VSENIORan ACTIVITY M & WELLNESSa CENTERtr e TABLE OF CONTENTS ...... 2 Healthy Tips……..………………..3 Calendar Events & News ...... 4 Brain Teasers ...... 5 Menu ...... 6 Activities Events ...... 7 Funding for Center…………...... 8 Baxter House Adult Day Center…9 Class Details ...... 10 Puzzle ...... 11 Meet Our Staff ...... 12

CENTER INFO 1101 Spring Street Hurry and get your Mountain Home, AR 72653 raffle tickets for this (870) 424-3054 (870) 424-3055 Fax beautiful large oil www.aaanwar.org painting. Facebook: @Vanmatrecenter HOURS 6 tickets for $5.00 Monday ...... 8:00 AM-4:30 PM Raffle drawing on Tuesday ...... 8:00 AM-4:30 PM Wednesday...... 8:00 AM-4:30 PM 4/30/2019 Thursday ...... 8:00 AM-4:30 PM Friday ...... 8:00 AM-4:30 PM April 12th Senior Games Women’s Pool Tournament 9 am Van Matre Lunch ...... 11:00 AM-12:30 PM April 19th Senior Games Men’s Pool Tournament 9 am Van Matre

CONTACTS April 12th Premier Jewelry fundraiser for your Senior Center Director...... Robyn Snyder [email protected] Program Assistant….Anne Johnson Coming soon! [email protected] A benefit performance of The Facility Assistant…...... Father of the Bride presented by [email protected] General Questions…...Lynne Weaver The Twin Lakes Play House for [email protected] Van Matre Senior Center in July 2019. Please buy a ticket and support your senior center.

APRIL 2019 NEWS AT THE CENTER Easter Bunny The Easter Bunny (also called the Easter or Easter ) is a folkloric figure and symbol of Easter, depicted as a rabbit bringing Easter eggs. Originang among German Lutherans, the "Easter Hare" originally played the role of a judge, evaluang whether children were good or disobedient in behavior at the start of the season of Easterde. The Easter Bunny is somemes depicted with clothes. In legend, the creature carries colored eggs in his basket, candy, and somemes also toys to the homes of children, and as such shows similaries to Santa Claus or the Christ kind, as they both bring gi s to children on the night before their respecve holidays. The custom was first menoned in Georg Franck von Franckenau's De Ovis Paschalibus ('About Easter Eggs') in 1682, referring to a German tradion of an Easter Hare bringing Easter eggs for the children. Eggs In addion, Orthodox churches have a custom of abstaining from eggs during the fast of Lent. The only way to keep them from being wasted was to boil or roast them, and begin eang them to break the fast. As a special dish, they would probably have been decorated as part of the celebraons. Later, German Protestants retained the custom of eang colored eggs for Easter, though they did not connue the tradion of fasng. Eggs boiled with some flowers change their color, bringing the spring into the homes, and some over me added the custom of decorang the eggs. Many Chrisans of the Eastern Orthodox Church to this day typically dye their Easter eggs red, the color of blood, in recognion of the blood of the sacrificed Christ (and, of the renewal of life in springme). Some also use the color green, in honor of the new foliage emerging a er the long-dead me of winter. The Ukrainian art of decorang eggs for Easter, known as pysanky, dates to ancient, pre-Chrisan mes. Similar variants of this form of artwork are seen amongst other eastern and central European cultures. The idea of an egg-giving hare went to the U.S. in the 18th century. Protestant German immigrants in the Penn- sylvania Dutch area told their children about the "Osterhase" (somemes spelled "Oschter Haws"). Hase means "hare", not rabbit, and in Northwest European folklore the "Easter Bunny" indeed is a hare. According to the leg- end, only good children received gi s of colored eggs in the nests that they made in their caps and bonnets be- fore Easter. and The hare was a popular mof in medieval church art. In ancient mes, it was widely believed (as by Pliny, Plu- tarch, Philostratus, and Aelian) that the hare was a hermaphrodite. The idea that a hare could reproduce with- out loss of virginity led to an associaon with the Virgin Mary, with hares somemes occurring in illuminated manuscripts and Northern European painngs of the Virgin and Christ Child. It may also have been associated with the Holy , as in the three hares mof. Eggs, like rabbits and hares, are ferlity symbols of anquity. Since birds lay eggs and rabbits and hares give birth to large liers in the early spring, these became symbols of the rising ferlity of the earth at the Vernal Equinox. Rabbits and hares are both prolific breeders. Female hares can conceive a second lier of offspring while sll pregnant with the first. This phenomenon is known as superfetaon. Lagomorphs mature sexually at an early age and can give birth to several liers a year (hence the saying, "to breed like rabbits" or "to breed like bun- nies"). It is therefore not surprising that rabbits and hares should become ferlity symbols, or that their spring- me mang ancs should enter into Easter folklore.

2 | Van Matre Senior Activity & Wellness Center VAN MATRE SENIOR CENTER INFORMATION Healthy Tips for 2019 1. Eat Breakfast-start your morning with a healthy breakfast that includes protein, whole grains, fruits and veggies. 2. Make 2 cups of fruit and 2 1/2 cups of vegetables your daily goal. 3. Watch portion sizes and your recommended serving size. 4. Be active with physical activity 5. Reading the nutrition facts will help eat and drink smarter 6. Fix healthy snacks this will help you sustain energy levels. 7. Drink more water 8. Prepare more foods at home 9. Reduce added sugar foods and drinks with added sugars contain empty calories and little or no nutrition. 10. Eat seafood twice a week. Seafood contains a range of nutrients including healthy omega 3 fats. 11. Slow down at mealtime. Instead of eating on the run, sit down to eat your food. “This is a paid advertisement. This is not an endorsement from the Van Matre Senior Activity and Wellness Center or the Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Arkansas.”

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April 12th Premier Jewelry show April 12th Senior Games Women’s Pool Tournament 9 AM Van Matre April 19th Senior Games Men’s Pool Tournament 9 AM Van Matre April 24-th & 25th Health Fair at Baxter County Fair Grounds April 25th Dose of Reality with Mary from Dept. of Health at 10:00 AM

Looking for a volunteer yoga instructor for beginning yoga classes her at the senior center. Wednesday’s at 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. We have lots of clients asking for a beginning yoga class. If you would like more information please come talk to Robyn. Only 3 more Van Matre Cookbooks are left!! Hurry and get a cookbook before they are all gone. We are collecting NEW recipes for our 2nd volume cook- books so please submit your recipes. This cookbook will include: Gluten Free, Dairy Free, and Diabetic friendly recipes. We are also adding Keto, Paleo, and Vegan diet followers recipes. In ad- dition we hope to include breakfast smoothies to jump start your day, and a pet friendly section. Thursday Night Music at Van Matre Senior Center $3.00 per person entry fee 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

4 | Van Matre Senior Activity & Wellness Center BRAIN TEASERS It was Easter in Easter village and all the Easter bunnies are joyful. The annual Easter egg hunt was just fin- ished. The Easter egg hunt is where four Easter bunnies search for any of the four colored eggs and then cross the finish line. Can you figure out which Easter bunny found which egg wand what place they finished?

Easter bunnies– Mr. Hops, Jumper, Long Ears, and Mrs. Littlenose

Easter Eggs– blue, red, green, and yellow

Clues: 1. Long Ears did not finish in 2nd place. 2. Jumper did not finish in 1st 3. Long Ears found the red Easter egg. 4. The bunny that finished in 2nd did not find the green 5. Mr. Hops did not find the blue egg 6. Lilttlenose did not finish in 2nd 7. The bunny that found the blue egg did not finish in 1st or 2nd 8. Hops finished in 4th Answer on back last page of newsletter

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 2 3 4 5 Chicken Parmesan Pepper steak with Herbed Pork Roast Baked Chicken with Fried fish filet Noodles with marinara gravy Pork gravy mushroom gravy Brown beans Italian blend Au Gratin potatoes Fried sweet potatoes Parmesan noodles Wilted cabbage Vegetables Buttered corn Seasoned green beans Glazed carrots Cornbread Italian bread Dinner roll Wheat roll Dinner roll Cookie Fruit crisp Fresh Fruit Cake Spiced apples

8 9 10 11 12 Chicken Fried Chicken Beef Pot Roast with Dressed hamburger on Beef stroganoff Fried fish Mashed potatoes gravy bun Parsley noodles Brown beans Garden peas Baked potato Homestyle fries Broccoli florets Seasoned spinach Dinner roll Buttered carrots Relish plate dinner roll Cornbread Mixed fruit Dinner roll Fruited gelatin Cake Spiced applesauce Fruit cobbler

15 16 17 18 19 Spaghetti & meat sauce Balsamic herbed Baked Pork chop Chicken fried steak Chicken tenders Italian blend chicken Baked sweet potato Mashed potatoes Homestyle fries Vegetables Wild rice Steamed cauliflower Steamed broccoli Green beans Italian bread Lima beans Dinner roll Wheat roll Biscuit Fruit crisp Wheat bread Strawberry shortcake Fruit crisp Lemon bar Fruited gelatin

22 23 24 25 26 Meatloaf BBQ chicken Breaded pork cutlet Herb roasted pork Dressed Hamburger Mashed potatoes Mustard potato salad Black-eyed peas Rice pilaf on bun Buttered corn Three bean salad Buttered carrots Seasoned spinach Baked beans Dinner roll Wheat bread Wheat bread Wheat roll Creamy coleslaw Pineapple angel cake Fruit crisp Mandarin orange fluff Orange & pineapple Chilled peaches parfait

29 30 April is volunteer appreciation month. Please say thank Hearty chili Stuffed peppers you to our incredible volunteers here at the center. Our Tossed salad w/ Mashed potatoes volunteers dedication and hard work at our senior center is dressing Buttered Cauliflower Crackers White roll what makes our center a great success and we continue to Apple Chocolate ice cream grow day by day. Thank you so much for your commitment to our center, and together we are an awesome team!

6 | Van Matre Senior Activity & Wellness Center APRIL 2019 Events Monday Tuesday Wednesday 8:00 Fit Women 8:00 Yoga 8:00 Tai Chi 9:00 Zumba Gold 10:00 PEPPI 9:15 Fit Women 9:30 Bingo 12:30 Dominoes, Duplicate Bridge 10:30 Zumba Gold 10:00 Line Dancing 1:00 Mahjong 12:30 Mahjong 11:00 Scrabble 1:00 Poker 1:00 Pinochle 12:30 Bridge 12:00 Bridge Lessons 1:00 Pinochle & Bunco 2nd Week of the Month 4th Monday’s Bunco 5:00 PM Classic Chevy Club 7:00 PM Ozark Earth Science Club 3rd Week of the Month 7:00 PM North Arkansas Fly Fisherman Meeting Thursday Friday Weekends 8:00 Yoga 8:00 Fit Women 2nd Saturday of the Month 10:00 PEPPI 9:15 Fit Women 9:00 AARP Safe Driving 12:30 Bridge and Dominoes 10:00 Genealogy 12:30 PM Bridge 12:45 Bunco 10:30 Zumba Gold 4th Thursday 12:00 Bridge 1:00 TLWB Bunco 12:30 Mahjong 4th Friday’s of the Month 6:00 PM Thursday Night Music 1:00 Baxter Poetry Club 2nd & 4th Friday of the Month Blood Pressure 1st and 3rd Friday’s 12:30 Dominoes 1st Friday of the Month Round Robin

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The center is open Monday-Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. We serve a nutritious lunch from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM. A suggested donation of $3.00 for anyone 60 years or older. Guests under 60 are welcome to enjoy a meal for only $6.50 A take out meal is available for $6.50.

If you need a ride to the doctor’s office, grocery store, or local transportation, please call the center. We offer transportation Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 12 PM. A suggested donation of $3.00 in Mountain Home city limits, and outside of Mountain Home is $5.00. Suggested donations for longer trips will be based on mileage.

Social activities at the Senior Center is a suggested donation of a $1.00 per day per person. We offer the following activities: Exercise, Gym, Billiards, Table Games, and Card Games.

Meals on wheels home delivered meals are also available of those individuals that qualify. They are served a nutritious meal, each meal is a suggested donation of $3.00.

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For ad info. call 1-800-950-9952 • www.4lpi.com Van Matre Senior Activity and Wellness Center D 4C 01-1494 TABLE OF CONTENTS Easter Bunny…...………………...2 Meet our staff: Healthy Tips ...... 3 Director: Robyn Snyder Calendar of Events & News ...... 4 Program Assistant: Anne Johnson Brain Teasers ...... 5 Facility Assistant: Lynne Weaver Menu ...... 6 Transport Driver: Ronald Thompson Activities Events...... 7 Transport/HDM Driver: Janie Davis Funding for Center………….…….8 Baxter House Adult Day Center ... 9 HDM Driver: Orlando Sequeira Class Details ...... 10 HDM Driver: Perry Gage Puzzle ...... 11 HDM Driver: Lenard Bennett Meet our staff ...... 12 Food Service Manager: Jodie Secor Kitchen Assistant: Maria Howard CENTER INFO Kitchen Assistant: Noel McCoy 1101 Spring Street Kitchen Assistant: Cindy Barnes Mountain Home, AR 72653 Kitchen Assistant: Gayla Casebolt (870) 424-3054 Custodian: Terry Bell (870) 424-3055 Fax Backup Drivers: Loretta Zortman www.aaanwar.org Facebook: @Vanmatrecenter Christmas for the HOURS homebound Monday……….. 8:00 AM-4:30 PM We are asking for help to gather gifts for our home- Tuesday ...... 8:00 AM-4:30 PM Wednesday ...... 8:00 AM-4:30 PM bound seniors. We have over 250 seniors that Thursday ...... 8:00 AM-4:30 PM receive meals on wheels. We would like to give them Friday ...... 8:00 AM-4:30 PM all a present for Christmas. We had an awesome turn Lunch ...... 11:00 AM-12:30PM out of blankets from last year. There was an abundance of blankets in the Transportation……8:00AM-12 PM end. We only need 150 more blankets for our Meals on Wheels clients this year. Please help us out by making them. We need these for both CONTACTS men and women. You can turn them in any time before October 31st. Director ...... Robyn Snyder Thank you and we appreciated you and all your hard work. [email protected] Program Assistant...Anne Johnson Brain Teaser Answers: [email protected] Mr. Hops -Green-4th Facility Assistant…Lynne Weaver Jumper-Yellow-2nd General Questions [email protected] Long Ears-Red-1st Mrs. Littlenose-Blue-3rd