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1996-07-09 , AGENDA RECREA nON COMMITTEE MEETING JULY 9,1996 CALL MEETING TO ORDER PRESENT: APPROVE MINUTES: June 11, 1996 Corrections Approved: Seconded: CORRESPONDENCE 1. Letter and Ctf. From March of Dimes thanking us for our support for Walk 2. Request for refund from Susan Theiss 3. Copy of letter addressed to Supervisor Smith regarding use of Castle Point for fireworks and reply. 4. Letter from Friends of Parks requesting additional information for grant. 5. Paperwork from Youth Bureau re 1996 Requests for Funds 6. Letter from Southern Dutchess Women's League requesting additional time at Castle Point. 7. Copy ofIetter sent to Town Board from Graham Foster regarding the Boat Ramp 8. Letter from Hope Alliance Church for use ofSchlathaus Park. REPORTS K.D. B.G. B.R. E.K. lC. S.M. lE. RJ.H. R.F. NEW BUSINESS Request for use of Castle Point Field August 4 and August I I Joan Lane Pond OLD BUSINESS- MEETING ADJOURNED NEXT MEETING " .. RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES JULY 9,1996 NEXT MEETING AUGUST 6, 1996 The regular meeting of the Town of Wappinger Recreation Committee was held July 9, 1996 at Schlathaus Park, All Angels Hill Road, Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York. The meeting was called to order at 8:25 p.m. by Chairman Ralph 1. Holt. Others present were Kathi DeLisa, Senior Citizen Director, Bernie Reimer, Recreation Director, Committee Members James Chappas, Ellen KOIZ and Stephen Miller. The minutes of the June II, 1996 meeting were approved on a motion by Mr. Chappas seconded by Stephen Miller with all in favor. CORRESPONDENCE A letter of thanks and certificate of appreciation was received from the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation for our assistance and support with their walk held in April at the Castle Point Recreation Area. A letter was received from Susan Theiss requesting a refund' for the tennis clinic which started on May 21, 1996. Because of an injury that she sustained two weeks prior to the start date she was unable to attend the clinic. Mrs. Roe stated that she has been a constant participant of the program. It was voted to refund the $15.00. Supervisor Smith forwarded to us for our infonnation and comment a letter that she received from Edward Blaney of the Chelsea Fire Company requesting pennission for their Fire Company to have a night of fireworks for the Town residents on September 21 st at the Chelsea Recreation Area. He mentioned in his letter that the Fire company would take all responsibility for the evening and have on hand their fire trucks. They would also make sure that the area was left clean. As discussed at our last meeting, we wrote back to Supervisor Smith that we like to see our parks being used by our citizens but that we had reservations regarding the fireworks display. We were especially concerned about the parking situation. River Road is narrow and not a good safe place to leave a car. We also feel that the park itself would not be able to handle a lot of cars. A letter was received from Friends of Parks requesting some additional infonnation on our proposal for a $300. Grant. Mr. Reimer will call them regarding this infonnation. The paperwork has been received from the Dutchess County Youth Bureau for the 1997 funding. This has been given to Mr.Reimer to be completed. A letter has been received from the Southern Dutchess Women's Softball League requesting additional playing time at the Castle Point Fields. Since the weather has been so unpredictable, they are having trouble scheduling make ups. Mrs. Roe spoke with Mr. Miller on June 18, and approval was given for them to use the fields on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the month of July. A copy of a letter addressed to the Town Board from Graham Foster was received. This letter referenced the Town Boat Ramp and it mentioned that he felt that most of the traffic for the Chelsea Yacht Club park on the public property which leaves most of their private property vacant and eliminates all the parking for vehicles with trailers who use the public ramp. He mentioned that he would like to propose that the Chelsea Marina continue to encourage all their customers to park on the marina property. He is asking that a formal request be sent from the Town Board to the Marina. A request was received from the Hope Alliance Church for the use of Schlathaus Park for an "outdoor" church service open to the public on Sunday, August 4, 11, 18, and 25th from 10 a.m. to noon. They also would like to use the Park and stage on the evenings of August 25,26, and 27th. The Committee was concerned about legalities and would like some direction from Supervisor Smith. Mrs. Roe will speak with her regarding this. The Committee questioned whether these dates were all for church services. OUTGOING LETTERS A letter was sent to Supervisor Smith regarding the hiring of Linda Soto for a part time position in the Senior Center. A letter was sent to Joeli Spada of Stop and Shop Supermarkets thanking them for the donations of baked goods for the Senior Center. A letter was sent to Supervisor Smith regarding the Summer Playground Registration and the large waiting list for the playgrounds. A letter was sent to Comptroller Ann Buckley regarding the Town Board's approval to move money from the Town's Contingency Budget to Recreation Budget for the hiring of additional counselors at the Playgrounds. A letter was sent to the Town Board for approval for a P.O. for A-I Fence Company for $3,000. For fencing work at the bam. Was approved at TIB Meeting 6/24/96 2 A letter was sent to the Town Board for approval for a P.O. for AmeriTech for paving at Martz Field for $1,490.00 and around the Barn $1,275.00. Was approved at TIB Meeting6n4~6 ' A letter was sent to Supervisor Smith regarding the Town Vehicle which is stored at the Highway Dept. It was requested that the Highway Dept. Look at it to see if it is useable for Boat Ramp Service. A letter was sent to the Town Board members with reports from Mrs. DeLisa, Miss Gutzler and Mrs. Roe of information received at the NYS Recreation Conference held in Syracuse. A questionnaire was returned to the Youth Bureau on the Direct Contract monitoring for the 1996 DFY Funding Program. SENIOR CITIZEN REPORT Mrs. Delisa handed out a report on the Senior's activities for the month of June. This report is attached to these minutes. RECREATION DIRECTOR'S REPORT Mr. Reimer mentioned that he was able to hire 4 additional counselors for the summer program. The numbers have leveled out quite a bit. Attendance is as follows Castle Point 50 to 60, Hughsonville 50 - 60, Martz Field 100, Quiet Acres 50-55 (but this probably was low because they have been swimming), Robinson Lane 50, and Spook Hill 60. Mrs. Korz mentioned that she had been down to Quiet Acres and all is going well at that site. She asked about the new piece of equipment and was told that the slide was on order and will probably be installed after the camp closes. We will have to do all the excavating work to install it. Mrs. Roe has been calling the people on the waiting list. Mr. Reimer mentioned that he is working on his budget and he is basing his numbers on the number of employees hired this summer. We will have 47 people including Jennifer and he will base his figures on step raises accordingly. It was suggested we have a separate committee meeting to discuss fees. Mr. Reimer and Mr. Miller volunteered to be on this committee. This year we have set up a progressive swim program which is through the American Red Cross. Each child is given a card from the Red Cross which monitors each child's progress. The Youth Bureau needs to see how we measure the progress of the children and this is a good way to do it. The program was introduced to us by Lisa France the WSI Instructor. Mr. Holt asked if someone would write about all the changes that have taken place with the swim program for this year. 3 .' The mobile telephone at Castle Point has given us some trouble but Mobile Office Concepts has been working with us on fixing the problem. Mr. Reimer mentioned that he strongly recommends that we purchase shirts for every camper for next year to be worn on outside trips. Our counselors are identifyable but sometimes we don't know whether the children are from our program or not. It will be easier for accountability etc. It was suggested that we get 6 different colors one for each camp therefore if we see someone we will immediately know that child is from a certain camp. The cost of the shirt will be included in the registration fee and the children must wear them on all out of camp trips. Mr, Reimer mentioned that the Yorktown Recreation has them when they are at Splashdown and it is a real help identifying the children. Another negative for the program this year has been the buses being on time. Even though they have a schedule they have not been on time to pick up the kids. Mr. Reimer mentioned that he has talked with them. Mrs.Roe has mentioned that she had received several calls where the bus was late or didn't show up and she had to call the transportation dept. Mr. Reimer will go over and speak to the person in charge of the transportation. He is trying to get a rain site for the musical program to be held on July 22nd. A request was submitted to Ketcham on June 5th and we never received an answer. Mr. Reimer mentioned that he tried to follow up on the request and was told that we would not be able to use their facility. They mentioned that there was only one building available for activities during the summer and we were told that Van Wyck was the building. Mr. Reimer mentioned that he called the Jr. High and was told the same thing. He will be following up on this. The picnic planning will be underway soon. We have been discussing the possibility of charging $1.00 for each child who will attend. No one had any problem with this. Mrs. DeLisa suggested that maybe we could get the orange drink machine from McDonald to help with the drinks. .We were not sure that this would be enough but Mrs. DeLisa will follow up on this to see how much we can get and what the charge will be if we need to purchase extra.. The children get a hot doglhamburger, drink and watermelon. The basketball clinic is scheduled for July 15th to July 19th at the Van Wyck School from 10 to 12. Tom Fisher and Rebecca Faulds will be co-directors for this program. We are having trouble with the Winter Basketball program which is usually held at the Wappinger Jr. High starting in October to April. At first the school cut back on the Month of March. Then they cut out the month of February. We use to start the program at 6:30 and go to 9:30. This year we were called and told that we have to start the program at 8:00 p.m. It seems that they keep trying to get our programs out of the school. It was suggested that a letter be written to the new president of the School Board stating that they should be a little flexible with us Roy C. Ketcham and Wappinger Jr. High has always given us some problems. Myers and Sheafe Road seem to be the only schools that work with us. 4 Mr. Reimer mentioned that he would not be available to be at the concerts on July 25th and August I st. Mr. Ennesser had mentioned that he would be available to be there for those days. Mr: Reimer mentioned that the crowd for the first concert was very good. The one held on July 4th was good but it rained. People were there and stayed in their car to listen. The band was very good. TENNIS Mrs. Korz mentioned that she has checked with the Tennis Director and everything is going well. All of the clinics are well in swing. Mrs. Korz will be checking with Mr. Casowitz to see ifhe will need additional tennis balls for the third session of clinics. Mr. Holt mentioned that the lights are now on until 10:00 p.m. and he has been by several times and they have all been full. SANTA OUTFIT Mrs. DeLisa asked if we have the Santa outfit. Mr. Verlin had it and he has since moved to South Carolina we are not sure where it is. Mr. Miller mentioned that he will check on this. Mr. Holt said that the suit was probably still at the house in Wappinger since his daughter now lives there. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT Mr. Holt mentioned the following: 1. He showed everyone a copy of the 1990 Master Plan which was prepared by the Commission Members. He then asked that a copy of the Plan be sent to each current member and that they in turn read and update their section of the plan by the end of the year. 2. We were able to hire a part time person to help during the summer months only. 3. Weare scheduled to do the paving at Martz Field and at the Barn the week of July 29th. The clay for Martz Field will be coming Next Tuesday. 4. We have the P.O. for the additional fencing for around the barn. 5. He received a letter from Mr. Friedman about doing some additional parking at the Robinson Lane Recreation Area. Mr. Holt mentioned that maybe we should earmark a specific project to be done each year using Parkland Funds. It was mentioned that at Robinson Lane we have many cars out there at one time and we should really work on putting in some specific parking areas. If anyone has any item which they feel should be done, please bring the idea to the 5 ~. . next meeting. A copy of Mr. Friedman's plan will be sent out to all members for their review and we will discuss this further at the August meeting. Parkland money should be used to upgrade the parks. 6. We are still going to try to open up the roadway into Briar Lane. We need to find the right of way into the area. 7. We are planning to put in the 1997 budget money to purchase a chipper, backhoe and a finishing mower. The chipper is needed when we clean up brush and open new areas. The backhoe attachment is needed especially with all the pea gravel work we have ahead of us. 8. We need to look forward to getting Christmas lights. When the tree went down several times last winter, most of the lights were broken. Weare looking at a major purchase for this year. 9. We have not heard anything regarding the electric at Castle Point. Mrs. Korz. The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 p.m. on a motion by Mr. Miller seconded by Peggy Roe 6 BILLS PAID DURING JULY 1996 A-I 620.40 CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC Robinson Lane Spook Hill Tennis Courts Myers Comers/All Angels Schlathaus Park 7690-0760-00-0 7810-1572-04-4 7690-0425-00-0 7808-0405-00-0 7808-0400-01-9 461. 74 116.21 8.21 47.27 40.31 A-1620.41 NYNEX A-7110.2 A-711 0.4 Spook Hill 297-9861 81.35 Barn/Montfort Rd. 297-3692 44.58 Schlathaus Park 297-4752 24.37 Quiet Acres 297-7780 - - 36.93 Martz Field 297-9928 78.09 AT&T Castle Point 325-9630 Acct. 21600424 8.49 FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS Robinson Lane 227-9434 20.84 A-I Fence Company 2,765.00 Mohawk Industries Sunny Garden Greenhouses EnviroClean Porta Potty EnviroClean Porta Potty EnviroClean Porta Potty EnviroClean Porta Potty B & H. Tire Service Hutchinsons Equipment Corp. Milton Alley Agway Dutchess County Sheriff Crop Production Services Petty Cash Morie Company Windsor Building Supplies R.G.H. Construction 319.00 22.50 116.00 116.00 58.00 58.00 76.00 21.65 12.90 999.49 600.00 8.00 1,342.41 251.44 500'.00 A-711O.4 Con't Taylor Rental Royal Carting SeIVice Co. Bottini Fuel Corp. Dan Zag - Royal Auto Parts Dan Zag - Royal Auto Parts Hutchinson's Equipment Corp Morie Company, Inc. Milton Alley Agway Milton Alley Agway Milton Alley Agway EnviroClean Porta Potty EnviroClean Porta Potty EnviroClean Porta Potty EnviroClean Porta Potty A & B. Electric (Schlathaus 1995 Funds) A-7140.4 A-7620.4 B-731O.4 125.00 703.74 210.40 126.95 11.89 40.98 2,117.17 49.50 12.50 25.40 58.00 116.00 58.00 58.00 1,950.00 John DelVecchio Encore Performing Arts Inc. Southern Dutchess News Switch In Time Coaches, Unlimited, Inc. Joe Veillette The Woods Tea Company 700.00 900.00 141.00 800.00 490.00 900.00 675.00 Petty Cash Rag Shop Poughkeepsie Journal Hobby Hut K-Mart Rag Shop 58.97 49.67 27.30 48.49 48.27 49.70 Dutchess Community College K-Mart Caldor Deer Hill Conference Center Russell Davis Roberts Boice Paper Co. American Red Cross EnviroClean Porta Potty EnviroClean Porta Potty EnviroClean Porta Potty 27.00 46.26 35.30 3,500.00 550.00 135.00 200.00 15.60 15.60 58.00 EnviroClean Porta Potty Petty Cash 58.00 31.12 B-73 1 0.4 Con't Guardian Trailer Rentals 379.37 A-200 1 Swarupa Vallabhaneni Susan Theiss 35.00 15.00 JULY 1996 REPORT TO THE RECREATION COMMISSION FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 1996 SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER June activities at the Senior Citizen Center included the regular schedule of arts/crafts, oil painting, exercise, line dancing, photo club, videos, bingo, puzzles, cards and games. On June 6th over 100 seniors celebrated the Center's 8th anniversary with a B B Que/Picnic. It was a great day, good weather, bocce, prizes, lots and lots of food. Everyone contributed something, salads, pasta, deserts and other goodies. This has become a very popular event for the Center. On the 14th, 75 seniors celebrated Father's Day at Mariner's Harbor. The seniors carpooled to the restaurant and enjoyed either the lobster bake or prime rib. A very nice day. The Heart Assoc. provided blood pressure screening on the 12th, the monthly birthday party was held on the 28th. A special 80th birthday party was held for one of our seniors on the 22nd. The Town of Wappinger Senior Center T-shirts arrived just in time for the anniversary picnic. So those who ordered and paid for them wore them for the first time at the B B Que and then again to Mariner's Harbor. The seniors were delighted with the shirts and thanks to Mr. Ennesser, the price was very reasonable. We will be ordering more for those who did not order the first time. Something new! Ronnie Badowski a semi-professional writer has volunteered to conduct a Creative Writing Class. The first class was held on Fri., June 28th. Four seniors participated and all seemed to enjoy the experience. The Creative Writing class will be held on Fri., at 10a.m. The trip to Candlewood Dinner Theater on June 13th was excellent. The next trip is sceduled on July 16th to the Gillette Castle/Griswold Inn in Conn. There are 199 members registered at the Center, and 175 on the waiting list. ITEMS TO BE NOTED: 1. Linda Soto has been hired as a craft/activity instructoras of July 3. Linda replaces Sue Parliman. 2. July events another Bingo!Bango!Bingo! only this time will be held at the Fishkill Senior Center. The OFA picnic is schecduled for July 31 at Schlathaus Park. JULY 1996 TOWN OF WAPPINGER SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER: OPEN 10:00A.M.-3:00P.M. 20 Middlebush Rd., Wappingers Falls, NY. 12590 Phone: 297-3670 Director: Kathi DeLisa MON. FRI. TUES. WED. THURS. 1 I 1 10: PHOTO CLUB 10-Noon: arts/crafts NOON: LUNCH 12:30-3: cards/games 8 I I 10: PHOTO CLUB!!! 10-Noon: arts/crafts NOON: LUNCH 12:30-3:cards/games 15 lOUR CENTER IS I CLOSED! BINGO!BANGO!BINGO! at FISHKILL Senior Center 9:30-2:00 SIGN UP WITH KATHI 22 I I 10: PHOTO CLUB 10-Noon: arts/crafts NOON: LUNCH 12:30-3: cards/games 29 I I 10: PHOTO CLUB 10-Noon: arts/crafts NOf)N; LUNCH 12:30-3 cards/games I 2 1 I I 110-Noon:OIL PAINTING 110-Noon: arts/crafts INOON: LUNCH 112: 30-3:_ cards/games 1 1 9 I 1 1 10-Noon:OIL PAINTING 10-Noon:arts/crafts NOON: LUNCH 12:30-3:cards/games 16 ITRIP TO IGi{.-LETTE CASTLE THE CENTER IS CLOSED! DUE TO PAVING OF PARKING LOT!!!! 23 I I 110-Noon:OIL PAINTING 110-Noon: arts/crafts INOON: LUNCH 112:30-3: cards/games I 130 I I 1 110-Noon: OIL PAINTING 110-Noon: arts/crafts INOON; LUNCH 112:30-3: cards/games \ I I 3 I I 110-11: EXERCISE 110-Noon: arts/crafts INOON: LUNCH 112:45-2: BINGO! BINGO! I IlOilO-Noon: BLOOD I 1 PRESSURE! ! 110-11: EXERCISE 110-Noon: arts/crafts NOON: LUNCH 12:30-3: cards/ games 17 I I THE CENTER IS CLOSED! ! ! ! ! DUE TO PAVING OF PARKING LOT!!! 24 110-11: EXERCISE 110-11:arts/crafts 11:WELLCARE;MEDICARE MEDIGAP COVERAGE NOON: LUNCH 12:30-3:cards/games! 31 IOFA PICNIC AT I SCHLATHAUS AT NOON! RESERVATIONS NEEDED!! THE CENTER IS m.OftlW! ! ! ! 4 I 1 4TH OF JULY! ! ! ! THE CENTER IS CLOSED CELEBRATE!!!!! 11 I I 10-11: EXERCISE 10-Noon: arts/crafts NOON: LUNCH 12:45-2: BINGO!BINGO! 18 I I 0-11: EXERCISE 10-Noon: arts/crafts NOON: LUNCH 12:30-3: cards/games 251 I 10-11: EXERCISE 10-Noon: arts/crafts NOON: LUNCH 12:45-2: BINGO! BINGO ! JULY IS: NAT'L HOT DOG "MONTH NAT'L BAKED BEAN MONTH NAT'L PEACH MONTH I NAT'L ANTI=BOREDOM I MONTH I NAT'L ICE CREAM MONTH I I I 5 1 I I I I STILL CELEBRATING!! I THE CENTER IS I CLOSED I I HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAY I I 12 1 I I I 10-11: LINE DANCING I 10-Noon: arts/crafts I NOON: LUNCH I 12:30-3: cards/games I I 191 I I I 10-11: LINE DANCING I 10-Noon: arts/crafts I NOON: LUNCH 12:30-3: cards/games I I 26 I I I I 10-11:LINE DANCING I 10-Noon:arts/craftsl I NOON:LUNCH BIRTHDAY I PARTY! ! ! ! I 12:30-3:cards/games I FOR JULY I BIRTHDAYS: SEE NEWSLETTER! ! ! ! VJ.A.l?l?Il'JG-E.:R S :El'J I 0 R. l'J E;, VJ S By Kathi DeLisa, Director JULY 1996 JULY BIRTHDAYS: 2 Paula Brannen 3 Helen Ventriglia 3 Florence Kiouttes* 3 Viola Mauthe 5 Amy Menconeri 7 CONNIE SMITH 11 Marie Burgazzoli** 11 Barbara Kawck HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL 12 Kay Moran 15 Marie Perrone 16 Clara Miller 22 Michael Lasco 23 Kay Andrews 25 Martha Petersen 27 Walter Mauthe 29 Helen Hayes 31 John Moran OF YOU! and HAPPy BIRTHDAY TO THE UNITED STATES ON THE 4TH OF JULY! ! ! The Center will be closed Thurs., the 4th and Fri. the 5th. So have a safe and happy holiday! Speaking of the Center closing! Please note: the CENTER WILL BE CLOSED ON JULY 15. 16 & 17th! The parking lot is being repaved and no cars will be permitted into the lot. However, on Monday the 15thh, we will be having the GREAT BINGO BANGO BINGO AT THE FISHKILI CENTER! The Fishkill Senior Center is located at the Fishkill Town Hall, downstairs in the basement. The doors will open at 9:30a.m. Dial-a-Ride passengers will be taken to Fishkill but you must call Dial-a-Ride. They will not be able to get you to Fishkill by 9:30 but will be doing their best to get you there as soon as possible. This Bingo!Bango!Bingo! will be much like the one we had at the Zion Center. The cost is $2.00. You must sign up by July 8th and you must have a ticket to participate. Last time we had to turn people away because they did NOT sign up and get a ticket. The $2.00 1 covers the pizza and other refreshments and costs. Bingo cards are $1.00 a card. Cindy, Marie and I have listened to your suggestions. There will be more games and more difficult games and we will play for a longer period of time. Please continue to give us your suggestions so we can continue to make these games even bigger and Qetter. For those going on the trip to Gillette Castle on the 16th, you will not be able to park at Town Hall. You will be notified shortly as to where you can park land pick up the bus. The Center is closed that day and the next day! On the 24th, Susan Colchamiro from Wellcare will be at the Center to discuss Comprehensive Medical Coverage that can include both your Medicare and Medigap Insurance. On July 31st, the Office of the Aging will hold a picnic at Schlathaus at noon. Reservations are needed to attend. I believe reservations have been filled for this. If you have not made reservations you may call the Office of the Aging. Payment for this picnic is paid the day of the picnic to representatives of the OFA. Please note the Center will be closed! The Creative Writing Class will be held on Fridays at 10:00a.m. beginning June 26th. Don't be shy! Try it! Ronnie Badowski has offered to lead this Creative Writing Class. It will include short stories, or poetry or even "Writing Your Memoits." Ronnie has been writing for several years as a hobby as well as semi-professionally. Creative writing can be fun. Ronnie can help you organize your thoughts for writing. Remember when you told your children a story at bedtime? We all have a story to tell. It can be a true story or fictitious. So think about it. Ronnie will help you put your thoughts on paper. If you are interested in this let me know or come in on a Friday morn and try it! GO FOR IT! Now for other July news.. .Blood pressure screening is the 10th. Birthdays will be celebrated on Fri. JULy 26th. Remember, those with birthdays are asked to bring a cake for the party. We will all'help you. celebrate. Bingo days are Wed. the 3rd, andThurs. the 11th, and 25th. If anyone would like to order a T-Shirt let me know. I will be placing another order soon. Don't hesitate! This will be the last chance to order. The cost of the T-shirts is only $6.00. We'll\ a special T-shirt party in the near future! ~~vv COKING IN AUGUST: On Aug. 7th, Sue Murphy (Sue does our 2 \ ' blood pressure) and Cheryl Balumas will provide blood pressure from 10-11a.m. They will then conduct a Stress Management seminar from 11a.m. to noon. Then on Aug. 15th, we will have an Hawaiian Luau at the Holiday Inn at Fishkill. So find your grass skirts? Hawaiian outfits? practice the hula? Well, it promises to be a great day of fun. Hawaiian music by Johnny Dell. There will be a hula contest, other dance conte~ts and who knows what else? So save the date. Food and cost has not been qetermined yet. Should have all the details soon. What is a luau without flowers? Well, Regina will show you how to make your own flower bracelet that you can wear to the luau. I'm told you can make a grass skirt out of a large green trash bag. HAve fun! More later! The WALKING CLUB continues especially now that the weather is better for us fair weather walkers. We have a few new walkers. Welcome to our Club!! If you haven't started walking and would like to join our walking club, let me know and I'll put your name on the chart and explain the rules. If anyone is interested in helping to plan different Center events and help with the planning, please let me know. Suggestions are always welcome. As you know, our Center is really too small to do big parties or events. But with some good ideas and help from you, we can do things outside the Center or plan smaller events for inside the Center. I welcome any ideas and help you can give. Maybe we can have party committees, idea committees or whatever. Please give me some feed back on this. Thank you. The Wappinger Lions Club needs old eyeglasses or hearing aids. If you have any you no longer want or need, bring them to the Center. I will see to it that they are given to the Lions Club. Enjoy the poems by Ed Glick and Sue Bush. I think you will enjoy the two completely different writing styles this month. Thank you Ed and Sue for sharing your creative spirit with all of us.' The Creative Corner was started so you all have the opportunity to share your creative writing, thoughts, drawing or cartoon. Come on Seniors, let's see what your thoughts are! Don't be shy! Share your thoughts and creativity with us!!!!I will include these in the newsletter. We have many talented seniors at the Center. Some do crafts, some paint or draw, some write poetry and/or stories, some have wonderful and creative ideas. You may submit your "writing" or even a drawing or cartoon to me at 3 any time. Please do not submit preprinted articles etc. from other sources. I am sure we will all enjoy reading or seeing the creativity of our fellow seniors. In regard to paying dues. Many of you are now paying your dues on a yearly basis and for that I thank you. This has made bookkeeping much easier and efficient. Many have chosen to do this as they cannot be at the Center every week and want to participate in our special events. Yearly dues is $25.00. Many of you pay' on a monthly basis and that too , makes it easier to keep track of. However, there are still few who insist on paying on a weekly basis. Those paying on a weekly basis will be asked to pay $1.00 a week instead of the previous 50~ a week. The reason for this is fairness. There are many who pay monthly or yearly and do not come every week, but still pay their dues. However, if this is a financial hardship for anyone, please see me. For those paying dues by the month, July dues is $2.50. Those on the waiting list are welcome to pay dues. This entitles you to join our "out of Center" activities at a reduced cost. A big hug to you all! Smile!!! 4 . ' I .. CREATIVE CORNER COLD SP~ING IN FALL by Edward Glick Camel back mountains Bisected by a stream A collage of reds and yellows and greens Outcroppings of rock upon the mountains stand Here, in this place, God is at hand. CROSSROADS BY EDWARD GLICK I walked upon the grass and stopped to wonder why A tiny bit of sand should deign to pierce the sky While up above the sky looked down and wondered too At this little bit of fire that thought to dim its blue The sun and all the stars shone in everlasting light And talked about the life that thought to chain their might. While here upon the earth All men reared up their heads While here upon the earth All men raised up their eyes And with their God and mind Conquered all the skies. And with their god the mind Tore themselves to shreds 5 · f . .. THE GRANDEST LADY OF THEM ALL by SUE BUSH I fell in love with her, the grandest Lady of them all Standing so majestic and tall. With lighted torch in her hand, She welcomes all to our land. She is the symbol of freedom and good will to all The Lady is a most gracious hostess, of them all She welcomes millions to our shore, Some may stay forever more. She shows no preference, if they are rich Or if they are poor, or the color of their skin To her, they are all her kin. That Lady has weathered many a storm, She has seen our ships sail off to foreign shores. With our girls and boys To fight for freedom in other lands And keep our precious land from a dictor's hand. Yes, that Lady has seen it all With nostalgic memories of the past, The present and for the future That Lady stands so diligently watching over us all. With tears and smiles on our face, And a feeling of pride,in our hearts, We say a prayer, to keep that special Lady safe. As we say so long for now To the grandest Lady of them all. Her name? Whe she is the Statue of Liberty. 6