Manistee County Council on Aging FREE SENIOR MOMENTS Issue: January 2018 Meet the Staff Sarah Howard Executive Director News & Notes from Sarah Jeanne Barber By Sarah Howard the best that I can be in my life. I always strive Executive Assistant Executive Director to do my best and that will never change, but my best just may be different. Happy New Year! 2018, can you believe I have learned a lot in 2017, and I hope I Nancy Fortin how fast 2017 went by? 2017 brought me so will keep learning. When we learn we keep our Assistant/ many ups and downs. In 2017 I realized how minds active. You are never too old to learn much so many people meant to me. I have lost something new. I love watching my granddaugh- Facility Maintenance some wonderful friends during 2017 and I will ter Adeline. She is three and has one heck of an always cherish them in my heart. imagination. She soaks up so much knowledge Faye Keyes I had so much joy when it came to 2017 when she is doing something and when it clicks Senior Assistant with my family and my sweet grandchildren. you can really see it in her eyes. When I am at a There is nothing sweeter than having inquisitive presentation or a meeting and someone shares faces giggling and smiling when you are spend- something interesting or that I didn’t know, I Jo Hall ing time with them. always wonder if my eyes light up when it clicks Receptionist There has been such utter tragedy and ha- with me. tred going on in the world in 2017. Why can’t 2017 was an interesting year. There were we all just live and let live? If people are differ- ups and downs but each year is like our lives. ent than you or you believe differently about When we feel things are going good we may Molly Cichy religion or social issues why not just agree to hit a little bump or a big bump. We never know Bookkeeper disagree? I have found I don’t always have the what lies ahead of us. same views as my neighbor, I am blessed to have a beauti- Board of Directors but they are still my neigh- ful mom who has always been there bors and I am always kind for me, a wonderful husband who Maureen Barry and I treat them with respect. supports me, loving children who are There is no place in this kind to everyone and healthy grand- President world for violence or hatred. kids who mean the world to me. And I beg you to remember to I have all of you, who mean every- Virgil Johnson love your neighbor. We are all thing. human. At my age, starting a new Vice President In 2017, I found peace. job a few years ago was very scary. I Peace for me and peace for thought to myself, Sarah come on you Velma Moore my family. I have had so much turmoil in my can do it. I have never looked back. I feel I made soul about something that had happened many the right decision to try something new. I am Secretary years ago and I realized that it didn’t matter always hesitant to say this is my job. Sometimes anymore. It was just destroying me. I took I just feel like it is my family. I have not met one those feelings and gave them to God and I felt a person who has made this feel like a job, or Marlene McBride whole lot lighter after it wasn’t mine anymore. one person I haven’t liked. Being a part of the In 2017 I found acceptance. Sometimes I am Manistee County Council on Aging has been a Patty Spencer my own worst enemy. I beat myself up about a joy. Yes there are some bumps in the road but lot of things, I compare myself to other women. most of the time it is just easy sailing. I judge myself. I just can’t do it to myself any I hope everyone has a prosperous, healthy and Heather Volkema more. I am not the person I used to be. I am happy New Year, and remember to getting older and I don’t have the energy, try something new in stamina, patience to be a superwoman. I have 2018. It may change Mary Kaye Wilkosz accepted that I am good enough, and I will be your life. Get involved with these activities! Services Sit & Get Fit (Onekama): 10:45 Foot Clinic: second Wednesday to 11:30 a.m., Mon & Wed Next Foot Clinic: 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 10. Sit & Get Fit (Bear Lake): 10 to Senior Food Bank: third Friday 11 a.m., Wed & Fri January through November. Next Bear Lake Methodist Church Food Bank: 9 to 11 a.m. on January 19. Tai Chi: 2:30 p.m. Wed & Fri Eyeglass Repair Clinic: third Seated Tai Chi: 1 p.m. Thurs. Thursday Marina bldg. Next Eyeglass Clinic: 11 a.m. on Jan. 18. Indoor walking: 10 a.m. Wed & Free Attorney Consultations: Fri (Marilla) “Then sing, young hearts second Tuesday. Sweatin’ to the Oldies: 3:30 p.m. Next attorney consultations: Jan. 9. Mon. & Wed. that are full of cheer, Call for an appointment With never a thought of sorrow; Fun & Games The old goes out, Exercise Opportunities Bridge: 1 p.m., Tuesday (in season) Exercise Group: 9 to 9:30 a.m., Fun Bingo: 11 a.m., Wednesday but the glad young year Mon & Wed Produce Bingo: first Friday Comes merrily in tomorrow.” Sit & Get Fit (Manistee): 10 to Next Produce Bingo will be Jan. 5. ― Emily Miller 10:30 a.m., Tues & Thur January Milestones Happy Birthday! Evelyn Keller 1/19 Lila Olson 1/1 Phyllis Sheras 1/20 Lavern Bachinski 1/2 Pat Luomala 1/21 Arlene Garber 1/2 Robert Ecklund 1/22 January Flower: John Rowe 1/24 Phyllis Russell 1/2 Snowdrop/Carnation John Sandison 1/2 Doris Lydy 1/26 Doris Kolanowski 1/27 Carol Ball 1/3 January Birthstone: Donald Johnson 1/29 Eugene Kolanowski 1/4 Garnet Wilma Swiatlowski 1/4 Marilyn Holm 1/31 Leslie Jacobsen 1/4 Sandra Krolczyk 1/31 There are many days to commemo- Danny Winemiller 1/5 Barry Kenyon 1/31 rate in January: Sally Cabot 1/6 Paula Bullington 1/31 Jerre Stephens 1/9 1/3 is Fruitcake Toss day; 1/8 is Happy Anniversary! Phil Hildebrand 1/9 Bubble Bath day; 1/13 is Make Your Nancy Bushouse 1/9 Eunice & Andy Barbera 1/9 Dream Come True day; 1/17 is Ditch Rita & Darwin Gilbert 1/25 Gail Sampier 1/12 New Years Resolutions day; 1/27 is Ron & Nancy Bushouse 1/30 Delores Klasko 1/12 Chocolate Cake day; 1/31 is Back- Diana Duhame 1/15 If we have missed your birthday or anniver- ward day Joan Bockhol 1/16 sary, we apologize. Please let us know if you Welcome January!! Lucille Hewitt 1/18 would like to be included in our birthday or anniversary records. Elva Palazzola 1/18 Page 2 December Fun at the Senior Center Helen Cederholm celebrated her 98th birthday with us at the senior center. Al Svacha joined us and shared his experiences with a glimpse of heaven. December was a great month! It was filled with fun and interesting activities. We sang, we danced, we decorated, we wrapped.. we stayed busy, that’s for sure. Sixteen people showed up for our first seated Tai Chi class, held in December. What a great class! Our valued volunteers, Gerry and Dale, help make The senior center is a great place to work on your the senior center look more like Christmas. projects in the afternoon. Page 3 What’s going on around the county “The door was shut, WELLSTON ONEKAMA as doors should be, Tues. 10 am Mon & Wed. 10:30 am Before you went to bed last night; Sit & Get Fit Sit & Get Fit Yet Jack Frost has got in, you see, And left your window silver white. Thurs. 10 am Bingo COPEMISH He must have waited till you slept; 2nd Thurs of the month 2nd Friday of month And not a single word he spoke, 1 pm Jammers 10:30 But pencilled o’er the panes and crept (May-Oct.) Senior Fun Day (Bingo) 60 and older Away again before you woke. And now you cannot see the hills MARILLA BEAR LAKE Nor fields that stretch beyond the lane; Wed. 10 am Walking Wednesday 10 am But there are fairer things than these No computer help til 12/13/17 Sit & Get Fit His fingers traced on every pane.” Fri. 10 am Walking Friday 10 am - Gabriel Setoun, Jack Frost Bingo last Wed each Sit & Get Fit month 11 am Newsletter Renewal If you would like a copy of Senior Moments mailed to you, please fill out the following form and mail it, by January 15, 2018, to the Senior Center, 457 River St. along with $6.50 to start/renew your subscription. 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