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WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 OCTOBER 4, 2018
Seniors
LYNNFIELD SENIOR
CENTER ACTIVITIES
Trips
Oct 7-11 Penn. Dutch and
Gettysburg Tour — $1,051.
Oct 18 Telephones, Lakes
and Native Americans, Tour
NH Telephone Museum,
Cruise on Lake Sunapee and
Lunch, and Mr. Kearsarge
Indian Museum — $99.
Oct 25-31 Iceland’s
Magical Northern Lights
(trip offered by Collette
Travel) — $3,200 double.
Nov 6-8 Turning Stone
Resort, NY — $299.
Nov 7 Harvard Museum of
Natural History — $15.
Nov 21 Annual Road Trip
to Southern Maine — $5.
Nov 26-27 Berkshire
Holiday Trip — $327.
Nov. 28 Pre-Christmas trip
to EATELY in Boston — $5.
Dec 4 Sicilian Tenors
Christmas Time at
Danversport Lunch and
Show — $69.
*****
Thursday, October 4
8 a.m. Hairdresser/exercise
room, board of directors
meeting. 8:30 a.m. Zumba
gold. 8:45 a.m. Drumming
with Jill. 9 a.m. Manicurist,
stitch and chat. 9:15 a.m.
Sit and tone with Jill. 9:20
a.m. Gentle Pilates. 10 a.m.
Yoga, Parkinson’s support,
Mahjong lesson. 10:30
a.m. Lunch bunch. 11 a.m.
Aerobic dance with Alice.
11:30 a.m. Lunch: Pulled
pork. 12:30 p.m. Bridge, veteran’s
coffee social.
*****
Friday, October 5
8 a.m. Breakfast. 8:12
a.m. Exercise room. 9 a.m.
Blood pressure and file of
life, Broadway jazz dance
class, hairdresser, acrylic
painting. 9 a.m. to noon Flu
shot clinic. 9:15 a.m. Bingo.
9:30 a.m. Tai Chi. 10:30 a.m.
Zumba. 11:15 a.m. Lunch:
Grilled cheese and tomato
soup.
*****
Monday, October 8
Closed for Columbus Day.
*****
Tuesday, October 9
8 a.m. Hairdresser, exercise
room. 8:45 a.m. Exercise
under the belt. 9 a.m. Blood
pressure. 9:15 a.m. Bingo.
9:30 a.m. Intermediate
Italian, food shopping,
Friend’s Big Band and dance.
10 a.m. Tai Chi. 10:30 a.m.
Scrabble. 11:30 a.m. Lunch:
Eggplant parmesan. 12:30
p.m. Computer call sign-up,
Bridge, watercolor class,
book club.
*****
Wednesday, October 10
8 a.m. Exercise room/hairdresser.
8:30 a.m. Zumba.
9 a.m. Artist drop-in, alterations
with Anita, Tripoley,
manicurist. 9:30 a.m. 9:30
a.m. Aerobic’s video. 10
a.m. Chair yoga, social psychology,
embroidery. 10:15
a.m. Beginner Italian. 11:30
a.m. Lunch: Cheeseburger.
12:15 p.m. Pokeno, Canasta.
12:30 p.m. Bridge, Iceland
trip meeting.
PETER A. TORIGIAN
SENIOR CENTER
Thursday, October 4
8:30 a.m. Quilting. 9 a.m.
Watch battery replacement.
9:15 a.m. Whist. 9:30 a.m.
Fall risk evaluation, big
band dancing, advanced
painting. 10 a.m. Bridge.
12:30 p.m. Bocce. 1 p.m.
Sing-a-long. 2 p.m. Show
rehearsal.
*****
Friday, October 5
8 a.m. Beginner painting,
TOPS weigh in. 9 a.m.
Aerobics, computer help,
TOPS meeting. 10:45 a.m.
Positive aging group. 11:15
a.m. Chair yoga. Noon open
art studio. 12:30 p.m. Bingo.
1 p.m. Scrabble.
*****
Monday, October 8
Closed for Columbus Day.
*****
Tuesday, October 9
9 a.m. Peabody reacts,
Hug-a-bears. 9:15 a.m.
Whist. 9:30 a.m. Exercise
with Edye, Japanese Bunka,
library on the road. 10:30
a.m. Line dancing. Noon Mah
Jong. 12:30 p.m. Crocheting/
knitting, Japanese Bunka.
*****
Wednesday, October 10
9 a.m. Aerobics, sewing/
repair, rug hooking, wood
carving. 10:15 a.m. Zumba.
12:30 p.m. Model ship
building, low vision group.
WHILE ON HOLIDAY
While bisphosphonate drugs such as alendronate (Fosamax), ibandronate
(Boniva), and others are very effective in treating the bone-thinning disease
“osteoporosis,” they have been linked with atypical femur fractures. Consequently,
patients taking these drugs are often advised to take a “drug
holiday” every five years. However, recent research suggests that women
who stopped using bisphosphonates after years of continuous use may
have an increased fracture risk. Researchers found that 15.4% of those
taking the drugs for an average of 6.3 years before stopping suffered
fractures over the following 6 years, primarily during the fourth and fifth years
of their drug holiday. This study suggests that older patients with lower bone
density, in particular, should be closely monitored while on drug holiday.
Bone is constantly renewed throughout life. After age 25 to 30, however,
people begin to lose bone more quickly than they build it. When osteoporosis
is left untreated, it may lead to broken bones or fractures, usually in the hip,
spine, and wrist. Some bone loss is a normal part of aging, but osteoporosis
is not. To learn more, please call VILLAGE PHARMACY at 781-334-3133.
We are located in the Colonial Shopping Center.
HINT: Bisphosphonates help prevent loss of bone density by encouraging
“osteoclasts,” which destroy bone during the remodeling process, to stand
down.
Colonial Shopping Center • 590 Main St. Lynnfield, MA 01940 • 781-334-3133