Newmarket Seniors` Meeting Place Winter 2016

NEWMARKET SENIORS’ MEETING PLACE
Winter Newsletter
Jan., Feb., Mar. 2016
474 Davis Drive, Newmarket ON, L3Y 2P1, 905-953-5325. www.newmarket.ca
NSMP Advisory Board
Chair
Vice Chair
Treasurer
Secretary
Finance Chair
Activities Chair
Games Chair
Recording Secretary
Member-at-large
Member-at-large
Member-at-large Member-at-large
Member-at-large
Past Chair
John Fennel
Bob Sullivan
Chris Cruttwell
Marilyn Bobel
Chris Cruttwell
John Fennell
Russ Howe
Linda Devereux
Valerie Foti,
Carol Fairley,
Joy Ribbans
Maureen Cleland,
Nancy Moriarty-Hussey,
Maureen Huismans
Town Staff
ProgrammerKathleen Willins
Kelly Girard
Admin Coord.
ClerkDenise Cook
From The Desk of the Chair!
Hello Everyone,
My name is John Fennell and I am the incoming
Chairperson of the 2016 Advisory Board. I would
like to welcome the most recently elected new
members to the Board and look forward to seeing
what will be taking place at the NSMP this
coming session.
I also look forward to working again with returning
members and take this opportunity to wish all
members of the Newmarket Seniors’ Meeting
Place season’s greetings and a happy and safe 2016.
John Fennel
From the Desk of Our
Recreation Programmer
Happy New Year!
The Annual General Meeting (A.G.M.) was held
on November 18 where a new Advisory Board
was elected. It was great to see there were
11 nominations for the 8 positions that were
available. I’m looking forward to working with
the new Advisory Board to bring you lots of great
opportunities to be involved in the Centre.
Thank you to everyone for your cooperation
and patience on December 8, 9 and 10 when
we had to cancel or move some programs to
accommodate the installation of the divider walls
in the halls. This job has been a long time coming
and I’m sure you’ll agree: the new walls look great.
Now that the Christmas rush is over, we can start
thinking about what we want to accomplish in 2016.
As the Recreation Programmer, we start the
planning for 2016 well in advance, but it’s not
too late for you to let me know what programs
and activities you’re looking for this year. We
always like receiving your feedback and will try to
accommodate your requests.
If your New Year’s resolution is to try out a new
program, pick up a flyer at the front desk outlining
the programs you can try without registering for
the full session. This is a great way to either try
out a program or add a program to your schedule
if you feel you want to do a little extra one week.
We all think about doing a little extra exercise at
this time of year, right?
Kathleen Willins
Newmarket Seniors’ Meeting Place // Newsletter
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Information Fair: Saturday, March 5, 2016
Come to the NSMP on Saturday, March 5 from
10 to 3 p.m. to pick up valuable information from
vendors who offer products and services for
seniors in the community. We will have door prizes
to give out throughout the day.
The recreation team was on hand to assist at the
A.G.M. and count the all-important ballots.
2016 Advisory Board
Linda, Kelly, Kathleen, Kristi, Colin and Dave
Afternoon Tea - Sunday, November 22
The Afternoon Tea was on November 22. This tea
was sponsored by Wes Playter, for which we thank
him sincerely for his support. Also thank you to the
Keynotes Choir for providing the entertainment
and guiding everyone in a sing-a-long.
Front row: Joy Ribbans, Carol Fairley, Maureen
Cleland, Ann Kernohan, Nancy Moriarty-Hussey,
Valerie Foti, Marilyn Bobel. Back row: Russ Howe,
Bob Sullivan, John Fennell, Chris Cruttwell,
Maureen Huismans. Not Present: Linda Devereaux
Thank you to Joe Leduc and the Camera Club
team for taking the great pictures of members in
the lounge. Everyone loves their pictures!
Thank you also to the many volunteers who make
the Afternoon Teas possible. Their hard work is
very much appreciated.
The next tea is in March to celebrate St. Patrick’s
Day. This will be sponsored by The Grandparent
Connection. I would like to thank everyone who
donated to the seniors’ stockings. It was amazing
to see the amount of really nice things we were
able to give the Grandparent Connection. This
in turn will make up stockings for people in the
nursing homes in Newmarket. What a wonderful
thing to do. Thank you all.
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41st ANNUAL TURKEY LUNCHEON
The luncheon was held on Tuesday, December 1.
Over 200 tickets were sold for this great event.
The meal was prepared by O’Malley’s and the food
was excellent.
We were as always served by the members of
Newmarket Council and Mayor Tony Van Bynen,
which they always seem to enjoy doing.
Everyone enjoyed the entertainer, Steve
McCullough. He had us rocking in our chairs with
a great selection of songs that were happy and toe
- tapping. He realized we may be older but we still
remember our young days dancing to the magic
of the Big Band Era and even some rock and roll.
It was an enjoyable afternoon, shared by friends
and acquaintances. Great food, great company
and great entertainment!
Keith Profit doing a great job of conducting
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Reminders
1. Please remember that you need to either have a
membership to the Centre or pay a $2 drop-in
fee to participate in the day time programs. All
evening drop-in programs require you to have a
membership to the Centre.
2. Please report to the Reception desk when
you come into the NSMP and scan your
membership card. The information collected
assists with budgeting for the Centre and to
know how many people are using the building.
Out of the Box
1. “We need a men’s change room!’’ That’s the
message that has shown up in the suggestion
box many times over the past several months.
The message was received and sent up the line
for consideration, but has been deemed just not
possible. Here are the reasons behind the “no”:
There’s always the cost, of course. Included is
the question of how many individuals would
be served by such an addition, and how many
disturbed. Let’s realize too that if there is a
men’s change room, there must be a women’s
change room - over 80% of our members
are women, after all. Where would we put
this room? Which activities would have to be
sacrificed to make the dream of male modesty
come true? We regret the disappointment
but hope the reasons are understandable.
The washroom just inside the lounge remains
available and is quite roomy no permit required.
Q. What’s the capital of India?
Q. How was the weather on the Jays’ first
opening day?
Q. If a scheme is all one colour, it’s_____. If
questions like these pique your interest, come
join us for our monthly trivia game, held usually
at 1 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month.
We enjoy a combination of serious solving and
just fun. For example: we may all know that
PETA doesn’t really stand for Please Eat The
Animals, but it’s fun to hear it as a crazy answer
just for a laugh. You can play on your own
or as a team and no one has to believe that
someone thinks Waldo shot Abraham Lincoln.
Readers, Digest This
“Reading is a wonderful thing to do”, says
convenor, Marg LaMothe, and sharing that joy with
others is what makes book clubs so popular.
The feeling in our Meeting Place book club is
informal and sociable.
As one member said, “it’s always interesting when
the conversation ranges in unexpected directions
and different opinions come up.”
Members suggest books they think others will like,
a list develops, and selections are made. Usually, a
different person each month leads the discussion
but this is up to you. The book chosen for January
is, They Left Us Everything, and for February,
Families and Other Non-returnable Gifts.
The group meets on the last Wednesday each
month and posts future selections on the bulletin
board. New members are very welcome.
2. Several members have expressed concern
about the way the washroom doors stay wide
open for a long time (this might have something
to do with the change room request - not sure).
At any rate, the prolonged open time is meant
to accommodate members who may be using
a wheelchair or walker etc. If you push the door
open manually it will close behind
you as usual. Using the automatic opener
keeps the door open longer and that’s a
safety requirement.
Trivia Quizzing
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Camera Club Meetings
Occurs on the second and third Wednesday of
every month from 10 a.m.to Noon.
January 13: Tabletop photography. Members are
encouraged to bring a subject item.
January 20: Show and Tell: Christmas photos, a
short talk on tips and tricks and February’s photo
challenge: Winter Landscape.
February 10: Show and Tell: Winter Landscape
and Tips and tricks.
February 17: Speaker: “Brian Weiss” of Henry’s
(Tentative) and March’s photo challenge: Lights
(i.e. candles, street lights, car lights).
March 9: Speaker, “Bruce Carmody” (Tentative)
and Nature photography.
March 16: Show and Tell: Lights Photo Challenge
Tips and tricks and April’s photo challenge: Easter.
April 13: Thickson Woods in Whitby. We will
carpool.
April 20: Show and Tell: Easter and a
May’s photo challenge: Wildlife.
Remember Show and Tell photos are to be loaded
on a stick and limited to 5
Please join us at 1 p.m. on January 20, February
24 and March 23. If you have any questions or
suggestions, please call John at 905-898-6262.
Mortgage workshop
Thursday, February 18 at 1:30 p.m.
Join Amina Mohamed, mortgage agent, to learn
how to access up to 55% of the equity in your
home with a CHIP reverse mortgage.
Upcoming Events
Friday Night Social Dances
2nd & 3rd Friday of every month.
Includes Ballroom, Latin, couples and Line
dancing. There’s something for everyone!
January 8 & 15, February 12 & 19, March 11 & 18
8 to 11 p.m.
Cash bar is available
$5/members & $6/non-members
Price includes dancing and late night snacks.
Happy Valley Olde Tyme
Square Dances
The first Friday of every month
February 5 & March 4
8 to 11:30 p.m.
$6 per person
Shrove Tuesday Pancake breakfast
Upcoming Workshops
Tuesday, February 9
9 to 11:30 a.m.
$3/members & $5/per non-members
Financial Literacy Workshops
Indian Cuisine lunch
The first three sessions have been very successful,
informative and beneficial to the attendees. John
Errington, an NSMP member and our Financial
Advisor has done an excellent job discussing
investing from a seniors’ perspective. The next
three workshops are going to be similarly valuable.
On January 20, Jonathan Verity, a District V.P.
with Fidelity Investments will join John to discuss
the economy and how it is impacting us. Then
the February 24 and March 23 sessions will be
devoted to Estate Planning with special guests
Jim Whittaker, the Senior Edward Jones Insurance
Specialist and Catherine Callaghan, a prominent
local lawyer, accompanying John.
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Wednesday, February 17
Noon to 1 p.m.
Join the participants from the Indian Cuisine
cooking class as they prepare lunch for our
members. Advanced registration only. Limited
space is available.
$7/members & $9/non-members
Information Fair:
Saturday, March 5
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Drop into the Centre to get information from
various companies who provide products or
services for seniors. Lots of great information is
available, including a Seniors’ Meeting Place table.
St. Patrick’s Day Afternoon Tea:
Sunday, March 20, 2016
2 to 4 p.m.
Entertainment provided by the Irish Dancers
$5/member & $6/non-member
Tickets are available in the office. Advanced ticket
sales only.
Bus Trips
Casino Rama:
Tuesday, January 26, February 23, March 22
$5/members & $7/non-members
Includes $15 casino bonus
Bus leaves Ray Twinney rear car park at
9 a.m. sharp.
Canadian Automotive Museum/ON Regiment
RCAC Regimental Museum, Oshawa
Wednesday, February 10
$74/members & $79/non-members
Includes: coach bus, visit to two museums and
lunch at The Mandarin restaurant.
St. Patrick’s Day Mystery Tour
Thursday, March 17, 2016
$88/members & $93/non-members
Enjoy entertainment and the full St. Patrick’s Day
experience on the mystery day. Dress in your
favourite St. Patrick’s Day attire.
Belmore Maple Syrup Festival and Fiddle & Step
Thursday, April 17, 2016
$75/members & $80/non-members
Suzanne Boyd, Linda Kruger, Pamela Dwyer,
Minerva Dawson, Solomon Dumaraog, Phil
Stewart, Julie Riley, Evelyn Jordan, Kathleen
Toguri, Kim Davis, Bernice Lundrigan, Carol
Hamilton, Ron Hamilton, Michelle Haick, Fred
Crawford, Bill Stephens, Joan Gale, Lynn
Levesque, Lyse Levesque, Murray Holden, Clair
Holden, Nancy Prime, Heather Wallner
We are a friendly group and love to see our
membership growing. Welcome Aboard!
Drop into the lounge have a chat and a coffee.
That is where many friendships are made.
Celebrations
Nellie Christie was born on October 7, 1923, which
is known as “The Day of Defiance” in Worthington,
Ontario, and raised in Copper Cliff, Ontario. She
celebrated her 92nd birthday on October 7, 2015.
We had a cake at lunch on Thursday, October
8. Nellie was surprised as everyone sang Happy
Birthday to her.
Nellie has lived a pretty active life. She met her
first husband Stan when she was 10, and he was
13. After the war in 1945 Stan called her to come
to Toronto and they married in September 1945.
During the war Nellie sang on the radio with
Brother Vic and the band members. She loved to
dance and to this day is an avid BINGO addict.
Nellie’s parents came from Pesaro, Italy. Nellie is
first generation Canadian, mother of five girls and
one boy, grandmother to 21, Great Grandmother
to 34 and GREAT, GREAT GRANDMOTHER TO 9.
Nellie has worked most of her life in jobs such as
the nursery of St. Joseph’s hospital in Sudbury,
and the CNE for about 20 years as a cashier. Her
proud daughter Karen says, “My mother can still
make pasta right on the board (no bowl) and cut
it by hand.” Well done Nellie! We wish you many,
many more happy years!
Welcome to Our New Members:
On behalf of Kathleen Willins, Recreation
Programmer, the Advisory Board and the
members of Newmarket Seniors’ Meeting Place,
we extend a warm and sincere welcome to our
new members:
PICTURE Nellie with cake
Don Willoughby, Barbara Francey, Lynda
Hollingshead, Barb Ramsarran, Carolyn Coutts,
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Dorothy Waller, a long-time member of NSMP,
celebrated her 94th birthday on January 2, 2016.
Dorothy’s longevity is because she takes things as
they come and has a very happy disposition. She
has a great personality and is always very positive
about everything.
Dorothy got married in the UK in 1948 after the
war. She and her husband came to Canada in
1952. After sailing on “The Queen Elizabeth” for six
days, they landed in New York, stayed overnight,
then travelled by train to Union Station in Toronto.
Dorothy and her husband lived in Toronto for 3
years. Then in 1955 they moved to Scarborough
where their daughter was born in 1956.
After a few years they bought a house in
Newmarket. Dorothy says that Davis Drive was
a dirt road when they moved to Newmarket.
Dorothy worked in Zellers when it was in the Old
Plaza. She then worked as a nurse’s aide for fifteen
years in York County Hospital (as it was known
in those days, now Southlake). When Dorothy’s
husband passed away in 2001 she sold her house
in Newmarket and had a beautiful apartment built
attached to her daughter’s home in Sharon. In
Dorothy’s own words, “I continue to live a healthy
happy life in my lovely home”. We wish you a
happy birthday, Dorothy. We wish you many more
years of happiness and
good health.
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Calendar or Events
January
Sunday Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
7
Trivia 1 p.m.
Hall #2
8
Social Dance
8 to 11 p.m.
9
Euchre
Tournament
15
Social Dance
8 to 11 p.m.
3
4
5
10
11
12
13
Table Top
Photography
Workshop
10:30 a.m.
14
Sing-a-Long
1 p.m.
Hall #2
18
19
20
Camera Club
Meeting
10 a.m.
21
22
23
28
Sing-a-Long
1 p.m.
Hall #2
29
30
17
24
25
26
Bus Trip
to Casino
Rama
9 a.m.
6
Thursday
Financial
workshop
1 p.m.
27
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Lunches
Lunches are served on Mondays and Thursdays. Soup and sandwiches, hot meals and desserts, tea and
coffee are included in the price.
Prices are reasonable. Lunches are a chance to meet new people, eat good food and enjoy good company.
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February
Sunday
Monday
1
7
8
Tuesday
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
9
Pancake
Breakfast
9 to 11:30 a.m.
4
10
Canadian Auto
Museum Bus
Trip
Camera Club
Meeting
10 a.m.
17
Camera Club
10 a.m. to Noon
14
15
16
21
22
23
Casino Rama
Bus Trip
9 a.m.
28
29
24
Financial
Workshop
1 to 2 p.m.
Friday
Saturday
5
Happy
Valley Dance
8 to 11 p.m.
6
11
Sing-a-Long
1 p.m. Hall #2
12
Social Dance
8 to 11 p.m.
13
18
Mortgage
Seminar
1:30 p.m. Hall #2
19
Social Dance
8 to 11 p.m.
20
25
Sing-a-Long
1 p.m.
Hall #2
26
27
March
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
2
3
Friday
6
7
8
9
Camera
Club
10
Sing-a-Long
1 p.m. Hall #2
4
Happy Valley
Dance
8 to 11 p.m.
11
Social Dance
8 to 11 p.m.
13
14
15
16
17
St. Patrick’s Day
Bus Trip
18
Social Dance
8 to 11 p.m.
Camera
Club
20
21
22
23
24
Sing-a-Long
1 p.m. Hall #2
25
Saturday
5
Information Fair
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
19
12
26
Financial Workshop
1 to 2 p.m.
27
28
29
30
11
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Sudoku
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Drop-In Activities
Date
Monday
Program
Room
Time
Wood Carvers
Wood Shop
9 a.m. to Noon
Monday
Crafts
Craft Room
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Mon. to Fri.
Computer Lab
Computer Lab
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday
Lunch
Hall 1-2
Noon to 1 p.m.
Monday
Shuffleboard
Hall 3
10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Monday
Progressive Bridge
Hall 2
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Monday
Bingo
Hall 3
1 to 4 p.m.
Monday
Duplicate Bridge
Hall 5
1 to 4 p.m.
Monday
Mah Jong
Hall 4
1 to 4 p.m.
Tuesday
Wood Shop
Wood shop
9 a.m. to Noon
Tuesday
Badminton
Hall 3, 4 & 5
8 to 11 a.m.
Tuesday
Bid Euchre
Hall 2
1 to 4 p.m.
Tuesday
Texas Hold’em
Hall 2
1 to 4 p.m.
Tuesday
Carpet Bowling
Hall 4 & 5
7 to 9 p.m.
Wednesday
Wood Carvers
Wood Shop
9 a.m. to Noon
Wednesday
Crafts
Craft Room
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday
Indoor Curling
Hall 3
9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday
Camera Club
2nd Wednesday
Hall 4 10 a.m. to Noon
Wednesday
Table Tennis
Hall 3
1 to 4 p.m.
Thursday
Badminton
Hall 3, 4 &5
8 to 11 a.m.
Thursday
Wood Shop
Wood shop
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday
Lunch
Hall 1 and 2
Noon to 1 p.m.
Thursday
Shuffleboard
Hall 3
1 to 3 p.m.
Thursday
Bid Euchre
Hall 2
1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday
Cribbage
Hall 1
7 to 9:30 p.m.
Friday
Craft room
Hall 2
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday
Key Notes Choir
Hall 3
10 a.m. to Noon
Friday
Progressive Bridge
Hall 5
12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Friday
Mahjong
Hall 4
1 to 4 p.m.
Friday
Carpet Bowling
Hall 3
1:30 to 4 p.m.
Friday
Progressive Euchre
Hall 1
7 to 10 p.m.
Saturday
Badminton
Hall 3, 4 & 5
9 a.m. to Noon
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