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CITY OF EAST LANSING A Quarterly Newsletter for the 55+ Community • 2007 Nationally Accredited March, April and May 2016 Eat Wild Beginning Birding Thursday, May 5; 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Tuesdays, May 3-24, 9-10:30 a.m. Cost: $8 (members) • $13 (non-members) Cost: $25 (members) • $30 (members) Free, nutritious, organic, delicious produce is Join veteran birder and Michigan waiting to be discovered and enjoyed! Join Carol Audubon Society member Richard Ingall and Jim Coty for a foraging field trip in our Yarsevich as you venture into the “backyard.” field for this class. Learn about field Enjoy a foraging identification, lifestyles and ecology exploration ending with of local birds firsthand! a lunch made from the The sessions will meet in the parking lot at Abbot gathered edibles at an off- Road Park. Please note: though the trails in the park site location. Maximum of are paved, there will be a good deal of standing and eight participants. Enroll walking in this class. Plan accordingly! Class will meet by Thursday, April 28. rain or shine. Enroll by Tuesday, April 26. Good Form Walking Clinic Mosaic Gazing Balls Playmakers Fitness Foundation will be coming Fridays, April 8-29; 9:30-11:30 a.m. to East Lansing Prime Time! Just in time for good Cost: $70 (members) • $75 (non-members) weather so you can enjoy outside walking. Get an Turn old bowling balls into beautiful mosaic gazing expert opinion on good form and good walking balls! Instructor Kelly Arndt will help you transform process. Learn how to move forward more efficiently Spare Time’s rejects into art that will add a wonderful and healthier using a well-balanced stride. Gain accent to your yard or patio. Bowling balls provided. insight into how to avoid a heavy impact on your Maximum of 10 participants. Enroll by Thursday, body. Playmakers will analyze your stepping pattern March 31. and let you know how to improve it. Come to our clinic on Wednesday, April 6 from 1-3 p.m. in the Executive Conference Room on the second floor of the East Lansing Hannah Community Center. The event is FREE but you will need to register with Prime Time at (517) 337-1113. Registration deadline: Thursday, March 31. Director’s Chair/For Your Information From Our Director Prime Time’s This is the first newsletter of the New Year—Happy New Year, everyone! Our new City Council made “planning” the first order of business in 2016. On Saturday, Jan. 9, City Mission, Vision Council’s Strategic Planning Meeting took place at the Technology Innovation Center located in the old Barnes and Noble’s building in downtown East Lansing. By the way, it’s a and Values very nice location to have meetings! The room accommodated the approximately 50 attendees with a mix of City staff and Mission Statement residents as we listened, learned and shared. Throughout the meeting, the message from To serve as a community focal City Council and staff was reiterated: involve our citizenry to drive the process of taking the point for senior citizens and their city into the 21st century. That’s been our measure of success, using your knowledge and families in an atmosphere of expertise to move Prime Time forward. respect, trust, empowerment and And this is a good time to thank the Friends of Prime Time for work and dedication support. facilitating the annual direct-mail fundraiser. We appreciate them and you for supporting our efforts. Here’s to a fun and engaging year ahead! Vision Statement A professional organization committed to both advocating Senior Commission Update for and contributing to the health, (This article completes the introduction of the members of the Commission that began in the last newsletter.) enrichment, social and supportive Dr. Barbara Zynda worked for the East Lansing School District as the Reading Teacher service needs of East Lansing at MacDonald Middle School for 25 years. Barb's involvement in Prime Time includes residents age 50 and older. attending classes; her favorites include the book club discussion group, Prime Time Crime Time, the Wild Walkers and Stretch, Flex & Balance. She is also involved in the community Value Statement Mosaic Project. We value diversity, and will Alice Martin has made it her goal to help seniors who want to age in place, making sure strengthen and support the they have access to the services they might need to do this. Alice's professional career was integration of older people into in health services, beginning as a dental hygienist and growing over the years to become the Regional Manager for Colgate. Now Alice enjoys water aerobics (which she began as the life of our community. part of her therapy after a knee replacement), art classes, volunteering at the luncheons, We value independence, and and she also was a part of the Fit for Life program at Prime Time. will serve as a community Maria Zdybel is the Director of Administrative Services for St. Vincent Catholic Charities. focal-point assuring access After living out-of-state to care for her father, Maria moved back to East Lansing. She began to a comprehensive array of looking for services and programs in the community to help meet his needs. Now, as an supportive services. East Lansing resident, she is looking forward to retiring in the community and participating We value good health, and in the varied programs offered at Prime Time. will offer health and wellness Dr. Gary Stollak’s interest in senior issues began when he retired from the MSU opportunities that will encourage Department of Psychology where he focused on young children and families. After healthy lifestyle behaviors, and retirement, he began his involvement with Prime Time with swimming, Len Peterson's discourage disability and disease. Book club and Current Events. Looking for opportunities for “happy talk,” as he describes it, he started the “Let's Talk About ...” discussion group which is still going strong. We value customer service, and will serve our clients and those Dr. Jim Levande’s involvement with senior issues began through his wife, whose work was with the MSU Department of Social Work specializing in gerontology. Jim taught Art, who help us to serve our clients, Industrial Arts and Engineering in the East Lansing Public School's Middle School. As a with respect, sensitivity and Commissioner, Jim is most interested in East Lansing's policies as they relate to housing confidentiality. and services to residents, assuring equity between seniors and young families. We value education, and will Every Commissioner is interested in hearing from you. As the collective voice of East provide life-long learning Lansing seniors, it is important to know what you need us to say to the City Council. opportunities that will meet If your neighborhood association would like to have one of us attend your meeting, the needs and interests of our please contact us through the Prime Time office. You are also invited to attend the Senior community's retirees. Commission meetings held the first Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at Prime Time in the East Lansing Hannah Community Center. —Submitted by Jean Brisbo 2 Prime Time Senior’s Program • 819 Abbot Road • East Lansing, MI 48823 • (517) 337-1113 • www.ELPrimeTime.com From the Board/For Your Information From the Friends: Thank You! The Friends of the East Lansing Seniors’ Program, established as a non-profit corporation to manage a charitable trust fund, provides vital supplemental funding for the East Lansing Prime Time senior program. The Friends is a 501(c)(3) organization and is licensed by the Michigan Attorney General to conduct an annual fundraising campaign. In 2015, thanks to the generosity of many people, The Friends was able to provide funds for the September newsletter, speaker honoraria, scholarships, the recycle pick-up fee for East Lansing seniors, supplemental operational dollars to Prime Time, and the required match funds for the Artist Alley mosaic now being created by Prime Time members and MacDonald Middle School students. Contributions received by Oct. 23, 2015 were acknowledged in the last newsletter. Many thanks to the following for their generosity since that time: Adams, Richard & Del Din, Betty Hanna, Richard & Latvala, Beverly Northrup, Richard & Stevens, Sylvia S. & Marilyn Dennis, Frank & Shirley Lazaro, Florencia Maryjane Robert A. Alam , Joan M. Katharine Harding, Jo Leader, Isabel Norton, Sandra Stevens, Sue Allen, Bing Tai DeRose, Cathy Harris, Lauren J. Lemense, Michael Ostrom, Kriss Stollak, Gary & Mary Catherine Alice Dickson, William P. & Harrison, Michael & Lew, Gloria Park, Lois Anderson, Dorothy Robin K. Ann Straub, Lynn Long, Jean & Dave Peterson, Viola Arndt, Kelly J. Dodgson, Carole Hays, Mr & Mrs John J. Sturdivant, Irene Loftus, William Pleschette, Jacqueline Asher, Doris Donelson, Elaine Heath, A. Ross A. Suelter, Clarence Logan, Carolyn E. Atkins, Don W. Donovan-Chamberlin, Hekhuis, Jean & Louis Pogel, Nancy Sutherland, Doris Lunsky, Doris Ball, Richard Norma Hendrickson-Carr, Pollak, Ellen Swan, Lynn & Margo Macrorie, Joyce W. Barnes, Lawrence Draper, Mervin J Valerie Preiss, Jack & Karen Tabor, Patricia Ellen Maloney, Marilyn Batch, Paula Duane, Carol Leventen Hickman, J. Morris & Rechtien, Jim & Mary Taylor, Gloria J. Marrian Manning, Victoria Beaudoin, Gary Dunn, Judy Ann Taylor, Norma Hill, Linda Martin, Alice H. Bertsch, Tom Durkin, Audrey & Reedy, Wes & Susan Teran, Renate McCabe-Power, Joseph Hines, Martha J. Reinhart, Maryann & Bird, Marion Maureen Thomas, Elizabeth Edmunds, Daniel & Holt, Judith David Blankenburg, Sally McCarthy, Joanne Thomas, Dr. & Mrs. Carol Horner, Iris & David Rosen, Jan Bonneau, Chuck & Samuel J. Edwards, Patricia A. Mckay, Dee Kathy Jackson, Maxie & Carrie Ryan, Tom & Patricia Thompson, Clarice & Eicher, Shirley K. McLellan, Richard Bower, Carol Johnson, Bev Schmidt, Dottie Jack Ellis, Rodney McMillan, Barbara Brogan, Dave & Pat Johnson, Mary A.