The
Dalles will be a happening place this week starting off with the always popular
Lip-Sync tonight and the BYU-Idaho Symphony Band on Thursday, both at TDHS; followed
by three days of fun activities downtown. There will be plenty of entertainment
including the Twangshifters at the Swingin’ Sock Shop on Saturday night playing
rockabilly from the 50’s that is still cool today. And you won’t want to miss
the parade along its familiar route starting at 10:00. The Dalles Chamber and
all the volunteers should be congratulated for organizing quite a show. Let’s
hope the weather cooperates
The
Center will be part of the action hosting the annual Cherry Festival Pancake
Breakfast, once again sponsored by our neighbors to the north - Cherry Heights
Living. From 7:30 to 9:30, the Center will be serving pancakes, scrambled eggs,
sausage plus fruit and beverage - all for $5.00 per person and $3.00 per child.
Let the Center cook your breakfast on a busy Cherry Festival parade day.
The
Center will also have a table downtown on Federal Street near the Veteran’s
office. There will be information about the activities at the Center plus one
last chance to buy raffle tickets for the Necktie Quilt made by Francie Yuhas. Stop
by and say hi.
There hasn’t been a Tuesday Lecture at the
Center for several weeks. (I was either out of town or I couldn’t remember
which Tuesday of the month it was. Ever have that problem?) But the Tuesday
Lecture is back on April 28th with Alida Raynor, MCMC’s Breast
Health Nurse Navigator, speaking about breast health and MCMC’s new program to
support women that need a diagnostic mammogram. A diagnostic mammogram is used
when the initial mammogram identifies any abnormalities – which, speaking for
myself, would freak me out. But those abnormalities may not be breast cancer. The
diagnostic mammogram helps identify whether the abnormality is cancer or
nothing to be concerned about. The Breast Health Navigator supports the patient
through the process and helps ease any anxiety that may occur.
I
have often mentioned the value of participating in creative activities whether
it is building back scratchers or writing ten minute plays; designing a garden
or writing a country ballad. And if your creative interests are in drawing, Debra
Jones has arranged for Joy Kloman to return to the Center to teach a drawing
class for those who want to have fun learning how to draw or want to broaden their
knowledge of drawing. Joy is a former university art professor who has taught
classes to all ages.
There
will be a series of three Tuesday classes from 1:30 – 4:00 on May 5th,
May 19th and June 9th. . Because of the Wasco County Cultural
Trust grant, the three classes cost only $40 plus $15 for supplies. To register
or for more information contact the Mid-Columbia Senior Center at 541-296-4788
or mcseniorcenter@gmail.com.
Because
Tom Graff told me he can’t seem to read backwards, I’m not going to mix up this
week’s Tuesday Night Music announcement - except for my normal typos. But Tom can
sing! You can hear him perform at the Center on the first, third, and fifth
Thursdays of the month starting at 11:00 am before the Meals-on-Wheels dinner.
On
Tuesday April 28th, Andre and Friends will be performing at the
Center for your dancing and listening pleasure. Music starts at 7:00, all ages
are invited and donations are appreciated.
And
the popular bluegrass band “Hardshell Harmony” is still going to play before
the Meals-on-Wheels diner at the Center, but the date has been postponed to
Wednesday April 29th starting at 11:00.
I
guess I stumped everyone last week, since no one knew the satirical radio quiz
show that aired from 1942 – 1951 and featured "a board of experts who are
dumber than you are and can prove it” was It
Pays To Be Ignorant - which you can still hear on several old time radio
websites.
This
week I am going to make it up by asking a local question I think most everyone
will know. What successful business, that is celebrating 75 years in The Dalles,
built the super market on 9th Street that St. Vinnies now occupies? Email
your answer to mcseniorcenter@gmail.com, call 541-296-4788 or send it with an
eight foot Stihl chain saw.
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