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All classes and programs are held at the Harris Center, unless otherwise noted.

Trips depart from the Harris Center. Trip departure times are exact. Return times are approximate.

Lunch &

Bingo

10:30am

Lunch &

Bingo

10:30am

Healthy Eating Every Day

2-3pm Movie Night

A Beautiful Day in the

Neighborhood 5:30pm

Food for

Thought

9am

Valentine’s

Day Murder

Mystery

Dinner

6-8:30pm

Hand & Foot Club every Wednesday

10am

ABC’s of Medicare

10:30-11:30am

The Crafty Crew 2-3pm

Freedom

Rides Museum

10:30am-5pm

Birmingham

Breweries

Tour

9am-4pm

Healthy Eating

Every Day

2-3pm

Hand & Foot

Club

4pm

Munch &

Mingle

Chappy’s

Deli

11:30am

Healthy Eating

Every Day

2-3pm

Hand & Foot

Club

4pm

Read &

Reflect Book

Club

1:30pm

Spring Registration

Begins Get Out and Go!

10am-12pm

Total Brain Health 2.0

2-3pm

Total Brain

Health 2.0

2-3pm

Total Brain

Health 2.0

2-3pm

Healthy

Eating

Every Day

2-3pm

Total Brain

Health 2.0

2-3pm

Mardi Gras

Zumbathon

8:45am

A NEWSLETTER FOR ACTIVE ADULTS 50+

February 2020 - VOLUME 7, ISSUE 2

SENIOR CONNECTION

February THIS MONTH:

1 - Auburn University lllllResearch Study

2 - Register for trips

2 - Birthdays

3 - Events

4 - Calendar

Harris Center • 425 Perry Street

Auburn, AL 36830

Open Monday - Friday • 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

(334) 501-2930

www.auburnalabama.org/parks

gfilgo@auburnalabama.org

Parks & Recreation

Auburn University Research Study Auburn University is looking for older adults

of all activity levels to take part in a survey.

Contact the locomotor and movement

control laboratory at the

Auburn School of Kinesiology:

locomoco@auburn.edu

Seniors touring Hyundai Motor Manufacturing!

Who is eligible to participate:

Adults between 55-85 years old

Sedentary or active or participating

dance, gymnastics, tennis, or similar

sports

No history of cardiovascular, renal,

pulmonary, or metabolic disease

No surgery or injury of the lower

body within 1 year

What is involved:

Treadmill walking for no more than

10 minutes without breaks

Walking balance tasks

~2 hours of involvement

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February 2020 - Page 2

REGISTER FOR TRIPS!

Happy

Birthday!

1- Bonnie Adams

2- Glenda Edwards,

Allen Beard

4- Irene Carthon

5- Frances Collins

6- Joyce Haralson,

Paul Hartwick

7- Sarah Hill

8- Veralyn Lewter,

Ruby Ware

9- Joyce Morris

11- Sandra Flores

13- Denise Mika

14- Betty Corbin

15- Bernice

Greenlee,

Gail McCullers,

Marion Oliver

17- Betty Olin

18- Felicia

Dowdell,

Hattie H. Miles

22- Al English

27- Don Gardner

28- Louis Carter,

Julia Tatum

February 12th: Freedom Rides Museum,

Montgomery, AL

In 1961 groups of volunteers made history by

challenging the practice of segregated travel through

the South. They called themselves Freedom Riders as

they crossed racial barriers in depots and onboard

buses. This small but powerful museum tells the story of

the 1961 Freedom Rides that ended racial segregation in

public transportation. It is located in Montgomery's

former Greyhound Bus Station where student protesters faced a segregationist mob.

Exterior exhibits trace the history of the rides and the pivotal events that happened in

Montgomery. Interior exhibits include art, architecture, oral histories, and a video kiosk

where Freedom Riders and others have told their story. The cost of the trip includes

transportation and admission. Please bring extra money for lunch.

$10. Payable to the AAB. Wednesday, February 12th•10:30am-5pm. This trip is full.

February 28th: Birmingham Breweries Tour,

Red Clay Tour Company, Birmingham, AL

Sample a beer, or two, or ten on a Birmingham Brewery Tour. We'll start on the far east side

of Birmingham and work our way west as we try IPAs, porters, kolshes, sours, and anything

else the brewmasters have created. This tour is a great opportunity to get to know craft

beer, especially, in Alabama. We'll start with lunch and samples at Back Forty Brewing

Company followed by tours at Cahaba Brewery and District Brewing. The cost of the trip

includes transportation, tour and lunch.

$85. Payable to the AAB. Friday, February 28th• 9am-4pm

March 6th: Azalea Storytelling Festival, LaGrange, GA

The 24th Azalea Storytelling Festival will take place at LaGrange College’s Callaway

Auditorium. This beloved, family-friendly event promotes the art of storytelling by bringing

nationally recognized artists together for a weekend full of storytelling concerts. This year’s

featured performers include Michael Reno Harrell, Andy Offutt Irwin, Bil Lepp, Kim

Weitkamp, and Carol Cain as Emcee. The Azalea Storytelling Festival has been recognized

as one of the oldest such festivals in the state of Georgia. Additionally, it has been

recognized by the Southeast Tourism Society as one of the Top 20 Events in the 12

Southeastern states. The National Storytelling Association bestowed on the Azalea

Storytelling Festival the Association’s Leadership Award. Furthermore, the Azalea

Storytelling Festival was nominated by the Georgia Department of Economic Development

to the American Bus Association as one of the 2012 Top 100 Events in North America.

In 2013, the founders of the Azalea Storytelling Festival received the LaGrange Troup

County Bureau of Tourism Visionary Award. The cost of the trip includes transportation and

admission. Please bring extra money for dinner.

$30. Payable to the AAB. Friday, March 6th• 3-10pm. Registration begins February 3rd

March 26th: Singin’ in the Rain, Springer Opera House, Columbus, GA

The splashiest song-and-dance musical comedy in Broadway

history! Based on the glossy, glamorous movie starring Gene Kelly,

Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O’Connor, this extravagant theatre

sensation includes an onstage rainstorm, dazzling costumes,

jaw-dropping dance numbers and a string of Hollywood’s most

loved musical numbers – Good Morning, Make ‘Em Laugh, All I Do is

Dream of You, Moses Supposes and, of course, Singin’ in the Rain. The

cost of the trip includes transportation, admission and dinner.

$50. Payable to the AAB. Thursday, March 26th• 4-10pm.

Registration begins February 3rd

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Get Out and Go! Local Adventure Club Join us as we venture out to tour the Gouge Performing Arts Center on Monday, February 3rd from

10am-12pm! Participants must provide their own transportation.

GPAC is located at 910 S College St, Auburn, AL 36849 .

Free to the public. This outing is full.

The Crafty Crew Come hang out with us on Wednesday, February 5th from 2-3pm and

enjoy making a seasonal craft with step-by-step instruction from Gabby!

This month we will create a Valentine’s Day Frame.$5/person to cover the cost of

supplies. Please register in advance. Payable to the AAB.

Food for Thought: Breakfast and Speaker Series

On the Tuesday February 11th at 9am, join us for a FREE breakfast and speaker Kathrine Carson,

Lee County Emergency Management Agency. Please register in advance at the Harris Center so

we can provide enough food. FREE to the public.

Valentine’s Day Murder Mystery Dinner Back by popular demand is another Murder Mystery Dinner! What could be more fun than solving a

mystery? Being PART of one! Join us Tuesday, February 11th at 6pm and become a character in the

mystery! No acting necessary, unless the mood or pose strikes you. Gathered at their dinner tables,

teams of players are given clues from which they must figure out who did the crime, how they did it

and why! The culprit is amongst you so watch out for them trying to escape!

There are even clues, but don’t worry your host will guide you through this hour of fun.

$15 to cover the cost of dinner. Payable to the AAB. This event is full.

Read and Reflect Book Club Come together on the Tuesday, February 25th from 1:30-2:30pm as we discuss the novel The

Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer. As London is

emerging from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton discovers her next subject in a book

club on Guernsey--a club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi after its members are discovered

breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island. As Juliet and her new correspondent

exchange letters, Juliet is drawn into the world of this man and his friends — and

what a wonderfully eccentric world it is. Each book is available for check out at

the Auburn Public Library, located at 749 E. Thach Avenue.

Please call 334-501-3190 to reserve your copy today. FREE to the public.

Munch and Mingle Lunch Club Get together with old friends and make some new as we gather on

Wednesday, February 26th at 11:30am for lunch at Chappy’s Deli.

Participants must provide their own transportation and cover the cost of lunch.

Please register by 5 p.m. on the Tuesday prior so reservations can be made for the group.

Movie Night at the Harris Center Nothing like enjoying food and a good flick together! Come join us for a movie and dinner

on Thursday, February 27th at 5:30pm as we watch A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.

Due to the release of A Beautiful Day in Neighborhood being delayed,

we are showing the film this month instead of January.

$5 (includes dinner). Please register by the Wednesday prior at 5 p.m.

Payable to the AAB. This movie is full.

MARK .YOUR CALENDAR!