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3 The Guelph/Wellington Seniors Association A non-profit organization based at the Evergreen Seniors Community Centre http://www.gwsa-guelph.ca Directors & Officers Dorothe Fair — President Ken Chupa — Vice-President Jennifer Blackie — Secretary Nick Harris — Treasurer Ross Knechtel—Webmaster & Director Ross Coulter Kerry Detlor Jean McClelland Athar Khan Margaret Waldron Wendi Hake The Sentinel Team Carol Croft — Adminstrator, Printer Linda Green — Editor, Printer George Hughes, Ken Pagniez — Printers George Smith — Delivery Supervisor Bill Shephard — Part-time Assistant Don Hillman — Mentor GWSA Community Support Services Staff Maryanne Wilford — Manager Pat Gage — Administrative Assistant Margaret Iutzi — Move Well Co-ordinator Molly Roberts — Eat Well Co-ordinator Sophia Podrozny — Eat Well Co-ordinator Paula Frappier — Outreach Co-ordinator City Staff Adam Rutherford — Program Manager Tracy Benson — Customer Service Clerk Jocelyn Pedersen — Recreation Co-ordinator — Senior Services Becky MacDonald — Recreation Co-ordinator — Volunteers Jocelynn Desroches — Chef Janice Walls, Brian Treleaven — Assistant Cooks Kim Barton—Facility Maintainer Harvinder Marjara, Farial Hashimi, Mary Loudoun, Nathan Luck — Customer Service Clerk II Lynne Briggs — Manager of Recreation Services All others working at the Evergreen Seniors Community Centre are Volunteers. E S C C A City of Guelph Recreation Facility run in partnership with the Community Services Department of the City of Guelph and the Guelph/ Wellington Seniors Association 683 Woolwich St., Guelph, ON, N1H 3Y8 Tel.: 519-823-1291 / Fax: 519-823-8972 Hours: 8:30 am to 4:00 pm M-F (closed Statutory Holidays) Read The Sentinel on our website, www.gwsa-guelph.ca ISSN: 0383 817X President’s Message from Dorothe Fair Welcome BACK!!!! What a summer!!! After this sweltering heat, I'm becoming more convinced the earth is experiencing ‘Global warming’. I think we experienced the hottest summer in decades. The humidity was like the tropics and my attempt to save the hydro by not having A/C came back to haunt me. So here I am in August writing my message for the <strong>September</strong> Sentinel, dreaming of the cool temperatures and colours of fall. But really, I'm not wishing our glorious summer away. During our shutdown in July to repave the parking lot, put in new sidewalks and upgrade numerous projects inside the building, the GWSA Activity Groups took either a month-long summer holiday or they found another location to meet and continue on with their Activity. The Line Dancers and the Dart Group told me they had fun going somewhere different for the month, but they were happy to come home to the Evergreen Centre when it reopened on August 9. The regular summer Activity Groups that function away from the Centre, like Canoeing, Walking and Golf, weren’t disturbed by the closure. They lathered up with tons of sunscreen, sun hats and sun glasses and carried on. After talking to many of you and hearing your summer heat stories, I’d like to encourage all of you to get your calendars out and set a few new goals for this year at the GWSA as the temperature drops and you don’t mind getting outside again. Here’s a suggestion for you: Plan to join an Activity Group you've never tried before. Remember, you can try a new group for FREE to find out if you like it and want to stay. Here's how you do it: Find out when the Group is meeting. Look up the GWSA Groups and Activities Contact Information page in this Sentinel and contact the leader. Every Group Leader’s contact information is listed. Call and ask the Leader if you can come to the class to check it out. I can guarantee you will receive a warm welcome to come to the Group and BE ACTIVE, GET INVOLVED and MAKE FRIENDS. I especially like our <strong>September</strong> Sentinel as it gives me an opportunity to share information and Special Events you can look forward to. 1. The GWSA had an excellent AGM on June 26 with a very special (Continued on page 4) NOTE: Disclaimer—The Sentinel and the GWSA do not necessarily agree with or support statements in the Sentinel made by advertisers, or submissions by writers. Do you like what you see here in The Sentinel? Stop by the Evergreen Seniors Community Centre at 683 Woolwich St. to get more! Single <strong>issue</strong>s (or an extra copy) are available at the Front Desk at the cost of $3.00 each + HST. T S - S <strong>2018</strong>