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Fall 2020 Clark Township 430 Westfield Ave. Clark, NJ 07066 732-388-3600 Ideas for Staying Busy The internet and TV can be entertaining, but it’s essential to limit the time you spend sitting in front of screens. It’s best to find a few other fun ways to fill your day. Below are a few other suggestions. Of course, if you can’t leave your home, you may have to recruit family or friends to shop for the items you’ll need to get started. Social Media Make a Treasure Chest Watch Comedy Classics Social media can be an endless source Put together a nostalgic treasure chest YouTube has a Classic Comedy of entertainment. On Facebook you by making a time capsule for future Channel that can provide hours of can connect with old friends, make generations. Search around your laughter and reminiscing. Here you new friends, start your own Facebook home for memorable old items you’ve can find videos ranging from Bugs group, or participate in an existing saved, like records, cd’s, newspaper Bunny to The Three Stooges, I Love group. You can like and follow your clippings, movie stubs, magazines, Lucy, The Beverly Hillbillies, etc. If favorite celebrities, sports teams, etc. etc. Also, include a dated handwritten you like stand-up comedy, Comedy Plus, there are plenty of online chat letter in your time capsule and Central Stand-Up can also keep you rooms and forums for seniors. then put it in back of your closet for entertained and laughing. someone, probably you children, to Play Games find at a later date. Continued on page 3 If you like to play games, you can hop on your computer visit AARP Game page and you’ll be able to play card and word games, brain games, Mahjongg, and there’s even an Arcade. Take Up Blogging As a senior, you have lots of memories, thoughts, and acquired knowledge that you can share and bring to life for others with your own blog. You can start and host your blog at WordPress. com for a little as $4 per month. To begin blogging, select “Get Started,” choose the layout and design for your site. Then follow the steps to create an account, and you’re ready to start sharing your stories. Find Pen Pals Having Pen Pals is a fabulous way for you to learn about other people, cultures, and ways of life. Traditional, snail mail pen paling is still very popular, but communicating online has taken pen pals to a new level. Global Penfriends is a website designed Many seniors were happy to see the Clark Pool open this summer. to facilitate online as well as more traditional pen pal relationships. They enjoyed some excersise, fresh air and catching up with friends. Test Your Knowledge 1. In 1950, the Famous Brinks 9. What was the name of the new Robbery netted $2.8 million. company formed when Nash- Where did it occur? Kelvinator and Hudson Motor A. Boston Car Co. merged? RECREATION DIRECTOR B. New York A. Chrysler Ralph Bernardo C. Chicago B. General Motors 732-428-8400 C. American Motors [email protected] 2. Who said “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” 10. What fast-food franchise opened SENIOR AFFAIRS DIRECTOR A. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower to the jingle, “Hold the pickle! Ralph Bernardo B. Gen. Omar Bradley Hold the lettuce!“ in 1954? C. Gen. Douglas MacArthur A. Burger King B. Pizza Hut NEWSLETTER PRODUCTION 3. Catcher in the Rye’s portrayal of C. McDonalds Linda Malanga Holden Caufield’s 16-year-old-life (908) 456-5263 was a huge success. Who wrote 11. Psychologist Joyce Brothers won [email protected] the book? the “$64,000 Question.” What A. Herman Wouk was her topic? B. J.D. Salinger A. Eastern philosophy C. William Faulkner B. American literature TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATION C. Boxing 4. Which longest running daytime Sal Bonaccorso, Mayor drama moved from radio to TV 12. What motto did Congress John Laezza in 1952? authorize all US currency and Business Administrator A. Days of Our Lives coins to say in 1953? B. General Hospital A. In God We Trust Council-At-Large C. Guiding Light B. United States of America Angel Albanese C. Liberty 5. In 1952 Richard Nixon made a Alvin Barr speech known as the “Checkers“ 13. Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her Bill Smith speech in answer to allegations seat on a bus led to a Supreme against him. Who or what was Court decision outlawing bus Ward Council the subject of this speech? segregation. Where did this 1st Ward Frank Mazarella A. Cocker Spaniel Dog happen? B. The game of politics A. Memphis, Tennessee 2nd Ward Patrick O’Connor C. A favorite pastime B. Macon, Georgia 3rd Ward Steve Hund C. Montgomery, Alabama 6. What accomplishment in 1953 4th Ward Brian Toal made Edmund Hilary and 14. Which of these is NOT true about Tenzing Norgay famous? Ann Landers? TOWNSHIP DIRECT NUMBERS A. Break the sound barrier A. Her real name was “Eppie” B. Summit Mt. Everest Lederer Administration 732-388-3600 C. Run a four minute mile B. She began her column at the Los Angeles Times Public Works 732-428-8402 7. What did Francis Watson and C. Her twin sister wrote “Dear Clerk 732-388-3669 James Crick become famous for Abby“ discovering? Construction 732-428-8401 A. The polio vaccine Tax Office 732-428-8403 B. The transitor Answers on page 3 C. The “double helix” of DNA Tax Accessor 732-388-1943 SCORING 8. In 1954, the law known as Brown Health/Registrar 732-428-8405 10 to 14 correct: WOW! v. Board of Education was passed. Sewer Utility 732-428-8404 What did the law prohibit? 5 to 9 correct: OOPS! A. School segregation Recreation 732-428-8400 B. School sports 0 to 4 correct: WHATSAMATTER? Court 732-381-5395 C. Affirmative action ANSWERS Staying Busy ...continued 1. A. Boston Chair Yoga Continue Learning The entire robbery only took 17 minutes from beginning to end. When you’re confined to your home, You can learn from the best at getting enough physical exercise can MasterClass. At MasterClass, you can 2. C. Gen. Douglas MacArthur be a challenge. There are many chair watch any class, anytime, with no In his farewell speech to Congress in yoga DVDs, however, there’s a fantastic limitations for $180 per year or $15 per 1951. free 30-minute routine of gentle month. However, if you’re interested 3. B. J.D. Salinger chair yoga that a senior can follow on in something a bit less costly and Herman Wouk wrote the Caine YouTube. Adding chair yoga to your you’re looking to brush up on your Mutiny and Faulkner will win the daily routine is an excellent way for basic school skills, you can sign up to Noble Prize for his many works. the elderly to incorporate regular but access free online courses at the Khan gentle exercise into their day. 4. C. Guiding Light Academy. “The Guiding Light“ was one of the most popular soaps ever produced. Create Your Family Tree Create a Family Cookbook Spend some time researching and Meals are memories, so if you have 5. A. A cocker spaniel dog named tracking down your family history. old family recipes, round them up and Checkers. Start your family history search create a keepsake family cookbook to This was in response to the for free, although you may only get share with your kids and grandkids. accusation that Nixon had a secret fund. He said all he had accepted was so far. Ancestry.com allows you to Decorate a three-ring binder, the gift of the dog. piece together a family tree. A senior handwrite each recipe, place each in can entertain themselves by taking a page protector, and organize all the 6. B. Summit Mt. Everest advantage of the 14-day free trial. recipes into categories. You can make Fighting great odds, this pair became this even more special by adding a the first to reach the top of the World’s Tallest Mountain. Create a Memoir personal comment to each recipe. Create a written or voice memoir 7. C. The “double helix“ of DNA to preserve your life reflections for Memory Scrapbooking The discovery changed the world your children or grandchildren. You You’ve likely saved scraps of this and forever. Jonas Salk gets the credit for could use a leather-bound journal or that to remind you of the special times the polio vaccine. Researchers at Bell you can voice record your memories of your life. Scrapbooking is a great Labs came up with the transistor. using your computer, smartphone, or way to round it all up and creatively put 8. A. School segregation a digital handheld voice recorder. it all together for posterity. Not only The Court said, “Separate educational will scrapbooking spark memories facilities are inherently unequal.” Plant an Indoor Herb Garden of good times, but it’s also a solitary If you have a green thumb and can’t undertaking that can have you smiling 9. C. American Motors A new series of automotive products get out into your yard, consider to yourself. planting a small indoor herb garden. emerged from this company and proved to be very popular with the Plant your herbs in loose soil and Stay Current With the News automobile buying public. small pots. Place the herbs in a Staying current is important. Make location where they’ll get at least reading the newspaper while drinking 10.