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December 2007/January 2008
By Thea Johnson

Happy Holidays, Seniors!  I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  I hope that you will all have a very safe and happy holiday season with your friends and family.

Senior Fun Day

Senior Fun Day 2007 took place on October 18 at Fairfield Tower.  Thanks to all who participated.   It was a pleasure to see everyone there, and I hope that you all had a good time.  We had some wonderful food and entertainment.  The Bob Garrett Band performed live, and I think everyone enjoyed watching our seniors dance.

It was a pleasure to welcome some very special guests, including Mayor David Felinton and House of Delegates Member Doug Reynolds.  Several local service providers attended Senior Fun Day this year, including River’s Bend Health Care, Huntington Health & Rehabilitation, Allied Nursing, Loved Ones In-Home Care, Medi Home Health, Area Connect Home Helpers, Huntington Banks, Senior Corp, Cabell Huntington Hospital Senior Services and Marshall University. Thanks to all of these organizations for donating door and Bingo prizes.

I know many of you were also looking forward to meeting the Good News Llamas, who were scheduled to make an appearance.  Unfortunately, they were unable to attend due to the weather.  We will look forward to seeing them next year!

I had a tremendous amount of help with the plans and preparations for this event, so I would like to thank everyone who contributed.  Very special thanks goes to Terri Newman, Jannette Adkins, Debbie Eidson, Jerry Adkins and Jeremy Buxton.  Thanks to our cook, Clarence Stroud, and to all the wonderful volunteers in our senior high rises who took the time and energy to prepare covered dishes to share with everyone.  We very much appreciated all of the delicious food.  Four very special ladies were a blessing in the kitchen during the event:  Maggie Littlejohn, Joyce Wells, Sue Hush and Connie Henderson.  I so much appreciate your help.  And last, but not least, I would like to thank my favorite Bingo Caller, Paul Coleman.  It would not have been the same without you, Paul.

A Special Note
I would like to congratulate Richard “Dick” Brown, resident of Riverview East.  He was honored recently at the annual “Walk & Roll” awards ceremony at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena on October 18.  This annual event is sponsored by the Mayor’s Committee for Persons with Disabilities and Southwestern Community Action Council.  Dick was recognized for being an outstanding worker.   We are very proud of you, Dick!

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