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Monthly Newsletter of Olivedale
Senior Center
Olivedale
Talent Showcased at 2004 Art Show
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Art Show displayed the wonderful talents of our members.
Mediums for the artwork group included watercolor, oil
and acrylic, mixed media and drawings of graphite ,
colored pencil and chalk. Photographs were categorized
as people, landmarks, landscapes, plants, animals,
marine, religious and night. Sculptures included clay,
paper, wire and woodcarvings. Thank you to Judy Morehead
for judging the photography and Jim Gerkin for judging
the art pieces. |
A
complete list of winners is posted with pictures of the
art displayed. "Best of Show " winners
included:
Art
Professional: Mixed Media, Margie Hale
"Cover-alls"
Amateur: Mixed Media, Rich Cagney
"Metropolis"
Photography Linda Beverly "Red Burst"
Plant
Sculpture Troy Slone "Shoe Fiddle,"
Wood |
| Board
Election Results |
| A few
new faces join ongoing members on the Olivedale Board
from the June 8 election:
President:
Barb Ramsey
1st Vice President: Dave Tingler
2nd Vice President: Esther Messerknect
Secretary: Norma Bagby*
Treasurer: Helen Walter
Financial/Legal Adviser: Larry Maley*
Barney Linscott,
Davida Spears
Mike Ryan*
Tim Hall*
* Denotes new to the board. Congratulations to all
elected. They will join current members Pat Goddard and
Herb Schumacher, past president. Thanks to all the
candidates who were so willing to serve Olivedale. Thank
you to Jacque Gray, outgoing board member, for his
service on the board.
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| Community
News |
The Lancaster Festival
is July 22 through 31. With so many events, there
is sure to be something for everyone.
The Festival office reminds us of Fair Day at the
Fairgrounds on Saturday, July 24, which includes
Alley Park’s "Roadshow." Don't forget to
stop by to chat with Charlie's Chippers at Rising Park
Day Thursday, July 29.
The
Fourth of July Parade will feature many Olivedale
members this year. Watch the parade July 3, 10:00a.
From the Fairgrounds, Columbus Street south, to Main
east, to Broad north, back to the Fairgrounds. Included
from Olivedale will be our Kitchen Band, Charlie’s
Chippers, Red Glad Hatters and our passenger bus!
“Friday
Night Bandstand” has begun. Enjoy performances
each Friday, 7:30p at the downtown bandstand corner of
Main and Broad. Take your lawn chair.
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August
Newsletter Deadline
July 2
Next Newsletter Folding
JULY 26
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| Greeting
from the Director |
Personal congratulations to
all those elected to the Olivedale Board.  I
look forward to working with each of you.
I am so
pleased with the results of the "Second Tuesday
Lunch." June doubled the number served in May
making it quite successful with the dining area humming
with visiting chatter. Hamburgers on the grill smelled
so good and some were stacked pretty high with all the
trimmings! Check out July’s menu – we’re using the
grill again.
The art
talent within this membership is very impressive as
evidenced during the art show in May. You all have so
much to share and it was delightful to have the Center
filled with your creations. What other ways can we show
off members' gifts and skills?
It sure
got hot in a hurry this year. Be careful and use
precautions while working out-of-doors and stay
hydrated! Baby blue birds are hatching at Olivedale and
the squirrels are still racing up and down the Big Oak.
Life is good!
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| Eating
at Olivedale |
Join Us for Lunch
Our “Second Tuesday Lunch” was very successful.
July’s lunch will be July 13 with marinated grilled
chicken, snap peas or green beans (whichever is
available home grown) and your choice of either lemon or
chocolate delight dessert. Remember, everything is
homemade! Paid reservations are required and must be in
by
5:00p. Friday, July 9. $5.00
Young
at Heart
Potluck will be July 27 at noon. All are
welcome – simply bring a dish to share. Table service
and beverages are provided. No reservations
required.
Thank
You One & All
A big thanks to all the dedicated volunteers who
prepared and served the pancake breakfasts. Take a few
months off and we will see you back September 15.
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| Olivedale
News |
We Have A Winner!
Despite the pouring rain, the Flea Market went on. Our sale went well inside
as did the food. Congratulations to
Peg Fulk for winning the porch swing.
Hog Roast
We are planning another Hog Roast August 24 on the back lawn. If you
attended last year you will remember the delicious food, entertainment and
surrey rides. A complete dinner will be served. Mark your calendars now.
Details will be published in August’s newsletter regarding times, cost and
reservations.
Guess Who's Coming for
Dinner?
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| Day
Trips |
Sunday Treats
How about a concert or two, or seven? Eighteen (18) Columbus Symphony
packages have been purchased for the 2004-2005 season. Beginning September
26 and ending May 8, 2005, these performances are matinees called the
"Sunday Treats." Our 18-seater bus will leave Olivedale at noon
with plenty of time to enjoy a lunch stop (on your own) and get to the 3:00
show. We will offer the entire seven concert package for $95.00 to those
wanting the entire series and, if any remain, will sell individual shows
later in the season. For the complete description of the performances, stop
by the office.
Olivedale Goes to the
Zoo
September 15 is Senior Day at the Columbus Zoo and Olivedale is invited!
Baby pigmy chimp, baby gorilla and toddler elephant are some of the new
arrivals expected to be there. Feed colorful lorikeets in the aviary or
visit the kangaroo walkabout – you can ride the free tram too. Lunch is
provided as the Zoo entertains seniors for the day. Eighteen reservations
will be taken for the trip on our bus. Cost is $13.00, all inclusive. If we
have enough interest, we will rent an additional vehicle.
Direct from New York
…the World-Famous Rockettes in Columbus for the first time ever! 
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular will be at the Ohio Theatre,
Sunday, December 5, 2004 for a matinee show. The Olivedale bus will
depart at 10:30a for the noon show. We will stop for dinner afterwards
(on your own). First floor seats, $57.00.
Dinner Show
Charlie Prose Christmas Show will be playing at Villa Milano. “If
laughter is the best medicine, then Charlie Prose is a wonder drug”
describes this show with live orchestra, hilarious stories and
side-splitting comedy. The performance is Friday, November 19, 2004.
The bus will leave Olivedale at 10:00a for this dinner-show. Per person
including meal, show, tax, gratuity and transportation is $59.00. A brochure
is posted at the Center. We have the best seats in the house - front row
table reserved especially for Olivedale.
RESERVATIONS
ARE BEING ACCEPTED NOW FOR ALL TRIPS
COME JOIN US!
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| Activities
at Olivedale |
Red Glad Hatter—Joy in the Sun
Olivedale’s Red Glad Hatters
will enjoy a summer potluck-salad picnic Friday, July 16, at Esther
Messerknecht’s home between 11:00a – 4:00p. If you did not receive your
invitation, call Esther 862-4526. The group will enjoy swimming, games and
walks in the gardens.
Walkers’ Club
On July 1, the Walkers’ Club will take a fourmile walk from
Rising Park on the new Lancaster Bike and Walkers’ Trail. We will leave at
8:00a from Rising Park (by the swings). Remember your walking stick and
water and bring a sack lunch. Anyone interested in Walkers’ Club, feel
free to call Dorothy at 654-1236.
Rambling Designers
Garden Club
Thirty-one attended the plant exchange May 11 at Olivedale and enjoyed
lunch with Jeff Johnson, speaker from the Ohio Department of Natural
Resources. Judy Karcher hosted a potluck lunch at her home May 18 where
planters were potted using some unusual plants. The group enjoyed an outing
June 1 to Robinson Ransbottom Pottery in Roseville. They lunched at Peach’s,
followed by a tour of Alpine Pottery and other area pottery shopping. The
next outing is July 13 when the group will carpool from Olivedale at
9:00a to visit several day lily farms beginning at Lynd's. Mary Neibling
will be happy to answer your questions about Rambling Designers,
654-2969.
Winter Bowling - Thursday
League
There will be a meeting on Thursday, August 26, 12:00p at Tiki Lanes.
The season will start on
September 2, 2004, 1:00p.
Anyone interested in
bowling should plan to attend or contact Sharon at 653-6851. All
participants must be Olivedale members in good standing. Come Join the Fun—all
skill levels welcome.
Doing the Electric Slide
Nursing students from Hocking College take a break and join in line
dancing class May 25. Georgia Roebuck, Olivedale member and clinical
instructor for the college, brings her students each quarter as part of
their community experience, services for seniors class. These students are
on their way to becoming RN’s.
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Come
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Just a reminder, advance registration is
required for aquatic classes and is made at the front desk. Your
wellness coupons are still good; they may be used for up to one
hour of open pool time, for landbased exercise, yoga or applied
toward the cost of aquatic classes.
If
you are considering taking an aquatic class and have been inactive
for a while, please contact Stacey prior to your first class.
Remember the path to wellness starts in the space between your
ears. YOU are the one who makes the decision to take that first
step off the couch, toward the door and the path to good
health!
| Trekkers |
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| Bob
Blackstone |
260 |
4,066 |
| Betty
Coleman |
117 |
1,130 |
| Thad
Davis |
55 |
964 |
| Tom
Darnell |
120 |
2,890 |
| Don
Johnson |
57 |
528 |
| Joe
Mathias |
48 |
299 |
| Twila
Mathias |
48 |
299 |
| Esther
Messerknecht |
330 |
3,808 |
| Lola
Schrader |
305 |
3,235 |
| Stacey
Scarmack |
250 |
3,985 |
| Ruth
Watson |
110 |
1,155 |
| All
Trekkers |
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44,204 |
Exercise
Classes
CORE
FIT Mon—Wed—Fri 9:15—10:00a
INTERVAL TONING Mon—Wed—Fri
8:00—9:00a
LITE AEROBICS Tues—Thurs 9:00—10:00a,
and 10:00—11:00a
HATHA YOGA Tues 6:30p
Exercise
Pool Will be Closed July 5—9
Sign up for the next session of Aquatic Classes— Week of July
26th
Computer Classes
Web Wise Seniors (WWS) offers a variety of computer classes.
Course descriptions are available from the office.
Each class consists of two, 2-hour sessions on consecutive Mondays
from 2:00—4:00p. Please check with the office for the cost of
each class.
Paid
reservations are required for all classes. Maximum class size
of 10.
Internet 1 & 2……………..July 12
& 19
Email 1 & 2………………..July 26
& Aug 2
Intermediate 1 & 2……….Aug 9 &
16
Cook-Out...Cook-In...You
Choose
Join us on Friday, July 16 when Susan Green from The
Ohio State University Extension shares information about safe
outdoor cooking. What is all the fuss about rubs for grilled
meats? What is the best way to cook vegetables on a grill? Do you
actually have to grill to enjoy that wonderful flavor? Come and
try some samples of grilled foods. The class is free, but advance
registration is required by July 9 to ensure that we have enough
goodies for all who come.
| Director
Forms Focus Group |
The Olivedale Director is developing a focus group to
be formed from a combination of individuals. The objective will be to meet
and discuss the past and present Olivedale, how the needs of members have
changed, and possibilities for the Center to stay up-to-date and prepare for
the needs of current and future generations.
Individuals wanted:
- Women and men, married,
single and widowed
- Some from each age
group: 55-67, 68-79, 80+
- Various levels of
activity participation (past & present)
- Some members for over 20
years
- Members for 10-19 years
- Members for 5-9
years
- Members under 5
years
- Diversified group
representing various work and educational backgrounds
Desired group size is 20.
All background information will be taken by the director for pertinent group
variety and kept confidential.
If you think you could
contribute to such a group, and would like to work with the Center Director
looking into Olivedale's promising future, call or write the Director,
Martha Maul.
Plans are to have group
formed and first meeting by late August. Please consider joining us; your
insights would be appreciated.
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| Welcome
New Members! |
Recovering
or Limited Mobility |
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Roxane Bailey
Dick & Carol Baily
Linda & Denver Beall
Carolyn Bowers
Katie Carpenter
Cheryl Carr
Lonnie & Betty Conkle, Sr.
Sheila Crist
Janice Cupp
Marion & Art Garcia
Diane Heimberger
James King
Bill & JoAnn Landes
Mike & Kathy LeVeck
Robert & Shirley Malecha
Chrystal McNamee
Babe Runkle
Phyllis Rambo
Chuck & Clara Rutter
Ruthie Senften
Ray Shook
Ron & Evelyn Smith
Linda Straits
Joanne Sullivan
information
current as of
June 11, 2004
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Jack Campbell
Inge Davis
Phylllis Graf
Jean Good
Andy Woods
Mary Shaner
Inge Snyder
Mariam Stampfle
Ruth Averill
Caroline Ballmer
Cloman Bogart
John Garber
Fred Henderly
Bernice Langley
Mark Mandeville
Glendon McDaniel
Maurice Niggemeyer
Ruth Rauch
Mabel Tyler
Andrew Woods
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Jane’s
Recipe Box
Courtesy
of Jane Chumley
Small Batch Potato Salad
2 cups cooked potatoes, diced
3 hard-boiled eggs, diced
1/2 cup celery, diced
1/4 cup pickle relish
2 tablespoons onion, finely
chopped
2 teaspoons vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon celery seed
1/2 scant cup mayonnaise
or Miracle Whip
Combine all ingredients in a bowl;
mix, cover and refrigerate.
Serves 3.
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Got Recipes…?
Among other positive beliefs, seniors are thought of as
possessing that forgotten art of cooking and baking. It’s time
for another Olivedale Cookbook – it has been five years.
We will begin collecting recipes in August. In the meantime,
please sort through your recipe box and consider sharing
some of your favorites. We will make this collection a bit
different.
We will want to know from where or whom the recipe came (e.g., my
favorite aunt ), when you enjoy it, etc. We will have all those
details in August. We are also looking for a name or
"catch phrase" for the title of the book. |
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