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FOCUS SEPTEMBER 2015
Senior Center Mission: To Enhance the Quality of life for McDowell County's Senior Citizens
FREE MEDICARE
SEMINAR
SHIIP, the Seniors’ Health Insurance In-formation Program, is a division of the North Carolina Department of Insurance that offers free, objective information about Medicare, Medicare Supplements, Medicare Advantage plans, Medicare pre-scription drug plans, Medicare fraud and abuse, and long-term care insurance. SHIIP will be conducting a free seminar entitled:
Medicare 101/New to Medicare The seminar is open to anyone new to Medicare or interested in learning more about Medicare. The seminar will include a question and answer session. Event Date: September 23, 2015 Event Time: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Event Location: McDowell Senior Center 100 Spaulding Road Marion NC 28752
To register, call 828-659-0825.
For additional information, contact: Dawna Ledbetter.
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BBBBRICKS AVAILABLERICKS AVAILABLERICKS AVAILABLERICKS AVAILABLE
Bricks are available. For a $100.00 donation you can have a brick en-graved with your name, placed in the front entrance walkway of the Senior Center. A brick would also be a nice gift for someone or as a memorial to a loved one who has passed away. If you would like to get a brick speak with Weyland Prebor, 659-0823. The proceeds go to the Building Fund.
Senior Games Fundraiser
Needs Donations!
The McDowell County Senior Games is looking for local dona-tions of handmade crafts to be sold at the senior center booth at the Mountain Glory Festival on Saturday October 10, 2015. Craft donations will be accepted at the McDowell Senior Center located at 100 Spaulding Road, Marion (next to the YMCA) or at the A.C. Bud Hogan Community Center, 909 East Main Street (Highway 70), Old Fort up to Oc-tober 9, 2015. All donations become property of the McDowell County Senior Games and proceeds from the sale of any donated item will go to the McDowell County Senior Games. If you have questions call Senior Center Director Weyland Prebor at 659-0823. Handmade items requested in-clude items such as birdhouses, wood carvings, scarves, hats, jew-elry, sculptures, quilts, dishcloths, pocketbooks, greeting cards, cro-chet work, baby items and other original pieces.
VETERAN
CONCERNS
The third annual McDowell County Veteran Job Fair on August 13th at McDowell High School was a success. Over 40 Veterans registered to be a part of the event. The Business/Industry sector was represented by over 60 vendors. Overall more than 250 people registered for the event and many of them were able to make con-tacts to pursue employment.
Congressman Mark Meadows Veter-ans Solution event was held on August 18th at the National Guard Armory. Representatives from the VA Health-care and Benefits systems were avail-able to assist over 40 veterans that turned out for the event. Many of our veterans were able to either get claims settled or gain key information about their claim.
A tip of the hat goes to Martha Peter-son, Congressman Meadows local Field Representative, for coordinating this event locally.
Dining Room Notice Dining Room Notice Dining Room Notice Dining Room Notice In order to be sure In order to be sure In order to be sure In order to be sure you will be served you will be served you will be served you will be served lunch, please lunch, please lunch, please lunch, please register by 12:00 pm register by 12:00 pm register by 12:00 pm register by 12:00 pm the day before you the day before you the day before you the day before you want to eat. want to eat. want to eat. want to eat. Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you....
Baked Ham Fresh Steamed Squash Fresh Vegetable Vinegarette Sweet Potatoes Roll Devil’s Food Cake
Nutrition Site Beverages Whole Milk Skim Milk Buttermilk Chocolate Milk Lemonade Tea Coffee
MENU SEPTEMBER 2015
For Home Delivered Meals Cancellations call 659-0821
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Santa Fe Chicken Chopped Broccoli Creamy Cucumber Salad with Onion Oven Fried Parslied Potatoes Biscuit Butterscotch Pudding(DB-Pudding)
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Sloppy Joe Cole Slaw Green Beans H.B. Bun Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Chicken Tenders with Duck Sauce Tossed Salad Baby Lima Beans Biscuit
Fruit Cocktail in Jell-o(DB-Fruit Cocktail in Jell-o)
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*DB = Diabetic HDM = Home Delivered Meals
Marion Nutrition Site
For Reservations &
Cancellations Call: 659-0831
Old Fort Nutrition Site
For Reservations &
Cancellations Call: 668-4867
Country Style Steak Cole Slaw Green Peas Rice Biscuit Fruit Cobbler
Baked Breaded Chicken Filet with Bun Lettuce & Tomato Tater Tots Strawberries & Ba-nanas Fruit Cup (DB-Fresh Strawberries & Bananas)
8 Chef Salad w/Turkey, Cheese & Boiled Egg Tropical fruit Mix Macaroni Salad Wheat Thin Crackers
Peanut Butter Bar
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Oven Fried Fish Cole Slaw Dilled Potatoes Hush Puppies Cold Peaches (D.B.- Unsweetened Peaches)
Pinto Beans Oriental Slaw Assorted Juices Corn Bread Cookie
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Baked Spaghetti Tossed Salad Green Peas Garlic Twist (HDM-Texas Toast) Iced Cake
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Chicken Salad Lettuce & Tomato Potato Salad 2 Slices Honey Wheat Bread Melon Cup w/Cantaloupe & Honey-dew (DB-Melon Cup)
15 Baked Chicken Filet w/Italian Dressing Green Beans Buttered Noodles Roll Strawberry Shortcake(DB-Fresh Strawber-ries)
Hot Dog with chopped onion, chili & pickle relish Cole Slaw Watermelon Baked Beans H.D. Bun Brownie
Tuna Salad on Lettuce Sliced Tomato Pickled Beets 2 Slices Honey Wheat Bread Cookies
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Baked Chicken Breast w/Gravy Green Beans Dressing Biscuit Cantaloupe (D.B.-Cantaloupe)
B.B.Q Pork
Cole Slaw Baked Beans H.B. Bun Brownie
21 22 23 24 Oven Fried Chicken Breast Steamed Summer Squash w/Onion Summer Slaw Creamed Potatoes Biscuit Banana Pudding(DB-Fresh Peach when avail-able)
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Macaroni & Cheese Spinach Cold Country To-matoes Corn Bread Watermelon or can-taloupe
28 Baked Sliced Pork Loin Broccoli, Grape & Green Onion Salad Creamed Potatoes Corn Bread Cold Pears
Santa Fe Chicken Chopped Broccoli Creamy Cucumber Salad with Onion Oven Fried Parslied Potatoes Biscuit Butterscotch Pudding(DB-Pudding)
Baked Sliced Pork Loin Broccoli, Grape & Green Onion Salad Creamed Potatoes Corn Bread Cold Pears
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September is
National Cholesterol
Education Month
Too much cholesterol in the blood is one of the main risk factors for heart disease and stroke—two leading causes of death in the United States. One way to prevent these diseases is to detect high cholesterol and treat it when it is found.
What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that your body needs. But when you have too much in your blood, it can build up on the walls of your arteries and form block-ages. This can lead to heart disease, heart attack, and stroke.
There are two kinds of cholesterol: high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL). HDL is also called "good" cholesterol. LDL is called "bad" cholesterol. When we talk about high cho-lesterol, we are talking about "bad" LDL cholesterol.
Seventy-one million American adults have high cholesterol, but only one-third of them have the condition under control. September is National Cholesterol Educa-tion Month—a good time to resolve to get your cholesterol screened.
What role does screening play?
Screening is the key to detecting high cho-lesterol. Because high cholesterol does not have symptoms, many people do not know that their cholesterol is too high. Your doc-tor can do a simple blood test to check your cholesterol level.
The National Cholesterol Education Pro-gram recommends that adults aged 20 years or older have their cholesterol checked every 5 years.
You may need to have your cholesterol checked more often if any of the following statements applies to you: Your total cholesterol is 200 mg/dL or
higher.
You are a man older than age 45 or a woman older than age 50.
Your HDL cholesterol is lower than 40 mg/dL.
You have other risk factors for heart disease and stroke.
Although the number of people who said they were screened for cholesterol within the previous 5 years increased from 73% to 76% from 2005-2009,4 only a handful of states have met the 82% Healthy People 2020 objective, and disparities in getting screened per-sist.
How can you prevent or treat high cho-lesterol?
Make therapeutic lifestyle changes by
Eating a healthy diet. Avoid saturated fats and trans fats, which tend to raise cholesterol levels. Other types of fats, such as polyunsaturated fats, can actu-ally lower blood cholesterol levels. Eat-ing fiber also can help lower choles-terol.
Exercising regularly. Physical activity can help lower cholesterol. The Sur-geon General recommends that adults engage in moderate-intensity exercise for 2 hours and 30 minutes every week.
Maintaining a healthy weight. Being overweight or obese can raise your cho-lesterol levels. Losing weight can help lower your cholesterol.
Not smoking. If you smoke, quit as soon as possible.
Be sure to follow your doctor's instruc-tions and stay on your medications, if prescribed, to control your cholesterol.
From cdc.gov
Artery With Buildup of Plaque Normal Artery
Top 10 Cholesterol-Fighting
Foods By Paula Rasich
Lower cholesterol naturally with these foods. Snack on nuts. Drizzle a little olive oil on your salad. Dine on salmon. Have a little chocolate—guilt-free! These eating
strategies (and more) can help reduce your cravings for high cholesterol foods and lower "bad-guy" LDLs, maintain "good-guy" HDLs, AND help you reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke.
What follows are choices for healthy foods that lower cholesterol.
1. Soy: The Smart, Delicious Alterna-tive Reducing saturated fat is the single most important dietary change you can make to cut blood cholesterol. Used as a replacement for meat and cheese, soy foods help your heart by slashing the amount of saturated fat that you eat.
Why is saturated fat so bad for your heart? The liver uses saturated fat to make cholesterol, so eating foods with too much saturated fat can increase cholesterol levels, especially low-density lipoproteins (LDL)—the bad cholesterol. Saturated fats are usually found in animal products such as whole milk, cream, butter, and cheese, and meats, such as beef, lamb and pork. There are some plant-based satu-rated fats you should avoid too, nota-bly palm kernel oil, coconut oil, and vegetable shortening.
How to get some: Not familiar with soy foods? The basics include tofu, soy nuts, soy flour, and enriched soy-milk. Crumbled soy—an alternative to ground meat—works well in chili, bur-ritos, lasagna, soups, and casseroles. Add tofu to chili, eggs, or casseroles. It absorbs the flavor of whatever you're cooking. You'll find many soy prod-ucts in the produce section of the su-permarket.
2. Beans: The High Fiber Solution Except for your morning wheat bran, no food is more fiber-rich than beans. And beans are especially high in cho-lesterol-lowering soluble fiber. Eating a cup of any type of beans a day—particularly kidney, navy, pinto, black, chickpea, or butter beans—can lower cholesterol by as much as 10% in 6 weeks.
Soluble fiber forms a gel in water that helps bind acids and cholesterol in the intestinal tract, preventing their re-absorption into the body. This may be why soluble fiber helps to lower cho-lesterol levels (and decreases the risk of
heart disease). Soluble fiber is also found in oats and oat bran, barley, brown rice, beans, apples, carrots, and most other fruits and vegetables. How to get some: Keep your cupboards stocked with canned beans of all kinds: black, white, kidney, fat-free refried, etc.
3. Salmon: Amazing Heart-Friendly Fat Research has shown certain types of fat actually protect against high cholesterol. Omega-3 fatty acids—found in salmon and other cold-water fish—help lower "bad" LDL cholesterol, raise "good" HDL cholesterol, and lower triglycerides. Salmon is an excellent source of protein because it is high in omega-3 fatty acids called EPA and DHA that are good for your heart while low in cholesterol and saturated fat. How to get some: To get the most omega-3s, choose salmon, white albacore tuna canned in water, rainbow trout, anchovies, herring, sardines, and mackerel.
4. Avocado: Healthy Fat Superfood Avocados are a great source of heart-healthy monounsaturated fat?a type of fat that may actually help to raise levels of HDL ("good"cholesterol) while lowering levels of LDL ("bad" cholesterol). And these delectable green orbs pack more of the cholesterol-smashing beta-sitosterol (a beneficial plant-based fat) than any other fruit. How to get some: Avocado is a bit high in calories. Your best strategy: Use this lus-cious veggie in place of another high-fat food or condiment. FYI: A whole avocado has about 300 calo-ries and 30g fat.
5. Garlic: The Ancient Herb for Heart Health Garlic has been found to lower choles-terol, prevent blood clots, reduce blood pressure, and protect against infections. Now research has found that it helps stop artery-clogging plaque at its earliest stage (called nanoplaque). How? Garlic keeps individual cholesterol particles from stick-ing to artery walls. How to get some: Next time you hit the supermarket, pick up a tub of freshly peeled garlic cloves, and challenge your-self to make sure it's gone before the "best
by" date. Chop up and toss on pizza, in soups, or on side dishes.
6. Spinach: The Heart Healthy Green Spinach contains lots of lutein, the sun-shine-yellow pigment found in dark green leafy vegetables and egg yolks. Research suggests that just a ½ cup of a lutein-rich food daily guards against heart attacks by helping artery walls "shrug off" choles-terol invaders that cause clogging. How to get some: Look for 9-oz bags of baby spinach leaves that you can pop in the microwave (ready in 3 minutes). Top with 2 tablespoons of Parmesan and 1 ta-blespoon of toasted sunflower seeds. Add a roll, and you've got a heavenly low-cal dinner for one.
7. Margarine: Best Spreads for Your Breads Two margarines are proven to help lower your cholesterol numbers: Take Control and Benecol. They do so by blocking the absorption of the cholesterol contained in your food and bile. Take Control margarine is made with plant sterols that are proven to lower both total and LDL cholesterol by up to 14%. The plant stanols in Benecol margarine work the same way. Both the National Cholesterol Education Program and the American Heart Association recommend these margarines. How to get some: Spread these marga-rines on your toast or bagel in the morn-ing or for a mid-day snack. The only side effect is reduced beta-carotene absorption. To compensate, make sure you eat extra carrots, spinach, sweet red peppers, or sweet potatoes.
8. Tea: The Hot and Cool Superdrink Tea, whether it's iced or hot, delivers a blast of antioxidant compounds. Studies prove that tea helps to keep blood vessels relaxed and prevent blood clots. Flavon-oids, the major antioxidants in tea, have been shown to prevent the oxidation of LDL cholesterol that leads to plaque for-mation on artery walls. These powerful antioxidants may even reduce cholesterol and even lower blood pressure. How to get some: Enjoy a cup of hot or iced tea. Drink this much: A cup of hot tea actually contains more antioxidants than a serving of any fruit or vegetable. Both green and black teas have high antioxidant levels.
Enjoy at least one cup of tea every day.
9. Walnuts, Cashews, and Almonds: Go (Mixed) Nuts! A moderate-fat diet that's rich in the healthy monounsaturated fats found in nuts may actually be twice as good for your heart as a low-fat diet. Nuts also have vita-min E, magnesium, copper, and phyto-chemicals that have been linked to heart health. And walnuts are also rich in omega-3s. People who eat nuts regularly have less heart disease and other illnesses than people who don't. The heart-healthy monounsaturated fats they contain are also better for your joints than the polyunsatu-rated fats found in corn and safflower oils. How to get some: The key is moderation: Nuts are high in calories. Keep a jar of chopped nuts in your fridge, and sprinkle 2 tablespoons a day on cereal, veggies, sal-ads, or yogurt. Make a trail mix with your favorite nuts, seeds and dried fruit. Eat this much: Aim for 2 tablespoons of chopped nuts five times a week, or a small handful as a snack 3-4 times a week.
10. Chocolate: The Sweet Heart Bonus Want to help your heart the next time you indulge in chocolate candy? Choose the dark or bittersweet kind. Compared to milk chocolate, it has more than three times as many antioxidants. These flavonoid anti-oxidants work to keep blood platelets from sticking together and may even help keep your arteries unclogged. Milk chocolate is good too, having as much antioxidant power as red wine. And what about white chocolate? Sorry, it has no flavonoids at all. How to get some: The levels of flavonoids in chocolate vary, depending on where it is grown and handled and how it is proc-essed. Researchers have been studying a variety of chocolate, developed by Mars, Inc., with guaranteed high-flavonoid lev-els. You can find it now in Mars Dove bars. To control the calories, buy Dove dark chocolate Promises. Indulge in one flavorful, high-flavonoid morsel daily, for just 42 calories and 2.6 g of fat. Eat this much: Research shows that about an ounce of chocolate a day increases good cholesterol and prevents bad cholesterol from oxidizing.
Source : http://www.prevention.com/food/
food-remedies/10-best-cholesterol-
lowering-foods
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McDowell County Senior CenterMcDowell County Senior CenterMcDowell County Senior CenterMcDowell County Senior Center
9:00 Quilting 10:30 Sharing Our Stories 9:45-10:45 Tai Chi 10:45 Chair Exercise 11:45 Healthy Habits
1:00 Games 1:00 Fun Band
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9:30 Crochet Class 10:45 Chair Exercise 12:00 Duplicate Bridge
Puzzle Fun 9:00 Needle-work /Embroidery 9:30 Line Dance 10:45 Chair Exercise 1:00 Pinochle 1:00 Diabetes Support Group/Kim Freeman
CHAMP by appoint-ment
9:30 Crochet Class 10:45 Chair Exercise 12:00 Duplicate Bridge
9:00 Crafts 9:30 J.A.M. Exercise
10:30 Fun Bingo 10:45 Chair Exercise 1:00 Cookie Club 1-3 Mah Jong 1:00 Knitting Workshop 1:00 Fun & Games 1:00-3:30 Living Healthy With Chronic Pain Workshop
9:00 Quilting 9:45-10:45 Tai Chi 10:30 Blood Pressure 10:30 Sharing Our Stories 10:45 Chair Exercise 1:00 Games 1:00 Fun Band
9:30 J.A.M. Exercise 10:30-11:30 Bible Study 10:45 Chair Exercise 1:00—3:00 Art Class 1-3 Mah Jong 12:30 Bunco Evening Classes
6:00 to 8:00 Knitter’s Night 6:00—7:30 Art Class 5:30 Line Dance 6:45 Advanced Line Dance
9:30 Crochet Class 10:45 Chair Exercise 12:00 Duplicate Bridge
North Cove Day
9:00 Crafts 9:30 J.A.M. Exercise
10:45 Chair Exercise 1-3 Mah Jong 1:00 Knitting Workshop 1:00 Fun & Games
MONDAY FRIDAY WEDNESDAY TUESDAY
9:30 J.A.M. Exercise 10:30-11:30 Bible Study
10:45 Chair Exercise 1:00—3:00 Art Class 1:00 Mah Jong 12:30 Bunco Evening Classes
6:00 to 8:00 Knitter’s Night 6:00—7:30 Art Class 5:30 Line Dance
6:45 Advanced Line Dance
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6:00 to 8:00 Knitter’s Night 6:00—7:30 Art Class 5:30 Line Dance
6:45 Advanced Line Dance
22 9:00 Quilting 9:45-10:45 Tai Chi 10:30 Sharing Our Stories 10:45 Chair Exercise 1:00 Games 1:00 Fun Band 1:00—2:30 Medicare 101/New to Medicare
9:00 Crafts 9:30 J.A.M. Exercise
10:30 Fun Bingo 10:45 Chair Exercise 1-3 Mah Jong 1:00 Cookie Club 1:00 Knitting Workshop 1:00 Fun & Games
9:30 Crochet Class 10:45 Chair Exercise 12:00 Duplicate Bridge
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9:00 Quilting 9:45-10:45 Tai Chi 10:30 Sharing Our Stories 10:45 Chair Exercise 1:00 Games 1:00 Fun Band
9:00 Crafts 9:30 J.A.M. Exercise 10:45 Chair Exercise 1-3 Mah Jong 1:00 Knitting Workshop 1:00 Fun & Games 1:00-3:30 Living Healthy With Chronic Pain Workshop
2 3 4 9:30 J.A.M. Exercise 10:30-11:30 Bible Study 10:45 Chair Exercise 1:00—3:00 Art Class 1-3 Mah Jong 12:30 Bunco Evening Classes
6:00 to 8:00 Knitter’s Night 6:00—7:30 Art Class 5:30 Line Dance 6:45 Advanced Line Dance
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9:00 Quilting 9:45-10:45 Tai Chi 10:30 Sharing Our Stories 10:45 Chair Exercise 1:00 Games
1:00 Fun Band
“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket
than all the other seasons.”
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OLD FORT NUTRITION SITE
LOCATED AT 909 EAST MAIN ST., OLD FORT, NC 28762
Phone: 668-4867 SEPTEMBER 2015
CLOSED 8:30—3:00 Fit-ness Equipment Exer-cises
10:30 Bingo After Lunch- Card Making Class with Nanette Hankins 1:00 Computer Class (must see Cheryl to sign up)
Puzzles 10:00 Better Choices 11:00 Piano Music by Bob Creekmore
Puzzles
12:15 Card Fun & Games with Rita Myers
1:00-2:00 Tai Chi
10:30 Bingo 1:00 Computer Class (must see Cheryl to sign up)
8:30—3:00 Fitness Equipment Exercises
10:00 Crochet with Jo Shuman
8:30—3:00 Fit-ness Equipment Exercises
After lunch: Quilting for Quilted Hugs with Teresa Davey
MONDAY FRIDAY THURSDAY WEDNESDAY TUESDAY
Puzzles 12:15 Card Fun & Games with Rita Myers
1:00-2:00 Tai Chi
8:30—3:00 Fitness Equipment Exercises 10:00 Crochet with Jo Shuman
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Puzzles 10:00 Better Choices 11:00 Piano Music by Bob Creekmore
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Puzzles
12:15 Card Fun & Games with Rita Myers
1:00-2:00 Tai Chi
Puzzles 10:00 Better Choices 11:00 Piano Music by Bob Creekmore
10:30 Bingo 1:00 Computer Class (must see Cheryl to
sign up)
8:30—3:00 Fit-ness Equipment Exer-cises 10:30 Goose Creek
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8:30—3:00 Fitness Equipment Exercises 10:00 Crochet with Jo Shuman
Puzzles
12:15 Card Fun & Games with Rita Myers
1:00-2:00 Tai Chi
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Puzzles Blood Pressure Checks 10:00 Better Choices 11:00 Piano Music by Bob Creekmore
10:30 Bingo
1:00 Computer Class (must see Cheryl to sign up)
3 2 Puzzles 10:00 –11:00 Deaf & Hard of Hearing Pro-gram 12:15 Card Fun & Games with Rita Myers
1:00-2:00 Tai Chi
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11:00 Piano Music by Bob Creekmore
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THE BUZZZ
OF OLD FORT
Riddles:
1. What has 4 fingers and a thumb, but is not
living?
2. What always murmurs but never talks, Al-
ways runs but never walks, Has a bed but
never sleeps, Has a mouth but never speaks?
Answers are on the back page.
Honor a Veteran
For a tax deductible contribution of $100.00, a granite brick will be permanently engraved with the rank and name of the veteran, the branch of service and the conflict served or the time served.
Come by the McDowell Senior Center front desk and fill out an application and bring a check pay-able to American Legion Brick Wall.
SPOT THE 12 DIFFERENCES
Eat your wheaties my good friends, you’ll need more energy this month at the Old Fort cen-ter. What a great place for our older folks to have to go to and meet new friends, talk, watch TV, great food, beautiful music on Wednesdays, play bingo every Thursday, (where every-one wins), work on health is-sues, exercise (ride the bike, get on the nustep), work a puzzle, the card class, learn to crochet, join the group and learn how to play cards, read a book, work a cross word puzzle book, and just have a great day!
John and Dawn Neymeyer, mar-ried 40 years, moved to Pleasant Gardens from Columbus, Ohio in 2013 to be near their kids and grandkids: 2 daughters, 2 sons-in-law, & 6 grandchildren. The slow pace of life in a small, Southern town seems to suit re-tirees and they have enjoyed the good food and warm hospitality of the nearby Senior Center –Old Fort Center.
Rita Meyers daughter Frances and son-in-law George came to visit for a week. They are from Elyria, Ohio.
We were delighted to have Johnnie Whisnant visit and speak to us.
Get well wishes go to: Harold and Jo Shuman, Bill and Jeanette Mackey, Dewey Hughes, Becky Smith, Earlene Richardson, Floy and Chuck Walker, Jim Hautt, Joe & Lillian Harris, Herbert Jenkins, Jean Carroll, Mamie Elliott, Ron Ar-thur and Helen Bartlett.
Lovada Barrier and I (Betty
Hensley) attended the annual Asheville Circle Story Telling event on Sunday. 20 years strong. A large group attended, a picnic was in order, then story telling went on till dark. Very good.
70 years of the Grindstaff reunion, Walter and I (Betty Hensley) at-tended the special event at Mars Hill. A large group was in atten-dance. Pictures were taken and they took a group picture of the ones who attended the first one. Walter Hensley was in that group—a long time ago.
Some of our farmers have shared fresh squash and tomatoes with the folks at the center. Nothing like fresh veggies from the garden. Thanks.
Autumn begins September 23rd!! Fall of the year brings some of my favorite sounds and sights. School bells, colorful foliage, blue smoke coming from the chimney (or crackling fires)—those leaves that crunch under your feed and it brings one of my favorite dishes, soup!
Take the time to notice the color of the leaves changing already!
We were talking the other day and one of the ladies said, “It isn’t the date on either end of a tombstone, but it’s the dash in the middle that really matters. It’s the filler, the stuff in the middle that makes us”.
Attention—If you have news for the Focus, please give it to Cheryl or Betty. Thank you.
Pray for our nation. Song of Solo-mon 2:12
Betty Hensley
MCDOWELL COUNTY
SENIOR CENTER
Certified Center of Certified Center of Certified Center of Certified Center of
ExcellenceExcellenceExcellenceExcellence
100 SPAULDING ROAD
MARION N.C. 28752
Phone: 828-659-0821
Weyland Prebor,
Director FOCUS
Editor: Barbara Gautney
[email protected] WEB:
www.mcdowellseniorcenter.org
Fax: 828-652-8723
McDowell Senior
Center
Exercise and
Dance Classes
Chair Exercise - Free
Monday - Friday at 10:45 am
Morning Line Dance Class-Free
Mondays 9:30 am
Joints are Moving
Free for senior citizens-Tuesdays and Thursdays- 9:30 am-10:30 am
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Riddle Answers 1.A glove 2.A river
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Hazel McGuire 2
Homer Burgin 4
Robert Parish 4
Norma Foster 5
Charles Arrowood 6
Gail Harris 10
Joyce Tyler 10
Ruth Laws 13
Nick Harriman 14
Mary Henline 15
Bill Topham 15
David Conner 16
Margie Boyd 17
Billy Lewis 19
James Ramsey 20
James Walker 20
Betty Mainer 21
Betty McElrath 25
Eugene Venton 26
Gladys Poteat 27
Clifford Poteat 30
OLD FORTOLD FORTOLD FORTOLD FORT
Carroll Stevens 1
Phillip Buchanan 4
Irene Wright 3
Brenda Parks 4
Virginia Hogan 7
Virginia Conley 8
Gay Conley 14
Sue Moore 14
Robert Smith 17
Billie Berry 19
James Hautt 26
Jeanette Grindstaff 27
Roy Robertson 29
A Great Fall Getaway to
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
September 14-17, 2015
We will depart from Big Lots’ parking lot in Marion at 7:00 a.m. on September 14th
For More Information Contact Brenda Monosso At The McDowell Senior Cen-ter 659-0832.
The Blairs
will be performing on
September 18th, 2015 at 10:00am Marion Dining
Room
Free Strength & Balance
Program (CHAMP)
CHAMP, the Community Health and Mobility Partnership, is designed to improve strength, balance, and mo-bility in older adults, helping them to stay independent and active for life. The CHAMP Team, includes a nurse and a physical therapist, they conduct an in-depth screening and develop an individualized exercise plan for each participant based on the screening results. This is a free service.
CHAMP will be held monthly through November at the McDowell Senior Center. If you need addi-
tional information or would like to
schedule an appointment, please
call: (828) 659-0821.
Spot the 12 Differences answer:
1.Hair on right is missing.
2. Snow on mountain is missing.
3. Pack Pocket detail is missing.
4.Top of nut is missing.
5.Stripe on pocket is missing.
6.Tree knothole is colored in.
7.Toe on boot is colored in.
8.Flowers have moved.
9.Bush detail above boot has moved.
10.Stick is longer.
11.Stump knothole is flipped.
12.Pack flap is longer.