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NAHANT HARBOR REVIEW • MAY 2011 • Page 16TuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridayNAHANT CoAMAY - 2011TIFFANY ROOM ACTIVITIESLunch served every day at 11:3010:45 a.m. Chair Exercise12:30 p.m. Shopping from the Tiffany Room, callfor pick-up12:30 – 2:30 p.m. BINGO10:45 a.m. Walking clubTIFFANY ROOM SPECIAL EVENTSMonday 2ND 12:00 p.m. Blood Pressure & GlucoseMonday 9th 12:30 p.m. Shopping “North Shore Shopping Center”Thursday 12th 12:00 p.m. Older Americans Month CelebrationWednesday 25th 1:00 p.m. Stoneham Theatre “42nd Street”Thursday 26th 12:30 p.m. May Birthdays, featuring our 3rd guest chefCOMMUNITY CENTER ACTIVITIESMonday 9:00 a.m. YogaMonday 10:15 a.m. Total Body ExerciseTuesday 9:00 a.m. QuiltingTuesday 1:00 p.m. Cribbage, cards, puzzlesTuesday 5:00 p.m. Total Body ExerciseWednesday 9:00 a.m. Total Body ExerciseThursday 9:00 a.m. YogaThursday 5:00 p.m. Total Body ExerciseFriday 1:00 p.m. MoviesMay 13th “Under the Tuscan Sun”May 27th “Singing in the Rain”COMMUNITY CENTER SPECIAL EVENTSWednesday 4thTuesday 17th7:00 p.m. Medicare/Medicaid discussion with SHINE1:00 p.m. Concert in Serenity Room, Singing TrooperVan transportation is available for CoA activities and trips, call 781 581-7557.Information and calendar are subject to change.Please call, check the cable TV station, the Nahant web site or email melpeterson@nahant.org for updates on other programs, trips and events.Nahant Life Saving Station Rededication May 1st(Continued from page one.)This Re-Dedication will take place the day after the 2011 Town Meeting. At this year’sTown Meeting, we hope the voters will approve an appropriation of Community PreservationAct funds to perform an integrated overhaul of a very large part of Short Beach and its dunes,including parts of the Station’s Grounds.This work is in the spirit of the prototype plantings of beach grass that you may havenoticed in the portion of the dune near the intersection with Spring Road.So, we respectfully urge you to come out to Town Meeting on Saturday, April 30th tovote in favor of the CPA article.This event is to begin at 1:00 p.m., and extend to 5:00 p.m. We expect to start the“ceremonial” aspects at about 1:45, with the expectation that they’ll wrap up by about 2:15 or2:30. At 2:30, the judging of the pie contest will be announced, to be followed by the eating ofthe entries.Among the invitees will be: Senator Tom McGee, Repr. Steve Walsh, Nahant’s Selectmen,CAPT John Healy USCG, Commanding Officer of USCG Sector Boston, LCDRRichard Ryder USN (ret.), representing the US Life-Saving Service Heritage Assn.We’re looking forward to a great time, and hope you will be able to join us.Best regards, Mike Rauworth, On Behalf of the Nahant Preservation Trust, Inc.COA ChatterDid you know that May is “Older Americans Month”? Alittle history, in 1963 about 1/3 of the population over 65 livedin poverty, prompting then President John F Kennedy, togetherwith the National Council of Senior Citizens, to designatedMay “Senior Citizens Month”. In 1980, Jimmy Carterchanged the name “Older Americans Month”. Older AmericansMonth is celebrated across the country through ceremonies,events, fairs and other such activities. In keeping with thetradition, we are going to celebrate the Older Americans inNahant with a party in their honor on May 12th, at the TiffanyRoom. Look for the flyers posted around town. Other eventsto celebrate this month will be posted on the calendar.I have been on this job for 5 months and one of thehardest things to do is to get information out about events. Iask myself, is it because some of the younger seniors don’twant to be associated with an organization that has the word“SENIORS” in it? Or is it because everyone reads emailsnow and they don’t look at the cable TV station or the localplaces in Nahant where events are posted? Maybe both!!!!With that said, I would like to do 2 things, 1) have a contest tochange, or add to the existing title, Nahant Council on Aging.For example, Nahant CoA Baby Boomers. 2) I will bebuilding an email distribution list to get information out quicklyto a large number of Nahanters. So please, if you want on thelist send me an email to lpeterson@nahant.org, and tell meyour idea for a new name. I will be awarding a prize to thewinning name, which will be selected by the CoA Boardmembers.I want to thank all of you who sent back the survey thatwas included in the Nahant CoA brochure mailed last month. Igot a lot of good ideas, some easy to implement and some willtake a little time. One idea will be put in place during themonth of May. We are going to add a shopping trip to a mallor store every other week on Mondays. The first trip will beheld on May 9th. Since these trips will be on Monday,BINGO is changing and will be held on Thursday for 2 hours,from 12:30 – 2:30.Another idea from the survey that could be implementedsoon is Bridge. I have a person who will teach it to beginners.The teacher and I will develop the program. Please let meknow if you are interested. Contact me via email or call theTiffany Room.I want to reach out to the people in town that might wantto play cribbage but don’t know about our cribbage gameswhich are held at the Community Center on Tuesdays. If youare interested contact me.The Commonwealth of Mass is holding their annual“Keep Moving Program” for seniors with regional springwalks across the state. The Nahant CoA Friday walking clubhas formed a team to participate in the Rockport walk onWednesday June 1st. If you are interested in joining us, let meknow.One more thing, the Nahant CoA is sponsoring a 9-holegolf league to be played at Kelley Greens on Thursday morningsat 9AM. Please check the board at the golf course fordetails. The league will begin on May 26th. Applications canbe pick up at the golf course, the Tiffany Room or by callingme 781 581-7557.-- Linda Peterson, Executive Director