The Quill JANUARY 2018 VOLUME 42 • NUMBER 5 A Monthly Publication of Rocky River Senior Center A Nationally Accredited Senior Center Chili “NOT SO NEWLYWED GAME” Cook Off Wednesday, February 14 1:30 PM February brings us Valen- tine’s Day. Love is in the air as we welcome Rocky River Senior Center’s version of the Friday, January 19 ~Noon game show, The Newlyweds, where we pit couples against $5 residents, $6 non-residents each other in a series of revealing question rounds to de- Contestants register by January 17th termine how well they do or do not know each other! Give your taste buds a treat and warm your soul this winter Eligible contestants will be couples (need not be married) as Rocky River Senior Center hosts its 3rd Annual Chili Cook who have known each other more than a year. Please -Off. Chili tasting includes small servings of homemade register by February 7, 2018. Cost for couples to enter is recipes. Registration to be a contestant is FREE and open to $5. Contestants will be chosen at the start of the show. all interested. Chili must be your own (no store bought) The winning couple will receive a $50 gift card to a homemade recipe only, and quantity must fill a full size local restaurant. crock pot. Cash prize of $50 will be awarded to the “Top There is no charge for audience members attending the Chef”, along with fun prizes for 2nd and 3rd place winners. “Not So Newlywed Game”. Guaranteed to be a hoot to The public will be our judges. Can YOU beat Jody? watch, the audience will enjoy it as much as the contest- Proceeds from the Cook-Off benefit Rocky ants! Prizes randomly awarded to lucky viewers in the River Senior Transportation Service. studio audience. Mark your calendars and join us for one of Please call 333-6660 to reserve your seat today! the HOTTEST events of the year! Check out our new Westshore Seniors Website Guides for Better Living returns to Rocky River westshoreseniors.org Senior Center in 2018. This FREE series is spon- This will be your go to place for information for seniors resid- sored by Rocky River Seniors Council, Inc. and is ing in Avon, Bay Village, Fairview Park, Lakewood, North coordinated by Dottie O’Neill. Q & A session at Olmsted, North Ridgeville, Rocky River, and Westlake! the end of each presentation. Friday, January 26— 10 am Did you know that Rocky River Senior Center has a Facebook Patrolman Chris Camp from Rocky River Page? Friend us on Facebook to receive notifications of up- Police Department will present: How to coming events along with pictures and infor- Protect Yourself From Scams. mation about what Rocky River Senior Center is Please call 333-6660 to register for this up to. Be sure to “like” us on Facebook! FREE event. Rocky River Senior Center Hours 21014 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River, OH 44116 Monday—Friday 8:30– 4:30 www.rrcity.com/seniors.html Laurie Rokakis 333-6664 MARDI GRAS AT ROCKY RIVER SENIOR CENTER Laurie Rokakis, Social Services, can Tuesday, February 13 assist with life’s transitions, home Noon-1:30 PM health care, affordable housing, Social Security, and Medicare to Join us on Fat Tuesday for our name a few! She is happy to meet Mardi Gras Celebration. Deli with seniors at the center or in the community. Lunch (served between 12-1 Give her a call! Email: [email protected] pm) will feature a Mardi Gras “Special” that includes Gail’s Hours: Monday & Friday 8:30-12:30 tasty Jambalaya and other traditional Mardi Gras foods. Wednesday & Thursday 8:30-4:30 Wear your favorite Mardi Gras beads, mask and colors– gold, FREE FRESH PRODUCE green, purple, and join the fun. Tuesday, January 2 10:30-12 pm The front desk will have your favorite The Greater Cleveland Food Bank is now providing free fruits paczkis for sale! and vegetables for seniors making $2,000 or less a month. Bring an ID. The food bank distributes the produce at the Knickerbocker Apartments, 27100 Knickerbocker Rd., Bay Village on the first Tuesday of the month between 10:30 am Health & Wellness FREE Call 333-6660 to Register and noon. Call the senior center, 333-6665, if transportation is needed. Space is limited. STATINS: WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW COULD HURT YOU Wednesdays, January 10– Feb. 28 1 PM FREE LEGAL CONSULTATIONS FREE FREE 8 Weeks Tuesday, January 9 1-4 pm Are you taking a statin drug to lower your cholesterol? Consid- Elizabeth L. Perla of the Perla Law Firm in Fairview Park is erable controversy surrounds this class of medication. Statin offering free legal consultations. Each consultation will be medications with brand names of Lipitor, Zocor, Crestor, scheduled for 20 minutes. Ms. Perla is an Elder Law Attorney Pravachol, etc., can cause muscle aches and pains, memory practicing in Estate Planning, including Wills and Trusts, Medi- loss, diabetes, kidney failure and other adverse effects. Be- caid and Veterans’ Benefits Planning, Advanced Directives, come informed so that you can be a proactive partner with Guardianships, and Estate Administration. She is also well your doctor in your own healthcare. Raise your awareness of versed in Family Law matters. Please call 440-333-6660 for an the side effects of these medications by attending this im- appointment. portant program. You should never make changes to your CLEAR CAPTIONS FREE medication or stop taking it without consulting your physician. Wednesday, January 17 11 am Instructor: Mary Kolk. Call to register. Hearing loss? This free phone can help. If you have hearing 5 STEPS TO DECREASE YOUR RISK OF BREAST CANCER loss, a home phone, and internet, you may benefit from a Tuesday, February 20 FREE 11 am government program that provides a free amplified phone Angela Albores, Wellness Ambassador to Rite Aid that also has captions. Timothy Thomas, A Title IV specialist Pharmacy, is going to present steps you can take to from Clear Captions, will give a presentation on how you can decrease risk of breast cancer. Come in and learn benefit from this phone as well as other programs that could what you can do and share this info with all the wom- assist in lowering your phone and internet bill. Refreshments en in your life. There are benefits of being proactive. and a drawing will be offered at the conclusion of the pro- gram. Call to register. Health 333-6660 SAVVY HEALTHCARE CONSUMER 6 Weeks Fridays, January 19– Feb. 23 11-12 pm BLOOD PRESSURE/HEALTH CLINIC @ RRSC Walk-In $40 residents, $45 non-residents, pay by 1/17 Mondays Sponsored By: 12:30-3:30 pm Expanding on the December session on patient’s bill of rights, January 1 & 15 Closed we will take an in-depth look at privacy, security, confidential- January 8 St. John Medical Center till 2:00 ity, autonomy, decision-making, request/refuse treatment, January 22 The Normandy participation in investigative studies, advanced directives, January 29 The Welsh Home “business” of health care, etc. We will look at real life cases to illustrate the topics. Instructor: Sumi Vason THERAPEUTIC CHAIR MASSAGE/REIKI Call for appt. Friday, January 5, 12, 19, 26 RTA UPDATE FREE $15 for 15 minutes 1-2:35 pm Thursday, March 8 11 AM Learn what is new with RTA– route changes, senior discounts, Wear your regular clothing and unwind in a special chair designed to comfortably support your body. Sessions are paratransit system, brochures, etc.– with RTA’s Erica Tucker, tailored to release built up stress and tension in your neck, Community Relations Specialist. Call to register. back, shoulders, arms and hands. Pat Andler, C.P.T.; L.M.T. 2 The Quill January 2018 History & Philosophy December Volunteer of the Month WWII SMALL UNIT ACTIONS 6 Weeks Marlene Guzzo is our December Mondays, January 8– Feb. 26 (omit 1/15, 2/19) 10:30 am Volunteer of the Month. She vol- $30 residents, $35 non-residents; pay by 1/4 unteers regularly in the kitchen This is a WWII survey of some small or little known combats. Each and loves working there because session will highlight a different conflict. Each session stands Gail is the nicest person she alone and is not dependent on prior WWII knowledge. Join us to knows and makes working in the learn about combats that fell through the cracks of history! Instructor: Bob Wills kitchen so much fun. (We hear this a lot from our Kitchen Volun- THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS teers!) Thursdays, January 18– March 1 7 Weeks Marlene grew up in Cleveland as an only child. She has four $35 residents; $40 non-residents; pay by 1/2 2 pm children of her own because she wanted a large family. Her The Gospel of Thomas is a non-canonized Gospel, discovered in daughter, three sons, and 7 grandchildren all live locally so Egypt in 1945. It contains root statements found in synoptic Gos- Marlene sees them frequently. pels that pre-date Matthew, Mark, and Luke. It also contains oth- Marlene worked for the Rocky River Municipal Court for 3 er sayings attributed to Jesus that echo the Gnostic traditions of early Christianity. Come and see what insights this will shed on years, and spent 23 years working at NASA as an assistant to 7 our understanding of the Gospel histories. Instructor: Ted Smith senior scientists. She loved the Hidden Figures movie. Marlene enjoys reading novels, sometimes completing a LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER book in less than two days. She has lunch with school friends Tuesdays, January 9– February 13 6 Weeks whom she has known 65 years, once a month.