Message from the President Activities Reports
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The Activities Club is sponsored by the Community Church of Glen Rock, Glen Rock, NJ 07452 P.O. Box 124, Glen Rock, NJ 07452 On the Web at www.theactivitiesclub.org and Facebook at /GRACNJ/ Message from the President John Van Keuren: (201) 445-3960 / [email protected] So. Here’s October trying to creep in on little cat’s feet like Carl Sandburg’s ‘fog’, but it can’t… because of the prominent early- month exploits of the Yankees [Ed. Note: this was written before the evening of October 5 th ] and Giants and Jets and Powerball. And, more to the point, because of the resurgence of our specialized Activity Groups and because of the great Club meeting presentation about Woodstock that we had just a few weeks ago. And as if to show that the September meeting was no fluke, wait ‘til the Octo- ber meeting. Our speaker will be Rachelle Morales from the Valley Hospital Department of Community Health, talking about ‘Healthy Aging’…a timely and useful top- ic for all of us. So, after our September meeting gave us a look back to our younger days, October will help us to better prepare for what’s coming. Cares and Concerns Steve Beiter: (973) 304-1023 / [email protected] In a strange coincidence, two members of the Activi- ties Club family were recently carted off to the Valley Hospital Emergency Room with similar symptoms. The illnesses were very short term, and extensive testing re- vealed no new disease. The victims were Eleanor (Mrs. Bob) Willes and your editor, Ron Greenberg. These were some of the symptoms: sudden weakness, dizzi- ness, sweating, labored breathing. Nothing to do with Covid or the vaccine. One possibility is heat exhaustion. The takeaway is, don’t let symptoms fester --- our local emergency services and hospital are ready and able to deal quickly with any health abnormality, whether or not it seems life-threatening at the time. IN THE INTEREST OF CONCERN FOR OUR MEM- BERSIP, PLEASE LET STEVE BEITER KNOW IF A FELLOW MEMBER NEEDS SOME HELP OR IF THEY HAVE AN AIL- MENT. STEVE"S CONTACT INFOMATION IS LISTED ABOVE. Monthly General Meeting John McCabe: (201)445-6531 / [email protected] Our September meeting framed a beautiful visit down memory lane, to the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair with Jim Shelley. Jim currently lives within an hour of the concert site and regularly volunteers at the museum commemorating the event. Jim was a Notre Dame student when he attended the original 1969 incar- nation of Woodstock. Club member Skip Huisking also attended Notre Dame and the Woodstock event, but did not meet Jim Shelley until many years later. With the good fortune of their subsequent meeting, Skip was able to coordinate a very interesting presentation at our Club’s first face-to-face General Meeting since early 2020. SEE PICTURES ON PAGE 4. The October meeting will feature Rachelle Morales, Public Health Nurse of the Valley Hospital Department of Public Health, who will speak to the Club on the sub- ject of "Healthy Aging." That’s something we all could use more of. Be there to get yours on Tuesday October 19 th starting at 1:00 PM at the Glen Rock Communi- ty Church. Masks and distancing still required. Holiday Party Status Your Steering Committee is considering how to con- duct a Covid/Delta-safe Holiday Party in December. A recent survey was conducted and a discussion was held at the October Steering Committee meeting. We are proceeding to investigate this possibility within the fol- lowing parameters: • Masks are to be worn when not eating or drinking • Full vaccination is required • The venue will be the Community Church • The event will be catered The costs, date and time are to be worked out. Club President John Van Keuren is leading this effort, and anyone willing to help John should reach out to him. Stay tuned for further developments October 2021 Vol. 33 No. 9 Editor, Ron Greenberg Publisher, John McCabe Calendar, Steve Menschel Pictures, Rich Petersson
Transcript of Message from the President Activities Reports
January 2018 Vol. 30 No. 1 Editor, Ron Greenberg Publisher, Charlie Flynn Calendar, Steve Menschel Pictures, John Byrne & Rich Petersson
The Activities Club is sponsored by the Community Church of Glen Rock, Glen Rock, NJ 07452
P.O. Box 124, Glen Rock, NJ 07452
On the Web at www.theactivitiesclub.org and Facebook at /GRACNJ/
Message from the President John Van Keuren: (201) 445-3960 / [email protected]
So. Here’s October trying to creep in on little cat’s feet like Carl Sandburg’s ‘fog’, but it can’t…because of the prominent early-month exploits of the Yankees [Ed. Note: this was written before the evening of October 5th] and Giants and Jets and Powerball. And, more to the point, because of the resurgence of our specialized Activity Groups and because of
the great Club meeting presentation about Woodstock that we had just a few weeks ago. And as if to show that the September meeting was no fluke, wait ‘til the Octo-ber meeting. Our speaker will be Rachelle Morales from the Valley Hospital Department of Community Health, talking about ‘Healthy Aging’…a timely and useful top-ic for all of us. So, after our September meeting gave us a look back to our younger days, October will help us to better prepare for what’s coming.
Cares and Concerns Steve Beiter: (973) 304-1023 / [email protected]
In a strange coincidence, two members of the Activi-ties Club family were recently carted off to the Valley Hospital Emergency Room with similar symptoms. The illnesses were very short term, and extensive testing re-vealed no new disease. The victims were Eleanor (Mrs. Bob) Willes and your editor, Ron Greenberg. These were some of the symptoms: sudden weakness, dizzi-ness, sweating, labored breathing. Nothing to do with Covid or the vaccine. One possibility is heat exhaustion. The takeaway is, don’t let symptoms fester --- our local emergency services and hospital are ready and able to deal quickly with any health abnormality, whether or not it seems life-threatening at the time.
IN THE INTEREST OF CONCERN FOR OUR MEM-BERSIP, PLEASE LET STEVE BEITER KNOW IF A FELLOW MEMBER NEEDS SOME HELP OR IF THEY HAVE AN AIL-MENT. STEVE"S CONTACT INFOMATION IS LISTED ABOVE.
Monthly General Meeting John McCabe: (201)445-6531 /[email protected]
Our September meeting framed a beautiful visit down memory lane, to the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair with Jim Shelley. Jim currently lives within an hour of the concert site and regularly volunteers at the museum commemorating the event. Jim was a Notre Dame student when he attended the original 1969 incar-nation of Woodstock. Club member Skip Huisking also attended Notre Dame and the Woodstock event, but did not meet Jim Shelley until many years later. With the good fortune of their subsequent meeting, Skip was able to coordinate a very interesting presentation at our Club’s first face-to-face General Meeting since early 2020.
SEE PICTURES ON PAGE 4.
The October meeting will feature Rachelle Morales, Public Health Nurse of the Valley Hospital Department of Public Health, who will speak to the Club on the sub-ject of "Healthy Aging." That’s something we all could use more of. Be there to get yours on Tuesday October 19th starting at 1:00 PM at the Glen Rock Communi-ty Church. Masks and distancing still required.
Holiday Party Status Your Steering Committee is considering how to con-
duct a Covid/Delta-safe Holiday Party in December. A recent survey was conducted and a discussion was held at the October Steering Committee meeting. We are proceeding to investigate this possibility within the fol-lowing parameters:
• Masks are to be worn when not eating or drinking
• Full vaccination is required
• The venue will be the Community Church
• The event will be catered
The costs, date and time are to be worked out. Club
President John Van Keuren is leading this effort, and anyone willing to help John should reach out to him. Stay tuned for further developments
October 2021 Vol. 33 No. 9 Editor, Ron Greenberg Publisher, John McCabe Calendar, Steve Menschel Pictures, Rich Petersson
Club Garb Jim Garofalo has Activities Club T-shirts, golf shirts,
sweat shirts and baseball hats for sale. We don't have all sizes in the shirts; but for hats, one size fits all. Prices are reasonable. Call Jim at (201) 652-2311.
Activities Reports
Bicycling Irregular outings. Contact Lou.
Lou Ciarallo:(201) 444-9268 / [email protected]
Lou Ciarillo has announced that he is moving. He will continue to chair the Bicycling Group through the fall, after which time the position of Chairperson will be open. Anyone interested in taking that position should contact Lou or a Club officer.
Bob’s Outings Irregular outings. Contact Bob. Bob Croland: (201) 652-3365 / [email protected]
Bocce 2nd & 4th Tuesdays in season at 9:15AM Bill Hepper: (201) 666-5782/[email protected]
The Bocce Group is inviting new participants. Bocce is a fun outdoor sport that provides exercise and fellow-ship with no physical strain whatsoever. If you can swing one arm and can absorb a simple introduction to the sport, you have everything you need. Call Bill Hep-per if you would like to join the fun.
Book Discussion Last Mondays 1:30 PM
Arthur Brawer: (201) 444-8157/[email protected]
Bowling Every Wednesday 10:00 AM Art Waltking: (201) 444-1307/[email protected]
Card Playing 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 1:00 PM
Bill Hepper: (201) 666-5782/[email protected]
Classic Movies 3rd Fridays 1:30 PM Stan Cohen: (201) 652-6514/[email protected]
Classical Music 4th Wednesdays 1:30 PM Ron Coll: (201) 791-6487 / [email protected]
Next meeting, on October 27th starting at 1:30 PM, will be at Irv Cohen’s place.
Coins / Collectibles 1st Thursdays 1:30 PM Pete Pantina: (201) 679-6300 / [email protected]
Computers 3rd Wednesdays 1:00 PM Bob Willes: (201) 445-7635 / [email protected] Charlie Flynn: (201) 652-2585 / [email protected]
The next meeting, in Zoom format, will be held on Wednesday, October 20th at 1:30 PM.
In our Upfront session we will look at Best Laptops 2021. For Entertainment on the Computer we will view a new video. In the
second topic we will discuss Windows 10 smart fea-tures --- some of the best features you should be using.
We will have our round-table discussion, as well, at which members can present computer problems, com-ments, and topics for future meetings.
Digital Photography 1st Mondays 10:30 AM
Rich Petersson: (201)370-7094/[email protected]
All Activities Club Members are invited to enter the Annual Photography Contest for 2021. Send your entries to Rich Petersson at [email protected] by October 20th . Entries received by October 20th will be judged at the November 1st meeting of the Digital Photography Group. Winners will be announced at the annual Club’s Holiday Party.
The following categories are on the table:
1. Vacation - relaxing and activities
2. Americana - current events / patriotic activities
3. Reflections - mirror, water, or other
4. People, Places and Things - a Catch-All Category
Genealogy 2nd Mondays 1:30 PM
Ed Foster: (201) 444-9258 / [email protected] Paul Sharar: (201) 445-8309 / [email protected]
Golf Thursdays 7:30 AM starting April 8th Jim Piombino: (201) 794-8590/[email protected]
Hiking Last Tuesday monthly, weather permitting
Lee Cunningham: (201)791-7469/[email protected]
Our September hike followed the Pine Swamp Loop trail in the Mahlon-Dickerson Reservation near Sparta, NJ. We logged 4.5 miles of ups and downs along the
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Hikers at Point Nada Vista: Dave Sorensen, Peter Sauer, John Moran, Henry Baker, Lee Cunningham. Photo by Lloyd Friedman.
trails, at one point observing the highest point in Morris County, as attested by the accompanying picture. We refer to this spot as Point Nada Vista since, surrounded by heavy forest, there is no scenic view from this partic-ular high point. About half-way around the trail, we en-countered two hikers carrying a five-gallon bucket. We asked if they were out foraging or collecting mush-rooms. Nothing edible there – they were collecting sam-ples of mosquito larvae from woodland pools in the Res-ervation. The two Morris County employees were using the larvae in educational demonstrations on mosquito control. Fortunately, since we had all applied our insect repellants, our exposure to the little buggers was mini-mal. After the hike, we stopped by J ’n’ C Barbecue in Butler to replenish our strength with some delicious smoked meats.
Hikes are scheduled for the last Tuesday of each month, and are usually 3 to 5 miles in length, rated easy-to-moderate by the NY-NJ Trail Conference. We meet at the Community Church parking lot at 9:00 AM. Ac-tivities Club members interesting in joining the Hiking Group should contact Lee Cunningham at [email protected] (put “HIKE” in the subject line) or 201-874-9705 to leave a message or text.
History Last Fridays 1:30 PM Steve Beiter: (973) 304-1023 / [email protected]
The History Group will convene via Zoom on Friday October 9th at 1:30 PM. the subject for review will be "The Gilded Age."
Those who have not yet participated in a History Group Zoom session and wish to participate in this or future ones should contact Bob Willes at bobwnj@ verizon.net to receive an electronic invitation.
Lunch Bunch Irregular outings. Contact Bob.
Bob Bourne:(201)444-9036/[email protected]
Personal Finance 1st Wednesdays 10:30 AM
Art Waltking: (201)444-1307/[email protected]
The Personal Finance Group will meet the first Wednesday of November at 10:30 AM on the 3rd. The meeting will include the following discussions:
“The Big Lie of Diversification”,“Why TINA Reigns in This Market” and “The Best Investment Ever.”
Pickleball Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 AM
Mark Sabow: (201) 447-6887 / [email protected]
Pitch & Putt Golf 3rd Friday mornings 9:00 AM
Ken Bratspies: (201) 794-0580/[email protected]
Science 2nd Wednesdays 1:30 PM Ron Greenberg: (201) 447-2611 / [email protected]
Our next meeting will be via Zoom -- hopefully, the November meeting will be in person. At September’s
meeting we learned how modern scientists, using new devices and performing many painstaking experiments, rigorously proved the existence of atoms, just as lightly-equipped philosophers had predicted thousands of years ago. This month we’ll learn how scientists not only picked apart atoms, but peered inside their core compo-nents: protons and neutrons. We’ll also review the sci-ence news of the month, so be ready to share with fellow members any science news items that interested you .
That’s Wednesday October 13th starting at 1:30 PM. I am looking forward to seeing your images then – and bring a friend!
Trips & Tours Steve Alper:(845)-461-8288 / [email protected]
Veterans Home Various activities and events are
available for participation by volunteers. Stan Feldman: (201)447-4808 / [email protected]
Volunteering Bob Bourne:(201)444-9036/[email protected]
Walking Every non-holiday weekday 8:00 AM
Richard Fitzgerald:(973)339-9618/[email protected]
Birthdays
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Oct. 15 Bob Howard Oct. 28 Rusty Dagenais
Oct. 17 Gene Zsuffa Oct. 29 John Byrne
Oct. 18 Curts Cooke Oct. 29 Ron Coll
Oct. 19 Ben Meyer Nov. 7 Art Waltking
Oct. 20 Gordon Wallace Nov. 8 Reuben Sherak
Oct. 24 Jim Piombino Nov. 10 Lloyd Friedman
September general meeting
Last month we asked, “how do you know when you’re gettin’ old?”
Ziggy said: art waltking said:
Stan cohen said:
Harry Nass and Lee Cunningham won the Woodstock Costume Awards.
Speaker Jim Shelley Club President John Van Keuren opens our first in-person General Meeting since the pandemic be-gan
You don't realize how old you are until you sit on the floor
and try to get up.
Old age comes at a bad time! When you finally know every-
thing, you start to forget everything you knew.
..when my oldest daughter goes on social security
..when I won’t buy green bananas
..when I put my long-term care policy number in my application
for assisted living
