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10 Oak HarbOr
WELCOME TO FALL
By Barry Wenaas
Program Assistant, Oak Harbor Senior Center festival.
Well, we know summer is coming to an
end when Labor Day arrives and the
Oak Harbor Music Festival is here. Hope
W.I.G.S.
(Whidbey Island
Genealogical Searchers)
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1–3 pm,
2720 Heller Road, Fire Station #25 off to school and summer vacations are
George Lawson, a firefighter and
former military member, will discuss
9/11/2001 from the military and
firefighter standpoints.
All are welcome to attend.
Call Bobby O’Neal, 360-632-5591
or email whidbeygensearchers@
gmail.com for more information.
Oak Harbor
Senior Center
51 SE Jerome St.,
Oak Harbor, WA 98277
Front Desk: 360-279-4580
Normal Business Hours:
Mon-Fri, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Additional evening and
weekend classes and events
as scheduled
Yearly Membership Dues: $40
Available for anyone 50+ years
Liz Lange • (360) 279-4581
Senior Services Administrator
Carly Waymire • (360) 279-4583
Program Coordinator
Barry Wenaas • (360) 279-4582
Program Assistant
Send comments and suggestions
to CWaymire@oakharbor.org
Oak Harbor Senior Center, 360-279-4580
SeniOr Center September 2018
per Carrier Day. This is a day we honor Chip Batchellor, President of the
those who were or are now newspaper
Whidbey Island Gem Club, shows off
ily populated by kids from pre-teen
sion
many of you are able to enjoy this year’s carriers. Years ago it was a job primar- some rocks during their morning ses-
to 16-year olds. At that age, most kids
moved to restaurant, grocery store and
What a unique summer we have had. retail jobs. Newspaper carriers date
Labor Day is always celebrated the first back to the 1800s. September 10, 1833,
Monday in September. This is also called 10-year old Barney Flaherty became the
the “working man’s (woman)" holiday first newspaper carrier. Benjamin Day,
in appreciation for the work you do in publisher of the New York Sun, hired
or outside of the home, union or non Barney to sell papers for his penny press. Do you remember your first teddy bear?
union, big company or small, or govern- The only job requirement – he had to Did you take it everywhere; did you
ment. show he could throw the newspaper into cuddle it; sleep with it; talk to it and do
the bushes! October 26, 1982, President favorite things together? Well, the teddy
The first Labor Day was celebrated in Reagan issued a proclamation naming bear has a special day – September 9. It
New York City September 5, 1882 and this day Newspaper Carrier Appreciation is said no child should grow up without
was started by the Central Labor Union Day. If you still enjoy reading your news- a teddy bear. Many fire department and
of New York City. In 1884, it was moved
paper in print, consider leaving a little
police departments and EMS vehicles
to the first Monday in September. It something out to thank the person who have teddy bears available to soothe
quickly became popular and one state
delivers your newspaper!
children in need. Teddy bears make you
after another voted it as a holiday. June How many of you take time to pick up a feel secure in an otherwise insecure
28, 1894, the U.S. Congress voted it to be
a national holiday. It is also viewed as an real book and read? Well, take time out world. Many adults still have their teddy
official end of summer and the kids go September 6, pick up a book and read. bears. During the early 1900s Theodore
Roosevelt was in office as President of
We have a great library system here on the United States. He was a hunter and
over. Labor Day traditions are celebrated the island with Sno-Isle Libraries. Get to
with a day off and celebrating one last your nearest library or senior center to while hunting in Mississippi in 1902,
picnic, closing pools and putting boats pick up a book. It doesn’t matter where he refused to shoot a small bear. The
away. you read the book, just make sure it is in Washington Post picked up the story and
a cozy comfortable place – if you doze made a cartoon of the event. Toy store
One of the special days we celebrate in off, we won’t tell. Enjoy. owners, Morris and Rose Michtom wrote
September is Collect Rocks Day – which to President Roosevelt for permission
occurs the 16th. Did you know we have September 8 is International Literacy to call their stuffed animal Teddy Bears.
a very active group of rock collectors at Day which was originated by United Teddy bears became wildly popular and
their company came to be known as the
the Oak Harbor Senior Center? They are Nations Educational, Scientific and Cul-
a great group called the Whidbey Island tural Organizations (UNESCO). The first Ideal Toy Company, one of the largest
toy companies in the world. It is believed
Rock and Gem Club. They meet every celebration was Sept. 8, 1968. teddy bears are very important to chil-
Tuesday evening and the Lapidary group
dren (young and old) and deserve a day
The first Sunday after Labor Day, we
meets every Thursday evening. In Febru- celebrate National Grandparents Day. It of recognition. Winnie the Pooh is a very
ary, they present a very impressive gem
show for three days at the center. If you is time to celebrate those special people famous teddy bear. Don’t forget to take
are interested, please feel free to come who are always there with a hug, a kiss, time to have a Teddy Bear Picnic. So, do
by and see what they have to offer – a cookie, something special, or take you have memories of a special stuffed
great people – great fun. September 16, us somewhere. It is time to honor our pal you had years ago?
you can also act like a kid for Act Like a grandparents. As many of them are now
Kid Day. The ice cream of choice today is special memories, take time to think of Remember September 11. I doubt
Rocky Road. some of those memories you have of anyone will ever forget where they were
your grandparents. National Grandpar- the morning of September 11, 2001
when they heard of the attacks on the
Can you imagine sky scrapers here in ents Day originated in 1978. President twin towers of the World Trade Center in
Oak Harbor? Seattle and Bellevue have Jimmy Carter declared it to be the first NYC and the Pentagon. This horrible day
Sunday after Labor Day. If you are a
plenty, so there is not a need for any
here on our island. However, there is a grandparent, enjoy a bit of grandchild will be etched in our memories forever
Sky Scraper Day and it occurs September time if you can! We know many of you – like the attack on Pearl Harbor that
3. It is a day to appreciate and admire play a big role in the life of your grand- brought us to WWII, the 911 attacks led
the world’s tallest skyscrapers. The tall- children, some even being a primary us into a new war – the war on terrorism.
est is in Dubai at 2,717 ft, 163 floors and caregiver. To those who fill this role, a I was in the Panhandle of Florida, and
was built in 2010. Listed as 32nd is the huge happy National Grandparents Day as a Red Cross volunteer involved with
blood drives, we were activated to set up
Empire State Building in New York at to you. You are amazing! centers and man with volunteers – basi-
1250 ft with 102 floors. They are energiz-
ing and architectural marvels. The 3rd September 9, 2018, Rosh Hashana cally 72 hours straight. People were lined
was chosen as it is Louis H. Sullivan’s begins at sundown and ends September up for hours – a steady stream of donors
birthday (1856), the architect credited 11. It is the celebration of the Jewish who just kept coming, all asking what
with the first skyscraper. New Year. It celebrates the creation of they could do and all very patient. This
the world and is one of the holiest days happened nationwide. America came
September 4, we can celebrate Newspa- of the Jewish year. together in an unselfish way.
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