2060 W. College Ave • Santa Rosa, CA 95401 • 707-543-3745 • www.santarosarec.com • Volume: 1 Issue: 1

Mark your Calendar Lots of planned activities ..... 2

Join Us! And Bring a FriendAnnual Membership Drive .. 2

Instructor Spotlight Meet Berenice Iriks… ........... 4

Health & Fitness CornerGames are Good for the Brain ..........................… 4

History in Our MidstDeTurk Round Barn ............. 5

Did you know?Medical Equipment Recycling… .......................... 5

Noteworthy Upcoming Opportunities Zumba Basics, Photography and more! … ....................... 6

BE READY! September is National Preparedness MonthINSIDE tHIS ISSUE!

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Sept/Oct 2013

September is National Preparedness Month and a great time to ask your-self – “am I ready?” Do you have an emergency kit for your home? Do you know how to program emer-gency numbers into your iphone? Have you made an emergency plan with your neighbors? Recreation & Parks has a diverse selection of classes to help prepare you for what-ever life may bring. Here’s what’s coming up soon …

Survival Skills – Stayin’ Alive Unexpected events like an earth-quake, fire or vehicle accident could change your life in just seconds. In this class, you will learn what to do before, during and immediately after these types of events. Instruc-tor: Eric Peterson Tue, 9/10 6p-9p, Person Sr. Wing/Room 1, $65 (S.R. Resident $55) #68883

Master-Plan Your Affairs - Learn what basic documents and information you need to obtain and how to organize 30 essential topics in an easy-to-follow A-Z records book. Prepare a book to assist your own personal planning, your fam-ily, and professionals in managing important financial, legal and per-sonal affairs. Instructor: Julie Jones Thurs, 9/19, 6p-8p, Finley/Maple Rm $68 (S.R. Resident $58) #68914

Introduction to Using Your Iphone & Ipad Your iPhone and iPad can do so much- learn their full potential! This is an interactive, hands-on class, so bring your iPhone or iPad and your questions. Instructor: Richard Lazovick Thurs, 8/29, 6p-9p Person Sr. Wing/Multi-Purpose – 4B Rm $55 (S.R. Resident $45) #69048

Social Security Planning Find out what you need to know to make the most of your retirement benefits. The decisions you make today can have a tremendous bearing on the total amount of benefits you stand to receive over your lifetime. Instructor: Marie Theilade Thurs, 9/19, 10a - 11:30a, Person Senior Wing, $2, pre-register #69290

Plan Ahead with your Neighbors!Join COPE (Citizens Organized to Prepare for Emergencies) a City sponsored program. Whether you live in an apartment or home, it’s great to “know” your neighbors in an emergency. Contact the Santa Rosa Fire Department to start a COPE group - develop individual response plans, create emergency supply kits, and outreach to your neighbors. To get involved contact Sharon Carlin, Community Outreach Specialist, 707-543-3549, scarlin@srcity.org

Join the Club! The 2013/14 membership drive is underway - have you purchased your membership yet? To continue our op-erations, we must leverage resources from a variety of sources. This includes, fundraising, volunteer hours, corporate sponsors, and participant contributions. Your contribution in the form of an annual senior member-ship keeps our centers running. By purchasing a senior membership for ($24 individual, $40 couple) you allow us to provide drop-in programs, lecture and services at an affordable fee. This contribution also helps us to upgrade and replace specialized equipment, mail the Zest for Life Newsletter directly to your home and offer discount classes and special events. The Santa Rosa Senior Cen-ters rely on the generous support of our community to provide quality programming and services.

The Santa Rosa Senior Centers’ existing members and staff are always ready to welcome new faces to the cen-ter. We offer a variety of engaging and inspiring experi-ences and we want you to discover your passions and to try something new. If you do not see that special “some-thing” in our list of activities, let us know we would love to help you get it started. If you have a friend or family member that may enjoy the social, educational and health benefits of the center, and its classes, please invite them for a visit. We want your help to get the word out and build our 50+ community: invite a friend, pick-up and post an activity flyer at your senior housing, doctor’s of-fice or other senior friendly business, or give the gift of a membership to a friend.

Fall Winter Activity GuideThe Fall/Winter Activity Guide is now available and there is something in there for everyone. Pick up your copy at your nearest community or senior center.

Mark Your Calendar BVSC = Bennett Valley Senior Center PSW = Person Senior Wing

SEPTEMBER9/2 CLOSED Labor Day 9/6 Golf Tournament, BV Golf Course 9/9 Learn to Ride the Bus Class, BVSC 9/11 Flu Shot Clinic, BVSC 9/19 9-Ball Pool Tournament, BVSC 9/20 Movie in the Park, Howarth Park9/20 Oktoberfest, Finley 9/22 Autumn Begins9/25 Flu Shot Clinic, BVSC 9/25 Safe Medicine Disposal Event, PSW 9/27 Sho-Ka-Wah Casino Trip

OCTOBER

10/10 Senior Art Exhibit Reception, Finley 10/14 Learn to Ride the Bus Class, BVSC 10/14 Flu Shot Clinic, BVSC 10/17 Autumn BBQ on the Patio, BVSC 10/17 9-Ball Pool Tournament, BVSC 10/19 Floating Pumpkin Patch, Ridgway 10/25 Sho-Ka-Wah Casino Trip 10/26 Halloween at Howarth Park 10/30 Halloween Costume Dance, Finley

Save the Date for these Holiday Favorites!

Dec 7 & 8 • Dickens Holiday Crafts Fair• Luther Burbank Home & Garden Holiday Open HouseDec 20 • Holiday Dinner at Person Senior Wing

Oktoberfest! Fri, 9/20, 11:30a-1p, Finley, pre-sale tickets $5, $10 at the door. Come to our annual Oktoberfest and celebrate the autumn season with a complete BBQ lunch and biergarten.

Go Paperless Have Zest for Life Newsletter emailed to you and reduce paper clutter, receive your copy hot off the virtual presses, and help the center save money! It’s

simple, just visit www.srcity.org/seniors and click on “e-subscribe to Zest for Life” in the right hand column.

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Bennett Valley Senior Center 704 Bennett Valley Rd • (707) 545-8608MonDay9:00-10:10 Tai Chi $4.009:00-10-30 Computer Classes Pre Reg9:00-10:00 Morning Exercise $2.0010:30-12:00 Needlecraft $2.0011:00-2:00 Bingo $2.0011:00-12-30 Computer Classes Pre RegtUeSDay 9:30-11:00 Exp Beginner Spanish $2.009:30-11:00 Intermediate Spanish $2.0011:00-12:30 Advanced Spanish $2.0011:00-12:30 Conversational Spanish $2.00 10:00-1:00 Bridge Lessons $2.0010:00-11:00 Stretch & Bend $3.0010:30-11:30 Better Balance $4.00WeDneSDay9:00-10:00 Rosen Method Exercise $7.009:00-10:00 Morning Exercise $2.009:00-10-30 Computer Classes Pre-Reg9:00-12:00 Ladies Billiards $2.009:30-12:00 Blood Pressure FREE10:30-2:00 Chinese Mahjong $2.0011:00-12-30 Computer Classes Pre-Reg11:00-12:30 Line Dance $2.00thUrSDay9:00-10:00 Tai Chi w/ Dr Carl $3.009:00-11:00 Wii Games $2.0010:00-11:00 Stretch & Bend $3.0010:15-11:30 Silver Singers Choral $2.0010:30-12:00 Neuropathy 1st Thurs $2.0010:30-11:30 Thurs Morn Motivations 2nd Th Free10:30-12:30 Whist $2.0011:15-2:00 Party Bridge Lessons $2.0011:00-12:00 Caregiver Support 3rd Thurs Free11:00-12:00 Use It or Lose It 3rd Thurs Free12:00-1:00 Legal Aid Clinic 1st Thurs FreeFriDay9:00-11:00 Computer Lab $1.009:00-10:00 Morning Exercise $2.0011:00-2:00 Bingo $2.00

PerSon Senior Wing 2060 College Ave. • (707) 543-3745MonDay9:00-10:00 Boomer Blast Fitness $6.009:30-10:30 Line Dance Rebels $2.0010:00-12:00 Needlecraft (begins Sept. 16) $2.0010:00-2:00 Hand & Foot (begins Sept. 16) $2.0010:30-12:00 History $2.0011:00-12:00 Beginning Ukulele $2.0011:30-12:30 Yoga with Donna $7.0012:00-12:30 Harmonica $2.0012:30-3:30 Party Bridge $2.001:30 - 3:00 Book Club 3rd Mon $2.00tUeSDay 9:30-10:30 Pilates as We Age $7.0010:00-11:00 Zumba Basics (begins Oct. 15) $6.0012:30-4:00 Bridge/Exp Players $2.0011:30-12:30 Yoga with Donna $7.001:00-3:00 Pedro $2.001:30-2:30 Belly Dance Fitness $5.002:00-4:00 Photography 1st & 2nd Tues $2.00WeDneSDay9:30-10:30 Line Dance Rebels $2.0010:00-11:30 Discussion Group $2.0011:30-12:30 Yoga with Donna $7.0012:30-4:00 Pinochle $2.0012:00-3:00 Experienced Ukulele $2.001:00-4:00 Scrabble $2.001:30-4:30 Ping Pong $2.00thUrSDay 9:30-10:30 Pilates as We Age $7.0011:30-12:30 Yoga with Donna $7.001:00-4:00 Texas Hold’em Poker $2.00FriDay 9:00-10:00 Boomer Blast Fitness $6.009:30-10:30 Line Dance Rebels $2.0010:00-12:30 Mah Jong (begins 10/11) $2.0010:30-11:30 Better Balance $4.0010:30-12:00 Experienced Line Dance $2.0012:30-4:00 Pinochle $2.0012:30-4:00 Bridge/Exp Players $2.0012:45-4:30 Ping Pong $2.00

Please Note: • Line Dance Rebels will be taking a break 8/19 – 9/9.

Drop-In Activity Schedule

Finley CoMMUnity CenterMONDAY12:30-4:00 Pinochle $2.0012:30-4:15 Duplicate Bridge $4.00FriDay1:00-4:00 Ballroom Dance $7.00

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• Free activities require a Senior Center Membership• September Book Club “The Elegance of the Hedgehog”

by Muriel Barbery

We all know that exercise is good for our bodies: we stretch, bend and sweat to keep our muscles, heart and lungs healthy. But, we often forget to exercise our brains. Scientists believe that exercising our brains can create a ‘cogni-tive reserve’ that will help us stay sharp as we age. Additionally, ex-ercising our brains can have a va-riety of positive effects including improved memory, attention and alertness – all the more reason to engage our minds, meet new people and have fun. We suggest you try out one of these new card games at the Person Senior Wing:

Learn to Play Cribbage for BeginnersCribbage is a unique card game. The object of the game is to score the most points by making card combinations of 15 using pairs, runs and flushes. (4 weeks) Wed, 11/6-11/27, 1-2pm, Person Senior Wing. Pre-Register, $8 #68853 Learn to Play Pedro Pedro is a card game played with four players divided into partners that uses a standard deck of cards. Object is to win all the point cards (ace, jack, ten, two, and (2)pedros). Winners are the partners that have the highest point score after eight hands. (4 weeks) Tues, 11/5-11/26, 11am-1pm, Person Senior Wing. Pre-Register $12 #69172

Learn to Play Mah Jong A Chinese game played with tiles. Easy to learn! Instructor: Guy Richards. (3 weeks) 10/11-10/25, 10am-12:30pm, Person Senior Wing, Pre-Register $6 #69219. Ongoing drop-in play begins Fri, 10/11, 10am-12:30pm, Person Senior Wing, $2. Please contact front desk before first session if you are interested in playing. (707) 543-3745. Drop-in Hand and Foot Come play a fun, challenging and easy to learn card game. We will play as well as teach those who are not familiar with the game. Each player is dealt two hands of cards – the hand, which is played first and the foot, which is played second. The object is to play all of your cards by melding them. Bring your card skill and a little luck to the table! Begins Mon, 9/16, 10am-2pm, Person Senior Wing, $2.

Berenice Iriks has a passion for painting, especially in watercolor. She is attracted to watercolor because of “the beautiful trans-parency and fluidity of the me-dium.” Although she has drawn and painted her whole life, she began a serious study of art at the Santa Rosa Junior College as an adult, and her skills and enthusi-asm blossomed. She was thrilled to become an adjunct faculty member at the same SRJC, to teach watercolor classes. As an art teacher Berenice is particularly interested in helping students develop their knowledge, skills and confidence. Each student is

encouraged to develop their own manner of painting. Berenice is known for her patience and her cheerful attitude. In her classes, you can study the basic tech-niques or enjoy a more advanced exploration of painting in water-color.

Join Berenice at the Person Senior Wing for one of her upcoming Watercolor classes. All classes run by the month & require pre-registration. Wed, 1:30-4:30pm or Thurs 1:30-4:30p. Class fees vary, call center for details.

Instructor Spotlight

Introducing Berenice Iriks, Watercolor Instructor

Berenice Iriks working with a student

Health & Fitness Corner

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Games are Good for the Brain

History In Our MidstA closer look at the beautiful DeTurk Round Barn

The DeTurk Round Barn, located in the historic West End Neighborhood, is one of the last examples of its type of architecture in California and quite probably in the western United States. A total of three polygonal/round barns are located in Sonoma County, but only the DeTurk Round Barn is truly round. It is included in the National and California Register of Historic Places and is the only structure under public ownership and open to the public.

The barn was originally built in 1891 for Isaac DeTurk’s prize winning trot-ting horses, including Anteeo, a prize winning stallion. Isaac DeTurk was a vineyard owner and one of the first winery owners in Sonoma County. He owned a 140-acre Yulupa Ranch in Bennett Valley and 1,200 acres of

Los Guilicos Rancho east of Ken-wood, California. His largest winery was located in the red building across from the DeTurk Round Barn and was equipped with 640,000 gallons of cooperage and had a storage capacity of a million gallons.

In 2007, the City of Santa Rosa received funds from the California Cultural and Historic Endowment to renovate, restore and stabilize the interior of DeTurk Round Barn. The renovation restored the structure’s original beauty while adding modern touches to bring it in to the current century. The DeTurk Round Barn now includes 7,500 square feet of open banquet and meeting space, elevator access to the second floor mezzanine, a catering kitchen, a 24-foot-diameter ceiling fan, radiant floor heating, a

high-tech audio-visual system, unique lighting and flat-screen televisions, and a sound system. This local trea-sure is not only a historic site, but also an active event center perfect for family reunions, holiday parties, and other special occasions. For more information about renting DeTurk Round Barn, please visit www.srcity.org/deturkroundbarn or email rentdeturkroundbarn@srcity.org.

The Sonoma County Section on Aging’s Medical Equipment Recycling program was developed to keep useful medical equipment circulating and in-use throughout Santa Rosa and Sonoma County. The successful program has kept thousands of dollars’ worth of medical supplies out of the county landfills and provided necessary medical equipment to those in need. There is a great variety of items available including wheelchairs, commodes, walkers, hospital beds, disposable briefs and other medical supplies.

If you have any medical equip-ment or supplies, that are no longer needed, simply drop them off at the recycling center (address be-low). Please only bring gently used items, as the center does not have the ability to repair donations. Your donation efforts will have a two-fold benefit – keeping these items out of the landfill and, moreover, helping someone in need.

If you are in-need of medical equip-ment for yourself or a loved-one, all products at the recycling center are available FREE. New items arrive daily, so it’s worth the trip to check out their inventory.

Be a part of this inspiring program which helps tackle health care needs, make lives better and protects the environment. The program is lo-cated at Careful Moving & Storage, 812 Donahue Street in Santa Rosa. The room is open Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm. For more information on medical equipment recycling, contact Yvonne Baginski, Vice President of Section on Aging at (707) 226-7127.

DeTurk Round Barn

History In Our MidstA closer look at the beautiful DeTurk Round Barn

Medical Equipment Recycling

Did You Know?Medical Equipment Recycling in Santa Rosa

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Recreation & Parks

Noteworthy Upcoming Opportunities

For accessible information call (707)543-3292/ TDD (707) 543-3289 M-F 8am-5pm

•Portrait Photography Thurs, 9/5-9/26, 9:30-11:30am, Person Senior Wing, $42 non-res/ $32 res # 68286 Take your photography to another level in this class. Learn about classical lighting patterns of the face, how to pose and arrange group portraits and many other techniques.

•Zumba Basics Drop-in Class Begins Tues, 10/15, 10-11am, Person Senior Wing. $6 drop-in Learn the fun and basic Zumba moves to energetic latin and international music. All ages and fitness levels are welcome.

•Better Balance Special Event Sun, 10/6, 1p-4p, Person Senior Wing Better Balance Instructor, Vanessa Kettler, will be hosting an open house reception with refreshments and performances to celebrate the release of her 4 instructional videos “Building Better Balance.” Join Vanessa’s Better Balance Class Tue, 10:30-11:30am, Bennett Valley Senior Center or Fri,10:30-11:30am, Person Senior Wing, $4 drop-in.

•Thursday Morning Motivations Preventing Diabetes Come learn about the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program. The program is part of the evidence-based CDC-led National Diabetes Prevention Program, which proves that through healthier eating, increased physical activity, and weight loss, a person with pre-diabetes can prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 Diabetes by 58%. Thur, 9/12, 10:30-11:30am, Bennett Valley Senior Center. Pre-Register #64347

•New Needlecraft Group Forming Mon, beginning 9/16, 10a-12p, Person Senior Wing, $2 drop-in There’s always a reason to pick up knitting needles and deli-cious yarn, and now we have a very good reason to do just that! Wouldn’t you feel good this winter knowing that a few people in your community had warm winter clothes partly because of you?  Then this group is for you!

•Safe Medicine Disposal Event Bring your unused, unwanted, or unneeded medicine to this event for safe disposal. Weds, 9/18, 10am-2pm, Person Senior Wing

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