NEWSLETTER April 2026

Hello everyone! I don’t know about you but man, have I been enjoying

seeing everything bursting out with leaves and flowers all over town! It

gives me hope that with everything going on in our world right now, nature

has a way of lifting our spirits with blooms and blossoms! Bring it on mother

nature!

We have lots of irons in the fire these days! The senior center will close

down in May for almost a week while new carpeting gets installed. We are

also hoping for some new flooring in the kitchen by the end of summer. The

Friends will be buying some new furniture for the lobby which will include a

new sofa, two loveseats and two new easy chairs for you to lounge in. We

also are working with glass master Ralph Kraft in designing and installing a

Wortman Park Art Gallery sign. New classroom and dining room chairs will

be ordered shortly. The old ones have served us well but go they must! We

hope to have some other projects come into focus for the rest of this year

and will keep you posted on them as they crystallize. These things are only

possible because of the generosity of donors and patrons like you!

We have firmed up our FMSC lunches for the summer and we will be

having several new and hopefully exciting menus for you. You can preview

them at the front desk of the center. Just ask to see the upcoming events

notebook for the Friends. We also will be hosting the Puzzle Palooza in

June, free snack bag give-a-ways at one of the concerts in the park events,

and our annual free ice cream social. Most of these events will be in the

Parks and Rec Guide.

Reminders for you to consider, the Friends is considering raising the price

of our lunches from $5 to $7 for non-members. Current members will

continue to pay only 5. FMSC membership is only $15 per year for singles

and only $20 for households so if you enjoy our lunches and want to

continue to just pay $5, you might want to consider joining today. Also, we

have a scholarship fund for people on fixed incomes that might want to take

a class or take a senior center sponsored day trip. You will have to fill out a

short form, and your information is kept confidential.

That’s it for now! Keep smiling, and in the words of jolly old England in

1939, “Keep calm and carry on!”

Karen