JANUARY NEWSLETTER
Alpharetta Adult Activity Center at North Park 678-297-6140
January 2015
Welcome to the AAC!
Our monthly newsletters with
trip information will be
available for pick-up the
1st Tuesday of each month
by10am. Monthly
Newsletters will be mailed
and emailed to AGAC
members but if you can
pick yours up, please do.
The first day to sign up
for trips for the upcoming
month will be on the
Monday following.
The date to
register for Feb. will be
Monday, Jan. 6
You may register for the
whole month by using a
credit card, exact cash,
or check made payable
to the City of Alpharetta
for the day trips.
*PLEASE NOTE:
Some trips require
payment in advance.
Please be sure to
include payment when
signing up for these trips.
Unless we have a tour
scheduled, the bus can
wait on you for 10 min.
with notice!
TRIP POLICIES
Trip fees will be
processed through the
City of Alpharetta
You may pay by check,
exact cash, or credit
card.
Advance payment trips
will have a $5.00
processing fee if
cancelled. Refunds
will be issued from the
City. If the trip is cancelled by us, then no
$5
processing fee will
apply.
Trips with prepaid
tickets are
non-refundable unless
a replacement is
found.
9:30am-4pm
 New Art programs for Jan.
 Special presentation of
Alsace in France.
 Zumba continues!
 Reading program on
Fridays.
 AGAC monthly member
meeting
 AGAC monthly covered dish
luncheon.
 New program! Join Jim
Zoeller for a game of Jeopardy month!
Alpharetta Hking Club Members
AARP PROGRAM INFORMATION FOR
2015
AARP DRIVER’S SAFETY
COURSES FOR 2015
Wed. March 18
Wed. July 29
Wed. Oct. 28
Special points of interest:
$15 for AARP Members
$20 Non Members
You may post date your
checks. To make a
reservation, we do need
your payment.
AARP INCOME TAX PREPARATIONS WILL BEGIN SAT. FEB 2
Times are as follows:
Please call to make an appt.
Sat. 9am-2pm
Wed. 9am-2pm
Inside this issue:
Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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More news!
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MONDAY’S ACTIVITIES/PROGRAMS
Stained Glass,
10am—12noon
Senior Tennis @ 8:30-11:30am
Yoga, 8:50-9:50am
Woodshop, 10am-2pm (times vary)
Contract Open Bridge, 10am-3pm. If
interested, please call Lynn Gray,
770-844-2033.
Exercise with Instructor or video,
11am-12pm.
It’s a
combination of
badminton, tennis, and
table tennis.
Ceramics, 11am3pm
Mah-Jongg ,
1-4pm
Tai Chi, 10-11am
Pickleball is here!
Drop-In at Wills Park
Tuesdays, & Thursdays
9am-12pm.
Pickle Ball is better than ever!
TUESDAY’S ACTIVITIES/PROGRAMS
Nellie’s Nuggets” Stained Glass,
10am-2pm
Woodshop, 10am-2pm (times vary)
Pinochle, 10am3:30pm
Restaurant, Vespucis in Marietta.
1/16, no exceptions!
You may pick up your Feb.
newsletter on 1/6. 1st day of
registration for Feb. will be Mon.
1/12
Last Tuesday Bingo! 1/27, 10am11:30am, $1 per person and bring a
snack to share. Prizes for bingo will
be provided.
Art - Drawing class,
AGAC monthly member
meeting, 10am, 1/6,
Lunch out, Italian
Tues. Jan 6-Feb. 10
$60, 10am
AGAC covered dish
luncheon, 1/20,
11:30am. Please bring
non perishable items to
donate to NFCC.
Deadline to reserve for
this luncheon is Fri.
Social Bridge, 12:30 –3:00pm
Ceramics, 1:30 & 5-8pm
WEDNESDAYS ACTIVITIES/PROGRAMS
Senior Tennis—8:30-11:30am
Yoga, 8:50-9:50am
Woodshop, 10am-2pm,
times vary
Exercise with instructor or
video, 11am-12pm
Tai Chi, 10-11am
Ceramics, 10am-2pm
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Art Painting,
Jan. 7-Feb. 11, $60, 10am
Knit & crochet for
charity, 1-3pm
Art-Painting Class
Jan. 7-Feb. 11
$60, 10am
Drama Club
1/14, 1:30pm
THURSDAY’S ACTIVITIES/PROGRAMS
Stained Glass, 10am-12noon
Woodshop, 10am-2pm (times
vary)
2nd Thursday of every month,
“Friendship Club” covered dish
luncheon, 10am.
Mexican Train, a
dominos game, 10am4pm.
Mansell House Book
Club Thursday , 1/8
10:30am. This month’s
book is Butter in the
Morning by Georgia
Green Stamper
Writing your Memoirs,
Jan 8-Feb. 12, $60, 10am
Contract Open Bridge, 10am-3pm.
If interested, call Aileen Gaynor,
770-670-1699
Writing your Memoirs
Jan. 8-Feb. 12, $60, 10am
FRIDAY’S ACTIVITIES/PROGRAM
Senior tennis, 8:3011:30am
Try our new reading
program, reading with
Yoga, 8:50-9:50am
Linda. Pick your book and
let Linda read to you.
Ceramics, 10am-3pm
“Nellie’s Nuggets”
Stained Glass, 10am2pm
Bring your blanket and
bedroom slippers and relax!
NEW!! Chess, 10am
Tai Chi, 10-11am
Exercise with
instructor or video,
11am-12pm
Board games such as
Rummikub, 12:30-2:30pm. Any
questions, call Alice Forlini at
770-754-1001.
Sit back, relax and be read to!
New reading program with Linda
Southard. You choose the book
and read until the end. 1pm
WEEKEND ACTIVITIES/PROGRAMS
Saturdays
Pinochle, 12:30-4pm
Valentine Tea Dance coming,
Sat. Feb. 7, 3:30-5:30pm at the
Alpharetta Community Center. Music,
dancing, refreshments!
$10 per person, deadline Thurs. Feb.
5th
JANUARY NEWSLETTER
Zumba Gold (Adult
Fitness exercise), 8:159:15 $25.00, Alpharetta-Milton Resident,
$37.50 Non-Resident, 4
Classes per session. Fit
for the young at heart!
Get active with great
people at the dance
party workout that moves
at your pace. This fitness
program lets you move to
the beat of your own speed.
COME JOIN ZUMBA!
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Alpharetta Adult Activity Center at North
13450 Cogburn Rd.
Alpharetta, GA 30004
Phone: 678-297-6140
Fax: 678-297-6141
E-mail: [email protected]
We’re on the web!
www.alpharetta.ga.us/recreation
Alpharetta Adult Activity Center at North Park
13450 Cogburn Rd.
Alpharetta, GA 30004
Alpharetta Adult Activity Center Staff:
Dixie Pounds, Center Supervisor
Kevin McDonald—Recreation Coordinator
Mary Cooke, Administrative Assistant 1
Eddie Jayo, Facility Technician
Part Time Staff includes: Jeannie Goodwin, Lillian Mote, Janet
Cheshire, Charlie Smiley, Jim & Christine Zoeller, Linda Southard, and
Dawna Williamson
2014 AGAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Lewis Lay—President
Angie Rheault—Vice-President
Becky Fricton—Secretary
Alice Forlini—Treasurer
Anna Reach—Assistant Treasurer
Members at Large:
Carol Dockery—Past President
Tom Eiswerth
Annette Jeffries
Selma Merbaum
Barbara Danner
Peggy Lemons
Irene Sweely
Hospitality Committee:
Dot Shadrick, Doris Massey
Membership Committee:
Barbara Kohler
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Alpharetta Adult Activity Center at North Park 678-297-6140
*Requires payment at time of registration
Sun. Jan. 4
* “2015 SHEN YUN DANCE” at the Cobb Energy Center, leave at 1pm, $65.
5000 years of Chinese music and dance in one night! Experience the wonder of authentic Chinese culture, experience
Shen Yun. We should return around 6pm, no dinner out. You may pay by credit card, check payable to the City of
Alpharetta, or exact cash.
Tues. Jan. 6
AGAC MONTHLY MEMBER MEETING with lunch out afterwards at Vespuccis in Marietta, 10am.
Come to the January meeting and meet the 2015 AGAC Board of Directors.
Wed. Jan. 7
BOOTH WESTERN MUSEUM in Cartersville, Ga, leaving at 9am, $15 + lunch, (1 hour away). This
120,000 sq ft museum houses the largest permanent exhibition space for Western Art in the country. We will visit the
museum and then go to lunch afterwards at Appalachian Grille. You may pay by credit card, check payable to the City of
Alpharetta, or exact cash.
Thurs. Jan. 8
DINNER CLUB, leaving at 5pm, $8 + dinner out. This month’s restaurant will be Burnt Fork BBQ
located in Decatur. You may pay by credit card, check payable to the City of Alpharetta, or exact cash.
Fri. Jan. 9
COLLECTOR’S CLUB TO ELLIJAY, leaving at 9:30am. $6 + lunch out, (45 min. away). Experience
antiquing in North GA with is many antique and specialty shops and unique restaurants. You may pay by credit card,
check payable to the City of Alpharetta, or exact cash. We should return by 4pm.
Mon. Jan. 12
*HARRAH’S TO GAMBLE IN CHEROKEE, NC. We will leave at 7am and be back at 7pm. The cost
is $40 per person, and you will receive a $25 gambling voucher in return. Don’t forget your picture ID! Make check
payable to It’s My Turn Travels. The cost is $40.
Tues Jan. 13
New program! “PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE” with Jim Zoeller, 1pm. Come play our version
of “Jeopardy”. The theme is “All Things American” from Presidents to comedians, generals, to famous women,
revolution to Vietnam. Enjoy some comradery and some laughs; and maybe win a medal! We will offer a new
presentation each month. Jim has many topics of interest selected so come and join us!
Wed. Jan. 14
SHOP AT HAMRICK’S IN ANDERSON, SC, $6.00 “Shop til you drop”! We will leave at 8am and
not return until around 5 or 6pm. You may pay by credit card, check payable to the City of Alpharetta, or exact cash.
This trip will be all day not returning until around 6pm.
Thurs. Jan. 15 *GEORGIA AQUARIUM, Leaving at 9:30am, $40. Includes exhibits, 3D Wondershow, and Dolphin Tales
Show. With more than 10 million gallons of water and more aquatic life than found in any other aquarium, you are sure
to see things you’ve never seen before. You may pay by credit card, check payable to the City of Alpharetta, or exact
cash. We should return by 3pm.
Sat. Jan. 17
QUILTING BEE, 9:30-12noon. For all levels or new quilters. This wonderful program will be
presented by the Chattahoochee Evening Stars.
Sat. Jan. 17
* “ON THE AIR” AT THE CUMMING PLAYHOUSE, Leaving at 2pm, $24.00. The Bob Hope
Roadshow is staged as a 1940’s NBC radio broadcast. No dinner out. You may pay by credit card, check payable to the
City of Alpharetta, or exact cash.
Sun. Jan 18
*Menopause, the Musical at the Strand Theater in Marietta. Leave at 1:30pm, $48, no meal out.
COME JOIN OUR SISTERHOOD! This hilarious musical parody staged to classic tunes from the '60s, '70s and '80s will have
you cheering and dancing in the aisles. See what millions of women worldwide have been laughing about for over 10
years! Set in a department store, four women with seemingly nothing in common but a black lace bra on sale, come to
find they have more to share than ever imagined. The all-female cast makes fun of their woeful hot flashes,
forgetfulness, mood swings, wrinkles, night sweats and chocolate binges. A sisterhood is created between these diverse
women as they realize that menopause is no longer The Silent Passage, but a stage in every woman’s life that is perfectly
normal! This is for men too! We should return by 6pm.
Tues Jan. 20
AGAC MONTHLY COVERED DISH LUNCHEON, 11:30am. Bring a dish to share for 6-8 people.
Deadline to register is Fri. Jan. 16.
Wed. Jan. 21
MOVIE DAY!, 1:30pm. This month feature will be The Fault of Our Stars a drama and a romance
film featuring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe. A teenage girl stricken with cancer
falls for a boy in her support group and the two form a bond as they deal with their illnesses.
Thurs. Jan. 22
MILLENNIUM GATE MUSEUM TOUR OF WINSTON CHURCHILL, “The Art of Diplomacy”.
Leaving at 9:30am, $18 + lunch out at Atlantic Station. More than 30 paintings by Churchill, many never been publicly
exhibited. You may pay by credit card, check payable to the City of Alpharetta, or exact cash. We should return by
3:30pm.
Mon. Jan. 26
AN ARMCHAIR VISIT TO THE ALSACE REGION OF FRANCE. Join for another wonderful
presentation of France presented by Val Areias and Pat Chai PC Productions. The history, the culture, the scenic points
of interest, and the cuisine. 1pm
Tues. Jan. 27
BINGO, 10am-12noon, $1 per person + bring a snack to share.
Thurs. Jan. 29
HIKING CLUB - Location to be announced. Bring a sack lunch. This day trip is $5 per person.
You may pay by credit card, check payable to the City of Alpharetta, or exact cash.
If you require a special accommodation, please give us a 2 week notice.
Thanks for participating at the Alpharetta Adult Activity Center, we love having you!
Please note: All trips and activities are subject to change and/or cancellation due
to weather forecasts and conditions.
JANUARY REGISTRATION FORM
Alpharetta Adult Activity Center at North Park 678-297-6140
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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2
3
7
Booth Western Art
Museum, leave at
9am, $15 + lunch
8
Dinner out at
Burnt Fork BBQ
Leave at 5pm, $8
9
10
14
15
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Check out the Art
Programs in the
Jan. newsletter!
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*2015 Shen Yun
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6 AGAC Monthly
member meeting,
10am + lunch out
at Vespuccis
Italian Rest.
Dance at Cobb
Energy Center,
leave at 1pm, $65
11
12
*Harrah’s to
gamble in
Cherokee, NC.
Leave at 7am, $40
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*Menopause,
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Past, Present, and
Future with Jim
Zoeller, 1pm
20
The Musical at the
Strand Theater in
Marietta, $48,
Leave at 1:30pm
25
13 New program!
26
Alsace, A Land in
Between presented
by Val Areias and
Pat Chai, 1pm
Hamrick’s to
shop in Anderson,
SC. Leave at 8am,
$6 + meal out_____
Drama Club, 1:30pm
21
*GA Aquarium,
22
Millennium Gate
Museum tour of
WInston Churchill
paintings, leave at
9:30am, $18
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29
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17 Quilting Bee,
9:30am-12noon____
*“On the Air” at
leave at 9:30am,
$40 + lunch there.
AGAC Monthly
Movie Day! The
Covered Dish
Fault of Our Stars,
Luncheon, 11:30am A drama and
romance film,
1:30pm.
Last Tuesday
Bingo, 10-11:30am,
$1
Collector’s Club to
Ellijay, leave at
9:30am, $6 + lunch
Cumming Playhouse,
leave at 2pm, $24
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30
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Hiking Club TBD,
leave at 8:30am, $5
+ bring a sack lunch
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