Rendezvous Pointe 425 E. Magnolia P.O. Box 804 Pinedale, WY 82941 Return Service Requested

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Rendezvous Pointe         Call Beth for more info 

at 367‐2881. 

$3.00 each or $5.00 a couple

 

6:30p.m.

There will be 30 ‐ 45 minutes of  instruction, followed by open dancing. 

 Two more left! Feb. 3rd ‐ Cowboy Swing Feb. 17th ‐ Review  Instructors:  Connie Wenz and  Gene Andrews 

Community Winter Dances

February, 2010

A Gathering Place for Sublette County Seniors and Their Community

P.O. Box 804, Pinedale, Wyoming Email: rpenews@centurytel.net Website: www.rendezvouspointe.com 307/367-2881 Fax: 307/367-6769 Hours: Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm

“Above The Mantel” Be sure to check out the changing display of art

work by local artists above the mantel donated by Peggy Winters.

Current display by Jo Mack

“Born on the Bayou”

“The Cajun Queens”

“Roany and Her Twins”

Services of Rendezvous Pointe

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LENDING CLOSET Do you need temporary medical equipment? We have a lending closet with various assistive devices that are available for short term lending. The closet includes bath benches, tub transfer benches, canes and crutches, an electric recliner, wheel chair ramps for stairs and thresholds, pill boxes, walkers, toilet seat risers, wheelchairs, and electric wheel-chairs. There are also books and videos about various medical topics. Please let us know what you are in need of.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Pg. 2 Our Services Pg. 3 Senior Info Pg. 4 Birthdays Pg. 5 FYI Pg. 6 Menu Pg. 7 Calendar Pg. 8 Activity Page Pg. 9 Nutrition Pg. 10-12 Misc. Info

CONGREGATE MEALS Come and eat with us each day, Monday - Friday, Noon -12:30pm. (Salad bar is available at 11:30). Our great kitchen staff, under the supervision of Sue Eversull, does a wonderful job of providing highly nutri-tious, dietitian approved, delicious meals. Suggested donation is $4.00 for seniors and their spouses, and $7.00 for guests under age 60. Anyone under the age of 60 needs to be accompanied by a senior. Reservations by 10:00am are helpful, at 367-2881.

HOME DELIVERED MEALS Home delivered meals are available to those individuals homebound and in need of this service. Call Jeanene at 367-2881 if you, or anyone you know, needs this service on-going, or in a tem-porary situation (such as recovering from recent surgery).

TRANSPORTATION Rendezvous Pointe provides transporta-tion, 8am - 4pm, to and from appoint-ments, shopping, banking, voting, to and from Rendezvous Pointe for lunch and activities, and much more. Call Cheryl for a ride a day ahead. Call Jeanene to schedule of out of town trips for doctor appointments.

COMMUNITY BASED IN-HOME SERVICES

Following an assessment and with approval, Rendezvous

Pointe can provide light housekeeping and personal care. Call Jeanene if you are interested in this service.

ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATION You are invited to take part in Wii bowling, art classes, Tai Chi, crafts, cards, bingo, pool, ceramics, scrapbooking, Fi-ber Guild, special speakers, dances, monthly outings for dinner and other events, public computers, shopping trips, and even more! If you want a particular activity, we'll do our best to provide it. Call Beth for activity information, 367-2881.

PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS or

LIFE LINES Life Lines are available at an ini-tial cost of $50.00, and a small fee for checking the system periodically and replacing batteries. The Sheriff’s Office will respond when the Life Line is activated. If you are interested, call 367-2881, and ask for Jeanene.

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Rendezvous Pointe is taking seniors (60+) to either Jackson or Rock Springs, for medical appointments. If you would like to take advantage of this service, listed below are the dates we will be traveling to either Jackson or Rock Springs. Mark your calendars…. • February 18 Rock Springs • March 18 Jackson • April 20 Rock Springs • May 18 Jackson • June 17 Rock Springs If you need assistance filling out pa-perwork or need someone to be with you during the appointment, please ask a friend or family member to ac-company you. It is preferred that at least two people are scheduled for each trip. The cost of each trip will be $25.00 per person. There may be a wait before or after your appointment, while others are being picked up or dropped off at their appointments. If you have any questions, please call Jeanene at 367-2881.

Volunteer of the Month as recognized by our Board of Trustees:

Rita Young For all her help with our Ceramics Class and her dedication and innovation!

TAX HELP Once again this year Pat Underberg will be available to offer free tax help, spon-sored by AARP and Rendezvous Pointe. Please call 367-2881, for an appointment, beginning February 1st.

New Dog Breeds! Collie + Lhasa Apso = Collapso, a dog that folds up for easy transport

Pointer + Setter = Pointsetter, a traditional Christmas pet Newfoundland + Basset Hound = Newfound Asset Hound, a dog for financial

advisors Deerhound + Terrier = Derriere, a dog that’s true to the end

COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS

February 1-4: Winter Farmer’s Market at the Pinedale Aquatic Center.

Locally produced goodies and gifts.

February 13: Cabin Fever Social, Daniel Community

Center, 7:00pm Call 859-8606 for more info.

February 10-14:

3rd Annual Wyoming Senior Winter Games - Events at White Pine Resort, Sublette County Ice Arena in Pinedale, the Pinedale Aquatic

Center, and Rendezvous Pointe. www.wyswintergames.com

February 12: Bearfoot - Pinedale Fine Arts Council presentation, season-ticket perform-ance. Pinedale Auditorium, 7pm. Tickets

$13. adults / $7. students. www.PinedaleFineArts.com

Reprinted with permission from Creative Forecasting, A Monthly Publication for Activity Professionals.

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Haiku (Bark Beetle)

Bark beetles condemn tall green pines to red rust death

without compunction. —C. F. Kelly

Learn more about Tai Chi and Qigong Did you know Tai Chi classes are offered FREE to seniors at Rendezvous Pointe? Do you know what Tai Chi is? While Tai Chi is actually a soft style of the martial arts, what you practice in class hardly resembles Bruce Lee. Tai Chi is a martial art that utilizes the practice of Qigong, which is slightly different. They both center around the concept of energy, which translates both as Chi and Qi, and has been the basis for Chinese medi-cine for five thousand years. The following description will hopefully entice you to join us in class for great company and a calming physical practice. Tai Chi is known as a soft, or fluid form of the martial arts (as compared to Karate or Tae Kwon Do on the other side of the spectrum). You get your Chi from your center, and with the help of breathing exercises you can learn to feel, nurture and strengthen your chi. The principle of Tai Chi is to be able to control others using your own Chi, while at the same time using their Chi or center against them. Most of us aren’t looking for a fight, but this is the practical side of the martial arts. Qigong is the ancient Chinese system for longevity and health that isn’t focused on a martial application. Qi, meaning energy, and Gong, meaning to work on, is the art of feeling, controlling and improving the flow of Qi throughout the body. When your Qi flows smoothly and with no obstructions, you remain healthy and your organs function properly. When your Chi becomes stagnant or is constricted, health is compromised and organ function declines. The goal of Qigong is to keep your Qi flowing to keep your body healthy and feeling good. It also helps clear the mind to enable it to focus and relax. Practice of Qigong is proven to improve balance and strengthen the immune system (which everyone can use). Utilizing Qigong exercises, Tai Chi offers a gentle series of exercises to improve breathing control, balance, flexibility and joint mobility. The results of continued practice include increasing your Chi flow to increase energy and improve health. You feel better physi-cally and mentally, and the exercise is just right for seniors. So join us every Tuesday and Thursday at 10am at Rendezvous Pointe!

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February Birthdays

THANKS SO MUCH!! The Bank of Sublette County for buying our monthly birthday lunch, to 1st Bank and Jeannie Slack for our birthday cakes, and to George Ditton, Doc Johnston and Kim Buchanan for our music.

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Did we miss your birthday? Please call the office at 367-2881 and let Pat know. Thanks!

MISSION STATEMENT OF

RENDEZVOUS POINTE

Rendezvous Pointe's goal is to help keep Sublette County seniors and disabled adults healthy, active, self-reliant, and able to live

independently or in their own homes as long as possible.

This complete newsletter can be viewed on our website, www.rendezvouspointe.com. If you would prefer to look at it online (instead of re-ceiving a mailing) and save us some postage and paper, call Pat at 367-2881 or email me at the email address on the cover page. Also, if you are moving, please let us know. The post office charges us for each returned newsletter. Thank You!

1 Buzz Esterholt 12 Bonnie Alexander 19 Claudie Meyer

2 Shirley Roberts Gene Andrews 20 PJ Normand

3 Morgan Blasingame Kay Oakley Dennis Seipp

Esther Bollinger Annette Pape Donna Skinner

Richard Kail 13 Sue Eversull 23 Beverly Barron

4 Ed Copyak Jo Kuntz Karmen Marincic

Patricia Negus Steve Roberts Rita McGinnis

Louise Shenefelt Virginia Schertz 25 Cindy Carlson

Sally Swift 14 Cindy Van 26 Nancy Reinwald

Darrell Woodson Lonnie Williams 27 Jesse McClain

7 Phil Carr 15 Thomas Blacker 28 Virginia Doyle

Vern Palmer Joleen Wright Katherine Dunning

Arthur Sruoginis Vic Nicodemus Maxine Estes

Verna Walker 18 Bob Dew Nancy Reno

8 Rosemarie Brewer Donna Nystrom Bobbi Tomasini

11 James Percy 19 Charles Bolon

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Red Fruits and Vegetables Fruits and vegetables are a great source of fiber and the antioxidant nu-trient, Vitamin C. Red fruits and vegetables also contain some other important nutrients and phytochemicals. • Watermelon, pink grapefruit and tomatoes contain a phytochemical that can keep

your heart healthy. • Cherries and strawberries contain another phytochemical that has been shown to

improve memory. This phytochemical is also found in some blue and purple fruits. • An apple a day really might keep the doctor away! Not only are they high in fiber,

but they have several other phytochemicals that keep your heart healthy and protect you from cancer. Eat them with the skin on for all the good stuff! • Try these other red fruits and vegetables: red bell pepper (good source of beta-carotene), radishes, beets, guava, papaya, red chili pepper, raspberries and pomegranate.

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.” Mark Twain

Thank you to all who helped take down the Christmas decorations! Justin Wilkerson, Lucas Corwin, Jared Wilson, Dylan Cackler, Debbie Vickrey, Cindy Carlson, Jim Allen, Jeanene Esterholt,

Peggy Winters, and Beth Allen.

SCAM! This was reported to the Aging Division of the State of Wyoming, and they asked us to pass it along: “The scam consists of an unsolicited phone call to a beneficiary from a party claiming to be from Medicare, notifying the beneficiary that they owe a “Part D Penalty” (presumably a late enrollment penalty), and that it needs to be paid im-mediately. From there, the caller presumably requests banking and/or credit card information for payment.”

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Pinochle for Beginners. No experience necessary.

Beginners will have a table with an "experienced" player. Come have fun and learn a new card game or refresh past experience. For more information call Cindy Van @ 367-2582. We will meet at the same time as regular

Pinochle @ 1pm on Tuesdays.

Sunday, February 7 4:30 pm

Bring a munchie to share. We’ll have something for you to do whether you sit and watch the game or not, so feel free to bring the foot-ball fan in your house and those who are not!! For more information and to sign up, talk to Beth.

...to lunch in big Piney to check out their new Senior Center on

Friday, February 19th.

...to dinner at the Old Wyoming Steak and Rib House

( 2 miles south of Big Piney) on Friday, February 26th.

Sign up at the white board for

these activities.

Wyoming Senior Winter Games Whether you ski, skate, swim, or play ball, it’s not too late to sign up to compete in this year’s games.

For more information see the display in the foyer or call Beth at 367-2881.

It’s not your age that makes you

young or old… It’s how much fun you have!!

Join us for Craft Class on Monday the 8th at 9:30am as we make Valentines. Even if you’ve never participated in our card making, you are welcome!

It’s the Year of the Tiger! Join us for a special lunch party on Tuesday, February 16th.

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Lynn Jephson

Why All The Sign‐in Sheets? When you come  to Rendezvous Pointe and are eating a meal, using  the com‐puter or involved in any activity, please look for a sign‐in sheet (if you don’t see one, please ask for one).  The amount of funding we receive from the Aging Di‐vision of  the State of Wyoming and  the Federal government  is dependant on the services we provide and the statistics we send them.  Your signature is im‐

portant to our existence! 

Birthday Lunch

Just  a  reminder  to  all  those  who wish  to participate  in  our monthly birthday  lunch, please call 367‐2881 before  10:00am  and  let  us  know how many will be  attending.   This will  allow  our  kitchen  staff  to  be prepared for this larger than normal count.  We also appreciate your call for  reservations  on  other  days.  Thank you! 

Energy Saving Tips: LIGHTING • Switch to Energy Star-Qualified Com-

pact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFLs) from incandescent light bulbs. A CFL produces about 75% less heat, so they are safer to operate and can cut energy costs. They can also last up to 10 times longer than the standard incandescent bulb.

• Put CFLs in hard to reach fixtures. You won’t have to replace them for 7 years or more!

• Keep bulbs clean. Dust can cut light out-put by as much as 25%.

Taken from a calendar produced by Project Energy Savers, LLC.

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Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 1 - Crafts @ 9:30am - Wii @ 10am - Cribbage @ 1pm

2 - Tai Chi @ 10am - Pinochle @ 1pm - Bingo @ 7pm

3 - Art @ 9am - Wii League@ 9am - Ceramics @ 3:30pm Community Winter Dance - “Cowboy Swing”, 6:30pm

4 - Hand & Foot@9:30 - Tai Chi @ 10am - Fiber Guild @ 1pm - Sweetwater Audio- logy @ 11 - 1pm - Scrapbooking, 3:30p

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Bubble Gum Day

Sunday Super Bowl Party

8 - Make Valentines in Crafts @ 9:30am - Wii @ 10am - Cribbage @ 1pm

9 - Tai Chi @ 10am - Pinochle @ 1pm - Bingo @ 7pm

Birthday Lunch

10 - Art @ 9am - Wii League @ 9am - Hearing Checks w/L. Jephson, 9-2:30pm - Ceramics @ 3:30pm

Board of Trustees Meeting

11 - Hand & Foot@9:30 - Tai Chi @ 10am - Fiber Guild @ 1pm - Sweetwater Audio- logy @ 11 - 1pm

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Sunday Valentine’s Day

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Closed for President’s Day

16 - Tai Chi @ 10am - Chinese New Year lunch celebration - Pinochle @ 1pm - Bingo @ 7pm

17 - Art @ 9am - Wii League @ 9am - Blood Pressure Checks@11:00-12:30p - Ceramics @ 3:30pm Community Winter Dance - “Review”

6:30pm

18 - Trip to Rock Sprgs. for Drs. Appts. - Hand & Foot@9:30 - Tai Chi @ 10am - Fiber Guild @ 1pm - Sweetwater Audio- logy @ 11 - 1pm - Scrapbooking, 3:30p

19 - Dr. Bevin, Podiatrist (sign up for an appt.)

Outing to the Big Piney

Senior Center Please sign up

22 - Crafts @ 9:30am - Wii @ 10am - Cribbage @ 1pm

23 - Tai Chi @ 10am - Pinochle @ 1pm - Bingo @ 7pm

24 - Art @ 9am - Wii League @ 9am - Ceramics @ 3:30pm

25 - Hand & Foot@9:30 - Tai Chi @ 10am - Fiber Guild @ 1pm - Sweetwater Audio- logy @ 11 - 1pm

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Dinner Out Old Wyoming Steak

and Rib House Please sign up

February 2010

Wyoming Senior Winter Games, 11 - 14

Birthstone: Amethyst Flower: Violet Colors: Light Blue & Yellow