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Mission Statement: To provide programs and services that will help

seniors maintain and enhance their quality of life.

9350 82 Street NW Edmonton Alberta T6C 2X8

E-mail: 2014info@seesa.ca Phone 780.468.1985

Website: www.seesa.ca

What!

A Newsletter in

January !!! Tell us

what you think.

December Craft

Sale

105 people braved the

coldest day of the winter to

attend our first craft sale.

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BOARD MEMBERS 2014/15 President—SHEILA CLIFFORD-MACKAY

1st Vice President - GORDON BLOCK 2nd Vice President –ERIC SOLASH Past President - JOHN BANNISTER

Treasurer - ALLAN THOMAS Secretary - MYRNA REEVES

Directors:

COLIN CARTER BILL GILLESPIE MARALYNNE HAWKINS WALTER KLEPACHEK TONY POWELL KAREN SHERIDAN

FRONT OFFICE HOURS

FRIDAY

8:30AM to 4:30PM

MONDAY to THURSDAY

8:30AM to 8:30PM

SATURDAY

9 AM to NOON (CLOSED ON LONG WEEKENDS)

CAFETERIA OPEN MONDAY - FRIDAY

BREAKFAST 8:45 - 10 AM

LUNCH 11:30AM - 1PM

WEDNESDAY EVENING DINNER 4:30 - 6PM*

*RESERVATION REQUIRED

NEWSLETTER CREW Editorial Layout: Photographers: Celeste Nicholson Elaun Cable Lind Elaun Cable Lind Shirley Zygun Proofreaders: Kim Buehler Karen Sheridan Kay Klepachek Roz Schilberg Sherr Wadson

boDOODLES: Bob Fuller

STAFF

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Kim Buehler

Personnel & Centre business kimberly@seesa.ca

FUND DEVELOPMENT Mary Anne Jaedicke

Fundraising, Centre & Rentals maryanne@seesa.ca

BOOKKEEPER Sharon Svendsen sharon@seesa.ca

PROGRAM MANAGER Elaun Cable Lind

Member Services & Website elaun@seesa.ca

OUTREACH WORKER TBA

Counselling, Home Visits & Support Services outreach@seesa.ca

COORDINATOR OF VOLUNTEERS Sherr Wadson

sherr@seesa.ca HOME SERVICE & COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT Celeste Nicholson

homeservice@seesa.ca SPECIAL PROJECTS

Shelley Sabo projects@seesa.ca

KITCHEN COORDINATOR Bev Clarke

bev@seesa.ca SECOND COOK KITCHEN ASSISTANT Joan Yandeau Jeffery Yamazuki

BUILDING ATTENDANT Steve Montague steve@seesa.ca

WEEKEND BUILDING SETUP ATTENDANT Eric Kadatz Dick Proctor

WECAN Food Basket Dates

January order/payment 9th Pick up January 22nd

Orders and payments are made at the front desk.

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ADVERTISING RATES We accept paid advertising* for the newsletter Rates** are: $20.00 Business card $30.00 1/4 page $60.00 1/2 Page 120.00 Page

1300 circulation * We do not accept political advertising

soliciting support for a single candidate. ** a one time set up fee of $30.00 may apply

Next Deadline

January 19th 2014

Note: paid advertisements may not reflect the views of SEESA. Buyer discretion is advised

From the President’s Desk…

It’s 2015! In my wildest imagination, I never dreamed I would live to see 2015. I had a neighbour on PEI who was born in 1915. She would tell me that 2015 will be a time that would be very different from when she was born. Actually, the basics haven’t changed. We all vow to lose weight, do more volunteering but most of all, we still pray for Peace.

At SEESA, 2015 promises to be a busy, fun year. The Winter Activity Guide contains 23 pages of activities: Arts & Crafts, Computers, Games, Physical Fitness and General Interests. It is important for our Senior Citizens to keep active. According to the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiolo-gy's physical activity guidelines , to

achieve health benefits, increase mobility and prevent falls, older adults should

accumulate a minimum of 150 minutes a week. That should be easy to achieve when we look at the plethora of activities at our Centre.

I always reflect on what L.M. Montgomery said about the future, “Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.” L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

So, the new year is a clean slate. We start afresh- once again.

Happy New Year 2015!

That’s all for now.

Sheila Clifford- MacKay

President

SEESA Board of Directors

St Nicholas Mandolin Ensemble

Would like to entertain at SEESA in

exchange for Casino Volunteers!

Help needed at Argyll Casino January 27th & 28th 2015

There will be a sign-up sheet on the Poster bulletin board or call Bonnie at

780 462 1679

The front desk receptionists have taken on

many procedure changes in the past month.

Thanks to all of them for hanging in there with

us as we implement the new payment system

and form changes.

You are troopers for sure. Thanks also to our

membership for their patience as we are all

learning these new systems.

Annual General Meeting

Thursday March 12, 2015—2pm

Wine and cheese to follow

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WHY SHOULD I VOLUNTEER AT SEESA?

When I joined SEESA in 2009 one of the ques-

tions on the application form was – will you vol-

unteer? I immediately stated “yes”. I believe in

volunteering for any organization or association

where I am a member. What better way to find out

how the association is run. Is it a place where I

will feel proud to be a member? Who is making

the decisions and do I agree with those decisions?

How better to get to know new people who are

also members of SEESA.

SEESA is a very well run organization, but we

strongly depend upon our volunteers. Yes, we do

have paid staff but if it weren’t for the volunteers

we would have to hire many more paid people, and

your Membership Dues would be exorbitant.

One of the real perks about volunteering is that

you can work as many or as few hours as you wish

and if you try one volunteer area and find you

aren’t enjoying what you are doing, you can quit

that area and try something new. Also you can

volunteer once a year if you so wish, or every

week. The number of hours you give to YOUR

Association is strictly up to you.

Some people believe they are “too old” to

volunteer. However, there are many jobs where

any infirmities you have, will not hinder your

performance. As long as we are still breathing we

can help our fellow man in some way. So when

you fill out your new application for 2015 think

about filling out the question - will you volunteer,

with a yes answer. If you are hesitant about what

you could do to help, give Sherr Wadson a call. I

am sure she will find a spot for you to do some-

thing you will enjoy. After all, SEESA belongs to

you and you can help make it the best Seniors’ As-

sociation ever. If you have already

renewed your membership and now think you

would like to try volunteering call Sherr and ask

her for some ideas on where you can lend a hand.

I have met many wonderful new friends because I

volunteer at SEESA and I have never regretted

filling in my first Membership Application with a

YES to the question “Will you volunteer?”

Heather Baker

Kim’s Korner Together let us welcome the new year with smiles on our faces and twinkles in our eyes! 2014 is behind us and the great hope of 2015 is ahead. Will this be the year you try something new? Will this be the year you connect with a long lost friend? Will this be the best year of your life?

Take a moment to look through the Winter Program Guide. There is a class for everyone.

Mark the Date of March 12, 2015 on your calendar—that is the date of our AGM.

Valentine Sweetheart Dinner & Dance!

Saturday February 14th

2015

Featuring -

The Romantics!

Tickets on Sale Now—

$25.00 per person

Cocktails @ 5pm

Dinner @ 6pm

Dance @ 7:30pm

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Outreach Volunteers

Several isolated seniors would love to have a visitor. See Celeste about the Friendly Visitor Program.

Food Services

Many hands make light work. Could you do one shift a month? (3-4 hours) Cash or Kitchen shifts are available (we train).

Where the Action is!

Consider training at the Front Desk.

Sherr Wadson

Coordinator of Volunteers

January 2015 Volunteer Voice

Thanks to all the volunteers at the Gala. Your

names were all put in a hat and we randomly

drew. Winners as follows:

Bernice Pedden Dee Turner Elsa Marie Frazer Ann Marshall

Ollie Ried

President Sheila Clifford-MacKay and Membership Chair Karen Sheridan sign Confidentiality agreement for volunteers. September 2014!

Outreach:

Phil Lafon has left SEESA - We wish him well in his future endeavours. Keep watching for an announcement regarding our new Outreach worker. Should you have any issues or concerns please contact Celeste or Kimberly

Next Shop Talk session is

January 16th at 11 am in the Herb

Johnston Workshop

Ukrainian

Christmas

Wednesday, January 7 at noon in

the Cafeteria

A chance to give away something you got

that was, to you, priceless (i.e. no value)!!

Wrap it up and bring it here for someone

else to cherish forever

(...or until the next gift exchange)

A random draw is done each month for on-line readers only.

If your SEESA Membership number appears below you have won a prize:

5-573 5- 041 5-131 5-070 5-448

Please see the Front Desk to claim your prize

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Upcoming FYI Seminars Register in Advance $2 or $4 Drop in

Situation Is Critical - Monday, Jan 12 During the first half of the 21st century, nothing will have as great an impact on our society as the dramatic aging of our Canadian population. We'll look at both the causes of this demgraphic shift and at some of its consequences. As well, reasons that will force us to make dramatic changes to our health care system. It will bring into question the viability of many of our cherished social programs. In addition, we'll look at the social, psychological and physiological factors that have helped to shape Today’s seniors attitudes and thinking.

Nutrition & Fitness - Monday January 19 This seminar looks at the benefits associated with good nutrition and a healthy active lifestyle. No one can escape old age, but the quality of our "senior years" is heavily dependent on the decisions we make. The material in this presentation is designed to help you and the people you care about, to choose wisely. We will examine a variety of "keys" to longevity with particular attention paid to diet, nutrition, digestive health, and exercise.

Caregiving in Canada - Monday Feb 2 Caregiving is one of the most difficult roles that most of us will ever have to assume - and yet, the majority of us are entirely unprepared for the challenges that it presents. This presentation is designed to offer you some perspective on the many hurdles that elders and their caregivers face. In addition, it will offer a variety of helpful hints to assist caregivers in balancing the many demands that will be placed upon them. We will take a high level look at numerous Caregiving issues. We'll discuss such topics as: caregiver requirements, stages, classifications, difficulties and demands. We'll also discuss related topics like: the challenges of the "Sandwich Generation " elder abuse, and the importance of "family meetings."

Sweet Soles

Will be returning to the cafeteria February 4th,

11am until 2 pm. They will be doing fittings or

just come and try on a new pair of shoes!!

Tidbits from the Archives

Did you know in 1981 - The building was open

Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri. from 10:00am to 5

pm.—and in March of that year Wednesday’s

hours were changed to 10am –5 pm and 7:30

to 10 pm to accommodate the formation of

the Wednesday night Bridge Club.

Myrna Reeves

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Floor Curling

SEESA Hosted Eighty Floor Curlers from Northern Alberta for their November 22nc Tournament. The tournament was a great success. Lots and lots of complements for the beautiful meal that Bev Clarke and her staff prepared, Roast beef and all the trim-mings and how about those Lemon Cream pies. Many thanks for our volunteers—especially Harvey Nordstrom, Walter Klepachek, Dorothy and Steve Bennett, Betty and Neils Jensen, Merv Kowalow, and Garett Banner. The biggest winner of the day goes to Don Jackson who won the 50/50 draw for $141.00. Several of our SEESA teams went home with prize money. First Place winners were Jim & Rosalie Normey, Ollie Marusiak & Rita Kowalow, Third place winners were Don & Maureen Jackson, Cheryl Strain & Car-rol Richert. Fourth place winners were John & Julia Markowski, Emilia & Andy Blais. A big warm SEESA welcome was given to the team from Kinsella attending their first visit to our beautiful centre.

Jim Normey - SEESA Floor Curling Director

LET’S GO CLUB

Wednesday, January 28th

Meet at SEESA 1:05 pm - return 4:30 pm

Lunch prior at the Artisan Resto Café

Cost: $21 includes admission to ice festival, trans-

portation and club fee. Pay for your own lunch.

Register at the SEESA Front Desk by the deadline:

Wednesday Jan 21 at 4 pm.

For more details see the poster on the Travel

Bulletin Board next to the water fountain.

Left 50/50 winner Don Jackson

Above - Third Place winners with

John Markowski

Right - Fourth place winners with

Steve Bennett.

Above - First Place winners

with Harvey Nordstrom

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December Birthday Party

We happily enjoyed the Music Makers—a special

Christmas treat; all dressed in formal attire sing-

ing joyfully! President, Sheila Clifford McKay,

presented John Markowski with his lifetime

membership!

Sheila Bent and Dick O’Connor won the door

prizes. Anie Kiel and John Markowski won the

lunch gift certificates

Milestones & Celebrations December Landmark Birthdays

Armand Labossiere, Dora Bilko, Irene Walker, Iris Renaud, John Markowski, Kathleen Johnston, Mac McPhee, Marg McCarthy, Margaret O’Brien, Marlene Bjork, Mary Temofychuk, Phyl Jacula, Ron O’Neill, Sheila Bent, Sylvia Adams, Terry Glover, Twila Riopel, Vicki Schechtl Vivian Lungren Yvonne Schopff

DECEMBER CRIB TOURNAMENT

1ST PLACE MILES & EVELYN POLIAK 2ND PLACE ETHEL REID & MARY FOURNIER

2ND TOO IKE JAZEN & HENRY PETERS

BOOBIE PRIZE: AL & JEAN MORRISON

DOOR PRIZE: TERRI MARTINEAU, PHYL JACU-

LA, SHEILA NELLES

POT 19: STEVE HOLUB

MONTHLY SUPPER WINNERS DOOR PRIZES HARVEY NORDSTROM &

WAYNE ANDERSON 50/50’S EDNA TYLER & ALMA KESSEL

JAM DOOR PRIZE - ANNETTA LECLERC

Busy Bee-ing Fabulous!

In the hubbub and chaos of membership renewals and craft sales the book of fabulous has wandered away. The Book of Fab- ulous will be replaced - but for this month here are some 2014 hight-lights from the staff jar of WOW! Thanks for the hugs when I came back after

being sick! Thank you to the snow angel who swept my

car! You made my day! White Chocolate hot chocolate on a crazy

busy day - Thank you! Ann Marshall always empties the 3 hole

punch when she is in - That is so thoughtful I was reminded today that a simple gesture

- a wave can change some ones day.

Hearing Clinic!

Tuesday January 20th, 2015 9:30 am

Personal Care Room No appointment necessary

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Still need 48 of 100 people with $100 Donate $100 and we will activate one of our Christmas bulbs on our festive string.

The $10,000 will go towards The Show Must Go On project.

Have got lit so far!

The Melody Singers, Sharon Svendsen, Rick & Judy Pape, Jim & Elsa-Marie Frazer,

Sheila Dyck, Sherwood Park Agencies, Judy Ashton, Southgate Lions Club, Josephine Campbell,

PSL Contracting Ltd., Connie Misick of Serenity Funeral Service, Roger and Linda Smeland,

Dorothy & Steve Bennett, George & Barb Skaley, Maddie Beebe, Tyson & Mary Anne Jaedicke, Edith Howard,

Dan & Linda Acheson. Brenda Remin, Sheila Clifford MacKay, Walter and Elaine Butler, Kimberly Buehler,

Darlene Bartman,Merle & Jean McKenna, Alberta Smith, Ron & Frieda Cutting,Norma Alton,

Cas & Virginia Lukay,In Memory of Michelle Lauber, Very Vocal Group, Angela Morgan,

Betty Van Petten, In Memory of Sandy Manning, In Memory of Kevon Smith, Lois Pawl,

In Memory of Reid Creller, Bev Clarke, In Memory of Wayne Eaker, TOPS Alberta 1481.

The lights will be available until Ukrainian New Years, January 14, Why not let your lovelight shine?

In Our Thoughts and Prayers

To all our members and friends who have

been ill or who have lost a loved one, our

thoughts and prayers are with you.

The following people have been ill or injured

and hopefully will be fit and active in short

order: Jean McKenna

The following members, past members or

family members have

passed away:

Reid Creller, Vincent

Dwyer, and Alex Senio.

If you have any news, either

good or bad, about

members, past or present,

and their families, PLEASE

write it in the Outreach book

located at the front desk.

Thank you

To the Craft Ladies for organizing for the Christmas Raffles.

The Christmas Basket sold $480 and the win-ner was Catherine Haiste

The MacPanda Lap Quilt netted $352 and Sharon Moffat was the lucky recipient.

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Thanks to the Silent Auction Donors AAA Cheap Junk Removal 780-860-8633

Great Hair Day 780-413-0901

Barb and Ernie’s Restaurant Home style taste. German attitude. 780-433-3242

Edmonton Motors Ltd Sandra Verburgt / Parts Manager Professional Parts Managers’ Guild Member 780-482-7823

Bartle and Gibson Plumbing / Heating / Electrical 780-472-2850

Hypnotic Bloom Flowershop Bring in a gift for Santa’s Anonymous and save. 780-466-9111

Baseline Chiropractic and Wellness Centre Dr. Katy Pedden - Chiropractor 780-417-2380

Liquor Depot / Capliano Check out their new store and the Growler Bar. Exquisite selection of wine.

Ottewell Registries We’ve moved to Capliano Come see us there! 780-465-8989

Men In Kilts We clean. You enjoy. Just Remember…..No Peeking. 1-800-777-kilt

Centennial Foodservice Tom Sipos 780-465-9991

Cactus Flower House 50 Years in this location: 9520-87 street

Pearle Vision / Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre 780-465-0201

Paush Shoes / Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre 780-466-1437

Comfort Keepers Comforting Solutions for In-Home Care 780-465-4665

China Marble Restaurant Delicious! 780-461-6233

Dallas Pizza & Steak House In your Neighborhood Take Out or Eat In 780-466-1112

Prana Holistic Your life isn’t meant to be lived in pain. Don’t suffer any longer. 780-454-5299

Edward Jones - Nathan Osterhout Make Sense of Investing 780-472-1688

For Wood's Sake Handcrafted furniture from reclaimed wood. 780-468-3263

Roxx / Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre Jewellery & Gifts

Staples That was easy! Holiday Centre.

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Many

Silent Auction Donors continued

Bonnies Ruffle Scarves Bonnie Phillips 780-436-6121

Royal LePage-Frank Vanderbleek “Serving you since ‘92” 780-431-5600

Sam Marshall Penny Arcane Foto 780-235-7500

Serenity Funeral Service Connie Misick cares 780-265-4030

Sophia Hair Design New Location 780-705-1005

The Prosthetic and Orthotic Company Inc. 780-448-1281

Waterloo Ford Lincoln The vehicles you want at the prices you want to pay. 1-888-369-5638

More Friends….. Alida Van Braeden AMA

Avon-Grace Kenworthy

Bernice Pedden

Bernie and Judy Prudell

Betty Van Petten

Bev Clarke

Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre

Clark Builders

Councillor Ben Henderson

Darrell Stelt

Edith Howard

Jean Weekes

Judy and Rick Pape

Judy Ashton

Mary Anne Jaedicke

Mary Chesney

MLA David Dorward

Noel Constantin

No Stone Left Alone

Sherr Wadson

Walter Butler

The Melody Singers

SEESA Board

Table Tennis Club

Special Events Committee

Hellup Wanted

The SeeSaw knews letter

edatore is loking 4 peep-

hole to hellup Prove reed

the knewsletter. If U

thingk U cood Help wit dat

call or email –Celeste

homeserv-

ice@seesa.

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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Office

Closed

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Jam Session

7pm

Dinner Tix

on sale

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Office

Closed

Crib

Tournament

1 pm

Monthly Dinner Menu

Ukrainian Feast!!

$12.00 per person

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Building

Closes at

4:30 pm

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Lets Go

Travel

Club Mtg

11 am

7

Ukrainian

Christmas

Re-gift

Exchange

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9

WeCan

Order

Deadline

Crokinole

Cafeteria

1:30

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New

Monday

Office

Hours

8:30-8:30

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15

Newsletter

Deadline

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Crokinole

Cafeteria

1:30

Jam Session

7pm

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20

Hearing

Clinic

9:30am

21 Monthly

Birthday

Party

22

WeCan

Food Basket

Pickup

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Crokinole

Cafeteria

1:30

Monthly

Dance

Diamonds!!

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Board

Meeting

10am

WeCan

Pick-up

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Dinner

5:30

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Crokinole

Cafeteria

1:30

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Military

Whist

Tournament

January 2015