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SEP T/ O C T 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 R OB INS ON D R IVE NW C OON R AP IDS , M N 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 3 -7 6 7 -6 4 7 3 Be safe, whatever the weather! We are pleased that this year's keynote speaker is WCCO Channel 4's Mete- orologist Chris Shaffer! Chris was raised in Stillwater and has childhood memories of being chased by a tor- nado in his family car, his great uncle being struck by lightning and of his family spending the night snowed in at a church during a blizzard. It is no wonder that Chris is so passionate about Minnesota weather! Other events include more speakers, an expo, and live entertainment by Larry and Bev Rose! A continental breakfast (upon your arrival) and entertainment are brought to you by Margaret Place Senior Apartments. Lunch will be a Chicken Breast with Tarragon Cream Sauce, Rosemary Potatoes, Two Tone Beans, Rye Bread and Cake. (Please note that our Senior Dining Site will need you to fill out an information form in order to dine). Participants are required to attend the entire event. Thanks to community donations, this event costs only $6.00 and includes dinner, refreshments, speakers and door prizes. Payment must be made by Wednesday, September 7. Registration begins immediately! Safety Camp is hosted by the Coon Rapids Fire and Police Departments and Senior Services! October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so we're going to THINK PINK at this fun dinner show! This event will remind us of the importance of early detection and to celebrate the progress made in treatments and prevention. Wear your pink, invite a friend and enjoy wonderful entertainment by The GraceNotes! You'll love this women's vocal trio, singing songs to remind us of the things in life that are most important—family, friends, spirituality, nature and love! Doors open at 10:30 a.m. and the show starts at 11:00 a.m. Then we'll enjoy a noon dinner including Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, Vegetable and Pie. Cost is $8.00 and needs to be paid by Monday, October 3. Registration for this event begins at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 31, in person or by calling (763) 767- 6473. 1 Have a fun-filled summer day at the Great Minnesota Get Together. Admission at the gate is paid on your own. Seniors (65 and over) pay $7.00 admission on this "Senior Day". Younger friends and family are wel- come to take our bus, too. Sign Up: BEGINS IMMEDIATELY Cost: $8.00 (Bus only. Admission is on your own) Bus: Depart at 8:00 a.m./Return at 4:00 p.m. Payment Deadline: Pay on the day of the trip We're heading west to see the sites in Willmar. Enjoy the day in this charming, historic river town. The group will split up in the morning and take Half of the group will board the Red Wing Trolley turns touring two popular places. Mr. B's Choco- for a narrated tour of the town, while the others latier makes over 55 different kinds of hand shop on their own. Then the two groups will crafted truffles and Belgian Chocolates. See how switch. Lunch will be at the St. James Hotel in the the chocolate is made and take time to buy some Victorian Dining Room. The soup and sandwich mouth-watering temptations. We will also tour buffet includes soup of the day, garden greens, tur- The Mikkelson Collection which consists of clas- key breast, honey baked ham, swiss and cheddar sic and antique boats, motors and items from boat- cheeses, a selection of breads, fresh baked cookies ing history. Several of the boats and motors are the and coffee or tea. After lunch we will hear the last surviving examples known to exist and all are story of "Clara" portrayed by a local icon Dorothy rare. Our next stop is lunch at McMillan's for their Westphal. In 1914, Clara began waiting tables at soup and salad bar. Choose from a variety of their the St. James. She married the owner Charles homemade salads and their chicken wild rice soup. Lillyblad, and it didn't take long to place her per- The last tour is the J & L Bison Ranch. It is the sonal stamp on the hotel. She was a marvelous home to 300 bison that roam over 200 beautiful cook and her home cooked meals were so popular acres. John, the owner, will board the bus and that the St. James became known as "Clara's give us a close-up tour of the ranch. Find out facts Place". We will also have a brief tour of the hotel. about bison and the health benefits of bison meat. The afternoon ends with Rusty's River Ride. Take After the bus tour, take a look at their gift shop and a 90-minute narrated tour on the mighty Missis- enjoy afternoon refreshments. sippi River, and maybe you'll see an eagle or two. Sign Up: Begins at 9:00 a.m. on Wed., Aug 31 Sign Up: Begins at 9:00 a.m. on Wed., Aug 31 Cost: $46 Cost: $46 Payment Deadline: Friday, Sept. 2 Payment Deadline: Friday, Sept. 2 Bus: Departs 7:45 a.m./Returns 5:30 p.m. Bus: Departs 7:45 a.m./Returns 5:30 p.m. 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 The incomparable Jody Briskey returns as Judy Gar- land at Carnegie Hall in her legendary 1961 Come- You'll love this dinner theater experience near Eau back Concert! Jody leads an all-star cast, as they take Claire, Wisconsin, complete with carved pumpkins audiences through a whirlwind of memories starting and autumn decorations. The scrumptious meal in- with her childhood days in Grand Rapids, MN and on cludes a Garden Salad with Honey Poppy Seed to the studios at MGM, marriages and divorces, and Dressing, Whole Wheat Bread, Tender Roast Pork finally to Carnegie Hall. It's a life packed with love, Loin with a Sherry Sauce, Au Gratin Potatoes, passion, courage and resilience, featuring some of the Squash, Vegetable and your choice of Coffee, Tea or greatest songs of the 20th Century sung by one of Milk. For dessert you'll love Fanny Hill's Pumpkin country's foremost interpreters. Hits include "Get Pie. Then sit back and enjoy the show. Two cops, Happy", "I Can't Give you Anything but Love", three crooks, eight doors—GO! At a "no-tell mo- "That's Entertainment", and of course, "Over the tel", an embezzling mayor meets his accountant. The Rainbow". After the show enjoy lunch at Joseph's police are there to catch the meeting on tape. Confu- Grill in St. Paul. In honor of Minnesota native, Judy sion reigns as to who's in which room, who's got the Garland, our menu is Minnesota Chicken Breast with loot, why the accountant keeps taking off her clothes Wild Rice and Swiss Cheese Stuffing, Chablis Cream and who's the guy in the kilt with bagpipes?! Funny Sauce, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Vegetable and Coffee. from start to finish. Sign Up: Begins at 9:00 a.m. on Wed., Aug 31 Sign Up: Begins at 9:00 a.m. on Wed., Aug 31 Cost: $49 Cost: $58.00 Payment Deadline: Tuesday, Sept. 6 Payment Deadline: Wednesday, September 21 Bus: Departs at 8:45 a.m./Returns at 3:30 p.m. Bus: Departs 10:30 a.m./Returns 6:30 p.m. Join us for an autumn drive to Brainerd. Our day starts out with lunch at the Black Bear Lodge. You'll love the north woods atmosphere in this au- It's 1962, and teen Tracy Turnblad has only one de- thentic log restaurant. Our meal includes meatloaf, sire—to dance on the popular "Corny Collins Show". mashed potatoes, vegetable, cookie and beverage. When her dream comes true, she is transformed from Then we'll head over to the Franklin Arts Center to social outcast to sudden star. Now she needs to de- see Geritol Frolics. Tap your toes and laugh out loud throne the reigning Teen Queen, win the affections of at this variety show. This year the theme is her heartthrob and integrate a TV network, all without "Anything Goes" and includes country, pop, gospel, denting her 'do'! You'll enjoy this Broadway musical- comedy and lots of fun! It's worth the trip! comedy in the Main Theater, along with a dinner that Sign Up: Begins at 9:00 a.m. on Wed., Aug 31 you can choose off the menu. Excellent seats. Cost: $50.00 (everything included) Sign Up: Begins at 9:00 a.m. on Wed., Aug 31 Payment Deadline: Thursday, October 6 Cost: $68.00 Bus: Departs at 10:30 a.m./Returns at 6:30 p.m. Payment Deadline: Wednesday, October 19 Bus: Departs at 10:30 a.m./Returns at 5:30 p.m. 3 AT THE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 SENIOR CENTER Formerly known as "Hole in the Wall", this casino has been reno- Do you need to get your flu shot? Cub vated and is better than ever with 500 slot machines, blackjack pharmacists will be providing flu and tables, poker tables, live roulette and live craps. pneumonia shots by appointment Sign Up: Begins at 9:00 a.m. on Wed., Aug 31 (starting at 9:00 a.m.) at the Coon Rapids Senior Center. The cost is Cost: $10.00 (includes $10 back on card and coffee/treat) $26.99 unless covered by insurance. Payment Deadline: Monday, September 12 There is no charge if you have tradi- Bus: Departs 9:00 a.m./Return 4:30 p.m. tional Medicare Part B, a Railroad Medicare Card or other selected Medi- care HMO plans. Schedule an appoint- ment by calling the Senior Center at (763) 767-6473. Don't forget to bring your insurance information to the ap- pointment. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 Sign Up: Begins at 9:00 a.m. on Wed., Aug 31 Cost: $6.00 (includes 'Play $10 Get $10') Payment Deadline: Friday, September 30 Bus: Departs at 9:00 a.m./ Returns 4:30 p.m. ATTENTION CASINO ATTENDEES Please note that ALL casinos now require us to prepare a 'Manifest' prior to the trip. This means that we need everyone's casino card number in ad- OUT TO DINNER vance. If you do not have a card, then we need your date of birth and ad- dress. This information can be provided at the time of registration or at the time of payment. All casino 'rewards' are subject to change, by the casino, without notice. Thanks for your cooperation. Enjoy a night out for a wonderful din- ner. The bus will pick you up and drop you off at your Coon Rapid's home for a donation of $2.00. Or you can meet Please note that our trips and activities are for seniors, age 55 and the group by 4:30 at the restaurant lo- older (unless otherwise specified). Special, advanced arrange- cated at 8880 Springbrook. Please in- ments can be made for 'Care Providers' by contacting staff. dicate your preference at the time of Adults under 55 years of age may be able to attend events if there registration. The meal, tax and gratuity is not a waiting list or if special, advanced accommodations are are paid for on your own. Sign up made. Thanks for your cooperation! begins at 9:00 a.m. on Wed., Aug 31. 4 The Anoka County Fair is proud and honored to name the winners of the Anoka County Outstanding Senior Award 2011, as Bob Auman and Shirley Gould. Bob and Shirley were both nominated by Coon Rapids Sen- ior Services. Bob Auman is a volunteer bus driver for the Coon Rapids Senior Center and the Real Life Cooperative of Coon Rapids, driving senior citizens to medical appointments, grocery shopping and activities at the Sen- ior Center. He is also a member of the Real Life M&M Choir and the Real Life Board of Directors and Marketing Committee. Shirley Gould donates her time and gift of art, as she has painted more than fifteen floor-to-ceiling murals for the Salvation Army, as well as other art pro- jects for Head Start, the Coon Rapids Senior Center, Culvers Restaurant of Coon Rapids and other churches. County winners will now be recognized at the Minnesota State Fair on Senior Day, Thursday, September 1, 2011 PRESENTATION Transmitter Bracelets Can Save Lives! Tuesday, September 27 AT 10:30 A.M. Tai Chi is a gentle but invigorating exercise that The Anoka County Sheriff's Office now has Trans- reduces stress, increases flexibility and provides mitter Bracelets available for people who have certain other health benefits. This 8-session medical needs such as Alzheimer's, Autism, Demen- class is geared towards seniors and in- tia or other medical conditions where a person may cludes stretching, bending, stepping, wander and expose themselves to danger. Laura Lan- balancing and an intro to a form. Wear des from the Anoka County Sheriff's Office will edu- comfortable clothes and shoes. In- cate us about the Project Lifesaver program and how structed by Karine Platt. The cost is to have a loved one fit with a transmitting bracelet. In $48.00 for all 8 sessions. Please sign up the event that person was to wander off, the Sheriff's immediately by calling (763) 767- Office would dispatch deputies equipped with spe- 6473. Payment deadline is Tuesday, cialized equipment that could assist in the rapid re- September 6. covery of the client wearing the transmitter. This ser- vice is available for Anoka County residents. Project Lifesaver is a nationally known program that has proven itself quite successful. There is an initial cost of $300 which covers the equipment and supplies for Hola! Would you like to learn Spanish or brush up the first year. A technician will fit the participant with on your skills? Join our group! The beginning the transmitter and visit monthly to change the bat- group meets at 12:45p.m. and the more advanced tery and re-fit the band. After the first year, the fee is group meets at 1:45p.m. In September, the class billed in monthly $25 installments. There is no cost will meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays only. Be- to attend, but please register in advance by call- ginning in October the group will meet every ing the Senior Center at 763-767-6473. Everyone is Thursday. Join us! welcome to attend. 5 Minnesota Safety Council DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSES Consumers 55+ years of age with a valid driver's license can receive a 10% automobile insurance discount for 3 years by attending a MN Safety Council Defensive Driv- ing Course. Anyone taking the course for the first time must attend an 8-hour session. Others may take a shorter, Chuck Tindell is a local author and a retired 4-hour refresher course every three years. Call for a res- Lutheran minister who retired from 13 years ervation form. Registration and payment must be re- of service as Director of Pastoral Care at a ceived 2 weeks prior to the class. Plan ahead! These large senior care facility. He has given presen- classes fill up early. Call (763) 767-6473 to register or tations around the country. Hear his entertain- to get a complete listing of 2011 classes. ing and challenging talk about the importance 4-HOUR REFRESHER COURSE: $18.00 of packing such traits as a positive attitude, sense of humor, a sense of purpose, etc., Monday, September 12: 8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m. Chuck will engage the audience, answering Monday, September 19: 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. their questions and addressing their concerns. Monday, October 3: 8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m. The cost is $3 and the payment deadline is Monday, October 24: 8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 21. Monday, November 7: 8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m. Monday, November 14: 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. 8-HOUR COURSE: $20.00. Mondays, November 21 and 28: 8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m. COMPUTER CLASS Get to know local author June Gossler Ander- son. Not only has this local author penned and published four books, she also writes his- tory columns for the Anoka Union Newspa- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 AT 10:00 A.M. per, leads 'Ghost Tours' in Anoka, travels around the world, is Executive Director for Facebook is the fastest growing networking site for Sen- the Anoka County Arts Alliance, and more iors. Reconnect with friends, stay in touch with family, and more! Whew! She's a busy lady! We'll advertise your hobby or business and much, much more. learn how she acquired these special interests, where she gets her inspiration and how she finds the time to get it all done! Her books Those attending should have a basic working knowledge include Shades of Childhood (short stories of computers and must have a personal email account about growing up in the 40's), Chickamauga, before attending the class. The instructor is Suzanne Chattanooga, Granger, Grant, and Grandpa with APi Group. The class is free, but seating is limited (her Great Grandfather's Civil War Memoir), and r eser vat io ns ar e r e- The Shaman Stone (a multicultural mystery of quired. Computers will be pro- supernatural proportions) and her newest book vided or you can bring your lap- The Flip-flop Year: A Tale of Teachers, Tor- top. Please indicate if you need a mentors, and Tomatoes (growing up in the computer when you register. Sign mid 40's). (Books will be on sale after the up begins immediately by calling presentation for $15 each.) The cost of the (763) 767-6473. presentation is $3 and the payment deadline is Wednesday, October 5. 6 Sign up IMMEDIATLEY by calling the Senior Center at (763) 767-6473. For planning purposes, it is very helpful if you register for these presentations, even if they are free…...THANKS! AUGSBURG COLLEGE OF THE THIRD AGE PRESENTS "THE WISDOM OF AMERICAN IN- DIAN RELIGIONS" ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 AT 1:00 P.M.: Gain an appreciation of traditional ways of knowing and living as they are revealed in the spiritual paths of the first Americans. Learn how primal religions and the quest for the sacred began and how they continue today. Included will be a discussion of our history of oppression and injustice with special attention given to the Dakota and Ojibwa of this region. Duane Addison will be the presenter. The cost is $5.00 and is due Friday, September 2. PRE-PLANNING FUNERAL BENEFITS ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 AT 10:00 A.M.: Individuals of all ages are welcome to attend a free information seminar on funeral planning. Pre-planning specialist Jack Mattura will address the issues and benefits of pre-planning funerals, locking in prices for life, protecting your assets and making arrangements transferable nationwide. There is no cost or obligation to attend. ELDER LAW ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 AT 10:00 A.M.: Learn about the importance of pre- planning for Asset and Estate protection, the MN Medical Assistance spend-down and the ever-changing laws that can affect your estate plans with presenter Jeffrey Schmidt, Elder Law Attorney. Enjoy Panera Bread ba- gels and scones, too. HEALTHY MIND—HEALTHY AGING ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 AT 10:30 A.M.: Getting gray hair doesn't have to come with a blue mood! The purpose of this presentation is to provide a better under- standing of emotional and mental health and wellness and how it is just as important as physical health and wellness, especially as we age. Presented by Volunteers of America Senior Mental Health Services. MEDICARE PRESENTATION ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 at 2:00 P.M.: Come in for some refreshments and get an update on Medicare basics. Kathy Hanratty, a licensed insurance agent from Oak- wood Insurance Agency in Coon Rapids will be available to answer any health insurance or Medicare ques- tions you may have. BEGINNING GENEALOGY ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 AT 1:00 P.M.: Learn how to get started in genealogy research. Basic forms and tools, what questions to ask and where to look for information. In- structor: Cathi Weber. The cost is $5.00 and is due Wednesday, September, 14. OSTEOPOROSIS PRESENTATION ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 AT 11:00 A.M.: A local Cub phar- macist will talk about the risk factors for developing osteoporosis, ways to prevent and treat it and tips on choosing a good calcium supplement. There is no cost or obligation to attend, but please sign up. GALL BLADDER/GALL STONES ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT 10:00 A.M.: A local Cub phar- macist will give a description of what the gall bladder does, risk factors for developing gall stones, and ways to prevent and treat gall stones. There is no cost or obligation to attend, but please sign up. INTERMEDIATE GENEALOGY ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT 1:00 P.M.: Learn how to use the clues in what you already have, to find more records. What can you look for to help lead you to other re- sources. Instructor: Cathi Weber. The cost is $5.00 and is due Wednesday, October 19. 7 8 9 Over 60 or an adult with a disability? Coon Rapids Seniors can take the Senior Center Bus to go grocery shopping! You can be picked YOUR ONE STOP SHOPPING FOR: up at your home in the morning and enjoy a MINOR HOME REPAIRS Senior Dining Lunch before shopping OR we can pick you up at your home early in the after- HOUSEKEEPING noon and bring you directly to the store. You SEASONAL CHORES will be able to shop for an hour and fifteen min- utes. The cost is $3.00 round trip and reserva- • Snow Removal tions need to be made two days in advance by • Lawn Mowing calling Cindy at (763) 767-6473. • Spring & Fall Clean-up (Tues.) Sept. 6 & Oct. 4 ATTENTION: Riverdale Cub/Wal-Mart Call Sept. 1 to get on the Fall Clean Up List and (Wed.) Sept. 21 & Oct. 19 Winter Snow Removal List! Riverdale Rainbow/Target CALL ANN at (763) 767-6521 **NEW DAY FOR RAINBOW** WEDNESDAYS ARE DOUBLE COUPON DAYS A representative from Beltone will be available to as- sist you at the Senior Center. This is not a sales pitch. Thirty minute appointments will be scheduled, begin- COON RAPIDS AMERICAN LEGION ning at 9:00 a.m. Call the Senior Center at 763-767- 6473. LIVE MUSIC 2ND & 3RD WEDNESDAYS! These monthly meetings are held on the 4th Thursday of 1:00-4:00 p.m. the month at 10:30 a.m. After the meeting, lunch at a local $5.00/Person café is optional. No sign up needed. Everyone is welcome to join us! For Info Call 421- 6260 or 755-5787 September 22—Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier October 27—Blink by Malcolm Gladwell 10 The Senior Center has signed up for a two-hour shift to pack meals for children around the world. We need 20 volunteers. Can you help? Last year 310,000 volunteers joined Feed My Starving Children to package 73.6 mil- lion meals for children in 60 countries around the world! Be a part of this worthwhile cause! Volunteers need to stand for two hours and wear close-toed shoes. If you are ill or have any food allergies, you are asked not to at- tend. Our bus will depart the Senior Center at 9:00 a.m. and return at approximately noon. If you prefer to drive there on your own, please tell us when you sign up. To sign up, please call Senior Services at (763) 767-6473. Tamarisk provides free, regularly-scheduled respite for caregivers. Volunteers assure the safety and well-being of the companion while the caregiver is occupied or away. Training provided. If interested, please call Jeanne at 763-572-1950. Did you know that on the first Wednesday of each month we have foot care services? This is by appointment only. The service is provided by "Happy Feet Foot Care" and includes a foot soak, toe nail trimming and care for corns or calluses followed by a lotion massage. Please COON RAPIDS SENIOR CENTER bring your own towel. Please pay the nurse at the time of service. Checks should be made MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 payable to Happy Feet Foot Care, Inc. Please Call (651) 291-4607 for an appointment. call them directly at (763) 560-5136 for an ap- pointment and cost. We extend our thoughts and prayers to the friends and family of those who passed away recently in- cluding Edna Brown, Dorothy Demmer, Lucille Erke, Clara Everett, Joyce Hable, Leona Johnson, Vera Kirby, Earl Norgren, James Sweeney, Virginia VanHale, Ken Wichmann, and John Wolfe. 11 The Fall Square Dance Season for the HOTFOOT STOMPERS starts Monday, September 19, 2011, at 7:00 p.m., with a FREE introduction class. It will be held at the Northdale Middle School in Coon Rapids at 11301 Dogwood Street NW. No partner needed. For more information contact Bill at 763-755-4963 or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com. We would really like to have you join us! If you can walk, you can square dance! If you love to sing and love to bring joy to others, please consider joining the Goldentones Choir. They will resume their rehearsals on Thursday, September 1 at 9:15 a.m. This group of seniors performs at nursing homes, senior apartments, assisted living facilities and the Senior Center. New members are always welcome! Find out about R&J's fall and winter get-aways! No cost or obligation to attend, but please sign up immediately by calling the Senior Center at (763) 767-6473. Every year the Super Senior Club makes generous donations to local food shelves, a scholar- ship fund, elementary schools and other very worthwhile causes! Their largest fundraiser of the year is the annual Bazaar, which will be held on Thursday, November 3. Can you help us out by donating used jewelry, knick-knacks, and other flea market items? Donations can be dropped off at the Senior Center anytime after October 1. Thanks! Thank you Super Senior Club for contributing money to the scholarship program at the Coon Rapids High School. I am grateful that you participate in donating to organizations such as this. I am also grateful for what you do in our community. It means a lot to me to earn this scholarship. I am now able to at- tend college full time in the fall. Without this grant I would have only been able to afford classes on a part-time basis. Sincerely, Sarah Elliott 12 SUPER SENIOR CLUB LETTER FROM PRESIDENT HELEN STEFFEN The July 1 meeting of the Super Senior Club was very brief. There was no entertainment. We had a timely discussion about how to attract more new members to our meetings. Any ideas? Please call Helen with sug- gestions. Forest Fout and Mavis Nixon each won a free lunch ticket (door prizes). Our August 5 FOR MEMBERS ONLY picnic was a huge success. Fifty people enjoyed a delicious chicken dinner, complete with potato salad, beans and an ice cream bar. BINGO...on a full tummy….was a big hit!! Many thanks to Helen Swaim and her committee for planning this GRRRREAT get-together! On September 2, our Nominating Committee will present a slate of candidates to be considered for offices for the year 2012. Officers will be elected at our annual meeting on October 7. Candidates to be considered are: Jordice Powell—President; Dorothy O'Connor—Vice President; Betty Poferl—Secretary; and Marge Rosen- dahl—Treasurer. (Additional nominations may be accepted at the September and October meetings). The "Keynotes" will entertain us at the September meeting. We will gladly accept your dues payment for 2012 (Only $7.00) at that time. Plans are progressing for our Thursday, November 3 BAZAAR AND FLEA MARKET. We will begin to collect items for the Bazaar, especially hand-crafted treasures and jewelry after October 1. Items may be brought to the senior center. NO APPLIANCES OR CLOTHING please! Chairperson Margie Rosendahl has already placed volunteers in some key positions. She would welcome more helpers! Please call her if you are interested (763-862-1146). Sadly, we are raising the prices on our kitchen textiles effective immediately. (The cost for us to purchase cotton flour-sack towels has doubled!!) Items already marked will remain at the current price. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the crafters for the lovely handcrafts which we receive weekly. They are truly dedicated……..and deeply appreciated! Sincerely yours, Enjoy these sunny, wonderful days of late summer remembering that….. "There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart". 13 OPEN: 9:00 A.M.—1:00 P.M. MONDAY—FRIDAY LUNCH SERVED AT: 12:00 NOON SUGGESTED DONATION: $3.50 (with NAPIS form on file) (Under 60 yrs old is $6.50) CALL: (763) 767-6524 by noon, three business days in advance, for a reservation. WIN A PRIZE AT THE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Everyone is welcome to MONDAY, OCTOBER 31 join us for a special cele- bration for our friends Wear a costume and brew up some howl- who are 90 years of age ing good fun at our Halloween Party! The or more! Enjoy a recep- Goldentones will scare up some spooky tion in their honor begin- music at 11:15 a.m. Then we'll serve a ning at 11:00 a.m. The noon meal (menu to be announced). If you program begins at 11:15 wear a costume, you get your name in a a.m., with some old-time drawing for a Cub Gift Card! Suggested favorites by the Goldentones Choir and a spe- meal donation is $3.50. Call (763) 767- cial recognition of those "Over 90"! At noon, 6524 before noon on Wednesday, October we'll share in a delicious dinner including Tur- 26, for a reservation. Join us in the fun! key Meatloaf with Cranberry Glaze, Mashed Potatoes, Country Blend Veggie, Wheat Bread and Cake. If you are over 90 years of age, please let us know at the time of your meal reg- istration, so you can be involved in our special recognition. Make your reservation by calling (763) 767-6524 before noon on Monday, Sep- tember 12. Cost for everyone over 60 years of age is $3.50 and can be paid on the day of the event. PLEASE NOTE: Sorry….but you must be signed up for a Senior Dining Meal in order to observe the special events and entertainment on Senior Dining page 15! 14 Please state selection when making reserva- tion. Complete menus are available at the Senior Center. Stop by and pick one up! WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Thurs 1 Pork (OR Turkey) A Popular Entertainer at the State Fair Fri 2 Veggie Lasagna SEPT. 5 LABOR DAY-NO DINING Tues 6 Chicken Scarpariello WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 Wed 7 Broiled Cod (OR Beef Patty ) Thur 8 Fri 9 Turkey Pasta Salad Braised Sirloin Tips Mon 12 Italian Baked Chicken You'll love this choir of men singers! Tues 13 Ham (OR Turkey) Wed 14 SAFETY CAMP (see page 1) Join us as we celebrate birthdays! Live entertain- Thur 15 OVER 90's PARTY (see page 14) ment begins at 11:00 a.m. Then we'll enjoy a de- Fri 16 Catfish (OR Chicken Nuggets) licious meal including Birthday Cake with Ice Mon 19 Swiss Steak Cream. Yummy! Our Birthday guests will get to Tues 20 Macaroni and Cheese put their name in a drawing, too. Thanks to Cul- Wed 21 Stuffed Shells w/marinara sauce vers of Coon Rapids and Dean Foods for donating Thur 22 Sloppy Joe prizes. All this for just the suggested donation of Fri 23 Pork (OR Turkey) $3.50! Everyone is welcome to join us by making a reservation at least three business days in ad- Mon 26 Stuffed Bell Pepper vance by noon by calling (763) 767-6524. Don't Tues 27 Baked Potato Soup/Tuna Salad (OR Roast Beef) miss out on the fun! Wed 28 BIRTHDAY MEAL-Turkey Breast Thur 29 Seafood (OR Chicken) Fettuccine Fri 30 Chicken Kiev Sorry! The October menu was not available at the time of this publication. Please stop in and pick up a copy! *Menus Subject To Change* 15 Coon Rapids Senior Services PRSRT STD 11155 Robinson Drive U.S. Postage Pd ANOKA MN 55303 Coon Rapids, MN 55433-3761 Permit No. 192 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED LABEL PROGRAM SPECIALIST—KRIS NIEBLER PROGRAM ASSISTANT—CINDY OLSON CHORES & MORE/SENIOR COMPANION: ANN KUSIE—(763) 767-6521 SENIOR DINING PROGRAM : MARGARET WEIS—(763) 767-6524 Coon Rapids Senior Services is made possible through the continued support of the City of Coon Rapids. This special event will remember the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001, and will cele- brate the United States of America. Highlights include a Fly-Over, the Posting of Colors, Mu- sic, Speakers, Bagpipers and more! Wear your red, white and blue and get ready for a special day! Everyone is welcome to attend! 16
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Red ALERT! Do Not Open Email Attachments From Unknown Sources! BlackHat Hackers attempt Set-Up vs Activists w/ Child Porn!Submitted by AnCapMercenary on Wed, 07/24/2013 - 17:50
And, it was via TorMail, no less.
While this has been COINTELPRO's go-to-card against activists in the past, the current iteration in digital form escalated with their (whomever 'they' maybe: could be Govt COINTEL or their InfraGard lackies, or some twisted 5th Grader hacker so brainwashed and well on his/her way in becoming a servant of the fascist State with a sick sense of humor. Or, could equally be just some uber-partisan idiot clueless of which side of history he/she should be on, who did this purely out of spite and without any direction from anyone. Who knows, at this point?) attempt against Luke Rudkowski of We Are CHANGE, recently.
Now, it seems it ALMOST ensnared Stewart Rhodes, the former Dr. Ronald Ernest Paul's Congressional Office staffer, Yale-Grad, US Army Ranger Veteran, and the founder of the ever amazing OathKeepers, AND the great activists at PANDA, the People Against NDAA.
BREAKING: Attempted Set-Up of Stewart Rhodes & Dan Johnson With Child Porn
Streamed live on Jul 24, 2013
Someone just attempted to set-up Stewart Rhodes (founder of Oath Keepers) & Dan Johnson (founder of People Against the N.D.A.A) by sending child porn to Dan Johnson's email from a tormail.org anonymous email account, pretending to be Stewart. Clearly, they knew Dan and Stewart work together on anti-NDAA nullification legislation, so they tried to trick Dan into opening the files containing child porn by impersonating Stewart Rhodes. Fortunately, Dan realized it was a tormail email and not actually from Stewart, so he did not open the attached pdfs. PANDA'S internet security expert was able to determine that the files contained child porn without opening them. This attempt to set Dan Johnson up failed.
This attempt is very similar to the July 3 attempt to set up activist Luke Rudkowski, where someone claiming to be a whistle-blower emailed Luke saying he had some incriminating pictures of Bilderberg elites, which Luke was able to see with his "view" function and determine were actually child porn without opening them. Once Luke did a video exposing the attempt, he was contacted by the hackers who bragged that they were going to do the same thing to other alternative media activist leaders. This is something you all need to be aware of, and protect yourselves against. You can expect more of these malicious smear campaign attacks to happen going forward.
The video where Luke Rudkowski talks about how they tried to set him up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zislzpkpvZc
This just shows how desperate the powers that be are getting.
Their attempt against Luke:
Attempted Setup of Luke Rudkowski
Published on Jul 3, 2013
A few hours before making this video, Luke Rudkowski of WeAreChange.org received an email from an anonymous sender claiming to be a Bilderberg whistleblower with attached photos from inside the 2013 Bilderberg meeting at the Grove Hotel in Watford, England. The email was sent to his personal email address that he has had since high school, not one of his work or WeAreChange email addresses. Luke opened the email from another computer and it stated that the person wanted Luke to break the story so he was sending him these photos exclusively and specifically stated that Luke needed to download the photos. Fortunately before downloading, Yahoo gives a preview of the photos and the photos were actually graphic child pornography. Luke has had his computer searched by forensics when going into Canada to cover the G20 when they searched him and interrogated him for hours, something like this could happen again when we come back to the U.S. from travelling Europe. Had this been the case, even with deleting, they would still find the images. There would be no understanding of the true story and he would be facing a felony charge. Besides that also completely jeopardizing his work, reputation and livelihood. We wanted to make this public for Luke's safety and also for people to be aware that this kind of thing happens. We do not know who this was, all we know is that it is so important for anyone in this line of work to remain extremely vigilant.
The email address was email@example.com. If anyone can help find out who this person is, it would be greatly appreciated.
Screenshot of the email text from Luke's phone: http://t.co/XGUFqyygmO
Follow Luke at http://www.twitter.com/LukeWeAreChange and http://www.facebook.com/LukeWeAreChange for any updates to this.
Truly, sickening.
But seeing as how this is becoming a pattern, and the hackers' methods seem to be evolving in terms of sophistication, in the post-ECHELON and post-Snowden era, where NSA/FBI/DHS/CIA/DoD are certain to be spying on every American, activist or not, in some shape or form, please, if you haven't been vigilant already, please, please, please: take care; reconsider opening email attachments from people whom you do not know, or those sent from your friends, but in a non-typical manner, deploying strange diction or vernacular.
Stay Vigilant R3VOLutionaries!
AnCapMerc. signing off.
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This is stupid. If you have
This is stupid.
If you have an email client, and it downloads an email with porn, you got porn on your computer - whether you open it or not. If you delete it, it will still kinda be there for a while, period.
If you have webmail (yahoo or something), seeing the preview stores the preview in your cache.
If you get "crap" in your email, and it's bad crap, delete it, compact database (if that's an option) then wipe/zero empty space. It'll be gone. There are lot of free "empty space zero/wipe" tools out there.
If you have webmail, clear your cache/cookies. And email yourself or someone else and let them be aware of what happened. Make a record.
I have extensive junk/spam filters here, and I'd never see such an email. It would be moved to junk and deleted. I'd still have that crap on my computer and never have a clue - till I zeroed the drive.
The culprit can be found
"The email address was email@example.com. If anyone can help find out who this person is, it would be greatly appreciated."
The culprit can be found here http://www.everify.com/results/email/?hop=firestarte&item=9&...
Then here http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/18.104.22.168
Packet Geek Here.
This is nothing new. Forged communications is also popular. Email was never meant to be secure or private on it own. I don't buy this as a government attack. Since there is no magic in sending porn anonymously to anyone on the planet. A geek (Blackhat or Whitehat) or the Government would have taken it much further to remove plausible deniability and would have also taken steps to trigger a reason for the authorities to investigate. These attacks are more consistent with a "Progressive Libtard" in my professional opinion. It cost less then $5K to throw someone in prison for at least 10 years. And thanks to the Internet and a criminal court system anyone can now do it if you have the mind to do so.
There's one obvious problem
There's one obvious problem here people. All computer hardware already has a backdoor built in to let gov spy agencies take control of any of these devices connected to the internet. Why would they then try and do it through a standard e-mail scam? It makes no sense to use a method that's less than guaranteed to succeed vs one that's 100% guaranteed.
So I don't think the purpose is to setup these guys, but to get someone in their immediate group to do something dumb. It's the same purpose I think agent provocateur Adam Kokesh has, to try and discredit the liberty movement by trying to get some loose canon to initiate violence.
This is a chess match people so you might want to graduate from checkers.
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I highly doubt "all computer
I highly doubt "all computer hardware has a backdoor". You know why? Because hackers would find that sort of thing pretty quickly and exploit it. Heck, it would make their job so easy, that it would be a complete embarrasement for these companies.
To climb the mountain, you must believe you can.
Who can safely handle this type of media ?
Only an intelligence asset / operative can safely possess, use, and send this sick porn media without fear.
Cannot wait to see who posts in attempts to discredit this report.
Liberty = Responsibility
Emailing != Hacking
If black hat hackers were involved they would have gained control of his computer and uploaded the images to it.
they sure could, but the fact that someone knew enough
to mimic Rhodes' email account and the header, and the topics he and people from PANDA have been discussing? That certainly means, and in fact PROVES that they've been already hacking their targets, and have been looking into the Stewart's and PANDA's accounts.
True, there are many 'tools' in their toybox.
But if I had to guess, if they drop breadcrumbs and let their 'targets' leave a communication trail, it's easier to fool the jury when and if they're charged with this clear case of entrapment. while there will be reasonable doubt, the term "rapist" "racist" or "pedophile" rarely wear off, especially against public figures once the MSM sticks it on them, regardless of whether it's true or not.
they were hackers; they simply wanted their 'targets' to hang themselves, instead. It definitely is more believable than literally taking over someone else's account; even from my limited understanding of hackers' methods, from what I understand, it's easier to spot and trace an unwanted break in, to clear one's name, than trick the 'target' into believing it's someone else they know who's sending the 'trap' without knowing it's a trap: because once you yourself open an 'illicit' file, technically, you DID 'commit the act' yourself.
That, is why this particular hacker utilized this, instead of wholly hijacking their machines/accounts, etc.
It's more subtle. It's more creative, actually. Which makes it all the more vile, IMO.
A hack, is a hack, is a hack. No?
Predictions in due Time...
"Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy." - Dr. Ronald Ernest Paul
I like your post better. ;)
aw, too sweet .oD
but as long as this news goes viral, it's all groovy to this lad.
listening to them describe it, it's actually kinda creepy how sophisticated and easy it is for the blackhat hackers to do this.
but, that alone tells us that IF they want to target ANYONE, they can, and will.
If hackers can do this, can you imagine how many in the NSA and/or CIA/FBI/DHS with their $TRILLIONS of resources available at their disposal, have ALREADY set-up their political dissident 'enemies' in the past with similar ploys? It must be systematic; perhaps as easy as clicking a "Send" button??
If corporatist govt that 'we' have, has a known trackable public history of using contractors to outsource 'intel services,' who is to say ANYTHING they provide as a 'proof' is legitimate, at this juncture in history? I'd say ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that govt provides as their corroborating 'evidence' in court should all be suspect from this point forth (as if they shouldn't already have been the case, but you get the gist).
look how much length they went to mimic Stewart Rhodes' email 'letterhead' (if you will). Imagine what they'd do in a high profile case, like the Boston
bomber patsy 'trial.'
so... I'm still wondering when the 'brand' corporatist govt will become synonymous with rapists and murderers to even the most zombified of the sheeple...seeing as they actually ARE rapists and murderers! LOL...er.. .o(
you know, what is truly sickening, if you think about it? say if this were some govt cyber agency or their contractors: just how many pedophiles do the corporatist govt have on their payroll?
If they have child porn to set-up activists with, that clearly means that they're AMASSING a sick-pedophile-fcuk's 'fap'-drive filled with such disgusting crap. And... the good Americans are paying for all this insanity??
Yuck. As if that would be the last time the corporatist govt terrorists would invoke such reaction from the People: well, double-yuckity yuck yuck, vomit yuck.
it's literally like there's no end to these
people psychotic homo sapien-sapiens' aberrant degeneracy.
Predictions in due Time...
"Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy." - Dr. Ronald Ernest Paul
cross posted by another member:
I care not who's thread gains more traction, but this news needs to go viral, far and wide.
Please keep this issue up. thanks y'all.
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As usual I am fortunate to have more than I can read, but it has been a wonderful diversion during the cold weather. How wonderful it is to read good books and have the pleasure of talking about them with family, friends, and coworkers!
My recent most favorite!!–Anne Tyler is the author of about twenty novels, many of which I've enjoyed. Her most recent, A Spool of Blue Thread, is wonderful. With humor and poignancy, the story of the Whitshank family is recounted. Family sagas usually grab me, and this one finds Abby and Red in their later years, living in the house which has been in the family for years. There is a wayward son who pops in and out of their lives, an adopted son, two daughters, several grandchildren and the accompanying "in" and "outlaws". Red owns a construction company, and Abby has recently retired as a social worker. She still brings 'strays' in for family gatherings. If you read this book, you will laugh and perhaps, cry, but I think you will enjoy it!
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters is a kind of Gothic page turner set in 1922. Widowed Mrs. Wray and her spinster daughter, who has a secret past, are forced to take in lodgers in order to keep their 'upper crust' home on Champion Hill. The arrival of a lively young middle class couple as tenants brings a big change of circumstance into the house. Living in close quarters involves the characters in relationships which ultimately result in a love triangle. Waters infuses the mystery with sensuality, drama, and intrigue, all of which lead to a thrilling conclusion…I couldn't put it down!
Sweetland by Michael Crummy kept me mesmerized for most of a weekend! It is set in Newfoundland on an island with an economy based upon fishing. The island is about to be resettled, and a monetary payment made to all the inhabitants only when all agree to move to the mainland. Moses Sweetland whose ancestors originally settled the island is the last holdout. Sweetland wants to stay, and he must withstand increasing efforts to move off the island. When tragedy strikes, the quirky characters are spurred to action, and Moses has to make a fateful decision. The rugged landscape and the bleak setting may not appeal to everyone, but I couldn't put it down.
My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh is a debut novel which has been receiving lots of acclaim. It is set in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1989 where a young girl is the victim of a crime. The narrator is a fourteen year old boy who is 'in love' with the victimized girl who lives across the street. The narrator, along with several boys and men are suspected of the crime. The novel evokes the damp heat of a southern summer and and elements of 'coming of age' along with themes of family, memory and forgiveness. It is an engrossing story.
The Big Seven by Jim Harrison is classic 'Harrison". In this follow up to The Great Leader, retired Detective Jim Sunderson has bought himself a small cabin in a remote area of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The new neighbors are a family of outlaws which Sunderson must confront, while trying to relate to the 'seven deadly sins'. He remains the crusty character we saw in his previous Sunderson novel. The ending seemed a little weak, but if you like Harrison's writing, this one will not disappoint.
The Women by T.C. Boyle was the February library book group selection. It is a fictional work which reads like a biography of the four women which Frank Lloyd Wright married, and or, lived with during his life. The narrator is a fictional Japanese student who has become one of Wright's apprentices. It is an interesting depiction of what happened as Wright moves through his 'adventures'. Boyle arranges the narration so that it culminates with the most dramatic episode at Taliesin. As usual, the discussions were lively with varying reactions to the novel. Most agreed that although Wright was a charismatic architectural genius, he was a dastardly character in his personal life!
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Memorable words from their mouths!
I thought it would be fun to share some of those priceless words that come from our kids mouths each day!:) Weather a parent or teacher, grandparent, aunt, uncle, foster parent, whatever!!:)
Today my fourth grade son asked if P.M. stood for "past morning?!" Pretty creative!:) I have better ones, but it's late for me! Let's have some laughs here!!
I think there are a lot of adults who still think P.M. stands for 'past morning.' LOL
The set up: 1) Couple weeks ago I let my 4th grader go to a school skate night without me for the first time -dropped him off and picked him up. Chaperoned by the teachers and only open to his school grades 3-6. 2) He has a girl (S) in his class this year and last year that he talks about A LOT.
So I picked him up from skating. He asked me what a 'couple skate' was. Said they did that at the rink but no one did anything different cuz no one knew what it meant. So I explained, then told him that was his chance to skate with S. "NO WAY" he says. I asked if she was there, yes. "What's the matter, doesn't she skate well?" "Does she has sweaty hands?" Just teasing him a little. Then the 6 y/o pipes up from the back...
"NO! Girls just stink. That's why you can't skate with them!"
My oldest DS just loves his 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. O'Neil. She's young, pretty, perky, and very kind. She is so patient with the kids and NEVER raises her voice.
A few weeks ago at Sunday School his class studied the Golden Rule (do unto others as you would have others do unto you).
Later that week, he said "Mommy, Mrs. O'Neil is the only person I know that always does unto others as she wants them to do unto her." It was so hard not to laugh because it was so cute!
OH! I can't believe this didn't come to mind first! Since we (Ohio natives, Floridians for 6 yrs) just moved to "the south" last year, and I'm an English teacher by education, friends and family have teased me about my kids picking up a southern accent.
On DS's birthday, just last month, he said to me after dinner, as natural as can be, "Are we FIXIN' to have some cake?"
My family would have paid money to see that moment and the look on my face! It was like he said a bad word. In fact, I told his teacher he learned "the F word" from her! FIXIN'! I know, everyone around here says it. Maybe you have to know me to see the humor in that. Now that he knows it bothers me, he says it all the time!
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We are driving down a very hilly, curving country road. Hubby is probably driving a little faster than he should be. At the bottom of a particularly steep hill our 8 yr shouts from the back seat, "slow down, Dad! You're scaring my stomache!"
I thought this was kind of funny...although i will never let on to her)I was getting in my car the other day with a cup of coffee in my hand when I spilled it and jumped up and yelled "sh.. on my seat" and my two year old is sitting in her car seat says"mom did you say sh.. on my seat" well you can just picture the look on my face!lolYou really have to watch what you say around them.lol
I have 2 from the same kid, now 6.
When he was 4 I wanted him to learn to swim. I told him that when he learned to swim he could swim for the rest of his life. He looks at me and says "Mom I don't want to swim for the rest of my life. I have other things I want to do."
Same child at 6 says he doesn't want to get married. He wants to stay with Mom forever. So I tell him that he can live here as long as he likes, but when he's a grownup he will have to do his own laundry. He looks at me with a quizzical look and he says "But you do Dad's laundry."
Mommabear, those are classic! LOVE the dad's laundry line! I scared my kids I laughed so hard. He sounds like my 6 y/o, has an answer for everything and sometimes, when I really don't want it, he pays WAY too much attention to my exact words, then uses them against me!
He sounds very tuned in to language.
Well, my 10 year daughter's good friends don't celebrate Christmas, they celebrate "Harmonica" and she recently introduced me to a teacher's aide at her school as "Ms. Vanilla Wafer" (Ms. Villanueva). I thought she would have outgrown this by now, but I guess not!!
Friday my 5 year old came home with a hand made red ribbon pinned to his shirt. I asked him what the ribbon was for. He said to me in all seriousness..."Mom, it's for don't do scrubs."
Turns out with the help of my older son who attends the same school I figured out he meant "Don't do DRUGS!" The red ribbon is the symbol for the recogintion I suppose! I laughed so hard!!
This brings back funny funny times...
We have an area hospital called: PALOS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
Everyone just calls it PALOS. Our other major hospital is called CHRIST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL--called CHRIST by everyone here in this area.
So, my young son says to me, Mom was I born at Christ? Most of the kids in my class were. I said: No honey-you were born at PALOS....with a strange look on his face, he said: " Oh sure, like anyone is gonna believe I was born in a shoe store"....I never laughed so hard in my life!!!! Yes he was thinking PAYLESS .... not PALOS.
Once on the T.V. news it was said, 9 miners were missing when a hole they dug colapsed. My very young son turned to me and said: I don't think kids could dig a hole that deep! It took me a second to realize he mixed up miners for minors.....I tried to hold in the gut renching belly laugh so not to hurt his feelings, afterall we are not a mining town, so he made the conection as he knew best.
I still repete these stories--as I have a lot of them.
Three years ago our then 9-year old stepgrandson came to live with us. He has Asperger's autism and didn't communicate much. He had a great love for fresh sweet corn, so one Saturday while DH was at work, I surprised him with it for lunch.
He said, "So, Grandpa doesn't like corn, huh?" I replied, "No, he hates it" DGS responded, with a look of nearly horror on his face, "Where did you find that guy anyway, in the WOODS?" (He came from the open prairies of South Dakota and we live in a forested area)
This is great, I have a few...
When my son was 4 we were laying in our bed (he was between us) and the ceiling fan is right above the bed... he was watching go around then asked.. Dad if I was running is circles as fast as the fan was moving would it look like the fan was not on. Needless to say I just about filled my underwear. We knew he was smart but that was a wow... He will be 15 next month and he is a great kid, I love him more everyday.
My daughter who is 7 asked me the other day (I was working in the garage). Are you going to be working on something every single minute your awake. I told her yes... probably. I am building a cabin with my kids as well (5 year project). So I am always working on something...
Oh, yeh, another one from my now 14 year old. When he was 2 he stuck a small knife in the outlet... he screamed LOUD and with the burned tip I figured it out. I explained why he can't stick anything into the outlet. When he was 4 he did it again, but this time he went to his room and was crying.... I asked him what was wrong he said "Daddy I shook again". ( he had another butter knife in his hand).... He hasn't done it since......
Thanks Dave
As a retired kindergarten teacher, I have quite a few but these three stand out as my all time favorites. Maybe because they took place in my first years of teaching.
The first is about the pledge. You know the part " and to the Republic for which it stands..." Well, the kindergarten kids relate to what they know and substituted "and to the Publix (a local grocery chain) for which it stands..." Certainly got my attention and reminded me that it is important to explain what the pledge is all about!
2. Next came during a conference that I had with a parent. We were going over areas that the child needed help in and one was identifying shapes. Using the proper term " an ellipse" instead of oval as I had been taught in college, the Mother laughed and said, "We have been working on all the basic shapes but I wasn't sure what shape "Annie's lips" (what her daughter was calling it) were supposed to be."
3. The third came from a child during my first year of teaching. PJ was having a difficult time learning his letters. But we kept going over them and it seemed like he would learn a few new ones but would forget some that he had known previously. Typical for a young child. Well, we were nearing the end of the year and I was getting anxious abut his being able to go on to first grade. (This was in 1977 and knowing the alphabet was about all they needed to master. How times have changed!)
Anyway, I was using flash cards with him one day and he kept getting each letter right. By the time I had gone through the deck of cards, he had only missed a couple. I was so proud of him, I asked him what he had done to learn them since the last time. He looked at me with a grin and said, "You told me I had to remember them. You never told me that before, so I would forget them when we were done!"
After that I made sure I always told my kids why we were learning a skill or concept. PJ would now be 34 years old. I am sure he remembers his letters but probably not me!
My friends and her son and I were playing games. Once, we were playing a game of ball. The child was being naughty and refusing to take his chance. So we both playfully caught him and put the balls (two) down his shirt and laughed.
Guessed, what he said "I have become a lady, I have become a lady". It took sometime for us to understand, for you see the balls got stuck in the chest and somehow positioned themselves in such a way, that they looked like breasts!
No wonder, it became a big joke of the day. What imagination and innocence, children have!
We live in Missouri, and a Kindergarten teacher at my daughters school had cancer over the summer and went to MD Anderson hospital in Houston for treatment. On the first day of school she told her students that she would be coughing alot, but she wasn't sick, and that she had been really, really sick but a man in Texas had saved her life. Then my daughter sincerly asked "Was it Walker Texas Ranger?" I think she watches to much TV with her dad:)
I worked for a major airline when my children were little. Each year I had to take a full day training course and test for re-certification. I was leaving in the morning and my daughter asked where I was going. I said, "Mommy has to go to training." My daughter looked at me and excitedly asked, "Are you going to ride the choo-choo mommy?"
My daughter started half day kindergarten in a catholic school this fall. In August after she had been in school about 3 days she asked me, "mom, who are you rooting for?" I was wondering if she was talking about the Olympics or the election and ask, "What do you mean?" And she replied, "Are you rooting for God or for Jesus because I am rooting for both!"