June 2019 – South Salem Seniors

30 06 '19

July newsletter available now!

Highlights from This Month’s Newsletter… VOTING BEGINS JULY 10, 2019 Voting for the Board of Directors of the South Salem Senior Center is this month! If you receive your monthly membership newsletter by email or by viewing on our website, please stop by the Center for a paper ballot. Voting begins July 10th and concludes…

20 06 '19

Member Profile: Francis Fredrickson

Every month we’re profiling one of our members. This month, we’re featuring Francis Fredrickson! Francis Fredrickson has been a familiar face at the South Salem Senior Center for more than 20 years. Francis was born on the Sterling Cattle Ranch where she was raised with her brother and sister. Her father, though crippled, worked to…

15 06 '19

Lions, Tigers and….Chickpeas? Oh My!

by Zoe Morrison Entering Lorene Patrick’s home is like stepping into a wonderland full of fantastic creatures. Everywhere you look are hideaways, cottages, circuses, workshops & houses made of shoes where tiny lives are lived. All of these intricate dioramas have one thing in common, their creator Lorene Patrick. In the 1960s Lorene purchased her…

06 06 '19

June Club and Activity News

Monday Afternoon Crafters by Arlene Williams Along with all of the items created by our own group, we had items donated from others. Joyce Wall brought hats for newborn babies and left them at the SSS desk. One of our own members, Charlyne DeMonnin, has a neighbor, Margaret Brown, who knits myriads of items for…

01 06 '19

Presidentially Speaking: June 2019

Hello South Salem Senior Center. Nice to see the sky has opened up and given us some much needed rain. Recently life took an unexpected twist so the last 3 weeks I have been on auto pilot, feeling tired and overwhelmed. In May my older brother was brought into the emergency room in critical condition….

Month: June 2019