2009-01-14

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” -Abraham Lincoln

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Volume 7, Number 1

The Official Newsletter of Berkeley Senior Services

POTTER’S BOWL FUNDRAISER November 2nd, 2008

January • February 2009

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TEA FUNDRAISER December 6, 2008

St. Mary’s Guild at the Christmas Tea.

Valentine’s Dance Fundraiser at the Comfort Inn to Benefit Berkeley Senior Services Tickets Also Available At The Senior Center

With DJ Bill Norris--“Mr. Extravaganza” DATE: TIME: PLACE:

February 14, 2009 7:00-11:00 pm Comfort Inn, Martinsburg Edwin Miller Boulevard

Great Refreshments Lots of door prizes

Grand Prize: Dinner for two, movie tickets and an overnight stay in the Jacuzzi suite at the Comfort Inn Tickets can be purchased at the Comfort Inn, the Martinsburg Mall Customer Service Desk, the Senior Center and at the door. Advance tickets $15 individual/$25 couple At the door $20 individual/$30 couple For more information, call 304-229-8695

Wow—What a Fundraiser, bringing in $7282 to benefit Berkeley Senior Services! Profits will be used to help with the upkeep of the nutrition and medical vans and to support our vital programs and services at BSS. It would not have been possible without the support of many people, but we especially want to thank Suzanne Potter and Nonie Johnson for their hard work as co-chairs of this fundraiser. Also Fran Bales for her excellent support in the kitchen. We extend a huge thanks to all the potters who contributed bowls, to the soup and silent auction donors, and our generous sponsors— individuals and businesses in our community:

We express much gratitude to our Fundraising Chair, Jean Bibby! The Fundraising Committee would like to thank the following sponsors who generously donated door prizes for the Christmas Tea: Day’ Javu, De Fluri’s Chocolates, Jane’s Beauty Bar. We’d also like to thank the St. Mary’s Guild of Trinity Episcopal Church for providing all the Sponsors sandwiches, cookies, candies, tea and punch! Summit Community Bank, George and Suzanne Needless to say, we could not do it without Potter, R. M. Roach and Sons, Reid’s Distributing, Schenck Foods Co., Eastern WV you! You are a wonderful group and we are so Company, Brown Funeral Home, Inc., Tri-State thankful for your generosity. Moving, LLC, Cox, Hollida & Price, LLP, City Shirley Schwork, Irene Penrose, Mary Ann National Bank of West Virginia, Minghini’s Hamilton, Verna Anson, Jennifer Mucklow, General Contractors, Inc., International School Doris Small, Chong Broadwater, Carol Preston of Beauty, Dr. Kisner, Dr. Brookreson, Colonial & Daughter Trisha Schmidt, Pat Jeffery & Cake Decorating, Andrea Bruke of ReMax Granddaughter Isabelle Rice, Fran Powers, Realty, Martin’s Food Market, Weis’ Food Lynne Seibert, Sylvia Sanders, Susie Callen Market, Panhandle Gift & Floral Design, Other volunteers: Annie Otto, Jane Furnier, Grove’s Cleaning Service, LLC, Depot Florist, Jeanne Smith, Midge Wilson, Bill Laing, Kelly The Martinsburg Journal, 9 West Hair Studio, & Tom Bibby. King Street Emporium, Bob Evans, Apollo Thanks to all who donated items for the silent Theater, Flowers Unlimited... auction & helped make the Tea a success once again! Continued on page 14... The Fundraising Committee of Berkeley Senior Services.

From The New President...

From the Executive Director...

I am very proud to have been elected as President of the Berkeley Senior Services Board of Directors. I am very excited to see what 2009 brings. 2008 was a very productive year, and we closed out with a Community Partnership Grant, and added 2 more vans to our fleet. I encourage all Berkeley County Seniors to become involved in many of the activitiesyour Center offers. For those who have not yet visited your Center, I extend an open invitation to come and visit. Remember that this is your Center and the staff is always available and eager to provide tours and talk about all of the activities offered here. Happy New Year to all !!!! Kevin Knowles

Welcome to the January/February Senior Spirit, the official newsletter of Berkeley Senior Services. We are grateful to all those who support the newsletter by advertising their products and services. We thank the Buyers Guide who publishes and distributes the newsletter to you. I hope you will take time to read each article, as I am sure you will find information that will be helpful to you. The WV Directors of Senior Programs met last month to be updated by the Bureau of Senior Services Staff. Governor Manchin gave a reassuring talk about his commitment to keep senior programs a high priority for the state of West Virginia. He stated that we are one of four states that did not have to cut funding for the upcoming year. He encouraged us to continue to work hard to use our funding wisely. As always, I extend an invitation to everyone to come to the Senior Center to participate in the many activities and join us for lunch. A donation is appreciated for lunch and the other services provided, and helps ensure that we will be able to serve more seniors and continue our programs and services. The Senior Center is a great place to volunteer. You can help pack and/or deliver lunches for our senior housing sites; assist with activities or with our Adult Day Program; provide clerical or custodial assistance, or work in many other volunteer roles. If you have a special talent or some time to share, call our Volunteer Coordinator, Veda, and she will help you get started. I extend our love to each and every one of our Seniors. I wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year! Linda Holtzapple

OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS

Rob Cleminson, Alice Geyer, Ed Wilson

Jeanne Smith

Mary Jo Brown

The outgoing board members were honored with plaques at the final board meeting of the year held in December. The plaques are inscribed with their names, areas of service and the words “In recognition of your outstanding and dedicated service to our Seniors in your role….” Rob Cleminson served six years on the board; the final two as president. He served on the building, personnel and volunteer committees. He will continue to volunteer as the volunteer hours data recorder and at the front desk on Tuesday and Friday mornings. Continued on page 5... Page 2

304-263-8873 217 N. High Street Martinsburg, WV 25404

ADULT DAY SERVICES IN HOME CARE SENIOR SUPPORT SERVICES NUTRITION PROGRAM TRANSPORTATION RECREATIONAL & SOCIAL ACTIVITIES MISSION STATEMENT Our mission at Berkeley Senior Services is to offer a network of programs and services to enable Seniors to remain independent, participating members of our community. Berkeley Senior Services is funded by the WV Bureau of Senior Services, Upper Potomac Area Agency on Aging, Berkeley County Commission, United Way of Berkeley and Morgan Counties (CFC # 98181), and by private donations. The Senior Center will provide services to persons 60 years of age or older, irrespective of sex, race, creed, color, national origin, political affiliation, belief, or handicap. Persons under age 60 are welcome guests to our programs and services and certain restrictions and fees may apply.

BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE (2009) (4th Wed. of Every Other Month at 3:00 pm.) Feb. 25 • Apr. 22 • June 24 • Aug. 26 • Oct. 28 Dec. TBA – Meetings are open to the public.

BSS Board Of Directors (2009) Kevin Knowles, President; Jean Bibby, VicePresident; Jennifer R. Stanley, Secretary; Robert Abruzzino, Treasurer Susie Callen, Chad Criswell, Myrna Grove, Kimberly Lanager, Dorothy LeFevre, Annie Otto William L. Stubblefield, County Commission Rep. Nancy Triggs, Matthew R. Whitler.

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the porch. This was a daily job as we cooked with wood. I had to clean the lamps, fill them oil, clean the lids and wash the globes so Mary Ellen Clark Murphy with we had light for the night. I also had to feed the chickens and gather the eggs. I hated to feed the hogs as they were so smelly. I had to give them two quarts of bran and middlen soaked in water. They ate from a trough my father built. Every day in the summer, I had to pull weeds from the garden to feed to the hogs. Winter, with its heavy snow, was long and hard. Often the snow was so deep it would cover the fences. The company would take a couple of mules to open the road, but drifting would close it again the next day. I had about a mile and a half to walk to school. The school was always open even if it rained, sleeted, or snowed. The teachers somehow always found a way to make it, even if they had to walk. Mingo School had Our senior spotlight this issue is highlighting one room with a pot belly stove in the middle. Mary Murphy, a fine lady of 92 years. She has You had to get warm one side at a time. Two been a wonderful addition to our senior children would walk to a neighbors and carry population at the senior center, and volunteered water to the school porch. The water bucket had her gifts and services over the years to help one dipper from which everyone drank. Mingo School contained grades one through make it the place it is today. The beautiful West eight. Sometimes you could learn a lot listening Virginia quilt she made adorns our center’s to the other grades. It would take you two days, hallway, and you can find her creative touch in in the old high school in Martinsburg, to take a lots of other areas, too. She is very spunky and test to get out of the eighth grade. tries to participate in as many special events and fundraisers she is able to, along with her It would often be April before you could see husband, Bernard. green grass. When spring finally came, my Enjoy reading her story and get to know Mary father would take a mule and plow the garden if you have never had the privilege of meeting patches. We would plant small vegetables such her. See if you can identify with her background- as lettuce, onions, beets, carrots, cabbage, peas, and tomatoes. There was always a potato patch. - mostly right here in Berkeley County. My father would plow a row, and you had to My Story plant a piece of potato with eyes up and he would cover them with a hoe. In the corn patch by Mary E. Murphy we planted three grains of corn, two beans, and “I was born on November 19, 1916, in every fifth hill a pumpkin seed. When the corn Gormania, WV, a small mining town in Grant and beans were harvested, the pumpkins usually County. I was the baby of the family that took over. There would be lots of pumpkins, and included siblings Wilma, my older sister, and my what mother didn’t use we fed to the hogs. brother Wilford (deceased). Mother would can all summer and, with the My dad lost his job at the paper mill there in cook stove, the house would get very hot. She 1929, and we moved to Hedgesville. He went to would also dry corn, beans, apples, and peaches work for Back Creek Valley Orchard, located on the flat roof of the back porch. You had to use near what is now the Woods Resort. Harry a ladder to bring them down when it was cloudy Morrow was his boss. or rainy. She would wrap her sweet potatoes in Growing up during the Depression, I paper, and put them in a box by the chimney remember my parents lived on an orchard in a where they would keep all winter. When the company house. Our house had no electricity cabbage was red, she would take a five gallon and no running water. We got our water from a crock and she would make sauerkraut. She always pump on the back porch. You washed your face added a couple of apples. In early fall, they would and hands in a wash pan on a little stand my make 30 or 35 gallons of apple butter. Mother father made. You would have to take a pan would work all day making pumpkin pies, and the upstairs for a bath. Sometimes, on Saturday neighbors would come in the evening and help night, I would heat water on the stove and pour cut the apples. The next morning, before daylight, it in a galvanized tub, put chairs around with they would start making the apple butter. After towels on them for privacy, and take my bath cooking and stirring all day, it was put in a gallon beside the kitchen stove. Most of the time we crock. Mother would put wax over it, cover it only had lye soap to bathe and wash dishes. The with newspaper, and tie it with string. soap would clean well, but was hard on your Later that fall, right before daylight, they would hands. Mother made the soap. start to butcher. The women would fry tenderloin, My job was to carry in the wood and put it on liver, and roast chicken. There would always be a Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Buyers Guide Senior Spirit

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whole table filled with food for the workers. We would come home from school for dinner and we never went back. Outside there would be three kettles cooking: one held lard, one pudding, and one pon-haus. When the lard was cooked there would always be cracklins which you could eat for snacks. Sometimes, Mother would put them in her cornbread. One woman would scrape the casings to stuff sausage. In the smokehouse there would be hanging ham, shoulder, stuffed sausage and side meat, which is bacon today. When winter came the little cave would be filled with hundreds of cans of fruit and vegetables. There would be bins of potatoes, apples, turnips, and parsnips. We always had plenty to eat. My father would work on the orchard for 15 cents an hour for ten hours a day, when weather permitted. Every other week, when he got his check, he would go to town. Mother would buy 25 pounds of flour, sugar, coffee, and so forth. If we had the money, we would buy a piece of beef so mother could make a big kettle of soup. She would bake bread about two or three times a week, and save her yeast for a starter for the next time. Everyone helped each other. No one was paid. We never locked the doors. Everyone looked out for each other as we lived during the Depression.” Mary was married to Vincent Miller for 42 years, and they raised two boys; Donald (deceased), and Vincent, Jr. (Buddy). She has 7 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren, and 8 great, great grandchildren. Mary and Bernard Murphy married in 1982. Mary retired from Corning and Bernard from Fairchild. They have resided “peacefully” in Tomahawk, Hedgesville ever since. Another of Mary’s many gifts is writing, and she won a blue ribbon from the Tomahawk Homemakers CEOS, on the piece above also for a poem “He Who Works” Continued on page 6...

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Programs & Services Our MISSION at Berkeley Senior Services is to offer a network of PROGRAMS and SERVICES to enable seniors to remain independent, participating members of our community!

RECREATIONAL & SOCIAL ACTIVITIES (263-8873) EXT 117 Rhonda Singer, Rec. & Social Activities Director (Ext. 117) Mary Morris, Activities Assistant (Ext. 106)

Happy New Year to all! We hope your holidays were full of JOY! Come join us starting early in 2009 at the Senior Center and get fit and have fun! Exercises & Fitness classes are all week long and they include: • Fitness Room with regulation floor and state-of-the-art exercise equipment. TreadMills, Bikes, Elipticals, Nu-Step, weights, bands & more! Come to the Center to inquire. All great for cardio exercise health! • Exercise & Fun -- Tuesday & Thursdays 10:00 am Stretching of the whole body and gentle exercises sitting or standing, great for Arthritis, range of motion and flexibility and building stamina. Use of weights and bands, parachutes, and other equipment. • Line Dancing – Tuesdays & Fridays – 1:00-2:30 pm • Tai Chi – Wednesday 9:30-11:00 am • Walking Club & Fitness – 10:30-11:00 am • Qigong Exercise – 2nd Thursday each month 11:00 • Wii Bowling – scheduled each month or anytime it’s available! The Senior Center provides a great opportunity to meet new people and make new friends. We are open Monday through Friday (8:00 am-4:00 pm). If you have never come to visit--don’t waste any more time thinking about it. Get off the couch, and out of that daily rut, and come and enjoy good food and fellowship, and just have fun, laugh and enjoy a warm, friendly atmosphere. There is something here for everyone. If it’s your first time to visit with us, one of our staff or volunteers will meet you in the lobby and give you a Welcome Packet and a personal tour of our beautiful facilities. In the middle of this issue, you will find our Calendar of Events for January and February, the Menus for the two months, and a couple of yummy recipes. Just pull them right out, and you can refer to them all month long. On the third Friday of each month, we celebrate birthdays of seniors at our Birthday Bash, and make it your special day! We have live entertainment, birthday gifts, dancing, a special lunch, cake and ice cream, and promise a great time for all! See more detailed write-ups throughout this issue for special events, speakers, classes and recreational activities coming up. Bring a Friend, Family Member, club or your favorite organization along!

VOLUNTEERS

Many Thanks to volunteers and workers who have served in programs and activities at the Senior Center in November and December: Lobby Desk: Marie Crosby, Marlene Boarman, Rob Cleminson, Elva Graham, Barbara Gray, Doreen Johnson, Carol Preston, Charles Preston, Midge Wilson AARP Chapter Meetings: Ricardo and Sandra Stith AARP Traffic Safe Driving Classes Volunteer Instructors and Helpers: Helene Brill – Coordinator & Contact for signup for classes 267-8756, (3rd Wed. & Thurs. of month, 9-1 pm) Ruza Peterson and Cathy Clark Bible Study: Pastor Brad Tenney, Sonny Martin Bingo: Marian Babcock, Kay Barrett, Barbara Kwiatkowski, Connie Sims, Fran Unger, Jackie Powell Page 4

Blood Pressure Checks: Helene Brill, Daisy Hite (North Site), Mildred Spielman (North Site) Cards, Crafts, Hobbies and Art Classes: Darlene Bauserman, Marlene Boarman, Elva Graham, Kay Hinkle, Ron Meckley, Virginia Reid, Carol Preston, Diane Steece, Fran Unger Exercise & Fun: Fran Unger, Diane Steece, Nancy Wolford Legal Aid Appointments: Linda Bain Qigong (Chinese Exercise): Chuck Steg Servers & Miscellaneous: Darlene Bauserman, Barbara Gray, Kay Hinkle, Donna Paxton, Margaret Sites, The Elders, Nancy Wolford Tai Chi Instructors: Eldon and Virginia Winston Walking & Fitness Club: Jane Furnier Entertainers (Gospel and other Sing-a-longs): Jim Sartwell on Guitar, Country Melodies with Cathy and Dave Staubs, Sonny Kerns, Charlie Underwood, Ted Hare, Jim Slusher, Jimmy Green, D & M DJ Services, Rick Rohn

OWLS HEALTH AGING EVENT • FEB. 11, 2009 (Snow date Feb. 18th) OWLS – Older Wiser Living Stronger, coordinated and sponsored by Dana DeJarnett and the City Hospital Wellness Center, will be kicking off a new session. The event will be held at the Martinsburg Mall from 8:00 am to 12:00 Noon near the gazebo area. There will be screenings again this year to compare results from last year. Included will be cholesterol, blood pressure, body fat, BMI, glucose, flu/pneumonia, exercise demos, mini mental exam/brain age, balance tests, HIV testing, advanced directives, hearing screening and a wealth of health information. Come out and start the year off on the right foot with improving your health in 2009! A 5-lecture series will follow at the Senior Center, starting Tuesday March 10th, through Tuesday, April 7th, at 11:00 am. Watch the media for titles and speakers, and registration. Hope to see you there! OWLS

3/3/09 - Mental Age/Memory - Shari Scolaro 3/10/09 - Osteoporosis - David Agoney 3/17/09 - Nutrition - Joan Starliper 3/24/09 - Chair Exercise - Dana DeJarnett or Brian White 4/7/09 - Elder Law - Dan Staggers

North Site Presentations: • Rose Straley and the North Site Committee and Chair, Dorothy LeFevre • November & December: Rev. Terri Cofiel, Pastor of Harmony Methodist Church, and Santa and Mrs. Claus, the Detrows

SPECIAL VOLUNTEER NEEDS BUILDING CUSTODIAN AND GROUNDS KEEPER ASSISTANT Join us at the Marlowe Ruritan on the Second Tuesday of the Month

North Site

January 13th, 2009 10:30-11:00 Blood Pressure Screenings With Daisy Hite & Mildred Spielman 11:00 Presenter: Games and Bingo with Rosie Perrell and Bingo

LUNCH: 12:00 Noon Vegetable Lasagna, Tossed Salad, Mandarin Oranges, Garlic Bread, Milk & Dessert

BSS Nutrition Program suggested donation procedures will apply. Seniors age 60+ and their guests are invited to attend Please call in your reservation for all meals (including carryouts) by Monday, 1-12-09

(304-263-8873) February 10th Presenter: Pam Coyle Director, Martinsburg Berkeley County Library “Update on N. Berkeley County Library.”

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFTS! Please forgive us if we accidentally left out your name. Call us and we will include it in the next issue.

SPECIAL TRIBUTE LIST: Contributions in Memory & Honor of Family Members & Friends: In Honor of Pastor Gil Lockwood By Mt. Wesley Church School In Loving Memory of Ted Wolford By Clark and Elsie Johnson, Theron and Alice Emmons, Donald Greenfield, Morehead and Norma Hollida, Marie Crosby, Frank and Margaret Spacek, Eileen and David Southerly, Richard and Patricia Harden, James and Dorothy Fleshman, Rita and Robert Donadieu, Michael and Deborah Kisner, First United Bank & Trust, Billy and Billie McKinney, Mary Ellen Coffinbarger and Brenda Brode In Loving Memory of Gene Frazier By Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Boyd, John and Faye Kursey In Loving Memory of Charles S. Barrett By Frances M. Barrett Craft Day - Fall Flower Arrangements

In Loving Memory of David James Pitzer By Audrey Ledane

In Loving Memory of Richard L. & Dora Auderson, Phyllis, Donna, Continued from page 2... Ralph, Edgar, and Jean Pittsnogle Ed Wilson also served for six years, first as By Frances, Faye, Shirley, Mary, and Harry Treasurer for three years, then Vice President for In Loving Memory of Bob Riget three years. Ed also served on the building By Faye Kursey and Frances Barrett committee and the fundraising committee. Ed will continue to volunteer in many areas at the In Loving Memory of Dottie Kilmer With Dana Knowles senior center. By Denis J. Woods and Eileen M. Dooley from Day Javu and Mary Jo Brown filled an unexpired term and Senior Models served for four years. Mary Jo served on the fundraising committee and the volunteer At the Senior Center Organizations and Businesses: BPOE 778 of Martinsburg, Prettyman committee. Friday, Broadcasting Co., Summit Community Bank, R.M. Roach and Sons, P.K. February 6th, 2009 Jeanne Smith filled an unexpired term of a Reid, Schenck Foods Co., Brown Funeral Home, Tri-State Moving, previous member, serving for three years. She 10:30-11:45 am CoxHollidaPrice, International School of Beauty, City National Bank of served on the fundraising committee and the West Virginia, Minghini’s General Contractors, Dora Ware and The volunteer committee. Stonewall Club, Marlowe Assembly of God, St. Mary’s Guild Trinity Episcopal Church, Blairton United Methodist Church, Alice Geyer served for six years, three of those years as secretary. She served on volunteer Individuals: Jean Thompson, Marie Crosby, Margaret Lake, Anthony J. and fundraising committees. Alice continues to Natoli, Diane Steece, Continued on page 6... volunteer as a computer class instructor and as a member of the computer committee. With grateful You Are Invited To A Free Dinner & A hearts, on behalf of the Presentation On Long-Term Care Insurance Tired of painful joints? agency, the board, BSS • Independence • Family Relationships • Financial Freedom Tired of growing old? staff and seniors, we Long-term care insurance helps you protect these things and more! Tired of low sex drive? extend our thanks to R.S.V.P. By 1/22/09 Seating Is Limited: Tired of chronic pain? each of them, who To Reserve Your Seat Contact: have contributed to our Want to FEEL and LOOK younger? Keefe McIntyre: 304-886-8286 or Christine Wilt: 304-261-0200 mission at Berkeley Learn about a new advanced anti-aging nutraceutical *Jan. 27th 2009, @ 6:00pm - Hoss’s Steak House (Martinsburg) OF BEING TIRED? Senior Services as they TIRED TIRED OF BEING TIRED? technology that can change your life FOREVER. Presentation & FREE Dinner served. *Jan. 28th 2009, @ 10:00am - Daily Grind (Foxcroft Avenue) We hope our Presentation & Coffee Add Years to Your Life... outgoing members will *Jan. 29th 2009, @ 2:00pm - Daily Grind (Foxcroft Avenue) and Life to Your Years! Presentation & Coffee continue to come out There is no cost or obligation to you for attending. All costs are paid by presenters. to special events and Call Now: 304-229-0489 totoYour Life, Life totoYour AddYears Years Your Life,and and activities as often as Add Great Business Opportunities AlsoLife AvailableYour possible. Years Years Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Buyers Guide Senior Spirit Page 5

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George and Suzanne Potter, Ernest and Judy Lauderdale, Ruth Parker, James Humphrey, James and Doris Blackford, Charles and Sue Meister, Robert and Louise Finch, Americus and Vivian Quaglio, Peter and Jane Dufourny, Jack and Margaret Bane , Erika South Donations of items/services to our programs; Dorothy Wilson, Diane Steece, Jimmy James, Peggy Kitts, Barbara Kerr, David & Cathy Staubs, Dianne Mills, Rob & Mary Cleminson, Clark Johnson, Valerie Hess, Jodi Bradley, Verna Anson, Kitty & Bob Schaffer, Glenna Leonard, Sam McMillan, Oleta Shanholtz, Marlene Boarman, Eileen Shaw, Gerry Braithwaite, Carole Kesecker, U.S. Army Recruiters, Sam Muggoliko, David & Barbara Miller, Tonia Rankin, Annie Otto, Delores Bailey, Dot & J W Fleshman, Clifton Brooks, Darlene Bauserman

OUR WISH LIST Berkeley Senior Services is always in need of ordinary and specialized items to help keep our programs and services operating smoothly. We are grateful for the many wishes that have been fulfilled by so many generous folks like you. PLEASE NOTE: We accept hardback and paperback books in small quantities, but please NO MAGAZINES as storage is limited. Call 263-8873 for more details on any items. Recreational & Social Activities Birthday, Sympathy & Get Well Cards, Cosmetic items for Men & Women’s Birthday Gifts, New covering for Senior Center pool table

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“He Who Works” by Mary E. Murphy The worker began by slowly, carefully outlining the margins of the threeby-six foot hole he was about to dig. Gradually the cavity in the earth took form as the slump-shouldered young man placed the soil on each side of the hole. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead as he toiled in the hot, humid air that lingered from an early morning rain. Feeling the intense heat of the afternoon weather, he removed his shirt which was damp with perspiration. The sun, shining brightly through the scattered low-hanging clouds, made the youth’s back glisten like polished glass. His light sun-bleached hair stirred in the soft breeze that periodically moved through the area, His brown back bowed as he shoveled the clay from its earthly lodging. The sweat drained from his smooth face, dribbled off the end of his nose, and fell to the bottom of the freshly dug hole. His calloused hands gripped the shovel as he diligently worked to deepen the trench. His muscles rippled and twitched as he lifted each shovelful of dirt. As he worked, thoughts drifted through his youthful mind: of his delight when the job would be finished, of the eighty dollars he would received for digging the hole, and of the person who was soon to occupy this hollowed piece of earth. He thought of how he would dread to take his place in this piece of planet for eternity. When the young man had finished the grave, he used the army combat boots his older brother had given him to good advantage and carefully climbed from the earthen tomb. He rested for a while, then arose, scratched his head and uttered, “What a heck of a way to earn money for school.”

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Susan Lather envisions a day when Panini’s and mock cocktails will take their place next to fruit cups and club sandwiches on the Enfield Senior Center lunch menu. Changing food preferences is just one of many adjustments that senior center directors nationwide, including Lather, expect to make in the next decade as they balance the wishes of their elderly stalwarts with those of baby boomer newcomers. Some even have taken “senior” out of their names, christening the facilities as “community centers.” It is a nod to boomers, who acknowledge they are aging, but bristle at the term “senior” and the stereotypes of fragility or dependency. The first of the 78 million boomers started receiving Social Security retirement benefits this year, and Census estimates say almost 8,000 of them are turning 60 every day. “The boomers are going to have the same impact in senior centers that they had as babies when they were born, in schools, in the work force and in society in general,” said Jay Morgan, Manager of the Office on Aging in St. Petersburg, Florida. “You really can’t underestimate that there will be a huge impact. Morgan moderates a National Council on Aging online discussion group Continued on page 10...

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ADULT DAY SERVICES 263-8873 Ext. 114 Kathy McIntyre, Program Manager, BSW, LSW

Supporting Adults and their Families in Caregiving [email protected]

Activities Coordinator: Katherine Donovan Activities Assistants: Ashley Boarman, Dale Bradfield, Donna Elliott, Monica Farmer, Bernard Fewel (New!), Pat Jeffery, Deana Keplinger, Shelley Lynn, Marie Mong, Tanya Thorne, and Anita Tyler The Adult Day Services Department of Berkeley Senior Services is here to support family caregivers in Anita Tyler, New their efforts to provide the best care for their assisted ADS Activities adult loved ones at home. To accomplish this, we Assistant provide: • For the care receiver (Sliding fee scale): • Supervised & assisted social activities program at the senior center (in separate program area, but opportunity to interact with other seniors) • Individual supervised activities assistance at home • For the caregiver (All free): • Information regarding available resources in the community • Educational opportunities regarding legal/financial management, caregiving skills, stress management, community resources, and disease-specific topics through • Workshops & seminars • Caregiver resource library of books, videos, pamphlets, and internet service • Monthly Respite Report newsletter • Care counseling through • Private discussion • Support group opportunities • Small durable equipment loan closet While our primary service is to the caregiver, our trained and experienced Adult Day Services staff provides a meaningful day for the care receiver by assisting them (as needed) in activities of interest, be it taking walks, simple crafting, singing, game playing, light cooking, or reminiscing to name a few. If personal care assistance is needed during our time together, we can help in a discrete and respectful manner. We also help ensure the safety of individuals who have memory issues in particular. We appreciate the assistance our volunteers add to our day program including Darlene Bauserman, Cathie “Cate” Carson, Loretta Christians, Cathy “Cat” Clark, Marie Crosby, Barb Gray, Dar Hertz, Ginny Maurer, and Diane Steece. We welcome new clerical volunteer Carl Morrison who will provide much needed support in the office! Students from area schools are also an appreciated support to our activities program.

With the great need for family caregiver respite in our community, grant funding is being used quickly in Adult Day Services. Because of this, we need to decrease our in-home respite services for the remainder of the fiscal year in order to stay within our budget. Respite care provides family caregivers a bit of a break from the constancy of caregiving and enables caregivers to recharge their physical and emotional energy. It also helps to reduce the risk of physical and emotional abuse and neglect of assisted adults in our community by alleviating some of the caregiving-related stress. Monetary donations at this time can greatly help Adult Day Services meet the respite care needs so vital to family caregivers caring for their loved ones at home. Call 304-263-8873, Ext. 114 for more information.

ADS Thank-you’s Daryl Bryarly, Dorothy Fleshman, Bonnie Hollyoak, Patricia Lilly Program Manager Kathy McIntyre especially thanks those who gave memorial donations to ADS in memory of her father and senior center volunteer, Ted Wolford including Morehead & Norma Hollida, Donald E. Greenfield, Roy & Alice Emmons, Clark & Elsie Johnson, David & Eileen Southerly, Col. Frank J. Jr. & Mrs. Margaret Spacek, Hazel Marie Crosby, Dorothy Fleshman, Rita Donadieu, Patricia Harden, Billy & Billie McKinney, Dr. Michael & Deborah Kisner, and the Thursday Senior Citizens Bowling League. Donations to Adult Day Services help ADS continue services to family caregivers and their assisted loved ones, and offset some supply expenses. Kathy also appreciates Berkeley Senior Services Board President Robert Cleminson’s and Finance Manager Peter Dufourny’s respectful representation as pall bearers at the funeral. Berkeley Senior Services not only supports the seniors and disabled adults they are called to serve in the community, but also support their employees and volunteers. This is well noted and appreciated. One-finger gift unwrap challenge

Lily Pryle, New ADS Activities Asst.

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You are welcome to visit our day program or simply call us for more information.

ADS Wish List (All items are tax deductible. Credit for donations will be noted in BSS’ Senior Spirit.)

*felt (esp. gold, blue, white, pink) *shoe polish *acrylic paint (esp. red, white, green, brown) *trial size hand cream *Brita water filters *items for prizes *sponge paint brushes * laundry detergent *moist cleansing wipes * small glass or plastic bottles *multi-generational songs (reproducible A Continuing Care Retirement Community Serving Active Seniors 65 and Older. words and optional sheet with notes or taped tunes). *easy handiwork 16505 Virginia Avenue • Williamsport, MD 21795 projects for men *Sugar-free hot chocolate, jams/jellies & snacks, instant 301-582-1750 • Toll Free 1-877-849-9244 tea & tea bags (non-herbal), low-sodium snacks, crackers, decaf. coffee www.homewood.com (Food items must be in unopened, unexpired store packaging.) Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Buyers Guide Senior Spirit Page 7

With over 1,000 people and their families believed to be effected by Alzheimer’s disease in Berkeley County alone (and this is expected to dramatically rise), public awareness of the disease and how to support those affected is of critical importance.

THE PERSON COMES FIRST: A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO ALZHEIMER CARE A 2-part training for anyone responsible for the care of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias Developed by the Alzheimer’s Association, WV Chapter

Sat., Jan. 24, 2009*

9:00am to 1:00pm

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and registrants will be notified.

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Topics to be covered: Defining Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease Effectively Communicating with the Person with Dementia Understanding and Managing Behaviors Effects of Dementia on Daily Living Tasks Making Activities Meaningful Working with Families of Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease $40 Course Tuition. FREE to family caregivers. NOTE: This course includes a take-home manual for the cost of $7.00 to be paid to the instructor the day of class. Students who attend the entire course will receive a certificate of completion. Supervisory adult care can be arranged in advance.

For more information, call Kathy McIntyre at

A Caregiver’s Story

Kathy McIntyre, BSW, LSW, Adult Day Services Program Manager This past fall, I had no idea what would unfold in a few weeks’ time.When I returned to work in late November, I had to write my usual article for my program’s newsletter right away.I chose the subject fresh in my consciousness and found the experience was therapeutic for me.I had no idea I would get such a positive response from my family caregivers who read the article.I made a connection.I understood what they are going through. God, I believe, allows loved ones to suffer so it is a bit easier for us left behind to let go.This experience not only touched me personally, but I believe will help me professionally as well. Rhonda asked if she could reprint the article in the Senior Spirit. Not being a “writer”, I can’t objectively say it is good writing, but it is my heart unfolded. May it touch your heart and cause you to see more fully, hug more boldly, and enjoy more purposefully. Perky Encouragement, Grim Resignation, or Gracious Acceptance The past few months have been a real eye opener for me in my personal caregiving journey. While my mom’s last unexpected few months of life held its share of emotional care challenges last year, my dad’s declining

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health journey took place this fall on an emotional rollercoaster – for him as well as for me as his eventual decision-maker. One minute he is doing poorly, then he is rehabbing, then he is terminal. You want to trust the professionals to know what they are doing, yet you want to be a good advocate, but don’t know the right questions to ask or tasks to be demanded, or who to go to in order to accomplish any of it. And all of this occurs while you initially encourage your loved one to struggle to get well only to switch gears to prepare your loved one…even giving verbal permission to your loved one… to die. Meanwhile, you have to help (even try to convince) the paid caretakers and extended family and friends who have not seen your loved one fail before your eyes that this special person is not going to get better no matter how many encouraging words to improve you provide or protein and chocolate pudding you stuff in their mouth. And who has time during all this round the clock circus vigil to say all that needs to be said and emotionally prepare for life without this special person; this person who gave you Medical Power of Attorney, who trusts you and only you, who at times questions your words and motives because if the death sentence is true why are you not crying, because you are the only one not speaking encouragement… I do not have any answers. I only have observations that remind me of life truths. I found that life is precious and relationships are more meaningful with an investment of time. I found that professionals are human too in their fallibility. I found that we should not cease to ask questions even if they appear dumb or interrupt someone’s busy day of meetings and paperwork. I am reminded that there is an unfavorable road paved with good intentions and that if you hear a quiet voice telling you to call or visit someone you should do it right away before it is too late. I learned it is more important to listen than to talk…and sometimes to simply savor the silence between kindred souls. I know Kenny Rogers sang true “you’ve got to know when to hold’em and know when to fold’em” because there are times when you need to be in control, to be strong, to make the tough decisions, and you also need to know when you can’t do anything about the stage four cancer, that you do need the support of others who want to help and do understand, that you do eventually need to say good-by and that in the end you did the best you could with the hand you were dealt. Finally, because I felt the flames of the fire, I truly know that you as family caregiver have a noble calling that has its challenges and its morsels of blessings along the way. Savor the opportunity to provide comfort and share a memory or a smile. And when your calling is done, know that you did well, thou good and faithful caregiver. Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Family Caregiver Need/Interest Survey Adult Day Services is interested in better serving family caregivers in the community. Please complete the following survey (elaborating as needed) and return at your earliest convenience to BSS Adult Day Services, 217 N. High St. Martinsburg, WV 25404. My biggest caregiving-related need is: __________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ I wish the following service was offered: ________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ I am interested in the following: _____affordable care services for whom I give care* _____in community setting _____at home *Preferred day & time for services for whom I give care: ____Mon ____morn ____afternoon ___eve ____Tues ____morn ____afternoon ___eve ____Wed ____morn ____afternoon ___eve ____Thur ____morn ____afternoon ___eve ____Fri ____morn ____afternoon ___eve ____Sat ____morn ____afternoon ___eve ____Sun ____morn ____afternoon ___eve

_____coping with personal emotions _____financial/legal issues _____behavior challenges _____balancing caregiving and other responsibilities _____learning about available support services _____ how to advocate for what I need (needed services) _____accessing Internet information _____other: __________________________ _____________________________ **Preferred day & time for workshops, training or support groups: ____Mon ____morn ____afternoon ___eve ____Tues ____morn ____afternoon ___eve ____Wed ____morn ____afternoon ___eve ____Thur ____morn ____afternoon ___eve ____Fri ____morn ____afternoon ___eve ____Sat ____morn ____afternoon ___eve ____Sun ____morn ____afternoon ___eve Barriers to accessing services: _____ cost _____ transportation _____ available supervision for whom I care _____ trust that others provide adequate care _____ work schedule/time constraints _____ others:__________________________ _____________________________________ Imagine for a Moment- If you were given a day (24 hours) to do anything you wanted to do, for your own pleasure, what would it be? ___________ __________________________________________

_____support group involvement** (State type of group-e.g.- educational, light-hearted sharing, general caregiving, condition-specific, etc.): __

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_____ someone for me to call during tough moments

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_____training on the following topics**: _____physical challenges of care _____disease-specific information: ______________________________

Thank you for your interest and attention to this questionnaire. It will help us in planning future services. If you have any questions, please call Kathy McIntyre at 263-8873, Ext. 114.

______________________________

ADS Staff and Volunteers join in the fun.

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Flo & her new great granddaughter.

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Continued from page 6... for senior center directors said they voice common concerns for help in serving boomers. Offering programs to fit the schedules and needs of boomers, making them diverse and intellectually challenging, while ensuring the longtime older visitors are not alienated by the changes. Senior center directors say, “We like it when people say, “I feel young here.” Directors say some adjustments have been easy, such as showing contemporary movies in place of solely black-and-white and mid-20th century classics. Other changes take more planning, such as coordinating exotic vacation trips or scheduling appointments with a Social Security representative to help young seniors transition from working life to retirement. Several communities have changed their senior centers to “community centers,” both to draw in younger guests and to recognize

boomers’ perceptions that their parents, not themselves, are “seniors”. More than two-thirds of directors polled in a 2005 survey by the National Institute for Senior Centers, said they thought boomers and those just a few years older could not relate to being called “seniors”. In West Virginia, where 15 percent of the state population is 65 and older, some centers are offering seminars to younger seniors on caring for their aging parents, with whom many of the boomers will be sharing the centers. In Monongalia County, the Senior Monongalians center also is expanding its gym, offers an Internet café and expanded its hours to attract younger seniors after work. “This is something we’re definitely addressing, because it’s going to last for decades, said Vicki Long, the Senior Monongalians center’s marketing coordinator.

The HALLOWEEN/ HARVEST PARTY Friday, October 31st

Halloween’s Best of the Best! L-R: Margie, Nancy, Jackie, Verna, Margie & Barb.

This was certainly one of the best Halloween Harvest parties we have ever had at the Senior Center! The seniors went all out with their costumes, and the judges sure had a hard job picking the winners! They narrowed it down to: Scariest—Nancy Wolford; Prettiest—Verna Anson as a Japanese Doll and Jackie Powell as Dorothy of the Wizard of Oz, won the most unique, and Funniest was Barbara Kwiatkoski as Judge Judy, and also, Marjorie in the Cow costume. We all sang Halloween songs (to the tunes of Christmas Carols), ate treats, and laughed a lot together. Thank you so much Leola and Jeannette for the great goody bags chocked full of items for each senior, staff and guest.

R Yes, I would like for the Admissions director to contact me about a personal visit.

Name_____________________________________ Address ___________________________________

Hannah Jane Grove, miniature poodle, visits the center every day, rain or shine, with Mary Ann Grove.

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Verna Anson, Japanese Girl

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Berkeley Senior Services - January 2009 Events MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY 1

Happy New Year! Linda Holtzapple, Executive Director

FRIDAY 2 12:30 Pinochle 1:00 Line Dancing

BSS Closed

Rhonda Singer, Activities Director

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10-11:30 Bingo 12:30 Intermediate Bridge 12:45 Beginners Pinochle

10:30 AARP Chapter Meeting

9:30 Tai Chi 10:30 Walking Club 12:45 Begin. Pinochle

8 10:00 Exercise & Fun 12:30 Bridge for Fun 2:00 In Home Care In Service

9-10:00 Bible Study 10:00 Exercise & Fun 11:00 Show & Tell 12:30 Bridge for Fun

9 10:00 Craft - TBD 12:30 Pinochle 1:00 Line Dancing

1:00 Line Dancing 12

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10-11:30 Bingo 12:30 Intermediate Bridge 12:45 Beginners Pinochle

9-10:00 Bible Study 10:00 North Site Luncheon 10:00 Exercise & Fun 12:30 Bridge for Fun 1:00 Line Dancing 6:00 Caregiver Sack Supper

9:30 Tai Chi 10:30 Walking Club 11:20 Shepherd U. Leisure for the Aging Students visit Center 12:45 Begin. Pinochle 3:00 Finance/Executive

10:00 Exercise & Fun

10:30 BIRTHDAY BASH

12:30 Bridge for Fun

With Country Melodies. If you have a birthday in January please sign up at the lobby desk! 12:30 Pinochle 1:00 Line Dancing

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9-10:00 Bible Study 10:00 Exercise & Fun 11:00 Daniel Staggers-Estate Planning 12:30 Bridge for Fun 1:00 Line Dancing

9:00-1:00 Safe Driving Class 9:30 Tai Chi 10:30 Walking Club 12:45 Begin. Pinochle

9:00-1:00 Safe Driving Class

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9-10:00 Bible Study 12:30 Bridge for Fun 1:00 Line Dancing 6:00 Caregiver Sack Supper

9:00-1:00 pm AARP 10:30 Walking Club Safe Driving Class Begin. for AARP Members Only— 12:45 Pinochle 1/2 Price--$6.00

9:00-1:00 pm AARP Safe Driving 9:30 Snow Day for Ron’s Painting 10:00 Exercise & Fun Class AARP Members Only 11:00for Nutrition Bingo 10:30 Jim Sartwell on Guitar 10:00 Exercise FunFun 12:30 Pinochle 12:30 Bridge&for 11:00 Nutrition Bingo 1:00 Line Dancing

19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 10-11:30 Bingo 12:45 Beginners Pinochle 5:00 EGO Club Dinner

26 10-11:30 Bingo 12:30 Intermediate Bridge 12:45 Beginners Pinochle

2:00-3:30 Band Practice

10:00 Exercise & Fun 11:00 Susquehanna Bank presentation w/Kim McGarrah

12:30 Bridge for Fun 12:30 Duplicate Bridge

10:30 Walking Club 12:45 Begin. Pinochle

23 9:30-11:30 Ron’s Painting Class – Session I 12:30 Pinochle 1:00 Line Dancing

1:30-3:30 Ron’s Painting Class – Session II 30

12:30 Bridge for Fun

BECOME A LUNCH PARTNER Berkeley Senior Services offers a nutritious hot lunch Monday through Friday for our beloved senior citizens. Often this is the only adequate meal these folks have during the day. This program costs BSS $1,800 monthly. This is over the current funding from the state and other resources. So you can see, we have a critical need for your support for this important service. We are inviting you to become a “Senior Center Lunch Partner”. As a “Senior Center Lunch Partner” you will help provide financial assistance to subsidize the costs.

For more information, contact Richard Yauger, The Lunch Program Committee Chair, (267-6058 or [email protected])

Our Lunch Partner Program has received $200 since October 1, 2008! A Huge THANK YOU to those who gave to the Lunch Partner Program since our last publication: Larry Redman Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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January Lunch MONDAY Fran Bales – Cook/Supervisor Paula Smith – Assistant Cook

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY HAPPY NEW YEAR!

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

NEW YEAR’S DAY HOLIDAY BSS CLOSED

2 Sausage gravy on biscuits, scrambled eggs, hash browns, fruit & milk

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5 Chili, baby carrots, corn bread, oranges & milk

6 Beef stew over biscuit, peas, fruit & milk

7 Spaghetti with meat sauce, tossed salad, Mandarin oranges, garlic bread & milk

8 Barbecued chicken, oven-browned potatoes, broccoli spears, peaches, bread & milk

9 Baked fish, macaroni & cheese, green beans, mixed fruit, bread & milk

12 Chicken Patty on bun, Brussels sprouts, tator Brussells tots, oranges & milk

13 Vegetable Lasagna, tossed salad, mandarin oranges, garlic bread & milk

15 Stuffed potatoes, broccoli, chili, sour cream, cheese, bread & milk

19 Meatballs over noodles, broccoli, fruit & milk

20 Fish sandwich on bun, cole slaw, tator tots, mandarin oranges & milk

14 Taco salad, nacho chips, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, lettuce, mandarin oranges & milk 21 Baked chicken, ovenbrowned potatoes, broccoli, fruit, bread & milk

16 BIRTHDAY BASH Pork chops, scalloped Brussels potatoes, Brussells sprouts, mixed fruit, bread, ice cream & cake, bread & milk 23 Hot ham & cheese sandwich, vegetable soup, fruit & milk

26 Chicken strips, Brussells Brussels sprouts, oven-browned potatoes, fruit & milk

27 Pork barbecue on bun, cole slaw, baked beans, fruit & milk

28 Baked fish, macaroni and cheese, broccoli & fruit

29 Pepper steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, fruit, bread & milk

Nutrition Program (263-8873) Ext. 113

Kitchen Staff: L-R: Leola Doyle (volunteer), Darlene Robertson, Paula Smith, Alice Kirby & Fran Bales, nutrition supervisor

We serve a nutritious meal at 12 Noon, Monday through Friday in the Senior Center Dining Room. We also serve meals to folks at Page 12

22 Ham & cabbage, pinto beans, potatoes, corn bread, fruit & milk

Ambrose Towers, Senior Towers, Stonewall Haven, and the North Site - Marlow Ruritan. Pull out the menus and activities calendars in the center of this issue to refer to and check the menus each day. Please call 263-8873 before 9:30 am, or sign the book in the lobby on a given day that you would like to come to lunch. Place your suggested donation in an envelope on the dining room tables, and drop it in the basket as you go through the line to receive your lunch. If you are unable to walk through the line, we will serve you at your table. We extend a huge THANKS to all our wonderful volunteers who helped the kitchen staff The Elders—Leola Doyle, Darlene Bauserman, Elva Graham, Barbara Gray, Donna Paxton, Barbara Nichols, Fran Unger, Marie Crosby, Richard Yauger, and anyone else that lend a helping hand in the kitchen. We appreciate your support! Kitchen Wish List: an automatic Slicer & 4” stainless steel steam table pans & silverware. We have a special volunteer need to help with kitchen clean up from 11:30 to 1:30 M-F.

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30 Chip beef gravy, biscuit, hash browns, scrambled eggs, juice & milk

Suggested Meal Donations Monthly Income Donation $0-499..........................................................$1.50 $500-699......................................................$2.00 $700-899......................................................$2.50 $900-1199....................................................$3.00 $1200-1399..................................................$3.50 $1400-up......................................................$4.00 Guests under 60—Minimum $5.00

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February Lunch MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

2 Meat balls over rice, kale, bread, fruit and milk

3 Baked chicken, scalloped potatoes, Brusselssprouts, sprouts, mixed fruit, bread and milk

4 Spaghetti w/meat sauce, tossed salad, mandarin oranges, garlic bread, milk

5 Baked potato with chili, broccoli, grated cheese, sour cream, fruit and milk

6 Beef stew over biscuits, peas, fruit and milk

9 Chicken Patty on bun, macaroni and cheese, kale, fruit and milk

10 Meat loaf, mashed potatoes, California blend veggies, fruit & milk

11 Hot ham and cheese on roll, home made vegetable soup, fruit and milk

12 Vegetable lasagna, tossed salad, garlic bread, mandarin oranges, milk

13 Baked fish, scalloped potatoes, Brussels sprouts, fruit, bread and milk

16 Chicken strips, Brussels sprouts, tator tots, fruit and milk

17 Fish sandwich on bun, cole slaw, tator tots, oranges and milk

19 BBQ Chicken, oven brown potatoes, broccoli, fruit and milk

20 BIRTHDAY BASH Salisbury Steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, fruit, bread and milk

23 Home made chili, corn bread, baby carrots, fruit and milk

24 Rueben Reuben on rye, Sauer kraut, provolone cheese, potato soup, fruit and milk

18 Taco salad, nacho chips, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, lettuce, mandarin oranges & milk 25 Cheeseburger on bun, potato wedges, baby carrots, fruit, bread and milk

26 Ham & cabbage, pinto beans, baby potatoes, corn bread, fruit and milk

27 Pork chops, oven brown potatoes, kale, fruit, bread and milk Fran Bales – Nutrition Supervisor; Paula Smith – Nutrition Program Assistan

The Fundraising Committee would like to thank the following sponsors who generously donated door prizes for the Christmas Tea:

Day’ Javu De Fluri’s Chocolates Jane’s Beauty Bar We’d also like to thank the St. Mary’s Guild of Trinity Episcopal Church for providing all the sandwiches, cookies, candies, tea and punch! Needless to say, we couldn’t do it without you! You are a wonderful group and we are so thankful for your generosity. Thanks to all who donated items for the silent auction and helped to make the Tea a success once again! The Fundraising committee of Berkeley Senior Services Ellen enjoys Thanksgiving at the Center.

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Holiday games at the Senior Center.

Christmas Tea at the Senior Center.

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Berkeley Senior Services - February 2009 Events MONDAY 2 9-3:00 AARP Tax Aid 10-11:30 Bingo 12:30 Intermediate Bridge 12:45 Beginners Pinochle

9 9-3:00 AARP Tax Aid 10-11:30 Bingo 12:30 Intermediate Bridge 12:45 Beginners Pinochle

PRESIDENTS’ DAY 16 PRESIDENT’S

9-3:00 AARP Tax Aid 10-11:30 Bingo 12:30 Intermediate Bridge 12:45 Beginners Pinochle 5:00 EGO Club Dinner 23 9-3:00 AARP Tax Aid 10-11:30 Bingo 12:45 Beginners Pinochle

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY 6 10:30—11:45 FASHION SHOW w/Day Javu Dana Knowles

5 9-3:00 AARP Tax Aid 10:00 Exercise & Fun 10:30 Blood Pressure Checks 12:30 Bridge for Fun 2:00 IHC In-Service

3 9-10:00 Bible Study 10:00 Exercise & Fun 10:30 AARP Chapter Meeting—Room A 11:00 Show & Tell 12:30 Bridge for Fun 1:00 Line Dancing 10 9-10:00 Bible Study 10:00 Exercise & Fun 10:00 North Site Luncheon 12:30 Bridge for Fun 1:00 Line Dancing

4 9:30 Tai Chi 10:30 Walking Club 12:45 Begin. Pinochle

11 8:00 am—12:00 OWLS Program & Event at Mall 9:30 Tai Chi 10:30 Walking Club 12:45 Begin. Pinochle 3:00 Finance/Executive

12 9-3:00 AARP Tax Aid 10:00 Exercise & Fun 11:00 Qigong Exercise 12:30 Bridge for Fun 2:00-3:30 Band Practice

17 9-10:00 Bible Study 10:00 Exercise & Fun 11:00 Rural Health Student Presentation W/Robin VanFleet 12:30 Bridge for Fun 1:00 Line Dancing

18 9:00-1:00 AARP Safe Driving Class 9:30 Tai Chi 10:30 Walking Club 12:45 Begin. Pinochle

19 9:00-1:00 AARP Safe Driving Class 9-3:00 AARP Tax Aid 9:00-1:00 Safe Driving Class 10:00 Exercise & Fun 12:30 Bridge for Fun

20 10:30 * BIRTHDAY BASH * With Country Melodies. If you have a birthday in February please sign up at the lobby desk! 12:30 Pinochle

24 9-10:00 Bible Study 10:00 Exercise & Fun 12:30 Bridge for Fun 1:00 Line Dancing 6:00 Caregiver Sack Supper

25 9:30 Tai Chi 10:30 Walking Club 12:45 Begin. Pinochle

26 9-3:00 AARP Tax Aid 10:00 Exercise & Fun 11:00 Nutrition Ed 12:30 Bridge for Fun 12:30 Duplicate Bridge

27 9:30-11:30 Ron’s Painting Class 10:30 Jim Sartwell on Guitar 12:30 Pinochle 1:30-3:30 Ron’s Painting Class

3:00 Board of Directors Meeting

12:30 Pinochle 13 10:30 Valentine’s Day Party

12:30 Pinochle

Saturday: 2-14 Valentine Dance At the Comfort Inn 7-11 pm (See flyer)

Linda Holtzapple, Executive Director Rhonda Singer, Activities Director

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Potters Lin Hausknecht, Flying Pig Pottery, Not Right Minded, Moondog, Jonathan Hamilton, Hilda Eiber, Debbie Myers

Soups Suzanne Potter, Melanie Files, Rexine Dickenson, Jean Bibby, Ed Wilson, Backyard Chef BBQ Co., The Runway, Sheila & Wayne’s Home Cooking Kitchen, Rita Kaplan of Subway, Hoss’s, Dubbie’ Deli, Peking, Alice Geyer Page 14

BERKELEY SENIOR SERVICES NEEDS YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT! In order to continue to provide quality service to seniors!

IN MEMORY OF or IN HONOR OF:

_________________ (NAME OF LOVED ONE)

Please check amount:

Name: _________________________________

____ $25 ____ $35 ____$50 ____Other

Address: _______________________________

If you would like to make your gift “In Memory of or In Honor of” a loved one, please specify and fill in the name(s), and send this in with your check.

Thank You For Your Generous Support! Buyers Guide Senior Spirit

Address: _______________________________ Phone: _________________________________ Please send your contributions to: Berkeley Senior Services, 217 North High St., Martinsburg, WV 25404 (Make checks payable to Berkeley Senior Services)

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Well the holidays are over. Were you bad or did Santa pay you a visit? Laugh! At a church, a special cash collection was taken. The man was very nervous and asked the man next to him, “Do you have change for a nickel”? Big spender! A police officer stoped a young woman for speeding and politely asked to see her license. She replied in a huff, “I wish you guys would get your act together. Just yesterday you took away my license and today you expect me to show it to you”. Hey, at the November Birthday Bash I was crowned king. Pretty good! Hey you smokers, here are some interesting statistics. If you smoke 1 pack of cigarettes a day at $3.80, you spend $1415.96 yearly. Just think what you can do with the money you save by not smoking. It could be put in something healthful. During a conversation with a so-called expert, I was told only certain football players are told where to play. Funny, the coaches on the sideline use signals to tell the players where to position. I had the opportunity to watch Connie Mack of the old Philadelphia Athletics wave his score card telling the players where to position themselves. So, Mr. Expert, watch the coaches, you’ll learn something. Hey expert, second hand smoke will cause cancer too. Hi you Seniors, remember during the Stone Age when a policeman pursued you. He couldn’t cross the city line, ditto the State trooper state to state. How about the drive in movies? That went out during the Rock Age. I’m sure many of you Seniors don’t remember the movies. Ha Ha! On the serious side. The elections are over. The politicians don’t know you and they are closed mouth, thank God! How about the Seniors or did you get a new carpet to sweep all the promises you made? I’m talking about the Homestead Act. The Seniors endured the following; Prohibition featuring Al Capone, Depression bank robbers staring John Dillinger, Ma Barker, Bonnie and Clyde, Machine Gun Kelley, Baby Face Nelson and a few others, also bank failures. My name is Tony the Gremlin and I approve all the messages. On the happy side, the Charleston was replaced by the Jitterbug dance, and we danced to the tune of big bands featuring Harry James, Glenn Miller, The Dorsey Brothers, Benny Goodman and a few others. Singers included the Mills Brothers, Ames Brothers, The Andrew Sisters and many more. They also endured rationing and lost loved ones in WWII. So your lawmakers don’t get a new rug to sweep all the promises you made. Give the Seniors their due. They put their life SILVER AGE SERVICES savings into their We Are Just Like Home homes. Silver Age Services offers: I noticed that there are more smiling 24 hour care Seniors. Could it be the 5.8% COLA Long-term care increase or the lower Healthy meals gas prices? Anyway, Total personal act your age and care if needed keep on smiling. p.s. Again many thanks to the 1000 N. High St. volunteers who help Martinsburg, WV put a smile on the 304-267-1717 Seniors.

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A Surprise Visit From Martinsburg Christian Academy Students

Birthday Royalty

Rachel Stults, Cassie Elswick, Erin Thompson, David Stults, Jacob Kidwell, Hunter Kidwell, Jeannie Knipe, Stephanie Merritt They sang like angels as Mrs. Laura Doss accompanied them on the center’s piano, to the delight of the seniors and staff. Thank you for sharing Christmas with us, and its true meaning through song.

Martinsburg Christian Academy Students

Veteran’s Day Celebration

December Queen and King Christine Fairfax and Nelson Bales

Special tribute was paid to our men and women in uniform from the past and present, from every branch of the service, at our Veteran’s Day celebration. The Morris Young Retired Men’s Chorus sang a Patriotic song medley, accompanied by Debbie Peck on the piano. Thanks so much to each of you for making this day a special memory. Harold Hofe, Harry Neel, John Shultz, Pat Williams, Bill Fernandez & Lou Meadows We will all hold in our hearts a loving memory of Ted Wolford, who passed away in November. He was a faithful member of the Men’s Chorus for many years, and he will be greatly missed by all.

November King and Queen Tony Natoli and Mary Murphy

Morris Young Men’s Chorus

Charles M. Brown, Director Robert C. Fields, Director

Senior Train Dance at the Christmas Party

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THOSE DAYS AND THESE DAYS By Donald G. Raney

So, the “holiday season” has finally ended. My thought is that the “season” was as never-ending as the presidential election campaign. Beginning in September the store shelves were being stocked with the latest must have gadgetry. We began to be serenaded by “Jingle Bells” and “Momma Kissing Santa Claus”. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas have been lumped together into a generic assemblage designated as : “The Holiday Season”. Has something wonderful been lost? Or is it just me remembering the magical times of “Those Days”? I received my first introduction to Jesus my Savior at Pikeside School through the Christmas Bible stories my teachers read to me and the lovely Christmas carols I was taught to sing. Ah, where are they now? And who can forget the Christmas play? The theme of the play never changed from year to year. The theme, The birth of Jesus, the Christ Child. The only changes in the play were the participants. Who would play Mary, the mother of Jesus? All the girls old enough to play Mary coveted this role. Who would play Joseph, the wise men, and the shepherds? Of course some lucky girl would bring her doll to be the baby Jesus lying in the manger. There were no elaborate costumes. These were hard times for many families and improvisation

served the purpose. Mary’s halo was tinsel (remember tinsel?) that kept falling down over her eyes. Daddy’s bathrobe was pinned up to fit the little wise men and Joseph. Blankets wrapped around the shepherd’s shoulders served as their garments. I often wondered why the shepherds wore what we called “Indian blankets”. That was OK. We had our imagination to dismiss that small discrepancy. Oh yes, I almost forgot the Angels, a vital part of the play. Paper wings pinned to Mommy’s curtains were their celestial robes. Looking back I don’t think those little Angels could ever fly among heaven’s puffy white clouds. Aerodynamically they were a disaster. No matter how heroically the teachers tried to pin the wings on, the poor angels always looked like they had just arrived after a flight through hurricane Albert. Prior to the play we had an enthusiastic song session. Miss Virginia Miller played the piano and the principal of the school usually led the singing. We sang the songs that we don’t hear or sing anymore. Oh, they were marvelous songs: “The First Noel”, “While Shepherds Watched”, “Joy to the World”, “Away in a Manger”, and an always favorite, “I heard the bells on Christmas day”. These are just a few of those wonderful old uplifting songs that we kids would sing at the top of our lungs and probably caused the song leader to shudder. Do you have a special Christmas hymn you still love to sing? Do you remember the Christmas plays? Do you remember your teacher reading about the Birth of Jesus from the

Gospel of Luke? Has something wonderful been lost? In our home in “Those Days” Christmas began sometime in December. The older boys cut a tree and placed it in a crock filled with water. The tree wasn’t set up and trimmed until Christmas Eve. The only decorations were “shiny” balls and tin foil icicles. It wasn’t until much later that my sister, Ann, bought a set of electric lights. They were very pretty, but the bulbs burned out with startling frequency. My brother Merle and I would lay on the floor in front of the old wood stove and peruse the “Monkey Ward and Sears Roarbuck” catalogs. We knew full well that 99.99 per cent of the toys were out of the financial reach of our Mom. We didn’t boohoo, snivel, or throw a tantrum, it was just the way things were and we accepted it. But yes, we did see things that we would have liked to get on Christmas morning. I dearly wanted a Hopalong Cassidy gun and holster set. One year I opened a present and there it was, a leather holster and belt and a shiny silver pistol. Wow! Today I wonder about what sacrifice my Mom had to make to buy it. And then the ultimate goal of every red blooded American boy was to be the owner of a genuine Red Ryder lever action BB gun with a rawhide thong. Mom could have used the old “You’ll shoot your eye out” gambit, but it was simple economics. You want beans for the family or a BB gun for yourself? Many, many years later my wife Joie and I were enjoying a Christmas morning cup of coffee when ...continued on page 20

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The staff at Berkeley Senior Services is dedicated to keeping clients healthy, comfortable and independent in their homes for as long as possible. We provide our community with quality and compassionate care. Vickie Eichorn, our RN Supervisor, Tammy Pittsnogle, In-Home Care Supervisor/Coordinator, Aaliyah Gray our In-Home Care Coordinating Assistant, and a Fantastic team of InHome Care Aides (Linda Adams, Jeanetta Adkins*, Paula Allen, Connie Archer, Barbara Asgari, Brandy Baldwin, Sylvia Banks, Dottie Banner, Carrie Barger, Judy Barrett, Marsalis Basey, Fay Bell, Diana Bello-Rivera*, Janice Birckhead, Pam Blankenbaker, Sharon Born*, Debbie Boswell, Melissa Boyer, Brittany Burkhart, Bonnie Butts, Dorothy Butts, Debbie Carter, Samantha Collins, Karen Cook, Melody Cross, Angela DePasquale, Joan Dieterich, Alice Dorsey, Sharon Ducommun*, Victoria Duvall*, Karen Eppley, Bernard Fewell*, Lee Fowler, Thais Gonzalez, Molly Greenfield, Mary Ann Grove, Melissa Heck*, Tina Henry, Betty Hutton, Carla James*, Tammy Kees, Romara Kelly, Tamika King, Robin Knighten*, Felicia Koons*, Jodi McGuire, Teresa Mihalik*, Amy Miller*, Stephanie Olmstead, Angela Parkinson, Susan Rankin, Maggie Robinson, Lisa Roche, Steven Rogers, Monica Rudy, Katina Saunders, Carleen Scott, Nicole Seibert*, Emily Sensel*, Jamie Shifflett, Cindy Simmons, Tammy Simmons, Karen Sims, Betty Sites, Imogene Smith, Renea Spalding, Chris Stout, Leslie Taylor, Jennifer Thomas, Susan Twigg, Kimberly Vanoster, Patti Waldron*, Connie Wise and Jennifer Wolfe*) make their CLIENTS THEIR

The AARP volunteers will be coming to the Berkeley Senior Center to prepare Income Tax Returns for Seniors. Mondays and Thursdays, February 2nd through April 13th, 2009 from 9 am to 3 pm. To make an appointment, Please call Molly at (304) 754-6060

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WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW IN-HOME CARE AIDES AND CLIENTS FOR THEM TO CARE FOR! Our caregivers are trained in CPR, First Aid, Blood Born Pathogens (An 8-Hour OSHA Standards Training), and it is mandatory for our caregivers to attend a class the first Thursday of every month for updates on health issues. They also receive state to state background checks, fingerprinting and a TB test is required. The Hepatitis B Vaccine is offered but not mandatory. If you are a caring and reliable person with a valid drivers license and automobile, please fill out an application at 217 N. High St. Martinsburg, WV.

EXPERIENCE NOT NECESSARY! WE TRAIN! IN-HOMECARE • (263-8873). Become part of our Fantastic team by being a client, In-Home Care Aide or a Certified Nursing Assistant by contacting Vickie at 263-8873 ext. 119 or Tammy at 263-8873 ext. 109, Aaliyah or Kathryn 263-8873 ext. 124, Monday through Friday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm.

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AARP SAFE DRIVING CLASSES Traffic Safety classes, sponsored by AARP, are offered at the Berkeley Senior Center, for folks 50 years or older. Learn to drive safely and cut the rate of seniors having accidents. There are statistics that 16% fewer accidents are reported by those taking this class series. Also, some insurance companies offer a discount for those taking the class, if you’re not already discounted.

WHEN:The Third Wed. & Thur. each month (Two 4-hour Sessions) 9:00 am - 1:00 pm WHERE:Berkeley Senior Center, 217 N. High Street, Martinsburg, WV 25404 COST:$12 for AARP members, $14 for non-members

ATTENTION AARP MEMBERS: An extra class to be held in January only on 1/28/09 & 1/29/09, from 9:00 am– 1:00 pm, at the Senior Center for AARP members ONLY at price--$6.00.

To pre-register for any class, please contact Helene Brill at 267-8756

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Who are you going to call when you need additional assistance to stay at home? Call the Panhandle’s leading provider of non-medical companion care, Guardian In Home Services, Inc. Guardian has been helping the area’s elderly stay in their homes, with assistance for more than ten years. Our caregivers assist with activities of daily living, light housekeeping, meal preparation, companionship and incidental transportation. Guardian can help out for as long or as little as needed. We are able to staff your care with a minimum of 6 hours coverage and up to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We are there for you when you need us. Our office is located at: 5 Sader Dr., Inwood, WV Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm

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my nephew Garnett Canby Jr. came with some presents. Now Junior, as we call him, is that rare individual that soaks up family history and anecdotes like a sponge. Apparently sometime Junior had heard Joie or I talking about the poor kid that never got a Red Ryder BB gun. You know where I’m going now, don’t you? Junior had that “cat that ate the canary” look about him when he gave me a long slim box wrapped in Poinsettia paper. I thought it might have contained a handsaw. My Oh My Oh My! There it was, an official Daisy Red Ryder lever action BB gun. And a real wood stock with the Red Ryder emblem burned into the stock Yes, and it had a genuine rawhide thong that completed the outfit. I was flabbergasted, but the first thing Joie said was, “Junior, if Don shoots his eye out, you’re going to be in big trouble”.

Junior never got into big trouble with Joie. My Red Ryder BB gun is too precious to be used for anything except to put on display. I designed and built a fine gun rack and mounted on the kitchen wall to show it off. A top shelf holds Joie’s clock collection and an unused tube of BBs. Just below, the rifle rests on two wood pegs ready for action in case Black Bart and his henchmen come on the scene. Thank you, Junior, for making a little boy’s wish come true albeit sixty some years later. What do you think? Let’s be like the big stores and prepare ourselves for next year’s Christmas right now. Not for the “season”, but for the Day. For there is born to you this Day A Savior, who is Christ the Lord This article is dedicated to my late wife, Joie, who was my best critic and proofreader. God bless us all and Maranatha.

Senior Support Services (263-8873) Beverly Gerlach: Senior Support Service Supervisor Stephen Englebright: Senior Support Service Worker I Kelli Richard: Senior Support Service Worker II Volunteers: Carol Preston, Charles Preston, Mike Hertz, Judy Lauderdale, Bob Finch, Hans Steinmuss, Ursula Hoeffler Program Description: The Senior Support Services Department provides assistance with Grocery Shopping, Letter Reading and Writing, Prescription pick up, Notary, assist with Medicare Part D and set up appointments with a representative from the Department of Health and Human Resources for seniors who need assistance in applying for benefits and much more. The department delivered 64 Thanksgiving baskets to seniors in Berkeley County, thanks to the private donations, businesses, and organizations. Spring Clean up- We will be taking names of seniors to be on the list for Spring Clean up. We have a wonderful group of volunteers from the United States Coast Guard who go out each year and clean up around their homes. (Yard clean up, bushes trimmed, windows washed, etc.) Grocery Shopping Assistance & personal errands: If you are a senior 60 years or older and live in Berkeley County we can provide assistance with grocery shopping, prescription pick up, ride to hair dressers, DHHR and other errands. Please call at least three business days in advance to be put on the schedule. Please call for rates based on a sliding scale for a suggested donation. DHHR Representative (Department of Health and Human Resources) Mike Peters- is at the senior center (every month on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday from 8am-noon). This service is for seniors 60 and older in Berkeley County and clients of the senior center who needs appointments. You must have a scheduled appointment. For more information please call 263-8873. Ensure-We order Ensure on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month for seniors 60 years or older and can receive it within 5 to 7 days. The Ensure is available to seniors with a suggested minimum contribution per case. For more information contact Kelli- Wednesday- Friday. 304-263-8873 Ext. 122 In order for us to give each person our undivided attention we ask that everyone make an appointment. We cannot accept walk-ins. If we cannot assist you, we will refer you to other available resources. The funding we receive for Senior Support Services does not cover expenses, so we depend on and gladly accept private donations to help keep our programs running.

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TRANSPORTATION (263-8873) Beverly Gerlach Transportation Supervisor Wendy Webber Transportation Coordinator/Receptionist Drivers: Joe Hedrick, Tanya Wright, Jim Sartwell, Homer Church, Charles Meister, Valerie Hess, Margie Hodges & Sam Carter Nutrition Transportation Nutrition transportation is for seniors 60 and older. This service is to bring you to the Center for a hot lunch and for socialization and while you are here join in on the activities that are going on that day. Nutrition transportation is scheduled by calling Wendy at ext. 100. at least 2 days prior to the day you want to ride. Seating is limited, therefore arrangements made later than the 2 day window, may not be guaranteed. Medical Transportation Medical transportation is primarily for seniors then disabled. Medical appointments should be scheduled between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Keep in mind when you are scheduling your appointments, that we open at 8:00 a.m. and close at 4:00 p.m. and depending where you live in the county as to how early or how late you should make your appointments. Please consider drive time. Thank you. Transportation for medical appointments should be made with Wendy at ext. 100, 5 business days in advance anything; later than that will not guarantee a spot on our schedule. We accept Medicaid and self pay-(a suggested donation for those 60 and older) on a sliding fee scale based on household income and distance of travel. Disabled under 60: a fee will be required on a sliding fee scale based on income and distance of travel. We will bill Medicaid for you. There is no extra charge if a family member or friend rides along with you to the medical appointments.

PLEASE call to cancel your ride if you are not able to make your scheduled appointment. Pantran Schedule If you live at Senior Towers or KD Court you will be riding PanTran to the center for lunch and activities. The van will be at KD Court at 7:55 am and Senior Towers at 8:00 am and will pick you up from the center at 12:40 pm to return home. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO VAN RIDERS Winter is here- please tune in to your radio at WKMZ- 97.5 OR WEPM- 1340 AM for cancellations and delays for the Senior Center transportation information. EVERYONE RIDING THE VAN MUST BE SECURED BY A SAFETY BELT. This is for your protection. If you have a problem getting it secured, the driver will help you. Let us know what you think of our transportation services. Write us a testimony and we will publish it in our section of the Senior Spirit.

FUN & GAMES AT THE SENIOR CENTER There are many board games and other popular games available at the Senior center for anyone to use. Also there is a large supply of good ole classic movie videos and tapes available for sign-out. Have Fun socializing and making new friends. Bridge: At the Senior Center- Every Monday from 12:30 pm to 3:45 pm, for experienced players. Call Peggy Swope at 876-0751 for more information. Beginners Card Playing: Keep your brain active and have fun learning a new game. Tuesday & Thursday at 12:30 pm. For more information, call Peggy at 876-0751 Duplicate Bridge: 4th Thursday of each month at 12:30 pm until 4:00 pm. Call Ruth Bruce at 274-3060 or Charles at 267-4173 for more information. Bingo: Come and enjoy a fun and exciting game of Bingo on Monday mornings from 10:00 to 11:30 am. Players are asked to bring a small item for a prize (paper products, canned goods, dish detergent, etc.) Two FREE cards and two paid cards at .25 cents and one paper card for .25 cents (This Bingo wins a mystery door prize) Pinochle: Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays from 12:45pm until 4:00 pm. Beginners welcome! For more information about Bingo, Pinochle or any other games, please call Rhonda at 263-8873.

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Read About Your Silver Haired Legislature Updates Berkeley Senior Services has announced recent involvement and participation in the Silver Haired Legislature. The SHL is organized nationally and in 43 states. The WV Bureau of Senior Services coordinates it, with funding provided, in part, by the WV legislature. The Commissioner of the Bureau of Senior Services is Dr. Sandra Brown Vanin, who was raised in Arthurdale, Preston County, WV, and educated at Fairmont State and West Virginia University. There are two main purposes of the SHL. One is to propose legislation (or clarification) for the governing authorities through position papers, and the other is to encourage participation and understanding by senior citizens, of the legislative process. On August 27th the first regional meeting for the SHL was held in Petersburg, WV, and was attended by elected representatives of Berkeley County, Annie Otto, and the Rev. Bill and JoAnn Richards. Our local delegation was on a committee assigned to research and investigate physical, psychological and/or sexual abuse, including the laws, and the enforcement of the laws, as pertaining to the residents and staff of retirement homes and eldercare facilities. Other subjects under consideration were tobacco use by students who are representatives of their respective schools; welfare fraud, abuse and reform, and various transportation issues, such as transport to doctor appointments, the Veteran’s Administration and public transportation, taxation, double taxation, taxation on mineral rights, and the Homestead Exemption. Services such as Meals on Wheels, in-home care, educational classes, trips and recreational activities, were also subjects on the agenda. FIRST SILVER-HAIRED LEGISLATURE SESSION (10-21--10-23-08) More than 100 senior citizens met in Charleston, WV, for the first 3-day session of the Silver Haired Legislature. Statistically, 22 counties elected no representatives. Sandra Vanin reports on the success and

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productivity of the first session as the committees went to work. Based on the earlier meeting, position papers were drawn up and voted on to be presented to the State Legislature as Resolutions. Below is a summary of these position papers (in condensed version) and resolutions covered in this 3-day session. Position Paper 1200–Standing Committee on Finance: TITLE: Drunken Driver Victim Fund Issue: Drunk driving threatens the safety of all West Virginians, putting individuals and families at risk and causing senseless death, injury and property loss on our state’s highways. Currently, there is a “Drunk Driving Prevention Fund” administered by the Tax Commission and supported by sales tax collected from sales to the public and retail licensees. This position paper is advocating for a separate fund to be entitled, “Drunk Driver Victim Program.” The WV Legislature is currently studying WV D.U.I. laws. The laws need to be reformed and strengthened to protect our citizens and visitors to our state. Position Paper 3100: Standing Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources TITLE: Reduced Hunting and License Fees Issue: Younger senior citizens (i.e., 55-65 years) should be offered a reduced rate for hunting and fishing licenses. Presently $38, and if reduced to $20 will result in more hunters and fisherman taking to the woods and streams, more food can be provided for more people, present density of deer population can be balanced, and additional revenue will be generated. Position Paper 3200: Standing Committee on Health and Human Resources TITLE: Enforcement Code of Secretary of State Rules Title Series 64-14 Issue: The state of WV currently has laws in place to protect long-term facilities and assisted living facilities; however, these laws do not cover all long-term care facilities, assisted living and inhome care. There are still residents who are being mistreated, abused, or neglected because of inadequate supervision and enforcement. It is requested that Ombudsman and authorities extend their unscheduled monitoring including all facilities and in-home care at no additional costs. Position Paper 4100: Standing Committee on Education TITLE: Funding for Public Libraries Issue: Changing the Legislative Rule for funding the WV Public Libraries. The following Resolutions will be submitted to the WV Legislature from our Region: RESOLUTION 104: Region I, Contact Person: Bob Rine Telephone: (304) 243-8766 The Silver Haired Legislature hereby requests the West Virginia State Legislature to take the following action: WV Code states that the Homestead Property Tax Exemption is available only on a home the owner

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occupied on the July 1 assessment date; and requires occupancy of the property for at least six consecutive months. These Sections of the Code unfairly penalizes a person who is receiving the exemption, simply because he or she moves to another residence, but does not meet the two cited requirements of the Code. A person who is eligible for the Homestead Exemption should not lose it merely because of a change of residence. Resolution: That each of the cited sections of the code is amended to eliminate the unfair and punitive clauses that cause a homeowner to lose the exemption for a year, simply because he or she moves to another residence. RESOLUTION 202: Region II, Contact Person: Janet Altizer, telephone: 304-736-4333. The SHL requests the WV State Legislature to budget $50,000 annually to support the Silver Haired Legislature so that this legislature can work for and achieve high national status. The budget was set at $25,000 when SHL was initiated in the early 1980s. WV now has the highest average age in the US. RESOLUTION 301: Region: III, Contact Person: Phil Turner; Telephone: 304-864-0154 Older handicapped fishermen do not have accessible pathways to get to many riverbanks in WV to enjoy fishing. Many seniors have problems with walking in desolate areas and need handicapped accessible places to fish. Requested that the WV Legislature provide funds to expand the public stream access and upgrade those that are not handicapped accessible. RESOLUTION 303: Region III, Contact Person: Myrtle Wilhelm; Telephone: 304-329-0819 Requested that the WV Legislature make it unlawful to use a cell phone while driving a vehicle. RESOLUTION 402: Region IV, Contact Person: Loretta Jones; Telephone: 304-438-8937 Requested that the State of West Virginia needs to establish more technical/vocational schools to train students in this capacity. Complete listings of Position Papers and Resolutions can be accessed on the WV Bureau’s website at www.wvseniorservices.gov If you should have concerns and/or questions, suggestions, or would like more information, please contact one of your SHL delegates, Bill and JoAnn Richards (304-274-0562), or Annie Otto (304-754-3802). These dedicated servants best remember Annie in this area as the long-time representative of the school service personnel, working with Ken Legg, to accomplish many of the benefits enjoyed all across our state. Now, her energies are directed to this new and larger effort and population–senior citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mackison represent Morgan County (304-258-4695). Follow up will be reported from the 2009 legislative session.

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SEEDS PROGRAM

Leisure For The Aging Students from Shepherd U. play ball with seniors

(Student Educational and Economic Development Success) The SEEDS program is a three-year program funded by The Education Alliance, Business and Community for Public Schools. Berkeley Heights Elementary School 726 Hack Wilson Way, Martinsburg Amber Boeckmann, Principal Alan Sturm, SEEDS Academic Coach

Volunteer Math Tutors Berkeley Heights is a primary school which houses students from kindergarten through third grade and a head start program. The school has a population of approximately 600 students.Volunteer tutors will be asked to work about 30 minutes per week beginning in mid-October. The day of the week is optional but where possible should be the same day each week.The tutor will work with 1 to 3 third graders who are low achievers in math. The tutor will meet with the same student(s) each week in order to develop a positive relationship between the tutor and student(s). The school will establish a short staff development training program for tutors prior to their working with students. In compliance with state and federal regulations, each volunteer who has done so will be asked to be fingerprinted at the Board of Education Office for a required background check. Each will also be required to take a TB skin test at the local health department if one is not on file with the school system. These are both required of all individuals, either employees or volunteers, who work in WV public schools and have direct contact with students.

Contact person: Alan Sturm 304-876-8359 Alansturm#Comcast.net

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Annual Dues: $10.00, Monthly Dinner: $10.00 per Person

EGO holds a catered Dinner Meeting at the Senior Center the 3rd Monday of each month. There is a scheduled speaker or entertainment. No person shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity. Any participants, believing they have been discriminated against, have the right to file a complaint. It is the policy of this organization to anticipate and avoid the occurrence of complaints or grievances of participants and to respond promptly to any which may arise. Call the Director to schedule an informal discussion to attempt to resolve the complaint. If the complaint cannot be resolved, then ask for a Participant Grievance Form to complete and a copy of the procedure you will need to follow. Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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Happy Holidays Parties For Christmas and New Year A huge THANKS to so many volunteers, staff and seniors, who made these two events most enjoyable and festive, creating lots of warm memories. Our fabulous DJs, Rick Rohn for our Christmas Party on 1219, and Monte Conner from D & M DJ Service for New Year’s on 12-30! They know how to rock the house with fun and excitement! Thanks to Leola and Jeannette Doyle for the hundreds of Christmas Goodie Bags from Santa for everyone, and friend, Barbara Nichols from Washington, DC, who helped serve the big crowd, Peter Dufourny for Santa and helpers Leola Doyle and Barbara Gray. What a surprise and awesome gift! The afghan makers: Coordinator Fran Unger, Sandy Shultz, Sissie Moore, Darlene Bauserman, Daughter Jeannie, and ladies from the internet, made over 100 lap afghans--one for every senior attending the Birthday Bash/Christmas Party! Gladys Jones made a statue Santa from scratch, and we raffled it off, bringing in a good sum for the activities department! All the elves kept busy all day assisting where needed! We couldn’t do what we do without you! Thanks Donna Paxton, Barb Gray, Darlene & Al Bauserman, Fran Unger, The Elders, Richard Yauger, Marie Crosby, Jeannette and Leola Doyle, Barbara Nichols, and anyone else who helped make these events a success! THANK YOU!

Christmas at the Senior Center – Dale and Delores Bailey

Christmas at the Senior Center – Jackie, Rose, Nancy and Alfred decorate the tree

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A toast to the New Year – Linda Holtzapple and Marie Billmeyer

Buyers Guide Senior Spirit

Wednesday, January 14, 2009