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senior moments Courtesy Photos


Models for the
by Helen Deluca Thurmont Senior
Center Spring Fashion
Show are: (from left)
Hello, seniors! Spring has sprung! is by donation. Light refreshments will Marie Free, Rachel
What a delight to see the sun shining, be available. Weiler, Marilyn
Worsham, Jackie
the jonquils blooming, the robins On April 19, Teresa and some Martz, Donna Righter,
pecking for worms, and the green “crafty” ladies are preparing for Alice Eyler, Pam
grass. There is a down side to all of another project: the “Cup and Robbins, Joan Leo,
this: the waiting in line at the car Saucer” craft. The class is $3.00 and and Janice Snyder.
wash and knowing it’s tax time. is limited to twelve people. Materials
About tax time. Did you know will be provided. Call or come in and
that if you are age sixty-five or older, sign up. Class is from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
you live in the town of Thurmont On April 26 at 10:30 a.m., Nurse
limits, and your income does not Steve will be available to take our
exceed $70,000, you may qualify for “vitals,” and will give a talk about
a property tax credit? The application “Should I be worried if I forget March Birthday Party: Seth
th
form is available at the Thurmont things?” at 12:30 p.m. Young celebrates his 13
Senior Center and at the town office. On April 27 at noon, there will birthday with grandparents,
Tanya & Rich Jensen.
Proof of your age and income is be a Pot Luck Lunch and a General
necessary when you apply, and that Meeting following the lunch. There
is readily available from your federal will be a sign-up sheet at the center.
and Maryland tax forms. Call or visit Please bring a dish to share or pay running out of space, but you get the planning to retire. She has served her
the center or town office for more $6.00. The more the merrier! idea. The Thurmont Senior Center is community well, and we add our
information. A Gourd Painting Art Class by available to town residents, as well thanks for the many hours she has
Also, if you or your family has Nancy Rice will be held on April as the surrounding area. Teresa, the volunteered at the center.
received any of those harassing 28, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. The cost Board of Directors, and volunteers are Events to look forward to: April
telephone calls claiming to be the is $5.00, and the class is limited to here to make it a place where seniors 2—Prize Bingo (thirty-one stuffed
IRS or Treasury Department, just twelve people. The money will go can come to eat, meet, and greet. bags and door prizes), to benefit the
hang up. The calls can be downright to benefit the center. All materials A reminder: yard sales start on Catoctin Wildlife Preserve & Zoo (a
demanding: “pay up or else.” It’s are provided and no experience is May 14 (second Saturdays) and run nonprofit organization), from 5:00-
all a scam. The IRS or Treasury necessary. Nancy is an accomplished through September. Rental spaces 8:00 p.m. The Civitan Club will be
Department does not make phone painter and does beautiful work. on the center parking lot will cost serving food. Tickets are $20.00
calls to your home to collect “unpaid” Along with all of these special $10.00 per space (must prepay). (purchase at the center or zoo); June
taxes. Just hang up! If you feel uneasy, events, we also have Zumba classes Now is a good time while you’re 25—Dance with John & Peggy
call the police or the IRS and let them every Monday, from 10:15-11:00 spring cleaning or downsizing to set Offutt and the Back Roads Band;
know about your call. a.m. Classes cost $5.00 each or you aside items you no longer need. Call June 29—Bus trip to Hoopers Island,
Teresa has been getting some can purchase a punch card for eight early to get your choice of lot or lots. leaving from the Weis parking lot next
special events lined up for April. Get classes for $24.00. Every Monday, Bring your own table and chair, etc. to McDonald’s. The cost is $90.00
your calendars ready! The monthly the Canaries Chorale group practices Portable bathrooms are located next (limited to forty people; must pay half
birthday party will be held Thursday, at 12:45 p.m. On Tuesdays at 9:30 door and the center is locked. Call to hold the spot; full amount due by
April 7 at 12:30 p.m. and Beading a.m., exercise with Alice (donation 301-271-7911. June 1).
with Teresa at 1:00 p.m. accepted); on Thursdays at 9:30 a.m., Our hats off, and our Spring and summer are party
On April 8, the Student Service exercise and Tai Chi. congratulations, to Beth Watson. Beth times. The center is available on
Learning Project with Seniors at The first and third Wednesdays of is a local resident and producer of weekends for a nominal fee.
Thurmont Elementary School will each month 50-50 Bingo is held at 1:00 the Thurmont Thespians Community Remember, laughter is like a
take place from 1:00-3:00 p.m. p.m. ($5.00 for pack of twenty games; Theater. After sixty-five productions fountain of youth—it takes ten years
On April 16, from 5:00-8:00 p.m., $1.00 for the last game coverall). Bingo in the past two decades, Beth is off your age. Laugh and be happy!
there will be a Dance with Kevin is open to the public. Bring a friend.
Booth. Kevin does impersonations Call ahead to reserve lunch.
of Elvis, Conway Twitty, and George Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
Jones. He really puts on a great show. are good days for cards and games of
Put on your dancing shoes and be all kinds: Pinochle, Canasta, Bridge,
ready to have a good time. Admission Phase 10, Rube Cube, Dominos—I’m
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