Hello Everybody,
Millions of years ago dinosaurs roamed the earth. Today, birds are the only remnants of these prehistoric creatures. Birds evolved from a group of meat-eating dinosaurs called theropods. That's the same group that Tyrannosaurus Rex belonged to, although birds evolved from small theropods, not huge ones like T. Rex. Many of these descendants live in a set of very tall shrubs that serve as bird apartment buildings, just outside my bedroom window. It makes me happy that this species has evolved to become cheerful messengers of approaching summer and the racket that goes on every morning just before dawn, makes me particularly glad that they don't roar.
Unfortunately the weather has stymied our plans for tomorrow's Montezuma birding trip. We have rescheduled the trip for Tuesday, 4/9, and Bill has tried to call everyone who registered to alert them of this change. If you missed his call, please contact us as soon as possible (223-1617) to let us know whether the rescheduled date works for you or not. If not, we can contact folks on the waiting list and provide you with a full refund.
Another two birding trips have been set up for May 9th and 23rd; this time at our more local Braddock Bay. See below for details.
Menus are online for next week and once again I'd like to remind everyone that they can also be found on the Town's website as of Tuesday mornings. Next week will be the last featuring soups until the fall!
What with birds roaring chirping happily amongst us, we are also reminded that the Lilac Festival is also coming around again soon. This year, Seniors Day falls on 5/15 and our bus will head there to join in on the festivities.
A new excursion that we will be doing is a trip of one of our local game stores; Just Games. Hopefully participants of the Friday Board Games group will find this of interest as a new game will also be taught along with a tour of the facilities.
Since this coming Friday is the first Friday of the month, Bill will be in attendance on the Observation Deck at 1:00 PM, to teach a new game to our Board Games group: Welcome to-- Your Perfect Home!
On 4/16 there will be a free presentation at the Fairport History Museum. Come and listen to Steven Huff's lecture, Resting Amongst Us, about famous authors' graves located in nearby cemeteries. See below for more details.
Alyssa Ziolko will be starting new classes as a personal trainer for either small groups or balance strengthening. A free consultation with Alyssa is one of our prizes for the recent fitness challenge we started, so don't forget to get your papers marked with all the exercises you have completed in order to submit them for the raffle (for prizes)!
Finally, we'd like to highlight our first Senior Spotlight with long time 55+ member; June Nguyen! Thank you for participating, June, and we hope more members overcome their shyness and bring/send us some pictures to go with their completed questionnaires (hint hint)!
This will be the last newsletter B.E. (Before Eclipse). I hope the weather is with us on Monday and will allow us some spectacular views of a celestial happening that won't be repeated in the same location until the year 2144! Please keep in mind that with so many visitors coming to our area, cell phone service may get a bit wonky if it becomes overloaded, so make sure you've got everything you need close to you on Monday.
Enjoy the weekend ahead!
Anke
