Annual Craft and Estate Sale

One November 18, 2011 the Adrian Senior Center held the annual craft and estate sale along with a bake sale.

WLEN radio station broadcast from the center from 9:00 to 12:00 noon.

All vendor tables were taken and the gym was full of so many wonderful crafts, gifts and fun finds.

Myrtle and Joyce manned the Center table with lots of great items for sale. 

Marge was in charge of the bake sale table. So many many wonderful items were brought in. And I waved my wand over them to make them all fat free and low calorie.

Carla sold aprons by the dozen. Three sizes large medium and child size. She also sold just about out of her dog bandanas.

Gifts and collectibles were on this table

This vendor had many Christmas items for sale. 

This table was filled with lots of hand made jewelry. Lots of wonderful Christmas gifts here. 

This table  is filled with wonderful Christmas items. Great items for the stockings you need to stuff.

Hanging kitchen towels,. pot holders and other items all were included on this table

A rack full of beautiful hand stitched quilts

This couple had a table full of hand knit and crochet hats and lots of wonderful blankets and throws. 

Knit and crochet vests, sweaters and scarves. What a wonderful Christmas gift for that very special someone.

Another table of hand made jewelry. 

Ruth had a good day at her table. Lots of material, crafts and general items. 

A table full of wreaths. Very pretty and very reasonably priced. I even bought one to use beside my angel tree this year. 

Table full of gift baskets and bags all filled with candies.

This couple had a table full of antiques.

Cindy selling 50/50 tickets along with tickets for the Lottery tree.

Alice, one happy buyer. Loved the wreath she picked out. 

Shoppers looking over the tables of goodies. 

And more shoppers.

What a fun day was had by everyone.  I am already hoping to be a vendor next year with lots of great craft items. 

Hope to see everyone there.

Veterans' Day at the Senior Center

November 11 a day to honor all past and present Veterans' in the United States. And  Honor our Veterans' we did . Though we had to  celebrate on the 10th as all county Employees are off on Veterans' Day our thoughts were of our celebrated heroes. All Military Veterans' received a complimentary lunch from the Center .

What a wonderful turnout we had for the day.There were 27 Veterans' that had lunch with us that day. All ages and from many different war times. Some came in the military uniform and they certainly enjoyed chatting about their military  life.

After eating the Am Vets did a program remembering the many war heroes,  MIA , POW's and those killed in action.. A Table was set in memory of them . They told what each item on the table and what each thing such as the folded chair represented. It was very educational for me as I did not have any idea of the true meaning, such as the folded chair representing the empty place at the table.

Lunch room full of those waiting for lunch.

Lunch line. Veterans' and the spouses first. 

The tables filled fast. 

Then it was time for the program to start.

Waiting to take there place. 

Am Vet Color Guard. 

After the Color Guard was in place Bronna intoduced Donald Van Epps home on leave after graduating from Marine Boot Camp. 

Donald enjoyed talking to many of the Veterans' there 

It was a wonderful day and a very meaningful day for everyone . 

The following pictures are just general pictures taken of  a few of our Veterans' .

As the day draws to a close I remember and I say "Thank You to All Our Veterans Past and Present. "

And this poem written by Johnny Cash makes me think of all our Veterans' 

Ragged Old Flag

 I walked through a county courthouse square, 

On a park bench an old man was sitting there.

I said, "Your old courthouse is kinda run down." 

He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town."

And that's a Ragged Old Flag you got hanging on it. 

He said, "Have a seat", and I sat down. 

"Is this the first time you've been to our little town?"

I said, "I think it is." He said, "I don't like to brag, 

But we're kinda proud of that Ragged Old Flag."

"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there 

When Washington took it across the Delaware.

And it got powder-burned the night Francis Scott Key 

Sat watching it writing _Oh Say Can You See_.

And it got a bad rip in New Orleans 

With Packingham and Jackson tuggin' at its seams."

"And it almost fell at the Alamo 

Beside the Texas flag, but she waved on through.

She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville 

And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill.

There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard, and Bragg, 

And the south wind blew hard on that Ragged Old Flag."

"On Flanders Field in World War I 

She got a big hole from a Bertha gun.

She turned blood red in World War II 

She hung limp and low by the time it was through.

She was in Korea and Vietnam. 

She went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam."

"She waved from our ships upon the briny foam, 

And now they've about quit waving her back here at home.

In her own good land she's been abused -- 

She's been burned, dishonored, denied and refused."

"And the government for which she stands 

Is scandalized throughout the land.

And she's getting threadbare and wearing thin, 

But she's in good shape for the shape she's in.

'Cause she's been through the fire before 

And I believe she can take a whole lot more."

"So we raise her up every morning, Take her down every night. 

We don't let her touch the ground And we fold her up right.

On second thought I DO like to brag, 

'Cause I'm mighty proud of that Ragged Old F

I would like to share one more "Thank You" and picture. And that is to Donald L.VanEpps

the latest of my family to become a  currant Veteran. The picture is the proud father and grandmother taken Veterans Day at the Adrian Senior Center. 

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Welcome to our Blog

I want to take time and Welcome All to our Adrian Senior Center Blog.  I hope that you will be able to drop in often and see what our Seniors are up to.

I am planning on pictures and updates often to keep everyone informed of the great activities and doing that take place every week at our center.

For this first blog post I would like to share our Halloween Party with you. A great time was had by all. The food table was filled to the brim with just about any type of fun  food you could ever want all celebrating the Halloween Season.

There were all kinds of famous visitors and a few that were not so famous but well known.

The Mask

Donald Duck and Our Clown. They  came to line dance. 

Our own Geisha Girl

Captain Hook and Peter Pan

Brenda and Dan as Toucan and the # One Birdwatcher

How about all the line dancers. What fun to see them all in costume and having fun.

How about our GI's. They were the Upper GI and the Lower GI

Our own Sandy as the Queen Bee

And how about our own Woopie Cushion. She sure made the rounds making sure to go to every table

Our  notorious Judges of whom the Seniors voted on also. Captain Hook was the Best Costume. 

And we certainly can not forget the staff at the Adrian Senior Center. 

Cleopatra

The Three M7M's and  

Bacon and Eggs. 

We look forward and  plan for many weeks what costume to wear and  what food we want to share with everyone. 

What a wonderful time everyone had. 

We hope you will join us next year  on Halloween.