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Funding Sources—Genesee County Senior Millage, Charter Township of Montrose, Valley Area Agency on Aging,

MDOT, Community groups, and Individual Donations. This program/service is fully or partially funded by Genesee

County Senior Millage Funds. Your tax dollars at work!!

Montrose Township Senior Center

Silver Threads is the Montrose Township Senior Center monthly newsletter. Available via mail, email and/or pick up while visiting the Center.

Please notify the Center if you wish to receive the newsletter regularly with your preference.

2nd Time Around Music Group

Will be preforming at the Center on Tuesday, December 1 at 11am.

Donate for the Mitten Tree

Provide winter woolies for local school children.

See page 6 for more information.

ARE YOU NOT FEELING WELL?

This is the cold and flu season. Please be

considerate of your fellow members at the center

by staying home if you are under the weather.

Montrose Township Senior Center will be CLOSED the following days in December:

Christmas Eve December 24, 2015

Christmas Day December 25, 2015

New Years Eve December 31, 2015

New Years Day January 1, 2016

White Elephant Gift Exchange

Wednesday, December 23rd, 12:30pm

Grab something from around the house that you no longer use or want, wrap it up all nice and Christmassy, and bring it in.

Please join us for our Holiday

Potluck luncheon on Wednesday,

December 23, 2015 at 12noon.

We will provide the Ham and

Scalloped Potatoes.

Please bring your favorite holiday dish to pass. Call and

sign up at (810) 639-2822

Come listen to your favorite holiday tunes

performed by the Montrose Kuehn-Haven

8th grade band on Thursday,

December 17 at 12noon.

Don’t forget the Montrose Christmas

Candlewalk on Saturday, December 5.

See Page 5 for more details.

2015 has been a GREAT year and we are

looking forward to 2016! Join us for a

New Year Celebration on

Wednesday, December 30 at 12:30pm.

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Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

1 Western Style Crumb Steak Whipped Potatoes Italian Mixed Veggies Fresh Fruit Multi-Grain Roll Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Apple Juice

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Char Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich

Veggie Soup

Fruit Cup

Milk

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Boneless Pork Chop

Mixed Greens

Yams & Apples

Fruit Salad

Wheat Roll

Fruit Juice

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Baked Macaroni & Cheese

Succotash

Steamed Broccoli

Potato Roll

Jell-O

Milk

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Marinated Steak In Broth

Mashed Potatoes

Key West Veggies

Sliced Pears

Dinner Roll

Milk

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White Chicken Chili

Baby Carrots

Stewed Tomatoes

Fresh Fruit

Corn Bake

Grape Juice

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Pulled Pork Sandwich

Baked Sweet Potato

Midori Veggie Blend

Sliced Pears

Fruit Juice

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Meatballs w/Spaghetti

Caribbean Veggies

Romaine Salad

Sliced Peaches

Garlic Breadsticks

Cranberry Juice

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Vegetable Cheese Lasagna

Winter Blend Veggies

Italian Green Beans

Apple Muffin

Fresh Apple

Milk

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Beef Dinner Loaf

Steamed Spinach

Mashed Potatoes

Multi-Grain Roll

Milk

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Bean Soup

Ginger Spice Carrots

Tossed Salad

Fruit Salad

Corn Muffin

Orange Juice

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Pork Loin w/ Gravy

Mashed Potatoes

Veggie Blend

Wheat Roll

Layer Cake

Milk

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Salisbury Steak

Parsley Potatoes

Mixed Veggies

Wheat Roll

Cookie

Apple Juice

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Baked Tilapia Pecan Crunch

Au Gratin Potatoes

Coleslaw

Fruit Salad

Milk

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Stuffed Green Pepper

Rainbow Squash Veggie Mix

Sweet Peas

Fresh Fruit

Wheat Roll

Pear

Milk

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Stuffed Chicken

Southern Style Green Beans

Steamed Cauliflower

Fresh Fruit

Potato Roll

Orange

Pineapple Juice

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HOLIDAY

POTLUCK

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Chicken & Dumplings

French Green Beans

Potato Roll

Fresh Fruit

Milk

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Creole Steak in Tomato Sauce

European Veggies

Sliced Potatoes

Sliced Bread

Fruit Salad

Fruit Juice

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Baked Ham Steak

Sweet Potato Chunks

Mixed Greens

Diced Pineapples

Split Top Roll

Milk

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REMINDER:

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Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 1

9am Yoga

10:00am Writing Group

11am Blood Pressure 11am 2nd Time Around Music Group 12noon Lunch 1pm Movie 5:30pm Weight Watchers

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9am V.A. Rep

9:45am Tai Chi

12noon Lunch

1pm Pinochle

Coupon & Quilt

3:45pm Zumba

5:30pm Card Club

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12noon Lunch

1pm Wii

1pm Shopping Meijer

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12noon Lunch

1pm Bingo

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11:30am Massage

12noon Lunch

1pm Euchre

3:30-5:30pm Guitar Pickers

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9am Yoga 10:00am Writing Group

11am Blood Pressure 12noon Lunch 1pm Shopping Genesee Valley Mall 1pm Movie

5:30pm Weight Watchers

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9:45am Tai Chi

12noon Lunch

1pm Pinochle

Coupon & Quilt

3:45pm Zumba

5:30pm Card Club

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10am-4pm Santa’s Toy Store Sign-ups

12noon Lunch

1pm Wii

1pm Shopping

Kmart

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10am-4pm Santa’s Toy Store Sign-ups

9am-12noon

12noon Lunch

1pm Bingo

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12noon Lunch

1pm Euchre

3:30-5:30pm Guitar Pickers

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9am Yoga 10:00am Writing Group 11am Blood Pressure 12noon Lunch 5pm Weight Watchers

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9:45am Tai Chi

12noon Lunch

1pm Pinochle

Coupon & Quilt

3:45pm Zumba

5:30pm Card Club

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9am Commodities

12noon Lunch 12noon Montrose 8th Grade Band 1pm Wii 1pm Shopping Walmart

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12noon Lunch

1pm Bingo

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11:30am Massage

10am Advisory Council

12noon Lunch

1pm Euchre

3:30-5:30pm Guitar Pickers

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9am Yoga 10:00am Writing Group 11am Blood Pressure 12noon Lunch 1pm Movie 1pm Shopping Riverside 5pm Weight Watchers

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9:45am Tai Chi

10am Podiatrist

12noon POTLUCK

1pm Pinochle

Coupon & Quilt

3:45pm Zumba

5:30pm Card Club

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11am Twin Town-ship Blood pres-sure checks

12noon Lunch

1pm Euchre

3:30-5:30pm Guitar Pickers

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9am Yoga 10:00am Writing Group 11am Blood Pressure 12noon Lunch 1pm Movie 1pm Shopping Riverside 5pm Weight Watchers

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9:45am Tai Chi

12noon Lunch

12:30 New Year Celebration

1pm Pinochle

Coupon & Quilt

3:45pm Zumba

5:30pm Card Club

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Pinochle

Wednesdays 1:00pm $1.25

Call to reserve your spot.

Euchre

Mondays 1:00pm $1.00

Call to reserve your spot

Card Club

Euchre tournament every Wednesday at 5:30-8:30pm.

$2.00 plus 10¢ a euchre. Call to

reserve your spot. Bring a snack to

share.

Coupons

Clipping coupons are a great way to save some hard earned money. Our coupon basket is available every-day. Do you have extra coupons? Bring them by and drop them off. We take store coupons and manufac-ture coupons.

Zumba Gold takes the Zumba formula and modifies the moves and pacing to suit the needs of the active older participant, as well as those just starting their journey to a fit and healthy lifestyle. Join us Wednesday at 3:45pm with Kim Warchol-Smith.

Bingo

Every Friday at 1pm

25¢ a card.

Chair Yoga

Every Tuesday at 9am Improve strength, flexibility, by doing yoga exercises while seat-ed in chairs or while standing and using the chair for support.

Quilters/Crafters The tables are open for your use on

Wednesdays at 1pm.

Guitar Pickers Do you play guitar? Do you wish you could play better or practice with others? Need someone to practice with? Join us Mondays at 3:30-5:30pm. Not just guitars, but any stringed instrument, harmonica, etc.… No fees No need to sign up in advance

Any age Drop ins welcome.

Twin Township Blood Pressure Checks

Twin Township Ambulance will be here the last Monday of every month to do blood pressure checks at 11:00am.

Writing Group Each one of us has lived a different life from everyone else, each of us has had experi-ences no one else has had, and you might enjoy getting together with others who are also thinking back. To write, if not the entire story of your life, at least to put down some memorable experiences, to see how perhaps they add up to a whole.

Or you may have a totally different reason for writing something, maybe a different story, maybe a poem. Any-body up for a writing class?

See you Tuesdays at 10:00am.

Tia Chi

Tia-Chi is a doctor-recommended form of exercise/stretching. It has many health benefits: increases flexibility, lowers choles-terol, retards Alzheimer’s Disease and im-proves blood flow. Also, it improves focus, concentration, invigorates the brain, lowers blood sugar and helps eliminate stress.

Studies show people taking Tai-Chi reduce risk of falling by 48%.

Join us Wednesday mornings at 9:45am with Darci Bobb

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Foot Clinic

Healthy feet can help you to keep doing what you enjoy doing. The human foot is a marvel of biomechanical engineering that most of us take for granted until the system fails or breaks down. The average person will walk the equivalent of twice around the world in a life-time, which is a long time on your feet. Keep your feet in tip top shape, make an appoint-ment with licensed podiatrist.

Bring a photo ID and your insurance card. Ap-pointments are required to see the doctor. Ap-pointments are still available for Wednesday, December 23rd. Call the Montrose Township Senior Center at 810-639-2822 for more infor-mation or to make an appointment with Dr. Gold.

Calling all Veterans

U. S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs offers a wide range of benefits for our Nation’s Veterans, Veteran’s Dependents, Surviving Spouses, Child or Parent of a deceased Veteran. Meet with Bob Rasche, Service Officer, Genesee County Department of Veterans Services, on the 1st Wednesday of each month. Appointments are required.

Call 810 639-2822 to schedule your appointment for Dec. 2

Chair Massage

Registered Therapist Emily will be at our center on Mon. Dec 7, and Dec. 21 to per-form 10 minute chair massages. The cost is $8.00. If you would like an appointment or want more information please call us at 810-639-2822.

Shopping

Our bus goes

shopping on Dec. 3

to Meijer in Owosso, on Dec. 8 to

Genesee Valley Mall (Burlington Coat

Factory), to K-Mart in Clio on Dec. 10,

to Walmart in Clio on Dec. 17 and to

Riverside Market on Dec. 22. We also

stop once a week if needed to local

businesses to shop!

Dinner Date

The 2nd Monday of each month we go out to dinner. Drive yourself or ride the bus. This month were going to

Liberty Coney Island in Flushing on Monday, Dec. 14. The bus leaves at 4pm. Please sign-up in advance so we can call in reservations.

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Join us on Tuesdays for a free movie and popcorn! This month we are watching:

All I Want for Christmas, Dec. 1 at 1 p.m. Miracle on 34th Street, Dec. 8 at 1 p.m. Jingle All The Way, Dec. 15 at 1 p.m.

Marley & Me, Dec. 29 at 1p.m.

Hats, Coats, Gloves, Snow

Pants, Scarves,

Snowsuits, Earmuffs,

boots, etc…

We will be putting our tree up for display and col-lecting these winter items all through the winter and into the spring as well.

As the temperatures drop we see a great need in our community, especially

with the children. No child should be without. Items can be dropped off

9am-5pm Monday through Friday at the Montrose Township Senior

Center, 200 Alfred Street, Montrose, next to the elementary school.

For more information please feel free to call (810) 639-2822.

Santa’s Toy Store will again help Santa Claus

provide toys for Montrose families in need.

Parents can sign their chil-

dren up at the Montrose

Township Senior Center on

December 10th & 11th

from 10am to 4pm.

Did you know…

*That “Xmas” stems from Greece. The Greek “X” is a

symbol for Christ.

*Santa Claus was a real Saint. He lived in Myra in the

300s. Myra is in what’s now Turkey. The German

name for Saint Nicholas is Sankt Niklaus.

*The first artificial Christmas Tree wasn’t a tree at all.

It was created out of goose feathers that were dyed.

*The French gave the biggest Christmas present ever in

1886. It was the Statue of Liberty, and they gave it to

the United States of America. (The French have one

too, a smaller one, in Paris.)

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2nd Michael O’Sullivan

3rd Elaine McKenzie

5th Delores Hargraves

5th Wayne Shick

7th Curtis Mildred

7th Vicki Taylor

11th Wanda Short

11th Susan Wager

12th Mary Jeffery

13th Guy Kibbe

13th Thomas Tithof

14th George Percy

17th Donelda Deming

17th Sally Miller

17th Nancy Obershaw

18th Georgetta Stansfield

20th Larry Monroe

24th Dorothy Banks

25th Victoria Lauer

28th Ruth Williams

31st Tim Larkin

31st Eve Gist

Donations are Needed

These items are needed at the Center on a monthly basis:

8oz foam coffee cups Regular Coffee

Decaffeinated Coffee Dish Soap

Creamer Marshmallows

6-inch foam Plates Foam Bowls

Bagged Snacks

Loan Closet

We have medical equipment available to bor-row, including (but limited to), walkers, wheel-chairs, canes, crutches, bath seats, commodes, disposable chair pads, disposable undergar-ments, and more. We also accept donations of any of these items. If you have questions, please call 810 639-2822.

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200 Alfred Street P.O. Box 3128

Montrose, MI 48457

Phone: 810 -639-2822 Fax: 810 -639-5899

Website: www.montrosetownship.org/senior_center

Medicare / Medicaid Assistance

If you need assistance filling out forms or

have questions, center staff can direct you to

the appropriate channels.

Feel free to call the MMAP Hotline

(800) 803-7174

(810) 639-2822

Rada Cutlery is 100%

American Made - raw

materials and con-

struction. Rada Mfg.

Co. has made and

sold over 132,000,000

knives since 1948,

earning the reputation

for remarkable cutlery, service and val-

ue. Here at the Montrose

Township Senior Center we

offer these exceptional

knives at a huge discount.

We often keep the most

popular knives in stock. With short

shipping times we can order any of

these knives and have them usually

within a week. Stop by and check them

out. These make great gifts for Christ-

mas as well as other

events.

Commodity Supplemental Food Program

Are you 60 years old and your income is below

$1276.00 a month for one person or $1726.00

for two people? If so, you would be eligible to

receive food from Michigan Commodity

Supplemental Food Program at our center.

CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION

810-639-2822

Advisory Counsel

JoAnn Fortenberry—Chairperson

Jim Fortenberry—Vice Chairperson

Margie Cole—Secretary/Treasurer

Agnes Bechel Jeannette Dowd

Dorothy Mongeon Lee Fannin

Laura Spangler June Fittante

Mark Emmendorfer—Township Supervisor

Linda Miller - Township Senior Center Committee

Gary Keeler—Township Senior Center Committee

Staff

Mary Stewart, Director

mstewart@montrosetownship.org

Donelda Deming, Transportation

Sara Warren, Assistant

Mary Quast, Assistant

Montrose Township Senior Center

200 Alfred Street, P. O. Box 3128

Montrose, MI 48457

(810) 639-2822 Fax (810) 639-5899

(810) 639-2060