T H E N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E L O S A L A M O S

R E T I R E D A N D S E N I O R O R G A N I Z A T I O N

Pauline Schneider, Executive Director

Web Site: losalamosseniorcenter.com

Los Alamos Retired and Senior News

Volume 43 - Issue 10 October 2016

Register for Meals and Rides Sometimes people ask us how we can offer meals and rides when we only ask for sug-gested donations. The truth is – we can’t!!! We depend on county, state, and federal funds to make up the difference every month, every year. One of the requirements for get-ting that money is for us to verify that the sen-iors receiving those meals and rides are eligi-ble. We do this through the Nutrition and Ac-tivities of Daily Living assessments that you help us complete. If you are a regular lunch patron or you use our transportation service, you will be asked to update your assessment annually. Some of you might see a message when you swipe your card at the touchscreen that it is time for your update. Please seek out Cindy Justice to get your update complet-ed.

If you are new to these services, please know that we need to have you registered. To do this, we must complete an initial assess-ment to find out how you are doing and what we offer that will best support your needs. Cindy and Collette are spending more time at the White Rock Senior Center this fall in order to get everyone registered who will want to eat lunch or use transportation when our ex-panded center opens towards the end of the year. If you come to the BESC for lunch or need rides, the process is the same. Seniors may opt out of the assessment questions by initialing the assessment form in certain plac-es. Please let us know if your contact infor-mation or emergency contacts change.

Festival of Trees 2016 Members wishing to donate trees, wreaths or other holiday décor for the week-long Silent Auction are asked to have items to the BESC by Friday, November 4, at 2:00 p.m. The Festival of Trees will conclude on Saturday, November 12, with a craft fair, live music, Santa visits, and the silent auction for all the trees! Proceeds from this event go to support senior programs at both centers, as well as science education outreach done by Champi-ons of Youth Ambition. This is the main fund-raiser for this year for senior programs, so we hope that many of you will support it by donat-ing items, bidding and shopping, and bringing your friends and family. If you love to decorate for the Holidays …

… and you would like to do a small table top tree for our Festival of Trees silent auc-tion, we have bare 18” trees! Please call Pauline at 662-8920 to arrange pick up of a small artificial tree (or two). Just return it “dressed” by Friday, November 4, and we’ll put it up for bids! Flu Shots It is likely that our senior centers will NOT be offering flu shots this year, at least not through the Health Dept. Vaccine distribution by the state is minimal this year, so we are encouraging all our members to use their Medicare benefit and get their shot elsewhere in the community.

The LWV/AAUW Candidate Forums are at UNM-LA, Building 2, Lecture Hall on Thurs-days, October 6 and 13, at 7:00 p.m. (6:30 p.m. for refreshments).

October 7, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, 2009 93 min., rated PG Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint In the sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witch-craft, and in both wizard and muggle worlds, Lord Voldemort and his henchmen are in-creasingly active. With vacancies to fill at Hog-warts, Professor Dumbledore persuades Hor-ace Slughorn, back from retirement, to be-come the potions teacher, while Professor Snape receives long awaited news. October 14, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I 86 min., rated PG-13 Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint Voldemort's power is growing stronger. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore's work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord. But little hope remains for the Trio and the rest of the Wizarding World, so everything they do must go as planned. October 21, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II 73 min., rated PG-13 Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint Harry, Ron, and Hermione continue their quest of finding and destroying the Dark Lord's three remaining Horcruxes, the magical items re-sponsible for his immortality. But as the mysti-cal Deathly Hallows are uncovered, and Voldemort finds out about their mission, the biggest battle begins, and life as they know it will never be the same again. October 28, Young Frankenstein, 1974 106 min., rated PG Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman (In Honor of Gene Wilder who recently passed away from Alzheimer’s.) A young neurosurgeon (Gene Wilder) inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle, he finds a funny hunchback called Igor, a pretty lab as-sistant named Inga, and the old housekeeper, Frau Blucher. Young Frankenstein does not believe the work of his grandfather is real until he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment.

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Newsletter Dates

Items Due: Wednesday, October 12

Editing: Friday, October 14

Folding: Friday, October 21

Movies 12:30, Fridays,

BESC

Day Out The Day Out Program has made a few sched-ule changes recently. We now do Chime Time with Connie on Monday mornings at 10. Please check out our posted schedule on line or outside the Day Out Program. Puzzle Challenge! We have recently ac-quired 5 unopened boxes of black and white mandala puzzles that are a real bugger to put together. You have to match up the patterns, and pieces fit where they shouldn’t, SOOOOO – just because it fits does not mean it goes there! You must have very good eyes or a magnifying glass. I am issu-ing a challenge to any who would like to try to put these together. The puzzles are small (100 pieces), and will fit on an 11X14 board very easily. The finished dimensions are 10” X 8”. If anyone would like to put these to-gether, we would love to have them complet-ed so we can color them. I think after they are colored they will be easier to piece togeth-er. For those who complete and return a puz-zle, we will make you a breakfast any day of the week we are open before 9 am! Here are our program participants playing the Chimes.

We are continuing the Harry Potter series this month and will finish on the 21st. Recently the hilarious genius actor, Gene Wilder, passed away due to complications from Alzheimer’s. On October 28th, we will watch “Young Frank-enstien” with Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn for our final Friday movie in October. We also will have the Day Out decorated for Hallow-een this month! I hope you can join us for our Friday Movies! Live, Love, and Laugh! Laurie Hochhalter, Day Out Director

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Lunch is served Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., BESC. For reservations call 662-8924. It is essential for seniors wishing to dine at the BESC to make reservations. These can be made as late as 10:00 a.m. on the day that you wish to eat. You can also make them a month or a week in advance. Please cancel your reservations when you are unable to come. If you arrive with-out a reservation, it is likely that we will be able to feed you, but we ask that you wait until we have served most of our patrons who made reservations. Please be courteous and adhere to this request. Note: Only bread/pastries can be taken home. Fruit can be substituted for any dessert. Suggested donation for lunch is $4.00. Please do not request change for bills greater than $20.00.

SALAD BAR MOST DAYS October 3 – 7 10/3 Monday—Salisbury Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, California Blend Vegetables, Pudding 10/4 Tuesday—Cod with Dill Sauce, Tartar Sauce, Cauliflower, Wheat Roll, Applesauce 10/5 Wednesday—Grilled Pork Chops, Rice Pilaf, Italian Blended Vegetables, Oranges 10/6 Thursday—Chicken Tortilla Soup, Biscuit, Peaches 10/7 Friday—Hot Turkey Sandwich, Stuffing, Gravy, Cranberry Sauce, Peas and Carrots, Roll, Pumpkin Cookie October 10 – 14 10/10 Monday—Closed for Columbus Day 10/11 Tuesday—Sweet ‘n’ Sour Pork, Pork Eggroll, Stir Fry Vegetables, Cookies 10/12 Wednesday—Grilled Chicken Breast w/Green Chile and Swiss Cheese, Zucchini and Red Peppers, Applesauce 10/13 Thursday—Tilapia, Oven Fried Potatoes, Green Beans w/Peppers, Roll, Plum Cobbler 10/14 Friday—Beef Tips, Egg Noodles, Peas and Carrots, Fruit Cocktail, Oatmeal Cookie October 17 – 21 10/17 Monday—Red Chile Beef Enchilada, Spanish Rice, Calabacitas, Flour Tortilla, Rice Pudding 10/18 Tuesday—Fish and Chips, Tartar Sauce, German Coleslaw, Peaches 10/19 Wednesday—Pub Burger, Potato Chips, Pears 10/20 Thursday—Pork Loin, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Corn w/Red Peppers, Roll, Applesauce 10/21 Friday—Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Mixed Vegetables, Roll, Peach Cobbler, Salad (RPEA Luncheon) October 24 – 28 10/24 Monday—Chicken Tenders, BBQ Sauce and/or Gravy, French Fries, 5-Way Mixed Vegetables, Cookies 10/25 Tuesday—Tamales, Red Chile, Refried Beans, Posole, Mandarin Oranges 10/26 Wednesday—Fish Tacos with Chipotle Coleslaw, Succotash, Jell-O with Fruit 10/27 Thursday—Sausage Lasagna, Italian Vegetables, Garlic Bread Stick, Chocolate Pudding 10/28 Friday—Chile Cheese Chicken Soup, Biscuit, Blueberry Muffin October 31 10/31 Monday—Baked Cod with Dill Sauce, Corn and Red Peppers, Green Beans, Roll, Peaches Breakfast at White Rock Baptist Church 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, WRBC

Activities and Announcements Regularly Scheduled Activities

AARP Smart Driver Course On Saturday, October 22, 9:00 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Gary Doolan will teach the Smart Driver Course at

the BESC. Call 662-8920 for a reservation. This

course may qualify you for a discount on automo-

bile insurance. The 4-hour course is $15.00 for

AARP members and $20.00 for all others. Checks

made out to AARP are required, no cash. The

course is open to those who are 50 or older as veri-

fied by their driver’s license. Seating space limits

the class to 15 participants. Bring a pencil, a ball-

point pen, and driver’s license. AARP members

should bring their AARP member cards. Class is

in the “Day Out” downstairs.

Adult Day Services The Day Out

7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Daily, BESC

Cards and Games Bingo

1:00 p.m. Third Tuesday, October 18, BESC

Bridge

1:00 p.m. Monday, WRSC

1:00 p.m. Tuesday, “Party Bridge”, BESC

7:00 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, BESC

1:00 p.m. Wednesday, WRSC

1:30 p.m. Wednesday, BESC (Duplicate Bridge) Bridge Lite

10:00 a.m. Monday, WRSC

Cards

Any time, any day BESC is open, BESC

10:00 a.m. Saturday, WRSC Chat Room-WRSC

10:00 a.m. every day, Close 4:00 p.m. M, W, F.

Close 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, 9:00 p.m. Thursday

Chess

See Tom Pigott for an appointment, 662-6962

Dominos

10:00 a.m. Saturday, WRSC

Movie

7:00 p.m. Second Tuesday, October 11, WRSC

12:30 p.m. Friday, BESC

Pinochle

1:00 p.m. Tuesday and Friday, WRSC

Committees and Boards AARP Meeting

10:30 a.m. Second Wednesday, October 12, BESC Friends of the Senior Center Board

1:30 p.m. Fourth Tuesday, October 25, BESC

LARSO Advisory Council

10:00 a.m. Monday, October 24, BESC.

LARSO Board of Directors

9:30 a.m. Thursday, October 20, BESC

Computers Computer Users Group (CUG)

All users or potential users are welcome. Meetings

are at 10:00 a.m. on the third Tuesday at BESC;

10:00 a.m. on the first Tuesday at WRSC. Various

subjects are discussed at each meeting depending

on the immediate interests of those present. A par-

ticular effort is made to deal with questions and

problems from beginners. Beginners are always

welcome.

Mac Users Group (MUG)

MUG meets on the third Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. in

the BESC classroom. This is a place to discuss your

Mac usage or problems. All are welcome.

Projector: A multimedia projector and associat-

ed laptop computer are available through the BESC

office for senior classes and activities. Initial in-

struction for set-up and use is required, and prior

reservation is recommended.

Available Computers: When there is no sched-

uled use, the computers in the BESC Computer Lab

are available for internet access, practice, and gen-

eral purposes (see calendar next to Lab door). One

computer is also available for internet access and

general use in WRSC.

Crafts Wood Carving

10:00 a.m. Monday, WRSC

Dance and Music Ballroom Dancing

6:00 p.m. Monday, Argentine Tango, BESC

7:00 p.m. Monday, BESC

2:00 p.m. Thursday, BESC

Beginning Line Dancing

9:15 a.m. Friday, BESC

Classes are geared toward those in attendance.

Line Dancing

2:00 p.m. Monday, WRSC

9:15 a.m. Friday, BESC

Music with Ruth Williamson

10:30-11:15 a.m. Wednesday, The Day Out

Recorders

1:30 p.m. Friday, BESC

All are welcome. Call Marge Agnew, 662-7144

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Tap Dancing

12:00 p.m. Tuesday, WRSC 1:30 p.m. Thursday, BESC

Discussion Group Senior Civic Discussion Group

10:00 a.m. 1st and 3rd Mondays, BESC

Financial Investment Group

10:00 a.m. Thursday, BESC

Health Alzheimer’s Support Group

1:15 p.m. Second Wednesday, October 12, BESC Benefits Counseling

By appointment only. Call 662-8920 or 672-2034. Blood Pressure Check

1:00-4:00 p.m. Wednesday, WRSC Low-Vision and Hearing-Challenged Support

Trip to the Jemez, Fourth Tuesday, October 25, BESC Massage

10:00 a.m. Second Thursday, October 13, WRSC with Sandi. Please sign up in advance. Toenail Clipping (Donation $15.00) 9:00 a.m Thursday, October 6 and 20, BESC

For an appointment at BESC call 662-8920. 9:00 a.m. Thursday, October 27, WRSC.

For an appointment at WRSC Call Annie at 672-2034.

Physical Fitness Cardio Plus Exercise

8:45 a.m. Monday and Wednesday, BESC Gentle Yoga

11:00 a.m. Wednesday, WRSC Low Impact Aerobics

9:30 a.m. Tuesday, WRSC 10:30 a.m. Friday, WRSC 2:00 p.m. Sunday, WRSC Silver Sneakers

10:30 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday, WRSC For information, call the YMCA at 662-3100. Strong Women Graduates

10:00 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, WRSC Table Tennis

7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, BESC 10:00 a.m. Saturday, BESC 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Saturday, WRSC Variety Training

8:45 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday, BESC Vinyasa Yoga

10:45 a.m. Monday, WRSC 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, WRSC

Weight Room

Open Monday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. Call 672-2034 for closing time, WRSC Zumba Gold

1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, WRSC 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Friday, WRSC

Pool & Billiards Pool at WRSC - None till renovation is done

Pool at BESC - Every day but Sunday Quilting, Knitting and Hooking LAVA Quilters and Knitters

8:30 a.m. Wednesday, BESC Hookers and Stitchers

1:00 p.m. Thursday, WRSC

Services Tire Pressure Check

10:30-11:30 a.m. 2nd Thursday, October 13, Metzgers in White Rock

Walking Early Walk

7:05 a.m. Wednesday, WR Baptist Church Ad Hoc Hikers

8:30 a.m. Thursday, BESC downstairs. Usually 3-4 miles and back before noon. For more information

call Pam at (505) 500-6979. Friday Walkers

9:00 a.m. Friday, WRSC

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The Newsletter Staff Layout Editor - John Stewart

Proof Readers - Patsy Casias, Judy Dudziak, Kari Lier, Joan Upham

and the BESC Staff.

Holidays 2016 Date Columbus Day Monday, Oct. 10

Veterans' Day Friday, Nov. 11

Thanksgiving Day Thursday and Friday,

Nov. 24 and 25

Christmas Day Friday and Monday,

Dec. 23 and Dec 26

New Year’s Day Monday, Jan. 2, 2017

Low Vision and Hearing Challenged will have trip to the Jemez Tuesday, October 25. Calls will be made closer to the date to take your reservations.

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More Information/Articles

Trips—October and November Saturday, October 8, Abiquiu Studio Tour Suggested donation $6.00 Depart BESC 8:30 a.m. WRSC 8:50 a.m. For reservations please call Karen at 662-8922. Wednesday, October 12, Dinner Out La Cocina, Espanola Suggested donation $6.00 Depart BESC 4:30 p.m., WRSC 4:50 p.m. For reservations please call Karen at 662-8922. Saturday, November 5, Dixon Studio Tour Suggested donation $6.00 Depart BESC 8:00 a.m., WRSC 8:20 a.m. For reservations please call Karen at 662-8922.

Senior Trips If you are leaving your car at the WRSC while you go on a trip, please park away from the building, so those seniors coming in and out of the Center can park closer to the building. Thank you.

Durango-Silverton Train Trip October 4, 5 and 6, Durango-Silverton Train trip, Colorado (Sold Out) Let's take the historic train ride round trip from Durango to Silverton. Lodging in the famous Strater Hotel in Durango for 2 nights.

BESC Ladies Social Group A BESC Ladies Social Group will begin Thursday, October 13, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. in the conference room. Please join us for discussion on related topics of interest to women in the community. These may include aging in place, grieving, changes in living situation, physical and psychological challenges of aging.

Legal Resources for Seniors A free legal workshop for seniors will be of-fered at the BESC on November 14. Presen-tation at 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. Afterwards, a Power of Attorney (POA) and Advance Health Care Directive (AHCD) Clinic will take place in the upper level conference room from: 11:30 – 1:00 pm. Please call 505-797-6005 to register.

Lads of Enchantment The Lads of Enchantment (LOE) will present their 2016 Annual Barbershop Show, “Let There Be Peace”, at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and

Saturday, November 4 and 5, at the United Church of Los Alamos. Admission is $5.00 for students and $15.00 for adults. Advance tick-ets can be purchased from C B Fox or LOE members. The 2016 Special Guest Quartet is the Barbershop Harmony Society’s 2013 Col-legiate Quartet Champion and the 2013 Far West District Quartet Champion - The New-fangled Four (TNF). In its first year of open international quartet competition in 2015, TNF placed 14th in the world, and this year TNF improved to 11th place, just missing the cov-eted “top-ten”. Santa Fe’s barbershop chorus, the Harmonizers, will join the LOE on the ris-ers for the show. Among the show’s songs are “Annie’s Song”, “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”, “Drivin’ Me Crazy”, “South Of The Bor-der”, “Teddy Bear” and “Let There Be Peace On Earth”. For more information and links to the TNF, visit the LOE website, www.ladsofenchantment.org.

Cornering Breast Cancer Los Alamos Council on Cancer P r e s e n t s a FREE Community Seminar, Cornering Breast Cancer: The Next Generation of Anti-tumor Therapies on Thursday, October 13 – 6:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 2200 Diamond Drive, Los Alamos Time: 5:15–6:00 Complimentary Light Dinner 6:00–7:30 Seminar with Q+A Session Speaker: Dr. Jessica Sims, Ph.D.,Project Sci-entist, Department of Biomedical Sciences Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. Pre-registration required by Thursday, Octo-ber 6, for dinner. Email losalamos@nmsu.edu or online at http://www.LosAlamosCouncilOnCancer.org.

National White Cane Week October 15-22 The community is invited to a White Cane Walk to raise awareness for people with visual impairments on Saturday, October 15, at 10:00 a.m. at the Ashley Pond Pavillion. We will stroll around the pond together. What does a White Cane mean? Who are the people who have white canes? What difference does it make to the public?These questions will be answered along with other important information by Jonathan Ice, from the New Mexico Commission for the Blind on Tuesday, October 18, at noon at the BESC. Join us for lunch and help us raise awareness during National White Cane Week. Suggested donation for seniors is $4.00, for others, it is $7.50. Please call for lunch reser-vations at 662-8924.

White Rock Senior Center 672-2034

Halloween Pot Luck and Birthday Party

Friday, October 28 at 11:30 a.m. White Rock Baptist Church

WRSC Friday Walkers

Hikes beginning in October

at 9:00 a.m. Starting from WRSC

Oct. 7 Burnt Mesa, 4 miles moderate

Oct. 14 Aspen Vista Trail (SF Ski Hill)

3-4 miles moderate, eat out.

Oct. 21 Deer Trap Mesa 3 miles, moderate

Oct. 28 White Rock Rim Trail 2-3 miles, easy

Movie at the WRSC

Tues., Oct. 11, 7 p.m.

“Cool Running”

1993 · 1hr 38mi, Comedy When the Jamaican sprinter

Derice Bannock is disquali-fyed from the Olympic Games due to a silly accident, he en-visions the chance to partici-pate in bobsled modality.

Please bring a dish to share.

“I'm Herbert”  by Robert Anderson The humorous encounter of an older couple reminiscing about past and current “affairs,” with

the added kerfuffle of insistent but imperfect memories—think, “Who's On First.”

Oct. 19 at 12:45 p.m. at the BESC, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the WRSC

New Game Time: Thursdays at 6:00 p.m.

Come try a variety of card and board games

Lockhart Report

The WRSC members are looking for-

ward to a limited number of seniors to

tour the Senior Center renovation work

site in October. Safety on the site is al-

ways a priority. The anticipated comple-

tion date is tentatively in December.

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Thank You Volunteers! Many thanks to the volunteers pictured below who helped with the 90+ Ice Cream Social - Cathy Taylor, Irene Ryan and Nancy Wooldridge:

Artwork at BESC Stop by the BESC to check out the artwork now on display through October 14 th. The artists fea-tured are also LAVA volunteers! Works are by Debra Gardner, Thelma Hahn, Yvonne Keller, Marcy Rislove, and Mary Carol Williams.

Volunteer Opportunities

As the White Rock Senior Center renovation nears completion, LAVA will be recruiting volun-teers to help as Money Helpers & Meal Helpers. It is anticipated that the meal program volun-teers will have the same responsibilities as they currently have at the BESC. If you are interest-ed in helping with the White Rock lunch program, please contact the LAVA office for more infor-mation.

The Manhattan Project Historic Park is in need of volunteers to greet visitors and provide infor-mation to the general public about the park. Volunteering takes place both inside and outside the visitor center and comes with a parks shirt and hat.

Los Alamos Historical Society – Please consider volunteering for a shift, either as a regular do-cent or as a substitute, to help in the Museum shop, or as a tour guide at the Romero Cabin and Hans Bethe House.

Why Submit Volunteer Hours? Often, volunteer hours are included in grant applications to verify that the non-profit that they are helping is supported by volunteers. When volunteer hours are translated into dollars saved by or-ganizations and the dedication shown by those volunteers is apparent, the granting agencies are more inclined to provide funding. In addition, volunteers are meeting the needs of the community by providing their time and expertise. For the LAVA office, the state agency that provides nearly half of the funding for the volunteer program, the Aging and Long-Term Services Department, has two

Betty Ehart Senior Center Phone 662-8923

Linda Boncella, Director

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LAVA Los Alamos Volunteer Association

lava@losalamosseniorcenter.com

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measurement goals for the LAVA office: 1) The number of hours LAVA volunteers spend volunteer-ing and 2) the number of LAVA volunteers. The state is interested in how much time the senior vol-unteers are investing in the community, what needs are being met, and how many seniors are volun-teering. LAVA partners with 33 non-profits and programs and helps to provide volunteers for these programs. LAVA provides supplemental insurance to its volunteers and provides a centralized vol-unteer organization for seniors who are currently volunteering or are just getting started volunteer-ing. In addition, LAVA tracks volunteer hours for LANL retirees for the LANL Vecinos program. This program provides donations to the non-profit of choice of the LANL retiree for 100 volunteer hours and up. LAVA tracks hours and submits a spreadsheet of volunteer hours on behalf of the LAVA LANL retiree volunteers each spring to LANL. In 2015, LAVA volunteers contributed more than 74,000 hours to the Los Alamos and White Rock communities, which translates to approximately $1,529,749 (according to the New Mexico median income rate). By submitting these hours to the state of New Mexico, it provides a way for the state to know how much volunteerism is going on in Los Alamos County. It also helps to let the state know what needs are and are not being met. Your time and efforts in volunteering are greatly appreciated! Thank you for the generosity of your time and skills to help our community! Linda & Sarah

Look Where We Live! Do you remember the Roosevelt Boys and their work with our National Parks? Are any of their ac-complishments around you? What about some other National designated sites where you live? Kathryn Flynn, Executive Director of the National New Deal Preservation Assoc. and Kirk Sing-er, Director of the Manhattan Project National Monument will be joining together to share more about our State’s National Monuments and our one National Park. Also included will be Mr. Singer shar-ing about one of the state’s newest National Monuments here in your backyard. Yes, our govern-ment has done some mighty fine things in these past 100 years for us to enjoy and appreciate, but what do you know about them, and which ones have you taken into your memory banks? If you haven’t been to all of them. Flynn will provide you with a set of colorful maps focusing on places and things that are all right here in NM for you to go see and enjoy. Likewise, she will be hoping you can share stories you have about your family members who possibly helped create some of these sites here or in some other states. Flynn and Singer will be at the WRSC on Friday, October 14, at 2:00 p.m. and the BESC on October 17, at 12:45 p.m.. Mrs. Flynn will also be speaking at Bandelier on October 14, at 10:30 a.m. as part of the unveiling ceremony of a new bronze life-size statue of a Ci-vilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Worker. This is in commemoration of all the work FDR’S Tree Ar-my of young boys did to make Bandelier National Monument more accessible and enjoyable for vis-itors to that site. All are welcome that morning to this special event.

More Live Theater at the Senior Center Free, live theater performances with post-show discussions continue at both Senior Centers with the fourth production of 2016. Los Alamos Little Theatre will produce a staged reading of a brief come-dy about aging on Wednesday, October 19, at BESC and Thursday, October 20, at the White Rock Senior Center. The play will be read by Pat Beck and John Gustafson. “I'm Herbert” by Robert Anderson, is the humorous encounter of an older couple reminiscing about past and current “affairs,” with the added kerfuffle of insistent but imperfect memories—think, “Who's On First.” Come on out to support live theater at Los Alamos Senior Centers, and have a good time! BESC: Wednesday, October 19, at 12:45 pm WRSC: Thursday evening, October 20, at 7:30 pm. Lots of refreshments too.

Managing Prostate Health This is the topic for the Friday, October 14, Lunch Talk sponsored by Los Alamos Medical Center. Dr. Vincent Fiorica, MD will be the speaker. Please reserve your lunch by calling 662-8920 or 662-8924. The talk will start at noon at the BESC.

Los Alamos Retired and Senior Organization 1101 Bathtub Row Los Alamos, NM 87544 Address Service Requested

Non-Profit US Postage Paid Permit No. 15 Los Alamos, NM 87544

White Rock Senior Center 134 State Rd 4 Suite A-2

White Rock, NM 87547 Phone - 672-2034

Hours - M,W,F - 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hours - Tuesday - 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Hours - Thursday - 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Hours - Saturday - 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The Day Out

1101 Bathtub Row Los Alamos, NM 87544

Phone - 661-0081 Laurie Hochhalter, Director

Hours - 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Los Alamos Retired and Senior Organization (LARSO)

1101 Bathtub Row Los Alamos, NM 87544

Ann Shafer, President

Addresses, Phone Numbers, and More

Betty Ehart Senior Center 1101 Bathtub Row Los Alamos, NM 87544 Front Desk - 662-8920, Fax - 661-7677 Meal Reservation - 662-8924 Transportation Reservation - 662-8922 Transportation Weekend/Evenings Cell - 412-2200 Pauline Schneider, Director E-mail - larsobesc@hotmail.com Web Site - losalamosseniorcenter.com Hours - M-F - 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday - 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. LAVA 1101 Bathtub Row Los Alamos, NM 87544 Phone - 662-8923 Linda Boncella, Director lava@losalamosseniorcenter.com