TASCA Tally September 2015

Stay young ! Get involved !

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SEPTEMBER ‘42’ TOURNAMENT IS

ALMOST HERE If you plan to participate in TASCA’s ‘42’ tournament this month and just haven’t gotten

around to turning in your entry form and fee, now is the time to do so. The tournament will

be Saturday, September 19.

Coffee, donuts and sign-in for the event will be from 8:30-9:30 AM and the gaming fun will

begin at 10:00. A very special lunch will be served—free of charge to participants—by Atria

Senior Living, and we thank them so much for their support of TASCA.

Thanks also go to our second sponsor,

Hembree Chiropractic, to a generous TASCA member for prize money, and to Coach’s for

door prizes. Tell your friends to come participate in this fun tournament as well!

TASCA BINGO SURVEY

TASCA is investigating the possibility of having BINGO here, and wants to know how many people are interested. Please fill out the quick survey below

and drop off at the front desk at TASCA or mail to: TASCA, P.O. Box 131540,

Tyler, Texas 75713; e-mail to info@tasca.org; or call 903-871-3219.

Name: ___________________________________ Date:_______________________

TASCA MEMBER Yes _________ No __________

I would support Bingo at TASCA Yes ________ No __________

TASCA “VEGAS NIGHTS” BLACK-

TIE FUNDRAISER SCHEDULED A popular way to raise funds for nonprofit organizations like TASCA is a Casino Night, and

TASCA Board member Ryan Tew along with Oak Hills Terrace Marketing has planned just

such an event for us on Thursday September

24 from 7-10 PM. TASCA “Vegas Nights” will be hosted by the

Holiday Inn at 5701 South Broadway in Tyler. The event is a black-tie fundraiser. Ticket prices

range from $54-$80 and include dinner, DJ, dancing and lots of fun game tables and prizes.

Join us, walk across the red carpet and have

your picture taken amid all the lights and excitement. Tickets are available from

www.eventbrite.com. For more information, call (903) 871-3217. Hope to see you there!

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TASCA OFFICE HOURS Monday—Friday 8:30 AM—4:30 PM

PHONE (903) 871-3217 EMAIL info@tasca.org ON THE WEB www.tasca.org

MEMBERSHIP UPDATE Please join the TASCA staff in welcoming the new members who have joined this year. So glad you’re here! Art Pettit Freda Wade Carolyn Earley Dian Shank Deborah Whiteland Betty Mix Judy Venable Estelle Kennedy J. R. Sanders Mary Jo Horton Gary Horton Ellen Smith Robert Hellams Janice Hellams Anita Odom C. D. Bryant Gwen Bryant John Zoeller Lynn Lister Merrilie Maull Leslie Colman Kim DeMott Edie Feliciano Beverly Guest Jeannette Marine Shari Field Jean Shore Kevin Anglin Karen Anglin Nell Warren Marla Cotter Richard Poyner B. J. Poyner

UPCOMING BALLROOM

DANCES & THEMES

Sept 4 Red, White & Blue Steven Smitha

Oct 9 Halloween Ball

Tuxedo Cats

Nov 13 “It’s a Fairy Tale”

Holiday Ball Tuxedo Cats

Dec 31 Welcome 2016

Tuxedo Cats

BALLROOM DANCE NEWS The Roaring 20s Ballroom dance was great fun

last month. Have a look at the pictures on pages two and three to see what we mean!

And then, get ready for the next ballroom dance

which will be on September 4! Though we were unable to schedule the dance on the 11th, the Red,

White & Blue theme for the evening honors the memory of who and what was lost to us on that

fateful day 14 years ago. Come dressed in the colors of our flag and plan to

have a super time. Music for the evening will be provided by Steven Smitha, and as always, a back

drop will be available for picture-taking.

Admission is $20 for TASCA members, $25 for guests. Please call the TASCA office—(903) 871-

3217—and RSVP by September 1. Whole tables can be reserved for parties of 8 or more. Doors open at

6:30 and the dance is from 7:00-10:00. Snacks will be available all evening.

"The best way to garden is to put on a

wide-brimmed straw hat and some old

clothes. And with a hoe in one hand

and a cold drink in the other, tell

somebody else where to dig."

- Texas Bix Bender, Don't Throw in

the Trowel

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SAVE THE DATE!

TASCA “VEGAS NIGHTS” WHAT: A BLACK-TIE CASINO NIGHT

WHEN: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

7:00 –10:00 PM

WHERE: HOLIDAY INN ON S. BROADWAY

WHY: A FUNDRAISER FOR TASCA

Tickets On Sale Now at www.eventbrite.com

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NEW EXHIBITION OPENS AT

TYLER MUSEUM OF ART The Tyler Museum of Art (TMA) invites all to view a new exhibition of painting and photography called Reflections of East Texas. The exhibit—which opened on July 26 and will continue until September 27—features the works of five artists who are either East Texas natives or who live in the area. Exhibition organizers say that artists “Keith Carter, Ted Ellis, Diane Frossard, Mike Perry and Franklin Demetrius Willis all have been profoundly influenced by their experiences in the area and continue to evoke those memories in their work.” Remember that all exhibits can be viewed free on the first Friday of each month. The mu-seum opens Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. TMA is supported by its Members, Tyler Junior College and the City of Tyler. The museum is located on the TJC cam-pus at 1300 S. Mahon. For more information, call (903) 595- 1001.

REMINDERS TASCA Potluck Dinners are on the second

Tuesday of each month at 4:30 PM. Always good food, good friends and a special speaker!

Lone Star Singles dinners out will resume this month. Meet new people and enjoy a meal

at Daniel Boone’s on Thursday September 17 at 5:45. For more information, call Wanda Barber

at (903) 566-4211.

Dance Lessons. Due to other commitments

on both the first and the third Saturday of September, our wonderful dance instructor

Hugh Wallace will be unable to teach the 5:30-6:30 C & W dance lessons.

But the good news is that Tuesday evening

ballroom dance lessons will continue at their usual time this month.

The cost of the ballroom lessons are $5 per person. For more information or to let us know

you’d like to take the lessons, call the TASCA

office at (903) 871-3217.

AN INVITATION TO DISCUSS

THE SERENITY PRAYER As many of you may know, Joyful Beginnings Church has regular Sunday services

here at TASCA. They have asked that we

extend an invitation to all who have a special place in their hearts for the Serenity Prayer.

Discussion of the prayer will take place on Sunday September 20 from 9:15 until 10:15

AM during the church’s regularly-scheduled

Adult Sunday School Hour here at TASCA.

MEDICARE SEMINARS COMING

TO TASCA During the months of October, November and December, UnitedHealthcare Medicare and

Retirement representatives will make presentations here at TASCA. The seminars will

cover general Medicare information and specific

UnitedHealthcare product information. Mark your calendars for October 15,

November 12 or for December 3 from 10 until 11:30 AM. Refreshments will be served at the

meetings, and everyone is welcome to attend. After each seminar, the UnitedHealthcare

agents and managers will remain onsite to

assist anyone with questions and enrollment needs.

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TASCA ‘42’ TOURNAMENT ENTRY FORM

(Entry fee, which is a nonrefundable donation to

TASCA, is $10 per person)

CASH PRIZES FOR 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th PLACE WINNERS

Name _______________________________ Phone _________________

Address _______________________________Email ________________________

_______________________________Amount enclosed________cash

_______________________________ ________check #________

Please bring by or mail to: TASCA Activity Center

P. O. Box 131540

Tyler, TX 75713

For more information: Phone (903) 871-3217

Email info@tasca.org

TASCA ‘42’ TOURNAMENT

Saturday, September 19 Sponsored by 8:30-9:30 AM Coffee, Donuts, Sign-in 10:00 AM Tournament begins Lunch provided by Atria Senior Living

To participate, detach and fill out the form below and drop it by or mail it with your entry fee to TASCA.

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IN THEIR OWN WORDS Everyone has countless tales to tell about their

life experiences, little slice-of-life events that we share with others. Some of us keep journals or

write our own short stories. This column is some-

thing new and experimental for the TASCA Tally. We want to give our members opportunities to

share their stories—fictional or true—with others, so this column is an invitation and an outlet for

writers here at TASCA. Got a story you want to

tell? Write it up and send it to us by mail, email or drop it by the office, and we’ll share it for you.

Two such slice-of-life stories follow. Enjoy! “The doorbell rang and as I was making my

way to the door, I looked through the glass and I could see the handsome new student from my

school. My heart started beating so fast I thought

I might faint. I saw my Mother step upon the porch and introduce herself to the young man. I

heard him tell her about himself, and that he had come to ask her permission to take me out

sometime. My Mother laughed, and gave her

permission but told the young man it might be better for him to get my permission also! They

shook hands and he left. I had to sit down and I began to wonder how long before he would call.”

Betty Moore

“One year the weather was so dry, the grass sparse and the trees dry. A fire broke out on the

other side of the mountain and was moving fast toward us. I had cut my hand to the bone and

the doctor advised me not to use it. My son and I were alone and he was only six years old. We

called the cows to the fenced-in lot and stalls by

the house and I gave him a burlap sack soaked in water. I had a big bucket of water and a rake

that I fit into the crook of my elbow. I raked as the fire came down the gully and my son

dragged the wet sack after to cover any I

missed. We kept it away from the barn, the milking lot and the house until the fire depart-

ment finally arrived and was able to keep the fire away from my neighbor’s house.” Inez Williams

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SPECIAL SEPTEMBER EVENTS 3—Coke Float Day

4—Ballroom Dance: “Red, White & Blue” Steve Smitha

5—1st Saturday C & W Dance Ben Lowery & Texas Express

11—Potluck Dinner 19—TASCA ‘42’ Tournament

19—3rd Saturday C & W Dance Hoss Huggins & The Ponderosa Band

24—TASCA “Vegas Nights”

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Joyful Beginnings Lutheran Church

Bible Study: Sunday, 9:30 AM Worship Services: Sunday, 10:30 AM

The Refuge Church

Worship Services: Sunday, 2:00 PM