Health & Wellness

Informational Series

Join us to learn about a different health topic each month. Everyone is welcome!

Tues. March 13 - Osteoporosis

Tues. April 10 - Wellness & Prevention Health

10:00 –11:00 AM | Room 123 Free, but registration is required

W152 N8645 Margaret Rd. Menomonee Falls, WI 53051

Contact Information

Older Adult & Volunteer Supervisor

Lori Oertel

262-255-8469

Email

oertlor@sdmfschools.org

CE&Rec Office Hours

Monday - Friday, 8:00 am-4:30 pm

Office Phone

262-255-8460

Help us fill

Easter Eggs!

Wednesday,

March 14

9:30 - 11:30

Room 123

Coffee and sweet treats will be

served. No registration

required.

Our 55+ programs consist of a variety of services and activities. The Community Center’s facilities

and parking are barrier free. Senior Center hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

SENIORS ON THE GO

FOR THOSE 55 & BETTER

March - April 2018 Newsletter • www.fallsrec.org

Adult Only Lap Swim

Keep fit by swimming at North Middle School Pool. Cost is $4.00 per visit or you can buy a senior punch card with 12 sessions for $29.00. Adult Only Lap Swim Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri 3:45 - 4:45 PM Tues, Thurs 3:45 - 5:00 PM Saturday 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Senior Bus Schedule Johnson Bus Company:

(262) 251-4230

Sundays 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Mondays - Thursdays 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM (4:00 PM Pick up only)

Fridays 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Sunday through Friday. Riders may go anywhere in the Menomonee Falls area for appointments and shopping. On Mondays, the bus also goes to Mequon Road.

On the first Thursday of every month, the Brookfield Square Bus starts at 9:30 AM and arrives at Brookfield about 11:00 AM. The bus departs Brookfield Square at 1:00 PM.

Please call for costs and to make reservations at least one day in advance.

You must be 60 years old or over to participate in this service. The bus does not operate on Holidays.

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Eirenicon Club Join your friends for entertainment, guest speakers, bingo, refreshments, and socializing. Meetings are held the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of the month at 1:00 PM. Dues are $15 per year.

What’s happening?

Class at the

Menomonee Falls Library

Irene Adler is Coming to the Falls Library

Irene Adler: Opera Prima Donna, Adventuress, Ac-tress. To Sherlock Holmes, she is always simply “The Woman.” Meet the only woman who outsmart-ed the world’s greatest detective, and discover why she had such a profound impact on his life and ca-reer. Laura Keyes is Irene Adler, and a Librarian in real life. Miss Keyes will be delighting audiences with her presentation on Saturday, March 24, at 2:30 PM at the library.

Wellness Program at the Falls Library

Wellness: It isn’t that complicated! Dr. Richard Han-sen will provide a simple and practical approach to a healthy lifestyle on Wednesday, April 11 at 7:00 PM at the Library. Dr. Hansen is a retired physician with an interest in both physical and mental health. In this presentation, he will provide a scientific basis for his recommendations on wellness.

For information on this and other Library programs, please visit our website at MenomoneeFallsLibrary.org or call 262-532-8920.

Movie Time: March 20 & 22 at 2:15 & 6:15 April 17 & 19 at 2:15 & 6:15 Please call the Library for movie selection at 262-532-8900.

Where’s Lori?

I have hidden my picture somewhere in this newsletter. See if you can find me.

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Take a Trip with Lori

Trip Refund Policy Note: Refunds can only be given if we can register someone from our waiting list to take your place.

Epic Formations &

Cave of the Mounds

Date: Thursday, May 24th Time: 7:00 AM - 5:15 PM, Sign in at 6:45 AM Fee: $64 Resident / $69 Non-Resident Please Register by May 1st

Seussical the Musical (Adult & Child Trip)

Date: Saturday, April 28th Time: 8:15 AM - 5:00 PM, Sign in at 8:00 AM Fee Adult: $79 Resident / $84 Non-Resident Under 12: $74 Resident / $79 Non-Resident Please Register by April 1st

Keeping It Local: Watertown

Date: Tuesday, May 8th Time: 8:00 AM - 4:15 PM, Sign in at 7:45 AM Fee: $59 Resident / $64 Non-Resident Please Register by April 16th *Waiting list only

Check out the fun we had on

our past trip!

Churches & Cheesecake

Winter Dance Party

One Day Getaway to

Dells Ho-Chunk Casino

Date: Thursday, May 17 Time: 8:15 AM - 5:30 PM, Sign in at 8:00 AM Fee: $36 Resident & Non-Resident Please Register by May 1

March 2018 Calendar of Events MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

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Work Out 8:30 Knitting 9:00 Scrabble 1:00

Drop In Bridge 1:00 Bingo 1:15

2 Sheepshead 12:00 Bridge 1:00 Dominos 1:00

5 Chess Club 9:30 Zumba Gold 9:30 Yoga 10:30/11:30 Sheepshead 12:00 Mah Jongg 12:00 Hand & Foot 12:45 Dartball 1:00

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Work Out 8:30 Knitting 9:00 Warm Up America 9:30 Drawing Portraits 10:00 Tai Chi 11:00 & 12:30 Dominos 1:00 Bridge 1:00

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Zumba Gold 9:30 Yoga 10:30 Yoga No Mat 11:30

Sing Along 11:30 Eirenicon Club 1:00

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Work Out 8:30 Knitting 9:00 Scrabble 1:00

Drop In Bridge 1:00 Support Group 3:00

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Oil Panting 9:30 1 on 1 Tech Help 10 Sheepshead 12:00

Bridge 1:00 Dominos 1:00

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Low Vision 10:00 Sheepshead 12:00 Mah Jongg 12:00 Hand & Foot 12:45 Dartball 1:00

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Knitting 9:00 Energy Assistance 9:00 Warm Up America 9:30 Drawing Portraits 10:00 Hospital Class 10:00 Tai Chi 11:00 & 12:30 Dominos 1:00 Bridge 1:00

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Toe Nail Trimmers Fill Easter Eggs 9:30 Book Classics 1:00 Happy Hookers 1:00

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Knitting 9:00 Watercolors 9:30/12:30

Scrabble 1:00 Drop In Bridge 1:00 Bingo 1:15

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Oil Panting 9:30 Sheepshead 12:00 Bridge 1:00

Dominos 1:00

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Chess Club 9:30 Zumba Gold 9:30 Blood Pressure 10:30 Yoga 10:30/11:30 Sheepshead 12:00 Mah Jongg 12:00 Stockbox 12:30 Hand & Foot 12:45 Dartball 1:00

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Work Out 8:30

Knitting 9:00 Warm Up America 9:30 Drawing Portraits 10:00

Tai Chi 11:00 & 12:30 Dominos 1:00

Bridge 1:00

First Day of Spring

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Zumba Gold 9:30 Yoga 10:30 Yoga No Mat 11:30

Sing Along 11:30 Eirenicon Club 1:00

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Work Out 8:30 Knitting 9:00 Watercolors 9:30/12:30

Scrabble 1:00 Drop In Bridge 1:00

Medicare Class 7:00

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Oil Panting 9:30 Sheepshead 12:00 Bridge 1:00

Dominos 1:00

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Zumba Gold 9:30 Yoga 10:30/11:30 Sheepshead 12:00

Mah Jongg 12:00 Hand & Foot 12:45 Dartball 1:00

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Work Out 8:30 Knitting 9:00 Warm Up America 9:30 Drawing Portraits 10:00

Tai Chi 11:00 & 12:30 Dominos 1:00 Bridge 1:00

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Toe Nail Trimmers Zumba Gold 9:30

Bunko 9:30 Yoga 10:30 Yoga No Mat 11:30

Book Lovers 1:00 Sit ‘n Knit 1:00

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Work Out 8:30 Knitting 9:00 Watercolors 9:30/12:30

Scrabble 1:00 Drop In Bridge 1:00

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CLOSED

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April 2018 Calendar of Events MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

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ACTIVITIES

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Chess Club 9:30 Zumba Gold 9:30 Low Vision 10:00 Memoir 10:00 Yoga 10:30/11:30 Hearing Test 11:00 Sheepshead 12:00 Mah Jongg 12:00 Hand & Foot 12:45 Dartball 1:00

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Work Out 8:30 Knitting 9:00 Energy Assistance 9:00 Warm Up America 9:30 Hospital Class 10:00 Drawing Portraits 10:00 Dominos 1:00 Bridge 1:00 Poetry 1:00

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Toe Nail Trimmers Zumba Gold 9:30 Memory Screening 10-4 Yoga 10:30 Yoga No Mat 11:30 Book Classics 1:00

Happy Hookers 1:00

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Work Out 8:30 Knitting 9:00 Watercolors 9:30/12:30

Drop In Bridge 1:00 Scrabble 1:00

Support Group 3:00

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Oil Painting 9:30 1 on 1 Tech Help 10 Sheepshead 12:00

Bridge 1:00 Dominos 1:00

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Zumba Gold 9:30 Memoir 10:00 Blood Pressure 10:30 Yoga 10:30/11:30 Sheepshead 12:00 Mah Jongg 12:00 Stockbox 12:30 Hand & Foot 12:45 Dartball 1:00

17 Work Out 8:30 Knitting 9:00 Warm Up America 9:30 Drawing Portraits 10:00 Sugar Scrub Craft 10:00 Dominos 1:00 Bridge 1:00 Poetry 1:00

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Oklahoma Trip 9:00 AARP Driving Class 8:30

Zumba Gold 9:30 Yoga 10:30 Yoga No Mat 11:30 Sing Along 11:30

Eirenicon Club 1:00

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Work Out 8:30 Knitting 9:00 Watercolors 9:30/12:30

Drop In Bridge 1:00 Scrabble 1:00

Bingo 1:15

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Oil Painting 9:30 Sheepshead 12:00 Bridge 1:00

Dominos 1:00

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Chess Club 9:30 Zumba Gold 9:30 Memoir 10:00 Yoga 10:30/11:30 Sheepshead 12:00 Mah Jongg 12:00 Hand & Foot 12:45 Dartball 1:00

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Work Out 8:30 Knitting 9:00 Warm Up America 9:30 Dominos 1:00 Bridge 1:00 Poetry 1:00

25 Toe Nail Trimmers

Zumba Gold 9:30 Bunko 9:30 Yoga 10:30 Yoga No Mat 11:30 Book Lovers 1:00 Sit & Knit 1:00

26 Work Out 8:30 Knitting 9:00 Watercolors 9:30/12:30

Drop In Bridge 1:00 Scrabble 1:00

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Oil Painting 9:30 Sheepshead 12:00 Bridge 1:00

Dominos 1:00

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Zumba Gold 9:30 Memoir 10:00 Yoga 10:30/11:30 Sheepshead 12:00 Mah Jongg 12:00 Hand & Foot 12:45 Dartball 1:00

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Pie Logic Puzzle

Five kids are seated at the pie shop, and they are hungry! Each one gets a slice of pie in a different flavor. Who had what? Answers on page 9 1. Mala and Rocky are allergic to dairy. 2. Sam and Davis don’t like fruit. 3. Davis did not have banana crème. 4. Rocky did not eat the blueberry pie. 5. Sam ate the Pecan Pie.

Interesting Facts

Humor

• A mom came home to five of the six donuts gone, she asked her son, “You ate 5 donuts?!” He responded, “You said I would get sick if I ate 6.”

• What do you get when you put a candle in a suit of armor? A knight light

• What do you call a sleepwalking nun? A roamin’ Catholic.

• What did the green grape say to the purple grape? BREATH!

• What’s the last thing that goes through a bug’s mind as he hits the windshield? His butt.

• Two cows are sitting in a field, and one says to the other, “so, how about that mad cow disease? Scary stuff, right?” To which the other replies, “terrifying, but what do I care? I’m a helicopter.

• There were two peanuts walking down a dark ally, one was assaulted.

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Upcoming Classes

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Wake Up Work Out Tuesdays: Mar 20 - May 22 Thursdays: Mar 22 - May 24

Time : 8:30 - 9:30 AM Fee: $37 R / $45 NR

Zumba Gold

Mondays: Mar 19 - Apr 30 Wednesdays: Mar 21 - May 2

Time: 9:30 - 10:15 AM Fee: $20 R / $24 NR

Easy Yoga

Mondays: Mar 19 - Apr 30 Time: 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM Wednesdays: Mar 21 - May 2

Time: 10:30 - 11:15 AM Fee: $29 R / $35 NR

Easy Yoga 2

Mondays: Mar 19 - Apr 30 Time: 10:30 - 11:15 AM Fee: $29 R / $35 NR

Toe Nail Trimmers

Mar 17, 28 & Apr 11, 25 Fee: $29 (Starting April 1) Registration is required by

calling (262) 719-0336

Knitting

Tuesdays: Mar 13 - May 22 Thursdays: Mar 15 - May 31 Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Fee: $99 R / $116 NR

AARP Safe Driver Class

Thursday: Apr 18 Time: 8:30 AM -12:30 PM | Room 123

Fee: $18 AARP Member / $23 Non Member

Registration is required

Drawing Portraits from Photographs

Tuesdays: Mar 13 - Apr 17 Time: 10:00 - 11:30 AM Fee: $29 R / $35 NR

Yoga Without a Mat Wednesdays: Mar 21 - May 2 Time: 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Fee: $20 R / $24 NR

Mah Jongg—American Lessons Wednesdays: May 2 & 9

Time: 1:00 - 3:00 PM |Fee: $20 R / $23 NR Please register by Apr 20, Fee includes card

PickleBall Tues, Thurs & Sat: Apr 30 - Sept 1

Time: 9:00 - 11:30 AM Fees: $50 R / $60 NR - Superpass

Are You Ready For Medicare?

Thursday: March 22 Time: 7:00 - 8:30 PM | Room 123 FREE, but you must pre-register

Watercolors

Thursdays: Mar 15 - May 31 Time: 9:30 AM & 12:30 PM

Fee: $59 R / $71 NR

Memoir Writing

Mondays: Apr 9 - May 14 Time: 10:00 - 11:00 AM Fee: $39 R / $47 NR

Poetry Writing

Wednesdays: Apr 10 - May 15 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM Fee: $39 R / $47 NR

Happy Hookers / Sit’n Knit 2nd & 4th Wednesdays

1:00 - 3:30 PM

Books Are Us The Classics - 2nd Wednesday Book Lovers - 4th Wednesday

1:00 - 2:30PM

Tired of staying home? Come to

our Community Center for some fun!

Mondays Sheepshead 12:00 PM

Mondays Mah Jong 12:00 PM

Mondays Hand & Foot 12:30 PM

Tuesdays Bridge 1:00 PM

Tuesdays Dominos 1:00 PM

Thursdays Scrabble 1:00 PM

Thursdays Bridge 1:00 PM

Fridays Sheepshead 12:00 PM

Fridays Bridge 1:00 PM

Fridays Dominos 1:00 PM

We have books, magazines, CD’s, videos,

DVD’s, & games that you may borrow for free.

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Free Activities

Warm Up America Tuesdays

9:30 - 11:00 AM

Blood Pressure Check 3rd Monday of the month 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Bingo 1st & 3rd Thursdays 1:15 - 2:30 PM

$2 for two cards, 10 games

Bunko 4th Wednesdays 9:30 - 11:30 AM $1 for Kitty

WI Home Energy Assistance Tuesdays: Mar 13 & Apr 10

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM FREE, but you must pre-register

by calling 1-800-506-5596

Caregiver Support Group with Holistic Home Health Care

2nd Thursdays: Mar 8 & Apr 12 3:00 - 4:30 PM

Indoor Walking at Home Depot Oct 2 - Mar 30

Monday - Friday | 9:00 - 11:00 AM

Low/No Vision Support Group 2nd Monday of the month

10:00 - 11:00 AM

Stockbox by Hunger Task Force 3rd Monday of the month

12:30 - 1:30 PM

Sing Along 1st & 3rd Wednesdays 11:30 AM- 12:30 PM

Chess Club Ever Other Monday: Mar 5 & 19, Apr 9 & 23

9:30 - 11:30 AM

Recipe

Mini Chicken Pot Pies

1 pkg (10 oz) frozen mixed vegetables, cooked 1 C. diced cooked chicken 1 can (10 3/4 oz) condensed cream of chicken soup 1 can (16.3 oz) Pillsbury Grands Flaky layers refrigerated original biscuits.

Heat oven to 375. In a medium bowl, combine vegetables, chicken, and soup; mix well. Press each biscuit into a 5 1/2-inch round. Place 1 round in each of the 8 greased regular muffin cups. Firmly press in bottom and up sides, forming 3/4-inch rim. Spoon a generous 1/3 cup chicken mixture into each cup. Pull edges of dough over filling towards center; pleat and pinch dough gently to hold in place. Bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes or until biscuits are gold-en brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from pan. Enjoy!

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Answers to Puzzle: 1) Wide Load, 2) Heart to Heart, 3) See for Yourself, 4) Turn the Other Cheek

Answer to Can you Solve the Mystery?: There is no mail on Sundays

A Memory Café is a social gathering for those who are experiencing early stage dementia, mild memory loss or mild cognitive impairment (MCI), with a family member or care provider. A Memory Café is a place to have fun, share experiences, and stay socially connected. For more information or to register for the next Memory Café, please contact the Alzheimer’s Association at 800-272-3900.

Wild Plum Memory Cafés

Third Mondays 3:00 - 4:30 pm

March 19—Brookfield Library April 16—Elm Grove Library

May 21—Menomonee Falls Library June 18—Germantown Library July 16—Brookfield Library

August 20—Elm Grove Library Sept 17—Menomonee Falls Library October 15—Germantown Library November 19—Brookfield Library December 17—Elm Grove Library

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