draw Absolutely Anything Portraits in Watercolor 2 Day Workshop Wednesday 9:30am-12:30 pm October 11th and 12th September 11- October 16 10:00am- 4:00pm November 6- December 18 50 & Beyond Members: $80.00 No class November 27 During this intensive two-day workshop, we will 50 & Beyond Members: $120.00 learn and practice the process of painting a realistic Claudia Selen combines the atelier method with portrait in watercolor: The first day will be devoted her nero-science background to help you master to understanding and drawing out the very specific the exciting skill of drawing what you see. You shapes and relationships that make up the unique will be practicing and perfecting your ability to face you are immortalizing in paint. On the second render the unique shapes and value relationships of day we will work through the layers of color from the world around you, from simple still life's to light to dark, to bring your portrait to life. landscapes, portraits and the full human figure. This workshop is perfect for those with some Once you have learned and practiced a few simple experience in drawing and watercolor, who want to methods and tools, there is no subject too complex dive into portrait painting. or detailed for you to tackle with confidence! This class is perfect for those who have little or no We will use portraits that are lit from a single light experience with drawing, and also perfect for those source on one side (chiaroscuro). The instructor who have drawn a lot, but still feel at a loss when will have reference photos you can use. If you they try to tackle particular subjects or correct their want to bring your own photo, please be sure it has own work when something "just doesn't feel right". the proper lighting so that the shadows and Learning and practicing this method will make all half-tones are well defined. Please bring your your artwork solid and realistic so that your normal watercolor kit, as well as sturdy drawing creativity can shine. paper the size you intend your portrait to be, and Instructor: Claudia Selene drawing pencils. You will need at least one piece of Arches cold-pressed paper, 140 or 300 lb, at least 9" x 12", preferably pre-stretched. Instructor: Claudia Selene

Oil Painting Fundamentals Friday 3:30 pm – 6:30pm September 13– October 4 October 18- November 8 Printmaking with Dennis Gordon November 22- December 20 Friday, September 27th No class on November 29 10:00am-2:00pm 50 & Beyond Members: $80.00 YTR: $35.00 This 4-week class will focus on the basics of oil NR Fee: $40.00 painting, including how to handle the paint across Combine abstract images and colors with a simple, a variety of subject matter. The emphasis will be bold woodcut design to create exciting and on seeing and understanding what is in front of us intriguing artwork. This process can give you in order to build a rich visual vocabulary for indi- inspiration for your non-printmaking art as well. vidual expression. All supplies provided by Dennis, which includes Instructor: Claudia Selene inks, paints, printmaking paper, and wood for the woodcut 10

Travel Club Join Us For Some Fun Trips! There may be a $5.00 cancellation fee for all canceled trips, each trip varies. Please pay attention to the trip deadlines. We can no longer allow same day trip sign ups. Thank you for your cooperation. When parking in the

Community Center lot for AUGUST 4—Shrek the musical & Lunch $45.00 ALL trips, please use the 5-11—Northern Michigan tour $1299.00 rows that are beyond the 9—Birch Run Mall $10.00 (rescheduled) 15—Summer in the City $45.00 flag pole. That is row 3 and 16 — A Day in Lansing $98.00 17—Eastern market $12.00 beyond. Please DO NOT 22—Let’s do Lunch $10.00 park in the handicap or 24—Sauder Village $80.00 26—Greektown $18.00 spaces that are closest to the doors. This is a courtesy to SEPTEMBER 19—Let’s do Lunch $10.00 those coming to the center 21—Eastern Market $12.00 23-28—Nooks and Crannies $899 for just a few hours. 24—Binder Zoo $29.50 Thank you 30—Firekeepers $20.00

OCTOBER 1—Canopy Walk (Dow Gardens) $25.00 17—Let’s Do Lunch $10.00 We have a new checking account. 19—Eastern Market (last one for season) $12.00 Instead of making your checks out to Lively 20—Fiddler on the Roof $75.00 Travelers you will now make them out to 50 22—Explore Tecumseh $10.00 & Beyond. Thank you. 28—Motor City Casino $18.00

Please Note: There may be a $5.00 cancellation fee for all canceled trips, each trip varies. Please look at each sign up sheet for ATTENTION!!! instructions. The Lively Travelers program is for members and their guests. Please remember that we are a recreation program. Members requiring “one on one” assistance MUST travel with a partner that Please Note: All overnight trip prices are is there to attend to those needs. “One on One” figured at the double occupancy rate. If staying in a examples: getting on or off the bus; walking from single room the price will increase. the bus to the destination; making decisions on There may be a $5.00 cancellation fee for all your own, manual wheelchairs that require canceled trips, each trip varies. pushing, or any other situation requiring another Please look at each sign up sheet for instructions. person to help. Our staff is able to assist power wheelchairs. Please make our staff aware of any physical or mental limitations at the time of sign WE CAN NO LONGER ALLOW SAME DAY TRIP SIGN UP. PLEASE SIGN UP BY THE up. Thank you for your cooperation. DEADLINES! 11

August Travel Sauder Village & Barbershop Sing Saturday August 24 8:00am—6:30pm Eastern Market (Detroit) All seats $80.00 Saturday August 17, 2019 Join us for the annual Barbershop Sing as the 7:00-12:00pm Members $12.00 Alliance Chorus of Columbus, OH perform the Transportation Only sweet sounds of the barbershop harmony in Founder’s Hall. Escape the hustle and bustle of every-day life and enjoy a fun-filled getaway with Let’s Go to Birch Run (Rescheduled) great food, memorable experience and warm Friday August 9—10:00-3:00 hospitality. Visit nearly 40 historic homes, shops, Members $10.00 farms and gardens. Enjoy home-style dining at the Take the bus and leave the driving to us. Save your Barn Restaurant and freshly bake treats at the energy for all the shopping you will do. Doughbox Bakery. A $10.00 non-refundable Transportation Only deposit will hold your spot. Deadline is July 24. Make checks payable to Custom Holidays. Shrek, the musical LIVE on stage!! Sunday August 4 12:30-6:00pm All seats $45.00 Includes transportation, lunch and the LIVE show. Set in a mythical “once upon a time” sort of land, the story of a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked and feared his entire life by anything that crosses his path, retreats to an ugly A Day In Lansing green swamp to exist in happy isolation. Suddenly, a gang of Friday August 16 homeless fairy-tale characters (Pinocchio, Cinderella, the Three Pigs, you name it) raid his sanctuary, saying they’ve been 7:30-5:30pm evicted by the vertically challenged Lord Farquaad. So Shrek All seats $98.00 strikes a deal: I’ll get your homes back, if you give me my Includes: Riverboat Cruise, Tour of the State home back! But when Shrek and Farquaad meet, the Lord Capitol and Lunch. strikes a deal of his own: He’ll give the fairy-tale characters their homes back, if Shrek rescues Princess Fiona. Shrek Take the luxury motor coach to Lansing to visit the obliges, yet finds something appealing–something strange and Michigan Historical Museum and our State different–about this pretty princess. He likes her. A lot. But Capitol. Enjoy a relaxing riverboat lunch cruise why does she always run off when the sun sets? Make checks aboard the Grand Princess Riverboat while you are payable to 50 & Beyond. entertained by the Dixie Land Band. Deadline is July 16th or when full. Make checks payable to Custom Holidays

Summer in the City Thursday August 15, 2019 Let’s Do Lunch 8:30-4:30pm Thursday August 22 All seats $45.00 12:00-2:30pm Start the trip off with a guided tour of Boston Edi- $10.00 transportation only son Historic District. Early residents include Henry Ye Olde Durty Bird, Toledo-OH Ford, James Couzens, Horace Rackham, Joe Louis and Willie Horton. Then its off to lunch at Dakota Inn Rathskeller Detroit only authentic German bar. Greektown Casino Be sure to pick your lunch choice at sign up. We Monday August 26 finish with a visit to Leon & Lulu’s. They offer one 9:00-4:00pm of a kind custom furniture, spectacular collection of $18.00 transportation only gifts, accessories and women’s clothing. Make checks payable to Bianco. 12

September Travel Firekeepers Casino Monday September 30 Let’s Do Lunch 9:00-4:00pm Thursday September 19 $20.00 transportation only 12:00-2:30pm $10.00 transportation only October Travel

Eastern Market (Detroit) Motor City Casino Saturday September 21 Monday October 28 7:00-12:00pm Members $12.00 9:00-4:00pm Transportation Only $18.00 transportation only

Binder Zoo and Giraffe Experience Tuesday September 24 Eastern Market (Detroit) 8:15-4:30pm Saturday October 19 (last one of the season) All seats $29.50 7:00-12:00pm Members $12.00 Includes: transportation, admission, “Wild Transportation Only

Encounter” presentation and giraffe feeding. Lunch is on your own. The Binder Zoo is in Battle Creek so the bus will Let’s Do Lunch stop on the way to and from the zoo for a quick Thursday October 17 bathroom and snack break. There is so much to see 12:00-2:30pm at this zoo including; snow leopard, red panda, $10.00 transportation only wild horse, red kangaroo, Cheetahs, African wild dogs, Mexican grey wolf, giraffes, zebras, ostrich- Ventura’s Mexican, Toledo-OH es, stork and antelope….. Our trip includes feeding the Giraffes in the Wild Africa exhibit and a private Wild Encounter “Canopy Walk” Whiting presentation by the zoo keeper called “Habitats are Forest, Dow Gardens Homes” where if you want you will be able to Tuesday October 1 touch and hold animals. There is a tram and 8:00-4:15pm restaurant in the zoo as well. Lunch is on your own All seats $25.00 you may eat at the restaurant or pack your own Includes: transportation and admission only. lunch to eat throughout the day. This trip does require a lot of walking. The Whiting Forest is a 54-acre forest that has been Deadline is 2 weeks in advance. Make checks under renovation since 2014. Adjacent to the Dow payable to 50 & Beyond. Gardens, the forest features an orchard, ponds and a café. The canopy walk splits into three arms, each of which focuses on a specific part of the forest: the picturesque spruces, the century-old ponds and the orchard of apple, cherry, plum and pear trees. Over 1,000 trees including 67 different types of apple trees. You may eat lunch at the café in the forest or pack your own lunch for the day. The bus will stop on the way to and from the forest for a quick bathroom and snack break.. There are bench- es throughout the forest but this trip does require a lot of walking. Deadline is 1 week in advance. Make checks paya- ble to 50 & Beyond. 13

October Travel Broadway in Toledo Explore Tecumseh! Fiddle on the Roof Tuesday October 22, 2019 Sunday October 20 10:30-3:30pm 5:00-11:00pm Members $10.00 (transportation only) Join us for a beautiful fall color drive to Tecumseh. All seats $75.00 Our first stop is at Michigan Wares where Includes: Transportation and show only. No dinner. everything for sale is made in MI. You will have 1 Live on the Stranahan Theater stage! hour of shopping at your own pace. Then we head to Featuring the Broadway classics “Tradition,” “If I Basil Boys for lunch (payment on your own) where Were a Rich Man,” Sunrise, Sunset,” you will have 1 1/2 hours to enjoy lunch. After “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and “To Life,” lunch we will head to The Boulevard Market with its Make checks payable to 50 & Beyond hand-cut artisan cheese, wines, crafts beers, dry Deadline is September 18. cured salami and chocolates. You will have 1/2 hour We need a minimum of 12 paid 30 days in to shop for whatever catches your eye. Then we advance for this trip to go. board the bus for home. This trip is transportation only. You decide what you spend throughout the day. Deadline is October 18. Make checks payable to 50 & Beyond.

Los Angeles and Mexican Riviera Mazatlan, Mexico Friday April 3-Sunday April 12, 2020

2 DAYS IN LOS ANGELES AND A 7-DAY JEWELS OF THE MEXICAN RIVIERA: CABO SAN LUCAS & PUERTO VALLARTA

The Arch of Cabo San Lucas

Los Angeles is a sprawling Southern California city and the center Trip includes: 2 night stay at the Hilton- Los Angeles, round trip air of the nation’s film and television industry. Near its iconic Hollywood from Detroit Metro, all transfers, taxes, port fees, transportation to sign, studios such as Paramount Pictures, Universal and Warner and from metro, 7 day Mexican Riviera cruise on the Norwegian Joy. Brothers offer behind-the-scenes tours. On Hollywood Boulevard, Ocean View with picture window: $1987.00 per person based on TCL Chinese Theatre displays celebrities’ hand- and footprints, the double occupancy Walk of Fame honors thousands of luminaries and vendors sell Balcony: $2357.00 per person based on double occupancy maps to stars’ homes. Choose any 2 of the following extra’s on the cruise:  Free at sea alcohol package (you will pay the tip upfront for this Embrace the best of Mexico’s charms on a seven-day ride of a package $138.60) lifetime. Your first stop takes you to Cabo San Lucas where you’ll  Free Wi-Fi for the cabin take a scenic tour of the rugged coastline. Then head to Mazatlan  Specialty Dining package (you will pay tax upfront for this for some fun in the sun on their palm tree-lined beaches and a tour package $15.80) of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. In Puerto Vallarta,  $50 shore credit per port per cabin (not per person) watch nature’s largest mammals in their natural habitat or visit a A $250.00 deposit is due to hold your spot. This is refundable up to lush rainforest. the final payment date of December 1st, 2019. The first $250 payment is made payable to 50 & Beyond and covers their fees and $50 cruise deposit. The remaining balance can be paid through 50 & Beyond or directly with Norwegian. Please note April 12, 2020 is Easter Sunday. Ypsilanti Township Recreation, 2025 East Clark—734-544-3838 14 TODAY’S MODERN CONCEPTS Heating & Air Conditioning Licensed & Insured Contractor David Woody 734-474-5521

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Future Day Trips Cornwell’s Turkeyville Cinderella, Broadway Santa Gets A Pink Slip Rodgers & Hammerstein Wednesday December 4 LIVE on stage!! 9:30-6:00pm Sunday December 15 Members $57.00 12:30-6:30pm Includes transportation, All seats $45.00 lunch and the show. Includes transportation, lunch and the LIVE

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Extended Travel Classic Christmas Markets (by land) New Extended Travel on the horizon! November 30-December 8, 2019 Spring of 2021 9 days, 11 meals, air fare, hotels, Classical Greece transportation and more included. 10 days, 15 meals BOOK NOW & SAVE $300 per person Pricing not available yet but ballpark of Double $3,299.00 $3400 pp Single $3,499.00 Trip includes airfare, all accommodations, tours and A $500 refundable deposit will hold your place. meals listed. Highlights: Oberammergau, Innsbruck, Choice Athens, Greece the tour begins with a welcome on Tour, Munich, Black Forest, Strasbourg, dinner in a traditional tavern. The next day tour Nuremberg, Wurzburg, Rothenburg, Christmas Athens showcasing the city’s ancient and glorious Markets. monuments.. Then we travel north through central Pick up your detailed brochure at the center. Greece to Thermopylae and Meteora ending the Limited seating on this trip. day with dinner at a family owned tavern. Our next Day 1: Overnight flight journey is to Kalambaka—Delphi ending in Day 2: Oberammergau, Germany Arachova for dinner and breathtaking views of the Day 3: Innsbruck, Austria surrounding mountains and valleys. The next day in Day 4: Munich, Germany Arachova we will travel along the gulf of Corinth Day 5: The heart of the Black Forest crossing into the Peloponnese to the historic city of Day 6: Strasbourg, France Olympia. Here you will enjoy tasting local wines, Day 7: Nuremberg & Wurzburg olive oil, homemade jams and sweets. At dinner Day 8: Rothenburg this evening broaden your knowledge of Greek Day 9: Flight home instruments and folkloric dances. Wake up to a guided tour of Olympia including a cooking lessons of the region’s best dishes ending with a traditional Mark your calendars!! Greek lunch. Enjoy spectacular scenery as we leave Olympia the next morning and cross the Arkadian Springtime Tulip River Cruise Mountains en route to the ancient city of Mycenae MS AMADEUS QUEEN for a guided tour ending at the side side resort of April of 2020 Nafpolio and dinner. The next morning enjoy free 9 days & 20 meals included time to explore Nafplio before heading back to Includes roundtrip air from Detroit Metro to Holland, Athens for our farewell dinner. River cruise, all shore excursions, 20 meals aboard Deposit due date : August 20, 2020 the MS Amadeus Queen. Final Payment due: December 1, 2020 This vessel offers the newest technology, panoramic Make checks payable to Collette Tours deck, panorama bar, regional wines with every dinner. Includes a city tour of Amsterdam, cruise to the fishing village of Volendam. Then it is off to Arnhem, Middleburg, Ghent, Belgium, Antwerp, Kinderdijk, Utrecht and back to Amsterdam. A detailed brochure will be available soon. The cost of this trip will be in the ball park of $3700 per person. Again actual 2020 pricing will be available soon.

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FOCUS HOPE Charter Township of Ypsilanti The staff arrive from Focus Hope at 11:00am the first Thursday of every month. Officials:

August 1 Brenda Stumbo, Supervisor September 5 October 3 Karen Lovejoy-Roe, Clerk November 7 Larry Doe, Treasurer December 5 734-484-4700

Board of Trustees:

Save Your Old Cell Phone and More!!! Stan Eldridge, Trustee Heather Jarrell Roe, Trustee Bring your old cell phone to the center to help support our 50 & Beyond program!! BUT now the Monica Ross Williams, Trustee program will include small electronics such as: Jimmie Wilson Jr., Trustee laptops, cameras, mp3 players, and video game consoles. *************** Please do not include manuals or boxes.

The Ypsilanti Township 50 & Beyond Program Medical Equipment Loan Closet is supported and operated by the Township of Ypsilanti, We have various items available for use by our members free of charge. contributions, memberships, and Non-members will need to pay a deposit volunteers, as part of the Township which will be refunded when the item is returned. We are also accepting wheelchairs that are in good Recreation Department. working condition. We are sorry to say that we cannot accept any equipment that needs parts or repairs. No more walkers or commodes are needed at this time. Thank you for your generosity!! 18