Waxahachie Senior

Activity Center

May 2016

The Mission Statement of the WSAC is

to help meet the physical, emotional, social, nutritional, and educational needs for area senior citizens.

Volume 16, Issue 5

EVERY SENIOR HAS A STORY Allene Taylor Thomas (1924- ) Biography

Allene Taylor Thomas, an Ellis County Texas native, was born January 21, 1924. Origi-nally, Allene wanted to be a Beautician after she graduated from Lincoln High School,

and prepared herself by attending, and graduating from the Madam C.J. Walker Beau-

ty College in Dallas, Texas. Allene then met, and married, Edgar Thomas in December

1957, and became co-owner of the Community Funeral Home. Allene subsequently attended the

Dallas Institute College of Mortuary Science receiving her Embalmers Certificate, and Funeral Di-

rectors License. With this achievement, Allene became the First African American Woman

Licensed Embalmer in Ellis County. Allene operated the Community Funeral Home from 1957 –

2003, and continues to keep her certification active as a licensed Funeral Director, and Embalmer. Allene currently resides in Waxahachie, Texas, where she is an active member of the New Mount

Zion Missionary Baptist Church. As a member she has served in many capacities; Usher Board

Member, Choir Member, Trustee Board Member, Pastor’s Aid President, and participated in the 55

Plus Program.

Allene’s belief in re-investing in her community stands strong. She has been a member of the

Royal Art Charity Club, Citizens for Progress, NAACP, a Certified Notary Public, and active Commu-

nity Activist. In addition, Allene has served as Chairperson for several political candidates during

their campaigns, as a Voter’s Registration Clerk, and a Precinct Chairperson for many years.

The WSAC would like to invite the senior (50+) community to three special events taking place during the month of May. The first is Ageless Grace presented by Meals on Wheels of Ellis and Johnson Counties and Family Care of Texas. Next is the Texas Agriculture Extension’s Do Well Be Well with Diabetes Cooking Demonstration (material fee of $10). And the final event is the Virtual Dementia Tour presented by Home Instead Senior Care. Please mark your calendar and take advantage of these special opportunities.

Do Well Be

Well Cooking

Demonstration

Presented by the Texas A&M

Agrilife Extension agent, Rita

Hodges, these classes will

feature cooking demonstra-

tions, food tasting, diabetes

education and door prizes.

$10 material fee. Pre-register with Agrilife

before, Thursday, May 19,

at 5:30 PM. Please call

972-825-5175 to register.

Please join us on the FIRST Wednesday of the month for Potluck Lunch.

Members bringing a dish will need to pick up a meal ticket at the office. Please sign up, or call the office at

least 24 hours in advance if you plan to attend. If you are unable to bring a side dish there will be a $5.00

charge to help defray the cost of the meal.

LAST NAME BEGINS WITH ...Please Bring

A — G Bread (rolls, cornbread, bread sticks)

H — K Dessert (anything homemade)

L — Z Salads (Jell-O, pea, potato, spinach)

MOW will be providing meals for WSAC members, 60 years of age and older, every Monday and Friday.

A donation is requested to defray food costs. Donations are requested, but not mandatory. All participants must

also fill out applications provided by MOW and review with office staff for completion.

Please sign in at the front desk computer on the Monday lunch date to

secure a meals. This is mandatory. We encourage you to sign up for the Mondays and Fridays in the month you plan on

having lunch. You may call in your reservation or sign up in advance at WSC for your

meal to be available. Deadline to sign up is every Friday by 10 AM . For members under

60 years of age, you will be required to purchase the $5.00 lunch ticket and register

for lunch. For any questions regarding this program please see Jeanee Smiles.

Members’ support is crucial to the success of this program.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

2 MOW

Meatloaf

3

Birthday Lunch

4

Pot Luck

BBQ Meatballs

5

Chicken Rice

Enchiladas

6 MOW

Country Fried

Steak

9 MOW

Pulled Rosemary

Chicken

10

Ham Steak

11

Grilled Chicken

Sandwich

12

Lasagna

13 MOW

Mexican Chicken

Chili Rice Medley

16 MOW

Sloppy Joes

17

Chicken Spaghetti

18

Meatloaf

19

Senior Subs

20 MOW

Swiss Steak

23 MOW

Alfredo Chicken

Meatballs

24

Ham Sandwich

25

Chicken

Parmesan

26

Taco Salad

27 MOW

Vegetable

Lasagna

30 CLOSED

FOR MEMORIAL

DAY

31

Chicken Fried

Chicken

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

8:00 Woodworking 8:30 Zumba Gold 9:30 Nifty Needlers 9:45 Bible Study 10:00 Bingo 10:30 Stretch & Flex

11:00 Dominoes 11:30 MOW/Lunch 11:45 TX Hold ’Em 12:15 Dup. Bridge 1:00 Line Dance Beginning 2:00 Line Dance Intermediate

8:15 Yoga 8:30 TX Hold ’Em 9:00 Stepping Stones 9:30 Healthy Bones 9:30 Nifty Needlers 9:30 42 (Dominoes) 11:30 Lunch 12:15 Adv. Step Stones 12:15 Instructive Bridge 2:00 Stained Glass 4:30 Yoga w/Monica 5:35 Zumba Gold 6:00 Billiards/Darts

8:30 Zumba Gold

10:00 Bingo

11:00 Dominoes

11:30 Lunch

11:45 TX Hold ’Em

12:15 Bunco

1:00 Line Dance

Advanced

5:30 Warrior Yoga

6:00 Billiards/Darts

8:15 Yoga 8:30 TX Hold ‘Em 9:30 Healthy Bones 9:30 Nifty Needlers 10:00 Ceramics

10:30 Stretch & Flex

11:30 Lunch 12:15 Intermediate Bridge 12:30 Card Sharks 5:35 Zumba Gold 6:00 Billiards/Darts

8:30 Zumba Gold 9:15 Exercise Orientation 9:30 Transfer 30 9:30 Line Dance Advanced 10:00 Bingo 10:30 Cards to Go 11:00 Dominoes 11:00 Tai Chi 11:30 MOW/Lunch 11:45 TX Hold ’Em 12:00 Genealogy

Remember that the Walking Trail is also an activity. From north to south is 1/2 mile.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

2 3 10:00 Computer 101 11:30 Birthday Lunch 12:00 Basic Computer Skills 3:00 Write Way

4 11:30 Pot Luck

11:30 Hope Clinic Meet

& Greet

5 9:30 Garden Meeting

10:00 Beginning Word

Computer Class

6 9:00 Garden Work Day

9:00 P.Manor BP/BG

11:00 Tai Chi Begins

12:15 Canasta

9 10 10:00 Computer 101 12:00 Basic Computer Skills 2:00 Parkinson’s

2:00 Ageless Grace

11 8:00 Pretty Feet

9:00 $5 Jewelry

12 9:30 Fancy Nails

10:00 Beginning Word

Computer Class

12:00 Clowning With

Food with Miss Fit

13

16 12:00 Red Hats

17 10:00 Computer 101 12:00 Basic Computer Skills

18 11:30 Hope Clinic Meet

& Greet

1:30 Board Meeting

19 5:30 Do Well Be Well

Cooking Demo

10:00 Beginning Word

Computer Class

20 12:15 Canasta

23 24 10:00 Computer 101 12:00 Basic Computer Skills

25 11:00 Medicare 101 w/

Bridgett Shanks

26 10:00 Beginning Word

Computer Class

27

1:00 Virtual Dementia

Tour

30 CLOSED

FOR MEMORIAL

DAY

31 10:00 Computer 101 12:00 Basic Computer Skills

Basic Computer Skills Tuesdays 12 PM starting with

keyboard, monitor and mouse instruction. Reserved

seating. Sign up sheet in the lobby.

Beginning Word Thursdays at 10 AM You will become

familiar with software programs such as Microsoft

Word. Reserved seating. Sign up sheet in the lobby.

Computer 101 Tuesdays at 10 AM, How to turn your

computer on and we go from there!

Clowning with Food May 12, noon, come on in and

have some fun with “MISS FIT”, Marie Dyess.

Garden Club Meeting Thursday, May 5, 9:30AM.

Garden Club Workday Friday, May 6, 9:00 AM.

Genealogy Fridays at noon. Sharron Mirikitani is

continuing her series and she will be working with the

new library version of Ancestry.com.

Medicare 101 with Bridgett Shanks, May 25, at 11 AM.

Tai Chi Friday, May 6, at 11 AM. Jack Price, Instructor.

Sign up sheet in the lobby .

The Waxahachie Senior Center does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, color, or national origin.

The Waxahachie Senior Center accepts tax deductible donations & contributions.

Donate to your favorite program or sponsor a Senior ― with a membership.

Waxahachie Senior Center 122 Park Hills Drive Waxahachie, TX 75165

Office: (469) 309-4280 Fax: (469) 309-4283

Monday-Thursday 8:00 am - 7:00 pm and Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Waxahachie Senior Center Director – Jeanee Smiles Email: jsmiles@waxahachie.com

Administrative Assistants - Debbie Bryant and Jim Engel

Nutrition– Debra Clayton Maintenance– Ray LaFrombois and Joe Brandt

AARP Office staff: Mary Walker & Rosie Townsend

Generous Volunteers : NOT enough room to list all your names

www.waxahachieseniorcenter.com

2015 – 2016 WAXAHACHIE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER’s

FISCAL YEAR ENDS SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

If you pay Rockett water utilities and have a Waxahachie mailing/zip code then you will pay a City Resident fee; Please present your Rockett water bill for qualification.

If you own a business in the City of Waxahachie, but live outside the city limits; please present company name and address for qualifica-tion as City Resident.

Some may have different zip codes at your residential address than Waxahachie zip codes. You must pay City of Waxahachie or Rockett Utilities, i.e., Water, Sewer or Trash collection, to qualify for City Resident rates.

Country Lane and Grand Reserve: No payment is due, but you are required to process your membership form yearly.

There will no longer be a Teacher/Retired Teacher discount effective 2015-2016 fiscal year. We are sincerely sorry for this change.

Payment plans and Scholarship programs are available. Qualification and applications are strictly confidential.

Membership Dues for 2015-2016 FISCAL YEAR

(10-01-2015 to 09-30-2016)

City Resident:

Age 50 yrs. to 64 yrs. $75.00

Age 65 yrs. to 90 yrs. $55.00

Age 90 yrs. Forgiven

Non City:

Age 50 yrs. to 64 yrs. $95.00

Age 65 yrs. to 90 yrs. $75.00

Age 90 yrs.

Forgiven

ZUMBA NEWS: We certainly have fun dancing in class, but we

also want to stay safe. Here are some Zumba tips for you: 1.

Hydrate. Drinking plenty of water is always important, but it is

especially true when we exercise. 2. If a dance move hurts,

don’t do it. We do not want any injuries. 3. Know your target

heart rate for exercise. For example, if you are 55 years old,

you want to aim for 83 to 140 beats for minute. If you are 65,

the target is between 78-132. (The range is due to factors such

as medications and individual differences). If your heart rate

gets too high, lower your arms until your rate comes down. If

you want to increase your heart rate, keep those arms up. 4. If

you have a bad knee or shoulder, modify your movements to

account for that. After class I am glad to show you modifications

that may benefit you. As long as we are moving, we are getting

a benefit, so… Keep dancing. Katherine

Effective April 1, 2016, the pur-chase price of an individual lunch ticket will increase from $4.00 to $5.00 per meal. A five day lunch ticket will be increased by $ 2.00. All other discounted meal pro-grams will remain the same.

TAKE ME OUT

TO THE

BALLGAME!

WE MADE IT

AND HAD A

FUN DAY AT

GLOBE LIFE

PARK.