Gladstone Parks & Recreation GLADSTONE 50+ NEWS April & May 2014 423-4086

DAY TRIPS QUALITY HILL PLAYHOUSE “THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (THE MUSICAL!) - THURSDAY,

All day trips depart from the west side of Happy Rock MAY 8 - This hilarious musical is a comic tour de force Park, 76th & old Antioch Road. that spoofs Broadways best musical theatre songwriters. You will enjoy lunch before the show at Providence Res- HEART OF AMERICA CHORUS “IT’S SHOW- taurant located in the President Hotel. Cost: $55.00 in- TIME” - SATURDAY, APRIL 12 - The Kansas City cludes transportation, lunch and show. Bus departs at Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, Inc. pre- 10:45 a.m. and will return at approximately 4:00 p.m. sents their Annual Show of Barbershop Harmony featur- Reservation deadline: April 7th. ing Main Street, an International Medalist Quartet, with a special appearance by Premium Blend. The show will be MARTIN CITY MELODRAMA & VAUDEVILLE in Yardley Hall at Johnson County Community College. CO. “THE A-LONE RANGER” - SATURDAY, MAY 10 - This parody about the Robin Hood of the Wild, Wild Cost: $30.00 includes transportation and show. Bus de- West tells a tale of a cowboy who can get anything but a parts at 12:45 p.m. and will return at approximately 5:30 p.m. Deadline: March 22nd. dare! This comic homage will be performed as an old time radio show, complete with authentic musical com- SPRINGTIME IN TOPEKA - THURSDAY, APRIL mercials from the 1940’s. You will enjoy dinner before 17 - View more than 50,000 tulips and daffodils at Lake the show at Johnny Cascone’s in Overland Park. Cost: Shawnee, see the beautiful Tiffany stained glass windows $50.00 includes transportation, dinner and show. Bus at the First Presbyterian Church, make your own stained departs at 4:45 p.m. and will return at approximately 9:00 glass tulip at Prairie Glass, have lunch at Brickyard Barn p.m. Reservation deadline: April 10th. and take part in a delicious chocolate making demonstra- tion at Hazel Hill Chocolates. Cost: $61.00 includes trans- CIRQUE DU SOLEIL - SUNDAY, MAY 18 - Cirque portation, tours and lunch. Bus departs at 7:30 a.m. and Du Soleil is a dramatic mix of circus arts and street enter- will return at 5:30 p.m. Deadline: April 2nd. tainment. Each show is a synthesis of circus styles from around the world, with its own central theme and story- ST. JO FRONTIER CASINO - TUESDAY, APRIL 22 line. Shows employ continuous live music, with perform- - You’ll enjoy 587 famous name slots and video poker ers rather than stagehands changing the props. The show machines plus many table games. Lunch is free for our will be at Sprint Center. Cost: $73.00 includes transporta- group in the buffet. Cost: $12.00 includes transportation. tion and show. Bus departs at 12:30 p.m. and will return Bus departs at 8:45 a.m. and will return at approximately at approximately 4:30 p.m. Deadline: April 4th. 3:30 p.m. Reservation deadline: April 15th. PENGUINS & POLAR BEARS - TUESDAY, MAY 20 COUNCIL GROVE, KANSAS - TUESDAY, MAY 6 - The long anticipated Helzberg Penguin Plaza is open and Expansive maples, elms and oaks shade the streets of home to around a dozen Humboldt penguins and nearly Council Grove, much as they did during the meeting be- 40 cold water penguins. The main exhibit area’s viewing tween Osage Indian chiefs and U.S. commissioners in the window looks out onto massive ice formations that pro- summer of 1825 when they signed the treaty by which the vide a variety of above and below water excite- government obtained the right of way for the Santa Fe ment. You’ll also want to meet the zoo's new 23-year-old Trail. You will enjoy a guided tour and see several build- female polar bear, Berlin. Berlin arrived at the zoo last ings remaining from the town’s pioneer heyday You will June and Nikita and Berlin have become the best of also enjoy a Fried Chicken lunch at the 1857 Hays House. friends. Of course, you’ll want to visit the rest of the zoo Cost: $74.00 includes motorcoach transportation, tours and see all of the animals. Cost: $15.00 includes trans- and lunch. Motorcoach departs at 8:30 a.m. and will re- portation and zoo admission. Bus departs at 9:30 a.m. turn at approximately 5:00 p.m. Deadline: April 4th. and will return at approximately 2:30 p.m. Reservation deadline: May 14th.

Easter Breakfast LUNCH OUT AT JAZZ - THURSDAY, MAY 22 - Wednesday, April 16th Today we’re going to lunch at Jazz , a Louisiana Kitchen. 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. This wonderful restaurant located on 39th Street, is an Gladstone Community Center authentic French Quarter Cafe featuring fine Cajun Cui- Cost: $10.00 sine. You’ll definitely want to end your meal with the Join us for a delicious breakfast and Beignets! You will pay for lunch on your own. Bus de- delightful entertainment. Reservations are required. parts at 10:30 a.m. Cost: $8.00 includes transportation. Reservation deadline: Wednesday, April 4th Reservation deadline: May 9th.

PRIMROSE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY - FRI- Starlight - Watch out for the Wicked Witch of the West DAY, MAY 23 - You will enjoy a tour of this independent and her winged monkeys as you rediscover the real story and assisted living facility followed by a late lunch. Cost: of Oz in this fantastic musical treat. You will enjoy din- $10.00 includes transportation, tour and lunch. Bus departs ner before the show at Starlight in the VIP Dining Room. at 12:15 p.m. and will return at approximately 3:00 p.m. Cost: $75.00 includes transportation, dinner and show. Reservation deadline: May 16th. Bus departs at 5:15 p.m. and will return at approximately 11:30 p.m. Reservation deadline: April 4th. THE DISCOVERY OF KING TUT - WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 - Experience this interesting exhibit at Union Sta- QUALITY HILL PLAYHOUSE “RHAPSODY IN tion. Using state-of-the-art technology, the exhibition rec- GERSHWIN” - THURSDAY, JUNE 12 - A musical reates a piece of the fascinating, bygone exotic empire on toast to the brothers who brought us such memorable the Nile. More than 1,000 replicas of the most important songs as “Embraceable You,” “Someone to Watch Over finds have been reconstructed by master Egyptian crafts- Me,” “The Man I Love” and “S Wonderful.” Plus thrill to men using traditional techniques, and can be admired at the a dazzling piano performance of George Gershwin’s exhibition. As part of the experience, you will enjoy a fully “Rhapsody in Blue.” You will enjoy lunch before the immersive audio tour with a set of headphones. You will show at The Zebra Room in the Aladdin Hotel where the also experience a presentation on the Extreme Screen. entrée choices are Pan Roasted Iowa Pork Chop or Cara- Lunch is on your own at Union Station. Cost: $32.00 in- melized Dijon Salmon. Cost: $55.00 includes transporta- cludes transportation, King Tut exhibit and the Extreme tion, lunch and show. Bus departs at 10:45 a.m. and will Screen. Bus departs at 9:15 a.m. and will return at approxi- return at approximately 4:00 p.m. Deadline: May 9th. mately 2:30 p.m. Reservation deadline: May 9th. GARDEN VILLAGE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

JAMESPORT’S AMISH - FRIDAY, MAY 30 - Join us TUESDAY, JUNE 17 - Enjoy a tour of the facilities and for our spring trip to Jamesport, home to the largest Amish lunch at Garden Village. Cost: $10.00 includes transpor- community in Missouri. You will enjoy a guided tour visit- tation, tour and lunch. Bus departs at 10:15 a.m. and will return at approximately 1:30 p.m. Deadline: June 6th. ing an Amish Bakery, Woodworking Shop, Quilt Shop and Fabric Store, a Greenhouse, and the H&M store where you T-BONES BASEBALL - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 - can shop for groceries and spices. You will enjoy a family The 2008 Northern League Champion T-Bones are a sen- style lunch at Gingerich Dutch Pantry and have time to visit sation in Kansas City, with beautiful Community America the local shops in Jamesport. Cost: $40.00 includes trans- Ballpark located in the Village West area of the Legends. portation, lunch and tour. Bus departs at 8:00 a.m. and will With a scaled-down ballpark and a small-town feel, the T- return at approximately 6:00 p.m. Deadline: May 9th. Bones play an old-time style of baseball. And with a fam- ily-friendly environment, including crazy mascot acts and WEST BOTTOMS ANTIQUES - FRIDAY, JUNE 6 - between-inning promotions. Cost: $23.00 includes trans- The West Bottoms of Kansas City has been a central mar- portation, Choice Seats, a soda and a hot dog. Bus de- ketplace dating back to the early 19th century. Antique parts at 10:00 a.m. and will return at approximately 3:00 stores have taken over the area and most are only open on p.m. Reservation deadline: May 23rd. the first Friday weekend of each month. There are approxi- mately 16 unique stores and shops. When you get hungry, KC FOODIE TOUR - THURSDAY, JUNE 19 - You there are several food trucks offering a variety of delicious will visit several unique food stores including the Great foods. Cost: $8.00 includes transportation. Bus departs at Harvest Bread Company, 888 International Market, 9:30 a.m. and will return at approximately 2:30 p.m. Res- Sprouts Farmers Market, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Gigi’s ervation deadline: May 30th. Cupcakes, and Dean & Deluca. You will enjoy a deli- cious lunch at Will Jenny’s in Overland Park. Cost: BIG CREEK COUNTRY SHOW - SATURDAY, JUNE $40.00 includes transportation and lunch. Bus departs at 7 - Located in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Since opening in 9:00 a.m. and will return at approximately 4:30 p.m. Res- 1982, thousands of folks have been thoroughly entertained ervation deadline: June 6th. by some of the finest country musicians and comedians in the business. You will enjoy dinner before the show at the CHESTNUT FINE ARTS “BOB & BING”- Downtown Café in Pleasant Hill. Cost: $45.00 includes SATUDAY, JUNE 21 - Bob Hope & Bing Crosby were transportation, dinner and show. Bus departs at 5:00 p.m. great friends and in 1940, they were cast in a film called and will return at approximately 11:30 p.m. Reservation Road To Singapore. The magic of their personal friend- deadline: May 9th. ship came to life on the screen and led to a series of “Road” pictures starring the two pals. Bob & Bing fea- STARLIGHT THEATRE “WIZARD OF OZ” - TUES- tures their humor and duos – Road to Morocco, Put It DAY, JUNE 10 - Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new production There Pal, The Whiffenpoof Song and more. You will of The Wizard of Oz is an enchanting adaptation of the all- enjoy dinner after the show at Garozzo’s in Olathe where time classic, totally reconceived for the stage. Click your the entrée choices are Chicken Spedini, Eggplant Parmi- heels together and join Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, Dorothy giano, and Lasagne. Cost: $58.00 includes transportation, and her little dog Toto, as they journey through the magical show and dinner. Bus departs at 1:45 p.m. and will return land of Oz to meet the Wizard and obtain their hearts’ de- at approximately 8:00 p.m. Deadline: May 22nd. sires. ST. JO FRONTIER CASINO - TUESDAY, JUNE 24 - NEBRASKA’S PIONEERS - JUNE 25-27, 2014 - Fol- You’ll enjoy 587 famous name slots and video poker ma- low in the footsteps of the great explorers, pioneers, and chines plus many table games. Lunch is free for our group Plains Indians in the Cornhusker State. In Nebraska City in the buffet. Cost: $12.00 includes transportation. Bus you will visit the Lewis & Clark Visitor’s Center and the departs at 8:45 a.m. and will return at approximately 3:30 Arbor Lodge. You will spend time at Minden Pioneer Vil- p.m. Reservation deadline: June 13th. lage , one of the nation’s best planned and most compre- hensive collections of Americana, covering the period STARLIGHT THEATRE “THE SOUND OF MU- from 1830 to the present. The museum houses more than SIC” - MONDAY, JULY 28 - The hills of Kansas City 50, 000 objects in twenty-six buildings. You will visit the will come alive in July with The Sound of Music! Rodg- Great Platte River Road Archway where you will be ers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the classic transported back to an era when covered wagons, buffalo, story of how the stern Captain Von Trapp discovers a new hand-pulled carts and trains first crisscrossed the prairie! love for his children when the free spirited, Maria, brings You will visit Hastings Museum, the largest municipal laughter and music back into their lives. Wit, warmth and museum between Chicago and Denver. There you will gentle humor combine to make this one of Rodgers & discover how Kool-Aid, the famous soft drink invented in Hammerstein’s best-loved musicals. You will enjoy din- Hastings, came to be such a success. Another interesting ner before the show at Starlight in the VIP Dining Room. highlight will be a guided tour of the Naval Ammunition Cost: $75.00 includes transportation, dinner and show. Depot in Hastings. This is the site where all the ammuni- Bus departs at 5:30 p.m. and will return at approximately tions were stored during World War II. Cost: $400.00 11:30 p.m. Reservation deadline: April 4th. includes motorcoach transportation, hotel accommoda- tions , tours, 6 meals and driver gratuity. For single oc- OVERNIGHT & EXTENDED TOURS cupancy add $115.00. A deposit of $50.00 will hold All itineraries for the extended tours are available space with final payment due May 23rd. online at gladstone.mo.us THE BLACK HILLS & THE BADLANDS - JULY 14 SPRING MYSTERY TRIP - MAY 1-3, 2014 - If you -19, 2014 - The mountains and forests of the Black Hills like nature, history, good food, interesting and unusual of South Dakota include a treasury of six national parks, sites, and fun, you won’t want to miss this trip. Bring 101 miles of National Scenic Byways, waterfalls and your binoculars! Cost: $435.00 includes motorcoach watchable wildlife. Highlights include Badlands National transportation, hotel accommodations, tours, 7 meals and Park, Wall Drug Store, Corn Palace, ride the rails on an driver gratuity. For single occupancy add $120.00. A 1880’s train between Hill City and Keystone, Mount $50.00 deposit will hold space with final payment due on Rushmore National Monument, a Buffalo Jeep Safari in April 2nd. Custer State Park, Crazy Horse Memorial, Black Hill SILVER DOLLAR CITY BLUEGRASS & BBQ Wild Horse Sanctuary and a Chuck Wagon Supper & FEST - MAY 21-23, 2014 - See the top names in Blue- Cowboy Music Show, The Mammoth Site, Minuteman grass music! Sample more than 200 different barbecue Missile Site and much more! Cost: $1145.00 includes sauces, including Silver Dollar City originals, and pur- motorcoach transportation, hotel accommodations, tours, chase your favorite flavor. You will also enjoy a show on 13 meals and driver gratuity. For single occupancy add the Showboat Branson Belle, a tour of Fantastic Caverns, $410.00. A deposit of $100.00 will hold space with final and the Brett Family Show. You will stay at the Hilton payment due May 30th. located at Branson Landing. Cost: $457.00 includes mo- torcoach transportation, hotel accommodations, The Brett NORTHERN NATIONAL PARKS – AUGUST 8-15, Family Show, Silver Dollar City, tours, 4 meals and driv- 2014 - Marvel at the unspoiled beauty of Yellowstone er gratuity. For single occupancy add $100.00. A $50.00 National Park and see the world famous Old Faithful deposit is required to hold space by March 18th. Final Geyser erupt! Enjoy the stunning beauty of the incredible payment is due on April 11th. peaks of the Grand Tetons and enjoy a relaxing 4-night stay in Jackson, Wyoming. You will also visit Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah. Cost: $2350.00 per person in- The Lunch Bunch cludes air, hotel accommodations, tours, 11 meals and cancellation insurance. Reservations are due ASAP. Join me (Paige) at a different restaurant each month just to get acquainted (or reacquainted), meet new people, see old friends and just enjoy some camaraderie and great food. We will meet EASTER EGG STUFFING - Volunteers are needed to stuff at 11:15 a.m. at the following Restaurants: eggs for our annual Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt. Join us on Wednesday, April 23 - Escape - (240 NE Barry) April 7-8 at City Hall from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Please RSVP at Thursday, May 22 - Olive Garden (Barry Road) 423-4086. Thursday, June 26 - Smokehouse (N. Oak)

Everyone pays individually. Please RSVP (423-4086) RIVER TOWNS & RIVERBOATS – SEPTEMBER 17- ITALY’S AMALFI COAST - Enjoy an excursion to 20, 2014 – One of the highlights of this trip will be a full- Paestum, one of the most famous archaeological sites in day, 100 mile cruise down the Mississippi River from Italy. You will visit the haunting ruins of Pompeii, de- Dubuque, Iowa to Moline, Illinois on the Celebration Belle stroyed by ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 Riverboat. While on board you’ll enjoy entertainment and AD. In Rome you’ll enjoy a tour featuring the Roman three-full meals. You will travel to the river towns of forum, Colosseum, Vatican City and St. Peters Basilica, Quincy, Illinois and Hannibal, Missouri, Mark Twain’s the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel. Cost: hometown, and take a dinner cruise on the Mark Twain $4049.00 per person includes air, hotel accommodations, Riverboat. You will also visit the Amana Colonies. Cost: tours, 12 meals, and cancellation insurance. Book be- $695.00 includes motorcoach transportation, hotel accom- fore April 21, 2014 and save $50.00 per person! modations, riverboat cruises, tours and 9 meals and driver gratuity. For single occupancy, add $130.00. A $50.00 de- BRANSON COUNTRY CHRISTMAS – NOVEM- BER 11-13, 2014 - Join us for our annual trip to Branson posit is required to hold space with final payment due by August 8th. during the Christmas season, when Branson turns into a holiday wonderland with fabulous shows, dazzling lights NOVA SCOTIA & NEW ENGLAND CRUISE - OCTO- and fun holiday shopping. You will see five shows in- BER 4-12, 2014 - This cruise will feature an exciting cluding Daniel O’Donnell, The Baldknobber’s Christmas post cruise stay in New York City - You will sail on Nor- Show, The Texas Tenors, Jonah at the Sight & Sound wegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Gem. You will sail from Theatre, and The Hughes Brothers Christmas Show. Cost: New York City and visit Halifax, Nova Scotia, Saint John’s $475.00 includes motorcoach transportation, hotel ac- Bay of Fundy, Bar Harbor, Boston, and Newport, Rhode commodations at the Grand Plaza Hotel, 5 shows, 4 Island. At the conclusion of your cruise you will spend a meals and driver gratuity. Single occupancy, add $75.00. day in New York City and enjoy a sightseeing tour of Man- A $50.00 deposit is required to hold space no later than hattan including Times Square, Central Park, Rockefeller August 22nd, with final payment due October 3rd. Center, Chinatown, admission to the National 9/11 Memori- al, dinner at the fames Sardis Restaurant, and overnight ac- CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD – DECEM- commodations right in the heart of Times Square. Per per- BER 3-5, 2014 - Travel with us to Omaha, Nebraska and son cost: $2525.00 inside cabin, $2685.00 oceanview cab- experience lunch in France, an Irish Christmas at Father in, $3325.00 balcony cabin. A $500.00 deposit is required Flanagan’s Boys Town, a German dinner with ethnic holi- to hold space by May 10th. day entertainment, and lunch at the Bohemian Czech Café where you’ll see a Kolache making demonstration. You’ll AUTUMN IN THE OZARKS – OCTOBER 16-17, 2014 also visit the Durham Museum where ethnic communities – Secluded and peaceful with winding mountainside streets, decorate small holiday trees to represent their own unique Eureka Springs, Arkansas has flair like no other town. You heritage. Step back into the holiday splendor of merry will enjoy a tram tour, shopping at one-of-a-kind shops, olde England with true English pageantry at the Madrigal boutiques, and fine art galleries and craft emporiums, din- Christmas Feaste, enjoy a Ukrainian “Linens & Tradi- ner at the historic Crescent Hotel and a music show at the tions” presentation, have lunch at the Greek Orthodox Ozark Mountain Hoe-Down Theatre. You will also visit Church, and much more. Call for pricing in April. Crystal Bridges in Bentonville, Arkansas where you will enjoy eight collections including The American Spirit, SOUTH AFRICA – JANUARY 22 - FEBRUARY 3, Wonder World, Colonial, 19th Century, Modern, Contem- 2015 – One country with a world of treasures, South Afri- porary and Announced Works. The museum's glass-and- ca offers breathtaking mountain scenery, winding coast- wood design features a series of pavilions nestled around lines, remarkable cultural diversity and abundant wildlife two creek-fed ponds. Cost: $245.00 includes motorcoach in its natural habitat. Highlights include Sandton, the bus- transportation, tours, show, 2 meals and driver gratuity. tling cosmopolitan center of Johannesburg; the Apartheid Add $50.00 for single occupancy. A deposit of $50.00 is Museum; Kruger National, the largest game reserve in required to hold space with final payment due September South Africa where you’ll experience a full day open air 5th. vehicle game drive; Featherbed Nature Reserve; Oudtshoorn, the ostrich capital of South Africa; Stellen- ITALY’S AMALFI COAST & ROME – OCTOBER 21 bosch, one of the oldest European settlements in the re- –29, 2014 – On this exciting tour you will spend 5 nights in gion; Cape Town; Cape Point; Kirstenbosch Botanical Sorrento and 2 nights in Rome. The Amalfi Coast is widely Gardens; and much more. Call for a complete brochure. considered Italy's most scenic stretch of coastline, a land- Join us for a trip presentation on Tuesday, June 17th. Call scape of towering bluffs, pastel-hued villages terraced into for time and location. hillsides, luxuriant gardens, and expansive vistas over tur- quoise waters and green-swathed mountains. It’s most fa- mous towns, Positano, Ravello and Amalfi, have been in- spiring and captivating artists for centuries. You will also visit the Isle of Capri, a favorite with Roman Emperors, the rich and famous, artists and writers.

April 2014

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1 Bridge and Games 2 The New Theatre 3 4 An Apemazing 5 of Choice 12:30 p.m. - bus departs at Experience - de- Community Center 11:15 a.m. parts at 7:45 a.m. $1-$2 Bingo - Mama’s Buffet (60th & Antioch Rd. 11:30

6 7 Duplicate Bridge 8 Cancer Action 9 $1-$2 Bingo Per- 10 11 12 Heart of Ameri- 9:00 a.m. Com- Workshop 9:00 a.m. kins N. Oak 11:30 ca Chorus - depart munity Center Community Center a.m. at 12:45 p.m.

Pinochle and Hand Bridge and Games of & Foot 12:30 Choice 12:30 p.m

13 14 Duplicate Bridge 15 Riverstone - 16 Easter Breakfast 17 Springtime in 18 19 9:00 a.m. Com- depart at 11:45 - 9:00 a.m. Topeka - depart at munity Center a.m. 7:30 a.m. $1-$2 Bingo Cap- Pinochle and Hand Bridge and Games of tain D’s 11:30 a.m. & Foot 12:30 Choice 12:30 p.m.

20 21 Duplicate Bridge 22 St. Jo Frontier 23 $1-$2 Bingo 24 Mystery Day 25 26 9:00 a.m. Com- Casino - depart at Olive Garden 11:30 Trip - depart at munity Center 8:45 a.m. a.m. 7:00 a.m. Cancer Action 9:00 Pinochle and Hand Community Center Lunch Bunch - & Foot 12:30 Bridge and Games of Escape 11:15 a.m. Choice 12:30 p.m

27 28 Gladstone Seniors 29 Bridge and 30 The New Thea- Meeting 10:30 Games of Choice tre - bus departs at Community Center 12:30 p.m. 11:15 a.m. Duplicate Bridge Community Center $1-$2 Bingo China 9:00 a.m. Pinochle and One 11:30 a.m. Hand & Foot 12:30

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4 5 Duplicate Bridge 6 Council Grove - 7 $1-$2 Bingo - 8 Quality Hill Play- 9 10 Martin City 9:00 a.m. Com- depart at 8:30 a.m. Mama’s Buffet (60th house - depart at Melodrama - de- munity Center & Antioch Rd. 11:30 10:45 a.m. part at 4:45 p.m. Bridge and Games a.m. Pinochle and Hand of Choice 12:30 p.m. & Foot 12:30 Community Center

11 12 Duplicate Bridge 13 Cancer Action 14 The New Thea- 15 16 “A Vintage 17 9:00 a.m. Com- Workshop 9:00 a.m. tre - bus departs at Wedding” - Com- munity Center Community Center 11:15 a.m. munity Center 2:00 p.m. Pinochle and Hand Bridge and Games of $1-$2 Bingo Perkins & Foot 12:30 Choice 12:30 p.m N. Oak 11:30 a.m.

18 Cirque du Soleil 19 Gladstone Seniors 20 Penguins & 21 $1-$2 Bingo 22 Lunch Out at 23 Primrose Retire- 24 - depart at 12:30 Meeting 10:30 Polar Bears - de- Captain D’s 11:30 Jazz - depart at ment Community - p.m. Community Center part at 9:30 a.m. a.m. 10:30 a.m. depart at 12:15 Duplicate Bridge Bridge and Games of p.m. 9:00 a.m. Pinochle and Choice 12:30 p.m. Hand & Foot 12:30 Community Center

25 26 Duplicate Bridge 27 Cancer Action 28 The Discovery of 29 Lunch Bunch - 30 Jamesport’s 31 9:00 a.m. Com- Workshop 9:00 a.m. King Tut - depart Olive Garden Amish - depart at munity Center Community Center at 9:15 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 8:00 a.m. $1-$2 Bingo Olive Pinochle and Hand Bridge and Games of Garden 11:30 a.m. & Foot 12:30 Choice 12:30 p.m 50+ ACTIVITIES These activities are held at the Gladstone The Gladstone Parks & Recreation Community Center, 6901 N. Holmes

Department Gladstone Seniors: Fourth Monday of each month, 10:30 requests the honor of your presence at a.m. business meeting followed by entertainment and pot- a “A Vintage Wedding” luck luncheon.

Friday, the sixteenth of May Cancer Action Workshop: 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each at two o’clock in the afternoon month, 9:00 a.m. - Noon

at the Gladstone Community Center, Pinochle Club: Mondays at 12:30 p.m. (no partner need- 69th & North Holmes. ed)

$12.00 Bridge: Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. (no partner needed)

RSVP with payment by May 7th Gladstone Duplicate Bridge Club: Mondays at 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

See a display of vintage wedding garments Hand & Foot: Mondays at 12:30 p.m. including: Brides, Grooms and Bridesmaids, Card Games of Choice: Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. and hear the origins of wedding traditions. $1.00-$2.00 White Elephant Bingo: Wednesdays - meet “Wedding cake” will be served at a different restaurant each week to enjoy lunch and BINGO! Check the calendar inside for upcoming dates and locations.

REGISTRATION All programs must be paid at the time of registration unless otherwise noted. By Mail - make checks to Gladstone Parks & Recrea- tion, 7010 N Holmes, Gladstone, MO 64118. By Phone - (816) 423-4086 with Visa, MasterCard Or Discover. In person at Glad- stone City Hall or the Gladstone Community Center. Cancellation Policy: A full refund will be issued in the event of a trip cancellation due to insufficient enrollment. Refunds are avail- able up to the registration deadline. If a refund check is required, a $5 processing fee will be deducted. After registration deadline, a refund will be issued only if the participant can be replaced, If a refund check is required, a $5 processing fee will be deducted. If participant desires, a credit will be issued for the entire amount for use in future programs.

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