Lynden Community Center 401 Grover Street Lynden, WA 98264
August 2020 Newsletter HOT & FROZEN PICK UP MEALS STILL AVAILABLE, MONDAY- FRIDAY (or by delivery for those who are unable to pick up). All meals are $5.00 and must be pre-ordered by 10:30 a.m. on the day of (at the latest).
Hope you are all getting out and enjoying nature and fresh air in this summer season! These pictures are taken by Bill Van Cleve (left) at a fishing lake in eastern Washington, and by Alf & Bette Strandgard (right) from their trip to Yellowstone National Park.
Keep sending in your pictures to share! People, places, hobbies, pets, funny or interesting things you’ve seen out and about, near or far. You can text, email mail or drop off a snapshot (8 a.m.-12:30pm is best, call or knock loudly!) Pandemic Times Budget Saving Measures – We are so appreciative to the Lynden Tribune and their advertisers for making this newsletter possible. Understanding that these times are very financially challenging for all of us, the newsletter will be 8 pages instead of 12 until we reopen. 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS: From the Director, 2
From the Director
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This Day in History
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Need to Know
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All County Events
6 Menu 7 Birthdays Thoughts on welcoming a new Director to the Center: 1) Recognize that we are all individuals with unique gifts to share. No one is good at everything, rather we all have things we do well and other areas we are not as strong. 2) No one is going to do things just the way the previous person did. (And wouldn’t it be boring if nothing ever changed?) 3) Don’t expect the new person to know everything there is to know about what makes this place tick. In a non-judgmental way, help them get to know the ropes and know who you all are also. Volunteer! Don’t wait to be asked. Let the new person know what you’d like to do!
Cathi LeCocq
Looking forward, looking back..... It is with sadness, but also anticipation, I am announcing my retirement from the Lynden Community Senior Center on the 14th of August, 2020. Seems like eons ago, I transferred from the college in my home town of Albuquerque, NM, and came sight-unseen to Bellingham and Western WA University for my Recreation degree. Soon after, a fellow student talked me into doing a joint internship at the Lynden Senior Center. This introduced me to working with older adults and began a great love for serving seniors throughout my career. That wasn’t the only love that started at the Lynden Center way back when. A year or so later when we graduated, that persuasive student became my husband (Steve), 41 years ago! After college and starting out in marriage, I worked for the school district with special needs children and helped my husband with a landscape contracting business we started and ran for about 10 years, before and after he became a park ranger for Whatcom county. We started a family, and when our two boys started school, I began to get back in the work force after being home with the kids since they were born. I began my official career working with seniors at the Bellingham Senior Center, as an Activity Director and moved around through various positions over the years, including Recreation & Wellness Manager, Tour Program Director and Strength Training Instructor. Then going on ten years ago, my life came full circle when I became your Director here at the Lynden Community Center! It’s been an incredible 30 year journey, made so much richer by the amazing people, past and present, that I have been privileged to serve over the years. I will miss you all!
Board Directory Joe Branion, President Julie Martin, Vice President Jan Holtrop, Treasurer Ken Feller, Vice Treasurer Mary Buell, Secretery John Desmond, Vice Secretery Ron Tidmarsh, Gwen Wohlrab, Dave Wiggins Endowment Fund Trustees: Ken Feller, Joe Branion, Ron Tidmarsh 2
AUGUST 2020 - This Day In History
Today in History https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history Check out this website for more information on these and other events in history!
Just for fun this month, take a calendar and write down on each day as it happens, what was memorable about the day. (Could be national or local news or something important in your own life!)
1943 Sinking of the PT-109
1876 Wild Bill Hickok shot to death in Deadwood, SD
1958 Nautilus submarine travels under the North Pole
1944 Anne Frank and family captured in Amsterdam
1858 First transatlantic telegraph cable completed
1945 Enola Gay drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
1782 General George Washington creates the Purple Heart
1945 President Truman signs United Nations Charter
1936 Jesse Owens wins fourth medal at Berlin Olympics
1849 Smithsonian Institute created
1934 First Federal prisoners land on Alcatraz
1990 Skeleton of Tyrannosaurus Rex discovered in South Dakota
1961 Berlin is Divided
1935 FDR signs Social Security Act
1944 Panama Canal opens to traffic
1948 Babe Ruth dies 1977 Elvis Presley dies
1978 First successful transatlantic balloon flight
1920 19th Amendment passes (women’s right to vote)
1964 The Beatles kick off their first American tour
1920 Professional football is born
1959 Hawaii becomes 50th state
1864 International Red Cross founded
1902 Fannie Farmer opens cooking school
1939 The Wizard of Oz movie debuts
1939 First televised Major League baseball game
1883 Krakatoa volcano explodes in Indonesia
1996 Charles and Diana divorce
2005 Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf Coast
2006 California passed Global Warming Solutions Act
79 AD
Mount Vesuvius erupts burying Pompeii
1897
Thomas Edison patents Kinetograph movie camera
Celebrating ‘65’ soon?
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Lynden Community/Senior Center Director
Full time, salaried position. Requires extensive experience working with older adults, strong administrative skills, program and personnel management, volunteer coordination, marketing, fundraising and event planning. Send letter of interest and resume to lyndenseniorcenter@gmail.com.
What do the NW WA Fair and the Community Center have in common? Read and find out! The first fair in Lynden (circa 1909) was held right on the deeply rutted, dirt street, in the mud after a rain. Tables were placed on Front Street between Fourth and Fifth to hold most exhibits, with pigs, cattle and sheep on the side streets. After the parade, which consisted largely of animals entered in the Fair, there was a baseball game. Home plate was about where Milton (Spud) Weidkamp’s house used to be (Fourth and Grover), while the outfield was close to Janick’s Market (which is now the Lynden Community Center I believe!). In 1911 it was decided to purchase a bigger site to build a fairgrounds. Money was raised to buy 20 acres at the Fair’s present site for $1600. The land was cleared, fences, an exhibit building, cattle shed and bleachers were built in time for the first on-site fair in October 1911. Besides the cattle exhibit there were horse and pony races and a Saturday night dance was held at Pixley’s Hall. In 1920, a barnstormer from Burlington came and hit it off with 21 year old local Syl Weidkamp who came up with a daring stunt. When the plane flew over, Syl crawled out on the wing. On the next pass over the Fair Grounds, they had a straw filled dummy that went sailing off the plane when the pilot tipped his wings. Due to at least one woman fainting, the sheriff issued a warning against any further shenannigans by the daredevil pair! (Taken from the original 1983 article and illustrations by Bill Swinburnson, condensed from a history of the Northwest Washington Fair compiled and written by Mildred Hersman.) Sadly, no Fair this Year. No all county Bocce Tournament either (I guess we’ll just have to hang on to that trophy for another year!) No all-county Picnic in the Park at Hovander either. However, there is an alternative to look forward to. This year the WCOA will be doing a PICNIC WITH A PURPOSE! (see next page for more info). A FEW IMPORTANT DETAILS: Date at Lynden Center is Tuesday, August 25 1) Not absolutely required, but please sign up ahead of time (by Friday, Aug. 21 if at all possible!) so we don’t run out of food. (Delivered meals please order ahead also.) 2) Though she will be retired by then, Cathi will be volunteering, so please stop by whether you eat or not, to say good bye! Masked smiles & no hugs, but a wave and a word or two would be wonderful!
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Ever been to the All County Picnic in the Park at Hovander in August? This is the ‘Pandemic Closure’ version for this unusual year we are in:
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Lynden Community Center Menu 360-354-2921 Please call by 10:30am to order pick-up or delivery meals!
Lunch: $5, all ages.
(during center closure)
3 4 5 6 7 8 Diced Pork with Apples Roasted Potatoes Brussel Sprouts
Steamed Cod Herbed Quinoa Zucchini
Turkey Meatloaf Mashed Potatoes & Gravy Corn
Chicken Cordon Bleu Long Grain & Wild Rice Carrots
Beef Stroganoff Egg Noodles Green Beans
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Roasted Turkey Mashed Potatoes & Gravy Mixed Vegetables
Dijon Chicken Long Grain & Wild Rice Carrots
BBQ Pulled Pork on a Bun Roasted Red Potatoes Broccoli
Chicken Enchiladas Spanish Rice Corn
Meatloaf Mashed Potatoes/Gravy Peas
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Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Cauliflower Florets Garlic Bread
Chef Salad With Ranch Dressing Potato Salad Fruit
Oven Fried Chicken Mashed Potatoes/Gravy Oven Roasted Vegetables
Pork Roast Mashed Potatoes/Gravy Mixed Vegetables
24 25 26 27 28 29 Sweet & Sour Chicken Fried Rice Stir Fried Vegetables
WCOA PICNIC WITH A PURPOSE
BBQ Burgers & Dogs With sides & dessert
BBQ Chicken Roasted Red potatoes Succotash
31 Cheese Burgers Baked Beans Carrots
We are eliminating the cold portion of the meals to simplify our operations and reduce the risk from not easily sterilized food products. The meal price has also been reduced to $5.00. Salads, etc. will be added back when the center reopens.
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Lasagna Mixed Vegetables Garlic Bread
MENU DURING CLOSURE:
POST-OP CARE THAT ROCKS!
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Shepherd’s Pie Peas Cookie
Pot Roast Mashed Potatoes/Gravy Green Beans
8 9 Birthdays of the Month
Jacob Buurma Helen Granger 15 16 Richard Martinez Linda Woods Pam De Boer Maria Dokken Jean Nelson 22 23 Judy Beebe Joyce Westmorland Alice Heckhausen Betty Sterk 29 30 Ann Honstein Carol Wilson Robert Ladiges
8/2 8/2 8/3 8/3 8/4 8/6 8/6 8/8 8/10 8/12 8/12 8/16 8/17 8/18
Peggy Gardner Patricia MacDonald Barbara Chamness Maureen Danielson Jean Schouten Donna Hamstra Harriet Rich Pauline Williams Eloise Baer Judy Westman Esther Mellema Marie Van Royen Wayne Wilson Jeanne Chadwick
8/21 8/22 8/23 8/23 8/23 8/24 8/24 8/24 8/25 8/25 8/26 8/28 8/29 8/31
Monthly Ice Cream Social Birthday Party Suspended until the center reopens. Sponsored by: Take My Hand At Home Caregiving
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LYNDEN COMMUNITY/SENIOR CENTER 401 Grover Street Lynden, WA 98264
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401 Grover Street Lynden, WA 98264 Phone/Fax: 360-354-2921 or 360-354-0699 Email: info.lyncmctr@gmail.com Website: www.lyndencommunitycenter.org Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday)
Daily: Nutritious hot meals cooked fresh on-site. CHANGES TO OUR MEAL PROGRAM DURING CLOSURE: Meals are available for pickup 12 noon - 12:30pm, Monday through Friday for $5. Home delivery is available for those who are homebound.
Cathi LeCocq, Director Jeff Heathers, Accountant Karen Coleman, Admin Assistant Keith McKenzie, Kitchen Bill Van Cleve & Tom Coapstick, Janitor
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