(937) BEAVERCREEKOHIO.GOV VOLUME VI, ISSUE 7 DECEMBER 2017

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1 (937) BEAVERCREEKOHIO.GOV VOLUME VI, ISSUE 7 DECEMBER 2017 David s Cemetery Program Eric, Assistant Superintendent returns to the Center for the 2nd of his 3 part series. He will be here Monday, December 4th at 10 am to discuss the pre plan program at David s Cemetery. Program is free but please sign up. SHREDDING DAY The Center will host a shred day on Monday, December 11 from 9 am to 5 pm. The bins will be in the lobby all day on the 11th where you can bring your private papers, documents etc. to be securely destroyed. COOKIES WITH SANTA Come to the Center on Friday, December 15th at 9:30 am for a very special visit. We will make sure that the Jolly O l Fellow has enough energy for his upcoming big trip by sharing some cookies and hot chocolate. He will even be available for pictures and maybe you can even sit on his lap and tell him what you want for Christmas, that is if you have been a good little boy or girl and even have our picture with him. We thank Heartland of Beavercreek for providing the treats! LA COMEDIA Timeless Memories of Christmas Join us on Wednesday, December 13th as we celebrate the joy of Christmas with an annual holiday trip to La Comedia. The show will feature some of your favorite Christmas carols, dazzling costumes and beautiful sets that is sure to put you and yours in the Christmas spirit. Please be at the Center no later than 9:45 am for check in and bus departs at 10 am sharp. There are a limited number of seats available and you must pay at the time of sign up. Tickets are $40 for members and $50 for non-members. CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON Please join us on Tuesday, December 19th at 12 noon as we celebrate Christmas with good food and all our friends and many of our sponsors that have been so good to us throughout the year. They will be on Santa s good list, will you? As always, we hope the jolly man in the red suit will stop by to visit before his big day. There is limited seating so sign up is required and is on a 1st come 1st serve basis. This meal is free courtesy of staff and Heartland of Beavercreek. END OF THE YEAR PARTY As another year comes to an end we are getting together to celebrate with all our friends at the Center. This party gets better every year with good food and includes some sort of surprise professional entertainment. In the past it has included a Magician and a Juggler, both of whom did a great show. I don t want to speak (clue) for you but you don t want to miss this party on Friday, December 29 from 11 am to 2 pm. As always there is limited seating so you must purchase your ticket in advance. Cost is $5 for members and $10 non members. 1 1

2 RECREATION ACTIVITY MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS Cards Games & Activities Hase (Euchre) 1:00 pm 2nd Monday Gluten Free Group 10 am Bridge lessons 1:30 pm Bid Euchre 9:00 am 3rd Tuesday Bunco 10 am (once per month) Bridge 12:30 pm Mah Jong 9:30 am Corn Hole 1:00 pm Dominos 2:00 pm Euchre 1:00 pm Organized Pool Play Drop In Classes Line Dance 1:30pm Drop in Group 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Art Class 10:00am Tournament 9:15 am to 12:00 pm Drop in Group 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Knitting Class 2:00pm Monthly/Bimonthly Programs 2nd MONDAYS 2nd & 4th TUESDAYS 2nd THURSDAYS 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS 4th THURSDAYS 1st FRIDAYS 2nd FRIDAYS MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS Videos 9:00 am to 10:00 am & 10:00 am to 11:00 am Red Shirt Guys, 9:00 am / Red Hat Hotties, 12:30 pm Care Giver Group, 9:30 am (location 3095 Dayton Xenia Rd.) See GCCOA info on page 6 for directions Movie 1 pm Wellness Checks, 11:45 am Bingo 1:00 pm Book Club, 1:00 pm Cards & Game Night, 7:00 to 9:00 pm cancelled until October Family Quest, 10:00 am EXERCISE & FITNESS Kick Boxing 9:00 am 18 minute video Videos 9:00 am to 10:00 am & 10:00 am to 11:00 am Tai Chi 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Videos 9:00 am to 10:00 am & 10:00 am to 11:00 am Fitness with Brian 11:30 am to 12:00 pm Zumba with Instructor 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm Fitness with Brian 11:30 am to 12:00 pm Qigong 4 PM DVD Fitness with Brian 11:30 am to 12:00 pm Yoga 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Fitness Room The Center has a fully equipped fitness room with treadmills, bikes, ellipticals, and more for cardio workouts as well as top of the line nautilus machines for strengthening and toning. The fitness area is open Monday through Thursday 9 am to 7 pm, Friday 9 am to 4 pm & Saturday 9 am to 12 pm. 2

3 Knitting Class - Knit Wits The Center is offering a beginners knitting class on Thursdays from 2 to 3:30 pm. You will need 1 pair of #7 knitting needles and 1-sugar n cream skein (ball) of yarn. This is a drop-in class and new folks are welcome! This class is free and for members only. BEAVERCREEK STRUMMERS The Center s performance band practices at the Center on Thursday mornings at 9:30 am. The band plays many shows throughout the community and if you are interested in a performance contact us at Any member is welcome to bring their instruments and play with them at practice. Free to members only, non- members pay daily fee. Members are always welcome to come listen to practices. Looking for new members for the band so stop by and see us! HEARING TEST We are having hearing checks, including checking and/or cleaning hearing aids, at the Center. Butch, from the Fairborn Hearing Aid Center, will be here the third Thursday of the month from 11 am to 12 noon. The test will be held in the hallway near the restrooms and theater and he will take folks on a first come first serve basis. GARDEN GROUP The December 5th meeting of the Garden Group features a holiday Kissing Ball workshop. Picture a huge sugar cone topped with fresh greens, festive bows and a touch of glitz all for $10! Numbers are limited, so be sure to sign up early. Participants should bring gloves and pruners. The finished product might just live up to its name! In January, we are taking a trip back to the old sod with a program on Ireland. We visit gardens, castles and majestic coastal scenery. So mark your calendars for January (9 or 16) to enjoy an armchair vacation to the Emerald Isle. MOVIE - THE GLASS CASTLE A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty. Based on a memoir, four siblings must learn to take care of themselves as their responsibility-averse, free-spirit parents both inspire and inhibit them. When sober, the children's brilliant and charismatic father captured their imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Meanwhile, their mother abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want to take on the work of raising a family. 3

4 BOOK NOOK NO MAN'S LAND --- David Baldacci. Special Agent John Puller, combat veteran and the army's most tenacious investigator, is back in this book. Two Men, thirty years.l John Puller's mother, Jackie, vanished thirty years ago from Fort Monroe, Virginia, Paul Rogers has been in prison for ten years. But twenty years before that, he was at Fort Monroe. One night three decades ago, Puller's and Roger's worlds collided. Military investigators, armed with a letter from a friend of Jackie's, arrive at the hospital room of Puller's father, a legendary three star general now sinking into dementia and reveal that Puller Sr. has been accused of murdering Jackie. Puller begins a journey that will take him into his own past, to find the truth about his mother. Please initial, date and return for others to enjoy. TRAVEL WITH DEB Deb is holding a travel round up meeting with Joy Travel s, Joyce and Greg, at the Center on Wednesday, December 6th at 10:30 am. They will share information on some of the trips they have planned for 2018 including Chicago, Amish Country, Mackinac Island and Branson. This is your opportunity to learn more about these and other trips and to share with Debbie what other trips you would like to see us offer this year. Overall our trips have been down. We often have folks come after the sign up deadline wanting to go on a trip that we had to cancel due to lack of participation. We would like to grow our trips and I know Debbie would too. Please share your ideas and remember when a trip with a sign up deadline is there and you would like to go SIGN UP. We have to pay for buses and tickets before the actual trip which is why we need you to sign up and pay ahead of a trip. Let s all get together and hit the road for some fun trips and travel for 2018! There are endless places we can go together on day trips and more. Let Deb see you on the coach! EXERCISE CLASSES Did you say to yourself that I am going to start or restart exercising in the new year? Are you looking for a different way to exercise? Maybe something a little more fun and that you can do with others to help keep you motivated. We have some great classes for you including Yoga, Mondays at 4 pm, Zumba Gold Tuesdays at 1:30 pm and Tai Chi Thursdays at 3:30 pm. Members may sign up for 6 week sessions begin in January for only $25 or drop in a class for only $5 per class. Fee for non-members is $50 per session or $10 drop in. Limited spots are available so sign up today and get your year started off right! NEW FITNESS CLASS In addition to the above classes we will offer a new class on Wednesdays at 5:30 pm. The class will be circuit training working the whole body, a little cardio and stretching. Class is taught by a certified personal trainer. For more information call the Center at

5 BEAVERCEEK SENIOR CENTER ACTIVITIES DECEMBER 2017 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 1 CENTER CLOSED SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23rd 9:00 AM Exercise Tape 3 10:00AM French Class 6:00 PM Chicken 7:00 PM Games :00 AM Exercise Tape 1 10:00 AM David Cemetery Presentation 11:30 AM Excercise with Brian 1:00 PM Hase - Euchre 1:30 PM Line Dancing 1:30 PM Bridge Lessons 4:00 PM Yoga 9:00 AM Bid Euchre 9:00 AM Kick Boxing 10:00 AM Art Class 1:00 Garden Group 1:00 PM Pool 1:30 PM Zumba Gold 9:00 AM Exercise Tape 2 9:15 AM Pool Tournament 9:30 AM Mah Jong 10:00 AM Travel Roundup 10:30 AM Decorating Xmas Cookies with Toddlers 12:30 PM Bridge 1:00 pm Corn Hole 9:30 AM Strummers Practice 10:00 AM Pool 11:45 AM Wellness Check 12:30 PM Birthday Party 1:00 PM Bingo 2:00 PM Knitting Class 3:30 PM Tai Chi 9:00 AM Exercise Tape 3 10:00 AM Family Quest 10:00 AM French Class :00-4:00 PM Shredding Day 9:00 AM Exercise Tape 1 9:00 AM Red Shirts 10:00 AM Gluten Free Group 11:30 AM Excercise with Brian 12:30 PM Red Hotties 1:00 PM Hase - Euchre 1:30 PM Line Dancing 1:30 PM Bridge Lessons 4:00 PM Yoga 9:00 AM Bid Euchre 9:00 AM Kick Boxing 10:00 AM Art Class 12:00-2:00 PM Tech Tips 1:00 PM Pool 1:30 PM Zumba Gold 9:00 AM Exercise Tape 2 9:15 AM Pool Tournament 9:30 AM Mah Jong 9:45 AM LaComedia 12:30 PM Bridge 1:00 PM Corn Hole 2:00 PM Dominos 9:30 AM Strumers Practice 10:00 AM Pool 1:00 PM Movie 2:00 PM Knitting Class 3:30 PM Tai Chi 4:00 PM QiGong DVD :00 AM Excercise Tape 3 9:30 AM Cookies with Santa 10:00 AM French Class 1:00 PM Warm Up America 9:00 AM Exercise Tape 1 11:30 AM Excercise with Brian 1:00 PM Hase - Euchre 1:30 PM Line Dancing 1:30 PM Bridge Lessons 4:00 PM Yoga 9:00 AM Bid Euchre 9:00 AM Kick Boxing 10:00 AM Art Class 10:00 AM Bunco 12:00 PM Christmas Lunch 1:00 PM Pool 1:30 PM Zumba Gold 9:00 AM Exercise Tape 2 9:15 AM Pool Tournament 9:30 AM Mah Jong 12:30 PM Bridge 1:00 PM Corn Hole 2:00 PM Dominos 9:30 AM Strumers Practice 10:00 AM Pool 11:00 AM Hearing Check 11:45 AM Wellness Check 1:00 PM Bingo 2:00 PM Knitting Class 3:30 PM Tai Chi 4:00 PM QiGong DVD 9:00 AM Excercise Tape 3 10:00 AM French Class CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY 9:00 AM Exercise Tape 2 9:15 AM Pool Tournament 9:30 AM Mah Jong 12:30 PM Bridge 1:00 PM Corn Hole 2:00 PM Dominos 9:30 AM Strumers Practice 10:00 AM Pool 1:00 PM Book Club 2:00 PM Knitting Class 3:30 PM Tai Chi 4:00 PM QiGong DVD 9:00 AM Excercise Tape 3 (Cancelled) (cancelled) 10:00 AM French Class 11:00 AM End of Year Party (Cancelled) 5

6 FROM YOUR COUNCIL ON AGING The Council s 2018 GCCOA Calendar is available at the Center, the Council s Beavercreek and Xenia offices and at the Council s Holiday Soiree noted below. The calendar is free, easy to read and great for keeping track of appointments. Precious Companions is the theme and our thanks to the Greene County seniors who have shared their stories and pictures with their animal friends. The Council s Holiday Gift Soiree and Open House is Tuesday, December 5 th from 6pm to 8pm and Wednesday, December 6 th from 11am to 6pm. The Soiree is being held at the Xenia Community Center (1265 W. Second St), just west of Progress Drive and next door to the Council s Xenia office. Your creative and talented GCCOA team has been working non-stop to prepare for this special event and we hope you will stop in to see us. This event is an experience like no other, where you will find one-of-a-kind creations, enjoy homemade sweet treats and savories, and be greeted by your GCCOA team. Please invite a friend and stop out to see us! The open enrollment deadline for 2018 Medicare D and Medicare Advantage plans is just a few days away - December 7 th. If you are still in need of reviewing your current plan/s and identifying your options for 2018, you need to contact the Council by December 1 st in order to have your options reviewed! Some individuals are keeping their current plans, but a switch has been in order for many others. ( or info@gccoa.org ). There will not be a December Lunch n Learn but we hope you will join us January 19 th for the first Lunch n Learn of 2018! The 2018 Senior Artisan Show will be held in March and we invite all Greene County senior artisans to consider entering a piece or two! If you have not participated before and would like to receive the submission information, please let us know ( or info@gccoa.org) BEAVERCREEK SATELLITE OFFICE: Our Beavercreek space (3095 Dayton-Xenia Rd) is open every Tuesday from 8:30am to 5pm. We invite you to stop in for a visit, ask questions, learn more about your Council, or to schedule an appointment to talk with someone about seniorrelated issues, including Medicare and various benefits. You can also contact us at or info@gccoa.org. We will not be presenting a Legal Chat in December, but will return January 18 th with attorney Dave Cusack. Information on the January presentation will be included in the Center s January newsletter and if you would like to be on the notification list for these sessions please contact the Council at or info@gccoa.org! Caregiver Support Group ~ The Caregiver Support Group will only meet the 2 nd Tuesday in December, the 12 th, at 9:30am, at the Council s Beavercreek office (3095 Dayton-Xenia Road). The group is open to friends and family members who are caring for an older loved one. For more information, please contact the Council at or info@gccoa.org. We would like to wish you a wonderful and safe holiday season and we look forward to being of service to you in We invite you to contact your Council at , info@gccoa.org or through our website ( ) or Facebook page. 6

7 MORE PROGRAMS TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM Our transportation program provides Beavercreek seniors rides to places such as; dialysis, doctors, groceries, hairdressers, the Center and many other locations. We require a minimum notice of 48 hours in advance. Medical requests take top priority. For non- emergency medical appointments, we include local hospitals as well as doctor s offices in Fairborn and Xenia. Fee for a ride is $2 each way in Beavercreek and $4 each way outside the City or Township. The Center also sells punch cards so you don t have to have cash each time you ride. WELLNESS CHECKS, REHAB & NURSING INFO The Village at the Greene is here the 1st Thursday and Prestine Senior Living on the 3rd Thursday of the month from 11:45 am to 12:45 pm to provide blood pressure and glucose Checks. Rehab At Home Therapy &Nursing Services will be here on Thursday, December 7th from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm to try to provide answers to your health questions, do safety inspections on walkers etc. and discuss exercises and rehab that may be very helpful to our members. BEAVERCREEK SENIOR CENTER RED HOTTIES The Senior Center Red Hotties wii be celebrating Christmas Monday, December 11th at 12 pm at Archers Restaurant on Dorothy Lane with a gift exchange. Make your reservation at the front desk or call Queen Carol at and don t forget your red hat! If you would like to join the Red Hotties contact membership Queen Maureen Beatty at RED SHIRT GUYS The Red Shirt Guys will meet at 9 am on Monday, December 11th at Airway Kitchen, Airway Shopping Center. This breakfast meeting is held on the second Monday of each month and is open to all men who are members of the Beavercreek Senior Center. You may join the fellows anytime as a new member. For more information or to join the group please contact Ron DeRamus at Wear your red shirt and join us! 7 News & Notes Lunch Program The Older Americans Act supports the lunch program served at the Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12 noon. You must sign up by 11 am the day before by calling the Center for a reservation at There is a suggested donation of $2 but not required. BOOK CLUB Special Date December 7 The club meets on the 4th Thursday of the month at 1 pm. Meeting December 7th A Man Called Ove by Backman, January 25th book is Before We Were Yours, by Wingate. Please feel free to join the group. For more info contact Carolyn at FAMILY QUEST The genealogy class meets the 2nd Friday of each month at 10 am at the Center. New members are always welcome.

8 LOFINO SENIOR CENTER MAILING ADDRESS: 1368 Research Park Dr. Beavercreek, Ohio LOCATION ADDRESS: 3868 Dayton Xenia Rd. If you are interested in receiving this newsletter, please contact the Center. PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID DAYTON,OHIO PERMIT NO 728 TUESDAY TECH TIPS Enjoy one-on- one instruction with Beavercreek Community librarians every 2nd and 4th Tuesday. Drop in from noon - 2:00 pm for basic help on the computers with your , searching the Internet, and using Facebook. Bring your laptop, phone, or tablet and learn how to download apps or set up your contacts. COOKIE DECORATING SESSION The Parks and Recreation Department offers a new exercise class in the new Lofino Plaza next door to the Center. Strollers In Motions is an exercise class for mom, dad, or caregiver with the children in a stroller. Come join the Strollers In Motion toddlers and their moms for Christmas Cookie decorating December 6th at 10:30am! All supplies will be provided, just bring your Christmas cheer and favorite Christmas memories to share with the kiddos and their moms! CENTER HOURS: Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am to 7:00 pm Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm 8