OCTOBER Santa s Senior Center Corporation Inc. Office Hours 11-3 M-F. programs that encourage older adults to use their skills, develop their

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1 OCTOBER 2018 Office Hours 11-3 M-F Monday: 9:30 & 11:30 Games & Potluck 15th Deadline to sign up for Birthday Luncheon/Annual Membership Meeting 12:00pm Tuesday: 2nd FNSB Election 2nd,9th,16th,23rd,30th Daily Lunch - sign up in advance 9th Coffee with a Cop SSC Wednesday: 3rd CSFP Box 3rd,10th,24th Daily Lunch - sign up in advance 10th SSC Board of Directors Meeting 10:00AM 17th SSC Birthday Luncheon/Annual Meeting 11am (Reservations) Medicare Minutes following luncheon meeting 24th Deadline to sign up for Dinner at the Center 12pm 31st Parks and Rec outing: the Pagoda 11:30am-12:30pm Thursday: 11th,18th,25th Daily Lunch - sign up in advance 25th Card signing for our Troops 9am-3pm Friday: 9:30 & 11:30 Games & Potluck 19th FNA Potluck and Games 11:30 26th Dinner at the Center 5:30-6:30pm (Reservation Only)$20.00pp Saturday: 6th 1st Saturday Bingo 4:30 games/5:30 Potluck/6:30 Bingo 20th Fall Bazaar 10am-4pm Bazaar/Bake sale/lunch 20th North Pole Health Fair Supporting Our Community: 9th 10am Coffee with a SSC Our Mission is to create inviting enjoyable programs that encourage older adults to use their skills, develop their potential, and continue involvement in the community. Santa s Senior Center Corporation Inc. 101 E 5th Avenue North Pole, Alaska

2 National Days (907) NEWS OCTOBER 2018 VOLUME X 101 E. 5th Avenue North Pole, Alaska Dear Senior Friends: I missed the Birthday Luncheon in September, attending a Homemakers, Family Community Education Conference in Hatcher Pass. Special thanks to our Vice President, Pat Arthur for filling in for me. I heard she did a great job. The Conference theme was: Many Hands Makes Volunteering Fun. This is a subject dear to my heart. We have so many willing hands at our Senior Center. But we can always use more hands to lighten the load of the usual volunteers. Volunteerism was evident for our Rummage/Trunk/Bake Sale on September 7 th and 8 th. We made a whopping $ for our Center, while having a fun time. It took a dedicated group to see this happen. Now in October we are busy again. Our delicious $5.00 donation weekday lunches continue on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays. Sign-up sheet is on the Café wall on the yellow clipboard. We had a nice Dinner at the Center in September and will have another on October 26 th. Come to the Center for an elegant night on the town, with service and no work for you. Sign up on the office bulletin board. Cost is $ Don t miss out on this fun evening. October 20 th will be our Fall Bazaar of hand made items by our friends and neighbors. Sign up soon for a table. At $20.00 per table, they will fill up fast. Lunch will be served. The menu will be comfort food: Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches Sorry we had to postpone until early 2019, our October Trivia Night. It was a conflict of time and other issues. Farewell Christina: Our Wonderful Christina Baker is moving, due to her husband s employment. Christina is a wonderful asset to our Center. We will miss her smiling face and always clever ideas. So, if you know of anyone interested in applying for cleaning the Center or being our paid cook: Contact Sharon Kubacki, Chairman of the Hiring Committee. (907) If she is unavailable the other committee members are Barbara Sevier and Hunter. Goldie Southwood Santa s Senior, Board President NATIONAL COFFEE WITH A COP DAY Wednesday, October 3rd National Coffee with a Cop Day brings men and women in uniform together with their communities to connect over a cup of joe. Inspired by the cliche about officers and their coffee shop donuts, National Coffee with a Cop Day encourages communities to sponsor an event that will bring citizens and those on patrol together. The opportunity for open dialogue, break down barriers and improve communication creates a valuable bridge to relationships in our communities. HISTORY In 2016, the first National Coffee with a Cop Day took place across the nation. The idea was launched by the members of the Hawthorne Police Department in Hawthorne, California in They sought ways to interact with their community every day more successfully. As a result, they established a Coffee with a Cop events to do just that. Throughout the year they make meaningful connections, and the idea has spread across the country to all 50 states! COLUMBUS DAY Monday, October 8th Columbus Day is an United States observance held each year on the second Monday in October. The day signifies Christopher Columbus arrival to America on October 12, HISTORY Colorado first observed Columbus Day in 1906 as it became an official state holiday. More and more people and states began to recognize Columbus Day. In 1937, Columbus Day became a federal holiday in the United States. There are many instances of people observing Columbus voyage since the colonial period. In 1792, there were celebrations in New York City and other US cities, celebrating the 300th anniversary of his landing in the New World. President Benjamin Harrison called upon the people of the United States to join together in celebration of Columbus Day on the 400th anniversary of the event. During the anniversary in 1892, teachers, preachers, poets and politicians used Columbus Day rituals to teach ideals of patriotism. These patriotic teachings were framed around themes of support for war, citizenship boundaries, the importance of loyalty to the nation and celebrating social progress.

3 CENTER NEEDS Toilet Tissue Thank you for your continued support of our Center! ********************************************* We are planning a future fund-raiser for our Center s expenses. We would like all of your excess costume jewelry. Just bring it to the Center any time, and ask Jana to give it to me. We will save it until we have enough for a future sale. Thanks in advance for your generosity. Goldie ********************************** We will be having a Card signing for our troops event at the center hosted by 17 mile homemakers on Thursday, October 25th from 9am-3pm. Please plan to attend and help support our troops. SSC Members receiving pins for their past support of this event. Santa s Senior Center Corporation, Inc Officers and Board of Directors President Goldie Southwood Vice-Pres. Pat Arthur Secretary Jennie Palazzo Treasurer Peggie Gurley Agnes Beavers J.N. Hunter Patrick Yates Parliamentarian William Sanderson SSC Board of Directors meeting is on Wednesday, October 10th, AM. The November Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 at 10AM. Members are encouraged to attend and give their input during the comment time. Check out to review the Board of Directors Meeting Minutes. *********************************************** SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING HIGHLIGHTS The below motions were approved: -Motion to authorize the President to spend up to $ for general operating expenses as needed without prior approval of the Board. -Motion to have Trivia night Oct. 5th -Motion to hire Christina Baker to cook lunches/ approved events. -Motion to have a Dinner at the Center the last Friday of each month from 5:30-6:30pm

4 SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON HIGHLIGHTS Wow what a crowd! We had a full house for the birthday luncheon this month. Get signed up early for next month if you would like to attend, that is two months in a row we were full. We had a great time at the luncheon. We had Fire Chief, Geoff Coon as our guest speaker he talked to us about smart911.com. You go online and fill out a profile that can help emergency personnel respond to your needs faster. Geoff also talked to us about Bleeding Control Kits, The City of North Pole is leading the way in getting these kits in schools and other public places. We also had Safeway here administering flu shots. September Birthday members pictured below, Pictured Left to right Cindy Jeffries, Madalyn Lehrer, Joyce Miller, Judith Hastings, Judith (Lynn) Israel. SANTA S SENIORS WITH OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS Marked with * 80 Years or Older 10 Pat Harmon 14 Ruthe Peterson 14 Sharon White 15 Susan Murray 15 Cathy Reese 18 Doug Isaacson 19 Lamie Ellsworth 20 Charlotte Fox 24 Ardena Morway* 25 JoAnn Edwards 27 Deborah Sears 28 Lyman Benshoof* 29 Bruce Reese OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES Years Married 4 Tony & Sharon Beeman Steven & Terry Huisman 47 Congratulations to all our winners! Luncheon Ticket = Joan Yingst 50/50 $65.00 = Agnes Beavers Door Prize, Marie Reed Thank You to the kitchen volunteers for serving an amazing lunch. REMINDER: Please make a reservation for the Birthday Luncheon next month. Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary to all of the above!!! We hope that you will be able to join us for the Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 Birthday Luncheon at 11:00AM! Seating will be limited so please call for reservation. Thank you to members and guests for remembering to call in a reservation for the birthday luncheon by 12pm on the Monday before. It helps us with food purchasing and planning.

5 Board nominees A special mailing will be sent out later this month with information about the nominees for the 2019 Board openings. *************************************** Wanted quilted items and other things you have made that you want to sell at the Grange show. The Grange will take a 25% commission, but this means you will not be needed there during the show to sell your items. Items for the sale can be dropped off at "That Old Sew and Sew" by 5PM on October 15. Items need to be labeled, priced and then a printed inventory list to assist in the Grange's record and sale tracking of all items. If you have any question, please feel free to contact Ruthe Peterson at ***************************************************** Fairbanks Concert Association Presents Tig Notaro Friday, October 12th at 7:30pm Hering Auditorium Stephen Wolfert Friday, October 19th at 7:30pm Saturday, October 20th at 7:30pm Pioneer Park Civic Center Black Violin Saturday, November 3rd at 7:30pm Hering Auditorium 1st ten members on the list get the tickets. If you went to the concert the previous month you will be placed on a waiting list for the tickets at the end of the allotted time if there are still tickets available, the center will call you and offer you the tickets Great News! They have brought our number of comp tickets up to 10 per concert this season. If you would like to know anything else please stop by and see Jana.

6 The 16 old yellow chairs from the Café are available for purchase by donation. Please contact the center if you would like to make an offer. ********************************************* 1st Saturday Bingo is Back!!!!!!!!! Please join us Saturday, October 6th 4:30pm games, 5:30pm potluck, 6:30pm bingo ******************************************** Trivia Night has been postponed until early 2019 ********************************************* Please join us on Wednesday, October 9th At 10:00am To celebrate national day: Coffee with a Cop Actual observance of this day is October 3rd. National Coffee with a Cop Day brings men and women in uniform together with their communities to connect over a cup of joe.

7 We are having daily lunches at the center. The process has changed a little. We have a sign up sheet for lunches. If we do not have at least 5 signed up we will not cook that day. We are trying this process to be able to provide a better lunch service to you, please be patient as we work through the process. See the calendar in the newsletter for days that lunch is planned, these days will be marked with a on the day. Please call and ask if you have any questions. To prevent our cooks from driving in for no reason it would be appreciated if you could get your name added to the list at least 1 day before you plan to attend. ************************************ Dinner at the center Friday, October 26th 5:30-6:30pm Reservation Only Estimated -$20.00pp Price will fluctuate depending on what is being served each month. ************************************* If you have any tasteful Alaskan Art you would like to donate to the center please send a picture for the decorating committee to preview. The Rummage/Trunk/Bake/BBQ Sale On September 7th & 8th Was a tremendous success. Thank you to all who helped make this event so successful! Event Report Rummage Sale = $1, Concessions/BBQ = $ Bake Sale = $ Trunk Sale = $ Total Raised = $1, *********************************************************** Parks & Recreation Outings Pagoda Wednesday, October 31st 11:30am-12:30pm Estimated cost pp = $22.00 This will be a drive yourself event. Please sign up if you plan to attend ************************************ Salcha Senior Center Bingo Friday, October 12th 7pm-9pm approximately Bring a friend!

8 October 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Indicates daily lunch is planned for this day. See process in Newsletter. 1 10:45Exercise :45Exercise 2 FNSB Election 9 10am Coffee with a SSC 3 CSFP Boxes 10 10:00am SSC Board of Directors Meeting 4 17 Mile Homemakers (FR) st Saturday Bingo 4:30pm Games 5:30pm Potluck 6:30 Bingo Sign up Deadline for B.D. Lunch 12:00pm SSC Birthday Lunch/Annual Meeting 11:00am Medicare Minutes Following the luncheon :30 Potluck and Games with FNA 20 Fall Bazaar 10am-4pm Bazaar/Bake Sale Lunch N.P. Health Fair pm sign up deadline for Dinner at the Center 25 Cards signing for our troops. 9am-3pm 26 Dinner at the Center 5:30-6:30pm $20.00pp :45Exercise Parks & Rec Outing Pagodaa 11:30am-12:30pmm