Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Yelm Amateur Radio Group


 Anyone interested in learning to become an amateur HAM Radio operator is welcome to attend the Yelm Amateur Radio Operator meetings on the first and third Saturdays, at Valley Heart Church, in Rainier.  Please contact the members below if you are interested in joining YARG.  Members range in age from just over 12 years of age to over 80 years of age.  
















Saturday, August 19, 2017

Rainier Emergency Preparedness Meeting 8/17/17

Below are notes from the Rainier Emergency Preparedness Meeting at the Rainier Chapel last Thursday evening.  Copies of the attachments that were given out are below the notes.





















Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Tacoma Rainier's Ballgame August 8, 2017

George Johnson




Betty Howels (left)  Rosemary Sanders (right)

Gaye, Thela & Betty

Cindy & her husband



Autumn Kenney (left), Dawn Kenney (right)







Wednesday, August 2, 2017

A Severe Weather Alert has been issued in your area...

We received the following email from a Rainier Senior Center member:


AIR QUALITY ALERT WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON THURSDAY. THE SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN WASHINGTON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA HAS ARRIVED. AIR QUALITY THIS MORNING ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON HAS REACHED LOCALLY UNHEALTHY LEVELS. MOST AREAS HAVE AIR THAT IS IN THE CATEGORY OF UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS. THE SENSOR IN PORT ANGELES AT 7 AM THIS MORNING IS RECORDING VERY UNHEALTHY AIR. CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY AND ESPECIALLY THOSE PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES ARE THE MOST AT RISK OF SERIOUS HEALTH EFFECTS AND SHOULD LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO: WASMOKE.BLOGSPOT.COM 
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Don't Mess with Old Folk

Alice, one of our members at the Rainier Senior Center, brought in this funny article and shared it with some of us yesterday.  She sent it to me, so I could post it on our blog to share with anyone who missed it yesterday.  I laughed so hard I cried.  Thank you, Alice!


Yesterday my daughter e-mailed me again,
asking why I didn't do something useful with my
time.

“Like, me sitting around the pool and
drinking wine is not a good thing?” I
asked.

My "doing-something-useful" seems to be her
favorite topic of conversation.

She was "only thinking of me", she said and
suggested that I go down to the Senior Center and join
something.

I did this and when I got home last night, I
decided to play a prank on her.

I e-mailed her and told her that I had
joined a Parachute Club.

She replied, "Mother, are you nuts? You are
78 years old and now you're going to start jumping out of
airplanes?”

I told her that I even got a Membership Card
and e-mailed a copy to her.

She immediately telephoned me and yelled,
"Good grief, Mom, where are your glasses?! This is a Membership to
a Prostitute Club, not a Parachute
Club.”

I calmly replied, "Oh my, I think I'm in
real trouble then, because I signed up for five jumps a
week!!”

The line went quiet and her friend picked up
the phone and said that my daughter had
fainted.

Life as a Senior Citizen is not getting any
easier, but sometimes it can be real fun.

Just because you're "Young" doesn't
mean
that you can outsmart an "old
Geezer"

Remember:
Don't make old people mad. We don't like
being old in the first place, so it doesn't
take much to tick us off.