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Page 6 - Senior's Lifestyle Publication Supplement To Shelby Shopper & Info It's A Good Life – AUGUST 2010 Kings Mountain Patrick Center Event LIVING HEALTHY PROGRAM A Living Healthy six-week program for people living with ongoing health problems will be offered beginning September 1st from 9:00AM-11:30AM on Wednesdays and ending on Wednesday, October 6th at the Patrick Senior Center in the Ceramic Room I. Emphasizing ways to help improve your health one step at a time, the Chronic Disease Self Management Program is FREE and is sponsored by Isothermal Planning and Development Commission Area Agency on Aging, Life Enrichment Center and NC Cooperative Extension Cleveland County Center. If you have arthritis, high blood pressure, diabetes, or heart disease, this course is designed to help you better manage chronic conditions and live a happier, healthier life. Studies have shown that the course is extremely effective in helping people man- age their health. Subjects covered include: managing pain, fatigue, depression, and frustration, improving and maintaining health with appropriate exercise, wise use of medications, effective communication with family, friends, and professionals, eating for health, problem solving, and evaluation of new treat- ments. Each participant will receive a copy of the companion book, “Living a Healthy Life With Chronic Conditions” and a CD, “Time for Healing.” Participants will learn a variety of skills and coping actions, and choose the ones they want to use. Space is very limited. To register, please call or come by the front desk. This has been a very popular class, and hopefully we will be able to offer other sessions. So if the class is already full when you call, please ask them to put you on the waiting list for the next class. NASCAR HALL OF FAME Ladies and Gentlemen start your engines…..and come with us to the Nascar Hall of Fame in Charlotte with the Patrick Senior Center on Monday, August 9th From the down-home history of stock car rac- ing to the legendary drivers and their race cars, the Nascar Hall of Fame has packed in everything that’s great about NASCAR. On your visit, your senses will come to life by the sights and sounds throughout the spectacular NASCAR Hall of Fame. With amazing artifacts, interactive exhibits, simulator rides and the ever-changing events at the High Octane Theater, you’ll always encounter something new at the Hall. You also can take home a souvenir at the gift shop to help you remember it all. We will be able to tour the Hall of Fame beginning at 10:00AM and will have about three hours to check out all the neat stuff. We will have lunch (on your own) at the Hall of Fame Café with the cost for lunch ranging from $8.00 to $9.00. Space is limited, so seats are available on a first come, first serve basis. The cost of the trip is $15.95 per person plus lunch on your own. You must sign up and pay by Friday, July 23rd. We will leave the Center at 9:00AM and return by 3:00PM. SENIOR CHORUS NEWS The Senior Center Chorus will take a break for the summer. We will not have Choir practice during the months of July and August. Singing will start again on September 13th. We meet in Conference Room I each Monday morning at 10:30 AM. We hope to see some new faces and those same faithful faces in the fall. Stay cool and safe this summer and keep those voices in tune! SENIOR CENTER WALKERS CLUB Walking is a great exercise that most everyone can do and you can walk in comfort at the Center around our track or on the treadclimber or treadmill in our exercise room. Remember, seventeen times around Reduce Your Utility Bill During the hot summer months our utility bills tend to soar like the heat. Would you like to learn how to keep your utility bills from climbing as fast as the temperature? Do you live in the City of Shelby and are dreading what your utility bills are going to look like now that the rates have increased? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you’ll want to join the Neal Senior Center (100 TR Harris Drive, Shelby) on August 26, 2010 at 10:30 am for a special program on reduc- ing your utility bills through simple and easy methods. Vallery McCoy from the City of Shelby will be the guest speaker on Aug. 26th. She has lots of tips and suggestions to help you keep your cool without breaking the bank. Pre-registration is required for this program. To pre-register or for more information, please call 704-482-3488. Outdoor Flea Market Join the Neal Senior Center for the August 2010 Outdoor Flea Market. Find some great bargains and fresh produce on Friday, August 13 from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., come rain or shine. There are still a number of spaces available (at $5 each) if you would like to be a vendor. For more information or to reserve a space in the Center's parking lot at 100 TR Harris Drive, Shelby, NC 28150, please call 704-482-3488. Senior Games Fundraiser Cleveland County Senior Games is sponsoring a raffle for a beautiful hand-crocheted afghan through August 31, 2010. The black and silver afghan was crocheted by Lillian White. Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5 and are available at the Neal Senior Center (100 TR Harris Drive, Shelby, NC) from 8 am – 5 pm, Monday-Friday. You do not have to be present to win. Thank you for your support of Cleveland County Senior Games. Join the Neal Senior Center, located at 100 TR Harris Drive, Shelby, for the third and final installment of Pesticide Free Pest Control on August 26, 2010 at 1:00 pm. Instructor, Randy Hoyle has some great ideas and tips to help you eliminate those pesky pests without using harsh chemicals. Pre-registration is required for this program. To pre-register or for more information, please call 704-482-3488. Pesticide Free Pest Control SIZZLIN SUMMER SPECTACULAR The Neal Senior Center & The Red & Purple Peppies Attention: Red Hat Clubs! Mark your calendar for Friday, August 20, 2010 for the Sizzlin’ Summer Spectacular at the Neal Senior Center. The event will feature a fashion show by The Fashion Corner, entertainment, and a delicious lunch. Throughout the spectacular be assured there will be plenty of door prizes. Lunch will be served at 11:30 and will include Chicken Salad, Fruit Salad, Potato Salad, Dessert, Croissant, and Drink. Entertainment and Fashion Show will follow lunch. Contact Lori Livingston at the Neal Center (704) 482-3488 by Tuesday, August 10, 2010 to make your reservations. Ticket cost is $15.00 each and payments must be made in advance to Council on Aging, 100 T.R. Harris Dr., Shelby, NC 28150. Please call early as there will be limited seating. Seats will be reserved as payment is received. All proceeds benefit the Neal Senior Center. Come join us for a time of fun and fellowship. SIZZLIN SUMMER SPECTACULAR Sponsored by Kings Mountain Patrick Center Events the inside of the Center equals one mile. We also have an elliptical which can be easy on the knees for those who may have knee problems or check out our bicycle, and our gazelle. All these opportunities for fitness are available to senior age 55 and older for FREE at the Center. In the next few days, we will be getting a weight system, which can help you with muscle and bone strengthening. We will also be getting a new bicycle that is extremely comfortable, and can help with overall fitness. As always, check with your doctor before beginning a new exercise program, and come do what you can to get healthy. COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTION The Patrick Senior Center will again distribute U.S.D.A. commodities (surplus foods) on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH FROM 1:00PM—2:30PM. Commodities are surplus foods given to states for dis- tribution to low income folks. If you are a senior adult in Cleveland County and are low income, you may qualify to receive a bag of this food. Please call during our pre-registration days to find out if you could qualify. To be eligible to pick up your commodities at the Center on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, YOU MUST HAVE PRE-REGISTERED by calling the Patrick Senior Center on Tuesday, August 10th, Wednesday, August 11th, or Thursday, August 12th between 9:00AM –11:00AM. If YOU DID NOT PRE-REGISTER IN MAY ON THE SPECIFIED DATES, YOU WILL NOT HAVE COMMODITIES AT THE SENIOR CENTER TO PICK UP! WE DISTRIBUTE COMMODITIES FOUR(4) TIMES PER YEAR AND YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER EACH TIME THAT WE DISTRIBUTE COMMODITIES IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE THEM EACH TIME. YOU MUST PICK UP YOUR COMMODITIES BY 2:30PM ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH , OR THEY WILL BE RETURNED TO SHELBY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO SOMEONE ELSE BY 3:00PM. NO EXCEPTIONS! Please make arrangements NOW and have a back-up plan should you be unable to pick-up your commodities due to illness or other problems. If you plan to let someone else pick up your commodities and did not request a permission slip, please cut out the permission slip on page 11 of this newsletter. Please fill it out, sign it and send it with the per- son picking up your commodities. If you do not pre-register with the Center, you can still pick up your commodities at the Shelby Fair Grounds on Wednesday, September 15th beginning at 8:00AM from the Shelby Lion’s Club. If you have any questions, please contact Terrie Lewis, Program Coordinator at the Center AN AGE FOR JUSTICE” PROGRAM Elder Abuse is something rarely talked about in our community, but it happens more than most people can imagine. On Tuesday, August 31st from 6:30-7:30PM, the Patrick Senior Center will host the show- ing of a short documentary entitled, “An Age for Justice: Confronting Elder Abuse in America”. This documentary brings you into the homes of courageous American elders to hear their poignant and real stories about abuse, neglect and exploitation that they have experienced. This intimate story reveals a hidden crisis harming older Americans in every community across the country. By uniting the voices of abused elders, family members and experts from across the nation, “An Age for Justice” brings the issue of elder abuse out of the shadows and asks us to imagine what we would do if someone we knew was a victim of elder abuse and we were in a position to stop it. That someone could be you one day! This event is FREE and open to the public. We hope you will attend this eye opening screening! Parade Of Tables The Neal Senior Center (100 TR Harris Drive, Shelby) is planning a Parade of Tables Event on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 6:00 pm. Table sponsors are needed. SPONSORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING: PARADE OF TABLES RULES Sell 8 tickets for your table at $20.00 each Make a dessert – 1 cake or 2 pies (Because of space, don’t bring a dessert that needs to be refrig- erated. Have desserts at the Senior Center by noon on Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. Decorate your table anyway you want, you can use paper products, fine china, whatever theme you want. After dinner, clear your table and you will be responsible for all your items. Bring dishes to the Senior Center in a container marked with your name on it so that your waiter will know where to place dirty dishes to be taken home to be washed. Each person decorating their table will be responsible to clean their table. Tickets can be sold to men and women. Please write the name of ticket holder on back of ticket for door prize drawing. We will have somebody in the foyer taking up tickets. Bring salt and pepper shakers and a little container to hold packets of creamer, sugar and splenda packets if you have something to match your table setting. Do favors for your guests. Do not spend a lot on this. Could be candy in a bag or container, etc. Can be hand-made. An envelope will be on each table for tips. 100% of all tips will go toward the Senior Center Programs and Operations. If you would be interested in sponsoring a table, please call Paulette Putnam or Lisa Abernethy or contact them by e-mail at labernethy@agingcouncil.org; or pputnam@agingcouncil.org. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE SENIOR CENTER A Perfect Night’s Sleep For You Or Someone You Love. Flex-A-Bed is the adjustable bed for people who: • Have active lifestyles • Suffer from injuries or chronic illnesses • Need a great night’s sleep every night! 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