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9350 - 82 Street NW Edmonton Alberta T6C 2X8 E-mail: [email protected]

Phone 780.468.1985 Website: www.seesa.ca

Mission Statement: To provide programs and services that will

help seniors maintain and enhance their quality of life.

Volunteer Appreciation 2013

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STAFFSTAFFSTAFF

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KIMBERLY BUEHLER

Personnel & Centre Business

[email protected]

FUND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER MARY ANNE JAEDICKE

Fundraising, Centre & Rental Info

[email protected]

BOOKKEEPER SHARON SVENDSEN

[email protected]

PROGRAM COORDINATOR ELAUN CABLE LIND

Member Services, Website & Newsletter

[email protected] @SEESAprograms

OUTREACH COORDINATOR KIM BOYD

Counseling, Visitation, & Support Services

[email protected]

COORDINATOR OF VOLUNTEERS SHERR WADSON [email protected]

KITCHEN COORDINATOR BEV CLARKE

[email protected]

HOME SERVICES COORDINATOR SHELLEY SABO

[email protected]

SECOND COOK JOAN YANDEAU

KITCHEN ASSISTANT DARLENE NIELSON

BUILDING ATTENDANT STEVE MONTAGUE

SET UP ERIC KADATZ

Front Office Hours Monday & Friday

8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 8:30 am to 8:30 pm

Cafeteria Open Mon- Fri Breakfast 8:45 - 10 am Lunch 11:30 am - 1 pm

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BOARD MEMBERS 2013/14

President - SHEILA CLIFFORD-MACKAY

Vice President - GORDON BLOCK

Past President - JOHN BANNISTER

Treasurer - ALLAN THOMAS

Secretary - MYRNA REEVES

Directors:

HEATHER BAKER

COLIN CARTER

BILL GILLESPIE

MARALYNNE HAWKINS

WALTER KLEPACHEK

TONY POWELL

KAREN SHERIDAN

ERIC SOLASH

THE NEWSLETTER CREW

Proofreaders: Kimberly Buehler Karen Sheridan Kay Klepachek Roz Schilberg

Carol Kodish-Butt Mary Anne Jaedicke

Photographers: Elaun Cable Lind

Shirley Zygun

Editorial Layout: Elaun Cable Lind

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From the President’s Desk…

Here it is summer already. Where do the days go - where do the years go? As a teacher, I became very used to the idea of a summer vacation in July and August. My family and I would head east to PEI to enjoy family and fun.

I have been told by one of the sages at SEESA that vacations are a contemporary custom. Apparently, vacations were an indulgence of wealthy people. As for my family, we will be staying close to Nob Hill as Jim is not permitted to travel long distances.

Many programs are over for the term and the instructors are having their vacation: however, there are many exciting things happening here at SEESA during the summer. We will celebrate our Lifetime Members with a celebratory luncheon on July 9

th. During the week of

K-Days, SEESA will have a Klondike Breakfast on July 22. Do you still have a Klondike outfit in your closet? I am sure many members will come attired in their fancy Klondike clothes. On July 24 there will be an antique car show and square dance demonstration.

For those of you who attended the Creative Age Festival Arts Café in June, you would have heard some of the poems written and read by Karen Sheridan. I asked her if she had a poem about summer and here is what she wrote for me:

Summer

Come summer, my bones thaw.

My eyes greet the green. I dissolve into sun heat,

then rise in the soft cores of cool rooted grasses

to hum with quilted clovers. We sing the glide of slow wings

that swing past a corn sun a-loll in a nap-blue sky.

Written by Karen Sheridan

With our cold Alberta winters, we are ready for summer and vacations are on our minds. The SEESA Board of Directors wishes all of you a wonderful summer and we’ll see you in September.

That’s all for now… Sheila Clifford-MacKay President

Help us reach 100 “Likes” SEESA Facebook page is proving extremely

handy for sharing events and posting pictures.

We currently have 62 “Likes” on our page. If

you have a Facebook account please “Like”

us. All “Likes” before our Open House on

September 5th will be entered for a special

prize draw. Find us by entering

seesaactvitycentre (all one word, lower case

letters) in the search field on Facebook or go

to our website www.seesa.ca and click on the

link at the bottom of the page. Feel free to

comment on things you see or tag your

friends, too.

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How many is a Crowd?

If you are a group coming in for break-

fast, lunch or Wednesday night supper of

more than 6 people, please give us 2

days notice. Just leave a message at the

desk with date, number of people and a

contact phone number. Thanks so much

from the Kitchen Staff!

Summer Floor Curling

Drop in Tuesday

evenings at 6:30 pm. Never played before? Now is the time to learn. Come on by and

join in the fun!

In Our Thoughts and Prayers

To all our members and friends who have been ill, or who have lost a loved one, our thoughts and prayers

are with you.

The following people have been ill or injured and hopefully will be fit and active in short order:

Peggy Andruchow

The following members, past members or family of members have passed away:

Bob Konojacki’s brother

If you have any news either good or bad about members, past or present, and their families, PLEASE write it in the Outreach book located at the front desk.

Floor Curling

Our recent “Provincial” Bonspiel went very

well due in part because of all our wonderful

volunteers in blue. We would like to thank

all the ladies for their donations of cakes

and goodies for the Hospitality

Room. Tremendous response

to our call. Thank you very

much.

Steve Bennett

OUTREACH NEWS

What is Outreach? Outreach is getting out in the community. I am going to describe this with some examples:

Home Visitation - I visit 90 plus year olds who are isolated and/or cannot leave their homes. I have been in homes run over with mice because the person could no longer cope with life. I see people who are isolated because they are depressed and have no more relatives or friends left who are alive (can you imagine what that must feel like?). Many are women whose husband was the driver and thus, they get isolated.

Hospital Visits - I visit people who are dying in a hospital, who just need to know someone out there still cares and thinks about them. I see clients and members after knee or hip surgery if they need more support than they get from Home Services.

Community Groups - I run groups, have meetings and trainings in the community. My heart is with my clients. Many folks can be filtered in to my social circle which meets in the community every Thursday of the year (unless it lands on a stat holiday). I run a monthly support group for widows and widowers.

Volunteer Coordination - I organize volunteers as much as I can to link them with isolated people. Many thanks to my volunteers for their generous gift of time.

As you can see from the examples I am very busy. Please call ahead and set up an appointment with me and I will see you in your home or here at SEESA.

Kim Basham-Boyd, M.H.R. Outreach Coordinator

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Kimberly’s Korner

Well now that was a great time — we had so much fun at Volunteer Appreciation with all of our Heroes! Thanks for being such good sports. We do so very much appreciate all you do! If you wish to see a sampling of all the crazy photos from the photo booth (services donated by MoJo Photo Booth) go to www.mojophoto.ca and under Photo Galleries select “SEESA Volunteer Appreciation” — when prompted insert this password: SEESAvol.

Would you consider passing along your newsletter? Many members take multiple copies of the newsletter to share with friends/neighbours and place in shops etc. Please consider taking one copy and passing it on after you have read it cover to cover. Also, if you love colour, the newsletter is available on-line for your reading pleasure and convenience.

Thanks to Karen Sheridan for all her work on the colourful and cheerful planters outside our building! Kimberly

Fundamentals

Mark Your Calendars: Spaghetti Dinner and Jam Session, a fundraiser to top off musical equipment. Friday, October 4@ 5:30pm. Come musicians, audience and dancers. All of these and diners too! We’ll be jamming and having a good time. Join us. Rummage Sale at SEESA, October 19 & 20. Start collecting your treasures for donations. We will be accepting Monday, September 23-Thursday, October 17 noon How many pennies are in the carboy? We will be running a guessing contest September 5-September 26. Guesses 3/$1. Prize will be dinner for 2 at SEESA. Bring a handful of pennies for donation on

Open House day, September 5, and get 3

free guesses.

Olive Legacy Update As mentioned in previous newsletters, this past January Olive & Sherr Wadson offered to match any donation up to $1000. Sadly, since this time, Olive has passed away; however, the offer remains. We are still collecting to reach this admirable goal. Any denomination will do and small amounts add up quickly. Please consider making a donation and honouring the memory of this generous person. Thank you for your consideration.

Mary Anne Jaedicke

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Our Great Neighbours added much to our heroic event by donating service and prizes. Please join us in thanking them for their support by supporting them back:

Argyll Casino Boston Pizza Argyll Centre

Boston Pizza Capilano Coffee News

Councillor Ben Henderson Dairy Queen 75 Street

Dallas Pizza Fargos - Terrace Road

Fat Franks Four Points Sheraton

Gold Bar Sobeys Grace Kenworthy

Hilltop Pub InsideOut Chiropractic

Joey’s Only Capilano Judy Pape

Little Caesar’s Bonnie Doon Mark’s by Cdn Tire

McDonald’s David C.Dorward, MLA

Red Diamond House Relationships with Adult Children

Second Cup – Gretzky Drive SEESA Staff

Servus –Capilano Mall Shoppers Drug Mart Bonnie Doon

Spark the Branding Shop Starbucks – Terrace Road

Wired Cup Wonton House

Volunteer Appreciation is my favourite day of the work year!! It’s the day we Staff try to create a happy time for our volunteers and this year we broke the record…. 143 Superheroes came!

Thanks to the generosity of new and long-time supporters in the community we broke another record by handing out nearly $3000 in prizes! Below is the donors list. The next time you use

their services, please consider thanking them for supporting SEESA. Photos posted sure indicate that folks had a good time. You rock! P.S. Superman is my son.

Monthly Draw Winners: Congrats to June winners: Sharon Ozouf and Sherr Wadson who won Lunch. Watch for Kitchen Sign-ups for: July 22 Klondike Breakfast July 25 Monthly Dinner August 29 Monthly Dinner Sherr Wadson Coordinator of Super Volunteers

July-August 2013 Volunteer Voice

ROCK ON you S3 Superheroes!

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Sherr’s Speech from Volunteer Appreciation

I was at the chiropractor's office when I started thinking about the theme we had chosen for this year's Volunteer Appreciation. Superheroes. Mulling over the definition of a superhero I broke it into its two parts, super and hero.

Funk and Wagnalls says that “super” means: “above in position; over; above or beyond; more than; excessively; greater than or superior to others of its class”. My own definition brought thoughts of “much more than average” and “extraordinary”.

I thought of the huge proportion of SEESA volunteers who volunteer at least one other place, a few who volunteer a different place nearly every day of the week! Did you know that we have two volunteers who fobbed in more than 800 hours each in 2012?

I also thought of the hundreds of thousands of steps walked, and the thousands of sometimes quite lengthy bus rides taken, and gallons of gas used to transport you here…and a total near 30,000 hours volunteered when you get here! More than 500 of those hours were worked by non-

members. How would you rate those numbers? Much more than average?

Something else that came to mind was the variety of reasons our volunteers choose SEESA to receive their gift of time. The majority, of course, are initially drawn by the activities, friends who attend, and neighbourhood proximity…and they rather naturally find a volunteer niche. Others find us as the

result of searching for a place to work mandated community hours for educational or court credit…and rather 'unnaturally' find themselves staying on or returning after the required hours are completed because they enjoy SEESA. Would you call that “extraordinary”?

According to the dictionary, a “hero” is someone ”distinguished for exceptional courage, fortitude or bold enterprise, especially in time of war or danger; one ideal-ized or held in esteem for superior qualities or deeds of any kind”.

My concept of a “hero” is “someone to be looked up to, admired, emulated, copied in ways or attitude”.

What could be more admirable and worthy of emulation than the faithful attendance, constant dedication to duty, and never-ending support of the Volunteer Program extended by our SEESA volunteers?

Find more photos on line on our facebook page

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My longer-than-usual time in the waiting room allowed me to toy with the idea of an acrostic for “superhero”. I thought of words that start with S...

S superior, senior, sensible, sunny, sterling, stamina

U uncommon, ultimate, underestimated, united

P prepared, purposeful, participating, proactive, precious

E (times 2) energetic, ever-flexible, eager, earnest, exceptional,

R (also times 2) reliable, robust, relaxed, reaching, responsive

H hospitable, helpful, happy, hilarious

E (as before) energetic, ever-flexible, eager, earnest, exceptional,

R (as before) reliable, robust, relaxed, reaching, responsive

O outstanding, ordinary, other-centred, outgoing

Just before my name was called, I successfully created a SEESA Super Senior acrostic for the word “superhero”.

Are you ready? A SEESA superhero is…

a Senior Ultimately Prepared to Energetically Respond...Happy and Eager to Rock On!

Rock on SEESA Volunteers! We love you! Give yourselves a

round of applause.

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GRADE FOUR MUSICAL DREAM REALIZED

When I was a child I used to daydream of reading music and playing in a band with my buddies on stage. In real life it was my friends who read and played music. During high school, encouraged by my friend’s continued success, I learned some chords on dad’s well-used guitar. Over the years I bought guitars and had great times chording – in particular, with SEESA’s Guitar Club and at the Jams. January 2013 brings us Maestro Jay Lind, prospective music teacher, who offers to start a concert band club at SEESA. He’s willing to take on all interested seniors. No experience necessary. WOW, this is my chance! We’ll learn some music theory but the primary focus is to have fun. We can rent locally and so choose our brass and woodwind instruments. My choice is written in the stars - I can buy a used trombone from my friend, Don. Jay, a community-minded local man, teaches with a sense of humour. His eyes sparkle as we learn some breathing exercises and a bit of terminology. His infectious smile helps us get the hang of playing notes from some actual music and simple songs. Fun and laughter fuel this Monday club. We are having a great time here. Ten minutes a day of practice is important – don’t overdo it. Shortly after Easter, Jay suggests that we prepare for SEESA’s Creative Age “Arts Café” that will showcase senior talent. He’s confident and we’re excited. June 6, the audience is hushed. I am 71 years old. I am reading music and playing trombone with my buddies on stage in the Community

Concert Band’s first performance. We are praised and congratulated. A most exhilarating experience!

Roger Smeland

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SEESA Home Services Program

Could you use some help around the house?

SEESA can refer you to screened, reliable service providers who charge a fair price for their services. There are many good people who live in the area. By servicing a smaller geographical area, they can provide better service while keeping their costs down.

Please call me if you are looking for: snow shoveling home maintenance such as painting,

roofing, odd jobs yard maintenance such as grass cutting

and tree care or removal housekeeping including laundry, cleaning

and meal preparation help downsizing and moving dog walking

Also, if you have hired someone who has provided excellent service, please give me their name and number so I can interview them for our registry.

If you need snow shoveling services this year, please call me as soon as possible. We have some families who are willing to shovel for neighbours and we may find you a great match at a reasonable price.

If your annual income is below $25,100 or $40,800 for a couple as per line 150 on your income tax return, you may be eligible for a $100 a month subsidy for snow shoveling and yard maintenance. Please call the Alberta Supports Contact Centre at 780.644.9992 for more information.

-Shelley Sabo Home Services Coordinator 780.468.1985 ext. 260

MAY MONTHLY DINNER

MARY CHESNEY (50/50 DRAW)

EDITH HOWARD (DOOR PRIZE)

MELODY SINGERS CONCERT DOOR PRIZE WINNERS

DEBRA MARTIN LUCILLE BERG

EDITH PRETZLAFF PETER NEIKL

ARNIE WEDMAN

VARIETY SHOW: Friday Door Prize

EARL CAIRNS Saturday Door Prize

BENJAMIN EVANS Sunday Door Prize

BONNIE JANTZI Volunteer/Cast Door Prize

LINDA ACHESON 50/50 Friday

DONNA LECLAIR* 50/50 Saturday

PAT FRASER 50/50 Sunday

TYSON JAEDICKE*

*Many thanks to Donna and Tyson who contributed all or some of

their 50/50 money back to SEESA. To be sure it will

be put to good use.

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Breakfast July 22th Featuring Entertainment by

Wayne "O" Osbaldeston

2 sittings: 9:00 am & 10:15 am Pancakes, sausages, fresh fruit, coffee,

juice.

Tickets available for purchase on June 17

until the deadline of

July 16 at $5.00 each.

Tickets available at the

door, if not sold out

$7.00.

Klondike wear

encouraged.

NEW SEESA MEMORIAL COMMITTEE We honour our past members.

SEESA doesn’t hear of every death. You can help. Please leave an easy to read message at the front desk for the Memorial Committee folder and include: 1. The name of any members who have passed away since December 2012. 2. Their date of death. 3. The phone numbers and addresses of one or two relatives or friends who might be able to attend an event to honour their loved one. We plan to hold a yearly event, with family and friends, to acknowledge and celebrate the lives of these valued members. Thank you for your help.

Congratulations to the Accidental Drama Club for a job well done on your presentation of “That’s Entertainment” May 24-26. We had many laughs and enjoyed a lot of incredible musical talent, singing and dancing. The costume and the props were delightful, kudos to the backstage, “hardhat honeys” and sound and light guys for making it happen. The food was delicious, thanks to the kitchen staff and all the volunteers who slaved in the kitchen to ensure that we had our culinary delight. Many thanks as well to all the Fundraising people who managed the front of the

house. Last but not least we appreciate all you members who attended the Variety Show and especially those of you who brought guests as well.

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June Birthday Party

A small but enthusiastic group of birthday celebrants enjoyed the final performance of Doug Gillett and Troupe: Jackie Rawson, Anne Marshall, Gill McGovern, Dee Turner & Tom McGovern. They entertained and encouraged the crowd to sing along and play kazoos, whistles and noisemakers.

Lois Lang was presented with her Lifetime Membership card, congratulations, Lois. Doreen Strong and Merrill Sandahl won the door prizes and Judy Axelson and Joe Sparling each won SEESA Breakfast Certificates.

Many thanks to the fun loving Birthday Party Committee for their hard work: Flo Lucas, Lois Brosseau, Edith Howard, Bernice MacRae, Vi Ponton, Anne Trimble, Sheila Bent, and Shirley Zygun.

Milestones & Celebrations

JUNE LANDMARK BIRTHDAYS

Linda Acheson, Peter Blomberg, Val Carlson, Linda Chernetski, Margaret Labrenz, Lois Lang, Gerry Lawrence, Leon “Trouble” LeClerc, Karen Lewis-Caron, Anne Otto, Fran Purschke, Merrill Sandahl, Loretta Senio, Hal Tirling, and Maria Van Alebeek

Due to space limitations in the newsletter we are only able to publish the names of those celebrating landmark birthdays. Landmark birthdays begin at 55 and are marked every five years up to the age of 90 where every year after is considered a Milestone. If your name does not appear on the list above and you believe it should be there please leave a note for Elaun. We do our best to keep up to date with our database and apologize if anyone is missed.

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Sixth Annual Creative Age Festival

SEESA, with other Senior Centres, was a venue for a Creative Age Festival Arts Café showcasing and celebrating the talents of senior adults. Performers at SEESA on June 6th entertained with dancing, short stories and poems, music and singing. Sharing their talents were some of our accomplished SEESA members: The Concert Band, The Blowhards, directed by Jay Lind with Sheila Clifford-MacKay, Don Kupina, and Shirley Urquart on clarinet, Roger Smeland on trombone, Annetta LeClerc and Shirley Yakimishyn on trumpet and Bonnie Kupina on baritone astounded the audience with their debut performance having only picked up their instruments this past January. Karen Sheridan read her poems and led a community poem with the audience. Leon LeClerc emceed the performances.

SEESA members were featured at other Café events around town. Our Creative Writers also participated in the festival by reading their stories at other venues: Lois Gangl and Vern Wishhart appeared at Calder Seniors Drop-In Society on June 7th and Lois read stories on June 8th at Timms Centre for the Arts at the U. of A. Ken Saik appeared at Northgate Lions Seniors Recreation Centre reading stories and a passage from his book. Alida Van Braeden read poetry and sang for the crowd at SAGE on Wednesday Two members of our Accidental Drama Club, Dee Turner and Brenda Remin, performed a dance routine at MillWoods Seniors on June 7th and dancers from our Gentle Dance Moves class got the chance to perform for the audience at Calder.

Lois Gangl

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Upcoming Events:

September 5 Open House Pancake Breakfast &

Fall Program Registration 9 am 6 Jam session 7 pm 7 Crib Tournament 1 pm 16 -21 Pay What You Can Week 20 Jam Session 7 pm 21 Harvest Dinner & Dance with The Chwill

Bros 23 Fall Classes start

October 4 Spaghetti Fundraiser & Jam 19 & 20 Fall Rummage Sale

November 22-24 Drama Club Production

Monthly Supper

July 25th, 2013

5:30pm

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Absolute deadline for tickets

NOON July 22nd, 2013 (firm)

August Monthly Dinner features Chicken with new potatoes,

veggies, salad & dessert

$12/person

Tickets on sale Aug 1 8:45 am

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I am pleased to share the results of the Seniors Housing

Forums held earlier this year at SEESA and Ottewell

Hall. A follow-up meeting will be held in the fall. In the

meantime, I would invite you to continue to share your

views with me on this and any other issue.

Survey Results Part 1: Housing and Levels of Care

Ranked from most important to least important:

Residential Independent Living (SL1): affordable/subsidized housing

(Ranked #1: 26 of 79. Ranked #2: 34 of 79. Total Ranked 1+2 = 60 of 79)

Residential Independent Living (SL1): condo rentals


Lodge Living (SL2)


Assisted Living (SL3)


Long term care (SL4)


Dementia or other respite care beds (temporary/short term)


Predominant comments:

There is a great need for moderately-priced units for middle-income families. Many are

above the allowable income to qualify for subsidized housing but also cannot afford

private care. Emphasis was on need for affordable housing, not subsidized housing.

Many commented on the possibility of building seniors’ housing units on school lands

designated for closure.

Housing units should not be exclusively SL 2, 3, or 4. Buildings should include all stages

of living from 1 to 4. This way, couples receiving different levels of care can stay

together. Example was given of a facility in Moose Jaw that has a seniors centre on

the main floor, including a cafeteria and pharmacy, with apartments for seniors on the

above 5 floors. Partnership with organizations/providers of affordable housing that

enable businesses on the bottom of housing units was mentioned.

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Seniors should be involved in the design of these facilities. Open concept as well as

small garden plots important.

Inquires were made into the status of Aldritt and Strathearn apartments.

Property Tax Deferral Program should be expanded to include major repairs, adding

solar, energy efficiency retrofitting, etc.

Survey Results Part 2: Community Amenities

Ranked from most important to least important:

Accessible health care services


Close proximity to stores, bus routes and services


Provision of social supports


Allow for intergenerational interaction


Allow for outdoor spaces


Predominant comments:

Professional health services are important but affordable domestic services, such as

housekeeping, grocery shopping, yard work, are what really enable seniors to ‘age-

in-place’.

Being close to services means getting out and being part of the community which

improves health and mobility in seniors.

Public information sessions/seminars should be held for seniors on topics such as

computer-usage, digital imaging to preserve photographs of personal and

community history, downsizing, etc.

David C. Dorward, CMA FCA

MLA Edmonton – Gold Bar

7510 – 82 Avenue

Edmonton, AB T6C 0X9

Phone: 780 414-1015

Email : [email protected]

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Badminton Fun Day 9:30 am Jam Session

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Birthday Party 2:30 pm

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27 Board Meeting9:30 am

Health Clinic 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Dinner Ticket Deadline Noon

28 29 Monthly

Dinner 5:30 pm

30 Dance:

The Melody Makers 7 pm

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Centre Closed Canada Day

2 Dinner Tix on

Sale 8:45 am

3

4 5 Jam Session

7 pm

6 Crib

Tournament 1pm

7 8 9 Lifetime Member

Luncheon

10 11 Special Events Meeting 10 am

12

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14 15 16 17 Birthday Party

2:30 pm

18

19 Jam Session

7 pm

20

21 22 Klondike Pancake Breakfast

9 & 10:15 am

Dinner Ticket Deadline Noon

23 24 Antique Cars & Square Dance

Demo

25

Monthly Dinner 5:30 pm

26 Dance:

The Diamonds 7pm

27

28 29 30 Health Clinic

6:30 - 8:30 pm

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July 2013

August 2013

Gym Closed for Floor Cleaning

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