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Gold Card ClubNewsletter

Winter 2016

2 Elvis stars to headline February 27 concert at Forest View

who was quoted as saying, “Oh, that’s nice! He has a good voice!”Tickets for the concert on Saturday, February 27 are $18 (discounted rate) for Gold Card Club members, $20 advance and $22 at the door. Please call the Community Education Box Office, 847-718-7702, to buy your tickets.

and performed with Jim Belushi. He has performed all over the country, Europe and the Carribean.Hussman, proclaimed the Number 1 Elvis by AOL, has performed with Olivia Newton John, Shania Twain, and U2’s Bono, among others. He has serenaded Sarah, Duchess of York,

Can you handle 2 Elvises in the building?Mark Hussman, left, and Quentin Flagg, right, will perform on February 27 at Forest View Educ. Center.

District 214 Community Education welcomes two of the country’s hottest Elvis performers on February 27 at Forest View Educational Center in Arlington Heights. Mark Hussman, named the No. 1 Elvis in the country by America Online, and Quentin Flagg, rock ‘n’ roll extraordinaire whose Elvis impersonation gets you to snap your fingers and stomp your feet, will perform Elvis Presley’s hits in two 45-minute sets.The first set, to be performed by Flagg, will highlight the early days of Elvis including songs from his time in Hollywood. Hussman will pay tribute to the best Elvis shows in Las Vegas in the second set.Flagg showcased his high energy performance at a recent Senior Celebration Day event in Arlington International Racecourse. He has opened for country star Tracy Byrd, the Drifters

Buffalo Grove High School 1100 W. Dundee Road, Buffalo Grove, IL

Elk Grove High School 500 W. Elk Grove Blvd., Elk Grove Village, IL

John Hersey High School 1900 E. Thomas St., Arlington Heights, IL *Limited Seating

Wheeling High School 900 S. Elmhurst Road, Wheeling, IL

The following events are scheduled at our schools in January, February and March 2016. Your Gold Card is your ticket for free admission. Be sure to bring your Gold Card with you to the performances so you can show it at the ticket office. Please call our office at 847-718-7700 to reserve your seats for all events. Events that show an asterisk (*) have limited seating.

All reservations must be made at least one week in advance of the performance.

Your School Connection

Thursday, January 14 Expressions Preview Concert 7:00 PMThursday, January 28 Variety Show 7:00 PMFriday, January 29 Variety Show 7:30 PMThursday, February 11 Expressions Preview Concert 7:00 PMWednesday, February 17 District 214 Symphonic Band Festival 7:30 PMWednesday, March 2 Orchesis Dance Show 4:00 PMTuesday, March 8 Concert Band Festival 7:30 PMThursday, March 10 Winter Orchestra and Choral Concert 7:00 PMFriday, March 11 Expressions Preview 7:00 PM

*Thursday-Saturday, January 28-30 Winter Play 7:00 PM *Thursday-Saturday, February 25-27 Orchesis Show 7:00 PM*Wednesday, March 16 Winter Choral Concert 7:00 PM *Thursday, March 17 Orchestra Festival 7:00 PM (JHHS orchestra and feeder middle schools)

Friday-Saturday, January 29-30 One Acts 7:00 PMThursday-Saturday, February 25-27 Orchesis Show 7:00 PM Saturday, March 5 EG Percussion Festival All DayFriday, March 11 March Choir Concert 7:00 PMWednesday, March 16 Orchestra Concert 7:00 PM

Wednesday, February 10 Winter Play 6:00 PM Wednesday, February 17 District 214 Symphonic Band Festival 7:30 PM Tuesday, March 1 Orchesis Show 6:00 PM Tuesday, March 15 District 214 Concert Band Festival 7:30 PM Wednesday, March 16 Choir Concert (with Middle School) 7:30 PM Thursday, March 17 Orchestra Concert 7:30 PM

Thursday, January 28 Winter Show The Bold, The Young and The Murdered by Don Zolidis 7:00 PMWednesday, March 16 Early Spring Orchestra Concert (Strings only) 7:30 PM

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Saturday, January 9 Art Expo Forest View Educational Center 2:00-5:00 PMWednesday, February 17 D214 Symphonic Band Festival RMHS (With RMHS, PHS and EGHS) 7:30 PMWednesday, February 17 D214 Symphonic Band Festival BGHS (With BGHS, JHHS and WHS) 7:30 PM*Wednesday, March 2 Honors Music Festival *Forest View Educational Center 7:30 PM (*Date and venue subject to change. Please visit www.ce214.org for confirmation closer to the date.)Tuesday, March 8 Concert Band Festival BGHS (With BGHS, JHHS and WHS) 7:30 PMWednesday, March 9 Honors Dance Festival RMHS 7:30 PMTuesday, March 15 Concert Band Festival RMHS (With RMHS, PHS and EGHS) 7:30 PM

Prospect High School 801 W. Kensington Road, Mt. Prospect, IL

D I S T R I C T EVENTS

Thursday, February 18 Orchesis Show 7:00 PM

Rolling Meadows High School 2901 W. Central Road, Rolling Meadows, IL

To Your Health

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This article was submitted by Northwest Community Healthcare. (This article is not intended to provide medical advice, but rather to serve as a summary of actual issues and should not be utilized as a substitute for consultation with your personal physician.)

One step at a timeRita came to NCH in May 2014 for the first of her two hip replacement surgeries performed by Dr. Ludkowski. She was grateful to schedule her surgery within three days of her initial appointment.Dr. Ludkowski scheduled the surgery immediately after seeing Rita struggle to walk. “Her hips were so bad she could barely walk,” he says. “Hip surgery operations are often life-changing because the patients can quickly return to a healthy lifestyle.”After the surgery, Rita spent three nights at NCH under the care of orthopedic nurses and therapists before beginning her rehab at home and improving her mobility day by day. Her mother was at her side helping during the recovery process.Watching Rita’s successful recovery prompted Lelia to schedule the first of her hip replacement surgeries just three months after her daughter’s operation.“My hips were getting bad and the doctor diagnosed arthritis,” Lelia says. After X-rays, Lelia learned there was no cartilage remaining in her hip sockets, resulting in bone-on-bone contact in the joints.Dr. Ludkowski says it is more common to see members of the same family who suffer from knee arthritis and

Hip, hip, hip hooray!A mother-daughter bond is often described as one of the most powerful relationships and that bond sometimes influences the lives of mothers and daughters in ways they may not even realize.Take the case of Rita Hall and her mother Lelia McFarland of the Northwest suburbs. Little did they know their bond would be strengthened – and their mobility improved – by taking advantage of NCH’s joint replacement program.Rita had begun to experience difficulty walking in early 2014 and chalked it up to lower back pain. After a visit to a chiropractor didn’t produce any relief, Rita visited her primary care physician who referred her to Philip Ludkowski, M.D., a board-certified orthopedic surgeon on staff at NCH.“I spent most of my day bent over and could hardly walk,” Rita recalls. “After I visited Dr. Ludkowski, he said I would need hip replacement surgery because my hip bones were growing inward. I inherited this from my mother.”While Leila watched her daughter battle through the pain, she realized she was probably heading down the same path, too. Arthritis in both hips was beginning to challenge her mobility.

Attached at the hipRita Hall, left, enjoys a walk with her mother, Lelia McFarland, after they both had successful hip replacement surgeries at Northwest Community Healthcare.

need knee replacement surgery. Rita and Lelia were the exception, he says.“It was unusual that the mother and daughter needed both of their hips replaced at around the same time, despite the difference in their ages,” Dr. Ludkowski says. Supporting each otherAfter Rita recovered from her first operation, she returned to NCH for her second hip replacement surgery last December. “I was begging for an appointment to take care of my next hip,” she says. “I didn’t think twice when I scheduled the surgery on Christmas Eve.”Rita now has no trouble sitting or standing while working at a local pharmacy. For Lelia, she was just one operation away from resuming her two-mile daily walk in the neighborhood. She completed the family hip-surgery cycle this summer when she had her final operation. Her daughter was at her side during the recovery process.For Lelia and Rita, successful hip replacement surgeries at NCH are just the latest experience they have in common as mother and daughter.

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2016 Motorcoach Tours

Mar 29-31 Lincoln’s HometownApr 11-17 Nashville and MemphisMay 17-21 Ohio Amish CountryMay 24-26 Chicago Cubs @ St LouisJun 7-9 Ford Museum/Greenfield VillageJun 9-14 Mackinac IslandJuly 11-15 Niagara FallsAug 9-11 Mystery Tour to ?Oct 3-5 Door CountyNov 10-14 BransonNov 29-Dec 1 Frankenmuth

2016 Extended Tours

Mar 28-Apr 3 Flyaway Mystery TourApr 4-10 Georgia-Callaway GardensApr 5-14 Sicily & Amalfi CoastApr 25-May 3 Holland & Belgium River CruiseJun 12-20 IcelandJun 16-27 Berlin, Prague & ViennaSep 7-12 North DakotaSep 15-25 Western National ParksSep 19-29 Netherlands, Belgium, ParisSep 21-28 Best of England & LondonSep 30-Oct 12 N Spain & LisbonOct 3-7 New Mexico Balloon FiestaOct 16-23 Pennsylvania AutumnOct 24-28 SedonaNov 3-14 MoroccoNov 26-Dec 4 CubaNov 28-Dec 2 San Antonio HolidayDec 1-4 New York City Holiday

2016 Day Trips Call soon--these trips sell out fast!

Jan 26 Escape to the Tropics at the SheddFeb 17 Degas and the Cliff Dwellers ClubFeb 23 Greeks and GreektownMar 17 St Pat’s Day at Notre DameApr 5 Merchandise Mart, Money & Manny’sApr 13 Chicago Mansions & the 1890sApr 25 Fair Oaks FarmMay 10 Lilacs of LombardMay 18 Chicago’s Pullman NeighborhoodMay 24 Cedarburg & Cedar CreekJun 1 Rails of Kenosha & East TroyJune 30 Broken Wagon Bison RanchJul 13 Estates of Lake County

2016 Theatre/Opera Trips(Include Lunch)

Feb 3 Bye Bye Birdie at Drury LaneFeb 17 Cabaret - Bank of America TheatreMar 2 If/Then at the Palace TheatreMar 2 Romeo and Juliet - Lyric OperaMar 10 Der Rosenkavalier-Lyric OperaApr 6 Matilda at the Oriental TheatreMay 11 The King and I - Lyric Opera

Call to make sure you are on the CET mailing list to receive up-to-date news via our CET newsletter Travelin’

CET Phone: 847-718-7709 Email: cetravel@d214.org Website: www.ce214.orgForest View Educational Center, Room A105

2121 S. Goebbert Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005

CE News

The Gold Card Club newsletter is published three times each school year by District 214 Community Education. Our office is located at 2121 S. Goebbert Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005.

Phone: 847-718-7799 Fax: 847-718-7713 Website: www.ce214.org Michael S. Field, Director Nelia Bernabe, Editor

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District 214 Community Education presents

LUAU at FOREST VIEWan intergenerational dinner dance party

Saturday, April 16, 20166:00-10:30 PM

Dinner, Show and Dancing$15 (adults) $5 (District 214 students)

Call the Community Ed Box Office, 847-718-7702, to buy your tickets

The unique District 214 Community Education tradition of having older adults and District 214 high school students come together in a social setting will highlight the month of April with a luau-themed party on Saturday, April 16, at Forest View Educational Center.Tickets for the party are $15 for adults and $5 for District 214 high school students which will include dinner, show and dancing from 6:00-10:30 p.m. It is encouraged to come dressed according to the theme and win a prize!The well-attended party, fondly called the “IG (short for intergenerational) prom” for many years, has become the one social and signature event of Community Education that encourages the young and the young-at-heart to mingle and have fun.“Planning the dinner-dance is such a joy for us,” says Mary Jane Robertson of Mount Prospect and a longtime committee member. “We love to see our high school students have fun with our older adult guests the evening of the party.”The adult volunteers for the Planning Committee include Robertson’s husband Bob, Eloise and Jack DeCarlo of Mount Prospect, Lydia and Richard Brunner of Arlington Heights, Marge and Tom Prohaska of Arlington Heights, CE Dance Instructor Cherie Uricek of Arlington Heights and Helen Scoggins of Barrington. District 214 student volunteers for the committee are recruited in early January through the service learning coordinators from each high school. A portion of the students’ tickets are usually subsidized by their high school.If you know anyone - adult or D214 high school student - who might be interested in joining the Planning Committee, please call 847-718-7799. To buy your tickets, please call the CE Box Office at 847-718-7702.

Are you looking at the New Year wanting to pick up a new hobby or rekindle an old passion? It’s never too late to start now!This New Year, District 214 Community Education is offering four ways that you can do that.One, sign up for the Old Time Radio Group class and fulfill your dream of reliving the good old days of shows like Jack Benny and The Shadow. It has a new format and meets for seven classes starting February 23. On your last day of class, you will do a show at Forest View in front of a live audience.Two, have you ever thought of teaching? Community Education’s Continuing Ed program is currently looking for instructors. Join our pool of teachers who engage a community of adult students in many areas: culinary, computer, craft, leisure interest, home garden, beauty, needle work and many more. If interested, be sure to email your class ideas to: teresa.palaggi@d214.org.Three, have you always wanted to learn how to take great pictures? Did you get anew camera for a present this holiday?

It’s never too late to fuel your passionDon’t wait! Sign up for the Photography Beginning class starting February 16. If you love “real” photography, this class is for you! You will learn the basics, the different types of lighting and composition.Fourth, if you promised yourself to learn how to cook or become a better cook, there are more than two dozen culinary classes offered this semester. There’s a class for every kind of cook and student, ranging from learning how to grill Indian style, how to make yeast breads, homemade pasta, gnocchi, smoothie and simple ramen to understanding organics, hands-on pierogi to improving your knife skills. Some culinary classes start in February.

In addition, if you are a baby boomer and want to know how to maximize your Social Security and Medicare benefits, attend two sessions for $25 offered by a certified financial planner on April 19 and 26 at Forest View.To sign up for any of the classes this winter or for questions, please call 847-718-7700 or visit www.ce214.org.

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promotes social connectedness. New relationships form. A perception of interdependence develops, giving one a feeling that autonomy, the freedom to be the authors of our own lives, continues,” said Mary Ann Anichini, a geriatric nurse practitioner and vice president of quality improvement at Presbyterian Homes.The research is quite conclusive. A 2013 study by Andrew Steptoe, an epidemiologist at University College London, found that social isolation raises risk of death among middle-aged or elderly people. In addition, results of an extensive recent study conducted by Carleton University in Canada confirmed that those who feel a sense of purpose and direction in life may indeed live longer, no matter what their age. Conducted over a 14-year span, the study tracked the mental and physical health of 6,100 Americans between the ages of 20 and 75. “Our findings point to the fact that finding a direction for life — and setting overarching goals for what you want to achieve — can help you actually live longer,

Vibrant and active communities are a popular choice among older adults who want to live life to the fullest. Studies have shown that the strong sense of community at such places — staying involved with neighbors, friends and the community at large — actually helps prolong a person’s life. “Living in a community

regardless of when you find your purpose,” said Patrick Hill, lead researcher on the Carleton project, when the study was published in the professional journal Psychological Science.A Life Plan Community creates opportunities for residents to engage, share and learn. A variety of activities are offered,

book discussions, fitness classes and more. “We try to connect people that might enjoy trying something new, or pastimes and experiences that were previously meaningful,” Anichini said. These interests can be diverse, from spirited foreign policy discussions to dancing, or mah jong. And activities are constantly evolving. For example, Presbyterian Homes recently launched a wellness program called “Better Balance with Choices.”“The foundation of this program calls us all to consider how we balance the seven dimensions of wellness — physical, emotional, social, spiritual, vocational, environmental and intellectual — in our lives,” Anichini said. “We believe that through this balance comes greater quality of life. The program is designed to be challenging, energizing, and measurable.” Getting everyone involved is an important aspect of the culture. “It’s about living each day with meaning, joy and resilience.”

*This article was submitted by Presbyterian Homes.

How to live a better and longer lifeSpotlight

Not 1 but 2 Elvis performers in one spectacular show!

Welcome on stage Mark Hussman, the #1 Elvis according to America Online, and Quentin Flagg, back from his stellar performance at

Senior Celebration DayForest View Educational Center 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016

$20 Advance $22 Door $18 Gold Card Club Members Advance

To buy tickets, call the Community Ed Box Office at

847-718-7702

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Upcoming Events

For more information, please visit www.arlingtonheightsband.org. To reserve tickets, please call 847-718-7702 Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm or email ahccbtickets@gmail.com. The dates of our concerts may change.

2015 – 2016 CONCERT SERIES

FALL CONCERT Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 3pm

Forest View Educational Center

HOLIDAY CONCERT Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 3pm

Forest View Educational Center

WINTER CONCERT Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 3pm

Forest View Educational Center

SPRING CONCERT Sunday, April 24, 2016 at 3pm

Forest View Educational Center

A TASTE OFMUSIC& WINE!JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF MUSIC, WINE & FOOD!

featuringJohn Schindler, Violin

April 3, 2016

featuringMartha Cavender, Bassoon

January 31, 2016

featuring Leevy Williams, Cello

May 22, 2016

4:30 pmSUNDAY, April 17, 2016ROB ROY GOLF COURSE505 E Camp McDonald Rd, Prospect Heights, IL 60070$75 A TICKET or $125 FOR TWO TICKETS

NORTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2015-2016 SEASONwith District 214 Community Education

NSO SPECIAL EVENT

All concerts are held on Sunday at 3:30 pm at the Forest View Educational Center, 2121 South Goebbert Road, Arlington Hgts.

For Information about the 2015.2016 Season please visit our websitewww.NorthwestSymphony.org

Programs are subject to change

And District 214 Community Education Presents Our 2016

To Order Tickets Call 847.718.7702 Monday thru Friday, 8am – 4pm

www.arlingtones.net

Men’s Chorus Directed by Roger Turek SAVE THIS DATE: SUNDAY MAY 1, 2016

Forest View Education Center 2121 S. Goebbert Rd. Arlington Hts

Building Learning Communities

Township High School District 214 Community Education 2121 S. Goebbert RoadArlington Heights, IL 60005Phone: 847-718-7700www.ce214.org