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~ Herman Prior Activity Centre ~ Portage la Prairie ~ Manitoba ~ R1N 1V1 ~ 204.857.6951 ~ [email protected] ~

Prior Centre

Herman Prior Activity Centre Inc. 40 Royal Road North

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba R1N 1V1

Issue 60 March 2020

Programs and Activities

Activity Contact Person

Painting (Tues) Connie Gretsinger

Line Dancing (Day & Eve) Terry Safruik

Floor Curling Myrtle MacIntosh

Floor Shuffleboard Myrtle MacIntosh

Square Dancing Edith Furdievich

HPC Tai Chi Cheryl Barker

Clogging Heather Kerr

Resistance Band Peggy Mitchell

Painting (Mon) Fran Pickell

Euchre Bill Pearcey

Whist Agnes Hargest

Weaving Willie LaFreniere

Duplicate Bridge P. Nodrick

Cribbage Kay Polmark/Agnes Hargest

Taoist Tai Chi Dave Barney/Shelley MacDonald

Senior Fitness Samm Hart

Euforia Samm Hart

Stroke Support Group Charlie Clifford

Geneology Cheryl Barker

Natural History Bob Jones

Pool League Derek Bradley

Quilting Guild Zandra Johnston

Book Nook Open

Walking Club Vacant

Tool Library Vacant

Mission Statement The Herman Prior Activity Centre focuses on: COMMUNITY TOGETHERNESS WITH “OPEN HEARTS … OPEN MINDS…AND OPEN DOORS”. All age groups are welcome to the Centre to enjoy activities, programs, meals and special events in a friendly barrier free atmosphere.

We put all our meal plans and events onto our Facebook page. Or, give us your email address and we will e-mail you the newsletter and any upcoming events.

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Pool table brings back memories

A founding member of the now two-year-old Senior Men’s

Pool League at the Herman Prior Activity Centre (HPAC), Bob

Demman has memories of one of the two snooker tables there

that date back decades.

The actual age of the table is unknown, but if the pockets could

talk, what a tale they could tell! It is understood the table came

to the HPAC from its roots at Gorrai’s Pool Room.

Demman says his father played on the tables at HPAC, and

maybe at Gorrai’s, too. Now well into his 70s, Demman can

recall playing on what is to be believed to be an antique

Brunswick table when he was playing hookey from school in

the mid 1950s.

Gorrai’s Pool Room was on Saskatchewan Ave. just east of

what was then Narvie’s Clothing Store (the precursor to

Barney’s which shuttered in 2019).

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

March 4 Shen Yun Show

March 7 Herman Prior Craft sale/Flea Market

March 17 St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon

March 20 Celebrity Luncheon

March 31 Celebrations – Country Star

April 8 Singles Cribbage Tournament

April 18 REWiND at Manitou Opera House

May 9 Sisters of the Holy Rock (tickets soon)

2019/20

Board of Directors

Executive

President Joan Hewson

1st Vice-president Kay Humphrey

2nd Vice-president Jo-Ann Voesenek

Treasurer Ed Enns

Secretary Harriet Turnbull

Directors

Bev Case Bunny Dietrich Pat Hay Bill Kramble Lynne Payette Sandra Sharpe Gini Martin

Participant Council

Florence Jackson Joyce McIvor Pat Foley Myrtle MacIntosh Marion Cooper Joan Parker Henry Nick

Sunshine Report Sympathy Cards to: Don Pelechaty and Gaylene Morton Get well cards to: Fran Pickell If you know of someone who needs a card, let us know.

Barrett, Judy

Muir, Ivy Tait, Joanne

Bernard-Scott, Doris Cuthbert, Calvin Johnson, Susan Dietrich, John

Oliver, Jim Nielsen, Donna

Born, Dennis Brown, Alan

Dalmyn, Joyce Moorhouse, Brenda

Endall, Patricia Braden, Barrie Kestirke, Mae Blyth, Doug

Richards, Lynda Braden, Karen

Enns, Ed Andrich, Donna

Johnston, Zandra Brown, Heather

Cavers, Barb Jones, Charlotte

Domes, Art Benedictson, Rose

Mitchell, Bryan Dwyer, Susan

Cuthbert, Elaine Slater, Ken

Dumont, Mickey Wegleitner, Edie

Lambert, Al Ommerli, Ray Lewis, Betty

Voesenek, Jo-Ann Todd, Sherry

Members Quarter

Draw Winners Won on Feb. 7 by Lang Snow and on Feb. 24 by Evelyn Smith.

50/50 January winner was Lou Royal. February draw will be on Feb. 28.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SIGN IN and OUT A safety policy at the Herman Prior Activity Centre asks that you

please sign in upon entering and out when leaving the centre.

This is for everyone. It is for safety reasons. If we have a fire or

an emergency, we need to know who is in the building.

Mayor Irvine Ferris hosted the monthly Celebrity Lunch in February

Menu included Split pea soup (big hit), ham and

scalloped potatoes!

Board Members

Our AGM is soon (date to be determined) and we

are requiring replacements for four board

members. If you would be interested please let one

of the current board members, a Participant

Council member, or Chris or Kathy know.


2019 Individual Donation If you would like to make a donation (donations over $25 receive a tax receipt) Please fill out this form and enclose it in an envelope. Thank you! CHEQUES PAYABLE TO HERMAN PRIOR ACTIVITY CENTRE

Name: ________________________________ ________________________________ ___________

Address: ________________________________ ________________________________ __________

Phone#: _______________________________ Amount: ________________________________

Donate To: ________________________________ ________________________________ ________

General Operating: _______________________ Special Project (Please List) ____________________

Renovations Fund: ________________________________ ________________________________ __

We can now process credit

and debit payments. $10

Minimum

Jaymor Farms

Looking for that “right” donation? Please consider the Herman Prior

Activity Centre With income tax season coming up, please remember

us as a source for your charitable donations so that we

can proceed with the washroom renovations or if you

would like to donate to other areas let us know.

If you are at an event at the Herman Prior and take a picture, please email it to us to include in our newsletter, on Facebook or on our web page.


Westman Podiatrist Dr. Belmont’s office books appointments for him. Call them at 1-877-909-3338. Next appointments here are on March 17th.

Medical Equipment rental service Herman Prior Activity Centre medical

equipment rental service can be accessed by

calling 204-857-6951 or email [email protected]

Foot Care Nurse, Sylvia Gauthier

March dates include:

5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27

Call Sylvia at 204-857-9035 to book

or change your appointment.

Beltone Hearing

Next day at the Centre:

March 9 & 23

Call the Centre (204-857-6951)

to book your appointment.

Herman Prior Spring Craft Sale and

Flea Market is coming up!

Saturday, March 7, 2020, 9 am -3 pm.

Register now if you would like a table. 204-

857-6951. Tables are $20 each.

Canteen and baking available.

Let Kathy know if you would like to

volunteer.


Pool table from page 1

IS YOUR MEMBERSHIP DUE? Chris or Kathy can check that out for you. Membership is now based on the date of sign up, no longer expires December 31st, but rather one year from the date the membership is purchased. Membership fees help us with the costs of operating the building and running programs.

Tool Library: Busy Board workshop

Sunday, March 29 1 – 4 p.m. in Crocus Room These are great activities for young children and people with dementia. We are looking for donations of pieces for the boards. Things like latches, locks with keys, hinges, etc. Cost will be based on the items you use on your busy board.

TOOL LIBRARY HELP NEEDED Volunteers needed to: sort tools and label tools,

organize tool shop and to work for one hour on

Thursday evenings. Let Chris or Kathy know if

helping with any of these would interest you.

New drop in price

Non-members $3.00 As of March 1, 2020 the drop in fee for non-members has been raised to $3.00 per drop in. If you want to sign up for membership to avoid the higher fees, talk to Chris or Kathy.

away, and so they made it happen. The centre only had to

contribute about $100. Fantastic! Job done.”

The league meets every Tuesday and Thursday morning.

There are almost enough spares to perhaps expand the league.

It is important that it doesn’t cut into golf season.

“It’s a wonder I didn’t carve my name into it, at least my

initials,” said Demman. “I missed a bit of school likely

playing on that table. There were a lot of guys who would go

to Gorrai’s after school and when they didn’t go to school,”

he chuckled.

“They had two rooms in Gorrai’s, five tables in one room

and five or six in the other. There was a hallway in between

where the guy who setup the balls sat. They had spittoons

hardly anyone ever managed to hit,” Demman recollected.

“Just after I left high school they shut down. There were

other pool rooms that started up over the years at different

places.

“That table is in very good shape for the age it is. I would

have to guess the table is 75-years-old. Gorrai’s was going

long before I was going there so I would guess it (the table)

is from the 1940s.

The league is filling a needed niche. “The first year we had

about 26 players and we have grown to 32 players plus

spares. I hope we get more,” Demman said. “There’s a lot of

pool players around here who probably haven’t played since

school. This is a good place to get the dust off your shot and

meet a few new people. Now that they are retired and if you

coax them we can get them out.”

In this day and age where not much gets done in a public

place unless there is a grant, the members of the league

proved they are men of action.

“The one table was in rough shape,” explains Chris Dumont,

the centre’s executive director. “It needed new rails and a

cloth and it wasn’t in the Herman Prior’s budget. The league

stepped up and raised the money for the repair. Two of the

members even stayed and helped with the installation!

“The cost of upgrading the one table amounted to just over

$1,100. The men felt it was something they wanted done

right


Gardening help We are looking for helpers to come in and start tomato and pepper seeds in our rolling planters, and to water and nurture them. In the spring, we will continue to grow a few of them for the kitchen, but have a plant sale with some of them.

St. Patrick’s Day lunch St. Patrick’s Day Lunch with music by Troupe. Beef Stew is on the menu! (No green beer, sorry). Preregister by 13th of March.

Selkirk MB will host the next Manitoba 55+ Games, June 16-18, 2020.

Since 1983, the Manitoba Society of Seniors (MSOS) had proudly hosted the annual 55+ Games in a different community in Manitoba each year. In 2012, the torch and spirit of the Games was placed in the capable hands of the Active Living Coalition for Older Adults in Manitoba (ALCOA-MB) – now Active Aging in Manitoba (AAIM). Over 25 age-friendly events will attract more than 1000 athletes, 300 volunteers and many more spectators to 3 days of fun. If you have never been, this is one celebration you will not want to miss!

The Games are the largest 55+ annual multi-sport event in Manitoba, breaking the common stereotype that seniors don’t stay active into their 60s, 70s and 80s. In fact, the oldest male and female athletes are both well over 90 years old. Many other participants have been bit by the “Games bug” and continue to visit the Games every year no matter where the event is held.

Events range from card games to scrabble, snooker, floor curling/shuffleboard, track, swimming and slo-pitch. Slo-pitch is the largest event at the Games, drawing close to 15 teams every year. The 3 days of activities makes from some fun and enjoyable competition for participants and spectators alike!

The Games, while emphasizing active, recreational activities, are also about providing a social and cultural atmosphere through entertainment and social events. A Variety Concert is held on the Tuesday night and an Athletes’ Banquet allows the participants a chance to mingle on Wednesday night. The banquet includes a dinner, dance and speeches by local dignitaries. Past banquet speakers included a special appearance from Lloyd Robertson.

If you wish to register for an event, you can fill out a registration form and send it to their office. Registration will begin in March and forms can be found on the website or by calling the Games office at 204-261-9257.

If you have any questions about the Manitoba 55+ Games, please feel free to contact the Games office at 204-261-9257 or email [email protected].

Registration for the 2020 Manitoba 55+ Games will open in March 2020

Valentine’s Day lunch

Herman Prior Activity Centre – MARCH 2020 .15

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT

1 2 10:00 Line Dance - A 10:30 – Res. Band – C

1:00 Cribbage - A 1:00 Seniors’ Fitness – C

1:30 Painting - A 6:00 Clogging – A/C

7:00 Taoist Tai Chi - C

3 9:00 Painting - C 9:00 Pool League 1:00 Blood Pressure

12:30 Bridge – A

1:00 Euchre – A 5:00 Euforia! - C

6:30 PWildfire Line Dancing - A

4

9:30 Taoist Tai Chi –A

1:00 Cribbage - A 7:00 Taoist Tai Chi - C

5 8:30 – 4:00 Foot Care 9:00 Pool League

10:00 HPC Tai Chi - C 1:00 Senior Fitness - C

1:00 Whist - A 1:00 Weaving – B

6:00 – Tool Library 7:00 Square Dancing - C

6 8:30-4:00 Foot Care

10:00 Floor Curling – C

1:00 Floor Shuffleboard - C

7

SPRING CRAFT SALE 9-3

8

1-5

West

End Dance

9 Beltone Hearing 10:00 Line Dance – A 10:30 – Res. Band – C

1:00 Seniors Fitness – C 1:00 Cribbage - A

1:30 Painting - A

6:00 Clogging – A/C 7:00 Taoist Tai Chi - C

10 9:00 Painting - C 9:00 Pool League 10:30 Participant Council- B 1:00 Blood Pressure

12:30 Bridge – A 1:00 Euchre – A

5:00 Euforia! - C 6:30 PWildfire Line Dancing - A

11 9:30 Taoist Tai Chi –A

9:30 – Board Meeting - B 1:00 Cribbage - A

7:00 Taoist Tai Chi - C 1

12 8:30 – 4:00 Foot Care 9:00 Pool League 10:00 HPC Tai Chi - C

1:00 Senior Fitness - C 1:00 Whist - A

1:00 Weaving – B

7:00 Square Dancing – C 7:00 Tool Library Mtg - B

13

8:30-4:00 Foot Care

14

10-12

Taoist Tai

Chi - C

15

16 10:00 Line Dance - A 10:30 – Res. Band – C 1:00 Cribbage - A

1:00 Seniors’ Fitness – C 1:30 Painting - A

6:00 Clogging – A/C


17 ST. PATRICKS DAY LUNCH Westman Podiatrist 9:00 Pool League / Painting - C 1:00 Blood Pressure


5:00 Euforia! - C 6:30 PWildfire Line Dancing – A 7:00 Quilters Guild - C

18

9:30 Taoist Tai Chi –A 1:00 Cribbage - A


19 8:30 – 4:00 Foot Care 9:00 Pool League 10:00 HPC Tai Chi - C

1:00 Seniors’ Fitness - C 1:00 Whist - A

1:00 Weaving – B

6:00 – Tool Library - C 7:00 Square Dancing - C

20 Celebrity

Luncheon 8:30-4:00 Foot Care West End Dance 7:30 – 11:30 pm

21

Inventory

10-12

Taoist Tai Chi -

C

22

Inventory

23 Beltone Hearing 10:00 Line Dance - A 10:30 – Res. Band – C

1:00 Seniors Fitness – C 1:00 Cribbage - A

1:30 Painting - A


24 9:00-4:00 Foot Care 9:00 Painting - C 1:00 Blood Pressure


2:00 Stroke Recovery Grp – B

5:00 Euforia! - C 6:30 PWildfire Line Dance – A

7:00 Gardening Portage - C

25 9:30 Taoist Tai Chi - A 1:00 Cribbage - A

7:00 Taoist Tai Chi – A 7:00 Geneology – B 7:30 Natural History

26 8:30 – 4:00 Foot Care 9:00 Pool League

10:00 HPC Tai Chi - C 1:00 Seniors’ Fitness - C

1:00 Whist - A

1:00 Weaving – B 6:00 – Tool Library - C

7:00 Square Dancing - C

27

8:30-4:00 Foot Care 10:00 Floor Curling – C

1:00 Floor Shuffleboard

– C

28

10-12

Taoist

Tai Chi - C

29

Busy Board

Work Shop

1-4

30 10:00 Line Dancing - A 10:30 – Res. Band – C 1:00 Cribbage - A

1:00 Seniors’ Fitness – C 1:30 Painting - A


31 9:00 Painting - C 1:00 Blood Pressure 12:30 Bridge – A

1:00 Euchre – A 5:00 Euforia! - C

6:30 PWildfire Line Dance – A

Herman Prior Centre Hours: Mon - Fri - 8:30am-4:30 pm Noon Meal: Monday to Friday (Reserve daily by 10 am) Book Nook & Medical Equipment Rental Hours: Mon to Fri - 9 am - 4 pm

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Dates and locations subject to change

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Herman Prior Centre MENU - MARCH 2020 SUN SUNDAY

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2

Chicken Stew Garden Salad

Biscuit Dessert

3 Meatballs

Stir Fry Rice Sprouted Bean Salad

Vegetables Dessert

4 Pork Tenderloin

Roasted Potatoes Couscous Salad

Biscuit Dessert

5 Roasted Chicken Mashed Potatoes

Vegetables Stuffing, Biscuit

Dessert

6 Breaded Fish Roasted Potatoes

Hearty Salad Biscuit Dessert

7

8 9 Chicken Drumsticks Roasted Potatoes Chickpea Salad

Biscuit & Dessert

10 Swiss Steak

Mashed Potatoes Hearty Salad

Biscuit Dessert

11 Pork Cutlets

Mac & Cheese Vegetables

Broccoli Salad Biscuit & Dessert



Dessert

13 Liver & Onions Mashed Potatoes

Vegetables Biscuit Dessert

*Alternative Available

14

15

16 Pork Chops Potatoes

Cuban Black Beans Steam Vegetables

Biscuit & Dessert

17 St. Pat’s Day. Preregister by Friday 13

Beef Stew Quinoa Greek Salad

Vegetables Biscuit & Dessert

18 Chili Buns Salad

Dessert



Dessert

20 Celebrity Luncheon

21

22 23 Perogies Sausages

Cabbage Salad Dessert

24 Meatloaf

Mashed Potatoes Vegetables

Biscuit Dessert

25 Ham

Scalloped Potatoes Vegetables

Biscuit Dessert


Vegetables Stuffing Dessert

27 Liver & Onions Mashed Potatoes

Vegetables Biscuit Dessert

*Alternative Available

28

29

30 Lemon Chicken Spinach/Tangerine

Salad Roasted Potatoes

Cookies

31 Lasagna

Caesar Salad Biscuit Dessert

Herman Prior Activity Centre – 204-857-6951 *Reminder to book before 10 am for daily meals*

All meals include water/tea/coffee/soup

*Open to the general public!

*Menu is subject to change*

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