Senior News September, 2002 Vol. 21. No.  9

 

Published by the Humboldt Senior Resource Center in Eureka, California. HSRC is a non-profit community-based organization offering services for senior citizens, multi-generational families and caregivers.

Pan Dulce Steel Orchestra

Newsbriefs

Redwood Reading Service

Spotlight on the California Commission on Aging

Eureka and Del Norte learn about communication and behavior

Brookings: Journey of life takes us to just the right place

McKinleyville: Heroes

Crossing the Border

Sand Hills, Nebraska

Southern Humboldt County

Events at HSRC

Community Calendar

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Community Calendar

Have fun!

Redway, Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m. Senior Friendly Bingo at the Healy Senior Center, 456 Briceland Road, Redway. $3 per card; four cards for $10 for ten games. Cash jackpots and door prizes. Benefits Nutrition Program and Quail (senior bus). Info: 923-2399. Healy Senior Center web site: www.humboldt.net/~senior.

Arcata, Friday, Sept. 13, 6-9 p.m. Arts! Arcata is a monthly celebration of the arts on the second Friday each month at 43 locations on the Plaza and around town. Info: 826-4479.

Fortuna, Sunday, Sept. 15, 1-4 p.m. Concert on the Green "Hands of Hope" to benefit the new Journey Music Program of Redwood Memorial Hospital. $15 reserved; donation for lawn seating. At Redwood Hospital Memorial Gardens. Info: Stephanie Boers, 725-3361, ext. 4505.

Trinidad, Friday evening and all day Saturday, Sept. 20, 21, Third Annual Storytelling Festival by the Sea at Patrick's Point State Park. Gifted storytellers in a gorgeous setting. Information: 677-3840 or www.inkpeople.org.

Trinidad, Saturday, Sept. 21, 7:15 p.m. Full Moon Hike to the top of Trinidad Head to watch the sun set and moon rise with a group of folks. Meet in the parking lot at the base of the trail. Info: 839-1684.

Eureka, Saturday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m. The Humboldt Sufi Choir will sing for the Humboldt Arts Council's Saturday Nights at the Morris Graves performance series. Conducted by Scott Sattler, the choir sings sacred chants and rounds from spiritual traditions including Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Native American spirituality, Christianity and Islam. Also singing that night is the Redwood Coast Children's Chorus. $5 adults, $3 students and seniors. 636 F Street.

Learn

Crescent City, Sept. 6-7, Northcoast Redwoods Writer's Conference. Two days of speakers, workshops, one-on-one with authors, publishers, editors and agents. $95 includes continental breakfast, catered lunch and coffee bar. Info: 464-3670, babsbieber@aol.com or web site: http://nrwconference.11.net.com.

Eureka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 3 p.m. Communication and Behavior, a workshop for people coping with Alzheimer's disease by Alzheimer's Education Specialist Jamie Kerr of the Alzheimer's Resource Center. 1901 California Street. Also in Crescent City, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1:30 p.m. Addie Meedom House, 1445 Parkway Drive. Info: 444-8254 ext. 202.

McKinleyville, Thursday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m. Meet Your Judges, an open forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Meet the Judges of the Superior Court. This is your chance to ask questions of our local judges. McKinleyville High School multipurpose room. Also Fortuna, Thursday, Sept. 26, 7 p.m. River Lodge Coho Room. Info: 269-1200 or www.courtinfo.ca.gov.

Eureka, Friday, Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m. Birds of New Zealand, free slide show by Redwood Region Audubon Society with speaker Janet Crane, founder of More Than Just Birds. Meets at Humboldt County Office of Education, 901 Myrtle Avenue. Info: 442-5444.

Redway, beginning Saturday, Sept. 21, 9-4 p.m. Caregiver training presented by the Caregiver Support Project. $5. Also Arcata, Sept. 23, 6-9 p.m. Call Laura for details, 443-4363 or toll free 877-977-1604.

Eureka, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 5:30 p.m. Managing Diabetes: What Family Caregivers Need to Know. Presented by Eldercare Program of Area Agency on Aging, meets at Area Agency conference room, 3300 Glenwood. Free workshop. RSVP: 442-9400 or e-mail eldercare@a1aa.org.

Heal

Arcata, Wednesdays ongoing, 5:30 p.m. Tai Chi Chuan for Seniors, an ancient Chinese form of exercise and mind-body awareness. Instructor Carol Heaslip. Beginners welcome. Ballet Center, 1251 9th Street. $5 drop-in fee. Info: 822-8850.

Westhaven, Sunday, Sept. 8, 1-4 p.m. The Soldier's Experience, a Vietnam Veterans art opening and reception featuring Joey Cusimano and other artists at the Westhaven Center for the Arts, 501 Westhaven Drive. Music by Kahish. See pg. 7.

Eureka, Sunday, Sept. 15, noon to 5 p.m. Walking a Sacred Path. The labyrinth at Christ Episcopal Church will be open for contemplation and meditation. 12th and H Streets. Info: Judith McGinty, 268-1388.

Eureka, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 17-Oct. 24, 5:30 p.m. Low Impact Exercise class at Vector Health Programs. For people with arthritis and other medical conditions, led by Donna Summerly and Susan Black-Diemer. Cost is $18 for the 12 sessions, waived for low-income. Classes meet at Vector Health Programs, 2822 Harris Street, Eureka. Info: 442-6463.

Arcata, Thursday, Sept. 26, 6 p.m. Osteoporosis: Prevention and Treatment, a lecture by Dr. Gena Pennington, director of the Osteoporosis Diagnostic Center. At Adult Day Health Care of Mad River, 3800 Janes Road behind Mad River Hospital. Free. Info: 826-8200.

Arcata, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 10 a.m. or 6:30 p.m. Breath-Giving Results: An Energy Breathing Seminar. Gentle, safe. $42 includes a private session and the physiology and psychology of breathing. Call Susan Deschenes, 822-5449.