ASCA Membership Meeting Please join us on Wednesday, January 21 at 10:00 AM, in the ASCA Main Hall, for our ASCA Membership Meeting. The monthly Board Meeting will also take place the same day, January 21, at 9:00 AM in the North Seminar. We will be discussing the very important topic of ASCA’s future, so we hope everyone can attend. We look forward to seeing you there! In This Issue ... • April Trip: Tunica, MS & Memphis, TN Page 6 • January Potluck Page 6 • ASCA Financials Page 7 • Quilt Raffle Winner Page 8 • Health Benefits of Pomegranates Page 10 • Brain Boosters Page 11 Saturday, January 17, 2015 • 7:00 - 11:00 PM Amarillo Senior Citizens, Main Hall • 1220 S. Polk Hors d’Oeuvres • Silent Auction • Live Music by the Khiva Swing Band Individual Tickets: $25 • Couples: $45 • Table of Eight: $200 Please call the ASCA office at 374-5500 form more information. Proudly brought to you by these generous sponsors: The Clairmont Independent Senior Living Swinging Seniors The Swinging Seniors line dancing group meets every Tuesday and Friday in the ASCA Main Hall, from 9:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Please come by and join the fun! Table Tennis STOP!!! Eat Lunch and play ping pong! Table Tennis is now 3 times a week at 1:00 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Beginners and advanced players alike - everyone is welcome, so please come join us! Games & More Pictured: Janete Reese & Jessie Isbell. Not Pictured: Donna Haag. Happy Birthday in January! Shirley Nichols - January 3 ASCA Pool/Billiards Club December Pool/Billiards Tournament First Place - Rick Ware Second Place - Ronnie Gordon Please welcome the following new Officers of the ASCA Pool/Billiards Club: Don Sanders - President James Jones - Vice President Judith Evans - Secretary Jerry Conner - Treasurer Larry Harbin - Sergeant-at-Arms Janey Hopson - January 17 Isabel Spiriti - January 31 “Now 2015” Wind was blowing, it was snowing. Stay warm and dry. Time for new year, we’ve nothing to fear. Come play with us, ASCA is near. - RWP Reporter Come and play table games. Hand & Foot, Samba, Joker (marble game), Mexican Train, and Back Alley on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. We celebrate birthdays on the first Friday of each month. We’d love to have you! Come join the ASCA Pool Club, and see all the fun we have! We would love to have you! Please join us for lunch from 11:00 a.m. until 12:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. The price is now $5.50 for everyone, so please come join us for some great food!!! ASCA Bridge Club HIGH SCORES FOR DECEMBER 9220 Joyce Webb / Duane Lintner (12/8) 8340 Grady Anne Jacob / Tres Tucker GRAND SLAMS Ginger Knight / Joyce Webb (11/29) Joyce Webb / Duane Lintner (12/8) Everyone has been so busy during the month of December. With the start of the New Year, we hope things will settle down. I’m sure we have all started our New Year’s diet and exercise prigrams?!? Those ought to last maybe a week or two, but good luck. ASCA Bridge Club Continued… A number of our bridge players were spotted at the Broadway Holiday show. Better be careful where you hang out as there are spotters all over. The Winter Dance will be held on January 17th at 7:00 p.m. with the “Khiva Swing Band”. Cost is $25 per person. Put on your dancing shoes and join the fun! Join your friends for lunch at ASCA. Only $5.50 for a wonderful meal. “Don’t’ get all weird about getting older. Our age is merely the number of years the world has been enjoying us!” HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY January births - Barbara Caldwell, Claudine French, Jim Hrabal, Betty Higgins, Gloria Leveque. Our lucky winner of the “free play” for December was Bonnie Haney, and Sharon Harrison won the coveted Christmas ornament. Wow, what luck! Dominoes Winners First Monday Winners Last Wednesday Flu season is here!! Be considerate of your partner, opponents, and the rest of your friends at ASCA Bridge. Please, please do not come to play bridge if you have… headache, fever, cough, or think you may be having a bad allergy reaction. Remember the card tables are small and germs spread easily. Also, do not cough and cover your mouth with the cards. Glynn Carver / Bob Noyes Bill Sliter / Bob Noyes Runners Up Runners Up Edna Faulkner / Jim Pope Tom Nance / Glynn Carver Several of our members have been “under the weather” and we hope Gerry Davidson and Coral Walton will soon be back at the bridge tables. Gerry had the flu and Coral had gall bladder surgery. Some of our gals that went on the bus trip to Branson came back not feeling well and we hope they’re all back to their healthy selves. Runners Up Thanks go to Deborah Tardy and Sue Selman for providing the meat for the marvelous Christmas Luncheon. There were tons of sides and many hearty eaters. A good time was had by all. Winners Third Monday Glynn Carver / Don Mulder Tom Nance / Bill Sliter Come and join us, we would love to have more players!!! We play Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. We also have three tournaments the 1st and 3rd Monday, and the last Wednesday. ASCA Quilters As we come to the end of 2014, we can look back at the year with joy and sadness. Every year brings different things and we never know until it happens. Day by Day. Just as a quilt is made from a variety of colors, our lives are made by a variety of happenings. We can take a quilt we have made, unfold it, spread it out, and not only do we see the beautiful quilt, but we also remember what was happening in our lives as we made it. This quilt was made as I filled the time after the death of my dad. This quilt was made with happiness for my new granddaughter. This quilt was made as I set with a friend as she recovered from chemo. This quilt was made in honor of a new son-in-law joining our family. Each quilt has its own story. Maybe the colors also vary as to whether it was made in a time of joy or sadness. As our lives each day is a piece added to our life’s quilt. Maybe it is a bright happy color, or maybe a black or grey in a time of despair. But it still makes up our lives and who we are. December is a fun-filled month for most, but there is also sadness in families. This year has been a year of both for our group. We have seen each other through by our regular meetings, talking and quilting. We help each other and share the joy and sadness. We enjoyed a fun party on the 16th at Oletta’s house. Our wonderful hostess not only offered her house for the party, but also cooked the turkey and ham, and we all brought the side dishes and desserts. Then we enjoyed a “Dirty Santa” gift exchange. Just another of our fun times of being together. Now we are all ready to begin the new year of 2015. We anticipate a wonderful year with many fun times and beautiful quilts. We will support each other through whatever happens. Beacause quilting is an activity that not only brings beautiful quilts together, but also friends. ASCA Quilters Continued… Any time you stop by our quilting room, you will be welcomed and invited to join. May each and everyone of you have a blessed and happy 2015! “Quilting with friends will keep you in stitches!” “42” GOLDEN GIRLS President, Sharon Goar: 570-6917 Meets every Tuesday and Thursday 12:30PM - 3:00PM Meets every Monday 9:30AM - 11:00AM Cost: $1.00 each time. “88” POKER CLUB President, Joy Rainey: 359-3643 Meets every Wednesday 12:00PM - 3:00PM Cost: $2.00 per month. President, Ken Worsham: 418-4497 Wednesday: 2:00PM - 4:00PM Cost: $1.00 each time. (Awards on Point System) BINGO POOL/BILLIARDS Join us on Wednesdays at 10:00AM in the ASCA Main Hall. Everyone is welcome! No dues or fees. President, Don Sanders: 671-6155 Open to play any day and hours ASCA is open. Monthly tournaments scheduled. Cost: $3.50 per month (3-Month Min.), or $35 per year. BRIDGE President, Peggy Wesley: 355-8405 Meets Monday and Saturday 12:30PM - 3:30PM Cost: $1.10 each time. DOMINOES President, Jim Pope: 373-5121 Meets every Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 11:00AM No dues or fees except for tournaments. DUPLICATE BRIDGE President, Carolyn Blum: 359-5307 Meets Wednesday 1:00PM Cost: $.50 each time. EXERCISE President, Charlene Cole: 463-1662 Meets Monday and Thursday 10:00AM - 11:00AM Cost: $1.00 each time. GAMES AND MORE President, Beverly Parr: 223-7750 Meets Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. Monday: 12:00PM - Mexican Train, Hand & Foot, Back Alley Tuesday: 12:00PM - Back Alley Friday: 12:00PM - Samba, Hand & Foot No dues or fees. PUZZLE CORNER Everyone is invited to stop by and put in a piece of the puzzle. No dues or fees. QUILTERS President, Pauline Stone: 355-3557 Meets Tuesday and Friday 8:30AM - 2:30PM SWINGING SENIORS President, Margie Blades: 371-0262 Meets every Tuesday and Friday 9:30AM - 11:00AM Cost: $1.00 each time. First 2 times in attendance are free. TABLE TENNIS Contact, Betty McSpadden: 359-0865 Meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 1:00 p.m. Beginners and Advanced - Everyone is welcome. Cost: $1.00 each time. WEDNESDAY BRIDGE President, Kay Mayo: 355-5653 Meets Wednesday 12:15PM - 4:00PM BRANSON, MO. POTLUCK DINNER The first week in December 45 of us went on the Branson Trip. On the way there we stopped in Oklahoma City to visit the Memorial. Branson was full of Christmas decorations and shows, which we all enjoyed. The shows we saw were The Duttons, Irish Tenors, George Dyer, The Haygoods, Jersey Nights, and Yakov Smirnoff, and an outstaning show on the showboat “Branson Belle”. On the way home we stopped at the Will Rogers Museum. What an interesting man he was! Thankfully we didn’t get iced or snowed in, but were wishing we could bring back some of the rain to Texas. We had a wonderful Christmas dinner on December 17. There were 150 people in attendance, and ASCA made $759.00! To see all the photos from the lunch, please visit our website at www.amarilloseniorcitizens.com, and click the “Events” tab. It’s time to get rested up and make plans for our next trip, which will be to Memphis, TN on April 19 (see below). Now’s the time to sign up for that trip. I hope you will join me. After dinner we will play bingo. If you have any bingo prize contributions for bingo winners, please bring them to the ASCA office. We will also continue to provide prizes as well. We hope you can all come and enjoy! - Mary Crow DIAMOND TOURS: TUNICA & MEMPHIS Amarillo Senior Citizens Presents… Tunica, MS - Casino Capital of the South, & Memphis, TN - Home of the Blues! Enjoy 7 days and 6 nights from April 19 - 25, 2015, for only $525.00. This price includes: * 6 nights lodging, including 4 consecutive nights at a Tunica area Casino Resort * * 10 meals: 6 Breakfasts & 4 dinners * * Admission to GRACELAND * * Admission to the TUNICA MUSEUM * * Free Time on BEALE STREET in Memphis, TN * * Guided Tour of Memphis * $75.00 Due Upon Signing - Final Payment Due: 2/13/2015. For more information, come by the ASCA office, or call (806) 374-5500. January’s Potluck/Bingo Dinner will be on the 19th. Please bring a main dish, a side dish, salad or dessert, enough to serve 10 people, for each person in your party. The cost will be $5.50 for everyone who does not bring any food. At the request of several of our members, a concise financial report has been compiled and we are enclosing in this newsletter. If you have any questions please contact Betty McSpadden or Janete Reese. Membership Renewals If your membership expires in January, your $50/year dues are due no later than the last day of the month. Please note: No coupons or discounts will be accepted for membership dues. Be sure to check on your renewal date so you can keep enjoying the fellowship, and all the exciting activities ASCA has to offer. DECEMBER NEW MEMBERS Alvin H. Sharp DECEMBER MEMORIAL DONATIONS Mary Anne Johnson in Honor of Brian Rusk MILLER’S CLEANERS Quality Cleaning At Reasonable Prices 1100 S. Taylor, Amarillo, Texas Phone 374 –1490 ASCA FINANCIALS November 2014 YTD INCOME Contributions - Members $2,270.00 $34,403.21 Contributions - Foundations $0.00 $37,732.00 Contributions - Corporations $50.00 $2,430.00 Internal Special Events $2,802.20 $76,929.79 Club Contributions $796.81 $10,696.75 Miscellaneous Income $1,067.35 $16,386.05 Interest Income $88.36 $3,638.86 Nutrition Program $4,401.75 $40,857.28 TOTAL INCOME $11,426.47 $223,483.29 TOTAL COST OF GOODS SOLD $1,553.70 $52,976.72 GROSS PROFIT $9,872.77 $170,506.57 Salaries & Wages $8,555.02 $92,649.89 Payroll Deductions $3,082.25 $15,007.42 Benefits $157.09 $1,372.21 General & Admin. Expense $0.00 $100.00 Management & General $1,293.13 $29,223.39 Kitchen - General $494.59 $6,085.61 Computer Support $89.70 $1,258.99 Telephones $0.00 $2,225.06 Postage $436.00 $2,109.79 Facility $2,255.41 $28,919.64 Automotive Expense $0.00 $692.12 Office Supplies $1,080.97 $6,552.75 Advertising $0.00 $648.65 Misc. Expense $25.00 $1,711.88 Special Events $119.10 $44,563.45 TOTAL EXPENSE $17,406.63 $231,723.72 NET INCOME $-7,533.86 $-61,217.15 EXPENSE CURRENT ASSETS FBSW - Operating $14,974.77 Amarillo National Bank (CD) $100,000.00 Happy State Bank (CD - CDBG) $131,986.77 Happy State Bank - CD $50,093.02 Total Checking/Savings $303,492.46 PAWSITIVELY SENIORS CHRISTMAS QUILT RAFFLE WINNER Pawsitively Seniors is a pet program that was created through the pairing of domestic house cats and older small adult dogs with senior citizens. Many of our pets we place are abandoned in local shelters who contact us and we pull them to place in our program. The Amarillo Panhandle Humane Society has also been helping us by allowing us to pull fixed cats and calling us when they have small altered pets surrendered. Pawsitively Seniors interviews and will place older cats or dogs with a senior citizen who may have had a pet before, but can no longer afford the care of one on their own. There may be many reasons a senior until now couldn’t have a pet. If you know someone who could benefit using this program, please contact us. Congratulations to Maxine McCullin who won the beautiful quilt that was raffled off on December 5. One of our coordinators conducts an interview with the senior citizen and finds the perfect match between the senior’s lifestyle and personality and an older pet. Once the pet is placed with the senior, the pet coordinator will call monthly to check on the health of the pet, see if there are any needs of either the pet or senior citizen and bring food and litter if needed. This is all free of cost to the seniors in the program. If a pet is in need of any medical care, the pet is picked up and transported to a vet, also free of any charge to the senior. If, at any time, the senior can no longer care for the pet due to their own health issues, Critter Haven picks up the pet and continues to care for him/her. For more information, please contact: Critter Haven • Judi Glidewell (806) 655-8444 The ASCA Quilters generously quilted and donated this to ASCA to be raffled off as a fundraiser. COMPUTER CLASS VOLUNTEERS We are in need of a volunteer to teach computer classes here at ASCA. If anyone has computer experience, or knows anyone with computer experience, we would love to have you volunteer to teach the members of ASCA a computer class. Please contact the office at 374-5500 for more information. ASCA NUTRITION PROGRAM SURVEY As part of the United Way funding reporting for the Senior Nutrition Program, each participant has to be surveyed. So, if you have eaten here at the Silver Grill, we ask that you please fill out a survey. These surveys are ANONYMOUS, and do not ask any personal questions regarding race or income. You can fill one out in the ASCA office, at the Silver Grill, or online at www.amarilloseniorcitizens.com. DID YOU KNOW... … that celebrating the New Year is a tradition that dates back nearly 4000 years? If you had lived in Mesopotamia and Babylon 4,000 years ago (c. 2000 B.C.), you probably would have celebrated the new year in midMarch, at the time of the Vernal (Spring) Equinox. If, however, you were an Egyptian, your new year began with the Autumnal Equinox and the flooding of the Nile. If you were Greek, the Winter Solstice began your new year celebrations. … that Julius Caesar was the first to set January 1st as the New Year? Caesar did so when he established the Julian calendar. The Julian calendar, named for Julius Caesar, decreed that the new year would occur on January 1st. Caesar wanted the year to begin in January since it celebrated the beginning of the civil year and the festival of the god of gates and, eventually, the god of all beginnings, Janus, after whom January was named. … that throughout the Southern United States, blackeyed peas are eaten every New Year's Day? As the story goes, black-eyedpeas were used exclusively for cattle feed in the old South. During the battle of Vicksburg during the Civil War, the town was under siege for over 40 days. No supplies came in or out. Vicksburg was on the edge of starvation. The people had no choice but to eat those black-eyed peas, therefore starting a southern tradition. Today, black-eyed peas are eaten every New Year's Day to bring good luck for the new year. … that the U.S. annually manufactures more than $475 worth of effervescent wines, including sparkling wines and champagne? Champagne sales spike in the days leading up to New Year's Eve, when the bubbly drink is the most popular one at the bar. … that when Americans ring in the New Year on January 1st, more than 303 million people are projected to be living in the United States? DID YOU PICK UP THE WRONG COAT? Please look in your closet! Someone has accidentally taken a different jacket and left theirs here!! Yours is big on me. It is my only winter jacket, so please bring it to the senior citizens center anytime during the week and exchange it for yours. I would greatly appreciate it. Thank You, Marty Reef, (806) 356-7067 What Are the Health Benefits of Eating Pomegranates? Pomegranate fruit is one of the most popular, nutritionally rich fruit with unique flavor, taste, and heath promoting characteristics. Along with sub-arctic pigmented berries and some tropical exotics such as mango, it too has novel qualities of functional foods, often called as “super fruits.” Botanically, it is a small size fruit-bearing deciduous tree belonging within the Lythraceae family, of genus:Punica. The fruit is thought to originate in the Sub-Himalayan range of North India. It is a good source of soluble and insoluble dietary fibers, providing about 4 g per 100 g (about 12% of RDA), which aid in smooth digestion and bowel movements. The fruit is suggested by nutritionists in the diet for weight reduction and cholesterol controlling programs. Regular inclusion of fruits in the diets boosts immunity, improves circulation, and offers protection from cancers. Regular consumption of pomegranate has also been found to be effective against prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), diabetes, and lymphoma. Further, it is an also good source of many vital B-complex groups of vitamins such as pantothenic acid (vitamin B-5), folates, pyridoxine and vitamin K, and minerals like calcium, copper, potassium, and manganese. The fruit is an also good source of antioxidant vitamin-C, provides about 17% per 100 g of daily requirement. Pomegranate Poached Pears (Courtesy of: Eating Well) 4 ripe, firm Bosc pears 1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice 1 cup sweet dessert wine, such as Muscatel or Riesling 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds, (1/2 large fruit; see Tip) 1. Peel pears, leaving them whole and stems intact. Slice off the bases so the pears will stand upright. Use an apple corer to remove cores, if desired, working from the base up. 2. Place the pears on their sides in a large saucepan or small Dutch oven. Pour pomegranate juice and wine over the pears. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer gently until the pears are tender when pierced with the tip of a sharp knife, 30 to 45 minutes. Turn very gently once or twice as they cook so they color evenly. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the pears to a shallow bowl and set aside. 3. Boil the poaching liquid over high heat until the sauce is reduced to 1/2 cup, 15 to 20 minutes. 4. To serve, spoon 1 tablespoon sauce onto each of 4 dessert plates. Place a pear upright on each plate. Drizzle remaining sauce over each pear and sprinkle pomegranate seeds around it. Tip: Fill a large bowl with water. Hold the pomegranate in the water and slice off the crown. Lightly score the fruit into quarters, from crown to stem end. Keeping the fruit under water, break it apart, gently separating the plump seeds from the outer skin and white pith. The seeds will drop to the bottom of the bowl and the pith will float to the surface. Discard the pith. Pour the seeds into a colander. Rinse and pat dry. The numbers in the circles added together makes the number in the linking rectangle. Find the missing numbers in this puzzle. The answers are below. ASCA Amarillo Senior Citizens Assoc. (Physical Address) 1220 S. Polk, Amarillo, TX 79101 (Mailing Address) 1217 S. Tyler, Amarillo, TX 79101 806-374-5500 Fax 877-379-8028 www.amarilloseniorcitizens.com MARK YOUR CALENDAR • JANUARY 2015 ASCA Board of Directors 2015 • ASCA’s Winter Wonderland Dance fundraiser will be on January 17, at 7:00 PM in the Main Hall. There will be live music, dancing, food, and a silent auction! PRESIDENT: Lloyd Carter VICE PRESIDENT: Carla O’Brien ASST. TREASURER: Betty McSpadden SECRETARY: Jeannine Bewley DIRECTOR EMERITUS: Charlene Cole • ASCA’s Annual Membership Meeting will be on January 21, in the Main Hall, at 10:00 AM. The Board Meeting will take place prior to that at 9:00 AM. • The January Potluck/Bingo Supper will be January 19 at 5:30 PM in the Main Hall. • Laura Thorn, from Llano Cemetery, will be at ASCA on January 13 at 10:00 AM to give a presentation on the history of Llano. Jerry Ammerman Phyllis Brant Bill Cornett Gerry Evans Elaine Lee Evelyn Richie
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