Hi, everyone.
My riddle for you this week is: Why was the turkey in jail?
The center is now open for lunch and activities.
If you are sick or have been exposed to COVID, please do not come to the Center.
Meals on Wheels clients are still being served and if you’re not comfortable eating inside, curbside meals will still be offered and served between 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. A reservation is required. Also, if you are eating lunch at the Center, inform Teresa the day before.
Monday – 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. – Crafts (on the second and fourth Monday)
Tuesday – 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Bingo
Wednesday – 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Exercise
Thursday – 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Bingo
Friday – Exercise from 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.; Bible Study from 10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m. (optional)
Lunch served from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
On Monday, the seniors had indoor Thanksgiving games. For fun they played Who Can Hang the Turkey word game. Letha Thorne won the Shake Your Tail Feathers game. Gene Harpold won the Who can Shoot Tom Turkey game where they used a nerf gun to shoot at targets, and he won a $10 gift card. They ended the day with the Turkey Hokey Pokey!
On Tuesday, the Center honored our vets – Gene Harpold, Lester Click, Charley Smart, Hazel Fleming, Thomas Giannunzio, David Stump, Franklin Rogers, Charles Whitehouse, Marty Dean, Thomas Bailey, Keith Bennett, Charlie White and Stanley Fulmer. Arlene Sayre won Bingo Coverall. They played the Who can Shoot Tom Turkey game. Jim Kay won and received a $10 Walmart gift card.
On Wednesday, Frank Crum was the winner of a $10 Walmart gift card for shooting Tom Turkey!
On Thursday they played Bingo and Theodore Cobb won Coverall.
On Friday, the Center was closed in observance of Veteran’s Day.
The Senior Club Meeting will be on November 21 and the Center will be closed on November 23 and 24 in observance of Thanksgiving.
Gobble, gobble, gobble! It seems that the activities at the center this past week have been a lot about turkeys. Do you like turkeys? It is one of my favorite Thanksgiving foods. A tame turkey weighs a lot more than a wild one. Most tame turkeys are so heavy they are unable to fly. Wild ones can fly 50 mph in short bursts. The average turkey Americans eat for Thanksgiving weighs 15 juicy pounds.
Male turkeys are the gobblers. They are the only ones that can make that wonderful “gobble, gobble, gobble” sound.
Benjamin Franklin adored turkeys. He adored them so much he thought they would be a better pick for our national symbol than the bald eagle. He said, “tho’ a little vain and silly, a bird of courage that would not hesitate to attack a grenadier of the British guards, who should presume to invade his farmyard with a red coat on.”
Three lucky towns in America take their name from the Thanksgiving bird. They are Turkey, Texas, Turkey Creek, Louisiana, and Turkey, North Carolina. When pioneers first settled in these towns, wild turkeys thrived in the area. Quicker than you could say, “gobble, gobble, gobble,” the towns had their names.
Until next week I leave you with the following verses from the Bible:
1 Thessalonians 5:18 — In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Ephesians 5:20 — Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
James 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Answer to riddle: Foul Play!
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