BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SPEAKS: JULY 3 3 Lunch & Program Benjamin Franklin Speaks! 4 Center closed for Independence Day 8 Bob Ross Painting Workshop 10 Lunch & Program Music & Medicine with Dr. Ming Wang 11 Picker’s Creek Winery 16 Birthday Potluck DancEast Performs 18 Girls’ Day Out! Mani-Pedis at Aveda 23 Red Hat Society 24 Lunch & Program: Bath Fitters 29 Tennessee State Museum
Mark your calendar for Thursday, July 3! We have an exceptional Independence Day celebration in store. The centerpiece of the program is a monologue from Ben Franklin — in full period costume! The speech is both moving and informative, and was written by center member, Luke Boyd. Luke is a historian and local columnist, as well as a former teacher and principal of BGA. The monologue will be delivered by local actor, Herb Wallace. Herb studied at Chicago’s prestigious acting school, The Second City, and is a
veteran of community theatre across the country. We will have music from Jacki Rumpp and Marcella Baker. Our state congressmen will also be here. In keeping with the day’s theme, this special event is sponsored by Benjamin Franklin Plumbing. Lunch will be served at 11:30 and costs $4. The program will begin at noon. Deadline for reservations is Monday, June 30. Please sign up!
You can count on a totally delightful experience at Birthday Potluck this month, when the workshop group from DancEast brings movement and creativity to our Center. Girls between the ages of 7 and 12 will perform ballet, modern and jazz dance routines. Watching them move
noon. The Center provides the main course. Please bring a side dish.
Join us on Wed., July 16. Lunch is at 11:30, and the dancers will begin at
College Grove Red Hatters will host our counterparts from Eagleville this month, and provide sandwiches, salads, desserts and tea for lunch. We should arrive by 11:00 for set-up, and we’ll lunch at 11:30. Bingo will follow lunch and each of us can bring a small gift for prizes. Joy True will be our amazing emcee again this year!
The response to Kelley Shannon’s Posture Therapy classes in June was so overwhelmingly positive that we are going to include it as a part of regular programming. At least we are going to try. The one and only hesitation we have is that the class must pay for itself, and that will depend on attendance. Beginning July 7, Kelley will lead Posture Therapy sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:30 until 11. The fee for each class is $3 for members, and $5 for non-members.
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We will pamper ourselves a little bit on Friday, July 18, with mani-pedis at Aveda in Cool Springs. If we have eight or more people, we will receive a price break: $20 for a mani-pedi or $10 for just a manicure or pedicure. With seven or less people, the mani-pedi will cost $25, or $12.50 for one or the other. Aveda is expecting us at 2 p.m., so we will stop for lunch before we go there - perhaps at the Puffy Muffin on Caruthers. The van leaves the Center at 12:15. Van fee is $5.
TENNESSEE STATE MUSEUM - TUESDAY, JULY 29 The Tennessee State Museum offers rich opportunities to learn history - and we are going to take advantage of them on Tuesday, July 29.
We will begin with a tour of the exhibit, Slaves and Slaveholders of Wessyngton Plantation, which looks at the lives of both blacks and whites on a 13,000 acre plantation in Robertson County. “Most museum exhibits cannot provide an in-depth look at individual enslaved people because there is little information available,” says the museum director. “But because of [the] recordkeeping and photography by the Wessyngton owners - and a wealth
of research and oral history by one of the slave descendants [John Baker, Jr.] - we are able to bring these people to life.” After the Wessyngton collection, there are a number of other fascinating exhibits to choose from, including: A Creative Legacy, A frican American Arts in Tennessee and First Tennesseans, an exhibit that chronicles Indian cultures in Tennessee from pre-historic periods and includes a display of bones (continued on page three)
THURSDAY, JULY 3 Full details on front page. Event sponsor: Benjamin Franklin Plumbing
THURSDAY, JULY 10 Dr. Wang will provide tips about vision care and information on the options for corrective surgical enhancements. In addition, he will play the “er hu,” a Chinese musical instrument similar to the violin. Dr. Wang learned to play the “er hu” as a teenager in China during the “Cultural Revolution.” His close friend, Carlos Enrique Gonzales, a professional classic guitarist and composer, will accompany him for the performance.
THURSDAY, JULY 24 Marianne Werner from Bath Fitter will discuss bathroom safety — an important topic, considering that nearly 200,000 people are injured annually in their bathroom. She will also tell us about the products and installation services that Bath Fitter offers. Bath Fitter will provide our lunch at no charge, however, we are limited to 25 reservations. Please sign up.
STATE MUSEUM (CONTINUED) from a mastodon that roamed our state 10,000 years ago. There are more interesting
We’ll head to Lewisburg on Friday, July 11, to Picker’s Creek Winery. After a tasting, and viewing the mosaics and paintings on display, we’ll enjoy lunch - and the scenic view - underneath the ceiling fans of their wide covered porch. Lunch will be fried chicken, two sides, bread and dessert, and will cost between $6 and $8. The van will leave the Center at 10:45. Van fee is $6.
With songwriter, Victoria Banks, at The Bluebird Café, June 12
exhibits, like Frontier and The A ge someplace good for lunch on the of Jackson. We won’t have time to way back. see them all, but we’ll stay until we The van will leave the Cenare hungry and tired, and then stop ter at 9 a.m. Van fee is $7.
AEROBICS Mondays & Wednesdays 9 a.m. YOGA Mondays & Wednesdays 9:45 a.m. POSTURE THERAPY Mondays & Wednesdays 10:30 a.m. Instructor: Kelley Shannon Members: $3 per class Non-members: $5 per class
MASSAGE Licensed Massage Therapist Kathy McFarlane has years of experience serving mature adults. Wednesdays by appointment Members: $45 Non-members: $60 LINE DANCING Beginners and experienced line dancers learn the latest and hottest line dances while getting a great cardio workout. Fridays: 10 to 11:30 Dance Instructors: Sam and Shirley Kirtley Assistant Instructor: Cathy Smotherman CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUP A support group for primary caregivers who would like a safe place to discuss their unique challenges. Friday, July 25 9 am Facilitator: Sylvia Couch BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS Every other Thursday at 10 am Sponsor: Willowbrook
BOB ROSS PAINTING WORKSHOP Take home a finished oil painting at the end of class! Tuesday, July 8: 1 to 3 pm Instructor: Liz Farar Class fee: $20 members $23 non-members (Cost includes all supplies) QUILTING BEE Meets first and third Wednesdays. July 2 and 16 ď ś 1 to 3 pm
WRITING, ETC. A safe place to share your writing, whether poetry or fact or fiction. First and third Thursdays: July 3 and 17 1 to 3 pm. Members: no fee Non-members: $24 per year
TUESDAY MORNING BOOK CLUB AT FIFTYFORWARD July selection is Defending Jacob by William Landay. New members welcome! Tuesday, July 15 9 am
BIBLE CLASS Bible study will be on hiatus until September. Instructor: Frances Greathouse
FUN & GAMES CANASTA Tuesdays and Thursdays: 10 am to 3 pm BRIDGE Mondays: 10:30 am to 2:30 pm
COLLEGE GROVE COMMUNITY LIBRARY Library Associate: Betty Kirkeminde 368.3222 Hours: M-W-R-F: 9 to 5 Tuesday: 11 to 7 Let your child read to a dog! Thursdays at 2
POKER Wednesdays: 11 am to 1 pm Pool, Pedro, Scrabble, Rummikub, Skip-bo and other games daily.
SPECIAL SUMMER PROGRAMMING July 9 WSMV’s Snowbird July 16, 23 & 30 Summer Story Time
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