OUR TIMES
The Mission of the Rowley Senior Center & Community Services is to advocate for older adults, to identify their
needs, to develop and implement services to meet their health, economic, social and cultural needs,
to encourage maximum Independence, and to improve their quality of life.
Volume 17
Issue 12
December 2014
Dates to Remember
2
Breakfast & Bingo
Nov. Ladies Club
3
Boston Pops Trip
4
Christmas Party
9
Men’s Club
11 Triton Tea
Van Trip
16 Electric Safety in
Winter
17 Duke Painting Class
18 Movie
19 Podiatrist
22 Birthday Lunch
23 Cocoa & Caroling
25 Holiday - Closed
31 New Years Eve
SENIOR CENTER BOARD
Mary Bright
Joan Lyons
George Gallant
Robert Kirsner
Diana Titus
Merle Phipps
Edna Keyes
Chairperson
V-Chairperson
Secretary
Member
Member
Member
Member
SENIOR CENTER STAFF
Mary Ellen Mighill
Denise Gilman
Hugh Mitchell
Lucia Picanso
Lisa Lozzi
Joan Lyons
Director
Van/Activities
Alt Driver
Outreach
Admin
Office Vol
SENIOR CENTER OFFICE
Town Hall Annex
PO Box 523
39 Central Street
Rowley, MA 01969
Tel:
978.948.7637
Fax:
978.948.7973
Email: [email protected]
SENIOR CENTER HOURS
Mon - Thurs
8:30 to 4:00
Fri - 9:00 to 12 noon
OUR TIMES NEWSLETTER
Editor
Asst Editor
Mary Ellen Mighill
Lisa Lozzi
ONGOING EVENTS
GROCERY SHOPPING: For this month the days will be Wednesdays the
3, 10, 17 at 9:30 and Tuesday the 23, and 30 for grocery shopping at
Market Basket. If you would like to go, call the Center for pick-up.
WELLNESS CLINIC: The Wellness Clinic will resume in January 2015.
PODIATRIST: Next visit is on Friday, December 19. You must call the
Center at 978.948.7637 to make an appointment .
LEGAL AID: If you are in need of some legal advice, please call the
Center at 978.948.7637 for a telephone number with legal assistance.
SCRABBLE: Want to have some fun? Come play Scrabble at the Center
on Mondays from 1:00 to 4:00. We play for fun.
BREAKFAST & BINGO: Join us this month on Tuesday morning,
December 16, 2014 for Breakfast & Bingo. It’s lots of fun. Meet new
friends, win prizes, and enjoy breakfast. All for $3.00. Additional cards
$1.00 each.
RUMMIKUB: An interesting game using tiles instead of a deck of cards.
It’s easy to learn. Come and join us every Wednesday 1 to 4 pm. No
charge for this activity.
MAH JONGG: A game of skill. Every Tuesday from 1 to 2 pm for
Beginners and 2 to 4 pm for Regulars. Join us.
KNITTING: Join a great group of ladies on Wednesday’s 10 to 12 noon.
Knitters of all levels are welcome and assistance is available if needed.
YOGA: Thursdays 2 to 3 pm at the Plantation’s Activity Room. Cost is
$3.00 per session. Everyone is welcome.
BYFIELD PARISH LUNCH: The Byfield Parish Luncheon will resume in
January 2015.
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: Once a month the Friend’s of the Senior
Center offer all Seniors born in that month the opportunity to participate
in a birthday celebration during our Monday meal at noon.
You will be treated to a free lunch complete with birthday
cake. Be our special “Birthday Guest” and call for a
reservation.
This month’s celebration will be: December 22
Our Times, the Rowley Senior's Newsletter is printed each month and sent to all the Seniors in Rowley. If you
know a Senior in Rowley who is not receiving our newsletter, please ask them to call us at 978.948.7637 and
submit their name and address. You can also view the newsletter online at: www.townofrowley.net
Noteworthy News
TRIAD - Will meet Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 10 am
SENIOR CTR BOARD - Next Board meeting will be on
Richard Curran
Wednesday, January 21, 2015.
MEN’S CLUB - December 9, 2014 at 11 am.
ROWLEY FOOD PANTRY - Tuesdays 10 am to 12 noon
and Thursdays 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm for Rowley residents. Located
at the rear of the Baptist Church Parsonage next to the church at
153 Main Street.
LADIES CLUB - December 2, 2014 at 4 pm.
SHINE COUNSELOR - Available on request to help with
your medical and health questions. Please call the Senior Center
for an appointment at 978-948-7637.
Rowley Van Trip
For economic reasons we will only be running the monthly trip if we
have at least 6 people sign up. If you require assistance, notify us when
you sign up and we will try to provide a companion to accompany you.
Bus leaves the Senior Center on Thursday, December 11, at 10:30.
We will be going to Ocean State Job Lot and Target in Danvers,
MA. We will not be stopping for lunch. As
always, all are welcome. However, preference will be given to those who do not
Rowley Senior
Center
drive or who do not have transportation.
Aide to Senator Bruce Tarr
will hold office hours in
Rowley on the following
dates:
Thursday - Dec 18
from 9:00 am to 10:30 am
Town Hall Annex
39 Central Street
Christmas Dinner?
The Senior Center will be
hosting Christmas Dinner at the Center
and will be delivering dinners to seniors
homebound and unable to cook. If you
would like to attend or are homebound,
and would like Christmas Dinner
delivered, please call the center to
register at 978-948-7637.
Cribbage Anyone?
We have the opportunity to start a men’s cribbage group here at the Senior Center. Our first
order of business is to see if there is enough interest to pursue the project. If you play cribbage or would like to learn the game and you are available on Friday mornings, then call
the Center at 978.948.7637 and add your name to the cribbage list. There is no charge. We
will contact you about time and date as soon as we have enough interested parties. If you
have friends that play cribbage, tell them to be sure and get their name on the list! There is
no charge associated with the Cribbage Group.
The distribution of this newsletter is made possible in part by a Grant from the Executive Office of Elder
Affairs and funds from the Friends of the Rowley Senior Center & Community Services
DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS 2014
1
2
4
5
6
7
8
William Jack
Vincent Pesaturo
Richard Pesce
Albert Torchetti
Barbara Collins
Joyce Hodgdon
Robert Johnson
Frank Rea
William Dean
Carol Melcher
Judith Robillard
Bernice Vecchione
Guy Bailey
Kenneth Hamilton
Hoy Ninthala
Sally Robinson
Jean Belson
Catherine Bianchi
Hazen Boyd
John Collins
Robert Garner
Kent Kehs
Marilyn McCarthy
Stephen McElroy
Paul Olson
Harriett Perley
Robert Pietrillo
Charles Rheaume
Mary Sullivan
Judith McCollom
Louise Mehaffey
William Robichau
Frederick Scribner
Phyllis Sullivan
Jeffrey Bentley
Richard Burns
Roger Hedstrom
William Interbartol
Sandra Savage
Kathleen Woytoich
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10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Wilfred Budd
Judith Kehs
John MacDonnell
James Patrick
Myron Peabody
Ann Witzig
William Wright
Lisa Nestor
Deborah Bromby
Diana Gaynor
Deborah Grundstrom
Stephen Hayes
Mary Lavigne
Karen Blakeslee
Antoinette Marsinelli
Shamkant Patankar
Malcolm Patterson
Regina Clewell
Robert Johnson
Karen Moore
Stephen Blunda
Frank Lotito
Janice Mello
Hugh Mitchell
Pamela Sanford
Robert Brodsky
David Killam
Patricia McDonough
Arthur Page
Ronald Stimers
Rebecca Svenson
John Blanchard
Peter Fletcher
James Leach
Marilyn Scharf
Mildred Warner
Mary Bright
Richard Henshaw
Donna Kurjan
James McKenney
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19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
John Spatola
Paul Whitney
Reta Dobson
John Harrington
John Lutz
Charles Tolidis
Christine Cassenti
Matthew Colleran
Joan Connolly-Costello
Linda Cook
Bruce Fournier
Carolyn Peabody
Judith Riley
Dale Ducrow
Clare Pierce
David Crook
Joyce Ernstrom
Alan Kulakowski
Judy MacDonald
Barbara Brown
Beverly Cooper
Daniel Gaeta
Betty Duval
Richard Monahan
Nancy Pagels
Carol Alukonis
Carole Caputo
Susan Rigol
Nancy Leibe
Robin Lord
Duane Sargent
Gregory Billington
Kenneth Gruskowski
Janet Miller
Gillis Otten
Cheryl Upton
Paul Webber
Carol Dagle
Helen Dobbins
Leon Kezarjian
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30
31
Stephen Zard
David Hardy
Nicholas Hurlin
Ann Prest
DECEMBER 2014
If your Birthday is this month, check the date of your driver’s license, it might be time for renewal.
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
1
2
3
4
5
Boston Pops Trip
Senior
Christmas Party
12:30 pm
Congregate Meal
12 noon
Scrabble 1:00 pm
Breakfast & Bingo
9:30—11:30
Nov. Ladies Club
4:00 pm
Mah Jongg:
Beg: 1-2 Reg: 2-4
8
9
Congregate Meal
12 noon
Men’s Club 11am
Scrabble 1:00 pm
Mah Jongg:
Beg: 1-2 Reg: 2-4
15
16
Shopping 9:30
Knitting 10-12
Rummikub 1–4
Yoga 2-3
11
12
Triton Holiday Tea
8:30 am
Van Trip 10:30 am
Yoga 2-3
Senior Center
open
until 12 noon
17
18
19
Duke Painting 9-12
Shopping 9:30
No knitting
Rummikub 1-4
Movie
1:30 pm
Scrabble 1:00 pm
Electric Safety in
Winter
Library - 10 am
Mah Jongg:
Beg: 1-2 Reg: 2-4
22
23
Birthday Lunch
Shopping 9:30
Cocoa & Caroling
2 pm
24
Christmas Eve
Congregate Meal
12 noon
Scrabble 1:00 pm
10
Senior Center
open
until 12 noon
Shopping 9:30
Knitting 10-12
Rummikub 1–4
Senior Center
open
until 12 noon
Yoga 2-3
Knitting 10-12
Rummikub 1-4
25
26
HOLIDAY
CLOSED
SENIOR
CENTER
CLOSED
No Mah Jongg
29
30
Congregate Meal
12 noon
Shopping 9:30
31
New Years Eve
Mah Jongg:
Beg: 1-2 Reg: 2-4
Knitting 10-12
Rummikub 1-4
Scrabble 1:00 pm
SENIOR
CENTER
CLOSED
HOLIDAY
CLOSED
Holiday Thoughts
Christmas 2014 is almost upon us and like the Christmases before, this one
will also be unique. It amazes me that every year we have lived, Christmas is part
of that year and yet each one is different.
Although many of the Christmas memories merge together, especially those of our childhood, just
as many memories stand alone and vivid in our minds. Some are sad memories, like the first Christmas without a beloved parent, or the fond memory of your first 2-wheel bike. If you think back, some of
the best memories come from making someone else happy on Christmas morning. Knowing that feeling
of joy is like nothing else. It fills your heart with peace and love and you realize that’s what Christmas is really about.
As Christmas 2014 approaches with the hustle and bustle the season embodies, take a moment to
look around. Are your neighbors ok? Is there a family that has fallen on hard times? Is there an elderly neighbor facing their first Christmas without their spouse? Is there someone all alone? Is there
someone depressed or sad?
Ask yourself — what can I do for my neighbor, for a friend, for someone sad and alone. A plate
of cookies, some flowers, a small gift, an invitation to Christmas dinner perhaps? There is always
something you can do to make Christmas a bit brighter for those less fortunate. This year be a Christmas Angel and make someone’s Christmas a bit merrier! You’ll love the feeling!
Electrical Safety in Winter
December 16, 2014 at 10 am
Rowley Public Library
Too many extension cords? Overloaded circuits? Exposed wires?
Heaters in dangerous areas? Cost efficient light bulbs…. Learn
the answers to all these questions and more at a special presentation.
Winter poses as many problems, if not more, than summer does where electricity is
concerned. Attend the presentation by Rowley Municipal Light and learn what
measures you need to take to have a safe home in the winter months. The
presentation is free and all are welcome. A light brunch will be available
to those who attend.
********** BUS NOTES ***********
If you are attending the POPS on December.3, the bus leaves promptly at 6 pm
from St. Mary’s parking lot on Main Street.
If you would like to attend Triton’s Holiday Tea on Thursday, December.11, and need a ride,
please call the Center and register.
If you need a ride to the Christmas Party, please call and register as Denise needs to establish
a bus route with pick-up times.
Sand Available To Seniors
A citizen of the Town of Rowley may obtain a 5 gallon bucket of sand
(BYOB = bring your own bucket) from the Highway Dept. during the
winter months to sand driveways and walkways. The Highway Dept. requests that you pick up the sand between 12-1PM or 3:30 to 4 PM.
While the weather is still good, go and pick-up your sand and be
pared for winter.
pre-
You can paint!
On December 17th, 2014
At the Rowley Senior Center
From 9 AM to 12 Noon,
Bill Duke will teach up to ten people
How to paint in watercolor.
All you need for the class is the desire
for some creative fun.
No previous painting experience
Is necessary.
The lesson is just $20.00
Materials are provided.
HANUKKAH SAMEACH
HAPPY HANUKKAH
Hanukkah begins at sundown on
December 16,
Come and join us! Sign up at the office.
Cocoa and Caroling
The “Boomer” does a return gig at the Rowley Senior Center on
December 23, at 2:00 pm, with cd’s, amplifiers, musical instruments, and the works to get you right in the Holiday spirit. If you attended last year,
you know what fun it was with folks ringing jingle bells, tapping tambourines, and
some keeping time tapping on the tables. The “Boomer” sings, plays instruments, and
gets his audience caught up in the fun. So join us on Tuesday, December 23, at 2:00pm
and start your Christmas with a song, a dance, or jingling bells. Put the joy in
Christmas and ‘carol’ your heart out! Call and register so we know how much cocoa
to make.
Senior Citizens’ Holiday Tea
Sponsored by
The Triton Arts Department
Library Media Center
and
Community Service Club
Thursday, December 11, 2014 @ 8:45
Guests should arrive at 8:30 am
This year's program will consist of musical and vocal selections from
the Holiday Concert.
Delicious breakfast items will be prepared and served by our
Community Service members and Foreign Language Honors club.
A raffle will be sponsored by the Library Media Center.
The Triton Community offers our warm wishes
for a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season
to all of our Senior Citizens!!!!
The Christmas
Candle
Thursday,
December 18
No charge
Free soda &
popcorn
A wonderful film with great actors and the
cinematography is just beautiful. This is
Susan Boyle’s debut film playing the part of
Eleanor Hopewell in the movie. She also
introduces her new song “Miracle Hymn.”
This movie is the “It’s A Wonderful Life” for
our generation. Don’t miss it.
Mark the date!!
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