Enjoy friends and fun at the Naples Senior Center • May 2015

Senior CenterNewsletterWHAT’S NEW IN MAYNews at the Senior Center

NAPLESSENIORCENTERA PROGRAM OF JFCS

April was a busy and fun month for mem-bers at the Naples Senior Center. We had great entertainment, and presentations at Lunch and More with: The Kitchen Band, who had everyone up and dancing, talented Dottie Jackson with piano & vocals!! Dr. Allen Weiss, President & CEO at NCH discussed “The Blue Zone, and Gary Vincent w/Collier County Vet-eran Services. We also had our members’ from Writers’ Workshop share their mem-oirs with us. The Center for Critical Thinking stimulated our brains in a social setting, with great discussion on “Common Core. Needed?” Thank you for making this the best destination in Naples!

NAPLES SENIOR CENTER WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS*

*New Members (all those who have joined March16-April15)

CENTER FOR CRITICAL THINKING – Thursday, May 14th from 11-12:30. EXERCISE YOUR BRAIN IN A SOCIAL SETTING WITH SHARED OPINIONS, CONVERSATION AND SOCIALIZATION. This Month’s Discussion Topic: Religious Change In America. For Better or Worse? MAH JONGG CLASSES – Starting on Friday, May 22nd from 1 to 3:30. Six week lesson plan. LIMITED TO 4 MEMBERS. RESERVE YOUR SEAT BY REGISTERING IN COPILOT!! COMPUTER CLASSES-PC (Laptops) Wed., May 20th 1:30-3pm: Lesson One: Getting to know your computer. Wed., May 27th 1:30-3pm: Lesson Two: The InternetWed., June 3rd 1:30-3pm: Lesson Three: E-Mail LIMITED TO 4 MEMBERS. RESERVE YOUR SEAT BY REGISTERING IN COPILOT!!DREAM TEAM WILL MEET THE 3rd WEDNESDAY EVERY MONTH AT 1:15PM IN THE SENIOR CENTER. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE MAY 20TH.

MARSHA A. ALTLAND • CAROL S. ANNIS • SHARON L. BENNETT • ROGER BRADY • SANDRA J. BRADYSALLY BRICKMAN • JUDY BUCKLEY • ELLIE PEARSON CANTOR • ROSE CARCIONE

MARTHA J. D'ANNIBALLE • CHARLES E. DEMPSEY • NORMA DIAMANT • EDWARD DINOVAELSIE R. DINOVA • MAUREEN DUNLAP • MARIANNE FANNING • RITA FARRELL • LINDA FLEISCHHAUER

ALICE FRENCH • GEORGE FRENCH • RODOLFO J. HAFNER • GORDON HEDGPETH • AMBER HYNEKNORBERT HYNEK • SHARON K. JOHNSON • GREGORY KASHMANIAN • AGATHA LAMEY

CHRIS LITTLE • PAULA MARTINO • ARLENE MCCARTEN • VIRGINIA MCKENNA • RITA MOSKOWITZJERRY NEPON • RICHARD NEPON • JULI NOLAND • SUSAN NUSSBAUM • MARCY O'MEARA

FRED RUFFO • LORETTA RUFFO • CECILIA RUFO • JOSEPHINE RUSHING • JAN SABO • MURRAY SIEGELRHODA SIEGEL • ARLENE SILBERSTEIN • ELEANOR R. SLAVIN • RENE D. SUDLER • WILLIAM M. THOMSON

DARBY W. TIBBITS • JUDITH C. TRYKA • MARION UNGRICH• CAROL WALSH • JUDITH WIND

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UPDATES ON EXISTING ACTIVITIES FOR MAY DREAM TEAM

MEETS EVERY3RD WEDNESDAY

AT 1:15 PM IN THESENIOR CENTER.

SEE YOUMAY 20th

Tai Chi Classes are on Tuesday(s) from 1–2:30pm for intermediate level, and Friday(s) 9:30-10:30am for beginner level. Computer Assistance is still available Wednesday(s) 1:30-3pm and Friday(s) 10:30-11:30am. Please sign up in advance in Copilot. Happy Hour Chair Yoga with Instructor Dede – Join us every Tuesday from 3-4pm for stretching, breathing, balance and MORE! Chair Yoga VIDEO – Every Monday & Friday from 12:15 – 12:45pm to keep the stretching, breathing and balance going! No Need to Pack Your Bags - We’re bringing the world to you through Travelogue with Jim Sernovitz. We will be traveling with Jim to Indonesia-Land of Volcanos and Dragons on Wednesday, May 6th from 1:15 to 2:15. Just look at the summer vacation we’ll be having with these incredible destinations: Northern California on Wednesday, June 3rd from 1:15 to 2:15, Rocky Mountain Holiday on Wednesday, July 1st from 1:15 to 2:15, Three Faces of China on Wednesday, July 29th from 1:15 to 2:15 and The Baltic Sea on Wednesday, August 26th from 1:15 to 2:15. ART CLASSES May 4th Polymer Clay Jewelry – PART 1. Learn Mokume Game technique to create decorative “stones” resembling cloisonné. May 11th

Polymer Clay Jewelry – PART 2. Combine polymer pieces with jeweler’s wire techniques to assemble pendants, pins & earrings. Learn to “screen print” clay using pastels. May 18th Glass Bead Decoration. Collage, draw, print, glitter: make plain glass beads into works of art. Necessary materials will be provided and you may want to bring a favorite picture, drawing or pattern to use with the provided materials.

May 25th – Closed for Memorial Day LIT WITS The members of the book club will meet to discuss Family Tree, author Barbara Delinsky, and select next month’s book to read. In a casual setting, listen in on the discussion if you haven’t read the book, and be there to cast your vote for June’s book. Thursday, May 14th 2-3:30pm. Join us for Bridge, Mah Jongg and other card games every Friday afternoon from 1-3:30pm. Beginners to advanced players are welcome. Be sure to sign-up on Copilot in advance. It will help us put together games. MONDAY MOVIE MATINEE 1-3pm. Come for the movie, the friendship and the popcorn! May 4th Love Is A Many Splendored Thing: In Hong Kong in 1949, Mark Elliott (William Holden) is an American reporter covering the Chinese civil war. Undergoing a trial separation from his wife, he meets the beautiful Dr. Han Suyin (Jennifer Jones), a widowed physician from mainland China. As the pair fall in love, they encounter disapproval from both her family and his friends about their interracial romance. May 11th Moonstruck: No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta (Cher) accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny (Danny Aiello), than she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny (Nicolas Cage). She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls deeper in love, she comes to learn that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance. May 18th Houseboat: Tom Winston (Cary Grant) is struggling to raise his three children on his own after his wife's death. After meeting the charming and beautiful Cinzia Zaccardi (Sophia Loren) at a concert, he hires her as a live-in nanny. Unbeknown to Tom, Cinzia is actually a European socialite on the run from her domineering father (Harry Guardino) and has absolutely no experience with cooking, cleaning or raising children. She does, however, have an interest in Tom.

May 25th Closed for Memorial Day

MAY AT THE NAPLES SENIOR CENTER

PLEASE PRE-REGISTER FOR ALL PROGRAMS.Sign-up when you’re at the Senior Center or call 239-325-4444

REGISTRATION FOR WEDNESDAY’S LUNCH IS REQUESTED BY THE PREVIOUS FRIDAYPlease, do not park in the lots directly to the left and right of our building. When our lot is full, our parking lot attendants will assist you.

For Collier Area Transportation to the Senior Center call 239-252-7272.If you haven’t signed up call JFCS and we can help you get registered.

NAPLESSENIORCENTERA PROGRAM OF JFCS

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

PLEASE PRE-REGISTER FOR ALL PROGRAMS.

Sign-up when you’re at the Senior

Center or call 239-325-4444

1 9:30-10:30: Tai Chi 10:30-11:30: Computer & Cellphone Assistance 12:15 – 12:45: Chair Yoga VIDEO 1-3:30: Cards, games

4 10-12: Art Class 12:15 – 12:45: Chair Yoga VIDEO 1-3: MOVIE: Love Is A Many Splendored Thing

5 10-11: Beginners’ Spanish 11-1: Needle Works 1-2:30: Tai Chi 3-4: Happy Hour Chair Yoga w/Dede

6 11-1: Lunch and More: Musical Performance w/Kate & Sandrea 1-2:30: Collier Area Transit 1:15-2:15: Travelogue w/Jim Sernovitz - Indonesia-Land of Volcanos and Dragons 1:30-3: Computer Assistance

7 2-4: Writers’ Workshop

8 9:30-10:30: Tai Chi 10:30-11:30: Computer & Cellphone Assistance 12:15 – 12:45: Chair Yoga VIDEO 1-3:30: Cards, games 11

10-12: Art Class 12:15 – 12:45: Chair Yoga VIDEO 1-3: MOVIE: Moonstruck

12 10-11: Beginners’ Spanish 11-1: Needle Works 1-2:30 Tai Chi 3-4: Happy Hour Chair Yoga w/Dede

13 9:30-11:30: SHINE: (Medicare) 11-1: Lunch and More: Stu Warshauer & The Naples Klezmer Revival Band 1:30-3: Computer Assistance

14 11-12:30: Center for Critical Thinking- Religious Change In America. For Better or Worse? 2-3:30: Lit Wits (Book Club) 2-4: Writers’ Workshop

15 9:30-10:30: Tai Chi 10:30-11:30: Computer & Cellphone Assistance 12:15 – 12:45: Chair Yoga VIDEO 1-3:30: Cards, games

18 10-12: Art Class 12:15 – 12:45: Chair Yoga VIDEO 1-3: MOVIE: Houseboat

19 10-11: Beginners’ Spanish 11-1: Needle Works 1-2:30: Tai Chi 3-4: Happy Hour Chair Yoga w/Dede

20 11-1: Lunch and More: Loud & Clear & Free-Ctr. for Independent Living Gulf Coast Presentation 1-2:30: Veterans’ Services

1:15: Dream Team Meeting

1:30–3: Computer CLASSES PC (Laptops) Lesson ONE.

1:30-3: Computer Assistance

21 2-4: Writers’ Workshop

22 9:30-10:30: Tai Chi 10:30-11:30: Computer & Cellphone Assistance 12:15 – 12:45: Chair Yoga VIDEO 1-3:30: Mah Jongg CLASS 1-3:30: Cards, games

25

CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY

HOLIDAY

26 10-11: Beginners’ Spanish 11-1: Needle Works 1-2:30: Tai Chi 3-4: Happy Hour Chair Yoga w/Dede

27 9:30-11:30: SHINE: (Medicare) 11-1: Lunch and More: Celebrate Memorial Day w/Dottie Jackson & Surprise Guest Appearance 1-2: Alzheimer’s Support Network (Caregivers) 1-2:30: Seniors vs Crime (2nd Flr) 1:30-3: Computer CLASSES - PC (Laptops) Lesson TWO 1:30-3: Computer Assistance

28 2-4: Writers’ Workshop

29 9:30-10:30: Tai Chi 10:30-11:30: Computer & Cellphone Assistance 12:15 – 12:45: Chair Yoga VIDEO 1-3:30: Mah Jongg CLASS 1-3:30: Cards, games

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MAY BIRTHDAYS

MARK IRGANG • DONALD FOLLETTE • PERRY GOLDENBERGROSEMARY RIOTTO • ANGELA DOLAN • ALBERTA MILLER • FRANKIE CLEMENT

DEBBY GOODMAN • ANNE WOODLAND • MARY PAT BOWERS • SUSAN N.COMER NORMA DIAMANT • ANGELO MAFFUCCI • FRANCES MASLOWSKI • KATHY WILSON

BILL GREGG • GRISELDA G. WILSON • MAE C. CASTELLO • BETH GILMANJOE DONAHUE • DIANA GREENBERG • DOREEN AUSTREVICH • MARION UNGRICH CONNIE LAZZARO • JUDI SZYMANSKI • KENNETH JALET • BEVERLY SILVERMAN

ANTHONY TESAURO • MAY TORO TASETANO • JOANNE BARTOLOMEODORIS FRACE • HARLEY PEEBLES • RUTH GARRETT • JOHN FAUP • DAVE KUHRE

HILDE GOODSTEIN • EYDIE HELLER • VERNA E. BENSON • ALVA DIXONCARL M.JOHNSON • WILLIAM LINDSAY• ARLENE MCCARTEN• GILDA RAIMONDI

CAROL S. ANNIS • SONYA BLOOM • SHIRLEY JEAN KASE • ANDRIETTE CAMPBELLSANDREA DAVIS • MARGARET PATCHEY • JEANNE W. CAMPBELL

PAT MORRISON • DOLORES PARZYNSKI • MARGARET TOWNSENDLINDA KERLIN • VIRGINIA MCKENNA • DIANE WALLACK