The SENIOR EXPLORER
Vol. 2 No. 3
September 29, 2014
The Town of Poughkeepsie Senior Center
14 Abe’s Way, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
845-462-0265
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Senior Center Programs
Drop In: Come Any Day-Come Every Day
The Center is open Monday through Friday from 10 AM until 2:30 PM. You are
welcome to come every day the Center is open. Drop in activities you can do
anytime include cards, board games, browsing our library, having coffee or tea,
and reading the Poughkeepsie Journal. In addition, we have activities scheduled
at specific times. See the activity schedule and upcoming events pages for a
complete list.
Happy Birthday
Save the date….Tuesday, October 14, 1:30 PM. We will be celebrating our one
year anniversary with cake and coffee.
Special Presentation-Successful Aging
On this Thursday, October 2 we will have special presentation at our “Pizza and
Learn Luncheon. Joe Ryan will talk about “Successful Aging- Tips For Living A
Quality Life As We Age”. Joe is the Outreach Coordinator for the Dutchess
County Office for the Aging and has delivered this topic to many groups. We
look forward to this special event. You are welcome to invite any friends, family
or caregivers to join us.
Open Columbus Day
We will be open on Monday October 13 this year. Come on over.
AARP Safe Driver Classes
Two more AARP Safe Driver Classes are scheduled this fall at the Senior
Center. They will be on October 17 and November 21. Preregistration is
required. Contact Genevieve at 233-4687.
Line Dancing
Due to limited participation we are taking a short break in our Basic Line Dancing
Class. We expect for it to return in a couple months. Thank you Jean Siless for
your sharing your expertise with the class.
Thank You
Our “Billiard Room” will be ready as soon as our pool table is reconditioned. Phil
Girardi has donated a dart board to us. Rosemary and Tony Perri have donated
a pool table/ping pong table. Thank you. A quick reminder, donations can only
be accepted if they have been pre-approved by the Recreation Director, Tom
Meyering.
Senior Explorer Contributions
The Senior Explorer is published every two weeks. The next edition will be out
on October 13. If you would like to contribute an article it is due to Tom Meyering
by October 6.
Senior News
Senior Prom
The Dutchess County Office for the Aging is having the Senior Prom on October
20th. The “Swingin’ 60’s Party” will include a buffet, dancing and prizes. Preregistration is required. Call 845-486-2555.
Common Telephone Scams Targeting Seniors, Part 2:
Jury Duty Scam – The caller will claim to be an officer of the court and say there’s
a warrant for the arrest of the victim for failing to report for jury duty. The
scammer will also claim that there is a fine for failing to show up for jury duty,
and that unless the fine is paid immediately, the police will be sent to the victim’s
home to make an arrest. The scammer will request that the “Jury Duty Warrant”
be paid with a Green Dot Card Money Card or Western Union MoneyGram. The
scam has been around for years and surfaces periodically in New York. In one
recent case, the calls were traced to a Georgia prison.
IRS Scam – The caller will claim to be an agent or police officer from the Internal
Revenue Service calling about a past due tax balance that is owed. The caller will
tell the victim that unless the debt is paid immediately, a team of officers will
come to the victim’s home that day to arrest the victim. The scammer will also
request that the “IRS Tax Warrant” be paid with a Green Dot Card Money Card or
Western Union MoneyGram. These scammers often use caller ID spoofing so
that the victim’s caller ID box says “Internal Revenue Service” or displays the
phone number of the Internal Revenue Service.
Contributed By Our Members
Food for Thought
By Barbara Mindel
Sometimes, foods in the cabinet are good for other than eating:
Pam cooking spray will dry nail polish, remove grease or paint from your hands
and unstick bicycle chains.
Mayonaise will condition your hair, on a Q-Tip it will clean house plant leaves,
and also it kills lice.
Brewed Lipton Tea puts shine in your hair.
Peanut Butter will get scratches out of CDs once wiped off with a coffee filter
paper and also will remove labels off glassware when rubbed on it.
Morton Salt will absorb/get off wine stains.
Cornstarch is good for athletes foot.
A 20-minute soak in large bottle of Club Soda mixed with a cup of Milk of
Magnesia will preserve a newspaper clipping for years if you soak it in the mixture and
then let it dry.
Some 7-UP in a vase will keep flowers fresh longer.
Karo Syrup removes grass stains.
Coca Cola will not only removes grease stains in general but also from the
driveway if left on it overnight, plus it will also take corrosion from car batteries.
At all times, it’s good to learn about the freshness of food we buy. So here’s a tip about
bread: the twist ties and the plastic clips on loaves are color-coded for which day the
fresh breads are delivered. Know the colors for the day it represents and you can select
the freshest!
Blue = Monday
Green =Tuesday
Red = Thursday
White = Friday
Yellow = Saturday
* no deliveries Wednesday or Sunday. Note that
colors go alphabetically for easier remembering!
And in case you never heard it, there’s the ole saying, “Bread may be the staff of life but
life should never be a continual loaf.” Happy shopping!
Roberta “Bobbie” Jubert
By Barbara Mindel
Bobbie was born, raised, and educated through high school and business college
in Quebec before marrying an American and moving from Montreal to the United States.
Her marriage was performed by a special friend she had made, Father Rene Turcotte.
Life’s turns are fascinating: at the last election for a new pope Monsignor Rene Turcotte
was in the running. As Bobbie stated, “To have known this man was a miracle. Even at his
young age he was special. Imagine: I could have been married by a (future) pope!”
The newly married couple moved to Buffalo but given the recession in ’53, there
were no jobs so they relocated to Poughkeepsie where her husband went to work at
Hudson River State Hospital. Bobbie raised their two sons, Kevin and Marc and later
worked at AT&T as a manager. When it broke up, she took a buy-out and went to work for
the Department of Transportation Federal Credit Union, advancing to VP of Operations
before retiring.
Retirement for Bobbie only meant from the workforce. She’s a community person
and for years has plunged into a myriad of volunteer efforts. It is no small wonder that in
1998 the YWCA honored her as Woman of the Year on behalf of her dedication to serve
where skills and help were needed. Examples: Poughkeepsie Business & Professional
Women’s Club, Hyde Park AARP, Home Bureau/Loving Hands, Certified Long Term
Ombudsman, Certified Literacy Connections Instructor, Bardavon Opera House usher,
RSVP, Battered Women phone corp, YWCA, Bulls & Bears Investment Group, St. Francis
front desk, etc. She is particularly proud of having received a letter of commendation from
the VP of NY Telephone for her efforts as a team member providing services to the
returning Iran hostages who landed in Newburgh, that effort requiring over 250 phone
lines and 30 radio-TV circuits, plus requested dial tone, all in record time. “I was proud of
our government and what we, as a team, were able to contribute to this moment in
history.” As if that weren’t enough, Bobbie is artistically creative: beaded jewelry, some of
which she sold in local stores, bedspreads for which she won 1st prize one year at the DC
Fair, quilting, belonging to the former JCC Knitters group.
After such an extensive activism - and as she stated, “as I enter the winter of my
life” - belonging to one of the Town’s former senior clubs for 11 years and now the new
Senior Center “is a place of refuge for me and all seniors who no longer can or want to
volunteer in community.” She is ever thankful for the opportunities to have traveled to
Alaska, Bermuda, Italy, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Hawaii as well as throughout
our country. And these days she is enjoying the social rapport with everyone at the Center
and playing Mahjongg, Hand in Foot, and Quiddler.
Bobbie’s always been high on life & she’s appreciative of those who help to still
make it possible. In her words, “I think I can speak for all of the seniors in saying thanks,
thanks, thanks to Tom and his staff!”
Chuckles
by Barbara Mindel
When my grandson asked me how old I was, I teasingly replied, “I’m not sure.”
“Look in your underwear, Grandma,” he advised. “Mine says I’m four.”
*
A grandfather was telling his little granddaughter what his own childhood was like. “We
used to swing from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We
picked wild raspberries in the woods.”
The little boy was wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last he said, “I sure wish I’d gotten to
know you sooner.”
*
“Give me a sentence about a public servant,” said the teacher.
The small boy wrote, “The fireman came down the ladder pregnant.”
The teacher took the lad aside to correct him. “Don’t you know what pregnant means?”
“Sure,” said the young boy confidently. “It means carrying a child.”
*
A grandmother was surprised by her 7-year-old grandson one morning. He had made her
coffee. She drank what was the worst cup of it in her life. When she got to the bottom,
there were three of those little green Army men in the cup. She said, “Honey, what are
these army men doing in my coffee?”
“Grandma,” said the child, “It says on TV that the best part of waking up is soldiers in
your cup!”
*
Five-year-old Mark couldn’t wait to tell his friend, who had come over to visit, about the
movie he and his parents had watched on TV, “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” The
scenes with the submarine and the giant octopus had kept him wide-eyed. In the middle
of telling his friend about it, Mark’s father interrupted and asked his son, “What caused
the submarine to sink?”
Mark just stared at his father in disbelief before he answered, “D-a-d! It was the 20,000
leaks.”
Dates in History
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September 29, 1936 - Radio used for first time for a presidential campaign
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September 30, 1988 - IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2
personal computer
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October 1, 1957 - "First appearance of ""In God We Trust"" on U.S. paper
currency.
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October 2, 1950 - "The comic strip ""Peanuts"" first appears, in 9
newspapers"
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October 3 1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" and "Mickey Mouse Club" premiere.
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October 4, 1987- Snow Leaf Snowstorm 20 inches of snow fall in area.
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October 5, 1953 - 50th World Series sees NY Yankees beat Dodgers, 4
games to 2, as NY Billy Martin's 12 hits set record; Yanks win record 5th
consecutive World Series
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October 6, 1777- Revolutionary War- Forts Montgomery and Clinton
(where the eastern end of the Bear Mountain Bridge is today) fall to the
British. Over half of the Americans were killed, wounded or taken
prisoner.
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October 7, 1957 - "American Bandstand" premieres
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October 8, 1871 - Great Chicago Fire kills 200 and destroys over 4 square
miles of Chicago buildings
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October 9, 1946 - 1st electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50
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October 10, 1973 – Vice President Spiro T Agnew pleads no contest to tax
evasion & resigns
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October 11, 1962 - 2nd Vatican Council convened by Pope John XXIII
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October 12, 1492 - Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall on
Caribbean island he names San Salvador (likely Watling Island,
Bahamas). The explorer believes he has reached East Asia.
Upcoming ProgramsSeptember 29-Ocotber 10 2014
Come Any Day-Come Every Day
Pizza and Learn
On Thursdays we pair pizza with special guests who come in to tell us about
many special topics. We order in pizza at $1.25 per slice.
Oct 2.... Successful Aging….Joe Ryan, DC Office for the Aging
Oct 9.... Fraud Awareness.....Sgt. Hulbert, Town of Poughkeepsie PD
Oct 16…Happpiness….. Keryl Pesce, Motivational Speaker
Travel Series
On Tuesday afternoons at 1:00 PM we show travelogue videos. Come on over
for an armchair trip around the world!
Sept 30….Montana-Beneath the Big Sky
Oct 7 …Royal England
Oct 14 …. Norway-Northern Delights
Oct 21 .… France-Boulevards and Byways
Old Time Classics
Friday afternoon is classic movie time. Come enjoy your favorites. This month
we will be featuring Rogers and Hammerstein musicals:
Oct 3…. State Fair
Oct 10….Carousel
Oct 17… No movie- Driver Training Class
Oct 24 …Oklahoma
Oct 31 …South Pacific
Anniversary Party
Oct 14…First Anniversary of the opening of the Senior Center….Join us for
coffee and cake at 1:00 PM.