Bill s Column HAPPY BIRTHDAY. ...to the folks with birthdays in July/August

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1 2014 SenioRS Chat Bill s Column The summer is just beginning. Mostly, like almost everyone else, I really am not looking forward to sultry weather that we tend to have in the summer here. It d be nice to live in an igloo for a prolonged period of summer heat. Here is a good website for summer heat safety tips: Upcoming events for Happy Hands group for this summer will be: July 2 Bingo event with brown bags August 6 Games Day with brown bags Come join us for great fun! And keep yourselves cool in hot summer! HAPPY BIRTHDAY...to the folks with birthdays in July/August JoAnn Pelarski [July 10] Mike Marzolf [July 13] Leo Yates [July 16] Ginny Seaton [July 20] Ramona McClelland [July 24] Tom Dowling [July 26] Cheryl Rockburn [July 26] Katherine Blaylock [August 05] Margaret Buyas [August 13] John Harper [August 13] Robert Whitworth [August 19] Lynn Keefe [August 20] Frances Marzolf [August 27] Gary Viall [August 31]

2 PAGE 2 Happy Hands Lunch & Bingo July 2 & Aug 6 at 11:00 AM Happy Hands Luncheon at NVRC on July 2 and August 6: The Happy Hands group will meet on July 2 for Brown Bag lunch and Bingo. For August 6, we will have Brown Bag lunch and Bingo/Games. Each Bingo card is 25 cents. You can get a set of 5 for $1.00. For more information, please contact Bill Center at: wcenter@aol.com Amelia Hamilton graduates!! Nancy Rarus granddaughter (Amelia Hamilton) graduated from high school. She will attend Gallaudet University this fall. Fine Tuners Meeting on Feedback on Annual Picnic in June 1. Compliments A. Perfect Weather B. Total of 49 people attended C. Great Foods 2. Issues A. Appearance of Shelter B. Foods/Drinks Speakers/Upcoming Events 1. Janet Blakely - Recycling Center 2. Nancy Rarus - Speakers 3. Rocky Rockburn - Happy Hands 40th Anniversary in 2016 Motions/Action 1. Motion acted upon to donate 50 percent of the money earned from raffle sales to the 40th Anniversary planning chaired by Rocky Rockburn.

3 Photos from Happy Hands Picnic on June 4, 2014 For more photos, see: PAGE 3 The Picnic Folks! Happy Hands Fine Tuners Lois Herberger (Member-at-large), Jerry Pelarski (Raffles), Cheryl Rockburn (Food Committee), Rocky Rockburn (Member-at-large), Pat Beech (Newsletter Editor), Bill Center (Chair), Carolyn Willis (Vice Chair), Jill Moebus (Member-at-large), Robert Whitworth (Memberships), Peggy Daniels (Secretary), and George Herberger (Treasurer) Ken Shaffer, Jerry Pelarski, Jill Moebus, Selina Gilson, Pat Beech, Jim Beech, and Lois Herberger

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6 PAGE 6 South Dakota Trip by Bill Center In May, I attended Deaf Christian Senior Fellowship Convention in Rapid City, SD. We visited Mount Rushmore National Memorial twice. The first trip was during the day, and the second trip was during the night where we saw lights shining on the faces of the four U.S. Presidents, carved on the mountain. Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota near Rapid City We had Chuckwagon Dinner and Music Show that evening before going to Mount Rushmore again. Fort Hays Chuckwagon Dinner and Cowboy Music (ASL Interpreter at center of the stage, wearing black blouse) Deaf Christian Senior Fellowship group (sitting in front of the stage) Bill at Mount Rushmore National Memorial

7 PAGE 7 Happy Hands Events Happy Hands Bingo Gallaudet 150th Celebration ASL Dinners Happy Hands Bingo & Games ASL Dinners ASL Dinners ASL Dinners For more information about Gallaudet s 150th celebration, see: For more information about the Cascades Coffee Chat group, contact Bev Young at bevpager@aol.com. This group 10:00AM at Starbucks Marketplace, Southbank Street, Sterling VA Fredericksburg Deaf Seniors meet on July 8 and August 12 at noon. The location is Salem Baptist Church at 4044 Plank Road, Fredericksburg VA ( For more information, contact Arva Priola at apriola@cildrc.org. Maryland Deaf Senior Citizens, Inc. will not have any meetings in July and August. For more information, see: Northern Virginia Association of the Deaf will not have any meetings in July and August. For more information about NVAD, contact Jill Moebus at jmoebus@tmo.blackberry.net. For more information about ASL Dinners, contact Robert Goodwin at rsg0910@yahoo.com. URL is: July 6PM at Willard s Real Pit BBQ ( Chantilly Shopping Center, Unit #1A, Chantilly July 6PM at Pei Wei ( Market Commons Drive, Fairfax August 6PM at Red Robin ( Fair Lakes Shopping Center, Fairfax August 6PM at California Pizza Kitchen ( Pentagon Centre, 1201 South Hayes Street, Arlington For more information about Deaf Coffee Chat events in Northern Virginia, see: A. Leesburg Josephine Bergner at jbergner@wildblue.net 2nd Friday every month at 6PM-10PM at Panera Bread, 215 Fort Evans Road NE, Leesburg VA B. Martinsburg Donna Day at deafoutreach2001@yahoo.com 4th Thursday every month at 6PM at where Starbucks inside Target Store off I-81, Exit #12 C. Winchester Donna Day at deafoutreach2001@yahoo.com 3rd Thursday every month at 6PM-8PM at Starbucks, 191 Market Street, Winchester VA (inside Target off I-81, Exit #317) D. Fredericksburg Timothy Willard at tlwillard@gmail.com 2nd Thursday every month at 7PM-10PM at Starbucks Coffee, 3500 Plank Road #A, Fredericksburg 4th Thursday every month at 7PM-10PM at Starbucks Coffee, 9907 Southpoint Parkway, Fredericksburg

8 PAGE 8 Thanks to: Bill Center, George Herberger, and Jill Moebus for picking up stuff for the picnic tables Elaine Shaffer for providing the birthday cake for those with birthdays in June at the picnic Those that brought desserts and watermelon slices to the picnic Those that helped bag the leftovers and clean-up after the picnic Lois Herberger for hosting a game at the picnic info@nvrc.org Bill Center wcenter@aol.com If you have any news, stories, upcoming events, trips, anniversary celebrations, awards, etc., feel free to send the information to us, and we will add it to the next issue. You can send an to pgbeech@aol.com. Please inform us if you have address changes, etc. Hey, hey Pat, I got emotional a bit when I saw the picture of the USS KETTLEMAN HILLS along with my article in the Happy Hands Deaf Seniors publication (June 2014 issue). It is a very good picture and I surely love that ship still! It s amazing the way you were able to dig up this picture so long after the ship s launching. You re doing excellent work as editor. These tankers were imposing! In these days a lot of the young men doing shipyard work wore durable Levis jackets and jeans that were hard to get in stores. They sold well for shipyard work. Those Levi jeans cost $1.25 in those days. After the stores stocked them up the jeans sold fast. In my youth I used to wear Waist size 32 and Length size 30 which seemed to be the average size jeans. Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco has been manufacturing jeans since about 1860: Shipyard work was rough work pretty much of the time so the jeans wore out fast. Today s Levis jeans denim isn t as good as the old days. In my squad at the shipyard in Sausalito (California) there were four of us young boys/men wearing Levis jackets and jeans at the same time. We had a good time working together. We were happy to have helped with the victory across the seas. Ken Shaffer