UOVSFC News for the week of Monday, February 10, 2025
New word from Janette Rosenbaum in AWADmail: "Completist": a person who values satisfactory completion of a task over absolute perfection. Usage: "I'm not a perfectionist; I'm a completist.
The thing doesn't need to be perfect: it needs to be done."
Toonie Lunch and Learn Monday sessions:
► Today Feb. 10, at CR Lions, OV Sport and Spine on Staying Healthy as we Age 11:30 doors open, 12:00 lunch; 1:00 pm presentation. Registration is closed.
You can still register 8 days in advance at 23uovsfc55@gmail.com for the following session so we know how many lunches Maven needs to prepare. $2 at the door.11:30 doors open, 12:00 lunch; 1:00 pm presentation.
► Feb. 24, at DR Legion, Janna Hotson, President and CEO, DRDH on MyChart (register by Feb. 16)
Thursday morning Coffee and Conversation at the library this week at 10 am. The elevator is still out of service.
Tuesdays in the Deep River Library Program Room (please note, the elevator is still out of service)
All of our activities, unless stated, require pre-registration so we know how many to prepare for. E-transfers preferred (please indicate what the money is designated for in the memo section of the etransfer), or pay through our dropbox at the town of Deep River. E-transfers are accepted through 23uovsfc55@gmail.com.
Feb. 11 starting at 9:30 am, Pottery (2 sessions - create first then return on Feb. 25 at 9:30 am to paint. Participants will be creating a plate and bowl. Cost is $26 for the two sessions.
Happy Joints with Kim Knight scheduled for 11:00 am on Tuesdays Feb. 18, Feb. 25, Mar. 4, then another three on Apr. 29, May 6 and May 13. Cost is $10 per session or $25 for a set of three. As usual, register at 23uovsfc55@gmail.com.
No Qigong this week. The session dates are Fridays Feb 21 and March 7, 10:30 am at the Legion. The cost is $10 per session. If you want to try a session or if you would like the sessions to continue, please register/pay by emailing 23uovsfc55@gmail.com. Attendance is increasing for this: if you would like the sessions to continue, please email 23uovsfc55@gmail.com.
Coming Up
Feb. 21, 7 pm Music Night at the Legion with Gord and Andrew. Cost is $10 and it is open to the community. Bar will be open. A poster was sent in a separate e-mail with details.
Coming in March:
We are pleased to offer "Meal Prep – Make the most out of your groceries for a week’s worth of meals” thanks to the generosity of funding from the Deep River and District Community Foundation.
Join Maven Catering in the kitchen for one of three March Cooking Classes. Learn about a 4 day meal plan using leftovers from 2 meals to create a week’s worth of delicious meals, as well as money saving and cooking tips & tricks. At the end of the lesson all will sit down to enjoy the meal that they have cooked and will be able to share the leftovers to take home. Cooking classes are as follows:
March 11 at the Chalk River Legion 1:30 (March break for Ontario students)
March 18 at the Deep River Real Hope Christian Assembly 1:30
March 27 at Stonecliffe Municipal Hall 1:30
Space is limited; please register for one class only by March 4th. All classes will feature the same recipes. Advance registration of $25 per person, nonrefundable, may be made by etransfer to 23uovsfc55 @gmail.com or by dropping it in the SFC dropbox at the Deep River town hall. Classes are open to all seniors. There will be a waitlist for each location's cooking class.
March 18: Travel talk with Emily Edwards on her travel to Antarctica. Emily Edwards, born and raised in Deep River, a retired school teacher, currently living in Ottawa within walking distance of her grandaughter, works a few weeks each winter as a geology lecturer for Silversea, doing loops from the southern tip of South America down to Antarctica. On Tuesday March 18 at 10 am, in the Deep River Pubic Library conference room, she'll be presenting a lecture about her lecturing. There will be a few slides and time for questions. Everyone welcome.
March 25th: Learn to play Mahjong (Details to follow).
If you missed the Barn quilt earlier with the Library, you will get another chance. Details on our collaboration to offer this opportunity are to come.
The Upper Ottawa Valley Seniors Friendship Club is open to all adults living in the area from Chalk River to Deux Rivieres. Our website is https://seniorsfriendshipclub.ca and Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/sfc.uov
Ann Serdula with information from the Activity Director and the Club Administrator