Seniors Week October 1st to 7th

Inside this issue:

Seniors Week 1

Thanksgiving

Smorg 2

Senior’s Day Ac-

tivities 2

Monthly Menu 3

Volunteer Pro-

file 4

Christmas Craft

Fair 5

The Good Old

Days 6

Tournaments 7

Mark Your

Calendar

8

October 2017

What’s New at Eaton’s? Moose Jaw & District Senior Citizens Association Inc.

101-510 Main St, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 3K3

Office Phone: 306.694.4223 | Sports Level Phone: 306.694.0023

Fax: 306.694.1991

E-Mail: mjsenior@sasktel.net

http://www.mjsenior.com

Extra Years of Zest (XYZ)

National Seniors Day is an occasion for people to join together to honour and celebrate our seniors. Once again this year, Moose Jaw & District Seniors will be hosting events during Seniors Week, October 1st to 7th. This year we will be having all our activities on October 2nd On Monday October 2nd, our Celebration of Seniors kicks off with a pancake breakfast from 8:00-10:00 a.m. This scrumptious breakfast is free to all Seniors and sponsored by Moose Jaw EMS, Parrish & Heimbeck-er, Fellingers, Safeway, and South Hill Fine Foods. Moose Jaw & District EMS will be cooking and serving. At 9:30, Kyle Cunningham of the Moose Jaw Police Community Pro-grams and Safety Unit will be doing a Fraud Awareness Presentation in Card Room . This presentation will not only provide you with ways to protect yourself from fraud and scams but also information about some of the

scams that are out there right now. Sponsored by CO-OP. At 10:00 our Annual Seniors Trade

Show starts. Several businesses will be highlighting their prod-ucts and services geared to sen-iors. The show will be from 10:00-3:00p.m. A nurse from Home Care will be doing a blood pressure clin-

ic—times are not confirmed yet. At 1:00 Michael Penner will talk about planning for the future in re-gards to funeral needs. Finally, in the afternoon we will be hosting a ice cream cake social, spon-sored by DQ Grill & Chill. It will take place from 2:00 –4:00p.m. Once again, there is no cost for seniors 50+.

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NO DANCE UNTIL NO-

VEMBER

THE NEXT SOCIAL DANCE WILL BE

NOVEMBER 4TH AND LEON OCHS WILL BE PLAYING. SEE

YOU THEN!

The Moose Jaw Police Service

will be providing a Fraud

Awareness presentation for

Seniors Day on:

MONDAY OCTOBER 2,

2017

9:30-10:30

XYZ

NO CHARGE

PLANNING FOR THE

FUTURE

Michael Penner from Purple Shield

will be providing information on plan-

ning for your future funeral needs.

He will talk about options available to

you as simple as putting your wishes

on paper for your family, right up to

setting aside funds to look after ex-

penses.

MONDAY OCTOBER 2, 2017

1:00-2:00 XYZ

NO CHARGE

Timothy Eaton Café

Hours of

Operation

Open weekdays

from 7 a.m. till 4

p.m.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 2|

LIVER

3| PULLED

PORK

4| HAM &

SCAL-

LOPPED

5| CHICKEN

PARMESAN 6| THANKS-

GIVING

SMORG

9|

CLOSED

Thanksgiving

10| SMOKIES

& PEROGIES

11| ROAST

BEEF

12| BEEF DIP 13| HAM-

BURGERS

16| PORK

CUTLETS

17|

QUESADILLA

18| TURKEY 19| HOT

TURKEY

SANDWICH

20| FISH

23|

MEATLOAF

24| LASAGNA

& CAESAR

SALAD

25| CHINESE

MEAL

26| PORK

CHOPS

27| HAM-

BURGERS

30|

SPAGHETTI

PIE

31| CHICKEN

STIRFRY

OCTOBER MENU

Senior’s Day

PANCAKE BREAKFAST

Monday October 2, 2017

8:00-10:00 a.m.

Cost: FREE for seniors

Sponsored by Parrish and Heim-

becker, Moose Jaw Safeway,

Fellinger & Son’s Meats and Fi-

ne Foods

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BLOOD PRESSURE

CLINIC

MONDAY OCT. 2

XYZ

Provided by Five Hills

Health Home Care

While he never expected to be-

come an active volunteer at

Moose Jaw & District Seniors, it

wasn’t long before he became

one.

Terry Laroque is

one of our newer

members. He joined

a little over a year

ago as a member.

But he was volun-

teering before then.

What brought Terry to Moose

Jaw, and the MJDS was Lori.

When she started working as

the coordinator at the Centre, it

was not long before she had

him helping out.

Terry comes to nearly every

dance and sells 50/50 tickets

with Farris. He has been

around at the danc-

es with Farris

enough that people

have even asked him

if he was Farris’s

son. He also volun-

teers at Sidewalk

Days and other spe-

cial events at the

Centre.

Originally from Duck Lake Sas-

katchewan, Terry moved to Re-

gina several years ago. He

worked at a bank for a number

of years, and when the branch

closed he went to work for the

provincial government as an

auditor for Energy and Re-

sources.

Terry has two children in Regi-

na and a couple of grand-dogs.

The MJDSA was not the only

organization to benefit from

him moving to Moose Jaw. This year he joined the Lions and

devotes time there as well.

Thank you Terry for everything

you do at the Centre. We appre-

ciate all you do!

A PACKAGE DEAL

Potluck Supper

Sunday October 15, 2017

5:30

Card Room

Bring your favourite dish to share

and enjoy lots of good food and

great company! Cost: $1.00

www.mjsenior.com

Best of luck to the Billiards B Team who will be competing in Regina

for the “Cup” on Friday September 29th. The B Team consists of:

Bob Brand, Harvey Ruehs, Marshall Simons, Murray Patterson & Bob

Busse. Good luck guys...we are rooting for you!

Join us Friday afternoons

for Nickel Bingo from

1:00-3:00 p.m. It only

costs you $2.10 to play

for the afternoon. Chanc-

es are you will leave a

winner!

Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped with the

Fowl Suppers this year. With your help we were able

to serve 295 people! It takes a lot of people to make

an event like this happen.

Thanks to the volunteers who decorated the hall, set

up the tables, assisted with cooking the meals, served

& cleaned up, cutting of pies, sold tickets and all of the

other things involved in the day.

There were also several people who assisted in other

ways. Many people donated pies and other food for

the meal or money to purchase supplies for the dinner.

Without all of you, we would never be able to provide

a meal like this.

In the 1940’s Ross Leighton was

a lineman for the telephone

company. It was a job he taught

himself to do. It meant scaling

the poles with spiked shoes.

If someone was having trouble,

they would send him out to find

out what the problem was. Ross

carried a meter that he would

use to see if it was grounded or

the wires were crossed. He

would place one end on the

wire and one on the ground to

see if it was grounded. If there

had been lightening, it would

sometimes knock out a line.

Then Ross would have to take it

apart, clean out the carbon and

put it back together.

For this work he made $1.25 an

hour and 10 cents a mile. It

wasn’t great pay, but it was a job

no one wanted to do.

He recalls when he wanted to

have a phone installed. They

wouldn’t send anyone out to

tear down the lines so he had

to do it himself. It meant tearing

down the lines and planting the

posts himself.

Doing the work was a big job

when they put the power in. It

meant he had to go through all

of the lines and cut out the

hand wound splices. They

caused all kinds of static on the

line.

It wasn’t necessarily a safe job

either. Ross remembers having

posts fall over when he was on

them. There were two guide

wires holding the poles up.

When he disconnected the line

wire, the pole fell over with him

on it. He was lucky to jump

clear of it all. Of course they

never provided any insurance

for him in case of injury. He

went to the Western Producer

and bought his own insurance.

All of this was done on top of

running a farm....the good old

days!

THE GOOD OLD DAYS

On Tuesday September

12th we were honoured

with a visit from the Wild

Rose Fiddlers from Alber-

ta. Each year this lively

group of musicians and

singers board a bus in Al-

berta for a trip to Sas-

katchewan. Along their

way they stop in Moose

Jaw and perform for us

here at the Centre.

The music was fantastic as

usual. 148 people turned

out to listen and dance.

Thanks to everyone from

the Wild Rose Fidders,

and all of those who came

to watch the performance.

A great time was had by

all!

Wild Rose Members: Ollie

Richter, Jim Coombs, Bert

Lafond, Betty Saine, Gail

Elsenheimer, Arnie Kreamer,

Jack Blackmore, Doug Mas-

sey & Jeanette Massey.

50/50 tickets sold by Sylvia

Manzevich.

Public Health will be

providing flu shots at

MJDS on October 23 &

Have you ever

thought about try-

ing out Lawn Bowl-

ing? Moose Jaw &

District Seniors has an indoor

bowling program that runs every

Monday & Wednesday at 1:00

over the cold months. They are

scheduled to resume again the

week of September 25th.

No special equipment is necessary,

so come on out and give it a try!

Indoor Lawn Bowling Re-

sumes

Bridge

Saturday October 28th 9:30-3:30

Muffins & coffee in the morning and a hot meal at noon are includ-ed in the tournament price. Cost is $15/person.

Call 694-4223 to register by Friday Oct. 27

Volunteers are needed for the

Christmas Craft Sale. Please con-

sider signing up for something.

We need people for the bake ta-

ble, craft table, door prize and to

sell Nevada tickets. You can sign

up at the front desk.

Saturday October

21st

9:30-3:30

Cost is $12/person. Includes

coffee & muffins in the a.m.

and lunch.

Call 694-4223 to register by 3

p.m. Friday Oct. 20

Military Whist MINI 500

TOURNAMENT

Thursday October 12,

2017 at 1:00 p.m. in the

Card Room. Everyone

welcome! Cost: $5.00

We need workers for the

Christmas Craft Fair. If

you are able to help out,

please sign up at the front

desk. We need someone

at the bake table, craft

table, selling Nevada tick-

ets & people working in

the kitchen selling cookies

and coffee. Please consid-

er!

Mark Your Calendar OCTOBER 2017

2| Monday

Seniors Day Celebrations

Pancake Breakfast 8:00-10:00

Fraud Awareness Presentation 9:30-10:30

Trade Show 10:00-3:00

Blood Pressure Clinic 11:00-12:00

Planning for the Future Presentation 1:00-2:00

Ice Cream Cake 2:00-3:30

6| Friday Thanksgiving Smorg 11:30-1:00 p.m.

9| Monday CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING

12| Thursday 500 Card Tournament 1:00-4:00

15| Sunday Potluck 5:00

21| Saturday Military Whist Tournament 9:30-3:30

23| Monday Flu Clinic 9:00-3:30

24| Tuesday Flu Clinic 9:00-3:30

28| Saturday Bridge Tournament 9:30-3:30

William Seman

Anne Metz

Howard Peterman

Kay Quirk

Coral Howes

Tim Neff

Winn Gudmundson

John LaBuik

Brina Mark

Wilma Mantell

Ted McHolm

Vivian Johnson

Terry Laroque

George Bastell

Jack Mantell

Sylvia Gow

Robert Blatchford

Noreen Edmondson

Hazel Wilson

Margaret Holmes

Bill Gould

Lila Anderson

Stuart Anderson

Myrna Fissel

Bev Boyle

Lawrence Johnstone

Adalene Daignault

Norman Peterson

Huguette Okerstrom

Raymond Steward

If we missed your birthday or

have a wrong date, please let

us know so we can correct

the record. Thanks!

According to our records, the following people are celebrating a birthday in Octo-

ber:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Be sure to wish them a Happy Birthday when you see them!