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December 2009

C OPPERTOWN S COOP
Magna Kennecott Senior Center/8952 West 2700 South/Magna, Utah 84044/(801) 250-0692 “TTY users call 711”/pmckellar@slco.org

Scheduled Events: Your Magna Staff:

2 Entertainment - “Vivace” Kathy Jensen - - 11:00 am Marianne Hales, Director
3 Entertainment - “Matheson Jr. High Choir”
Pam McKellar, CPS
3 & 4 Holiday Craft Fair - - 10 am - 2:00 pm
7 Birthday Monday - Pictures taken at - 11:45 am Donna Coates, Meal Aide
8 Christmas Lights & Dinner - - 5:00 pm
9 Entertainment - “Magna Elementary Choir” - - 11:00 am Mary Ann Cockrell, Kitchen
10 Entertainment - “Brockbank Jr. High Choir” - - 11:00 am Karen Pike, Art Instructor
15 Christmas Dinner
Entertainment - “Henry Chandra” - - 11:00 am Mel Felts, Driver
16 Entertainment - “Tim Holwig” - - 11:00 am
Ruth Truesdell, Driver
18 Entertainment - “Cyprus Choirs” - - 11:00 am
21 Entertainment - “Magna Tones” - - 11:00 am Michael Dusserre,
23 Entertainment - “Clark Families Annual Reading & Music” - 11:00 am
25 CENTER CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS - HAPPY HOLIDAY! Tai Chi Instructor
31 “NEW YEARS PARTY” - - - 11:00 am Efrain Villarreal, Janitorial
1 JANUARY CENTER CLOSED FOR NEW YEARS DAY!
We have a “Blog ” check it out at: WE SAY GOOD BYE:
www.magnaseniors.blogspot.com
After 4 plus years Pam will be
Directors Corner: The holiday season is upon us. This time of year is often
retiring and soon moving to
filled with lots of good food, family, friends and par-
Mayfield, Utah (this coming
ties. But if you are among the many older adults who lives alone or has re-
summer) so that she and her
cently lost a loved one—this time of year can be emotionally challenging and a
husband Jerry can play on
little bit lonely. So here are some survival tips for the holidays:
their ATV. She will be
1). Get some exercise. Take a walk. Physical activity releases endorphins
missed by all but we would
(feel good hormones) into your body. Better yet invite a friend to go with
like to wish her the best, and
you.
hope she
2) Socialize – be around other people – come to the senior center—phone a
comes to
friend.
see us
3) Look for others that you can help. Participate in our angel tree program, by
once in
donating food or other items.
a while.
4) Read a book, participate in a hobby or play a game.
5) Stay healthy by eating right
I hope to see you often at the Magna Senior Center during the holidays—
where you can partake of healthy food, fun people and a variety of exercise
classes. Happy Holidays!! Marianne

Don’t Forget Our 6 Week Eat Smart—Move More Challenge

It’s not too late to start. Just pick up a tracking sheet at the front desk and start eat-
ing 5 fruits and veggies a day and move for at least 20 minutes. You will be sur-
prised at how much better you will feel! Then bring your score into the center each
Monday to redeem a prize. It’s that simple so why not give it a try??
 December 2009
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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Billiards 9 am Billiards 9 am Billiards 9 am Billiards 9 am
Quilting 10 am—11:45 am Cards 9 am & 1 pm Pinochle 9 am Mexican Dominos 10 am
Lawyer 10 am - 12 pm Wii Bowling 9 am Mexican Dominos 10 am Blood Sugar 10 am
Enhance Fitness -10 am Crochet Group 11 am Enhance Fitness 10 am Scrabble 10 am
Make your Reservations Entertainment Craft Fair 10 am - 2 pm Haircuts 10:30 am - 12 pm
for our Christmas 11 am Vivace Exercise Bands 10:30 am
Dinner Before Kathy Jensen Entertainment Bingo 12:30 pm
11:30 am today! 11 am Matheson Paramedics 1 pm
Choir Practice 12:30 pm Jr. High Choir Craft Fair 10 am - 2 pm

7 8 9 10 11
“WEAR RED” DAY! Billiards 9 am Billiards 9 am Billiards 9 am Billiards 9 am
Billiards 9 am Quilting 10 am—11:45 am Cards 9 am & 1 pm Pinochle 9 am Mexican Dominos 10 am
Painting Class 9 am Enhance Fitness -10 am Wii Bowling 9 am Mexican Dominos 10 am Scrabble 10 am
Hearing Aid Testing & Last day to make Advisory Council Mtg. Enhance Fitness 10 am Exercise Bands 10:30 am
Cleaning 9 am - Noon Reservations for 10 am Entertainment Bingo 12:30 pm
Bridge 10 am Christmas Dinner Crochet Group 11 am 11 am “Brockbank Paramedics 1 pm
Tai Chi Exercise 10:30 am before 11:30 am Entertainment Jr. High”
Birthday Monday - Pictures today! 11:30 am
taken at 11:45 am Choir Practice 12:30 pm “Magna
Bingo 12:30 pm Trip to see the LIGHTS Elementary”
& Dinner 5 pm

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Billiards 9 am Pool 9 am Pool 9 am Pool 9 am Pool 9 am
Painting Class 9 am Enhance Fitness -10 am Cards 9 am & 1 pm Pinochle 9 am Mexican Dominos 10 am
Bridge 10 am Entertainment 11 am Wii Bowling 9 am Mexican Dominos 10 am Blood Sugar 10 am
Tai Chi Exercise 10:30 am “Henry Chandra” Crochet Group 11 am Enhance Fitness 10 am Scrabble 10 am
Bingo 12:30 pm CHRISTMAS PARTY Entertainment Haircuts 10:30 am - 12 pm
Oquirrh DUP 2:30 pm 11 AM and 11 am “Tim Holwig” Exercise Bands 10:30 am
DINNER at NOON Pleasant Green DUP Entertainment - 11 am
No Choir Practice today! 1:30 pm “Cyprus High Madrigals”
New Member Social 11 am
Bingo 12:30 pm
Paramedics 1 pm

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Billiards 9 am Pool 9 am Pool 9 am Pool 9 am
Painting Class 9 am Quilting 10 am—11:45 am Cards 9 am & 1 pm Pinochle 9 am
Bridge 10 am Enhance Fitness -10 am Wii Bowling 9 am Mexican Dominos 10 am
Tai Chi Exercise 10:30 am Choir Practice 12:30 pm Crochet Group 11 am Enhance Fitness 10 am
Bingo 12:30 pm Entertainment
11 am “Clark
Families Annual CENTER
Reading & CLOSED FOR
Music” CHRISTMAS DAY!

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Billiards 9 am Pool 9 am Pool 9 am Pool 9 am
Painting Class 9 am Quilting 10 am—11:45 am Cards 9 am & 1 pm Pinochle 9 am
Bridge 10 am Enhance Fitness -10 am Wii Bowling 9 am Mexican Dominos 10 am
Tai Chi Exercise 10:30 am Choir Practice 12:30 pm Crochet Group 11 am Enhance Fitness 10 am
Bingo 12:30 pm NEW YEARS PARTY
CELEBRATION 11 am
CENTER
CLOSED FOR
NEW YEARS DAY!
 The Magna Senior Center Advisory Council Elections are Coming Up
and We Need You to Get Involved!!
The Magna Senior Center Advisory Council is made up of senior participants who regularly attend
the center and want to make a difference. The Advisory Council supports the center by helping plan
activities, organize fundraising, greet new people, organize service projects in the community,
decorate the center, and plans trips. If elected you will serve a two year term and be expected to
attend a monthly meeting, chair a committee and have lots of fun!

Coming Next Month:: • In January Grand Opening of the New Magna Kennecott Senior Center, date to be
announced some time in December.
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Happy Birthday! Senior Volunteer Spotlighted for the Month of December 2009

1 William Hunzeker Ron Torrez was born on 21st April 1946 in Williams, Ari-
Jeanne Petty zona to Pressi C. and Lugi Maria Torrez. Ron was an only
Sam Mulliner child. Ron attended Williams Elementary, Middle and High
2 Darlene Cambra School. Ron attended Phoenix College in Arizona and SL
3 Dessie Barber Trade School (now SLCC). Ron worked at the South Rim of
James Holfeltz the Grand Canyon with the maintenance crew and them
Phyllis Pollock worked in the warehouse. When Ron came to Utah he got a
5 Sherrie Holsten job for the State of Utah in the Department of Transportation on the main-
Melvin Felts tenance crew and was there for fifteen years in the warehouse. After Ron
LaGrand Nielsen stopped working for UDOT he worked at the Glendale Youth Center as a
6 Dorothy Christopherson Youth Coordinator for eight years. While working these jobs Ron worked
Nadine Williams part time at the U of U as an usher for the sporting events. Ron met Bertha
7 Dick Bingham while working at the Grand Canyon and they were married in 1968 in
8 Mary Ann Earls Phoenix, Arizona. The have three children, one daughter, Lisa 40, and two
11 Michael Dusserre sons, Ronald Jr. 39 and Luther 37. They have 1 grandson and 4 grand-
12 Irene Shackelford daughters. Ron and Bertha have lived on the border of Magna in the same
13 Glenda Gunn home for 38 years. Ron has been coming to the Center for about two years
LaValla Meyer and is a member of the Advisory Council. Ron enjoys visiting with the
14 Carol Hathaway seniors here at the Center. Ron likes to try new menus, volunteering, all
Elise Nuesmeyer sports (especially running). Ron especially likes to make home made
15 Pamela Dierx juices and with the pulp he makes different dishes. Ron’s words of advice
Carol Huhn he would like to leave for posterity are: Be positive, and always look for
Helen R Jones the good in those around you!
Dode Richards
16 Merann Hegemann
17 Florence Holfeltz
Beverly Pokorny We will be having our own “Angel Tree” again
19 Karma Smith this year, watch for the Angels on the tree and
Marriett Speth take one to fill the request of our less fortunate
20 Ronald G Latham Seniors. We will also be having a food drive if
Ed Slater
21 Glen Rupp you would like to donate canned goods.
22 Bernice Johnson
Lupe Wilson
23 Doris M Burgess
Edna Goodfellow IN THE NEWS: • Congratulation to Vivian Moulton for winning the
24 Rosemary Kirby quilt that was raffled off at the Thanksgiving Dinner
26 William Christensen in November.
27 Doris Fotheringham • Thanks to Dwaina Anderson, Suzanne Chambers and the Rio Tinto
Rudolph Garcia employees for serving our Thanksgiving Dinner.
Ernest Mirabella
Marian Peck NEW MEMBERS MEMBERS WE WILL MISS
29 Stanley Stevens
30 Carol Dillingham Efrain Villarreal, June Workman, Vivian Jack McMillan,
DeHerrera, Donna Turpin, William Ah Quinn, Gordon Duckworth,
Charles & Yvonne Christensen, Charles & and Bonita Thomas
Katherine DeBry, Fritz Erickson, Thomas
Garahana and Lynn Marsh