seniors on the green

Leb a n o n Ct . S e n i o r C e n t e r
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S ENIORS ON THE GREEN
Contents:
Cover page
Senior Ctr. Services
Leb. green activities
Senior Funnies
Senior Info
People Around Us
Jr./Sr. Travels
Wellness Trips
Calendar
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Senior Center Hours:
Mon - Fri: 9 - 4pm
Senior Ctr. 860-642-3040
Ctr. Director: Darcy Battye
860-642-2042
Van Coord: Jeryl Bates
860-642-2024
Trans. Clerk: Walter Riley
860-642-2024
Barber Shop & Ice Cream Social
Friday August 19, 7pm.
Come gather around the Senior Center Gazebo and enjoy
some old time Barbershop followed by a ice cream sundae.
Rain or Shine, bring your lawn chair, and your friends.
Would you be interested in receiving this newsletter in the mail?
Would you be interested in getting this monthly newsletter delivered to your mailbox
or post office box, instead of picking up your copy at the senior center? The subscription
would be $10 per year and you could leave your name, address and payment at the desk
at the senior center.
If you don’t happen to live near the senior center or perhaps are not
able to get out and about as often as you would like, this subscription would
enable you to keep up with all our senior events.
Think about it and decide if this would work well for you.
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S E N I O R C E N T E R S E RV I C E S
Wellness Trips:
8/5 Custom House Maritime Museum & Capt
Scott’s, New London
8/12 N.E. Carousel Mus.
& The Baltic Restaurant
8/19 Mohegan Sun Casino
8/26 Buttonwood Sunflower Garden & The Restaurant at River Ridge
Massage w/ Sue
McCaffery - Please contact the senior center to
schedule your appts. By
calling 860-642-3040.
The price is $15 for 25
mins. nd $30 for 50 mins
Did you know we have assorted assisted living devices for loan? We have
canes, walkers, bath
chairs, wheel chairs and a
hospital bed. We offer
hearing screening, podiatry
appts. And VNA visits.
Please call the senior center at 860-642-3040 for
more information.
Senior Ctr. Salon Services
w/ Jeanna Prink, Tracy
Kelley & Jillian Labonne
Hair cuts $8
Wash & set $10
Perm. $45 w/set $55
Color $45 w/set $55
Facials $8 Waxing $5
Manicures/Pedicures $10
Appointments are required
& gift certificates are always available. Check the
newsletter for Jeanna’s
“spa days”.
If you are aware of someone who is ill or has
been ill, please let us
know. There is a sign-u[
sheet at the main desk of
the senior center where
you can add someone’s
name.
Darlene Hathaway has
taken charge of sending
out get-well cards to
those people who are
under the weather for
whatever reason.
HONORARY DONATIONS
Weekly Menu:
8/2..Lataille Soup Day
8/9 Chicken Salad Plate
8/16 Seafood Roll
8/23 Pulled Pork
8/30 Pizza & Salad Bar,
w/dessert
A gift to the Senior Center
in honor of or in memory of
a loved one will assist the
center in serving other
seniors today and throughout the coming years.
Such gifts will be very
much appreciated and
should be made out and
sent to:
Friends of Leb. Sen. Ctr.
37R West Town St.
Lebanon Ct. 06249
“I am enclosing $___ in
honor or memory of:
Name_________________
Donor’s name___________
Address _______________
City, St. Zip_____________
A special acknowledgement will be sent as you
direct:
_____Birthday
_____Anniversary
_____Memorial
_____In Honor of
_____Other
Dottie Stevens Cucumber Salad (excellent summer treat)
3 cucumbers sliced
1 onion
1 green pepper
1Tblsp salt
1 tsp celery seeds
Slice all vegetables thin and mix together…...let stand for one hour. Mix 3/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup white vinegar. Pour over cucumbers and mix well. Refrigerate and let stand
overnight.
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“ROOM TO MOVE”
SUMMER SCHEDULE
Fri. Aug. 12th - 7pm
Lebanon Country Fair
Wed. Aug. 24th - 6:30pm
Concert on Leb Green
Sat. Sept. 10th - 9pm
Toyo Asian Bistro
Colchester
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My Get Up and Go Has Got Up and
Went
How do I know that my youth is all spent?
Well, my get up and go has got up and
went,
But in spite of it all I am able to grin.
When I think of the places my get up has
been.
Old age is golden, So I've heard said
But sometimes I wonder, as I get into bed.
With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup
And my eyes on the table until I wake up.
Ere sleep dims my eyes I say to myself
"Is there anything else I can put on the
shelf?"
And I'm happy to say as I close the door
"My friends are the same, perhaps even
more."
When I was a young thing my slippers were
red,
I could kick my heels as high as my head.
Then when I was older, my slippers were
blue,
But still I could walk the whole day through.
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There's always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to look for it. For
example, I'm sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt
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I was thinking about how a status symbol of today is those cell phones that
everyone has clipped on. I can't afford one so I'm wearing my garage door
opener.
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I have gotten that dreaded furniture disease ... that's when your chest is
falling into your drawers.
Now I'm still older, my slippers are black.
I walk to the store and puff my way back.
The reason I know my youth is all spent,
My get up and go has got up and went.
But really, I don't mind when I think with a
grin,
Of all the grand places my get up has been.
Since I have retired from life's competition
I busy myself with complete repetition.
I get up each morning and dust off my wits,
Pick up the paper and read the 'obits',
If my name is missing I know I'm not dead
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to
bed.
An elderly gent was invited to his old friends' home for dinner one evening. He was impressed by the way his buddy preceded every request to his
wife with endearing terms -- Honey, My Love, Darling, Sweetheart, Pumpkin,
etc . The couple had been married almost 70 years and, clearly, they were still
very much in love. While the wife was in the kitchen, the man leaned over
and said to his host, "I think it's wonderful that, after all these years, you still
call your wife those loving pet names." The old man hung his head. "I have to
tell you the truth," he said, "I forgot her name about 10 years ago."
S e ni o r s o n th e g r e e n
People Around Us: Speakers present plan for
honoring final wishes
By Alex “Bud” Gavitt
Lebanon clergy and other officials outlined what people should do in making known their wishes for end-of-life
care. This was the subject for discussion after a recent Tuesday luncheon at the Lebanon Senior Center.
Step 1: Get Ready
Think about what you want or need to do before having the
conversation
Tom Cowger, Pastor of the First Baptist Church, cited
Step 2: Get Set
data from the Institute of Healthcare Improvement that show
Consider what matters most about how you want to live at the
90% of people say talking with their loved ones about end-ofend of your life
life care is important. Only 27% have actually done so. Moreover, 82% of people say it's important to put their wishes in writStep 3: Go
ing. Only 23% have actually done it.
Who do you want to have the conversation with, appropriate
Pastor Cowger pointed out, “Americans live in a death time, where, and what you want to say
defying culture.” “They hope,” he continued, “their doctor and
medicine will help them not to die. People may feel uncomfortStep 4: Keep Going
able talking about their final wishes and don't address this
Have legal, medical, will or trust and financial documents
matter, and leave an already grieving family to make deciready so they can be honored when the time comes
sions.”
This Conversation Starter Kit and other handouts on
Fortunately, the pastor stated, “We have some tools
health care instructions, living wills and advance directives,
and resources available to help people get their thoughts toand cemetery and cremation are available at the Senior Center
gether and then have the conversation with their loved ones.
They may want to extend their discussion with clergy, attorney, Activities Sign-In desk.
healthcare representative, conservator, and funeral director on
Other speakers were Interim Pastor Bob Wright of the
plans/burial/cremation/other.”
First Congregational Church, Pastor Scott Schuett of the Redeemer Lutheran Church, Pastor Ryan Duck of the Franklin
Be sure also to record in writing final wishes, including
Congregational Church, Attorney Tim Wentworth of the Lebaanatomical donation, in a living will or trust. This should be
given to someone you trust or kept with other important docu- non Law Shop, and Lebanon Cemetery Sexton Marcia Schuett.
ments so it will be accessible when needed.
With this in mind, attendees received a Conversation
Starter Kit put together by the Institute. The kit lists four steps
below to ensure a person's final wishes are known which can
lift the responsibility from family members.
Junior Seniors Travel News
August, 2016
By Anne Maffiolini
Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Dinner Theater Lobster Festival - Monday, August 8, 2016 - $83.00 Per Person
--------------------PLEASE NOTE--PAYMENT DUE BY JULY 1ST.------------------Departure from the Lebanon Senior Center at 9:30 a.m. Price includes bus, tips, dinner, cabaret and a hilarious play
offering a Texas theme and a taste of good old down South humor. Look for the flyer with all the details.
The Big E-Wednesday, September 21, 2016. The Columbia Seniors will be joining us on this trip. Cost per person is
$38 for ticket and bus transportation. This year, the Big E is celebrating their 100 year Centennial and our trip is
planned for Connecticut Day as well. Money is due by August 10th. Bus departs Lebanon Senior Center at 8:45 a.m.
We will leave the Big E right after the parade.
October 25, 26 & 27—”Samson” at the Millenium Theater & Pennsylvania Dutch Country Tour - 2 nights -3 days tour
November & December in next month issue of Lebanon Life!
For more information on any of the trips, please contact Marion at (860) 423-7659. Make
checks payable to Lebanon Jr/Sr Travelers. Payment may be left at the Lebanon Senior
Center or mailed to Marion Russo, 280 Beaumont Hwy., Lebanon, CT 06249.
WANTEd
Lebanon Senior Center
Pretty serving dishes & platters for Afternoon Tea (Wednesday, monthly)
Gently used, firm, high-back floral sofa (full-sized)
Wooden coffee table
Senior Wellness Trips
August, 2016
Friday, August 5th, The Custom House Maritime Museum, New
London, lunch at Capt. Scott’s Lobster Dock
Fiday, August 12th, N.E. Carousel Museum, & The Baltic Restaurant
Friday, August 19th, Mohegan Sun Casino, Montville
Friday, August 26th, Buttonwood Sunflower Garden & The Restaurant at River Ridge