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The Danube Seniors

Leisure Centre

715 Simcoe Road,

Bradford, Ontario L3Z 4B4

Tel. 905-775-0612

Web Page:

danubeseniors.club

Inside This Issue:

President’s Message 1 Apology Senior Fair 2 Volunteers Spring into Summer 3 Adverts 4&5 Smart Ideas Old Age Jokes Pommies Cider 6 Program Changes Adverts 7 Get Well & Birthdays 20th Anniversary 8 Goldenaires Game Winners 9 Fathers Day Calendar 10

Issue 135

Leisure Time for

Seniors - Newsletter June 2018

The Board of Directors would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused on our 20th Anniver-

sary Celebration when we had to close the washrooms

due to the toilets overflowing.

This has been a problem for some time. Our septic tank is very old and too small for our building now. The Town will be hooking us up to the town sewers this summer so we have been told. In the meantime we would appre-ciate it if you use the washrooms please only use toilet paper and hold the handle down until the toilet is com-

pletely flushed.

Submitted by Sandy Madill 2nd Vice President

President’s Message

I would like to thank Bruce and Elaine and their teams for their preparation work well in advance. It was unfortunate that we forgot to announce that the Craft Room and Wood Shop was open for your viewing. Gertrud

President

Gertrud Erdenberger

1st Vice-President

Elke Pitkin

2nd Vice-President

Sandy Madill

Secretary

Sheila Marshall

Treasurer

Ann Spalding

Director of Programs

Olga Bishop

Director of Special Events

Jan Evans

Director of Facilities

Al Charlebois

Director of Food Services

Vacant

Members-at-Large

Bruce Madill

Patricia Durkin

Past President

Elaine Love

Volunteers from the Trinity High School.

The two Girls who helped The Danube Seniors Centre with the Christmas Dinner 2017 were Megan Brown and Briana Alfaro.

Megan Brown and Lauren Verbakel helped out at the recent 20th Anniversary Celebration.

We would like to thank them for an excellent Job.

The Danube Centre will recommend them again and again if asked.

Danube Seniors Newsletter in Colour.

Would you like to read the Danube Seniors Newsletter in colour? There are two possibilities. You can go to the Centre Web Page:

danubeseniors.club or call Gertrud at 905-551-1936 . I will put you on my mailing list Gertrud President

The Danube Seniors Leisure Centre 715 Simcoe Road Tel. 905-775-0612

Is Celebrating Spring into Summer”

With a Lunch

On Thursday, June 21st

, 2018!

Same great price of $10 per ticket,

available starting June 1st.

Lunch is at 11:30 a.m.

Members only.

The Menu will be

Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes,

Vegetables and Gravy.

Dessert, coffee/tea.

Spring Summer

TUPLING INSURANCE BROKERS

o/b Insureit Group Inc. “Your trusted Insurance Advisors”

AUTO, HOME, COTTAGE, BUSINESS, FARM

198 Holland Street, East, Bradford Ontario

Phone: 905-775-3379 Toll Free: 1-877-TUPLING

www.tuplinginsurance.com

Smart Ideas No more messy cakes To keep a layer cake from slipping while you ice it, push three sticks of dry spaghetti through all the layers. Remove spaghetti when the icing is set. Clean stained coffee cups When coffee stains your favorite mugs, it’s a snap to get them clean again. Simply sprinkle baking soda on a clean, damp sponge, rub on the dis-colored area, let sit for a few minutes, then rub again until the stain is gone. Store Strawberries It’s strawberry season! To keep them fresh place them unwashed in a col-ander and store in your fridge. They’ll last for five days. Wash just before you serve them. Grocery Shopping I’ve found a great way to keep my groceries from toppling over and spill-ing out in my car. I put two laundry baskets in my trunk. When I’m done shopping, I put the bags inside the baskets. They stay put, and when I get home all I do is lift the baskets out of the car. Fresher Pound cake Make that fresh-baked taste last long-er by cutting from the middle, not the ends, then ”sealing” the cake by pressing the cut sides together. Save a salad bowl To keep wooden salad bowls from cracking, wipe them inside and out with a paper towel soaked in cooking oil. Do this in the evening and next morning, wipe away excess oil. Instant pet hair removal! Dryer sheets work like a magnet for fur. Just wipe one over clothes or up-holstery, and pet hair lifts right off. Odor remover Can’t get the smell of freshly peeled garlic off your hands? Just touch something made out of stainless steel, the scent will disappear.

Seniors will receive a 5% discount on

Thursdays

Drew Robinson

Owner/Operator

Joe Arrigo

Owner/Operator

330 Holland St. W. Box 252 Bradford, Ontario L3Z 2A8

Tel: (905) 775-3422 ٠ Fax: (905) 775-4770

Old Age Jokes I was turning 40 and decided to cel-ebrate by fulfilling my dream to go sky-diving. Before the jump, my mother and I spent the day at a festi-val, where we bumped into two of my cousins. They inquired about my upcoming birthday, and when I told them about my jump from 10,000,ft. I could tell they were a bit mystified. Finally one of them remarked, “Why don’t you just get your breasts done like everyone else?”

Emotionally Painful

My husband was bending over to tie my three-year-old’s shoes. That’s when I noticed my son, Ben staring at my husband’s head. He gently touched the slightly thinning spot of hair and said in a concerned voice, “Daddy, you have a hole in your head, Does it hurt?” After a pause, I heard my husband’s murmured re-ply: “Not physically,”

Eyeglass Tips

Jim, my 40-something husband, was playing basketball with friends his age. “Pretty soon,” said one of his teammates, “we’ll have to count it as a basket if the ball just hits the rim.” “Yeah,” Jim agreed. “It’s scary when you have to look through the bottom part of your bifocals to shoot layups and the top part on jump shots.”

Fat Chance

Having fought the battle of the bulge most of my life, I found the battle getting even harder as I approached middle age. One evening, after try-ing on slacks that were too tight, I said to my husband, “I’ll be so glad when we become grandparents.

After all, who cares if grandmothers are fat?” His prompt reply: “Grandfathers,”

The first tour to Pommies’ Cider Co. is SOLD OUT. If there is

enough interest, a second tour

could be arranged for later in the summer.

Wednesday June 6th 2018 We will be Meeting at 11:15 am

At the Danube Centre $ 20.00 Yellow Limousine. Register at the Centre.

Payment due at registration. Space is limited. First come, first served.

Members only Jan Evans

Outside of Frankfurt and the state of Hessen, there is little awareness of Hes-

sen’s official state beverage. Hessen is in fact Germany’s largest wine producing region, famous now for wines produced along the Rhein such as Riesling. However most people don’t realize that as recently as 1900 there were almost no grape vines in the region after Europe’s 400 year mini ice age and a pest, grape phylloxera, 250 years ago that destroyed the remaining vines. The colder weather did however encourage sturdier apple trees to thrive and wine producers turned to apples instead. As a small Child I grew up with apple cider, later on it was fermented apple cider which could be quiet strong (5%to12% alcohol). Gertrud

Traditional Food served with Cider in most Restaurants in Hessen

Program Changes:

The Varga group will be taking a Summer break from June 2nd to September 23rd. Les Buxton

The Goldenaires will be taking there Summer break right now and start again in September.

The Walking Club is going out at 9:30 a.m. over the Summer .

Poker is back to Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. starting June 6th.

Fat Plate

To celebrate his 40th birthday, my boss, who is battling middle-age spread, bought a new convertible sports car. As a finishing touch, he put on a vanity plate with the inscription “18 Again.” The wind was let out of his sails, however, when a salesman entered our of-fice the following week. ”Hey,” he called out, “who owns the car with the plate

I ate again’?”

Get Well Wishes All our members are special to

us; this get well wish goes out to everyone feeling under the weath-

er. We would like you to know that our warmest thoughts are

yours each and every day. Get well soon,

we miss you.

To all our Members who will

have a Birthday in June

We wish you many

happy returns

Were you one of the 120 or so guests who attended our

20th Anniversary celebration on April 28th? If so, thanks for coming! Special thanks to our speakers: current Mayor Keffer, former Mayor Jonkman and Sylvia Luxton, and to our other special guests: Maria Pfeiffer and Pat Ledlie. Gertrud and Jan would like to take this opportunity to also thank every-one who helped with food, decorations and set-up for the party. The Centre looked bright and shiny; there were excellent static displays by the members of the craft room, the wood shop, the Varga Artists, Judy Tomlinson, and Gertrud Erdenberger, as well as digital displays on the TV (Peter Blakemore) and projection screen (Elke Pitkin and Mike

Agosta). Thanks also to Judy McCoubrey, Terry Chisolm (hard acts to fol-low), and the Goldenaires for providing live entertain-ment, and to Bev Fulford

for making the cake. We hope you all enjoyed our trip down Memory Lane. See you at the 25

th ! Jan Evans

Goldenaires for June 2018 Newsletter

The Goldenaires have completed another successful year of music and fun. On Tuesday, May 15th

we travelled to Beeton for our annual spring concert at Simcoe Manor. Our musical numbers includ-ed a medley from the musical “Oliver!”, the old English folksong “Scarborough Fair”, a modern Cape Breton folksong called “Song for the Mira”, and a rockin’ rendition of “Splish Splash/Sea Cruise”. Judy sang a medley of songs from “The Sound of Music” and Ingrid led the residents and Goldenaires in a sing-along of familiar tunes.

The very next day, we were invited by the Women’s Institute to perform at the Tec-We-Gwill hall in Newton-Robinson. I hope the neighbours will forgive us for parking all over the place!.

Our last concert of the year was at Bradford Valley on Tuesday, May 22nd

, where we extended our program to include readings by Sid Jackson and Bill Bishop. Singing for and with the residents, the staff and their family members is proof that “Music Brings Us Together”. We are now taking a break for the summer.

Goldenaires: if you still have music sheets in your binders, you can drop them off at the Danube office or hold onto them until we start again in September. Jan Evans

Wood Shop Report If your looking for a special gift our wood shop has wooden cutting boards in a variety of sizes and styles, also some bird feeders available for sale. Monday and Wednesday mornings 9am to 12pm.

Bruce Madill

Bridge Winners

April 30, First Sally P.

Sec. Fred P.

May 7, First John S.

Sec. Dianne F.

May 14, First Frank H.

Sec. Lawrence B.

May 21, First Fred P.

Sec. Dianne F.

May 28, First Gerry F.

Sec. Marg J.

Bid Euchre

May 1, First No Game Resold

Sec.

May 8, First Hugh W.

Sec. Yvonne & Stan.

May 15, First Shirley W.

Sec. Stanley

May 22, First Wilma M.

Sec. Stanley

May 29, First Hugh W.

Sec. Frances & Tony

Euchre

April 26, First Olivia C.

Sec. Eileen G.

May 3, First Shirley W.

Sec. Wally C.

May 10, First Marilyn B

Sec. Sheila M.

May 17, First Rose B.

Sec. Bob M.

May 24, First Agnes H.

Sec. Gerry

May 31, In the Next Newsletter

We would like to thank the Coffee Culture for their Support to the Danube Seniors Centre. Our sweet tooth thanks you.

We had Mothers Day in May.

Now lets not forget Fathers Day

on June 17th

Weekly Calendar for Programs

At the Danube Seniors Centre

The Woodshop is open Monday and

Wednesday from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon, any other day by appoint-

ment only.

The Danube Seniors

Centre is closed for all

Statutory Holidays.

Monday

9:00 am Pool-Snooker

9:30 am Shuffleboard

1:00 pm Bridge

Thursday

9:00 am Pool-Snooker

10:30 Chair Fitness

1:30 pm Euchre

Friday

9:30 am Scrapbooking

11:00 am Fitness Class

1:00 pm Carpet Bowling

Tuesday

9:30 am Walking Club

11:00 am Fitness Class

1:00 pm Goldenaires

1:00 pm Canasta

7:00 pm Bid Euchre

Saturday 9:30 am

The Varga Group of Art-

ists

Wednesday

9:15 am Line Dancing

1:00 pm Crafts

2:00 pm Skat

6:30 p.m. Poker

Foot Clinic

By appointment,

Thursday June 14 \ 2018

705-727-8814

Cost: $18.00

Please bring a towel.

BOUTIQUE NEWS We have had many new members in the Danube so far this year and they

may not be aware of the Boutique. It is in the back behind the stage and we sell gently used ladies and men’s’ clothing and footwear. They are for sale to our members at a very reasonable price and all the money we make goes directly to the Centre. We are a friendly group and welcome you to come in and browse. The Boutique is open Mon. - Fri. from 9AM - 3PM.

I would like to thank all the members who have brought in items for us. At this time our shelves and racks are full. Please hold off bringing in things until the first week in June. Thanks for your under-standing. Olga Bishop