Summer Days - P1 In the Spotlight - The 90’s Club! - P2 2017 Travels with NOSC - P5 Ice Cream Social - P6 North Oakland Senior Times NORTH OAKLAND SENIOR CENTER JULY-AUGUST-2017 There is joy in my morning In the slow return of spirit to body The comfort of my soft, warm bed The sigh of contentment As the realization fills me once more That I am now retired And don’t have to go to work The day is mine! In the Good Olde Summertime! “If Only” poem, a class exercise. If only a beautiful sunflower would grow inside my heart and fill it with bright yellow light that I would radiate out to that man in the BART station who struggled through every step, and to all others who need help warmth and love and healing Judy Geller from NOSC’s Writing Group shares her poems with us. They convey a sense of lazy days of summer when there is time to stop, contemplate, enjoy the sun and bounty of fresh produce maybe f from your own garden! NOSC members Ellen Levin and Eleanor Compton invite you to join their popular group when it resumes on August 11th. On right: Our Wednesday Mandela Marketplace kicked off summer with a super “Produce Party” complete with recipes and delicious samples. Below: Healthy Living enjoys the Harvest of the Month, the avocado presented by member Marilyn Bobino (Center) Haiku Clouds move through the sky I watch with fascination Love these lazy days!
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Summer Days - P1
In the Spotlight - The 90’s Club! - P2
2017 Travels with NOSC - P5
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There is joy in my morning In the slow return of spirit
to body The comfort of my soft,
warm bed The sigh of contentment As the realization fills me
once more That I am now retired
And don’t have to go to work
The day is mine!
In the Good Olde Summertime!
“If Only” poem, a class exercise. If only a beautiful sunflower would grow inside my heart and fill it with bright yellow light that I would radiate out to that man in the BART station who struggled through every step, and to all others who need help warmth and love and healing
Judy Geller from NOSC’s Writing Group shares her poems with us. They convey a sense of lazy days of summer when there is time to stop, contemplate, enjoy the sun and bounty of fresh produce maybe f from your own garden! NOSC members Ellen Levin and Eleanor Compton invite you to join their popular group when it resumes on August 11th. On right: Our Wednesday Mandela Marketplace kicked off summer with a super “Produce Party” complete with recipes and delicious samples. Below: Healthy Living enjoys the Harvest of the Month, the avocado presented by member Marilyn Bobino (Center)
Haiku Clouds move through the sky
I watch with fascination Love these lazy days!
Hannah M. Parker
Birthday: November 1, 1920
Place of Birth: Patterson, TX
Center Activities: Membership Registration, Share-A-Walk, Advisory Council.
NOSC Member: Since 2009
Education/School Attended: As-sociate of Arts Degree/Straights Business College, New Orleans, LA
Words of Wisdom: Do Your Very Best! Don’t Settle For Average!
Fondest memories of Childhood: Reciting the “Gettysburg Address” in the 7th grade and the entire class applauded!
Favorite Quote: “Hold to God’s Unchanging Hand” Hobbies: Reading Just One More Thing: My uncle, Oscar “Papa” Celestin was a professional jazz musician in New Orleans. He started the original Tuxedo Orchestra. He also entertained at the White House for President Dwight Eisenhower!
The Spotlight is on NOSC’s 90’s Club
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This month the Spotlight is on NOSC’s 90’s Club new inductees: Hannah Parker and Lessie Prejean.
Hannah NOSC’s longtime Membership Chair will turn 97 years young soon and Lessie has just graduated to the 100’s Cub! Compiled by Zeola Slaughter
North Oakland and Ashby Villages Support to Stay in your Home
Lessie M. Prejean “Centernarian” Birthday: January 21, 1917
Place of Birth: Opelousas, LA
NOSC Member: Since 2011
Words of Wisdom: Don’t let anybody push you around.
Fondest Memories of Childhood: Going to horse races with Papa.
Hobbies: Baking, Cooking,
Listening to Jazz
It Takes a Village...or two! The mission of both North Oakland Village and Ashby Village is simple. Both local groups are part of a nation-wide movement to help sen-iors live as long as feasible in their homes and familiar com-munities, with confidence and peace of mind. Our members
and volunteers lean on one an-other to support aging in place. OUR VISION is to build and sustain a community where all are supported, valued, and able to thrive as we age. NOV offers an ever-evolving menu of services, activities, seminars, classes, outings and events.
Learn more about North Oakland Village at "Time to Talk" Third Fridays 10:30AM-12:00PM (July 21, August 18, September 15)
Learn more about Ashby
Village at their Open House Saturday, July 8. See flyers enclosed for details.
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Hats off to the Special Events Committee for a fun event to showcase “Easter Bonnets” at lunch on Easter Monday. There were door prizes, cookies, and lots of smiles as everyone enjoyed the creative millinery worn by all!
Tour of FDR’s
Potomac on Flag
Day!
Out & About More summer days
Oakland A’s Senior Days only $2 Shuttle from NOSC plus ticket!
If you haven’t traveled with us to a ballgame yet, don’t miss out on the special fun of a group trip! Next trip: Wed. July 19 Sign-up now!
Aging and Adult Services Manager Scott Means and NOSC’s Antonia Rivera with Mayor Schaff at the Older Americans Month Event on City Hall Plaza in May. Far left: Laverne Hayes hosts NOSC’s information table.
Photos courtesy of Diana Sims
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Flea photos by Robert Hofmann Above: Advisory Council members, Zeola Slaughter (Event Chair), Diana Sims, and Advisory Chair Laverne Hayes have fun pricing rummage items. Upper right: Food concession volunteers Extraordinaire: Rosa Dangerfield, Jim Anderson, and Joyce Thompson. On right: Smiley Johnny Williams on keyboard and friends entertain the crowd. Over $1600 was raised to benefit center programs. Thanks to the Special Events Committee, volunteers, vendors and rummage donors for your efforts!
Thank YOU! You make a difference!
Special thanks to all who contributed rummage items to the Flea Market: Harriett Atkins, Laverne Hayes, Diana Sims, Lillian Edwards, P. Delaney, Maryer Norris, Browne Holloway, Enid Pollack, Jean Ward, Marie Rogers, Eleanor Compton.
Thanks to the Committee, Zeola Slaughter, Lillian Edwards, Laverne Hayes, and Patricia Williams and all the volunteers who assisted: leafletters Edith &Paul Lee, Sekilati Kodilichi, Annie Rhodes, Phyllis Posey, Joyce Thompson, Emma Burgie,
Robert Hofmann, Deborah Scott, Jim Anderson, Judith Levy, Earline Blanchard and Rosa Dangerfield. Also, a big thanks for a big donation of quilting materials to Philip Jewell and to Ed Ord for magazines for the Center’s “Revolving Library.”
Fun & Fundraising
Upcoming Trips:
Monday, July 17. Oakland Zoo. $2 for first 22 NOSC members. Bring your own lunch or eat at a zoo café or at the new eatery at the top of the gondola! Sign-up now!
Wed. July 19-$2 Oakland A’s Senior Days. Open for sign-up!
Wed. August 9 - $15 Jelly Belly Tour, Bagged Lunch & Larry’s Produce. Opens July 18
Wed. Aug. 16 - Oakland A’s Senior Days. $2. Opens July 20
Friday, August 25. KQED Tour & lunch at Delancey St.
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On the Go! Trips-Tours-Tickets. Discover the joys and savings of group travel!
. Premier World Discovery
See flyers in the Center for the one remaining Premier trip in 2017. Note the special discount for NOSC seniors -$200 off per couple when your final pay-ment is by check! Roundtrip airfare and airport transfers are always included. Nov. 7 Country Roads of Tuscany, Florence & Siena! A 2nd bus is filling fast! Act fast!
August 17, 9:45AM Preview features the Nov. 2017 Santa Fe Holiday plus 4 exciting 2018 trips including Thailand!
Congratulations to the 20 NOSC graduates of Eat Smart, Live Strong! UC Cooperative Extension Community Educator Max Fairbee (center) will return for Healthy Living nutrition talks and a future Eat Smart class. Keep posted.
Yosemite 2018 Sign Interest Sheet at
the Reception Desk and Come to the Info Session
October 17, 10:45AM We have 15 rooms (30 sen-iors) reserved for May 8-10,
2018 at the Lodge in Califor-nia’s premier National Park.
$410 per person, double-occupancy. Don’t miss this
NOSC tradition! Travel by Amtrak.
Welcome Dinner in the Mountain Room. 3 days/2 nights
Day Tripping on the OPED shuttle!
Extended Travel Premier World Discovery and our own Yosemite!
Eat Smart, Live Strong
of our monthly Healthy Living program, the class will start on 2nd Tuesday, May 9, but continue for the next 3 Tues-days. Please note: class starts earlier at 10:00AM.
Receive lots of giveaways, cookbooks, calendars, measuring cups, etc!
Information Workshops Realty and Scams
Realty Workshop Thursday, July 13, 10:00AM Realty specialist J’ean Eason has information for you whether you are looking for a contractor or thinking about
selling your house. Learn how to pick a contractor, how to choose the right realty pro, what is a 1030 exchange and how can it help you. Refresh-ments provided.
Scam Prevention Workshop Tuesday, July 25, 10:45AM
The East Bay Community Law Center presents Spot Scams, Stop Scams. Don’t become a victim! RSVP Reception Desk.
5714 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Oakland, CA 94609
Advisory Council: Earline Blanchard, Emma Burgie, Rosa Dangerfield, Laverne
Hayes, Robert Hofmann, Diana Sims, Zeola Slaughter and Patricia Williams
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS TUESDAY, JULY 4 - CENTER CLOSED
July 7/Aug. 4,11:30AM-1:00PM Alzheimer’s Lunch & Learn Potluck. Caretakers Support. July 11,10:30M Healthy Living. Flyer in Center. July 13, 10:00AM Realty Workshop. P5. July 17 Oakland Zoo. Sign-up now. P5. July 19/Aug. 16 Lawyer in the Center. See flyer. July 19 A’s Senior Days. Opens June 26. July 20,11AM-12PM. Spanish Class. Sign-up now July 21/Aug. 18. 12:00PM 3rd Fridays, Lavender Seniors Lunch Bunch. July 25, 10:45AM Stop Scams, East Bay Law. P5. July 27/Aug. 24 Free Poetry Reading with live smooth jazz ~Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. July 28 Birthday Lunch. Reserve by July 18. Aug. 2 Ice Cream Social. P6. Aug. 9 Jelly Belly Tour & More. P5. Aug. 16 A’s Senior Days. Opens July 20. Aug. 17, 9:45AM. Premier Presents 2018 trips. Sept. 21 United Seniors Healthy Living Festival at The Oakland Zoo. Shuttle sign-up opens Aug.1st May 2018 Yosemite by Amtrak. Sign Interest sheet at Reception Desk. Info session October 17.
Ice Cream Social Wednesday, August 2
The Special Events Committee hosts
NOSC’s 2nd Annual
Ice Cream Social
on the Patio Join us for fun, prizes
and performances by Saxophonist Bernard Anderson and the Prescott Circus Theatre!
