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BIG THANK YOU! Much appreciation goes to Christ The King Church for painting our Senior Center bathroom walls. Great Job!
NEW VENTILATION COMING The new ventilation system will be installed Sept. 19-21. On Monday, morning activities will be as scheduled, Monday afternoon activities will be cancelled. All activities will be cancelled on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. The meal program for Monday and Wednesday will not be affected. Any questions, call Roxann at 279-4583.
ART IN THE CENTER Our beloved Art Teacher Joan Brosnahan passed away in July doing what she loved best. Joan taught art at the Oak Harbor Senior Center for 25 years. She will be greatly missed by her students, friends, fellow artists and family. Monday will continue to be Art Day in the Center. We have two very talented teachers ready to take up their paint brushes and share their skills and talents with us. Please welcome Anita Johnston and Dottie Sanders. Anita will teach Monday mornings and Dottie will teach Monday afternoons. (It took two to replace Joan) Class descriptions are in the Learn & Grow section. Classes start this month. RSVP by calling the Front Desk, 279-4580.
BRASS LEAF FOR JOAN In Memory of Joan Brosnahan, friends and art students are invited to contribute to the purchase of a brass leaf in memory of Joan for the Remembrance Tree in the lobby at the Oak Harbor Senior Center. The Senior Center Foundation’s memorial “Remembrance Tree” Fund supports the Oak Harbor Senior Center. The cost of one leaf is $250 and will be engraved with Joan’s name and put on the Remembrance Tree. To make a donation, come to the Center or mail it to 51 SE Jerome St., Oak Harbor, WA, 98277. Checks should be made out to “The Oak Harbor Senior Center Foundation.” For more information, call the Center at 279-4580.
September 2011 | Vol. 3 | Issue 5
Les Schwab spaghetti feed to benefit the Meals On Wheels program Les Schwab is sponsoring a spaghetti feed to benefit the Meals On Wheels program on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 5-7 pm at the Oak Harbor Senior Center. Menu includes: salads, spaghetti with meatballs, garlic bread, ice cream, coffee, tea, milk and water. There will be several door prizes. Cost is $10 for adults and $4 for 10 years and younger. Tickets are available in advance or at the door. In 2010, over 31,300 Meals On Wheels were served by Senior Services of Island County. Support is needed because the program is not fully funded. North West Regional Council supplies only about one third of the costs of the services. SSIC needs to seek funding from other resources. They can ask only for a suggested donation, not the full cost of the meal. They target low income and do not turn anyone away if they have no ability to donate. However, they do appreciate additional donations to help fund the program. The service is so important because they are helping to bring seniors who are often alone, isolated, and can’t cook or prepare a meal for themselves. They’re trying to bring hope to seniors who are isolated and frail. The goal is to promote independence, prevent isolation and hunger, preserve personal dignity. They also try to help seniors stay in their own homes for as long as they choose to. The Meals On Wheels delivery also provides a personal friendly visit where the seniors can stay connected to their volunteers, and thus, the local community.
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TECH TALK COMPUTER CLASSES A four-part series of basic computer classes will be taught at the Oak Harbor Library, Mondays, beginning Sept. 19 from 10–11:30 am in the Oak Harbor Library meeting room. Computer Basics, Internet Basics, Email Basics, and Microsoft Word Basics will be taught. Class is limited to 12 students. (Should have a computer). Register starting Sept. 1 by calling Roxann at the Oak Harbor Senior Center, 360-279-4583. Got a tech question? 30 minute “Book a Librarian” sessions take place Mondays through Saturdays at 9:30 am at the library, by advanced registration (call, email or stop by the library to register). You will work one on one with a librarian on any technology need, such as email or downloading a book from the library’s website.
Celebrate our Silver Anniversary at the Whidbey Playhouse “A Bad Year For Tomatoes!” Buy Out Fundraiser Fed up with the pressures and demands of her television acting career, Myra Marlowe decides to chuck the glitz and glamour of Hollywood and head East to the tiny New England hamlet of Beaver Haven, Vermont. This is much to the dismay of her longtime Hollywood agent and good friend, Tom Lamont. Once settled in, Myra decides to embark on fulfilling two lifelong dreams: to write her autobiography & to grow the perfect tomato. But, alas, her aspirations are shortlived as she is subjected to two bothersome eccentric nosy neighbors, a crazy would-be witch with homicidal tendencies; and, last but not least, a neanderthal
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backwoodsman. Follow along as OAK HARBOR Myra attempts to SENIOR CENTER thwart her newfound “friends” neighborly advances by creating her own zany diversions. Will Myra write her memoirs? Will she grow that perfect tomato? For the answers to these and many other questions, join us Thursday, Sept. 8 for this uproariously funny comedy, “A Bad Year for Tomatoes!” We have 120 tickets– festival seating. Tickets are $25 for this Whidbey Playhouse buy-out fundraiser to benefit the Oak Harbor Senior Center. Admission includes dessert and fruit buffet at intermission and door prizes. Drawing for the Magic Circle Quilt Raffle will be held. Doors open at 7 pm with show at 7:30 pm. Purchase tickets at the front desk of the Oak Harbor Senior Center.
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