DECEMBER 2021�

OUR MISSION STATEMENT�

The mission of the Westborough Council on Aging is to promote social, recreational and educational activities and provide

advocacy and assistance to Westborough’s Senior Citizens and their families.

CONTACT US�

Address�

4 Rogers Road Westborough, MA 01581

Hours of Opera�on�

Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

(508) 366-3000

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THIS MONTH: *Holiday Party

*Flowers with Andrea

*100th Town Chorus

*New Year’s Eve eve Party

*Men’s Lunch Bunch

*American Legion Mtg *Asian Holiday Gathering

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HOLIDAY PARTY

Tuesday, December 14 12:30 p.m.

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WHAT’S NEW?�

COUNCIL INFORMATION�

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OUR STAFF�

Alma E. DeManche Executive Director Kristen McHugh Office Coordinator Mary Ellen CIbelli Volunteer Coordinator Mary Donna Corcoran Outreach Case Manager Dennis Fenton Elder Outreach Project Tammy Wong Asian Outreach Suzanne Burger, MSN, RN Staff Nurse Michael Swan Handyman

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Council on Aging Linda Birch, Chairman (2022)

Guido Lonardo, Vice-Chairman (2024)

Nancy Fallon, Treasurer (2023)

Diane Collins, Corresp. Secty (2024

Oscar Najarian (2022)

Jane Owens (2022)

Robert Washburn (2022)

Susan Abladian (2023)

Daniel Pavolis (2023)

John McCann (2023)

Katherine Metzger (2024)

Nancy Gage, Secretary to COA

HAVE THE SENIOR SCENE DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME You can have the Westborough Senior Scene delivered to your home each month for $6.00 each year. Just fill out the form below and return it to the Senior Center with your check for $6.00. It’s that easy!! Checks: Town Of Westborough Yes!! Please send me the Westborough Senior Scene monthly! NAME____________________________________________________________________________ MAILING ADDRESS______________________________________________________________ TOWN, STATE, ZIP CODE_______________________________________________________ PHONE NUMBER______________________________________________________________

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COME FOR LUNCH Lunch is served at the Senior Center on Monday and Friday at 11:45 a.m. Lunch includes a main course, bread and but-ter, dessert and milk. Reservations must be made by 10:00 a.m. the day before (Friday for Monday). A $3.00 donation is requested for each meal.

12/3 Trio Meatloaf w/Gravy, Mashed Po-tatoes, French Green Beans, Dinner Roll, Dessert of the Day

12/6 Chicken Jambalaya, Brown Rice, Mixed Vegetables, Multigrain Bread, Dessert of the Day

12/10 Potato Pollock, Winter Squash, Broccoli, Rye Bread, Pears

12/13 Cheese Lasagna Roll w/Tomato Basil Sauce, Italian Blend Vegetable, Wheat Bread, Fruit Cup

12/17 Roast Pork w/ Apple Cider Gravy, Chantilly Whipped Potato, Green Beans, Wheat Roll, Dessert of the Day

12/20 Hamburger in Onion Gravy, Whipped Potato, Scandinavian Veg Blend, Multigrain Bread, Lorna Doones

12/27 Grilled Chicken Piccatta, Whipped Potatoes, Marble Rye, Peaches

BREAKFAST WITH THE CHIEF Please join Police Chief Jeffrey Lourie for breakfast on Friday, December 17, at 8:30 a.m. The Chief will be welcoming the new mental health clinician that is working with the department. The menu will be sausage, egg and cheese on and English Muffin, home fries, juice and coffee. Cost for breakfast is $3.00. Reservations must be made by noon on Wednesday, Decem-ber 15. Transportation is available.

MEN’S LUNCH BUNCH Please join us for the Men’s Lunch Bunch on Wednesday, December 8, at 11:30 a.m. All men are invited to attend. We will be serving salad, stuffed shells and meat-balls, bread and butter and dessert. Cost for this lunch is $9.00. Reservations must be made by noon on Monday, December 6. Transportation is available. Plan to join us for lively discussion, fellowship and good food and friends.

DINNER AT THE BACK DOOR We went back and looked to see what the most popular dinner was….so we will have Chicken Parmesan with Ziti on Monday, December 20 for Dinner at the Back Door. Dinner will include salad, roll and butter and dessert. Cost for dinner is $7.00 and all reservations must be made and paid for by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 16. Meals will be available for pick up between 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. at the Senior Center (back door by the kitchen).

ASIAN OUTREACH GATHERING Join us on Monday, December 20, at 10:00 a.m. as we celebrate together. There will be Christmas songs, games, lunch and dessert. Lunch can be or-dered through Dinner @ the Back Door for $7.00. Reservations must be made by noon on Friday, December 17. Transpor-tation is available. For more information about Westborough Asian Outreach:

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NEWS FOR YOU�

IT’S WINTER TIME! Our annual reminder as the colder weather moves in that if there is no school in Westborough due to weather conditions, there are no activities at the Senior Center and no mini-bus or Volunteer transportation. If it’s not safe for the kids, it’s not safe enough for you either! There will be staff at the Senior Center if possible unless all Town Offices are closed. We’ll also be offering “Sand for Seniors” this year in con-junction with the DPW that will deliver a five gallon bucket of sand to your house. We will do this until we run out of buckets.

CONGRATULATIONS MARY ELLEN! We are pleased to announce that Mary Ellen Cibelli has accepted the job of Program and Volunteer Coordinator at the Senior Center. Mary Ellen has worked with us since 2015 as the Out-reach Aide and is familiar with many of you and your needs. She “hit the ground running” on November 15 and has already done a great job recruiting new Volunteers and getting things in order. She is currently sending out new applications and CORI forms to all exist-ing Volunteers to update her records. If you have not met Mary Ellen, please stop in and say hello!

FLOWERS WITH ANDREA One of our favorite things to do “before” was to make the beautiful flower arrange-ments with the very talented Andrea Lit-tle. We are so very excited to have her back on Tuesday, December 21, at 10:00 a.m. to help us create our very own holi-day arrangements. When your family asks who sent the flowers, you can smile and say, “I made them!” Cost for the class will be $30.00 and all reservations absolutely MUST be made and paid for by Wednes-day, December 15. Seating is limited. The past creations have been exquisite and add a real touch of glamor to your holiday festivities. Don’t miss out, stop in today and reserve your seat!

GRAB ‘N GO AND A TREAT Please come and join us on Wednes-day, December 15, for Grab ‘n Go lunch BUT!! You can also stay when you pick up your lunch to hear the lovely music from the 100th Town Chorus. The la-dies will be here for one of their first in-person performances since, well, you know! The sandwich for the day will be Turkey and cheese. Cost for lunch is $3.00. The performance will begin at 11:00 a.m. and lunch can be picked up then. Reservations by December 13, please.

DECEMBER BIRTHDAY LUNCH Please join us to celebrate the December birthdays on Wednesday, December 29, at noon. We’ll have pizza, salad, cake and ice cream and lots of good wishes! Please make your reservation by noon on Monday, December 27. If it’s your birth-day, it’s free. All others are $3.00. Trans-portation is available.

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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10:00 Knit and Crochet

10:00 Zumba Gold

1:00– 3:00

Open House for

Mary Donna

2

10:00 Chair Yoga

1:00 Trivial Pursuit

1:00 ESL

3

Yoga w/Divya

11:00 Zumba Gold

11:45 Lunch

6

10:00 Chair Yoga

10:00 Beg. Spanish

11:00 Zumba Gold

11:45 Lunch

12:30 Pool

12:30 Bingo

7

10:00 Cribbage

10:00 American Legion

Meeting

12:00 Shopping

Northboro Crossing

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10:00 Knit and Crochet

10:00 Zumba Gold

11:30 Men’s Lunch

Bunch

11:30 Tai Chi

1:00 Hearing Screening

2:00 Piano Lessons

3:00 Gen. Bridges

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10:00 Chair Yoga

11:00 Sen. Eldridge

Conference

1:00 Trivial Pursuit

1:00 ESL

1:00 WSCS Board Mtg

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10:00 Yoga w/Divya

11:00 Zumba Gold

11:45 Lunch

13

10:00 Chair Yoga

10:00 Beg. Spanish

11:00 Zumba Gold

11:45 Lunch

12:30 Pool

12:30 Bingo

1:00 COA Meeting

14

10:00 Classical Music

12:30 Annual COA Holiday

Party

15

10:00 Knit and Crochet

10:00 Zumba Gold

11:00 100th Town Cho-

rus

11:00 Grab ‘n Go Lunch

11:30 Tai Chi

2:00 Piano

3:00 Gen Bridges

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10:00 Cell Phone Help

10:00 Chair Yoga

1:00-3:00 Trivial Pursuit

1:00 ESL

17

8:30 Breakfast w/the

Chief

10:00 Yoga W/Divya

11:00 Zumba Gold

11:45 Lunch

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10:00 Chair Yoga

10:00 Beg. Spanish

10:00 Asian Holiday Gathering

11:00 Zumba Gold

11:45 Lunch

12:30 Pool

12:30 Bingo

1:00-2:30 Dinner at the Back

Door

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10:00 Cribbage

10:00 Classical Music

10:00 Flowers with Andrea

12:00 Shopping WalMart

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10:00 Knit and Crochet

10:00 Zumba Gold

11:30 Tai Chi

2:00 Piano

3:00 Gen Bridges

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10:00 Chair Yoga

1:00 Trivial Pursuit

1:00 ESL

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Senior Center Closed

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10:00 Chair Yoga

11:00 Zumba Gold

11:45 Lunch

12:30 Pool

12:30 Bingo

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10:00 Cribbage

10:00 Classical Music

12:00 Shopping West Med

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10:00 Knit and Crochet

10:00 Zumba Gold

12:00 Birthday Lunch

2:00 Piano

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12:00-3:00

Ney Year’s Eve “eve”

Party

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Senior Center Closed

ANNOUNCEMENTS�

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SMOC FUEL ASSISTANCE The SMOC Fuel Assistance program for the 2021/2022 heating season is now ac-cepting applications. If you are a single person with yearly income of $40,951 or less or a two person household with in-come of $53,551 or less, you may be eligi-ble for assistance. Please call the Senior Center and we will send you a packet of information outlining the documentation required to apply. Once you have gath-ered all of that documentation, call us back and we will schedule an in person meeting to complete the application pro-cess. The instructions are very clear. Please do not call for an appointment un-til you have all of your papers together. The process goes much quicker if the ap-plication is complete when it goes to SMOC.

NEWS FROM THE WSCS What a wonderful day it was!! Our annual Fall Fair is behind us and we couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day! The weather was chilly but sunny, people were happy to be out and we had so very many lovely things to sell. When all was said and done, we have raised about $7,000 to help support the Senior Center. We will have a final tally and table breakdown at the WSCS Board Meeting on Thursday, December 9, at 1:00 p.m. at the Senior Center. All are welcome to attend.

We want to THANK all of the folks who baked, knitted, crocheted, cut up cheese, made baskets, sorted white elephant items, laid out jewelry, made Chinese dumplings, cooked lunch in the kitchen, donated to the Silent Auction, made signs, delivered posters, donated raffle tickets, “manned” a table, helped set up and clean up and all of the other jobs that made the day such a success. A special thanks to Linda Birch who took on the job of chairing the fair again this year. Job well done by all!

PASSES FOR SCHOOL EVENTS We have in our possession passes from the Westborough Public Schools that will admit you to all athletic events, mu-sical events and plays at Westborough High School for the 2021-2022 school year at no charge. You can pick up the pass at the Senior Center any time you are in the building. Our thanks to the High School for this opportunity to sup-port the activities of the students!

AMERICAN LEGION TO MEET Members of Westborough’s newly reor-ganized American Legion are invited to attend a meeting on Tuesday, December 7, at 10:00 a.m. at the Senior Center. This is an open meeting for anyone interested in joining this group. Transportation is available to the Senior Center by calling 508-366-3000.

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Thursday, December 30 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m.

Chicken Cordon Bleu dinner Entertainment by

The Flashback Band Tickets are $7.00

All reservations must be made and paid for by noon on

Tuesday, December 28 Transportation is available

JUST A REMINDER…..Please make your New Year’s resolution to stick with the res-ervation deadlines that we print in the Senior Scene!! Although our Caterer is amazing and happy to comply, it’s very hard for us to constantly ask him to add a couple more the day before. And when we serve a meal here, we order what we need so if you don’t even bother to make a reservation, that is very hard for us. Reservation dead-lines are always well posted in the announcement of the event. We really don’t want to disappoint anyone, but we set these deadlines for a reason and our New Year’s res-olution is to stick to them!

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GIVE AWAY WHAT YOU DON’T NEED. PLAN FOR THE REST.

The holiday season is right around the corner. If you are trying to think of that perfect gift for the child, close relative, or friend who says they don’t need anything, here are a few thoughts: • GIVE SOMETHING YOU OWN. You know that special piece of jewelry, nostalgic painting, or vase that you inherited from your grandparents? Instead of waiting to distribute those after your death, give them away now. Give yourself the pleasure of hearing your loved ones say thank you and knowing that your precious items will be appreciated.

• GIVE MONEY, NO MATTER THE AMOUNT. Contrary to popular belief, there is nothing financially disadvantageous, either to you or to the recipi-ent, about giving away any amount of money. There is no Massachusetts gift tax. The federal gift tax only affects you if your total lifetime giving exceeds the federal estate tax threshold, which is currently over $11 mil-lion. (However, this exemption amount may be on the political chopping block and could soon be reduced, possibly to the $6 million range.) The receipt of a gift is not income, so your children will not pay any income tax on any of the money either. Unless your situation is very unusual (check with your accountant or tax attorney), you may give your children whatever you want this holiday season. The added benefit of doing this before you die is that it will probably decrease your taxable estate and, therefore, reduce any Massachusetts estate tax that might be owed.

• IN GENERAL, don’t give away stock, real estate, or other assets that have appreciated in value since you bought them. By saving these until you die, you will probably be saving the recipients more in capital gains tax than your estate will save in estate tax (the tax basis of these items will increase to the date of death value, thereby reducing or eliminating the capital gains tax they would otherwise pay upon sale). Once again, talk to your tax advisor or an attorney about this.

Finally, if you are thinking about making a gift to a church, school, or other charity, either now or in the future, this is a good time to either make that gift (and get an income tax deduction) or add them to your will or estate plan. Bequests to churches and other qualified non-profit organizations are subtracted from your taxable estate and, therefore, reduce your estate tax. Furthermore, if you give the charity tax-deferred funds at your death by naming it as the beneficiary, the charity will not pay income tax on the funds. So plan to make a gift that comes with, in effect, a matching dona-tion from the Mass. Department of Revenue or the IRS.If you want to learn more about this topic, check out my December seminar on Frank and Mary’s YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/elderlawfrankandmary, and on your local cable station, Westborough TV (Verizon 24, Charter 191), along with Frank and Mary in Westborough, where my co-host, Shelby Marshall and I address many common issues facing seniors and the resources available during the pandemic. As always, if you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact me at (508) 860-1470 or abergeron@mirickoconnell.com.

ELDER LAW WITH FRANK AND MARYby Arthur P. Bergeron and Leah A. Kofos

Arthur and Leah are elder law attorneysin the Trusts and Estates Group at Mirick O’Connell.

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Westborough Council on Aging�

4 Rogers Road Westborough, MA 01581

(508) 366-3000

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PLEASE NOTE Every effort is made during the writing and production of our newsletter to assure the accuracy of the information in it. There are times when we inadvertently leave something out or make an error. There are also times when the information has changed from the time we write it until the newsletter gets in your hands. Please always feel free to contact the Senior Center if you have any questions regarding a program.

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