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Volume 14 Number 38
Berlin’s Only Hometown Newspaper
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Senior Center brings opportunities for full life By Olivia L. Lawrence The Berlin Citizen
While there may be no place like home, it’s clear to anyone who visits, that the Berlin Senior Center serves as a second home to hundreds of local seniors. “It’s a good place, a welcoming place,” said Mary Clarkson. She’s a senior who participates in all the activities offered here — meals, classes, trips — and helps out, too. “It’s the friendships that keep you coming back.” “It’s a very friendly place,” said Barbara Gombotz, chair of the Commission for Aging and a volunteer at the Senior Center. “There’s a big benefit to having a senior center. Seniors need to have a good place to interact.” The Colonial Road center held an open house last week, as part of its celebration of
By Nick Carroll The Berlin Citizen
Citizen photo by Olivia L. Lawrence
The Senior Center celebrates Senior Center Month during September. Volunteer Mary Clarkson, Director Tina Doyle and Barbara Gombatz, chair of the Commission on Aging, welcome one and all to stop by for a visit. Senior Center Month. The National Institute of Senior Centers and the National Council on Aging initiate the celebration and this year’s senior center theme is “Your place to connect.”
Director Tina Doyle said about 300 seniors come to the center each week, but with about 4,000 seniors in town, she’d like to see that number increase. Any resident 60 or older can join for free. Non
residents are also invited for a small annual fee and about 20 non residents do take advantage of this. Transportation to the center is available See Center, page 5
Hey, hey, it’s the Monkees’ Micky Dolenz and more The Berlin Fair will bring some big name entertainment to the fairgrounds this year: Micky Dolenz of Monkee fame, Jake Owens, country star, and Ryan Pelton an award-winning tribute artist. Micky Dolenz A life-long entertainer, Dolenz has been performing since the age of 10 when he starred in Circus Boy, a TV show back in the 1950s. Now 65, Dolenz has enjoyed a varied career but is perhaps best known for his Monkees’ days. The pop rock group sold more than 65 million records worldwide and had its own TV show in the 1960s. Dolenz will perform at the fair on the concert stage at 3 p.m. Oct. 3. “I was hired as an actor to play the role of a singing drummer,” Dolenz said in his publicity biography. The
Coderre out at Timberlin
Monkees debut single, Last Train to Clarksville, featured Dolenz on lead vocals, and rocketed to number one. Other hits include: Clarksville, I’m a Believer and Daydream Believer. The group’s first five albums went gold. In 1986, MTV broadcast episodes of The Monkees show and exposed a whole new generation to Monkeemania. Dolenz and fellow Monkee Peter Tork recorded new tracks for Arista Records and the single, That Was Then, This Is Now, became their first Top 20 record since 1968. Dolenz, Tork and Davy Jones subsequently reunited for a 1986 summer tour that was so successful it sparked the reissue of all The Monkees’ classic LPs. In 1996, The Monkees again joined together this time for a “30 Year Reunion” summer tour around Ameri-
After five years on the job, Timberlin Golf Course’s Head Professional, Jeff Coderre, has moved on. At press time, Coderre was still listed as Timberlin’s Head Pro on the golf course’s website. HowevCoderre er, a local official has verified that Coderre recently left his post. The circumstances surrounding Coderre’s exit could not be substantiated by The Citizen, as Timberlin employees and town officials
See Coderre, page 2
Attention readers:
Micky Dolenz is one of the stars who will entertain the crowds at the Berlin Fair this fall. ca and the following year they toured. Throughout his varied career, Dolenz worked as an actor, director, producer and performer. He directed a feature film, “The Box,” written
by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python, and also helmed numerous music videos. Recently, Dolenz has been See Dolenz, page 4
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