You can’t
be bored this coming weekend, because its “Once Upon a Cherry” time! Thanks to
the Dalles Chamber of Commerce, there will be plenty to do uring this year’s
Cherry Festival including spotting your friends in the Gorge’s biggest parade starting
at 10:00 AM on Saturday. But before the parade, come by the Center and enjoy a good
old fashioned breakfast sponsored by our neighbors, Cherry Heights Living. Breakfast
incudes pancakes, bacon, scrambled eggs, fruit and juice or coffee, all for
$6.00 and $3.00 if you are 12 or younger. Breakfast is served starting at 7:30
so you can have time to eat before the 8:00 coronation of this year’s King Bing
and Queen Anne: Chuck Sandoz and his sister, Mary Leighton.
As
with Dan and Kay Erickson, and Dennis and Shannon Morgan, the previous year’s
royalty, Chuck Sandoz and Mary Leighton represent what is best about The Dalles
by contributing to the economic health of the area while also giving back to
the community. Congratulations to Chuck and Mary!
And if
you want to have fun AND a chance to win some cash, stop by the Center for Saturday
Night Bingo where over $1200 is paid out every night. (Last Saturday, a lucky
winner took home $1000 - and that was in addition to the over $1000 paid out to
other winners during the evening.) Bingo starts at 6:00, but new players are
encouraged to arrive by 5:30. Minimum buy-in is $10.
I’m
still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up – and I know, I had
better hurry because time is running out. But even though you may have figured that
out long ago, you may still be on life’s journey of trying to better understand
yourself, whether it is accepting who you are with all the complexity of being
human; working through losses you have experienced over time; or acknowledging
and honoring the contributions you have made.
One
way to understand and express who you are is by of creating your own SoulCollage
facilitated by Clyde Santa. SoulCollage is described as a process for accessing your intuition and creating cards
with deep personal meaning that will help you with life's questions and
transitions.
Last
month in the Chronicle, you may have read about the SoulCollage workshop Clyde
held at the Library. But if you missed the workshop, Clyde will be offering it once
again at the Center on Tuesday April 24th, May 8th and 22nd.
It’s preferred that you attend all three sessions of the workshop, but it’s not
required. The workshop is open to all ages, with
all materials provided and no art experience necessary. And for you folks who
avoid anything “artsy”, I’ll say it again. NO ART EXPERIENCE necessary! The workshop is free, but donations are gratefully accepted.
If you
thought last week’s music announcement was too easy to read, I’m stepping it up
a notch. See if your billions of grey cells can figure out this week’s music
announcement.
Siht
gnimoc Yadseut thgin ereht lliw TON eb cisum ta eht Retnec. I ma llits gnikool
rof rehtona dnab ot llif ni rof eht htruof Yadseut tols. Os fi uoy nac daer
siht dna yalp ratiug ta eht emas emit, llac em dna ew’ll ees fi ew nac enil uoy
pu rof a gig (taht’s naicisum gnals – I kniht) ta eht Retnec.
The
name of the television show about the adventures of widow Lily Ruskin, played
by Spring Byington, that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1959 was December Bride. (Answers were received from
Margaret McBride, Virginia McClain, and the randomly selected winner of a quilt
raffle ticket, Delores Schrader, who wishes we still had television shows like
it.)
Sticking
with television during the 50’s and 60’s, this week’s “Remember When” question is
about game shows. What was the name of the CBS show that was a take-off of What's My Line?, but instead of
celebrity panelists trying to determine a contestant's occupation, the panel
tries to determine something that is unusual about the contestant? Email your
answer to www.mcseniorcenter@gmail.com, leave a message at 541-296-4788 or mail
it with autographed pictures of the original host and panelists: Garry
Moore, Bill Cullen, Henry Morgan, Faye Emerson and Jayne Meadows.
Well,
it’s been another week, hoping for a dry, pleasant weekend. Until we meet
again, I’ll see you at the Cherry Festival.
“The
art of living lies in the fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” Havelock
Ellis
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