9 Veterans Day Celebration & Lunch
10 Daytrip Franklin Quilt Show 15 Birthday Potluck: Victorian Christmas Traditions 16 Daytrip Storyteller’s Museum 23 & 24 Center Closed
30 Lunch & Program Fall Prevention
2 Pancake Breakfast & Bake Sale
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e can trace many of our current day Christmas practices to the Victorian era — from the decorated tree and turkey dinner, to gift giving, carols and cards.
In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria’s reign, from 1837 until 1901.
to Prince Albert and Queen Victoria for Historian E.J. Neeley will be them. our speaker at Potluck this Nov. 15th. We’ll have lunch at 11:30, and She will discuss how these traditions E.J. will begin about noon. came to be part of our present day celeThe Center provides the main bration, and why we might give a nod course. Please bring a side dish.
It’s that time of year again for our Pancake Breakfast & Bake Sale, Sat., Dec. 2. We are thrilled to announce that Williamson Medical Center is our event sponsor! The breakfast and bake sale will run from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. It’s an all-you-can-eat breakfast for $5. I would like to ask our members to help us this year in a way we haven’t asked before. We are going to presell tickets to the breakfast and I would like each center member to sell 5 tickets. Preselling tickets will allow people who cannot attend the actual breakfast to still support our center. Please see any staff to pick up your envelope of tickets. We ask that you turn in your ticket money by Friday, Dec. 1. Calling all Bakers! We need your help at our Bake Sale. If you like to bake, dazzle us with your favorite homemade treats, from cookies, cakes, pies, cobblers, breads or other delicious goodies. Please deliver your goodies to the center on Friday, Dec.1 by 3 p.m.
Sarah
We extend a warm College Grove welcome to our new fitness instructor, Stephanie Moore! Beginning Nov. 8, at 8:30 a.m., Stephanie will lead Aerobics and Yoga at the Center on Wednesdays. Yay!
TOUR JOHNNY CASH’S “HIDEAWAY” & MUSEUM—THURS., NOV. 16 century Bibles, including a page in Bon Aqua was a general from a Gutenberg Bible. store before Johnny Cash About a mile down the road bought it and converted the build- from the museum is Hideaway ing into a place for “guitar pulls” Farm, a log home built before the on Saturday nights. Later, Red Civil War, where Cash lived for Wortham transformed it into a re- over 30 years. He called it, “the cording studio. Most recently, the center of my universe.” old structure has been renovated Remember the Man in and reincarnated into Storyteller’s Black with us as we tour these Museum. Memorabilia from Cash wonderful places on Thursday, and other country music legends Nov. 16. We will be treated to a are on display, along with rare 16th live performance at the museum, and enjoy a box lunch on the second floor. Senior admission is $16.95. Deadline to pay Libby is Nov. 13. The box lunch costs $12. We will pay for it at the venue. The van will leave the CenHideaway Farm ter on at 9 a.m. Van fee is $10.
QUILT SHOW: FRIDAY, NOV. 10
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HISTORIC FRANKLIN Quilt Show is coming up this month. Over 100 quilts will be displayed, along with a special exhibit, Quilts from the Great Depression. Quilt-related vendors and a boutique store will also be there. HE
We plan to attend on Fri., Nov. 10. After the quilt show, we’ll have lunch at Barbara’s Home Cookin’ in Grassland. The fee for the quilt show is $5. The van fee is $5. The van will leave the Center at 9:30 a.m.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION! We look so forward to this program each November because we get to honor our veterans! Our featured speaker this year is Navy veteran, Gary Slaughter, who wrote Sea Stories: A Memoir of a Naval Officer (19561967). Gary will discuss some of his experiences in the service, including one that occurred during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 in which he played a key role in defusing a potential nuclear confrontation Music from Marcella Baker will add to the day’s festivities, along with ROTC cadets from Page High School who will post and retreat the colors. We are deeply grateful to Ford Lincoln of Franklin for sponsoring our celebration, which allows us to offer lunch free to veterans and spouses of veterans. For all others, lunch will cost $5. We’ll bring in barbeque from Whitt’s. Please make lunch reservations by Tuesday, Nov. 7.
According to the National Council on Aging, falls are the leading cause of injury for seniors. However, falling is NOT an inevitable part of aging and the number of falls among seniors can be reduced substantially with practical lifestyle adjustments. Join us Nov. 30, when Wina Hubbard, from HealthSouth shares fall prevention techniques with us. Lunch is at 11:30, and will cost $4. Please make lunch reservations by Tuesday, Nov. 28.
For some time now, we have recognized the need to revise our policy for daytrips. And we’ve decided to not put it off any longer. First, we are going to keep our six-person minimum, however, that will mean six bodies in the van. In other words, if fewer than six people are here at departure time, the trip will be cancelled, with no exceptions. And second, for times when folks want to drive themselves to the venue, we will charge $2 per person. Again, if this brings the van riders to fewer than six, the trip will be cancelled. Though we dislike the idea of cancelling last minute — and disappointing the folks who arrive on time for a daytrip — we feel like we must, and hope you will understand.
MONDAYS Aerobics : 9 a.m. Yoga: 9:45 a.m. Instructor: Nancy Stevens
QUILLING CLASS Third Wednesdays: Nov. 15 9:00 am Instructor: Dot Carter
WEDNESDAYS (beginning Nov. 8) Aerobics: 8:30 a.m. Yoga: 9:15 Instructor: Stephanie Moore
QUILTING BEE First & third Wednesdays: Nov. 1 & 15 1 to 3 pm Thursday mornings: 9 to 10 am
FRIDAYS Zumba Gold: 8:30 a.m. Stretch & Tone: 9:15 a.m. Instructor: Alisa Hinds
CHAIR CLASS Mondays, Tuesdays & 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
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: Nov. 2 & 16 1 to 3 pm Members: no fee Non-members: $5 per class TUESDAY MORNING BOOK CLUB AT FIFTYFORWARD Third Tuesdays
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 BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS Fourth Tuesday Nov. 28 at 11:00 Nurse: Paula Frost
Nov. 21 at 9:00 November selection:
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
BIBLE CLASS Current Study: Up Close & Personal Instructor: Ginger Rogers
FUN & GAMES BRIDGE Mondays: 10:30 am to 2:30 pm
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Library Associate: Betty Kirkeminde 615.368.3222 Hours: M-W-R-F: 9 to 5 ♦ Tuesday: 11 to 7
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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Phone: 615.368.7093 or 615.368.7278 Fax: 615.368.7935 Hours: Center Director: Program Director/Newsletter Editor: Program Associate: Williamson County FLIP Coordinator: Williamson County Care Manager: FIFTYFORWARD COLLEGE GROVE 8607 Horton Highway P.O. Box 223 College Grove, TN 37046 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
Monday through Friday 8 am to 3 pm Sarah Stephens sstephens@fiftyforward.org Libby C. Beeson Rhonda Rose 615.376.4332 Jane Bradley/615.376.4334