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April brings Showers Luncheon -- and `all you can eat' pancake breakast FLORENCE RIEHL Georgetown Seniors Centre At last we are into the month of April. In spite of a mild winter, it has seemed like a long time coming. Those of you with gardens and lawns will be itching to get out and do the spring cleanup. If you haven't been doing a lot of exercise in the last couple of months, take it easy. Them old bones just ain't what they used to be. With April comes Easter and the April Showers Luncheon on Tuesday, April 11. Make sure you sign up. Entertainment after lunch will be a visit from the ladies of "Sunset Lodge" (Drama Club). This is followed on Saturday, April 22 with the "All you can eat pancake breakfast". For a mere $5 you can get your fill of pancakes, sausages, maple syrup, juice, tea or coffee. It's got to be one of the best deals in town! All proceeds to the Georgetown Senior Centre. Invite your family, neighbours and friends to this great feast. Please note that the date for the Annual Garage Sale has been changed to Saturday, May 6. This is your opportunity to get rid of all those treasures you have been storing up for years. You don't need them, you don't use them, get rid of them at last. Then you won't feel so badly when you come to the Yard Sale and buy someone else's treasures. Please no clothing or shoes. Just as we change over the years so do our driving habits and the rules of the road. Taking all these factors into consideration, a "Senior Driver Refresher Course" is being offered again at the Centre. This course is given in two classes: Session 1 on Friday, April 21 and 28, Session 2 on Friday, May 5 and 12. Most of our errors are bad habits we have developed over the years. Upon completion of this course you will be able to correct these bad habits and have a better understanding of road and driving laws. The cost is $72 per person and you should register at the front desk of the Centre. It is nice to see Cynthia back at her position in the Craft Room. It is when we have been away for a while that we realize how important the Seniors Centre is in our lives. A wonderful reason to get out and lend your support in whatever way possible. Playoffs for the Ontario Senior Games have begun. Carpet Bowling took place on Saturday, April 1. First place went to Bob Brown and June Gilson. Second place to Marilyn Mason and Gwen Weham. Third place was won by JD Hewitt and Caroline Willis. These players will move on to the Regionals to be held in Georgetown on May 29. In Cribbage, played on March 30, Norma Titus and Lloyd Broostead, Mabel Hives and Gord Morton, Gratia Hillier and Norah Emery, Gerry Kroegen and Mary Walsma won the right to represent Georgetown Seniors in the regional finals. Because only three teams signed up for the euchre playoff, all three will attend regional finals. They are Florance Carswell and Margaret Stronziewilk, Mabel Hives and Gord Morton, Gratia Hillier and Norma Emery. Congratulations and good luck to all. Come out to the Georgetown Seniors Centre. Get involved! Make new friends! Share in the good times! Acton Seniors plan fundraising walkathon JULIE CONROY Acton Seniors Centre It's nice to see many of the snowbirds returning home after flying to warmer places for the winter. Welcome back everyone! Were you one of the organized people who thought ahead and renewed your membership before leaving? If not, now is the time to do so. As you know, you must be a paid member to participate in many of the events at the centre. Update on the cribbage teams: Mary Walsma says both teams will move on to the District Games in the Seniors Cribbage Games, which are held in Burlington in May. Good luck to both teams. There is a limited amount of tickets still available for the Easter Dinner on Thursday April 13. Tickets must be purchased by today, April 7. The dinner menu includes ham, scalloped potatoes, green salad and rolls followed by fruit cocktail and cookies. There will be prizes awarded to the best or funniest Easter bonnet. Everyone who went to Rama on Thursday enjoyed a good time. Barb Hunter is all smiles after coming out ahead. She won the 50/50, the prize for having a birthday close to Peggy Madden. People sitting in the lucky window seats were Rita Court, Pat Frizzell, Beryl Clegg and Norma Sanderland. The next trip to Rama will be Wednesday April 26. The next evening Euchre will be April 19 at 7:15 p.m. It is always a great evening. Now that the nights are lighter and the weather is better there is no excuse for not coming out. Any of our fair weather friends who are now back home, come on out and enjoy the comradeship by playing Euchre on April 19, Bid Euchre every Thursday afternoon, or Cribbage and Canasta Thursday mornings. The next big fundraising effort will be a walkathon on Saturday, May 27. If you would like to sponsor, there will be pledge sheets at the front desk. There will be two different routes. One will be in the park, which is fairly flat, and one thatís more vigorous. Both should take about an hour. More details to follow. The Brown team has done it again. Marg Haring's Brown team beat Margaret Neilson's Black team 17-9. However, it was close right to the end. If you have no idea what carpet bowling is all about, Eileen Dix wrote a little piece in the current newsletter that explains the game. The new newsletters are at the front desk. The person at the front desk will be happy to help you if you can't find yours. The newsletter will keep you updated on activities at the Centre for May and June. It you are new in town and would like one, just pop in Monday to Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Eileen Masini has kindly offered to take over the task of keeping the newspaper cuttings current in our scrapbook. If you are at the Centre and have time to spare, take time to look through the scrapbooks or photo albums that Francis Hogenbirk looks after. It is amazing how many interesting events have taken place here over the years. The following Friday is Good Friday and the Centre will, of course, be closed for both the Friday and Easter Monday. The new work station, which will replace the conglomerate of shelves, tables and desks at the front entrance, is now installed. It should make it a lot easier for everyone seated there. No more drafts when the door opens on a cold day. Thanks to Dan Allen of Acton Furniture and Installations (specializing in office work stations) for his support, advice and installation, and to the two gentlemen Brian Reid and David Allen, who were so busy making sure everything was to our sa