Second To Bowl 300

Jay Thorsted bowled a 300 score on bowling.  The only other was Edward Shepard in March 2010.  Everyone is trying hard to hit the bragging rights score of 300.  We'll see who will be next.  However, we need to mention that Virginia, our Kitchen Manager was able to get 300 score at home.

Tracy Avery Birds Visit Our Center

The Tracy Avery taught us about bird life styles. Vickie Smith was their demo project.


Barn Yard Owl and a Toucan Bird were the birds from the Avery.

The owl had plans of it's own. It took off flying and found happiness in front of a mirror on the center's stage.  You could say, he was a real HOOT!

Win It In A Minute

Wow!  That was fun!  Yesterday we let loose and played games galore.  David Walker put so much work into the whole collection of challenging trick games.  There are around 200 photos taken by Danna Polad to share with you.  As of yet they wouldn't all download onto the site.  So if when you read this article, make sure you check back and see the photo fun.  Look for Photos of our Patrons.  They are downloadable photos.  Who has more fun than our center?

This game had strings hung off or your ears.  The pencils were as an elevator with a piece of candy on them.  As the player pulled on the string the elevator would approach to the mouth.  If the candy didn't fall off, the person got to eat their candy.

If you could unlock the key to this game you would hook all three keys onto the string without dropping one.  These two were the first ones to play.  They had it the hardest.  We made them play while holding the pole in their mouths.  They did a darn good job too.  Everyone else was able to play holding it in their hand.  It became too hard with the mouth one, so we moved to useing hands instead.

Check out the other games and the fun we had.

Don't you just love it?  These folks are the life of the party.  Join us next time.

Quilt Winners

There was a very generous anonymous person that has donated handmade lap quilts to the center.  Another one that donated afghans.  We are using them for business builders.  Do I have your attention now?  How would you like to win one of the beautiful quilts or an afghan?

Well dear reader, you need to be here the day (undisclosed date) we are going to give away a quilt.  Right after we announce we are giving away a quilt, we give raffle tickets out.  If your number is called, YOU WIN!

The mission of this quilt giveaway is to get more people here.  That is why no one will be told when the drawings are.  There is no charge.  The stipulation is you need to be here in person, 60 or older/or with a spouse that is 60 or older.  After you have won, that is your last drawing for the quilts.  Everyone can only win once.

Here are some of our winners

Don Evans has been a long time patron that loves to oil paint.  Don was our first winner.

Warren Overson has the nickname of "Candy Man".  Warren likes to give.  He keeps us well stocked with candy and chips.

Salvador Montarossa loves to play pool.  This gentleman is a real joy to be hang out with.

Jim Newberry finds comfort in his close knit buddies.  This center helps him keep going.

Dave Guevare was a visitor.  He is Manuel Martinez's son-in-law.  Visitors win too!  (As long as they are old enough.

Rose Gaulazzi loves Bingo!  She is some what new to the center.  We have her hooked!  She loves it here, and we love having her here.

Jesse Greathouse is a long standing gentlemen that loves to eat lunch here.  Beats having to cook for 1 and clean up the kitchen afterward.  He has his buddies here to shot the breeze with.

Will you be the next winner?  Come on in, make yourself at home!

Pete Harman Day

Our Pete Harman Day theme this year was Aloha Pete.  Those who wanted to wore the island attire.  It was exciting to see so many get into the groove of it. All the photos are not going to be shown in this article and can be seen on the blog under Photos of Patrons on the right hand side of the blog.

The entertainment tried to teach some from the audience how to dance.  Look at the lady teaching in front.  I think that she has a little giggle in there, what do you think?  We had a great time.

Everyone did their best to dance the island way.  The thumbs up was a relieved teacher, that no one got bopped in the head with the balls on the strings. 

The good times rolled on and the food was great.  Most of all, we thank Pete for his love and support of this wonderful center.  It has changed peoples lives.  It gives them happiness that their own four walls at home don't have.   So with a twinkle of happiness in our eyes and a smile on our faces, we look forward to another great year a head.

Big Whopping Liar Contest

We had a BIG WHOPPING LIAR CONTEST October 13th.  The participants were to tell short stories, and the audience voted whether it was true or false.  Some of the stories were some whoppers, that's for sure.  Meet some of our Big Whopping Liars.

Terry Facer

Vickie Smith

Marilyn Johnson

Doyle Johnson

Carolyn Mayoh

Judy Slaughter

Vickie Banks

David Walker

 

 Virginia Shay

 Doris Bohman

 Warren Overson

Danna Polad

Maybe next year you may want to be a Big Whopping Liar.

Halloween Was A Blast!

October was very festive. The events spun from one to another. No one has been bored here. To start with, some of our crew decided to try driving to the Gardener Village trip themselves.

It didn't take them long to figure they'd better let Danna drive them to their location. (You know how independent seniors like to be at times).It was a safe landing. Do they look a little relieved?

October 28th, the West Valley Small World Pre-School children came Trick or Treating! Thanks to the help from the West Valley City Police department, the children were safe coming and going.

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We had a lot of fun with the children.  They are always adorable.  Our patrons sit on the chairs giving out candy as the children circle around holding their trick or treat bags open.  The children also treat us with their Halloween poems and songs.  We love spending time with the little spooks.