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WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

Morden Activity Centre

306 N. Railway Street

Morden, MB R6M 1S7

Phone: 204-822-3555

Email: mordenactivitycentre@gmail.com

Website: www.mordenseniors.ca

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RENTAL OPTIONS

Auditorium – that seats up to 200 people

- Projected Screen

Conference Room – seats up to 30-40 people

Games Room -Two 5x10 Snooker Tables

-Two Floor Shuffle Courts

Commercial Kitchen - Fully Equipped

MEMBERSHIP $40/YEAR

Our annual membership runs from April—March. However, we accept applications from NEW members all year round. Please call the centre or see the front desk for details.

STAFF DIRECTORY

M.A.C.

Neha Kohli Centre Manager

Courtney Davison Administrative Assistant

Phone: 204-822-3555

SERVICES FOR SENIORS

Jenelle Warkentin Community Resource Coordinator

Phone: 204-822-5663

Board of Directors

Chairperson Evelyn Currie

Vice Chair Bill Potter

Secretary Cheryl Fedorchuk

Treasurer Janis Ehnes

Directors

Catherine Vanstone

Gloria Penner

Rosanne Reichert

John Epp

Thank you for sponsorship:

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A message from your Centre Manager 1.

Wishing you all a very Happy Canada Day!

June was a very busy month. The 8th Best-Ball Golf Tournament was held on June

17. We made close to $3000. Thank you to the committee members and the many

sponsors and businesses that help make this tournament a success.

The new flooring is complete, and the Centre is looking fresh and renewed. Thank

you to New Horizon’s for Senior Program and Morden Area Foundation for the

grants. I would also like to extend a thank you to the many members who donated

towards the project.

The Annual General Meeting was held on June 20th and the New Board of Directors

were elected. I would like to thank the outgoing Directors, Alice Shultz, Pat Bonner

and Cheryl Link for their commitment and services towards the Centre. At the same

time, I would like to welcome the new Board of Directors- Evelyn Currie, Cathie

Vanstone, Bill Potter, Rosanne Reichert, Gloria Penner, Janis Ehnes, Cheryl

Fedorchuk and John Epp. We still have two vacancies for the Board of Directors.

What’s coming up next? We have some trips planned for you. There is still room on

the bus for Folklorama Tours being held on Monday, August 12, 2019. The cost is

$90 for members and $100 for non-members that includes 3 pavilions: Russia,

Brazil and Japan.

Corn & Apple will be held August 23-25. The Centre is known for the three-day

lunch provided during the festival. WE NEED volunteers to help with the lunch. If

you signed up for helping during Corn & Apple when you renewed your member-

ship, you might get a call from any of the committee members in the coming weeks.

Alternatively, you can call the Centre and let us know when you can help. This year,

we will be requesting you to donate pie for desserts. Any donations towards the cost

of the food are also welcome!

As you all know the Centre is celebrating 25 Years in the facility this year. To start

with the celebrations, we are doing a Raffle Draw and giving away some BIG

prizes. The tickets are $20 for a book of 10 tickets. The sales of the booklet start

July 2. So come and buy your booklet and help us sell some too. The Early Bird

draw will be held on September 20th. These are the list of prizes:

Early Bird Prize: Apple iPad Wi-Fi – 128 GB

Prize #1: SAMSUNG 65” 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV

Prize # 2: Louisiana Country smoker Grill

Prize #3: KitchenAid Pro Stand Mixer

Calendar Pg2

What’s going on Pg3

Centre Pictures Pg4

25 Years & Still Going Pg5

Recipe Page Pg6

Calendar Pg7

Centre Information Pg8

Mark your Calendars

July 1: Centre Closed

Canada Day

July 11: Celebrations

Bus Trip

Beltone Hearing Toll

Free #1-800-661-2653

Horizon Hearing Toll

Free #1-877-300-7507

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

1.

CENTRE CLOSED

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

2.

11:45 am MEAL: Quiche

1 pm—Contract Bridge

3.

11:45 am MEAL: Tuna

Melts

1 pm—Barnswallow

Quilting

1:30 pm—Bingo

Evening Rental

7.

9 am – 1 pm

Redeeming Grace

Fellowship

Service @ 10:30 am

8. 9 am—Casino Bus Trip 9:15 am—Fitness 11:45 am MEAL: Chicken 1 pm—Cribbage

9. 10 am—Horizon Hearing

11:45 am MEAL: Roast Beef

1 pm – Contract Bridge

10. 11:45 am MEAL: Quesadillas 1 pm – Barnswallow

Quilting

1:30 pm – Bingo

14. 9 am—1 pm Redeeming Grace Fellowship Service @ 10:30 am & Potluck

15. 9:15 am – Fitness 11:45 am MEAL: Soup & Sandwich 1 pm – Cribbage @ Homestead South

16. 11:45 am MEAL: Meatballs

1 pm – Contract Bridge

17. 9 am—Board Orientation

11:45 am MEAL: Baked

Fish Fillet

1 pm – Barnswallow

Quilting

1:30 pm – Bingo

Evening Rental

21. 9 am – 1 pm

Redeeming Grace

Fellowship

Service @ 10:30 am

22. 9:15 am—Fitness 11:45 am MEAL: Salmon 1 pm—Cribbage

23. 10 am—Horizon Hearing

11:45 am MEAL: Casserole

1 pm – Contract Bridge

24. 11:45 am MEAL: Cabbage Rolls 1 pm –Barnswallow

Quilting

1:30 pm – Bingo

28.

9 am—1 pm

Redeeming Grace

Fellowship

Service @ 10:30 am

29. 9:15 am—Fitness 11:45 am MEAL: Pizza 1 pm—Cribbage

30. 11:45 am MEAL: Lasagna

1 pm—Contract Bridge

31.

11:45 am MEAL: Breaded

Fish

1 pm—Barnswallow

Quilting

1:30 pm—Bingo

Evening Rental

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Thursday Friday Saturday Reminders

4.

11:45 am MEAL: Chicken

Cordon Bleu

7 pm—Duplicate Bridge

Evening Rental

5. 9 am—Morden Art Group 11:45 am MEAL: Pork Chops 1 pm - Whist

6.

Centre Closed

August 5

11.

10 am – Beltone Hearing

11:45 am MEAL: Tuna

Casserole

4 pm—Celebrations Bus Trip

7 pm—Duplicate Bridge

12. 9 am – Morden Art Group

11:45 MEAL: Ribs 1 pm – Whist

13.

Folklorama Bus Trip August 12

18. 11:45 am MEAL: Chicken

Burgers

7 pm - Duplicate Bridge

19. 9 am—Morden Art Group 11:45 am MEAL: Ham 1 pm—Whist

20.

Corn & Apple Lunches August 23-25

25. 10 am—Beltone Hearing 11:45 am MEAL: Pork Roast 7 pm – Duplicate Bridge

26. 9 am – Morden Art Group

11:45 am MEAL: Roast

Chicken

1 pm – Whist

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CUCUMBER SALAD

1 long English cucumber, sliced thin

Dressing:

2 TBSP cider vinegar

2 TBSP white vinegar

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp Dijon mustard

1/4 tsp sugar

1 1/2 TBSP olive oil

2 TBSP fresh dill, chopped fine.

Place all dressing ingredients in a jar and shake well.

Pour over sliced cucumbers. Serve immediately.

Our 8th Annual Golf

Tournament Fundraiser was held

June 17. The golfers enjoyed

nice weather and a tasty Roast

Beef supper back at the Centre.

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Monday, July 8

Bus Trip to Casino

Departs @ 9:00 am

Call 822-3555 to register

Bus Trip to Celebrations Dinner Theatre

Thursday, July 11

Bus departs the MAC @ 4:00 pm

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL “AMALUNA” BUS TRIP

Friday, September 27, departs the MAC

@ 5:30 pm.

Showtime @ 8:00 pm

Members: $115

Non-members: $125

Centre Closed July 1

Happy Canada Day!

FOLKLORAMA BUS TRIP!

Monday, August 12

Russian, Brazilian & Japanese

Pavilions

Cost: $90 (member) $100 (non-member)

Bus departs the MAC @ 4:00 pm, returns @

approximately 12 midnight

Sign up at the Front Desk or call 822-3555

Thanks to

Maurice

Tetreault for

BBQing at our

Father’s Day

BBQ!

CORN & APPLE

LUNCHES

August 23—25

More details to follow in

August

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO….

Walter Dedio Betty Duncan

Shirley Driedger Viola Goertzen

Rob Lawrence Bev Link

Maria Martens Carole Schofield

Dora Southam Maurice Tetreault

Eric Thompson Linda Wark

Our new flooring was installed

the week of June 3—10.

It looks great!

Congratulations to Walter Dedio

(left) on 6 medals at the 55 +

Games held in Swan River

recently! And to Lois Dudgeon

(right) on a gold medal in

women’s golf!

WAY TO GO!

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10th

Anniversary and Mortgage Burning

Basil Agnew remembers well the events held during 2004 as the Friendship Centre celebrated its 10th Anniversary at 306 North Railway St. In a letter to members Basil noted “The original board has taken the responsibility of promoting this event throughout the year by holding activities every month beginning in March. “There will be Games, a Variety Show, a Volunteer Picnic and Concert in the Park Bowl as well as our Annual Banquet and “Burning of the Mortgage.” “To show our appreciation to the over 12,000 volunteer hours donated to the Morden Friendship Centre and Services For Seniors in the past year, we are holding the Volunteer Appreciation day on Thursday, July 15, 2004 in Morden Park. “Traditionally we set aside one day a year to honour our volunteers, without whom the Centre could not operate. An added feature to our 10th Anniversary Volunteer Appreciation Day is we are inviting our Ma-jor Donors and their partners. We have not forgotten how your generous donation ten years ago played such a major roll in getting this facility up and running.” The corporate sponsors listed included CIBC, Décor Cabinets, Krahn & Friesen, Royal Bank, Morden Credit Union, and Morden Lions Club. The Major Donors were the Town of Morden, Ladies Auxiliary, Thomas Sill Foundation, Ruth Winkler, Albert Schroeder, Marjorie Godkin, Jim Menzies and the Morden Thrift Shop. Basil recalled that at the fall fundraiser in October 1992, people we asked to invest in a dream. “After making the presentation that night, I said to myself the next day, how did I ever get talked into doing such a ridiculous thing? I had doubts – will it ever work? One lady donated $10,000.00 and other dona-tions dribbled in and by July 1, 1993 we had $25,000.00. It didn’t sound like much but when our offer to purchase the old Tomboy Store for $160,000.00 was accepted in August, they wanted 10% down within 10 days. We were able to write a cheque for $16,000.00. “Jim Menzies accepted the nomination as chairperson for the fundraising committee. In September 1993, we held a public meeting in our new building to show people our proposed layout. Jim showed up with 16 people who bought Honorary Life Memberships for $1,000.00 each. Some were seniors but many were aggressive young business people who wanted to see our town prosper. Those people were: Ernie & Alice Krahn, Dick & Emily Goerz, Kel & Kelly Wiebe, Russell & Edna Burkitt, John & Jill Doney, Ruth Winkler, Ruth Weber, Jim & Hazel Menzies, Fred & Aileen Westwood, Garry & Janet Bartleman, Bert & Erna Appelt, Bill & Esther Zacharias, John A. Reichert, Max & Esther Friesen, Alma Nelson and Wilf & Grace Warkentin.” A lot of sweat equity as well as dollars went into the Centre during the first ten years, but with a total cost of almost $800,000.00 the bank loan was paid off and the Centre was debt free. A mortgage burning party was held Friday, October 8 and all donors and members were invited to share in the event as a way of saying thank you for getting the Centre started.