Rainier Round-up Days Bake Sale & Raffle

Our homemade baked goods were a HIT this year!  We sold out of many of the wonderful items people made for our yearly Bluegrass Bake Sale!  We sold out of the Strawberry Shortcake, Peach and Mixed Berry Cobblers.  We had to cut pies and sell pieces by the slice because so many people came back for dessert!  All in all our booth was a success this year!  Thank you all for your hard work and commitment to our Senior Center!  

Eclipse 2017 at the Rainier Senior Center

Monday, August 21, was busy.  We not only had a BINGO game, but many seniors went outside, during a BINGO Break, and watched the eclipse with their eclipse glasses.  Inside we could see that it was getting dark outside as the moon eclipsed the sun.  From our perspective it looked like stormy weather outside.  Dark clouds on the horizon.  (George & I stayed inside with a few others.)  

Even though we bought 50 pairs of certified solar eclipse glasses, we ran out quickly.  We weren't going to look at the eclipse without a pair of the glasses.  

Outside during the eclipse

Rosemary looking at eclipse using a colander

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.  

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.

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)

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

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

Your Current Severe RADAR MAP Link

Your local forecast link

Breaking General News Link

Airports Closed or Delayed 

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  OR SPEAK WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN. ========================== Services Description ========================== This service is provided at no cost to you. 1. Severe Weather Alerts that include current radar, weather conditions and forecast links. 2. In addition to alerts you may also receive daily AM and PM forecast information with a separate option to unsubscribe. ========================== Account Options: ========================== To make changes to your email profile go to www.emergencyemail.org click on the Update Link.

 

THE EMERGENCY EMAIL & WIRELESS NETWORK

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.