Gravenhurst Seniors Newsletter - Summer 2017

GRAVENHURST SENIORS CLUB QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER

Summer - 2017

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Seniors Centre Contact Info From The President Health & Well Being The Editor Says/Centre Activities Special Birthday Celebrations New Director Crossword/Did You Know?

St. Patrick’s Day Celebration Taking Aim Jim Tretheway

13 Sudoku 14 A New Member 15/16 Gravenhurst Senior Centre 17/18 Will the House Burn Down?

19 Answers to Judy’s Puzzle 20 Easter Social/Book Review 21 A Special Poem/The Over 90 Club 22 Sudoku Answers 23 Culinary Corner 24 Income Tax Clinic 25 Certificates of Appreciation 26 Gilberte’s Gardens 28 Soup/Sandwich/Pie - Fundraiser 39 Coming Events Humour, Jokes & Cartoons (5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14, 22, & 27)

Editor Secretary Treasurer Cover Design Photographer Proof Reader

Fred Schulz Ellen Camm Lynn Quesnelle Glenna Kergon Fred Schulz Jeff Childs Pat Wright Production Garnet Schenk Wendy Forsythe Committee Members Jim Goodwin Cyril Fry Roy Kerr Garnet Schenk Ruth Robertson Wendy Forsythe Contributing Writers Jim Goodwin Cyril Fry Garnet Schenk Fred Schulz Distribution Harold Campbell Cliff Flavell 2

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******URGENT****** HOSTESSES/HOSTS NEEDED Volunteer 7 hours a month Regular and replacement people required.

KEEP THE CLUB RUNNING SMOOTHLY. Contact Lynne Briden - 705-687-8527

SUBMISSIONS AlI submissions to be included in the next issue of ALL ABOUT US should be submitted before August 15th 2017.

Submissions can be left at, or emailed to, the Gravenhurst Seniors Centre, 480 First St. N., Gravenhurst, Ontario P1P 1B9.

Submissions that promote and/or enhance the activities of The Seniors Centre and Seniors are always welcome. Pictures are also welcomed. Opinions and concerns about issues facing The Centre are welcome. Try to keep submissions to a maximum of 1000 words. All letters to the editor must be signed with first and last

names. Your ideas are important.

Tel: 705-687-8126 Email: gscnewsletter@live.ca

Elevator Equipped GRAVENHURST SENIORS CLUB 2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE President Past President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President Secretary Treasurer

Fred Schulz Cliff Flavell Aileen Passmore Lorne Robertson Ellen Camm John Mowry

DIRECTORS Food Services Health & Well Being Membership Newsletter Property Recreation Ways & Means Workshop

Lynne Briden Ruth Robertson Lillian Gillan Fred Schulz Lorne Robertson Bob Macksey Carol Macksey Rob Gifford

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters may be edited for size and clarity.

Letters to the editor are printed at the editor’s discretion.

Tel: 705-687-8126 Email: gscnewsletter@live.ca

Published by: The Gravenhurst Senior Citizens’ Club 480 First Street North, Gravenhurst, ON P1P 1B9 1-705-687-8126

United Senior Citizens of Ontario: Affiliated Club #325

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From Our President With the anticipation of a great summer ahead of us, we can look back on the many special events and activities that have taken place at the Gravenhurst Seniors Club over the spring season!

We’ve enjoyed the delicious monthly luncheons, the Round Robin Shuffleboard Tournament, Big Buck Bid Euchre, Easter Social Event, and the CFUW Bridge Luncheon, With the arrival of summer, some of the activities at the Centre will be taking a break, so make sure you check the monthly activity calendar for changes or updates regarding regular weekly activities.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the activity leaders for their dedication in keeping the activities on track and well organized over the past months! My sincere thanks goes out to everyone.

As we approach the arrival of summer and sunny days in Gravenhurst, I wish you all a happy, healthy and safe summer season.

Fred Schulz President

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The Editor Says Welcome to the Summer Edition of All About Us featuring a wealth of stories and information on the folks and activities around the Town of Gravenhurst and the Gravenhurst Seniors Activity Centre.

I’m particularly grateful for the continued work and expertise of Garnet Schenk, who continues in the position of Production Editor for All About Us. It’s a pleasure working with all the members of the All About Us team.

In the summer edition you’ll enjoy reading articles on a new member, recognition of retiring host/hostesses, a new director, Easter social, over 90’s club, U.S.C.O. and much more.

It’s been a busy spring season at the Gravenhurst Seniors Centre with record breaking attendance in activities as well as instruction being provided for those interested in learning a new activity.

Anytime is a good time to take a break.

Drop by the Centre for a cup of coffee, and check out the many activities that the Centre has to offer.

Fred Schulz, Editor

The best thing that can happen to a couple, married for fifty years or more ,is that they both grow nearsighted together.

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Special Birthday Celebrations held at Bifocals Band Practice!

Special Birthday Celebrations were held for Jean Kerr and John Ayling during the Bifocals Band Practice on Tuesday, March 21st. Both Jean and John were active members of the Bifocals Band for many years and are still current members of the Seniors Club.

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New Director – Rob Gifford On August 20th, 2009 Rob Gifford experienced a life changing event, when his camper blew up. leaving him with severe burns and clinging to life. He was flown to the Hamilton Burn Unit for daily treatment, until he was transferred to Peterborough, to be under the care of a specialist from St. Michael’s Hospital Burn, Unit for continued recovery procedures.

When Rob’s Daughter moved to Orillia, to open a Ladies Clothing Consignment Store, he moved to Washago to be closer to his family.

After a time in Washago, Rob decided to move to Gravenhurst, at which time he joined the Gravenhurst Seniors Club.

Almost immediately after joining the Seniors Club, Rob became very active in the club, particularly in the woodworking shop. Rob specializes in one of a Kind Folk Art and has donated many beautiful carvings, for draws and fundraisers, at the Seniors Centre.

Rob also established and organizes the highly successful Eugene’s Diner, which provides a great atmosphere for dances and listeners to enjoy the great tunes spun by D.J. Rob. It adds a great atmosphere of friendship and memories, of some wonderful music, that brings you back to a simpler time.

Eugene’s Diner features a great opportunity to remember the past, to come out and dance, listen to some great music, enjoy good friends and snacks.

Rob enjoys playing cards three times a week and making friends at the Seniors Club.

He is also the Director of Maintenance and is a workshop Supervisor.

Many thanks Rob for your contributions to the Gravenhurst Seniors Club.

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Judy’s Crossword

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5. On a table 7. Everyone 9. What Chris’s girls do 10. They work in the kitchen 11. What we are 13. What we want to do 14. A Tuesday game 18. A Thursday game 20. Hard cards 21. He cleans 22. Kirsten’s class 24. Mondays & Wednesdays 1.

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Did you Know?

Ruth Robertson and Ellen Camm have been conducting “Learn to Play Bid Euchre” classes at the Seniors Centre for those who wish to learn.

Past President Gord Locklin passed away in early April. Gord was our President in 2005.

The United Church “Observer” magazine is the oldest continuously published magazine in Canada.

All the lots in Pine Ridge Development are now sold. When construction is completed there will be approximately 250 homes there.

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St. Patrick’s Day Celebration The St. Patrick’s Day Social was held on the morning of March 17th with approximately 30 people participating in the festivities. Linda and Joe Martin and Janet Lamorie helped with the event set up as well as a few others! Irma Salminen and Judi Hodgson were on duty and kept busy. There was Irish Music, green food, games and tea/coffee. A variety of delicious baked goods were on hand during the social gathering.

Fred Mahood was on hand, to sing a couple of most appropriate Irish Songs, which were enjoyed by all those present.

Judy Sherman won a prize for guessing the closest number of candies in the large jar and Loretta Lake won the closest guess for the small jar guessing game.

A good time was enjoyed by all those who attended the St. Patrick’s Day Social Celebrations.

There are 3 signs of old age: loss of memory…I forget the other two.

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A keen eyed Jim Tretheway plans his next shot during the Tuesday afternoon darts at the Seniors Centre. This activity continues to be enjoyed by everyone who participates on Tuesday afternoons.

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Happy Birthday &

Happy Anniversary to all of our Members who celebrate in the months of of June, July and August

Three elderly sisters, 92, 94 & 96 shared a house together. One evening, the 96 year old sister went upstairs to take a bath. As she put her foot into the tub, she paused. Then she yelled down to the other two sisters, “Was I getting in the tub or out?”

“You dern fool,” said the 94 year old, “I’ll come up and see.” When she got halfway up the stairs she paused, “Was I going up the stairs or down?”

The 92 year old sister was sitting at the kitchen table drinking a cup of tea and thought, “I hope I never get that forgetful, knock on wood.” She shook her head and called out, “I’ll be up to help you both as soon as I see who’s at the door.”

Age is a questions of mind over matter….if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.

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Another candle on your cake?

A New Member Wendy Forsythe

Mike and Wendy are finally “home” and are enjoying the peaceful surroundings of Muskoka and semi-retirement.

They returned to Gravenhurst in May of 2012 where they enjoy being close to both of their families, meeting new people, getting reacquainted with friends and family that they haven’t seen in a while, becoming involved in volunteering in the community or attending activities and just enjoying their new home with a small town feel.

Mike’s Mum, Doreen Forsythe and most of his brothers and sisters, of which there are 10, still live here. It has been wonderful for him to be able to walk across the street and have a tea with his Mum or to do an odd job here and there for her. Wendy is always meeting someone who is familiar with one of the Forsythe family and has a story to share!

Walker’s Point was home for Wendy for many summers and weekends where her family cottaged since she was a child.

During the fall, winter and early spring months they keep themselves busy, at home, planning projects and working together, in order to get ready for their 4th season at the Gravenhurst Farmers’ Market as vendors.

By the time this newsletter is being read everyone will be emerging once again into the garden to enjoy the beginning of a new season in Muskoka! There is nowhere Wendy would rather be!

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Well, that’s no cause to pout. Be glad that you have the strength enough to blow the darn thing out!

The Four Things You Can’t Recover The stone ….after its thrown The word …..after it is said The occasion…..after it is missed The time…..after it is gone

Stop in for Breakfast

Take Lunch to Go Full Menu Available

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Gravenhurst Seniors’ Activity Centre Past/Present/Future The following information is from hand -written notes prepared by Marg Bonnis, who was a member of the club, and as near as can be determined, acted as the historian for the club for many years. Marg Bonnis sensed that if history, of the now flourishing club, was not recorded it would be lost forever. The Board of Directors and the membership of the club are deeply grateful for her thoughtfulness in taking it upon herself to record the significant milestones in the development of the Gravenhurst Seniors Club. Her notes show that, in 1950, a group of interested persons from the community met together to try to do something for the well-being of seniors in the Town of Gravenhurst The sense of that small group was on the mark. There was a need for a club for seniors in the community. It continued to grow and prosper as a club, because of the vision of the exploratory group, and so the Gravenhurst Seniors Club has had a presence in this community since 1950.

The records of the club show that the decision to affiliate with the United Senior Citizens of Ontario was made by the club membership in 1969. The official date of affiliation is listed as October 1969. There is no evidence in the minutes of the preceding meetings of the club to show that there were opinions either pro or con .

to seeking membership in the USCO Membership in the parent body would allow the local club to participate in Zone affairs. The province is divided into 42 Zones and the Gravenhurst Seniors Club is in Zone 39.

It was intended that the Zone should play an important role in communicating the messages from USCO to the local clubs. The Zone organization had a mandate to carry the concerns of the local clubs to the Provincial Executive body for the appropriate action. It must be remembered that the club existed for 19 years before the decision to affiliate with USCO. There is little evidence in the minutes of the Gravenhurst Club that the club was active in the affairs of the Zone apart from attending the meetings. It seemed to be more of a social connection than a business arrangement to look after the welfare of seniors. It wasn’t until the early 1990s that the Gravenhurst Club became an active participant in the affairs of the Zone. Since the mid1990s the Gravenhurst Club has had several people serve as elected officers of the Zone.

By laying out a timeline, from 1950 to 2017, several points become clear.

The Gravenhurst Seniors Club existed as a club before the USCO was organized. The club prospered from 1950 to 1969 without affiliation with USCO. From 1969 to the early 1990s the club did not appear to take an active role in USCO as an organization.

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After the early 1990s, members of the Gravenhurst Seniors Club became active in USCO. There were benefits to affiliation with USCO politically. It gave the appearance of strength in numbers when dealing with issues of senior wellbeing.

The United Senior Citizens of Ontario is a Democratic, Non-Sectarian, NonPartisan Organization. It had a mandate to advise the local membership, through the Zone, and to keep important issues to seniors in the forefront.

The Gravenhurst Seniors Citizens Club, established as a registered Charitable Organization, operates on the principles of a business entity. An Administrative Assistant manages the day-to-day business operation of the Centre under the direction of a Volunteer Board of Directors. The Administrative Assistant has the responsibility for rental of space to user groups and for coordinating the use of the space by the different activity groups within the centre. The facility is ideal for receptions and for private celebrations, with a seating capacity of from 100 to 150 persons, depending on the arrangements desired for the event. A fully equipped kitchen is available at the centre.

During the life span of the Gravenhurst Seniors Activity Club there have been many changes. The club has grown from 20 members to around 500 members. That fact, brought a need for suitable space for the club. It has undertaken three building programs and one. minor one.

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The first major one was constructing, on municipal property, the first structure of their own, to house the club. The second was minor in nature, but very important to the club. The construction of the workshop serves those who have an interest in woodworking and woodcarving. The third phase was building an addition to the auditorium and extra space for games. All the expansion projects were undertaken as a progressive seniors’ club, which actively solicited support from the local community and service organizations in the town. The attitude seemed to be that we will build our own place in the sun.

The seniors centre is now open six days a week and offers 35 or so programs for seniors. Its membership list includes a wide range of people with varying interests. The demands for programs today is very different from that of 40 to 50 years ago. The present Board of Directors is aware of the need to always look toward the future.

In preparing for the future the Board has taken the advice of the legendary baseball star, Babe Ruth, who said, “Yesterday’s home runs don’t win tomorrow’s ball games.”

It is true that the vitality of the seniors’ club begins with each member. Vitality can be defined as “The power to live and grow and the continuation of a meaningful and purposeful existence.”

The Board and the membership are charged with task of aligning the values of the seniors’ club with todays modern culture and to build a strong club one step at a time.

By Garnet Schenk

Thoughts about “Will The House Burn Down” and “Other Experiences with Fire.”

By Cyril Fry

Garnet Schenk, who has become Production Editor of All About Us, spent his career in the world of fire analysis, training and administration. I began to think about fire in my life, not for keeping cozy, but of the “Will the house burn down?” type.

My first experience came one Hallowe’en, when I was about five. In our window, my mother hung a small pumpkin, containing a lit candle. “Inflammable” was printed outside, but she thought that meant non-flammable. Very soon, the pumpkin was afire, as were the curtains. One brother tore them down and rushed them outside , while the other brother brought a cup of water and doused the pumpkin. Flame out. House saved!

No fire truck attended.

My next experience was my own doing. Fascinated, like most kids, by matches, one day I lit a small fire outside, which immediately spread to the tall, dry grass, beside our backyard woodshed. Fortunately, a chap working at the factory on the other side of the fence, saw the flames and used a pail of water to put them out, before they set the woodshed on fire.

My mother confided to me that she wasn’t pleased about my part in that adventure.

A few years later, my parents bought a fish and chip shop in Toronto. One day my mother observed that the gas flame, beneath the large cooking kettles, had spread inside one of them.

She phoned the fire department. As the truck arrived, my brother told them it was cooking fat on fire, so it would need chemicals. They were applied and the fire was out, but not before a dozen people had crowded into the shop to see what was happening. At least they learned that Fry’s Fish and Chips were served hot.

My work, at Algoma Steel’s Wawa iron mine in 1946, included a chance to help with a small forest fire, when I was off shift. The only truck was a pickup, which carried a gas engine, a portable pump, and shovels. I was impressed by the strength of one chap who carried the pump down the hill on his back. Because there was no wind, the fire hadn’t burned long, and it was beside a pond, it was out in a few hours. My locker mate, back at the bunkhouse, who had been onshift, complained about my smoky clothes for days.

In 1950-51 I worked in England’s oldest plastics factory, which began making “celluloid”, in about 1900, for men’s shirt collars and ping pong balls. The plant consisted of about twenty buildings, all of similar size, spaced about 30 feet apart. In one of them, machines were making long celluloid tubes for fountain pen barrels. (continued—page 18) ALL ABOUT US

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These were sanded, while turning on a lathe, then polished. One day, as I worked in another building, I heard a muffled thump, and soon discovered everyone was out of the fountain pen shop. A spark had set the celluloid dust on fire. The explosion came because celluloid is chemically identical to guncotton, used for propelling artillery shells. However, the exhaust and fire control system had worked as intended. Workers were cleaning like mad and the pen barrels were emerging again within 24 hours, thereby dodging a government enquiry.

Once upon a time, the Rubberset Company employed more than half the volunteer Gravenhurst firefighters, and the firehall was less than a couple of hundred yards in the distance. When a fire call came in, to the Rubberset switchboard, the first clang of the bell caused a horde of employees to drop their work, grab their coats and run. A short time later, the switchboard operator announced the location of the fire. That way, everybody had news to take home at the end of the day.

One lunch hour, as I was riding my bike home just past Mickle cemetery ,

on Muskoka Beach Road. I noticed a trickle of smoke coming up from the grass beside a utility pole. I lay down my bike and went to the closest house to ask for a shovel, which was promptly placed in my hand.

As I shoved it into the ground, I heard a siren, and soon a platoon on the truck, most of whom I knew by name, pulled up to the pole, took down extinguishers, and put out the tiny conflagration. Was I acclaimed as a hero? No. Roy Mathias, who was the Chief, yelled, “What’s the big idea? Horning in on our job. Are you, Cyril? Don’t you realize we’ve got wives and children to support? You should be ashamed of yourself!” How’s a guy to win?

I haven’t reached the end of the fires in my life, but I’ve reached the end of my space, so you won’t learn of the thatched roof house on fire, across from our home in England, when I taught there on exchange, or the fire at Silver Lake in the 1950s. The phosphorus fire in the Gravenhurst High School Chemistry lab will have to come later. It likewise the basement full of smoke at the Gravenhurst home of Marion and Cyril Fry in 2016. Too bad!

A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

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Answer to Judy’s Puzzle.

Across 2. Activities 5. Billiards 7. Public 9. Line dancing 10. Hostess 11. Buddys 13. Win 15. Crokinole 18. Cribbage 20. Bridge 21. Ted 22. Kerstin’s class 24. Monday & Wednesday

Down 1. Carpet bowling 3. Table tennis 4. Pepper day 5. New bean bag game 6. Arrows 8. Club 10. Horticulture 12. Lynne 16. Kergon 17. Ellen 19. Band 22. Fun 23. Yoga

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Easter Social Held at Seniors Centre

ABOVE: A very successful Easter Social was held at the Seniors Centre, on the morning of Thursday, April 13th, with a capacity crowd enjoying some special Easter Treats, games and a social time. Guests enjoyed searching for the large number of Easter Eggs that were hiding throughout the upper level of the Centre. It was a great celebration of the Arrival of Spring! A very special Easter Egg treat was prepared by (left to right) Judi Hodgson, Lynne Briden and Bernice Sopher.

“THE SKY IS FALLING” -Author: Sidney Sheldon This is a tense, high action fictional book written by a master story teller. The main character is Dana Evans, a 27 year old T.V. News Anchor Woman with a station in Washington D.C. She has gained an international reputation as an onsite reporter during the war in Yugoslavia. The Winthrop’s are an American Royal Family and it’s prince charming is the charismatic youngest son Gary. His senseless murder is just the latest in a series of incidents and accidents that have caused the deaths of four other members of the Winthrop family. These can’t be only coincidence and Dana makes it her mission to investigate. Little did she realize that her search would sweep her across several continents and place her life in great danger. The tension builds and the plot twists and turns and will have you not wanting to put the book down. The story grabs your attention and keeps you entertained through to the five-star finale. Sidney Sheldon has written many suspenseful story tellings.

Prior to becoming a novelist, Mr. Sheldon was a renowned Screen Writer in Hollywood and on Broadway. This book is available in the Senior Centre’s Library. JIM GOODWIN 20

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A SPECIAL POEM FOR OLDER FOLKS:

A row of bottles on my shelf Caused me to analyze myself One yellow pill I have to pop Goes to my heart so it won’t stop A little white one that I take Goes to my hands so they won’t shake The blue ones that I use a lot Tell me I’m happy when I’m not The purple pill goes to my brain And tells me that I have no pain The capsules tell me not to wheeze Or cough or choke or even sneeze The red ones, smallest of them all Go to my blood so I won’t fall The orange ones, very big and bright Prevent my leg cramps in the night Such an array of brilliant pills Helping to cure all kinds of ills But what I’d really like to know Is what tells each one where to go!

There’s always a lot to be thankful for If you take time to look for it……

For example – I am sitting here right now Thinking how nice it is that wrinkles And fat don’t hurt!

Submitted by: Bev Skelding

THE OVER 90 CLUB: 2017

Remember when 90 years was a “Ripe Old Age” and people made jokes about memory, senility or “Hardening of the Arteries”. More and more of our club members are 90 plus. You know them.

You see them working in the kitchen, at exercise class or at the card tables. These are active, vibrant folks, who are an asset to our club and our community. In no particular order we honour the following club members: Joyce Anne Smith, Roy Kerr, Gwen Irons, Carol Hunter, John Ayling, Walter Herd, Lyla Street, Cyril Fry, Fern Lipiski, Marion Fry, Melvin Clark, Lillian Hunter, Ted Smith, Grace Brooks, Doreen Forsythe, Marion Paradis, Georgie Adair, Vic Johnson, Gay Coon, Gord Smith, Melba Smith To know how to grow old gracefully is the master work of wisdom. I have probably missed some people whose names should be on this list. Please notify the editor of any addition or corrections.

JIM GOODWIN

Length of life is not measured by years (days) but rather by that which is done therein by mankind. ___________ The Mission in your life is your meaning

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I don’t think I’ll ever live to be a hundred….

I’ve been 50 for twenty years now.

Stop in to see us for all your home, garden, paint and giftware needs.

Gravenhurst Home Hardware 1170 Muskoka Road Phone: (705) 687 - 3479 www.homehardware.ca Owned and operated by Ian & Tara McNaughton

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CULINARY CORNER Date Cake Squares 1 1/4 cup water 1 cup of chopped dates 3/4 cup of chopped pitted prunes 1/2 cup of dark raisins 8 tbsp butter or marg.

2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup of flower 3/4 cup of splenda 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts Combine water, dates, prunes, and raisins in a medium saucepan. Heat to boiling, reduce heat to simmer and cover for about ten minutes.

Remove from heat and add butter.

Stir until melted.

Mix eggs and vanilla into fruit, add combined dry ingredients.

Spread evenly in greased 11 x 7 x 2 pan. Sprinkle with walnuts and bake in 350 degree oven approximately 30 to 35 minutes.

Cool and cut into squares.

Rhubarb Sour Cream Crunch 1 egg 1 cup sour scream 1 cup sugar 3 tbsp corn starch 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg 3 cups rhubarb, chopped (if using frozen rhubarb add 1 tbsp flour) Pastry for 9 inch pie shell Topping: 1/2 cup rolled oats 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed 1/3 cup flour 1/4 cup butter, softened 1 tsp orange or lemon rind Whisk egg with sour cream. Combine sugar, corn starch, cinnamon and nutmeg into egg mixture. Stir in rhubarb. Put into pie shell.

Topping: Combine topping ingredients and put on rhubarb filling.

Bake at 400 F for 15 minutes and then at 375 F for 40 to 50 minutes.

Recipe courtesy of Temperanceville United Church Community Cookbook.

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Income Tax Clinic Saturday, March 18th The annual BDO Canada LLP Income Tax Clinic was held on Saturday, March 18th with a number of club members taking advantage of the opportunity to submit their income tax information for completion

by BDO Canada – Bracebridge Office.

Above: Left to Right – Ellie Burleigh, Junior Staff Accountant, Roy Kerr, Tax Clinic Scheduler, and Brendan Clark, Senior Accounting Technician. Roy has been associated with this program for many years.

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Certificates of Appreciation Presented During March Luncheon

During the March Luncheon, Certificates of Appreciation were presented to long term volunteers at the Seniors Centre. The presentations were made by Lynne Briden – Director of Food Services while President Fred Schulz congratulated the recipients for their dedication to service at the Centre.

Left to Right – Lillian Hunter, Doreen Forsythe, Gay Coon, Lynne Briden - Director of Food Services and Lorne McLean.

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Gilberte’s Gardens

Thanks to Gilberte & Chuck for sharing

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Two elderly men had been friends since the 30’s. Now in their 80’s, they still got together a couple of times a week to play cards.

One day they were playing gin rummy and one of them said, “You know, we’ve been friends for many years, please don’t get mad, but for the life of me, I can’t remember your name.

Please tell me what it is.”

His friend glared at him.

He continued to glare and stare at him for at least 3 minutes.

Finally he said, “How soon do you need to know?”

Right: Bob Macksey puts the finishing touches on the membership envelope box now located in the lounge area for the convenience of renewing members and new memberships.

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We are all involved in this journey called life.

We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another!

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Mister Roberts Roberts Mister HAIR DESIGN

Seniors’ Discounts on Tuesdays through Thursdays

705-687-5400 275 KINGSWOOD DRIVE GRAVENHURST

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We wouldn’t be here without the support of our neighbours. So it feels good to return the favour. That’s why your local Gravenhurst Tim Hortons are proud to be part of this great community.

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