Lynden Community Center Newsletter May 2019

Lynden Community Center 401 Grover Street Lynden, WA 98264

May 2019 Newsletter What do you get for your annual $25 membership?

1. A permit for your car to park in our lot when you come to the center.

2. Our monthly newsletter mailed to your home (or pick up at the center to save postage) 3. Eligible to take the Strength Training Class for $45 (with physician’s approval) and Open Gym afterward.

4. Member rate ($35) for Foot Care Services. (Non-Members pay $45) 5. 10% discount on trips by Bellair Tours.

6. Discounts on Whale Watch Trips from San Juan Cruises - $20 off All Day, Half Day and Sunset Tours!

Before you make your reservation, check with us for a booking code. This benefits the center also.

7. Hopefully discounts from more local businesses in the future!

April Showers have brought May flowers...

Your Photo Here!

Please submit your pictures for potential publication in our newsletter by the middle of each month. Pictures can be a copy to be scanned, emailed, texted or download from camera. We love sharing all kinds of pictures!

(Looking for animal pics for next month) Photo by Randy Small

Photo by Glenn Unfried

Photo by Holly Leonard 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 3

Center News

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Please & Thank You

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Menu

6-7 Calendar 8

Birthdays

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New Members

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Need to Know

10 Volunteers 11 Travel

From the Director, Cathi LeCocq Time changes things, but time also cherishes the way things were.

We are not your gramma’s senior center, because you are not your gram or gramps and you want different things from a community/ senior center!

Some things are timeless though and need to be continued. Honoring the past however, shouldn’t hold us back from being open to new options. Trying new things means risking an imperfect result that you then learn from and improve on; but not trying at all means you become stagnant and dated. Sometimes you have to just put one foot in front of the other and move forward. Join with us on the journey ahead!

From the Board...

Board members do the business of the board, but committees do the projects of the board.

Each board member is on at least one committee, but the Fundraising, Building, Program, Membership and Volunteer committees are open to anyone! The Fundraiser committee just held a very successful Garage Sale and the Membership Committee held a quarterly new member orientation. The Program Committee will be working on a very special celebration in June for everyone married 50 years or more. If you have ideas for classes, activities or entertainment – bring it to the Program Committee. If you have ideas for fundraising - suggest it to the Fundraising Committee. If you have thoughts about possible facility improvements – talk to the Building Committee. Ways to attract new members and volunteers – there’s a committee for that too! Share your ideas & energy and get involved!

Board Directory

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Cathy Humphrey, President

Joe Branion, Vice President

Harold Bolt, Treasurer

Jo Dereske, Secretary

Dixie Scheffer, Vice Treasurer

Mary Buell, Vice Secretary

Stan De Vries, Board Member

Ken Feller, Board Member

Jan Holtrop, Board Member

Trustees: Harold Bolt, Ken Feller, Wanda Hauge

Center News & Events Great entertainment this month! Eric Hirst returns to play his saxophone on May 3. On May 7, Shereen will fill everyone in on her 2-month-long medical leave ‘Odyssey’. May 10 we have Richard Tucker singing old time favorites accompanied with guitar. On May 17 we have a very special program with Bill DeGroot and then on May 24 it will be Al Ulrich on slide guitar. Then for something completely different, we have Troy Luginbill from the Lynden Pioneer Museum on May 31 to talk about prohibition days in and around the county.

Did we have fun at our second annual Indoor Community Garage Sale? We had a hoot, and we raised a lot of money! Close to $2000, including the sales of the donated lawn furniture from Worldmark Birch Bay!!!

...and we sure had fun singing along with Rodney’s Jammers from the Blaine Senior Center!

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Please and Thank You...

Center Needs Our Garage Sale was so successful we now have nothing left for our next Silent Auction! If you are still cleaning out or downsizing, continue to bring in not-too-large items in good shape, and we will find a new home for them through our monthly fundraiser auctions.

Keep those sweet things coming! (No, we don’t mean your adorable grandchildren, but we do need goodies for your sweet tooth!) Many thanks to those who have been bringing in candy dish and Coffee Bar treats! They are much appreciated by almost everyone who comes in the door.

Center Gifts Thank you to Maurice Veenstra for sponsoring a hanging flower basket from Van Wingerden’s Nursery. These are ordered through the Downtown Lynden Business Association every year and the price includes water and fertilizing all season long. Thanks also to everyone who bought tickets in the March raffle for Claire vg Theatre tickets. Proceeds from the raffle paid for the third basket we ordered.

Thank you to everyone who donated items for our annual Community-wide Indoor Garage Sale and also everyone who worked so hard preparing and running the sale. The sale raised almost $2000 which included table rentals, coffee bar and garage sale as well as the after sale and sales of the donated lawn chairs.

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Lynden Community Center Menu

MAY 2019

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BBQ Pulled Pork on a Bun Deluxe Salad Bar Glazed Ham Red Beans and Rice Mini Quiche Au Gratin Potatoes Succotash Assorted Baked Goods Mixed Vegetables Salad Fruit

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Turkey Meatloaf Chicken Cordon Bleu Mashed Potatoes/Gravy Long Grain & Wild Rice

Peas Corn

Salad Fruit

Chili Corn bread with Honey Butter Steamed Broccoli Fruit

Steamed Cod Herbed Quinoa Carrots Salad

Pot Roast Mashed Potatoes/Gravy Green Beans Salad

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Lasagna Bangers and Mash Dijon Chicken Diced Pork with Apples Meatloaf (bratwurst & mashed potatoes) Long Grain & Wild Rice Roasted Potatoes Mashed Potatoes/Gravy Mixed Vegetables

Caesar Salad Onion Gravy Brussel Sprouts Warm Red Cabbage Mixed Vegetables

Garlic Bread Carrots Fruit Salad Fruit

Trifle

20 21 22 23 24 Reuben Sandwich Cheese Burgers Honey Garlic Pork BBQ Chicken Spaghetti w/Meatballs Chicken Noodle Soup Baked Beans Fried Rice Roasted Red Potatoes Italian Mixed Vegetables Marinated Vegetable Salad Potato Salad Stir Fried Vegetables Carrots Caesar Salad

Fruit Fruit Fruit Salad Garlic Bread

Fortune Cookies

27 28 29 30 31 Oven Fried Chicken Macaroni and Cheese Mashed Potatoes/Gravy with Polish Sausage

Broccoli Carrots

Salad Salad

Beef Tacos Spanish Rice Corn Cole Slaw Fruit

Grilled Cheese Sandwich Vegetable Soup Potato Salad Fruit

Shepherd’s Pie English Peas Salad Trifle

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Lynden Community

MAY 2019

1 ALL AGES WELCOME! Visit with friends old and new over coffee and a good hot breakfast!

Wednesdays 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. $5.00

8:00-9:00 Breakfast 10:30 Pastor Van Vleck’s Class 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Caring Friends 12:30 Canasta 12:30 Pinochle

6 7 8 9:30 Aerobics 11:00 Beginning Ukulele Class 12:00 Lunch 12:45 Ukulele Class 1:30 Acrylic Painting Class 2:00 Beginning Ukulele

9:00 Clogging 10:00 Bocce at Bender 10:30 Hot Topics 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Shereen’s Odyssey 1:00 Bridge 2:45 Tai Chi & Qigong

8:00-9:00 Breakfast 10:30 Pastor Van Vleck’s Class 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Caring Friends 12:30 Canasta 12:30 Pinochle

13 14 15 9:30 Aerobics 11:00 Beg. Ukulele 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Chef Keith on Piano 12:45 Ukulele Class/2:00 Beg 1:00 May Birthdays Ice Cream Social 1:30 Acrylic Painting Class

9:00 Clogging 10:00 Bocce at Bender 10:30 Hot Topics 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Money Matters 1:00 Bridge 2:00 Hymn Singers at CHCC 2:45 Tai Chi & Qigong

8:00-9:00 Breakfast 10:30 Pastor Van Vleck’s Class 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Caring Friends 12:30 Canasta 12:30 Pinochle

20 21 22 9:30 Aerobics 11:00 Beginning Ukulele Class 12:00 Lunch 12:45 Ukulele Class 1:30 Acrylic Painting Class 2:00 Beginning Ukulele

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CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY

9:00 Clogging 10:00 Bocce at Bender 10:30 Hot Topics 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Pat Hagen 1:00 Bridge 1:00 Hymn Singers at Meadow Greens 2:45 Tai Chi & Qigong

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9:00 Clogging 10:00 Bocce at Bender 10:30 Hot Topics 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Video Travelogue - Germany 1:00 Bridge 2:45 Tai Chi & Qigong

8:00-9:00 Breakfast 10:30 Pastor Van Vleck’s Class 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Caring Friends 12:30 Canasta 12:30 Pinochle

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8:00-9:00 Breakfast 9:00 Finance Committee 10:00 Board Meeting 10:30 Pastor Van Vleck’s Class 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Caring Friends 12:30 Canasta 12:30 Pinochle

Center Calendar

MAY 2019

2 3 4 9:30 Aerobics 10:00 Bocce at Bender 10:30 TOPS 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Game Time 2:45 Tai Chi & Qigong

10:00 Ladies Pool 10:00 Gospel Singalong 10:30 Blood Pressure Check 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Eric Hirst - Saxaphone 1:00 Pinochle 1:30 Line Dance

9 10 11 9:30 Aerobics 10:00 Bocce at Bender 10:30 TOPS 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Game Time 2:45 Tai Chi & Qigong

10:00 Ladies Pool 10:00 Gospel Singalong 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Richard Tucker 1:00 Pinochle 1:30 Line Dance

16 17 18 9:30 Aerobics 10:00 Bocce at Bender 10:30 TOPS 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Game Time 2:45 Tai Chi & Qigong

10:00 Ladies Pool 10:00 Gospel Singalong 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Bill DeGroot 1:00 Pinochle 1:30 Line Dance

23 24 25 9:30 Aerobics 10:00 Bocce at Bender 10:30 TOPS 12:00 Lunch - honoring Volunteers 12:30 Volunteer Appreciation Prog.

2:30 Hymn Singers at Lynden Manor 2:45 Tai Chi & Qigong

10:00 Ladies Pool 10:00 Gospel Singalong 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Al Ulrich 1:00 Pinochle 1:30 Line Dance

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9:30 Aerobics 10:00 Bocce at Bender 10:30 TOPS 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Game Time 2:45 Tai Chi & Qigong

10:00 Ladies Pool 10:00 Gospel Singalong 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Troy Luginbill 1:00 Pinochle 1:30 Line Dance

JUNE 1 - FARMERS DAY

8:00 - 10:30 a.m. $6.00

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Wednesday mornings

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Cost: $5.00 May 1: Scrambled Eggs Biscuits and Gravy Cinnamon Roll May 8: Scrambled Eggs Oatmeal Bar Sausage May 15: Breakfast Casserole Cinnamon Roll Fruit May 22: Scrambled Eggs Waffles Sausage Links May 29: Scrambled Eggs Corned Beef Hash Cinnamon Roll

Birthdays of the Month James Hicks Gerrit VanderStelt Rosalinda Barrett Darda Burkhart Carole Hanson Marlys Hack Carol Upham Dale DeBoer Mary Lou Jones Allan Guthrie Cathy Humphrey Mary Tucker Alice Van Egdom Paula Blackton Stan De Vries Don Rhea Jo Deeter Marlene Piper

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Monthly Ice Cream Social Birthday Party Monday, May 13th at 1:00 pm Enjoy beautiful piano and vocals by Chef Keith following lunch and then stay for the party.

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Susan Bradley Ed Mills Sue Heathers Carol Preston Eva Smith Patricia Donley Gary Chadwick Patrick Johnson Pomela Lind Ruth Tiersma Wayne Godard Alf Strandgard Ross Wagner

• After surgery care • Monitor medications • Respite for family caregivers • Transportation to appointments • Assist with prescribed therapies

Get to Know Our Newest Members William Burton Grover Ledford Kaye Carter Don Schneider Bill Franklin Jackie Schneider Daryl Kooy

Need to Know...

STRENGTH TRAINING CLASS: 8 Weeks, twice a week, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Required before using the open gym. $45 plus LC/SC membership. Get Physician’s Release form from office and have doctor complete it before start of class. Class size is limited, next class will probably start mid May. Next AARP DRIVER SAFETY CLASS is Monday & Tuesday, May 13-14, 12:30–4:00 p.m. $25 ($20 AARP member) Sign up at the front desk.

Membership is just $25.00 a year.

Come in any time for more information and a tour of the center.

Meet others at a Newcomer Lunch once a quarter!

Next one will be held in July.

Next date for Mobile Foot Care at the Center is Thursday, May 23. Sign up for an appointment. $35 for members.

Beginning Ukulele Class is now being held at 2:00 pm on Mondays.

Many thanks to Bette Strandgard and Cathy Humphrey for taking on the huge task of cleaning out and organizing the seasonal decorations upstairs. Job well done!

Wonderful entertainment last month from the Washboard Trio, with great sounds from a for real washboard instrument!

You never know who will show up at one of our fundraisers! (Or who might pop up in the background) 9

Member/Volunteer of the Month Terry Visser Many of you may not know him yet, but Terry is our faithful Monday North Route meal delivery driver. He has been filling that volunteer spot for a number of years now. The other thing Terry does to give generously of his time is to teach a free Acrylic Painting class at the center on Monday afternoons when he gets back from his meal route. Terry provides all the materials and instruction for experienced painters as well as making it fun and rewarding for those that have never held a brush before! Terry is always looking for more folks he can share his love of painting with, so if you’ve always wanted to try your hand at being a painter drop in on Monday afternoons about 1:30 and let Terry show you how to use simple techniques to create expert looking results!

Volunteer Appreciation Event – Thursday, May 23, 12:30 p.m Postponed from last month. If you have volunteered for the center in the last year, please sign up for this lunch and recognition program in your honor!

There will be no charge for the lunch for our dedicated volunteers, however you must sign up ahead of time. We want to recognize all our great volunteers and all the hours they contribute. This is just one good reason to record your hours.

It also helps us with funding requests.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: Please see Cathi if interested.

Additional Office, Kitchen prep and Dish washing volunteers are needed. Occasional substitutes are needed in all areas, including Coffee bar and Meal delivery.

Flyer Distributors still needed! Before any fund raiser or special event, we need people who will post flyers to get the word out. You can choose a part of town to do or just pick up a few to post at your church or other location. Needed before each monthly Saturday breakfast and other events also. (Thank you! Holly and Marita for papering the town with flyers for the Garage Sale.)

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BSAC Travel & Tour Opportunities

Upcoming Day Trips In conjunction with Bellair Tours and Adventures

UBC Botanical Gardens, Canada May 15, 2019 • $134 Museum of Flight, Apollo 11 Exhibit May 29, 2019 Seattle, WA • $79 Nordic Museum, Seattle June 10, 2019 • $104 Tillicum Excursion July 3, 2019 • $147 Grouse Mountain, Canada July 17, 2019 • $141 San Juan Whale Watching Cruises Bellingham, WA

Full day, Half-day, and Sunset Cruises available all summer long at a $20 discount.

Inquire about schedule & prices.

Need more information regarding these trips?

Contact Darcie Romero at 360-746-3457 or by email at dromero@wccoa.org.

Or, check our website at wccoa.org/tours.

“YOUR LOCAL NEWS”

Upcoming Extended Travel Leavenworth, Hello Dolly July 25—26, 2019 $390 double; $484 single Revelstoke Retreat, Canada August 19—21, 2019 $815 double; $1043 single Great Canadian Cities September 4, 2019 $3399 double; $4349 single Great Trains and Grand Canyons September 15—20, 2019 $2495 double; $3195 single Branson, Memphis and Nashville October 30—November 7, 2019 $3095—$3945 Music Cities Christmas Featuring Branson, Memphis and Nashville December 6—11, 2019 $2595—$3245

Learn to ride the WTA bus!

We can help. Call 360-685-8388.

For home delivery, call Karina at 360-354-4444.

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LYNDEN CENTER INFORMATION

LYNDEN CENTER STAFF

401 Grover Street Lynden, WA 98264 Phone/Fax: 360-354-4501

or 360-354-2921

Cathi LeCocq, Director Jeff Heathers, Accountant Karen Coleman, Admin Assistant Shereen Lycklama, Activities Keith McKenzie & Shereen Lycklama,

Kitchen Bill Van Cleve & Tom Coapstick, Janitor

Website: www.lyndencommunitycenter.org Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday) Like us on Facebook for pictures, events, news, menus and important announcements.

Daily: Nutritious hot meals cooked fresh on-site Served 12:00 noon - 12:30 p.m. daily Monday Friday $6.00 (all ages). Hot home delivery available also at the same price for those who are homebound.

CURRENT RESIDENT OR LYNDEN COMMUNITY/SENIOR CENTER 401 Grover Street Lynden, WA 98264

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