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By Christina Ontiveros
Reedley Senior Citizen Coordinator
Senior Luncheon
Join us on Tuesday, June 12, for fun and excitement at our Senior Luncheon!
We’ll have music, food, and door prizes. Seating is limited, so please make a reservation by calling us at (559) 637-4207.
The event is sponsored by the Sierra View Homes Retirement Community, RSCI, and the Reedley Com- munity Services Depart- ment.
“Thank you” to Sierra View Homes for providing our main and side dishes.
Chukchansi Getaway
Join our next trip to the Chukchansi casino on Thurs- day, May 3. Only a few seats are left.
The cost is $17, which includes $15 free play with photo ID. To sign up, come to the Phil Hudson Senior Room at the Reedley Senior Center on weekdays, 9 a.m. to noon. You’ll also have to sign a waiver form. The cen- ter is at 100 N. East Ave.
Payment accepted through check or money or- der made to the City of Reed- ley. The trip is sponsored by the Reedley Community Ser- vices Department.
On the day of the trip, please be at the senior cen- ter no later than 8 a.m. We will return around 3:30 p.m.
Morro Bay / Cayucos Getaway
Join us on our trip to
the Central Coast on Friday, Aug. 3. The cost is $30 (lunch is on your own).
Early registration now is open for Reedley seniors. (Open enrollment for all se- niors starts Monday, April
23.)To sign up, come to the Phil Hudson Senior Room weekdays, 9 a.m. to noon, at the Reedley Senior Center, 100 N. East Ave. You’ll also have to sign a waiver form.
Payments will be accept- ed by check or money order made to The City of Reedley.
The trip is sponsored by the Reedley Community Ser- vices Department.
Café Bistro / Billiards
Bring a friend and enjoy a fresh cup of coffee and a danish and play a game of pool. We play at 9 a.m. Mon- days to Fridays at the senior center.
Senior Center Lunches
Meals taste so much bet- ter when you can enjoy them with others! Join us in the Phil Hudson Senior Room weekdays at 11 a.m. (except holidays) for a nutritious lunch and good time.
This program is partially funded by the Fresno-Made- ra Area Agency on Aging.
If you are 60 or older, a suggested donation of $1.50 is appreciated but not re- quired. Reservations must be made by 11 a.m. the weekday before you plan to
attend. Call (559) 637-4207 to make your reservation.
La Ciudad de Reedley les invita a visitar y
Christina Ontiveros
Mondays, 11 a.m. Preschool Storytime. At the Reedley Library, 1027 E St. Stories, songs and crafts for 3- to 5-year-olds. With Linda Rotan, a library assistant. Through April 29. Details: (559) 638-2818.
Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Celebrate Recovery. Re- deemer's Church. Details: (559) 859-8942.
First Monday of the month. 6:45 p.m. St. An- thony of Padua Catholic Daughters Court: Our Lady of Grace #2637.
At St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, 1018 N. Frankwood Ave. Rosary is at 6:45 p.m.; the meetings begin at 7 p.m. For more details, please check the church's regular bulletin.
First Tuesday of the month. 10:30 a.m. Reed- ley Library Book Group. At the library, 1027 E St. The book to be discussed at the May meeting is
“A Week in Winter” by Maeve Binchy.
Second Tuesday of the month, 2 p.m. Caregiver Support Group. In the Community Room at the Palm Village Retirement Community, 703 W. Her- bert Ave. This meeting gives caregivers of a fam- ily member or friend with
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the “play.” As Gill described her, Dotty’s motivations are a little self-centered because she wants to “prove that she’s not washed up and that she can transition gracefully into these more mature roles.”
Like many actors, Gill said she loves “Noises Off” and what it demands of its players.
“It’s just a great challenge in several ways,” she said. “You have to have a lot of stamina mentally and physi- cally.”
The actors have to stay on pace with each other when it comes to the lines.
“You don’t want to get lost and you don’t want to be left behind,” Gill said.
The physicality is needed because the audience will see what happens onstage and backstage. Even within the confines of the small Opera House stage, the actors have to physically cover a lot of ground while dealing with props and doors.
Joe Hill, a relative new-
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el event in Orange Cove and then at the next zone level in Orosi.
On April 7, she competed
memory loss a time to meet for mutual emotion- al, educational and social support. Details: call (559) 638-6933.
Second Tuesday of the month, 6 p.m. The Blos- som Trail A's meets at Bristol Ranch (formerly Brooks Ranch), 1620 E. Manning Ave. for dinner and meeting. New mem- bers are welcome. You don't have to own a Model A to join. For more de- tails, call Jerry Eitzen at (559) 638-8222.
Wednesdays, 11 a.m. “Come Play With Me” (for children from infants to 3 years old). At the Reedley Library, 1027 E St. De- tails: call (559) 638-2818.
Second Friday of the month, 9:30 a.m. Parkin- son's Support Group. Palm Village Community Room, 703 W. Herbert Ave. Open to anyone with Parkin- son's disease and/or their caregivers. For more details, call (559) 638-6933 and ask for Norma Fro- ese.
Third Thursday of the month, 10:30 a.m. The Friends of the Library. At the Reedley Library, 1027 E St. New members are welcome. For more de- tails, call (559) 638-6476.
comer to RCTC who appeared in “Miracle on 34th Street” in December, is directing “Nois- es Off.” He worked with set designer Karl Jensen on the stage setting. “It’s not an ob- stacle,” Hill said. “It’s an op- portunity to be creative.”
He’s also pleased with the cast and how they are working together.
“I was very happy with who we got to play the roles that we did,” Hill said. “They all just kind of fell into place. Once we got up on stage and saw them interacting togeth- er, side by side in this space, I was very happy.”
Gill added: “And it doesn’t happen with every show.”
The other cast members are Stephanie Barnett, Joe Harding, Larry Ham, Matt Wiebe, Bethany Houghton, Charlton Hughes and Cyndle Cee.
Members of Hill’s sup- port crew include Theo Hill designing the costumes, Su- sana Losoya as stage manager, and Ryan Medina running the lights and sound.
Wiebe, who’s been part of RCTC from its first days in 2003, said the company for
at the regional level at the Clo- vis Veterans Memorial Dis- trict Building and again won.
“I feel very honored and thankful to have gone this far in the competition,” said Juarez, one of two student members on the Kings Can- yon Unified School District
Tai Chi classes are avail- able at the Reedley Com- munity Center, 100 N. East Ave. The class meets at 12:30 p.m. on Mondays. It's a year-round program. For adults of all ages. De- tails: call (559) 637-4203.
Lap Swim is available at the Reedley High School Aquatics Complex. Hours are 7:30-9:30 p.m. Mon- days, Wednesdays, Thurs- days (through May 31). Swim cards can be bought at the Reedley Communi- ty Center, 100 N. East Ave. You must pre-purchase
a swim card. For details, call (559) 637-4203.
Water Aerobics offered by the city of Reedley at the Reedley High School Aquatics Complex. Stu- dents must pre-register at the Reedley Community Center, 100 N. East Ave. Bobbi Monk is the instruc- tor. For details, call (559) 637-4203.
April 19, 7:30 p.m. Fresno Paci c University Men’s Chorus and Women’s Cho- rale. At Butler Church, 4884 E. Butler Ave. in Fresno. General admis- sion $5, payable at the door; free to FPU commu- nity members (including alumni cardholders).
years has wanted to present “Noises Off.” One issue was how to stage a show that typi- cally has a two-story set.
The other, Wiebe said, was the play itself, which in the past might have seemed “a little risque.” But now, he said, “things have loosened up a little bit. I think it’s fine now.”
Wiebe plays Selsdon Mow- bray, who Wiebe said is an inebriated guy, “just an old, broken down hack actor who just happened to get the part.”
“Noises Off,” he said, “is a really funny show.”
This is Wiebe’s first ap- pearance back on the RCTC stage since “Anything Goes” in spring 2016.
How does it feel? “It’s just like riding a bicycle,” he said. “It feels great.”
Houghton – who has been in a string of RCTC shows including “Ring of Fire” and “Swing!” – plays young ac- tress Brooke Ashton. Hough- ton described her this way: “She’s pretty ditzy. She’s sort of the ‘lights are on but no- body’s home’ sometimes.”
Oh, and she’s really near- sighted and always losing her
governing board. (The other student is Vanessa Barra- gan, a senior at Reedley High School.)
“It is always exciting and a bit nerve-racking to deliver my speech because it embod- ies concepts that matter very much to me,” Juarez said, add-
April 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Speaker Tish Romero,
presented by the Reed- ley Peace Center. She is president of the Fresno Teachers Association and will talk about the medi- ated settlement between the teachers union and the Fresno Uni ed School Dis- trict. In Fellowship Hall, First Mennonite Church. For details: dfriesen0@ gmail.com
April 20, 7:30 p.m. “Big Music-Small Venue” pre- senting the Fresno Paci c University chamber en- sembles. In the McDonald Hall Atrium at the uni- versity, 1717 S. Chestnut Ave., Fresno. General admission $5, payable at the door; free to FPU com- munity members (includ- ing alumni cardholders). For more information, send an email to music@fresno. edu or call (559) 453-2267.
April 21, 7:30 p.m. “Cross- wind Evening of Praise and Worship” presenting the Fresno Pacific University student music ensemble. At Butler Church, 4884
E. Butler Ave. in Fresno. Admission is free. For more information, send an email to music@fresno.edu or call (559) 453-2267.
contact lenses.
Houghton didn’t know
much about the comedy be- fore taking on the role.
Now? “I love it,” she said. “It’s like what Joe was saying earlier. Actors can relate to it so much because we all have those crazy backstage stories of something going wrong.”
And while actors are en- amored with the play because it wildly hits so close to home, Hill said “any regular the- atergoer will appreciate all of the little nuances that are involved in ‘Noises Off.’”
“Everyone should come see it,” Houghton said. “It’s hilarious. You will laugh until you cry.”
Reedley’s River City The- atre Company presents “Nois- es Off” April 27-29, May 3-6, and May 10-12 at the historic Reedley Opera House, 1720 10th St.
For showtimes, tickets and other information, go online to reedleyrivercitytheatre.org or call (559) 638-6500. Tickets also can be purchased at Da- vid’s, 1034 G St.
ing that she hopes her speech will “touch a few hearts.”
Craig Cooper, a KCUSD trustee and a longtime mem- ber of the Reedley Lions, at- tended the April 7 event.
“It was remarkable, it was
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en los programas de perso- nas mayores. En el edificio del centro de la comunidad hay un cuarto especial para ustedes. Si tienen pregun- tas y necesitan informacion y asistencia les podremos ayudar de 9:30-11:30 a.m. los dias de Lunes a Viernes.
Please note: if you know a Spanish-speaking person, please pass along this infor- mation and encourage him or her to join us for lunch daily at 11 a.m. We are a Spanish-speaking, friendly center. They always can call the center at (559) 637-4207 and ask for Christina.
Senors y Senoras
La Cuidad de Reedley les invita a visitar y par- ticipar en los programas de personas mayores. En el edificio del centro de la comunidad hay un cuarto especial para ustedes. Si tienen preguntas y necesitan informacion y asistencia les podremos ayudar de 9:30- 11:30 a.m. los dias de Lunes a Viernes.
Please note: If you know a Spanish-speaking person, please pass along this infor- mation and encourage him or her to join us for lunch daily at 11 a.m. We are a Spanish-speaking, friendly center. They can call the center and ask for Christina.
Gleaners
Reedley residents 55 and up can come to the Reed- ley Community Center on Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m. for free fresh fruit, vegetables and bread. The center is at 100 N. East Ave.
Personas mayors de edad 55 anos + vengan for frutas y verduras los Mier- coles a las 8:30 a.m.
Senior Center Community Partners We want to express ap-
preciation to our community partners for their continuing support for our senior pro- grams:
Sierra View Homes Re- tirement Community, Save Mart Supermarket, Rotary Club of Reedley, Reedley Senior Commission, Inc., Golden LivingCenter, Reed- ley Lions Club, Reedley YMCA Committee, Blossom Trail Photography, Dr. Luis Guzman, Reedley Police Department, and the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program.
Volunteers Welcome
The Reedley Senior Cen- ter can’t provide all its ser- vices and programs without volunteers. If you’re inter- ested in volunteering, please all us at (559) 637-4207.
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