PAUL KUHN ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA AT POTLUCK WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 8 Lunch & Program Aiden Coburn 15 Technology Fair with Deloitte 21 Birthday Potluck: Paul Kuhn 22 Daytrip Chapel Hill 27 Red Hat Trip
29 Lunch & Program Independence Day Celebration!
30 Daytrip AMP Graduation
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NOT SO MANY YEARS AGO, marijuana was proclaimed to be a very bad drug. Nowadays, it’s legal in some states. What’s up with that? Paul Kuhn will be our speaker at Potluck, and he knows what’s up with marijuana legislation. Kuhn appeared before the Senate and House Committees of the Tennessee General Assembly in support of the 2014 Koozer-Kuhn Medical Cannabis Act, named in honor of his late wife, Jeanne. She died in 1996 following a battle with cancer. Marijuana relieved the debilitating side effects of her chemotherapy after the best legal medication failed.
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he Red Had Society trip will take place one day early this month, on Tuesday, June 27. The reason is because we’re going to historic Falls Mill in Belvidere, and it’s closed on Wednesdays. Falls Mill was built in 1873 as a cotton and woolen factory. It was later converted for use as a cotton gin, then as a wood working shop and grist mill. Today the mill houses the Museum of Power and Industry, and the 32-foot waterwheel still powers machinery on four levels of the building.
Kuhn graduated Magna Cum Laude from Vanderbilt in 1965. Following service in the Navy, he earned an MBA degree from Indiana University. After a 42-year career, Kuhn retired in 2013 as senior partner in an investment advisory firm he co-founded in Nashville in 2000. Join us June 21, and hear what Kuhn has to say about marijuana. We’ll have lunch at 11:30, and Kuhn will follow at about noon. provides the main course. Please bring a side dish.
Senior admission to tour the museum is $3. Lunch — and food shopping — will be at the nearby Swiss Pantry. They offer sandwiches, subs and soups for lunch, but they’re also a bulk food store specializing in cakes, breads, deli meats, cheeses and who knows what else. Y ou may want to bring a thermal lunchbox for food you purchase there. Be prepared for a long ride in the van. It’s 70 miles to Belvidere. The van will leave the center at 8:40 am. Van fee is: $15.
We are extremely grateful to everyone who sponsored, participated in and contributed to the 2017 Katie Reed Golf Classic. It was a successful fundraiser to benefit the programs and services at our center. We could not have done this without your support. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped us on tournament day. You did a great job! It’s that time of year again — time to double your dollars! From now until June 30, any donation amount will be doubled by an anonymous donor. This is a great way to support the center and please know that your donation will go into the College Grove budget. We will keep track of all donations on the tracking thermometer in the center, so please check in and continue to watch the thermometer increase. We have a little over a month to match any dollar amount so let’s do this and see how much we can raise!
Café has come highly recommended to us, and it’s just down the road on Hwy 99. You pass through Chapel Hill to get to it, and that’s how this trip was born. On Thursday, June 22, we’ll browse at Sweet & Southern Ac-
cents (formerly Unique Finds), and probably Rooster’s Liquidation in Chapel Hill, before heading to lunch at Laura’s. After lunch, we’ll stop by Nick’s Produce, another nearby place that has been recommended. The van will leave the Center at 10. Van fee is: $4.
Sarah
DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE, HERE WE COME, WED., JULY 5 STRING CITY: NASHVILLE’S Tradition of Music and Puppetry is a lively telling of the history of country music — and we’re going to see and hear it on Wed., July 5. We’ll “meet” the great icons of country music
as the show travels through time, from classic recordings to presentday hits. Marionettes and puppetry portray country music’s legacy through songs and puppet appearances from the Carter Family, Hank Williams, Dolly Parton, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Taylor Swift and many others. Though we’ll see String
City in the theater of the Country Music Hall of Fame, we will not tour the Hall of Fame this day. The show lasts about 75 minutes, and there is no charge to see it. We’ll have lunch at one of the restaurants in the building. The van will leave at 8:30 a.m. Sharp! Van fee is $11. DEADLINE TO SIGN UP: Friday, June 30.
Folks who attended his program on seafood will remember Aiden Coburn. He and his wife, Marie, were both born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. Aiden, who is a history buff — and especially so when it comes to the Emerald Isle — will reveal Ireland to us, through the eyes of a native son, on Thursday, June 8. Lunch is $4. Please make lunch reservations by Tuesday, June 6.
The Aging Mastery Program has been a nice experience and will continue through June 20. Guest speakers will explore the following six topics over the next four weeks:
THURSDAY, JUNE 29 INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION Once again, Center member Luke Boyd has written a biographical monologue from one of our nation’s founding fathers. Who this founding father is remains a “mystery” until Herb Wallace reveals the identity as he delivers Luke’s speech — in period costume! Plus, Marcella Baker will be here to tickle the ivories. If you’ve come to our Independence celebrations before, you know to expect compelling biographical history that relates to our nation’s beginning, and a great show, all in one. If you’ve never been, come and see for yourself! Huge thanks also to BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PLUMBING for sponsoring the event. Lunch is $5. We’re bringing in barbeque. Please make lunch reservations by Tuesday, June 27.
Note that double sessions cover two topics and will last longer. Yummy snacks served.
AEROBICS Mondays & Wednesdays: 9 a.m. Fridays: 8:30 a.m. YOGA Mondays & Wednesdays: 9:45 a.m. Fridays: 9:15 a.m. Instructors: Nancy Stevens and Melissa Bennett Members: $5 per class Non-members: $10 per class CHAIR CLASS Mondays & Wednesdays: 10:30 a.m. MASSAGE Licensed Massage Therapist serving seniors with a gentle touch. Kathy McFarlane Wednesdays by appointment Members: $45 Non-members: $60 LINE DANCING Beginners & experienced line dancers learn the latest line dances while getting a great cardio workout. Fridays: 10:15 to 11:45 Dance Instructor: Cathy Smotherman
QUILLING CLASS First & third Wednesdays NOTE: Class is on summer hiatus until September! Instructor: Dot Carter QUILTING BEE First & third Wednesdays: June 7 & 21 1 to 3 pm Thursday mornings: 9 to 10 am
WRITING, ETC. A safe place to share your writing, whether poetry or prose, fact or fiction. Gentle critique is given, if requested. First and third Thursdays: June 1 & 15 1 to 3 pm Members: no fee Non-members: $5 per class
June selection: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Third Tuesdays:
June 20 9 am
CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUP Fourth Friday ♦ June 23 8:30 am Facilitator: Sylvia Couch BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS Fourth Tuesday June 27 at 11:00 Nurse: Paula Frost
BIBLE CLASS Survey of the New Testament Second and fourth Tuesdays June 13 & 27 9:30 to 11 Instructor: Frances Greathouse
FUN & GAMES BRIDGE Mondays: 10:30 am to 2:30 pm
Library Associate: Betty Kirkeminde 615.368.3222 Hours: M-W-R-F: 9 to 5 ď ł Tuesday: 11 to 7
CANASTA Tuesdays and Thursdays: 10 am to 3 pm
DOMINOES Fridays at noon Pool, Pedro, Scrabble, Rummikub, Skip-bo and other games daily.
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