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A Letter from
Johnny
Appleseed
OCT 10 - OCT 19, 2013
Activities Calendar
oct 10
Platteville Senior Center,
Fall Colors Tours to Laramie
and Lunch. Leave Town
Hall at 9 am and return by 5
pm. Lunch on your own and
pay equal portion of gas.
Call Nancy with questions or
to reserve your seat
970-539-1091.
oct 15
Greeley Senior Activity
Center, NCMC Flu Shot
Clinic. Have your received
your flu shot yet? If not…
stop by the Senior Center
from 11 am – 12:30 pm.
First come, first served.
oct 17
Greeley Senior Activity
Center, Soup and Sandwich
Jubilee. Enjoy homemade
chicken noodle or vegetable
beef soup, chicken salad or
ham salad sandwich, pie and
beverage. Cost is $4 per
meal, payable at the door.
Open to the public.
oct 18
October 18, 2013. Greeley
Senior Activity Center,
“Brown Bag Event.”
Can you name all the
medications you are taking?
Do you know what they are
for? Join us from 9 – 11 am.
A medicine list can help you
keep track of everything
you take. No fee,
reservations are required.
Call 970-350-9440
to reserve your seat.
oct 19
Greeley Farmer’s Market,
Greeley Showerhead
Exchange. A low flow
showerhead can save you
money on both water
and energy. By replacing
a showerhead with a
WaterSense labeled model,
the average family can save
more than 2,900 gallons of
water each year. For more
information visit www.
greeleygov.com/wc. Event
from 7:30 am to noon.
Do you want
to highlight
a centenarian?
Please contact Holly Darby at
(970) 346-6950 ext. 6117 or
[email protected] to
request a submission form.
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and his ghostwriter, 7-year-old
Chautauquan Martin Lahman
Photos by Joe Joyner
Senior Health
&
7-year-old
Chautauquan
Martin Lahman
as Johnny
Appleseed q
God forbid that me building a fire
Hello! Thanks for warmly welcoming
of
for my warmth would be a means
me to Greeley a few weeks ago.
s.
any of His creature
As I said that day, the Lord has been destroying
woods one night when it
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good to me. I was born
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same time as our great country. As
with her cubs
young man I headed to Pennsylvania to sleep. A mother bear
er than
and cleared the forest where I thought were already in that log. Rath
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disturb them and make a hat or cape
settlers would travel as they head
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another place to sleep.
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where the seeds grew into seedling
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in sacks, and sold them to settlers.
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people didn’t have money
. animals’ skins. So I ripped
things like that pot I wore on my head
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to
so I could hike out of that
trees? An angel may have given it
storm.
me.
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with water, and doused the fire. Let
Source: Johnny Appleseed: The Man, The
Myth,The American Story by Howard Means.
Focusing on mental health! New
Dr. Sandy Magnuson, Licensed Professional Counselor
The notion of mental health
receives extensive attention in
popular literature, film, news, and
even legislation. Yet, the content
of the information associated
with mental health is often about
mental illness – the absence of
mental health. Nonetheless, the
presence of mental health can
be acquired and experienced
by people of all ages; though it
manifests differently at various life
stages. Men and women who are in
the later decades of life experience
multiple challenges that can erode
mental health. At the same time,
they have resources, experience,
perspective, and maturity that may
not be available to their younger
counterparts.
Mental health encompasses wellbeing in several life dimensions,
including
emotional,
social,
spiritual, and physical. Mentally
healthy individuals have meaning
and purpose. Their faith is strong;
their behavior is consistent with
their spiritual beliefs. They have
close friends and relationships with
family members.
That does not mean that people
with mental health escape life’s
challenges. Quite the opposite.
They encounter stressors and
adversity. They feel sad. Sometimes
they
worry.
They
become
discouraged.
Nor
does
mental
health
preclude loss, which becomes a
constant companion to seniors.
Friends and loved ones pass away
or move. Agility and strength
diminish. Physical health declines.
Dependence on others increases.
Those are times when mentally
healthy seniors draw on their
resources to manage stress and
solve problems. They endure pain,
sadness, and loneliness. They
grieve, and achieve resolution
– finding new ways to achieve
contentment, companionship, and
peace.
How do they do that?
• They maintain physical health –
to the extent possible – with rest,
diet, exercise, and medical care.
• They generously give and accept
compliments.
• The spend time with friends.
• They give and accept support.
• They find ways to assure their
lives have meaning and purpose
– regardless of their age and
circumstances.
• The rely on their faith and their
faith communities.
• They focus on what they can do
despite their limitations.
• They laugh. They cry.
They smile.
• They grow older with courage
and grace.
• They provide wonderful
examples!
seniors’
exam:
by George Conger
You only need 4 correct
out of 10 to pass.
1. How long did the Hundred
Years’ War last?
2. Which country makes
Panama hats?
3. 3) From which animal do we
get cat gut?
4. In which month do Russians
celebrate the October
Revolution?
5. Of what is a camel’s hair
brush made?
6. The Canary Islands in the
Pacific are named after what
animal?
7. What was King George VI’s
first name?
8. What color is a purple finch?
9. From where do Chinese
gooseberries come?
10.What is the color of the black
box in a commercial airplane?
ANSWERS
1. 116 years
2. Ecuador
3. Sheep or Horses
4. November
5. Squirrel fur
6. Dogs
7. Albert
8. Crimson
9. New Zealand
10.Orange (of course)
Fitness
Be Well with Diabetes
Workshop:
Be proactive and learn tools
to become a better self
manager of your diabetes
such as reading nutrition
labels, developing an exercise
program, problem-solving
and relaxation techniques,
and setting achievable goals.
Workshop meets once a week
for 6 weeks. FREE if you are
60 years of age or older but
registration is required. Call
Holly at (970) 346-6950 ext.
6117.
Wednesdays beginning
October 16th to Nov 20th
Sunrise Clinic
1:30 – 4:00 pm
Thursdays beginning
October 17th to Nov 21st
Carbon Valley Senior Center
1:30 – 4:00 pm
Next Week’s Senior
Nutrition Lunch Menu:
mon 10/14
Baked Chicken and Noodles,
Marinated Mixed Vegetables,
Chilled Mixed Fruit, Oatmeal
Cookie
tues 10/15
Barbecued Pork on a
Wheat Bun, Oven Browned
Potatoes, Asparagus,
Corn, Roasted Red Pepper
Blend, Sliced Pears with
Raspberries,
wed 10/16
Beef and Bean Taco with
Pico De Gallo and Light Sour
Cream, Mexicorn, Chilled
Fresh Melon Medley, Crispy
Rice Treat with Peanuts and
Cranberries
thurs 10/17
Creamed Turkey on a Whole
Wheat Biscuit, Lemon Seasoned
Broccoli, Chilled Apricots with
Raspberries, Krispy Rice Treat
fri 10/18
Crunchy Oven Baked Chicken,
Chilled Lima Bean Salad, Chilled
Cut Melons with Pineapple,
Morning Glory Muffin, Margarine
Did You Know?
One apple has 5 grams of
fiber, no fat, sodium and is
cholesterol free.
Menus are subject to change.
Reservations required by 11:00 am
the business day before you wish to
eat. For RESERVATIONS call 970-3466955. For more information about
our 21 meal sites visit www.weldaaa.
org. Age 60+ suggested donation of
$3.00, Age 59 or under cost is $10.00.
Senior Center memberships are
NOT required.