Senior News & Events

October 26, 2017 by Staff Report

Senior Center Events

Chardon Senior Center, 12555 Ravenwood Drive, Chardon, 440-279-2130.

• Podiatry Appointments: Oct. 26, 1-2 p.m. Call to schedule an appointment with Dr. Ritz.
• Geauga Mobile Library Stop: Nov. 1, 12:30-2 p.m.
• Medicare Check-up: Nov. 6, 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Middlefield Senior Center, 15820 Ridgewood Drive, Middlefield, 440-632-0611.

• Middlefield Library Historical Speaker: Nov. 8, 10:30 a.m. Civil War guru Peter Goebel will present “Women of the Civil War.” Learn how women were crucial in the events leading up to and during the war.

West Geauga Senior Center, 12650 West Geauga Plaza, Unit #4, Chester, 440-729-2782.

• Pumpkin 101: Oct. 27, 11 a.m. Presented by Carol from Heinen’s Wellness. Learn about recipes and health benefits of pumpkin and how to incorporate more pumpkin into one’s diet. The program includes a make and take Mason jar food project. Jars will be provided by Heinen’s.
• Memory Screenings: Nov. 7, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Presented by Cheryl Hallowell from UH Senior Assessment.

Chagrin Falls Senior Center, 7060 Woodland Ave., Bainbridge, 440-247-8510.

• Halloween Lunch: Oct. 27, noon. Come dressed in costume for the costume contest and possibly win a cake in the cakewalk. Fee is $5. Call for reservations.
• Senior Day: Nov. 1, 1-2:30 p.m. Join the Geauga Park District for an interesting talk about the B&O Lake Branch Railroad at the West Woods. Call the senior center to sign up.
• Fall Walk at Frohring Meadows: Nov. 8, 1-3 p.m. Carpool from the senior center. Register by Nov. 5.

Free Memory Screenings

Nov. 7, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Cheryl Hallowell from UH Geauga’s Senior Adult Assessment Program will be offering memory screenings to provide seniors with their baseline numbers at the West Geauga Senior Center.

Call Natalie at 440-729-2782 to schedule an appointment.

Learning About Bonds

Nov. 7, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Attend the Focus on Fixed Income seminar to learn more about bond characteristics and features, the relationship between interest rates and bond prices, tax advantages of municipal bonds and how bonds may help seniors weather fluctuating markets. Financial advisor Steve Mrozek will discuss how fixed-income investments such as bonds may help seniors reach their financial goals

The presentation will be held at the Chardon Senior Center, 12555 Ravenwood Drive.

Call the senior center by Nov. 6 at 440-279-2130.

Middlefield Library History Speaker Series

Nov. 8, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Paul Goebbel will present “Women of the Civil War” at the Middlefield Senior Center.

He will discuss the forgotten group of the Civil War and the roles they played on the home front, in the military and as spies and on the lasting effects of the War experience.

Deadline for lunch and transit to the event is Oct. 27. Call the Middlefield Senior Center, 440-632-0611, to register. The event is brought courtesy of Middlefield Library.