Our Administrative Office Hours: 8:30am - 3:30pm Monday-Friday Membership Rates: Annual: $20 for the first member ($10 Additional Family Member) Life-Time: $200 for the first member ($100 Additional Family Member) “The Scene” Contents Page 2 Membership News Page 3 February Calendar Page 4 Activities & Events Page 5 Great Escapes Tours & Trips Page 6 Volunteering & Community Page 7 Sponsorship & Donations Page 8 Member Info & Activities Hot Sheet Page 1 Breaking News & Announcements Visit us at: 1124 W. Sinto Ave., Spokane, Washington 99201 / 509.327.2861 / [email protected]/ www.sintocenter.com Inside This Issue March 2014 Volume 11 / No. 14-03 The Scene Sharing Life at SINTO - The Activity Center! 509-327-2861 A Fun and Mysterious Dinner Event Friday, March 21st, 5:00-7:00PM Tickets deadline is the 14th! $10 in advance / $12 at the door Come celebrate spring with a night of mys- tery and intrigue. Christal has developed a cra- zy and fun dinner night that is sure to provoke our curiosity and problem solving skills. Participants must role play according to a script and we will have a narrator to keep the plot on track throughout the evening. Characters will remain secret until the event. There will be plen- ty of suspects but in the end only one is guilty! Dinner will be buffet style with chicken and plenty of side dishes. We’ll also be selling tickets for an upcoming raffle of a Mirabeau Park Hotel Date Night Certificate: room, meal & cham- pagne valued at $150. If you’re a big ham and want a showy part, we’ve got it for you. If you’re more behind the scenes and don’t like attention, we’ve got that part too. So, relax and enjoy this really fun time. Please contact Christal at (509) 327-2861 [email protected] for more info Deadline: March 14th -- Tickets must be purchased 1 week in advance to enroll and receive your part and script Lunch & Learn This winter we’re go- ing to visit local cui- sine and learn some- thing new on each trip, great restaurants and fun tours. In February we visited the Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga and the NW Muse- um of Art & Culture. This month we’ll visit Orlando’s, St. John’s Cathedral, and the Mi- zuna Restaurant [Details on pg. 5] Celebrating Our 2013 Volunteers What a privilege it was to express our grati- tude to all the many volunteers who made 2013 so successful. We hope you enjoyed yourselves at this celebration and understand how important you are to all the members and participants here at Sinto--Thank you!! A HUGE Thank You to our sponsors for this great event-- Royal Plaza Retirement Center. The food, setting, and hospitality was fantastic! What a great evening together. 2014 Volunteers! We are ramping up our volunteer core for 2014 with more recognition incentives, quar- terly rallies and new projects and activities inside and outside of Sinto. We encourage all those currently on the sidelines to jump in and see where you can lend a hand. We’re having a lot of fun working together, getting to know each other and contributing some- thing worthwhile to our community. Contact Christal Florin to see how you can fit in; more hands make it soooo much better! Sinto’s Spring Craft Fair is Coming! Dates: Friday & Saturday / April 18 & 19 Details on Page 4 The Scene is a monthly publication of Sinto Senior Activity Center New Great Escapes Booklet is Coming! Our travel team is working on the overnight tours Sinto is offering beginning in April and going through November. All details should be finalized the beginning of this month. Please check in with us or call for an update on the release date. Then sign up before the seats fill up! Spokane Mystery Pics Last months mystery pics were: Pic #1 Patsy Clark Mansion and Pic #2 Gonzaga University Campus. Diane Lehman was the first to give us the correct answer and earned $10 Sinto Bucks! See if you can figure out the locations of this month’s mystery pics. The first person to properly identify both locations will earn $10 Sinto Bucks! Seahawks--World Champions! They’re success was attributed to a “total team effort.” It’ll work at Sinto too! Go team! Joyce Thompson (left) receiving her T-Shirt and certificate and a group of volunteers (right) lis- tening to the awards presentations. QB Russell Wilson (Left) & Head Coach Pete Carroll (Right) hugging GM John Schneider
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Our Administrative Office Hours:
8:30am - 3:30pm Monday-Friday
Membership Rates:
Annual: $20 for the first member ($10 Additional Family Member)
Life-Time: $200 for the first member ($100 Additional Family Member)
“The Scene” Contents
Page 2 Membership News
Page 3 February Calendar
Page 4 Activities & Events
Page 5 Great Escapes Tours & Trips
Page 6 Volunteering & Community
Page 7 Sponsorship & Donations
Page 8 Member Info & Activities Hot Sheet
Page 1 Breaking News & Announcements
Visit us at: 1124 W. Sinto Ave., Spokane, Washington 99201 / 509.327.2861 / [email protected] / www.sintocenter.com
Inside This Issue
March 2014
Volume 11 / No. 14-03
The Scene
Sharing Life at SINTO - The Activity Center! 509-327-2861
A Fun and Mysterious Dinner Event
Friday, March 21st, 5:00-7:00PM
Tickets deadline is the 14th!
$10 in advance / $12 at the door
Come celebrate spring with a night of mys-
tery and intrigue. Christal has developed a cra-
zy and fun dinner night that is sure to provoke
our curiosity and problem solving skills.
Participants must role play according to a script
and we will have a narrator to keep the plot on
track throughout the evening. Characters will
remain secret until the event. There will be plen-
ty of suspects but in the end only one is guilty!
Dinner will be buffet style with chicken and
plenty of side dishes. We’ll also be selling tickets
for an upcoming raffle of a Mirabeau Park Hotel
Date Night Certificate: room, meal & cham-
pagne valued at $150.
If you’re a big ham and want a showy part, we’ve
got it for you. If you’re more behind the scenes
and don’t like attention, we’ve got that part too.
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March Birthdays!
Dorothy Miller 1st
Penny Harold 2nd
Tatsuko Gaines 3rd
Ilene Wahl 3rd
Eileen Bahken 4th
Betty Guillot 4th
Don Ryan 4th
Stanley Parks 5th
Jeannine Bolstad 6th
Darlene Olson 7th
Dottie O Reilley 7th
Kathleen Chinen 8th
Betty Englehart 9th
Sharon Nash 10th
Jacque Derby 11th
Wilda Sutton 12th
Jack O Reilly 13th
Kathleen Reeves 14th
Tove Grigsby 14th
Karen Kitt-Chapman 15th
Ramiro Sosa 15th
Grace Witter 15th
Iris Peham 16th
Barb Williams 16th
Evelyn Maly 16th
Cathie Fjellman 17th
Allen Wunderlich 17th
James Breen 18th
Arlene Volpe 18th
Josie Cooper 19th
Jeanette Botrager 19th
Phyllis Rissler 19th
Judy Felice 24th
Joanne Shaw 25th
Patrica Moller 26th
Dorothy Babcock 27th
Olive Gram 27th
Jeannette Guest 27th
Tom Higgins 27th
Joe Paulson 27th
Rowena Sargent 27th
John Walter 30th
Orville Clouse 31st
Beverlyn McNutt 31st
Jack Ehragott 31st
Welcome New Members!
Delores Steward
Rosalinda Krigbaum
Heidi Broderius
Bill Turner
Florence Childs
Firley Pickens
Kevin Reeves
Steve Corker
Helen Sandifur
Sinto’s Birthday Luncheon $5.00
March 12th at 11:30AM
If this is YOUR birthday
month, lunch is on us! And
bring a guest for just $5.00
per person. Everyone is wel-
come to join us for this
“homestyle” hot lunch, prepared right here at Sinto. Please
call and make a reservation 24 hours in advance. Thanks!
[Menu on page 3]
A Message From Your President
Hello Spring and all the newness
that comes with Spring. We have
many new volunteers at Sinto that
are helping out with our functions
coming up in the next few
months. Thanks for your willing-
ness to pitch in! Activities take
lots planning and preparation; we
dream big and the end result is
Sinto is an organization that pro-
vides you with plenty recreational opportunities. Many day
trips and overnight jaunts are planned for many months
ahead. Cal and Christal spend many hours monthly on our
newsletter compiling facts to keep you all informed; be
sure and read it fully. Thanks to the 115 who bought tick-
ets to the 2nd Sinto Tea, a fun afternoon for sure. It made
our volunteers very happy to see your attendance and it
was very rewarding to them for all the hours preparing for
the event. I am excited to be attending my first Mystery
Dinner Event on Friday March 21st, as I know doing new
things is good for my health. I invite you to join me by
getting your tickets before the 14th and finding out what
your murder scenario role will be at the dinner. Don’t wor-
ry, it’s going to be a lot of fun with parts for both outgoing
and shy characters. See you all around Sinto! Wayne
Non-Discrimination Statement:
No individual shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefit of, subjected to discrimination under, or denied employment in the ad-ministration of or in connection with this agreement because of age, sex, race, color, religion, creed, marital status, familial status, sexual orienta-tion, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or use of a service animal by a person with disabilities.
Wayne McMorris Sinto President
Please keep these families in your
thoughts and prayers
Get Well Soon
Maggie Sword
Lillian Brown
Anna Charbonneau
Passed Away
Sandy Edison’s sister-in-law passed away
Sinto’s Board of Managers:
Wayne McMorris (Pres.), Ann Lungo (VP), Judy Balzer
(Treas.), Alice Michael (Sec.), Marvin Donaldson, Fran El-
lis, Charlie Hanks, Tom Higgins, Kay Howard, Darlene
Humphrey, Fred Nottier, Ginger Otto, Kathy Reeves, Hil-
lary Schaefer, and Joyce Thompson
Sinto’s Staff:
Cal Coblentz, Abby Daniels, Jason DeFilippis, Christal
Florin, and Maggie Sword
Membership News
New and Exciting...
We hope you are finding new and
exciting ways to live your life.
Routines are necessary for effi-
ciency but spontaneity brings a
special joy to life also. Trying
something new, like our Murder
Mystery Dinner, might just be the
thing to give your life a lift this winter. We are always look-
ing for new ways at Sinto to bring excitement to living.
Please join us by trying something new and helping make
our events fun for everyone. Thank you! Blessings - Cal
Like us @ Sinto Activity Center
Life-Time Membership
New this year is the Sinto Lifetime Membership. You can
lock-in your benefits forever by making one advance pay-
ment of $200, which is the equivalent of 10 years at today’s
rate. You’ll never have to renew again and your benefits will
never lapse. Plus your long term commitment helps strength-
en Sinto! Additional qualifying family members: $100 each
Sinto’s newest Life-Time Member: Sue King
Call us for details: 327-2861
Cal Coblentz Sinto Director
Mystery Picture #2 - Can you name this cozy place?
Mystery Picture #1 - Can you name this fun Spokane hotspot?
2014 Spring Tea
March 2014 THE SCENE Sharing life at Sinto! The Activity Center Page 3
Sinto Senior Activity Center is a proud member of: SYSCA Spokane Youth &
Senior Centers Association
SYSCA was founded as a network of non-profit corporations collaborating and cooperat-ing together for the betterment of the youth and
seniors of Spokane, Washington.
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It’s Time to Sign Up for Next
Quarter of ACT2 Classes
Please check out the insert for all the
classes being offered right here at Sinto
for the Spring Quarter through the
Community Colleges of Spokane.
A Time to Talk
by Robert Frost
When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don't stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven't hoed,
And shout from where I am, 'What is it?'
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.
Smarter Than Him
by Nick Philips
I locked my brother in a closet
T’see what he would do.
And jus' before I think he lost it,
He thoughta something new:
“Ha-ha!” he said—I thought,
“Oh, dear”—
“You know, I think I got it!
I’m not locked insida here,
I locked you outta the closet!"
“Nuh-uh!” I said; he disagreed,
So I opened the door on a whim
To prove, before he made me bleed,
That I was smarta than him.
The Arrow and the Song
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.
I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?
Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.
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Bingo Events
Every Thursday & Saturday 1:00pm
25 cents per card and $1 per flimsy. We have
special treats for extra games also. Come join
the fun! Early Bird round is every Thursday @
12:45pm with a 50 cent buy-in.
Volunteers are welcome. Call Alice for infor-
mation at 467-3722.
Foot Care Clinic Mar 18th, 9-Noon
Our foot care clinic is available every 3rd Tues-day right here at Sinto. You can schedule a 15 minute “Pedicure” appointment for just $15.
The next clinic will be held from 9am—Noon on Tuesday Mar 18th. Please call our office to schedule your appointment: 327-2861
Jimmy Sirmans receiving a T-Shirt and certificate
at the Volunteer Gala. We also had a great team
of young folks that helped serve our volunteers
throughout the evening. A special thanks to Royal
Plaza Retirement Center for sponsoring us!
Thanks for Making Sinto’s Tea a
Great Success!
We want to thank all of our Winter Tea volun-
teers. The setting was wonderful, food and teas
were extremely tasty, and the entertainment was
very funny! Thanks to all who made it so great!
The event was attended by 115 people and
raised well over $1,100 for Sinto -- Awesome!
Activities & Events
Game Day - NEW!
Every Wed 12:30-2:30pm
Tickets: $2 / $5 for Bunco
We’re playing a variety of games every Wednes-
day afternoon including Sequence and Bunco. If
you have ideas please let us know. Bunco is $5
with $3 from every ticket going to payout priz-
es. All other game days are $2 per person.
Bunco is always the 3rd Wed of the month. Call
us and get signed up so we can start the fun!
Sinto’s Lunchtime Chat
Thur, March 6th / 11:30-12:30PM
Paula Davis from Heritage Funeral Home!
A free presentation / Lunch $3.00
“Writing your life story: Proactive measures will help your family when the time comes…” “Talking about sex doesn’t make you pregnant;
talking about death doesn’t make you dead.”
Join Paula Davis from Heritage Funeral Home
for a discussion about getting your ducks in a
row! It is a chance to learn about writing your
life story which is the basis of a good obitu-
ary. Paula will also talk about some of the in-
formation necessary for a death certificate and
what other documents need to be completed at
end-of-life. Bring those questions you have al-
ways wanted to ask a funeral director. Find out
what you need to do to complete your pre-
planning for a funeral or memorial service.
Please RSVP for Lunch & Program 327-2861
Pinochle Parties
Every Monday, Thursday, & Saturday
Monday: 11:30 Lunch, Play at Noon, $2.00
Thursday: Play at 6:30pm, $2.50 (Snacks provided afterward)
Saturday: Double Deck Pinochle, $3.00 Play starts at 7pm (Call to commit)
For all inquiries call Wayne McMorris 509-220-5020
chitecture and stories of the St. John’s Cathedral.
Afterward, we will dine at downtown hotspot,
Mizuna featuring the best of fresh local organic
northwest ingredients. Lunch at 1:15 PM.
Cost: $8 Member - $13 Non-Member
Spangle Crab Feed is Here!
Driver: Judy Balzer
*Tour Easy
Fri, March 14th
4:15 PM – 7:00 PM
Cutoff Date:
March 1st
Join us on this great adventure to Spangle for
an ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT Crab Feed and Si-
lent Auction. Enjoy the delicate flavor and
sweetness from the ocean as well as an adult
beverage or soft drink. If you don’t like crab -
they have the option of ham too. We have
been given a special time so we can come in
early for the feed.
Cost: $36 Member - $41 Non-Member
Cost includes meal and transportation.
Cat Tails Zoological Park
Driver: Roger DeShaw *Tour Moderate
Sun, March 16th
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Cutoff Date: March 7th
Experience Cat Tales Zoological Park &
Training Center, home to 36 resident lions,
tigers, pumas, bears. Please wear appropriate
walking shoes and layer for weather condi-
tions. Note: grounds at the zoo are gravel
(uneven footing).
Cost: $15 Member - $20 Non-Member
Cost includes transportation, admission, picnic
lunch (open air shelter)
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ACROSS 1. Coming up 6. "Oh my!" 10. Doing nothing 14. Parisian subway 15. Not straight 16. A noble gas 17. Spew 18. Tardy 19. Tight 20. Horn 22. If not 23. Devil tree 24. A Christian celebration 26. Hindu princess 30. Excavate 31. Frequently, in poetry 32. Beasts of burden 33. "Comes and..." 35. Chain of hills 39. One more than fifteen 41. Groundbreaker 43. Banana oil, e.g. 44. Views 46. Charity 47. Snagged 49. Completely 50. In order to prevent 51. Scant 54. Regretted 56. Greek letter 57. A type of semiconductor
CHOICE Helpers: We’d love to have more volunteers. Please call Abby for details, 327-2861.
Choice Program Sinto proudly facili-tates the CHOICE Program. CHOICE is a service of the Community Services Depart-ment at Spokane County that helps disabled clients over 60 connect to their community through recreation activities.
Sinto is now an official drop sight for the Lions Club “Eyeglass Recycling Program.” If you have any used pre-scription eyeglasses or hearing aids that you can no longer use, please bring them to Sinto and place them in the drop box. These donations help tens of thousands of needy people throughout the world. Thank you Lions Club for your efforts to help the less fortunate and thanks to Sinto friends for helping this great cause!
Eye Glass and Hearing Aid Drive!
Abby Daniels CHOICE Supervisor having a great time at the Sinto Tea with Hazel
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2. Protagonist
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5. Showered with love
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