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Seniors in Senior Dining Info December 2014 In This Issue: Vol. 5 Issue 12 Plaer Paer ......... Pg. 2 . Seniors in Senior Dining Info. Pg. 2 Queson of Month.Pg. 3 Influenza Vaccine Week ............................... Pg. 4 TOUCH Winter Safety Tips. Pg. 4 “ It Means So Much To Stay In Touch” Health Highlight ..... Pg. 6 Resource Spotlight. Pg. 6 Holiday Food Safety.Pg. 7 Baseball Is More Than Just A Game Home Repair Grant.Pg. 7 Ask The Pharmacist.Pg. 8 by Tom Kees Joker’s Corner. ..... Pg. 10 Recipe. ................. Pg. 10 As I grew up, my in- Christmas Around the terest in baseball, .................. sports, and people in World. Pg. 12 general led me to my Acvity Calendar. Pg. 14 future career. Dur- Plymouth Menu. .. Pg. 15 ing my years in col- Dining Menu. ....... Pg. 16 lege I met some out- standing professors who influenced me Special Days In to become a teacher. December: My first teaching job was in a 4 th , 5 th , & 6 th combination class- 1st Pie Day room at Lincoln - 2th Wear Brown Shoes Erdman School. Day I never forgot to in- 9th Pastry Day Cameron (grandson) and Grandpa Kees ready to go out clude the lessons I "Trick or Treating". learned in baseball 12th Ding -a-Ling Day and sports, as they were often reflected in most of my daily instruction, from current events, to baseball spelling bees, math games, and most of my gym 17th Wright Brothers activities that included whiffle ball, kickball, softball, and any games that in- Day volved team sports. 18th Roast Suckling Pig Day After 12 years at Lincoln -Erdman, I decided I needed a change in atmosphere and location, so I transferred to Grant School and taught a straight 5 th grade. 20th Re -Gifting Day It was an interesting and worthwhile experience, but changes in my life involv- ing mental depression, marital concerns, career change, and later divorce 21st Winter Solstice were continually surfacing. I took a leave of absence to sort out all these fac- tors so that I could continue to become a productive member of society. 24th Christmas Eve 25th Christmas With all these outside factors playing havoc with my life, baseball provided me with the stability and willingness to go on. During this time, I played over 25 31st New Year’s Eve!! years of competitive softball on such great teams as the Snafu Teens, Snafu Royals, Thielmann’s Old Wisconsin Sausage, Stroh’s, (cont. on p. 9) Sheboygan County Senior Dining Program Serving Sheboygan County Seniors “We keep our readers well fed, and our diners well read” Sheboygan County Plaer Paer Senior Dining Sites Adell Senior Center It is hard to believe that another year is ending. For the young, 650 Siefert time just seems to drag on and the older one gets, the faster it Adell, WI 53001 seems to go by. I heard someone say once the reason time Phone: 920 -994 -9934 seems to go by so much faster as we age is because we have so Open: Monday thru Friday many more memories and experiences filed away than when we Manager: Mary Kempf were young. Cascade Village Hall Looking back, 2014 was another eventful year for the dining pro- 301 1st Street gram and for the Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC), in Cascade, WI 53011 general. In the spring and early summer, a patio was constructed Phone: 920 -994 -9934 outside the ADRC in Sheboygan Falls. The purpose of building Open: Mondays the patio is to accommodate falls prevention -related classes, Gold- Manager: Mary Kempf en Gardner classes, dining program meals when the weather is good, and other meetings for seniors and adults with disabilities. Cedar Grove—First Reformed Church In October, work begun on some remodeling of the ADRC. A can- 237 South Main opy over the main entrance is being added to help prevent snow Cedar Grove, WI 53013 Phone: 920 -668 -6863 and ice from accumulating on the walkway into the building. A Open: Mondays vestibule and a new reception area are being built to provide a Manager: Delores M. more welcoming environment for customers coming to the ADRC. The new reception area will provide more seating and a small Howards Grove Village Hall meeting room for quick conversations and obtaining information. 913 South Wisconsin Drive Howards Grove, WI 53083 For the dining program, 2014 was eventful also. Our main food Phone: 920 -467 -9042 provider, Watson’s Vending, Inc., continues to provide the dining Open: Tuesdays program with delicious meals and great service. Several new Manager: Toni Becker menu items were introduced, including a “make your own pizza” day. That was a big hit with a significant number of our diners. In Oostburg Civic Center Plymouth, the food provider “PIC -a-Deli,” is now under new man- 213 North 8th Street agement. The Plymouth Intergenerational Coalition (PIC) started Oostburg, WI 53070 managing the food production on November 1, 2014. We look for- Phone: 920 -564 -2113 ward to working with them to continue to provide excellent meals Open: Wednesdays to our Plymouth participants. On October 24, 2014, the dining pro- Manager: Joyce R. gram sponsored a dinner theater event in Cedar Grove that was attended by 114 seniors and was well received. Those in attend- Plymouth—Generations Building ance expressed a desire to do something like that again. So, stay 1500 Douglas Drive tuned….for 2015! Plymouth, WI 53073 Phone: 920 -892 -4821 Open: Monday thru Friday Manager: Susan Wenzel Sheboygan—Zion Covenant Church 1125 North 6th Street Sheboygan, WI 53081 Phone: 920 -207 -2522 Contact Us At: Open: Monday thru Friday Manager: Darcy Vollrath Sheboygan County Senior Dining Program Aging and Disability Resource Center Sheboygan Falls 650 Forest Avenue Aging and Disability Resource Center Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085 650 Forest Avenue - - Phone: 920 467 4100 Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085 - - Email: [email protected] Phone: 920 467 9042 Open: Monday thru Friday Seniors In Touch is also online at: Manager: Toni Becker http://www.sheboygancounty.com/government/departments -f-q/health - and -human -services/aging -and -disability -resource -center/seniors -in -touch - 2 | Seniors In Touch Newsleer newsletter NATIONAL PFEFFERNUSSE DAY Senior Meet and Eat December 23 of each year celebrates Welcome to Senior Meet and Eat, where we will the delicious and loved by many across keep you informed of meetings of the Sheboygan the country, pfeffernusse cookie as it is Chapter of AARP. National Pfeffernusse Day. Very popu- lar around the holidays, pfeffernusse In December, the Sheboygan AARP will meet on are fluffy cookies made with ground December 16, 2014, at Rupp’s on 8th Street, She- nuts and spices and covered in pow- boygan, at 11:30 am, for our annual Christmas Par- dered sugar. ty. The exact origin in unknown however the Dutch be- You do not need to be a member of the Sheboygan lieve that pfeffernusse (or pepernoten) are linked to AARP chapter to attend. For more information, call the feast of Sinterklaas, which is celebrated on De- 467/6634 cember 5 in the Netherlands and December 6 in Ger- many and Belgium. This holiday is when children re- ceive gifts from St. Nicholas, who is partially the inspi- ration for the Santa Claus tradition. Riddle Me This Over time, many bakers have created their own pfef- You have two cups, one containing orange juice fernusse recipes. Traditional recipes included various and one containing and equal amount of lemonade. nuts such as almonds and walnuts. Some modern One teaspoon of the orange juice is taken and recipes exclude nuts altogether along with the black mixed with the lemonade. Then a teaspoon of this pepper, retaining only cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, all- mixture is mixed back into the orange juice. Is there spice and cardamom as flavoring. Molasses and more lemonade in the orange juice or more orange honey are often times used to sweeten the cookie. juice in the lemonade? (http://nationaldaycalendar.com/2013/12/23/december -23 - 2013 -national -pfeffernusse -day -national -roots -day/) QUESTION of the MONTH: What Are You Asking Santa For This Year? asked at the Plymouth Senior Dining Site Good health God free country (only God) Peace and joy to all -Barb K, Allen P -Gordon C, Lenore M -Judy S Memories Good health, good friends Many friends and happiness -Phil M -Dorothy H -Lois S Good friends A pot of gold My health, lots of it -Patti W -Peter M -Harlen H Good health for family To be with my friends every day Friends and good health and friends -Helen J -Don H, Dianne T -Dick B Enemies are peaceful Friends, family and no snow -Sybil W -Donna B Seniors In Touch Newsleer | 3 December 7th—December 13th Winter Safety Tips National Influenza Vaccine Week Temperatures are expected to Why should people get vaccinated against the flu? dip below normal across much Influenza is a serious disease that can lead to hospitalization of the eastern half of the country and sometimes even death. Every flu season is different, and from the Plains to the East influenza infection can affect people differently. Even healthy Coast and as far south as Texas people can get very sick from the flu and spread it to others. and Florida. As this first taste of Over a period of 31 seasons between 1976 and 2007, esti- winter moves in, the American mates of flu -associated deaths (http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/us_flu Red Cross offers ten steps peo- -related_deaths.htm) in the United States range from a low of about 3,000 ple can take to stay safe during to a high of about 49,000 people.
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