Senior News

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by Gene Riley

The Senior Citizen Center is not just for senior citizens.

I realize that the organization started out that way when it was established back in the early ‘80s, but we have changed.

In the beginning, the qualifying age for membership in the organization was 55. That was changed to 50 a number of years ago, to match the policy of the American Association of Retired People (AARP).

When the different levels of membership were initiated for the center, the corporate membership allowed the employees of a business to enjoy a meal at the center no matter how old they were.

About that time nonmembers could come to the center to eat for a slightly higher price.

We are happy to have anyone visit the center and have a meal with us, even you young "whipper snappers."

I remember when I was young, I thought anyone 30 years of age was really old, and my grandparents were "fossilized."

As I got older, I realized that those ages weren’t really that old.

When people think of the Senior Center, they think that you have to be a senior citizen to go there, and that is just not true.

Everyone is welcome to come and eat one of our heavenly meals, prepared by our chef Nancy Cain.

Meals are served every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost for members is $7 and for nonmembers is $8

We also have takeout service. The cost is $7.50 for members and $8.50 nonmembers.

For information about becoming a member, call our director Rita Colbert at 435-9909.

You can find a listing of our menus in this column every Sunday in The Perryton Herald. We also list the menu on our web site, www.perrytonseniors.org, as well as on Allegiance cable channel #6.

For those of you who have been enjoying the new jigsaw puzzle feature on our web site like I have, I have a challenge for you.

Change the cut of the jigsaw pieces to one that will be more challenging.

After the puzzle comes up, to the left is a list of options, one of which is "change cut."

There are 35 different choices to change the cut of the puzzle pieces, from six and 12 piece puzzles that would be good for any children or grandchildren that play on your computer, to 240-piece classic or 247-piece triangles for those that enjoy a difficult task.

I set the puzzles at the 80-piece classic level, which is a good medium challenge. Happy playing.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Senior Citizen Center, your home away from home