High blood pressure affects two-thirds of people over age 65. Its as

common a disease as it is dangerous, increasing your risk for heart

disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, kidney disease, dementia,

and blindness.

Prevention and management strategies:

Eat for heart health. Follow the DASH diet, which includes

fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, poultry, beans, seeds, nuts

and low-fat milk and milk products. Reduce salt intake.

Exercise. Aim for 30 minutes of an activity, such as brisk walk-

ing, on most days of the week.

Maintain a healthy weight. Get moving and reduce your calo-

ries.

Manage stress. Enjoy a favorite hobby, exercise, try yoga, tai

chi, and meditation, start a journal in which you write down

something that you are grateful for each day, have lunch with a

friend.

Avoid tobacco smoke.

Take your medications as directed by your health care provider.

If you drink, limit alcohol.

Information provided by Angels Home Health. 316-636-4000

Fern Topham 12/01

Linda Blackburn 12/01

Don Watt 12/05

Virginia McSwain 12/06

Barbara Callaway 12/07

Verla Wells 12/07

Donna Whitney 12/09

Cindy Eason 12/09

Ruby Morehead 12/12

Dorothy Erwin 12/12

Janet Amerine 12/17

William Titterington 12/18

Ardena Matlack 12/20

Peggy Chitwood 12/20

Adelle Shain 12/21

Barbara Caddy 12/21

Carla Butterfield 12/22

Ron DeWeese 12/22

Fran Nickels 12/23

Linda Whitney 12/24

Stan Yost 12/25

Ester Murphey 12/28

Shirley Tarrant 12/31

Aaron Finney 12/31

LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE

THE SCOOP

DECEMBER B IRTHDAYS “IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO BECOME YOUNG.” PABLO P ICASSO

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Upcoming Events Pg 2

Bits & Pieces Pg 3

Calendar/Lunch

menu

Pg

7,8

Lights Tour Pg 7

UPCOMING EVENTS

Christmas Carry-In-Lunch

Join us for a great lunch made by the best cooks in

town. We will have speakers who will present dif-

ferent topics. We ask that everyone brings in a dish

to share and a plate and utensils. The center will

provide the ham.

Date: Tuesday, December 8th

Time: 12:00 noon

Location: Main room at Center

Cost: Free but donations are appreciated

Painting Group

Come down and paint with

friends. This group is for peo-

ple who already know how to

paint. Please call the Center

first to register.

Date: Every Monday

Time: 1pm-3pm

Location: Art & Crafts room

Cost: Free

Tai Chi & Exercise Class

Tai Chi is a Chinese system of slow meditative

physical exercise designed for relaxation and bal-

ance and health. Come down and enjoy this class

which is taught by Lew Kellogg.

All ages welcome!

Date: Every Tuesday & Friday

Time: 8:45 am

Location: Centers Main Room

Cost: $8 per month

Blood Pressure Checks

Has your Dr told you to monitor your blood pres-

sure? Do you not have a blood pressure machine at

home? Stop by the Center to have your blood pres-

sure checked for free

Date: Every Monday

Time: 10 am – 12 noon

Location: Center Main Room

Cost: Free

Morning Coffee

Have you been looking for a place to come have

morning coffee and visit with friends? The Center is

now offering morning coffee. This is open to every-

one. We will have a donation jar out for coffee.

Date: Every Wednesday morning

Time: 9:00 am—until you are done

Location: Centers Main Room

Cost: donations for coffee

BIBLE STUDY

Pastor Lyle Hinsdale with the Clearwater Church of

Christ leads a bible study. This is open to all.

Date: Every Monday

Location: Craft Room

Time 9:30 am

BIBLE STUDY

Pastor Joe Eash with the Clearwater E-free church

leads a bible study. This is open to all.

Date: Every Thursday

Location: Craft Room

Time 10:00 am

BYOD

Bring Your Own Device! Bring in your new

technology and we can assist you in figuring it out

or setting things up. We help with laptops, tablets,

smart phones, cell phones, digital picture frames,

digital cameras, you name it and we can probably

figure it out and show you how to use it.

Date: Every Thursday

except 2nd Thursday

Time: 9:00 am

Location: Pam’s office

Cost: Free

Schedule of

Events

12/4 Planning

meeting

12/8 Carry In

Lunch

12/9 Stroke

Awareness & Pre-

vention

12/10 Nutcrack-

er Ballet Trip

12/14 Crochet &

Quilting group

12/21 Holiday

Lights tour

12/24-25 Center

Closed

12/28 Crochet &

Quilting group

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Instructions Mix all ingredients except for

meatballs in crock pot.

Add meatballs and stir to coat them well. Put in crock pot on

LOW for 6-8 hours or HIGH for 2

-2½ hours.

Notes Note: If you have a newer crock

pot, you can probably reduce the

cooking time some.

Wal-mart has approved a grant for us and will be giving us money to purchase a new flat screen TV. After this is all completed we can get back to getting decorations up. Thank you for your patience. SAFE HOUSE NEEDS Betty Jo Embry volunteers her time at the Safe House in Wichita. They offer warm meals and backpacks to homeless children in the Wichita area. They are needing some toiletry items such as deodorant, soaps, and shampoos for either boys or girls. If you would like to donate you can drop them off at the Center.

REMINDERS (VERY IMPORTANT) Just a friendly reminder to make sure that every time you attend a program or class at the Center that you are checking in on the comput-er. If you do not have your card you can use your phone number. If you have problems let me know and I will help you. Also if you need a card, please let me know. UPDATING You may start to notice a few changes at the Center. We are working towards getting new chairs and this means we need to sell the oth-ers. We will be doing this slowly. Also the main TV is broken and not worth the money to fix so we will be getting rid of this as well.

B ITS & P IECES (FROM PAM ’S DESK)

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CROCKPOT CRANBERRY MEATBALLS

“To ease

another's

heartache is to

forget ones own.”

-Abraham Lincoln

Ingredients 1 (12 ounce) jar

chili sauce

1 (12 ounce) can jellied cranberry

sauce

1 (10.5 ounce) jar Red Pepper Jelly

2 tablespoons

brown sugar few shakes hot

sauce

1 (32 ounce) bag Farm Rich Frozen

Meatballs

Geneva Richards

Gary Richards

Jan Wentworth

Steve Clark

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST PARTICIPANTS !

JaNell Clark

Phil Wise

Donna Wise

Mark Pelz

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Carry-In Lunch Tues 11-10-2015

Pam recognized Cleta Cornett and Becky Estes as our November birthdays present.

Marlene led the group in the reciting of the Flag Salute and The National Anthem.

Turkey and dressing were furnished by the Center. Thank you to Farol for

preparing it.

Our speaker was Lois Croft from Heartland Home Health, who spoke about

strokes and what to look for. She will be holding a seminar on Wednesday,

December 9th with more information on strokes.

Winners of our game on the number of family members were in the service, and

the unusual voting circumstance experience were Mary Bacon and Pamela Riggs.

They each received a small prize. With Veterans Day being the following day, Mar-

lene told of the background and times that have become a national holiday.

Announcements:

Pam told of receiving a Wal-mart grant to be used for the purchase of a new wall-

mounted flat screen TV. This will come in useful for various presentations future

speakers might need. There is a special fundraiser through the local Pizza Hut to

go towards the purchase of new chairs for the facility.

Upcoming events include going as a group to an afternoon matinee of The Nut-

cracker ballet at Century II in December. Also there will be a party bus to go visit

holiday lights in and around Wichita on December 21st. There will be sign-up

sheets for both activities at the Center.

Marlene,

Secretary

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Save your soda tabs

Bring in your pop tabs off of soda cans. We will

donate tabs to the Ronald McDonald House

which helps families of children with different

illnesses. Just drop off your collection of pop

tabs to the Center.

Clearwater Community Center

Mission Statement: to provide services and programs for people of all ages, that promote their well being, support their

independence and encourage their involvement in community life.

Staff

Clearwater Community Center

Pamela Riggs, Director Farol McMillan

Administrative Assistant

Advisory Committee Members

Terry Sullivan - Chairperson Joan Fleming - Co-Chair

Barbara Hufford – Member James Charles - Member Marlene Hand - Member

Planning Committee Members

Marlene Parret - Secretary Cheryl Wright – Member Becky Estes – Member

Farol McMillan - RSVP Program