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Senior Center NEWS
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By Christina Ontiveros
Reedley Senior Citizen Coordinator
Morro Bay / Cayucos
We have a few seats left for our trip to Morro Bay and Cayucos on Friday, Aug. 3. The cost is $30 (lunch is on your own).
Sign up at the Phil Hud- son 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. Make your check or money order to The City of Reedley.
OnAug.3,beatthese- nior center by 6:45 a.m.; we will return by 8 p.m. We will keep you updated if times change.
The Reedley Commu- nity Services Department is sponsoring the trip.
Bingo
The next monthly bingo is scheduled for Thursday, June 21. If you would like to have lunch and play bingo, call (559) 637-4207 by 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 20.
Everyone will walk away with a prize! Come join the fun.
Farmers Market Vouchers
We have Farmers Mar-
ket vouchers available for seniors 60 years of age and up. Residents of Fresno and Madera counties can come to the Reedley Senior Cen- ter 9-10:30 a.m. Monday to Friday. You must provide a current ID.
Please note: The senior center will be closed Tues- day, June 12, for the Senior Luncheon.
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 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.
The 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.
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-speak- ing, friendly center. They can call us at (559) 637-4207 and ask for Christina. Thank you!
Exercise Class
Exercise class is on Mon- days and Wednesdays in the California Room at the Reed- ley Community Center, 10-11
a.m. “Thank you” to Shirley Festejo for instructing the classes and gear- ing them toward se- niors.
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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. Reedley Library Book Group. At the library, 1027 E St. The book to be discussed at the June meeting is “The Road to Character” by Da- vid Brooks. The group will take a break this summer until September.
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 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
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ing the annual event held for middle schools in the Kings Canyon Unified School Dis- trict.
Any activity that encour- ages reading is a winner in my book.
Reedley High School’s 118th annual graduation cer- emony, held May 31, was an- other memorable occasion. You can read my story on A1 in this week’s Exponent.
Before the ceremony be- gan, I spotted math teacher Tim Warkentin. It’s not hard. He’s easily one of the tallest people at the campus.
He’s about to finish his 34th year at the school and hadn’t missed a single RHS graduation.
This year, his wife, Janet, accompanied him. It was the first time she had ever done
so. “She wanted to come to my last one,” Warkentin said. He is retiring at the end
of the 2017-18 school year. He recently was named the first
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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 details, call (559) 638-6933 and ask for Norma Froese.
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.
Swim lesson registra- tion is underway through the Reedley Community Services Department. Lessons begin June 18, with morning, afternoon and evening classes at the Reedley High School Aquatics Complex. Regis- ter at http://www.reedley. com/department/com- munity_services and then click on “Register Here.” For information on dates and times, call (559) 637- 4203.
Registration is underway for the city of Reedley’s Summer Day Camp program. The camp will be offered June 18-Aug.
3, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Reedley Community Center, 100 N. East Ave. Weekly and daily rates available. Register at http://www.reedley.com/ department/community_ services and then click
on “Register Here.” For details on dates and times, call (559) 637-4203.
Summer Cheer Class will be offered by the Reed- ley Community Services Department. Registration is underway. Classes start June 13 and meet every Wednesday through Aug. 8 (no class on July 4). Beginner class is 3:30-4:30
recipient of the Paul Mitchell lifetime Achievement Award announced at this year’s RHS Athletic Scholarship and Awards Dinner.
Mitchell was a teacher and coach at Reedley High for 38 years. He also was the “Voice of the Tigers” for 61 years at Reedley College, announcing football and basketball.
Warkentin, in addition to being a teacher, has coached sports, including boys water polo and swimming.
At 62, he said it’s fun to see former students who now are parents and watching their own children graduate. He and Janet have attended a number of weddings.
“You kind of see the whole, full circle,” he said.
Warkentin said all the Reedley High graduations have been special but this one might be a bit more special because it’s his last one.
He said: “I love to come and give the kids a hug that I’ve had in class, to see some of them who’ve worked really hard to get here.”
John Ahlin is about to complete his first year as prin- cipal of Reedley High. Previ- ously, he had been a teacher, learning director and assistant principal at RHS.
Ahlin said the Class of 2018 had been “very respect- ful” and that “they know what expectations are and are great, loving kids.”
p.m.; intermediate class is 4:40-5:30 p.m. Register at www.reedley.com or at the Reedley Community Center, 100 N. East Ave. For details, call (559) 637- 4203.
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 8-10 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thurs- days (June 1 through July 31). Swim cards can be purchased at the Reedley Community 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.
June 8, 6:30-8:45 p.m.
Scholarship Night and the lm “Stand and Deliver.” Presented by the Reedley Peace Center. Scholar- ships will be presented to six members of Reedley High School’s Students for Peace. The 1988 movie is the true story of math teacher Jaime Escalante and how he inspired and taught students, mostly Hispanic, in an East L.A. high school to excel in AP calculus, despite skepti- cism about their efforts. In Fellowship Hall, First Mennonite Church. For details: dfriesen0@gmail. com
For his first year as prin- cipal, “they were wonderful, totally supportive of me,” he said. “The cheered me for no reason except that I’m princi- pal. And, I’ll take that any day, right?”
In this edition, I also have a story about the Reedley High Symphonic Band’s whirl- wind, once-in-a-lifetime con- cert appearance in late May with esteemed composer and conductor Joe Hisaishi and Symphony Silicon Valley.
The musicians rehearsed a lot before heading to San Jose. The ensemble included musical leaders of the Pirate Marching Band.
That meant they also had to wear the marching band uniforms, just like the stu- dents.
When I talked to band director Sam Gipson for the story before they left, I asked him when he last wore a marching band uniform.
He grinned and said 1997, when he was in the RHS band and graduated from Reedley High.
And what had it been like performing with the students? “It’s fun,” he said. “It’s neat being there with the kids and showing them we can do it, too, and that we're all in it
together.”
Photos of the latest quilt exhibit in downtown Reedley are featured in this edition of
June 9, 5:30 p.m. An-
nual Sierra View Homes Auxiliary Spring Bene t Dinner. Featuring singer Scott MacIntyre. At Si- erra View Homes Retire- ment Community, 1155 E. Spring eld Ave. Evening also includes appetizers, gourmet dinner, silent auction and raf e prizes. Proceeds bene t projects and activities at Sierra View Homes. Tickets are $60 per person, or a table of eight for $420. To make reservations, call Sierra View Homes at (559) 638- 9226.
June 9, 24th Annual Youth Fishing Derby. At Shaver Lake. This is a free event. Contests in different categories for youngsters ages 3 to 15. Though sh- ing is the main attraction, there also will be other fun activities and contests and a free derby raf e. Registration is online at http://sierratrophytrout. org/derby or at the SCE Day Use Area on Road #2 from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. day of the event. For more information, call (559) 855-8752.
June 11, 4 p.m. “Travel Actionary” presented
by the Reedley Library. Teens and tweens are invited to use their draw- ing, acting and sculpting skills for a game that is a combination of Pictionary, Charades and Sculption- ary. At the library, 1027
E St. For details: (559) 638-2818.
June 13, 10 a.m. Magician Tim Mannix presented by the Reedley Library. It’s a family friendly magic show. At the library, 1027 E St. For details, (559) 638-2818.
Panorama.
The display is at the West
Coast Mennonite Central Com- mittee museum space at 1010 G St. People familiar with the space know that they can ac- cess it with assistance from the folks at the Mennonite Quilt Center, 1012 G St.
And, if you have visited there lately, you’ll see that the quilt center has reconfigured its store layout. The informa- tion/checkout counter is now located more toward the back, so the colorful bolts of fabric are more prominently dis- played.
Turning my attention back to books, David Borofka recently shared with me in- formation about the 2018-19 Reedley College Speaker Se- ries. He is a Reedley College English instructor and one of the organizers of the lauded series, which has featured prominent writers such as Joyce Carol Oates, Jane Smi- ley and T.C. Boyle.
The name Meg Wolitzer quickly caught my attention. She’s on the schedule for March 7, 2019. I’ve had her best-selling novel “The Inter- estings” on my list of books to read for several years. It’s a story about a group of female friends, from teenage years to middle age and all that hap- pens in between.
Notably, Wolitzer’s lat- est book released this year is “The Female Persuasion.” Patty Rhule, in a review for USA Today, described it this way: “The best-selling author of ‘The Interestings’ tackles feminism, friendship, loyalty and love amid sexual miscon- duct and the women’s empow- erment movement.”
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a.m., an exercise class by video meets in the Redwood Room at the Reedley Com- munity Center, 100 N. East Ave.
Tai Chi Class
Join us for tai chi on Mondays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. The benefits include better balance and prevention of falls, increased circulation, improved breathing and improved mind. It’s $10 per month.
Register at the Reedley Community Center office, 100 N. East Ave., and pay for the class.
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.
Movies for All Ages
The City of Reedley will present “Movies at Pioneer Park” on June 15 and July 20. Both dates are Fridays. The movies – which are free – start at 8:15 p.m. Pre-mov- ie activities start 30 minutes before the film.
The movie on June 15 is “Jumanji.” The film on July 20 is the animated film “Coco.” Bring a lawn chair and a blanket and enjoy the evening.
Community Partners
We appreciate all our community partners for their continuing support for our senior programs:
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
We could not offer all the programs we have for seniors without the help of our volunteers.
Are you looking for an opportunity to volunteer? Did you know that studies show volunteering can in- crease your life by seven years?
Call Christina at (559) 637-4207. She can find an option that will fit your in- terests and skills.
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