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Issue 28 | September 2021

G E M  WHAT’S NEW IN THE “GEM OF NORFOLK COUNTY”

SEPTEMBER  2021 3R5 Social Programs 6 Trips 7R8 Wellness Programs 9 Human Services  10 Calendar

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Ad info. 1-800-477-4574 • Publication Support 1-800-888-4574 • www.lpicommunities.com Foxborough COA, Foxborough, MA 03-1307 SOCIAL PROGRAMS ART WITH ALLY CHORUST SERENDADING SENIORS Thursdays | 10:30amR12:30pm | $5 Per Class Wednesdays | 10:15amR11:15am | FREE! Bring your creave side, and your brushes for this fun The Serenading Seniors are a friendly fun group with weekly acvity. Art with Ally runs on a monthly basis. Payment is rehearsals and occasional performances at local venues. If due at the me of registraon.  you are interested in joining, call Jeanne at 508R543R8940    BINGO MAH JONGG FREE PLAY Tuesday, September 7 | 1:30pmR3:00pm | FREE! Mondays & Wednesdays | 1:00pm | FREE! Come join this tradional game of chance, this event is This fun and excing le game, is perfect for those who are coordinated by the Friends of the Foxboro Seniors  looking to sharpen their skills while making new friends.   CRIBBAGE BOOK CLUB Fridays | 10:45amR12:15pm | FREE! Monday, September 13 | 11:00amR12:00pm | FREE! Come play this fun and excing card game while making new This program is designed for seniors who simply enjoy friends. We will be liming the amount of Cribbage players, reading or listening to books on tape. Registraon Required.  please register before playing. DISSENTERS AND NONCONFORMISTS: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN EARLY AMERICA NEW Wednesday, September 29 | 4:45pm | FREE!  The 1st Amendment to the US Constuon guarantees the right to religious freedom. That guarantee was born of the religious vibrancy and diversity of the English colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries. While we may be familiar with the New England Puritans and the Virginia Anglicans, there were many other religious groups that shaped Early America. This lecture by historian Paolo Di Gregorio will focus on the story of religious freedoms in America and may be especially of interest to those that are traveling on the Lancaster/Amish Country trip with the Senior Center in October. COFFEE & DONUTS TECH LESSONS NEW Daily | 8:30ishR11:30 | FREE! (donaons encouraged) Thursdays | 2:00pm | FREE!  Our popular, coffee and donuts has returned! Once again At the me of publicaon, we are sll waing for final you will be able to get a cup of coffee and/or a donut  confirmaons from the Foxborough Regional Charter  School, however we intend on offering 1:1 Technology SCRABBLE Lessons from the Charter School Students. Check Back! Mondays | 1:00pm | FREE!  Meet some new friends while playing America’s favorite MAH JONGG LESSONS NEW board game. This program is liming the number of Wednesdays starng October 13 | 12:30pm | FREE! parcipants to follow guidelines.  Have you ever wanted to learn how to play Mah Jongg? Or CANASTA has it been many years since you last played and you would Thursdays| 12:30pm | FREE! like a refresher? This 7 week class taught by Edie Erickson Canasta is a card game of the rummy family of games. will teach you all the basics of this fairly complicated game. Players should have prior experience and should register in By the end of the class you should be able join the regularly advance as space is limited in this program.  scheduled Mah Jongg groups here at the Senior Center.    CLUB NEW Mondays | 2:05pmR3:50pm The series, set in the ficonal NEW Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey between 1912 R1926 depicts the lives of the aristocrac Crawley family and their domesc servants. The Downton Abbey Club will convene each Monday to watch the crically acclaimed show in chronological order. Most weeks the club will watch two episodes in a row.  R E G I S T E R O N L I N E F O R A L L  2 P R O G R A M S A T www.MyAcveCenter.com  SOCIAL PROGRAMS 

 Q/A WITH THE TOWN MANAGER TRACY’S TREASURES CRAFT SHOW Wednesday, September 29 | 12:30pm | FREE! Tuesday, September 14 | 11:00am | FREE! Come join the Foxborough Town Manager, William Keegan Tracy’s Treasures Cra Show is filmed at the Senior Center for conversaon. The Town Manager will provide updates and broadcast on Facebook. Cra er Extraordinaire Tracy on town proceedings and if me allows, a queson and Rozak teaches seniors how to turn every day items into answer session.  Treasures.   LANCASTER TRIP MEET & GREET NEW Thursday, October 7 | 12:00pm | FREE! NEW This meet & greet is for travelers on the October Lancaster, Pennsylvania trip to get to know one another. Aendance is not required but it is strongly encouraged. Hors d’oeuvres will be served.  KNITTING Mondays | 1:00pm | FREE!  This class is for beginners as well as those who would like to brush up on their skills or work on a project. Please bring your kning needles and yarn.  COUNCIL ON AGING/HUMAN SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD MEETING Thursday, September 23 | 3:00pm | FREE!  The COA/HS Advisory Board is a group of senior representaves appointed by the Board of Selectmen to advise the daily operaons of the Council on Aging/Human Services Dep.  FRIENDS OF THE FOXBORO SENIORST MCGINTY ROOM Saturday, September 18 | 9:00am | FREE!  The Friends of the Foxboro Seniors is a Foxborough based nonprofit whose mission is to support the needs of Foxborough’s seniors. If you are interested in joining the friends please  THEATER WORKSHOP NEW consider using the donaon below. Wednesdays| 11:30amR12:30pm | FREE!  Learn character portrayal by reading scripts (mostly TALESPINNERS comedy). This fun workshop led by Evie Rayburg and Tuesdays| 2:00pmR3:00pm | FREE! Jeanne Bonneau will require no memorizaon, costumes Our stories and memories are what glue us together as or producon.  families, neighborhoods, and even whole sociees. You  may not consider yourself a writer or even a storyteller,  but you may have interesng recollecons to share.     D FRIENDS OF THE FOXBORO SENIORS O Today’s Date______Yearly Membership runs from July 1stRJune 30th Name ______ N Address______Phone (____)______Email______ A Membership Donaon for $10 pp. If you would like to make an addional contribuon $ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ  Memorial Donaon $ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ In Memory ofZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ T Make your check payable to the “Friends of the Foxboro Seniors”, PO Box 116, Foxborough Ma 02035. R E GR I ES GT EI SR T EO R N LO I N LE I N F EO R F O A R L L A LF L R E E  39 P R O G R A M S A T www.MyAcveCenter.com  SOCIAL PROGRAMS

 TABLE TOP GARDEN CLUB  Tuesdays | 9:45am | FREE!   Garden Club has started once again offering their Table Top  Garden Club. Under the direcon of Marsha Lewicke this  LUNCHEON OUTINGS club will explore gardening and techniques . 



  Thursday, September 30T Jake & Joes  VETERANS’ CLUB    MEN’S BBQROUTSIDE Monday, September 20 | 2:30pm | FREE!  Wednesday, September 23 | 12:00pm | Cost: $3 The mission of the Veterans’ Club is to create a listening Once a month men are invited to a BBQ where they can session around veterans and their stories to ensure that  discuss men’s issues. To parcipate in the BBQ men must this living history will never be forgoen.  register and pay by the Tuesday before.        SENIOR SANDWICHES: GRAB & GO OR IN PERSON NEW Thursdays| 10amR1pm | $3 Suggested Donaon to HESSCO     All meals are served with a side, a bag of chips and water    September 2T Chicken salad on a roll   September 9T Turkey & cheese on a croissant    September 16T Seafood salad on a roll   September 23T Ham & cheese on a croissant    September 30T Chicken salad on a roll    SENIOR SANDWICHES WILL NOW BE ON   THURSDAYS, PICK UP YOUR SANDWICHES AT    THE FRONT DESK BETWEEN 10AMR1PM             MOVIES  September’s Theme: Sherlock Holmes   SHERLOCK HOLMES (2009)  Thursday, September 2 | 1:00pm | FREE! HISTORY OF THE DOOLITTLE HOME  NEW When a string of murders terrorizes London, it doesn’t take Thursday, September 30 | 2:15pm | FREE! long for legendary detecve Sherlock Holmes (Robert We have all driven by hundreds of mes, but now come Downey Jr. and his crime solving partner, Dr. Watson (Jude learn an important piece of Foxborough history. This Law) to find the killer  program will be presented by Linda Hunter, the Execuve SHERLOCK HOLMES 2: GAME OF SHADOWS (2011) Director of the Doolile Home. Snacks will be provided.   Thursday, September 9 | 1:00pm | FREE! CARD MAKING Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr) and Dr. Watson (Jude Law) are Thursday, September 9 | 2:00pm | FREE! back to catch the infamous criminal, Moriarty (Jared Harris)   Are you a cra y person? Are you interested in learning a ENOLA HOLMES (2020) new skill? Helen Rice will, once again, be hosng her Thursday, September 23 | 1:00pm | FREE! famous card making class. All supplies are included, and at While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola the end of the class you will have a beauful home made Holmes, () uses her sleuthing skills to card for a future event! outsmart her older brother Sherlock (Henry Cavill) and help  FEASIBILITY STUDY SITE TOUR a runaway lord.  NEW  Wednesday, September 22 | 4:00pm | FREE! MR. HOLMES (2015) Many seniors who have viewed the Feasibility Study have Thursday, September 30| 1:00pm | FREE! requested to be shown potenal site locaons for a new LongRrered and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes Senior/Community Center. Anyone who is interested in (Ian McKellen) grapples with an unreliable memory and touring the 3 sites should meet at the “Auditorium” directly must rely on his housekeeper’s son as he revisits the sllR behind the Public Safety Facility on Payson Road.  unsolved case that led to his rerement.   THE HISTORY OF HOWARD JOHNSONS + ROOT BEER FLOATS! NEW Wednesday, October 6 | 4:15pmT Root Beer Floats 4:30pm Presentaon | FREE! Howard Johnson created an orange roofed empire of ice cream stands and restaurants that stretched from Maine to Florida Enjoy a root beer float while hearing Boston historian and author Anthony M. Sammarco recount the history of Howard Johnsons 28 flavors of ice cream, the “Tendersweet” clam strips, and the other delicious and tradional foods you enjoyed! TRIPS & TOURS

PILGRIM BELLE  Thursday, September 2 | Cost: Cost: Residents $101R Non Residents $106 Cruise Plymouth Harbor in style aboard the Pilgrim Belle, a MississippiRstyle paddle wheeler. This 75 minute, narrated, cruise of this historic town and seaport. A erwards enjoy lunch at Tavern on the Wharf and a wine tasng at Plymouth Bay Winery. You’ll also enjoy me on your own to explore downtown Plymouth. 

YANKEE CANDLET BRIGHT NIGHTS Thursday, December 9 | Cost: Residents $94R Non Residents $100 Get in the holiday spirit with this fun filled day. Our first stop is lunch at Storrowton Tavern & Carriage House in West Springfield, choose from Baked New England Scrod or Roast Turkey. Then we are off to America’s favorite candle company, Yankee Candle. When darkness sets in we will drive through Bright Nights in Forest park, a renowned village of Christmas lights. 

Mackinac Island NEW Spring 2022  Trip details will be announced September 22 2:00pm  WELLNESS PROGRAMS

  10 CLASS PUNCH CARD  $27.50  (AVG. $2.75 PER CLASS)   20 CLASS PUNCH CARD  $40.00  (AVG. $2.00 PER CLASS)   40 CLASS PUNCH CARD  $70.00  (AVG. $1.75 PER CLASS) CHAIR YOGA  TAI CHI Mondays | 9:15amR10:15am | Cost $3 or punch card Tuesdays | 8:30amT 9:30 am Chair Yoga is a gentle form of yoga that can be done while Start your day with the peaceful meditaon and movement sing on a chair or while standing and using the chair for of Tai Chi led by instructor Elijah Swain. Elijah is a 9th Degree support. (Punch Card Eligible) New InstructorT Kelly McIntyre black belt and owns the Tai Jing Academy. Thank you to the  SENIOR FITNESS (1 & 2)  Friends of the Foxboro Seniors for helping to fund this program! (Punch Card Eligible) Senior Fitness 1RFridays | 8:45amR9:30am  Senior Fitness 2VFridays | 9:35amR10:20am  ZUMBA GOLD This class uses stretching, aerobics, and handRheld weights Tuesdays | 9:45amR10:45am | Cost $3 or punch card to focus on exercising the body from the neck to ankles. Zumba is a fitness program inspired by Lan Dance. Zumba Senior Fitness is designed for all levels of abilies. For the combines Lan rhythms with cardiovascular exercise to me being this class will be taught by a teacher courtesy of create an aerobic roune that is fun and easy to follow.  the YMCA. (Punch Card Eligible) (Punch Card Eligible) STRENGTH TRAINING (1 & 2)  Strength Training 1 VWednesdays | 8:25amR9:10am  MEDITATION TINSIDE NEW Strength Training 2T Wednesdays | 9:15amR10:00am  Tuesdays | 12:00pmR1:00pm | Cost $3 or punch card Each week this program features stretching rounes and Meditaon is a state of deep peace that occurs when the exercises that focus on the core, legs, arms, and shoulders. mind is calm and silent. Learn to create peace of mind and (Punch Card Eligible) go on a mini vacaon of meditaon everyday! Each class will  focus on breathing, improving posture, and praccing P U N C H C A R D S different meditaon methods including wring your own 10 CLASS PUNCH CARD $27.50 (AVG. $2.75 PER CLASS) guided meditaon. In these uncertain mes you deserve 20 CLASS PUNCH CARD $40.00 (AVG. $2.00 PER CLASS) moments of calm personal reflecon.  40 CLASS PUNCH CARD $70.00 (AVG. $1.75 PER CLASS) MEDITATION IS NOW PUNCH CARD ELIGIBLE

 BLOOD PRESSURE HEARING HEALTH  Tuesday, September 14 & 28 | 9:00am | FREE! Wednesday, September 1 & 15 | 1:00pm | FREE! Free blood pressure check by the Foxborough This program will provide hearing tesng, ear wax removal, hearing Fire Department Deputy Chief and Public Health aid cleaning and service by appointment. Repairs of hearing aids Nurse, Thomas Kenvin. Call 508R543R1234 to and new purchases are also available. To make an appointment make an appointment.  please call the Senior Center.  NUTRITION CLASS  Tuesdays| 11:00am | FREE! NECK AND SHOULDER TRAINING FOR SENIORS Each week the nutrion class shares new Thursdays, July 29VSeptember 2 | 9:00am | Cost: $42  healthy recipes, parcipates in food sampling, OR  exchanges ideas, and talks about good nutrion.  Mondays, August 9VSeptember20 | 11:45am | Cost: $42   This six week program is designed to relieve stress and increase MEN’S FITNESS mobility in the neck and shoulder region. The balloons are back! . . Thursdays, Sept 2ROct 14 | 10:35am | $42  This program is facilitated by Steve Avellino CFT, CES, SSF, SSN.  This 6Rweek program is designed to help senior (6 Week Class)  males move and feel beer. We’ll combine  fitness with correcve exercise to alleviate joint TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS NEW pain and promote beer mobility. All ages and Wednesday, September 1| 2:00pm | FREE! fitness levels welcome. This program is As we age, transportaon concerns become more apparent. This facilitated by Steve Avellino CFT, CES, SSF, SSN.  presentaon by Chrisna LaRose will highlight all of the different transportaon opons that are available to you.  R E G I S T E R O N L I N E F O R A L L   6 P R O G R A M S A T www.MyAcveCenter.com    WELLNESS PROGRAMS  YOGA  NEW WALKING CLUB Fridays, August 27ROctober 29 | 10:30amR11:45am| $53 Wednesdays| 10:00am | FREE! YOGA is the UNION between body, mind, and spirit. This small group is always accepng new members. Get out Everyone is welcome just as they are on their own personal and enjoy our beauful New England weather Each week journey towards greater nonRjudgmental self awareness. the walking club meets at the Foxborough Senior Center  There are no fitness prerequisites to be able to develop a then chooses a locaon to walk (most locaons are just a very meaningful and effecve yoga pracce, however short drive away). parcipants should be comfortable on the ground for an  NEW extended period of me with a yoga mat.  MOVEMENT PATTERNS FOR BRAIN HEALTH  Thursdays, Sept 9VOct 14 | 9:00am | Cost: $42  SHINE OR  Tuesdays | 3:00pm | FREE! Mondays, Sept 27VNov 8 | 11:45am | Cost: $42  Our SHINE( Serving Health Informaon Needs of Everyone) This 6 week program is designed to use movement paerns counselor provided through HESSCO can help you navigate to create new neural pathways, reawaken old neural all your changes in insurance, prescripon coverage, and pathways, and create new neurons in the brain. We will Medicare. Appointments are required and made on a first start with simple movement paerns and proceed to more come, first serve basis. As of August, SHINE appointments complex paerns. This program will also help with the are sll conducted on a remote basis. Please call the Senior propriocepon (the body knowing where it is in space.) The Center for an appointment.  program is facilitated by Steve Avellino CFT, CES, SSF, SSN   

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R E G I S T E R O N L I N E F O R A L L  7 P R O G R A M S A T www.MyAcveCenter.com  HUMAN SERVICES

HUMAN SERVICES offers social services to any Foxborough resident in need. Our goal is to support individuals and families in resolving problems that they may face. Please call 508R543R1234 to make an appointment with Pam or Chrisna. COMMUNITY RESOURCES Make an appointment with a Human Services social LOW VISION SUPPORT GROUPROUTSIDE worker to learn about these resources.  September 16| 1:00pmR2:00pm | FREE!  This adult group providing peer support and informaon Emergency Management Database Mass Health is for anyone with vision loss or those who have concerns Prescripon Advantage Lifeline Phones about their vision.  Housing Recerficaon GATRA Applicaons  Home Visits Benefit Access Info & Referrals Operaon Reassurance SNAP Fuel Assistance   PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS  With a simple push of a buon, you can quickly be connected to emergency personnel when needed. We have informaon on a variety of PERS systems as well as programs which can help these systems become affordable to you. LOCK BOX SAFETY PROGRAM  Through a cooperave program with the Foxborough Fire & Rescue Department, lock boxes are available to Foxborough residents to be installed on the exterior of your home for use in the event of an emergency. The small, secure lock box will hold a key to your residence that only Foxborough Fire & Rescue emergency personnel can access, allowing emergency access to your home when you are unable to answer the door. Foxborough Fire & Rescue and the Council on Aging & Human Services have pooled funds through grants and other resources to purchase the lock boxes. Fire & Rescue will install the lock box free of charge. For those who would like to donate to the program, there is a oneRme suggested donaon of $35. There are no monthly fees or installaon fees.  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DATABASE  If you feel at risk in the event of an emergency situaon or power outage due to special needs, you can parcipate in our Emergency Management Database. By filling out our intake form, your special requirements for assistance can be shared with the Foxborough Public Safety officials for the purpose of assisng you and your household in care and comfort during an emergency. OPERATION REASSURANCE There may be mes when seniors who live on their own feel the need and would take comfort in a morning checkRin call. Through Operaon Reassurance, older adults speak daily with a staff member to make sure that they are safe and sound.

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The Foxborough Senior Center operates a car and van APPOINTMENTS, AND AROUND TOWN transportaon service to assist Seniors and Human Service The Car and Van are available most days and mes to Clients. Rides are always free and can be scheduled by transport Foxborough residents to their desired locaon. calling the Foxborough Senior Center MondayRFriday,   8:00am R11:00am at 508R543R1234 X 65120. Rides can be MODIFIED SHOPPING TRIPS scheduled up to two weeks in advance. All ride requests Monday A ernoons R Stop and Shop  must be made by 11:00am the prior day. Monday rides Thursday A  ernoons R  must be booked by Friday.  Job LotT September 2, 16, & 30 When booking please have:  WalmartT September 9 & 23  1. Pick up address & phone number.  POLICIES 2. Desnaon address and phone number.  Shopping: When using the Van or Car, please buy no more 3. The me you need to be at your desnaon.  than you can carry. Same Day Cancellaon: Please speak 4. The purpose of the trip.  with a staff member. Do not leave a message. Typical 5. Approximate return me.  Cancellaon: Please leave a message with staff. 

R E G I S T E R O N L I N E F O R A L L  8 P R O G R A M S A T www.MyAcveCenter.com  MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY  FRIDAY   1 Seafood Newburg 2 Turkey Tetrazzini 3 Salisbury Steak  8:25 Strength Training 1 PILGRIM BELLE TRIP 8:45 Senior Fitness 1 9:15 Strength Training 2  9:35 Senior Fitness 2 10:00 Walking Club 9:00 Neck & Shoulder 10:45 Cribbage Home Delivered Meals are provided by  10:15 Chorus 10:00 Senior Sandwiches 10:30 Yoga HESSCO Elder Services.  10:15 DC: Woods Hole 10:30 Art With Ally  11:30 Theater Workshop 10:35 Men’s Fitness  Call 781R784R4944 for more informaon  1:00 Hearing Health 12:30 Canasta  1:00 Mah Jongg 1:00 Movie: Sherlock 2:00 Transportaon  Holmes 4:00 End of Summer Luau JOB LOT   7 Chicken Teriyaki 8 Fish Nuggets 9 Roast Turkey 10 Sausage  8:30 Tai Chi 8:25 Strength Training 1 9:00 Neck & Shoulder 8:45 Senior Fitness 1 LABOR DAY 9:45 Garden Club 9:15 Strength Training 2 10:00 Senior Sandwiches 9:35 Senior Fitness 2 THE FOXBOROUGH 9:45 Zumba Gold 10:00 Walking Club 10:30 Art With Ally 10:45 Cribbage

11:00 Nutrion  10:15 Chorus 10:35 Men’s Fitness  10:30 Yoga SENIOR CENTER IS 12:00 Meditaon 10:15 DC: Roger Williams 12:30 Canasta CLOSED 1:30 Bingo 11:30 Theater Workshop 1:00 Movie: Sherlock 2:00 Talespinners 1:00 Mah Jongg Holmes 2 2:00 Ukulele Level 2 1:00 Into the Heights Make Up 2:00 Card Making 3:00 SHINE 4:00 Sundae Party 13 Pork Ribs 14 Cajun Chicken 15 American Chop Suey 16 Breaded FishWALMART  17 Cheeseburger 9:15 Chair Yoga  8:30 Tai Chi 8:25 Strength Training 1 9:00 Neck & Shoulder 8:45 Senior Fitness 1 11:00 Book Club 9:00 Blood Pressure 9:15 Strength Training 2 10:00 Senior Sandwiches 9:35 Senior Fitness 2 11:45 Neck & Shoulder 9:45 Garden Club 10:15 Chorus 10:30 Art With Ally 10:45 Cribbage 1:00 Scrabble  9:45 Zumba Gold 10:15 DC: American 10:35 Men’s Fitness 10:30 Yoga 1:00 Mah Jongg 11:00 Tracy’s Treasures Heritage Museum 12:30 Canasta 1:00 Kning 11:00 Nutrion  11:30 Theater Workshop 1:00 Low Vision 18 2:05 Downton Abbey 12:00 Meditaon 1:00 Mah Jongg 2:00 Tech Lessons  9:00 Friends of Club 2:00 Talespinners 1:00 Hearing Health the Foxboro   2:00 Ukulele Level 2 4:30 Guacamole Day Seniors  3:00 SHINE JOB LOT STOP & SHOP 20 Turkey a La King 21 Chicken Marsala 22 Roast Pork 23 Meatloaf 24 LS Hot Dog 9:15 Chair Yoga  8:30 Tai Chi 8:25 Strength Training 1 9:00 Neck & Shoulder 8:45 Senior Fitness 1

11:45 Neck & Shoulder  9:45 Zumba Gold 9:15 Strength Training 2 10:00 Senior Sandwiches 9:35 Senior Fitness 2 1:00 Scrabble 9:45 Garden Club 10:00 Walking Club 10:30 Art With Ally 10:45 Cribbage

1:00 Mah Jongg 11:00 Nutrion  10:15 Chorus 10:35 Men’s Fitness  10:30 Yoga 1:00 Kning 12:00 Meditaon 10:15 DC: Newport 12:00 Men’s BBQ  2:05 :00 Talespinners 11:30 Theater Workshop 12:30 Canasta  Club 2:00 Ukulele Level 2 1:00 Mah Jongg 1:00 Movie: Enola Holmes 2:30 Veterans’ Club 3:00 SHINE 2:00 Mackinac Trip Info 2:00 Tech Lessons 4:00 Feasibility StudyRTour 3:00 COA/HS Advisory  STOP & SHOP WALMART 27 Stuffed Shells 28 Swedish Meatballs 29 Chicken Pacaa 30 Apple Cider Beef SAVE THE DATE 9:15 Chair Yoga  8:30 Tai Chi 8:25 Strength Training 1 9:00 Neck & Shoulder  10:30 Feasibility Study  9:00 Blood Pressure 9:15 Strength Training 2 10:00 Senior Sandwiches 11:45 Neck & Shoulder  9:45 Garden Club 10:00 Walking Club 10:30 Art With Ally DECEMBER 2 1:00 Scrabble 9:45 Zumba Gold 10:15 Chorus 10:35 Men’s Fitness ANNUAL 1:00 Mah Jongg 11:00 Nutrion  10:15 DC: Wojcik’s Farm 12:30 Canasta 1:00 Kning 12:00 Meditaon 11:30 Theater Workshop 1:00 Movie: Mr. Holmes  HOLIDAY PARTY 2:05 Downton Abbey 2:00 Talespinners 12:30 Town Manager 2:00 Tech Lessons @ LAKEVIEW 2:00 Ukulele Level 2 1:00 Mah Jongg 2:15 History of th 3:00 SHINE 4:45 Paolo Doolile Home STOP & SHOPSTOP JOB LOT     

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