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e’ve reached the ninth edition of the digital-only The 50+ Scene, can you believe it, dear reader? New virtual travel, new programs, and new competitions abound in this issue. SF Shakespeare is putting their production online, and are offering an exclusive “meet the cast” event just for you! Check out page 5 for everything Shakespeare. As always, if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please send them our way at JasonB@cupertino.org. Otherwise, enjoy! Last issue we got to know Adrianna, our Case Manager, a little better. This time we’ll dive into our Senior Office Assitant, Robert Dacanay’s answers to a new set of questions. High-tech or Low-tech?
-Driver. Never underestimate the therapeutic power of driving and listening to loud music. Tablet or Computer? -Computer. Growing up in the Silicon Valley, personal computer nostalgia reigns strong (especially in Cupertino!)
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Pancake or Waffle? -Waffles. Leggo’ my Eggo! Horror or Comedy movie? -Comedy. Laughter is an instant vacation! Comic Book or Comic Strips? -Comic Books. Super hero artwork hypnotized me as a kid. What’s worse, Laundry or Dishes? -Dishes. Fresh Linen Scent > Lemon Scent. -A real question, this is? I am one with the Force; the Force is with me.
Passenger or Driver?
-Ink. You can’t have a pencil without a p-e-n.
-Hiking. Because the problem with jogging is the ice falls out of your glass.
Star Trek or Star Wars?
-High-tech. Give me all the gadgets.
Pen or Pencil?
Jogging or Hiking?
Thanks, Robert! Intriguing insights into the mind of the man at our front desk. Declaring his love of gadgets and high-tech with his first answer led to few surprises in his ensuing responses. However, we must note a discrepancy when Robert chose the fantastic world of Star Wars over the more scientific Trek universe. A techie perhaps, but apparently a Trekkie he is not. For those keeping score at home, Millenium Falcons leading Enterprises two-and-a-half, to one half.
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Scavenger Results
Team Jo Anna & Ken have claimed the sole spot on the victor’s podium for round 8. Once again combining four items in one picture and three in the other netted them the maximum 24 points.
Puzzle Us This Competition
Appropriately theming the items in their first picture around the sun, Ken poses with a portable solar phone charger next to a giant sundial. Even the bandana around his neck looks like it protects against the sun. Throw some postal stamps into the mix, and you’ve got the 4-item point total. In their second picture, Jo Anna stands next to a Little Free Library with her “This is Sharks Territory” proudly representing our local hockey team despite their absence from this post-season. Conversely, in the foreground is the antennae soccer ball, a subtle nod to our Earthquakes who made an exciting run in their tournament. Elsewhere, one of our staff members tried to sneak their pictures into the competition. We saw through their ruse and awarded zero points! Can you guess which person planned this pernicious plot?
Try to solve as many daily puzzles as you can on our Facebook page! The theme is sports and points will be awarded as follows: +2 Points for being first to answer correctly +1 Point for answering correctly The highest number of accrued points after the August 14th puzzle will be crowned Puzzle Master!
The Newly Crowned Puzzle Master In the premiere “Puzzle Us This” competition, the scoring was neck-in-neck right down to the wire. In the end, eight points was enough to secure victory. Congratulations, Mary Lou Robson, you are the reigning Puzzle Master! Try to defend your crown from usurpers in the next edition of “Puzzle us This” running right now. Good luck! See everything we’re doing on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CupertinoSeniorCenter.
Scavenger Rules - Round 9 Refined Rules: 1 - Take a picture of each item from the list to the right 2 - Fit more items in one photo to gain more points 3 - Bonus points now cap at 4 items/photo 4 - Points breakdown: 1 item - 1 point 2 items - 4 points 3 items - 8 points 4+ items - 16 points Email all the photos you’ve taken of Scavenger Hunt items to JasonB@cupertino.org before August 16th.
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Table Of Contents
The 50+ Scene This or That? Robert Dacanay answers “This or That?” Scavenger Hunt, Facebook, TOC Learn about the Scavenger Hunt participants and the next set of rules. Virtual Travel Our travel staff has put together listings of virtual tours and exhibits. Free Special Programs San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s King Lear, and free concerts.
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Virtual Recreation Check out the lineup of August Zoom classes! Puzzles and Games Need some light entertainment? Check out this collection of puzzles. Local Resources Learn about the community resources available to you at this time. Photo Collage See what Senior Center and Parks and Recreation staff have been up to. 3
Virtual Travel
National Women’s History Museum The National Women’s History Museum is the largest online cultural institution telling the stories of women who helped transform the U.S. These virtual exhibits document women making waves in politics, sports, civil rights, science and technology, and more. Check out their wide ranging collections including Women Air Force Service Pilots of WWII, Women in the Olympics, Sojourner Truth, and so many more. Follow the link here
Tour New York Step into the shoes of a real New Yorker and discover the best of New York, from hidden gems to iconic landmarks, through the “Tourist in Your Own Town” video series, produced by The New York Landmarks Conservancy. Dozens of videos take you inside the likes of Theodore Roosevelt’s birthplace, the New York City Fire Museum, the New York Public Library, and more. Follow the link here
The Taj Mahal You can explore the exterior of the famous Indian mausoleum with this virtual tour. It allows you to easily jump to different vantage points of the Taj Mahal and see them from a bird’s eye view, as well as read more about this famous site and how these stunning photographs were captured. Follow the link here
Tiny Desk Concerts National Public Radio’s (NPR) All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk Concerts are just what they sound like: talented musicians squeezing themselves into NPR’s small studio space to perform for radio audiences. Host Bob Boilen and his team have transformed the popular Tiny Desk Concert series into a project that musicians participate in from their homes. Watch and listen to the plentiful variety of artists and genres with performances both past and present, including the Blue Man Group’s visit to the “tiny desk” in 2016. Follow the link here 4
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Free Programs San Francisco Shakespeare Festival Presents King Lear Pre-Show Meet the Cast!
The Tragedy of King Lear
Sunday, August 9, 1 p.m.
Cupertino-sponsored Dates: Saturday, August 8, 7 p.m. Sunday, August 9, 4 p.m.
The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival invites you to join members of the King Lear engagement team as well as leading actor Jessica Powell in a lively discussion. Topics will include playing Lear as a woman, themes of parenting, aging, retirement, and legacy in the play, as well as a sneak peek into how our cast of 13 are performing remotely all on the same screen, prior to the 4 p.m. matinee performance of Free Shakespeare at Home. Pre-registration required, registration is free! Click here to register
This summer, Free Shakespeare in the Park will become Free Shakespeare at Home as the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival transitions its public theater program to a virtual format. Offering live virtual performances of King Lear is the safest way to continue thirty-eight years of tradition in the face of the current pandemic. The Tragedy of King Lear is the story of a nation disrupted by a vain and aging leader who divides the kingdom among her daughters and renounces political responsibility without also renouncing power. The result is family dysfunction, political strife, and a murky stage upon which few are who they purport to be. The play was composed in 1606 as Shakespeare sheltered from a deadly plague ravaging London. A recently-ascended King James struggled to unite under one crown the disparate archipelagic polities that comprised the British world: England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. The nation was still reeling from the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a failed terrorist attempt on the part of England’s Catholic minority to blow up King James and Parliament. This pervading state of distress inflects this tragedy and resonates with the dis-ease engendered by modern pandemics and current crises– dis-ease only curable by returning to the natural world and the very core of our shared humanity. Click anywhere in the description to be taken to San Fransisco Shakespeare Festival’s full summer schedule and link to YouTube channel.
Harker Tri-M Performance Tuesday, August 11, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Harker Tri-M is back and they’ve gone virtual to bring you an afternoon of LIVE classical music to the comfort of your own home. Harker Tri-M is a musical organization comprised of high school-aged students who share their love of music by performing for their
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community. Performances include saxophone and string instruments, singing, and even a self-composed presentation piece with an accompanying explanation from the composer themselves. Click the link below to Zoom in directly next week. Performance is free to all! Click here to join at 1:30 5
All classes on this page are held over Zoom. You will need to download the app to a computer, smartphone, or tablet to participate in these classes. Navigate to reg4rec.org to see all the classes we are offering, or click on the descriptions on this page to register. Senior Center members enjoy the lowest rate. Non-members pay additional class pass. Become a Senior Center member today! Enjoy the familiar faces of your favorite instructors until we can rejoin each other in person!
Tech Classes
Rediscover flexibility and ease with Feldenkrais movement improvement exercise. Each class explores novel and gentle movement patterns to invigorate your brain and nervous system with new ways of organizing and sensing your movement, which may result in improved balance and coordination. Instructor: Michele Westlaken. Cupertino Senior Center members pay $16, non-members pay $21.
Monday Chair Exercise - 12475 Monday, August 3 to 24, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Android Workshop - 11857
Tuesday and Wednesday, August 11 and 12, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Learn step-by-step tips and tricks on how to use your iPhone or Android! To participate in the course, you must have a computer/laptop, web camera, microphone, iPhone or Android, internet to your computer/laptop, and email address. Zoom set up assistance and testing is included. Members $2, senior guests add $5 day pass.
Exercise Classes Line Dance Beginning - 12477 Thursday, August 6 to 27, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Line Dance is a great exercise that may improve your balance, memorization skills, muscle tone, and overall health. Good exercise, great fun! Geared for 50+, but open to all. Instructor: Kathy Chang. Cupertino Senior Center members pay $20, non-members pay $25.
Line Dance Intermediate - 12478 Tuesday, August 4 to 25, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Line Dance is a great exercise that may improve your balance, memorization skills, muscle tone, and overall health. Good exercise, great fun! Geared for 50+, but open to all. Instructor: Kathy Chang. Cupertino Senior Center members pay $20, non-members pay $25.
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Feldenkrais Method - 12476 Tuesday, August 4 to 25, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
An upbeat exercise class designed to be performed from a seated position. Some movements are performed standing, but all can be adjusted to be performed from a chair. Instructor: Polly Hu. Cupertino Senior Center members pay $12, non-members pay $17.
Thursday Chair Exercise - 12495 Thursday, August 6 to 27, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. An upbeat exercise class designed to be performed from a seated position. Some movements are performed standing, but all can be adjusted to be performed from a chair. Instructor: Polly Hu. Cupertino Senior Center members pay $12, non-members pay $17.
Yoga for 50+ - 12479 Tuesday, August 4 to 25, 3 to 4 p.m. Discover how yoga can strengthen your core, improve posture, and cultivate awareness of our body. Iyengar is a detailed style of yoga, with great attention paid to finding the proper alignment in a pose, and yoga props such as blankets and blocks are used. Join us and learn what benefits this class will hold for you! Geared for 50+, but open to all. Instructor: Polly Hu. Cupertino Senior Center members pay $16, non-members pay $21.
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PUZZLES AND GAMES
Sudoku
Use the numbers provided to decipher the rest of the grid. Each 3x3 square should have every number, 1-9, with no repeats. Each row and column in the 9x9 grid should have every number, 1-9, with no repeats. Sudoku is a game of logic and elimination. You shouldn’t have to guess!
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16 - Calm but haunted by one’s own ghosts? (4-9) 20 - Mineral discovered by wicked sort, we hear, by pub (8) 22 - Nearly everyone, not quite the majority (6) 25 - Odds on present will be a ball (6) 26 - And German retains right to be nameless (8) 27 - Comedian’s payment is docked (3) 28 - English miner sporting fur (6) 29 - One on course has this useful sounding headgear (8) Down 1 - This is one party game (6) 2 - Figure’s losing European standing (6) 3 - Plant needs freezing weather and a bit of rain (8) 4 - Is fat drunk going around Spain for holiday? (6) 5 - Gives support to European partners (8) 6 - Having a desire for popular recording, Neil dashed inside (8) 8 - Centre’s beginning to become rowdy in Yorkshire town (13) 14 - Understand only odd bits of scene (3) 16 - Footwear at start of year is difficult to get hold of (8) 17 - Backed the Italian, one wearing kinky green underwear (8) Last Edition’s Solve 18 - Former substitute could be demanding (8) 19 - I will need energy to travel (3) 21 - His products could make you stout, and so could he! (6) 23 - System of measuring crime developed around middle of century (6) 24 - To observe present and past is child’s play (6)
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Community Resources
Case Management
Cupertino Senior Center’s Case Management Team is still working and available to support you. Case Manager Adrianna Stankovich is checking email at AdriannaS@cupertino.org and answering phone calls at 408.777.3157. Vivian Silva can also be reached at 408.777.3155 or VivianS@Cupertino.org. Case Managers provide assessments to determine the needs for services and coordinate and ensure legal services are in place. Reach out to the case management squad if you have any questions or concerns! We are here for you. 庫比蒂諾耆英中心的社工部門仍維持運作為您提供 服務,如有需要請與我們的社工 Adrianna Stankovich, MPIA聯絡,請致電408.777.3157 可用中文留言或電郵 adriannas@cupertino.org, 社工會提供評估以確定服務需 求,並協助和確保法律資源, 如有任何疑問或疑慮, 請與 我們的社工聯絡! 我們會竭誠為你服務.
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley offers a toll-free hotline to low-income families which helps people in need of food find resources in their neighborhood. For assistance call 800.984.3663 or text GETFOOD to 408.455.5181 Visit their website here.
Santa Clara County’s Senior Nutrition Program serves adults over sixty, disabled adults living with older adults, and the spouses of people that are over sixty. The program now follows a take-out model at most locations, though some have closed during the shelter-in-place order. Visit their website here.
Schedule Appointments
Meals on Wheels
Health Insurance Counseling (HICAP) Consultation on Medicare and Medicare-related health insurance. To schedule appointments visit mysourcewise.com/ medicare-options.
Residents in quarantine, as well as older adults and persons with disabilities or health conditions who need support can call 408.350.3200, choose option 4 for the Meals on Wheels program.
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Senior Adult Legal Aid (SALA) Provides free assistance to elders for basic legal matters in public benefits, long-term care, elder abuse, housing, consumer issues, incapacity planning, probate alternative, and simple wills. Must be 60 or older and live in Santa Clara County. Call 408.295.5991 to schedule appointments. 法律諮詢 為年滿60歲或以上並居住在聖克拉拉縣 (Santa Clara County) 的長者提供的免費諮詢: 包括基本公共利益的 法律事項,長期護理,虐待長者,住屋,消費者的問題,未雨 綢繆的規劃,其他遺囑認證的選擇並簡單遺囑等,請致電 408.295.5991預約 8
West Valley Community Services (WVCS) accepts clients over sixty years old who live in zip codes 95014, 95030, 95032, 95033, 95044, 95070, 95129, and 95130. WVCS can deliver food once a week to your house provided you meet their qualifying factors. You must register as a WVCS client by filling out a one page form. Cupertino Senior Center can help you with this process. You may call the center at 408.777.3150. Visit their website here.
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