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supplies and offer cre- duplicate bridge, domi- 9:30 a.m. to 12:00noon. If
your income tax, but it is
drawing close to an end.
The free service is pro-
vided by AARP trained
preparers. This will
continue every Monday
through Thursday morn-
ings, 9:30 a.m. to 12:
00 p.m., only until April
15. It is a first come first
serve basis. Sign in when
you arrive. Bring your
last year's tax return if
possible and all other
necessary information and
identification. The Center
also offers many activities
for seniors 50 and over.
Stop by 1015 E. 12 th Ave.
or call 405-747-8080 for
more information. Make
sure to pick up an April
calendar of events when
you stop by. Hours are:
Monday through Friday,
9:30 am to 4:30 p.m. and
Thursday, 6:00 p.m. to 8:
30 p.m. for music night.
The facility is closed on
weekends.
Monday, Mar. 31
-Women pool players get
started playing several
rounds of 8-ball after
the doors open at 9:30
ative ideas to each other.
The income tax preparers
also arrive by then ready
to help until 12:00 noon.
Exercise equipment that
includes a treadmill,
two exercise bikes, and
a weight set are available
for use, too. The after-
noon brings out bridge
and canasta players, and
pool shooters.
Tuesday, April 1 - Exer-
cise is important for any
age, so try out the free
Sit 'n Be Fit exercise
program offered at the
Center every Tuesday
and Thursday mornings
at 9:30 a.m. It offers a low
impact, 45 minute work-
out that helps strengthen
and tone up your muscles.
Some exercises are done
while sitting and others
are done while standing
next to your chair utiliz-
ing hand weights, stretch
bands, and bouncing
balls. Afterwards, stay
and practice some boot
scootin' line dancing.
This will get you a really
good workout! Tax assis-
CHURCH
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never be in Samarian territory, why? Samaritans
were descendants of the northern tribes of Israel,
primarily one of the two tribes of Joseph, Ephriam
and Mannesah. The Samaritans were looked down
on by the Jews, who were Israelites of the tribe of
Judah, because they had married foreigners and had
corrupted the Israelite worship of God. Samaritans
thought it was fine to worship at Mount Gerazim as
opposed to Mount Zion. Jesus asks the woman for
something she can give, a mere drink of water. Yet
she hesitates, she knows who he is, a Jew (from the
tribe of Judah). Usually, women would go to the well
early to get water for the day. This woman comes
when others aren't around. Perhaps, because she has
been married so often and is living with a man who
isn't her husband, she is somewhat of an outcast. For
her part, she doesn't think much of Jews, yet she lets
Jesus engage her in a dialogue. Notice how little by
little the woman changes. At first, she only wants
Jesus to satisfy a physical need. She thinks the water
he gives is purely material. Jesus did not come to
satisfy physical needs, we can do that ourselves. He
came to give what we cannot attain for ourselves and
that is what the woman at the well comes to under-
stand. Her time with Jesus does nothing to change
the physical burdens of her life. She gains a new
purpose that makes her physical chores small in com-
parison with the gift of Christ. The woman becomes
an apostle, a messenger of Christ. Her excitement
about Jesus spreads to others. Because she came to
faith in Jesus, she is no longer an outcast but a leader,
for she leads others to Jesus. Once others come to
Jesus, they no longer need her to show the way. My
noes, pitch, pool/snooker
and jig-saw puzzle solv-
ing.
Wednesday, April 2
- The pool sticks are
picked up again by the
women pool players as
they take aim beginning
at 9:30 a.m. Also, Wii
bowling is played on
Wednesday morning at the
same opening time. They
have a really good time.
Come check it out! The
tax preparers are busily
working up tax returns.
Then, in the afternoon
games of canasta, Texas
Hold'em, pool and
snooker are played along
with an afternoon movie,
at 2:00 p.m. The movie
for this week is a high
action, Academy Award
nominated movie titled,
"Gravity
Thursday, April 3 - It
is spring time and time
to think about getting in
shape. Check out the free
exercise class called Sit
'n Be Fit offered at the
Center at 9:30 a.m. It will
give you a good workout
you would like some more
exercise, stay after class
and join the line dancing
group that meets at 10:30
a.m. They really get to
moving and can work up
a sweat while having fun.
In the afternoon, get in a
game of canasta, domi-
noes, pool or snooker. At
2:00 p.m. a wild game of
bingo takes place. Every-
one is a winner. Don't
miss out on the fun!
Friday, April 4 - Popular
Friday morning activities
are women's pool play-
ing and painting in the
art class. These begin
at 9:30 a.m. Exercise
equipment is also avail-
able for use. Afternoon
games consist of; canasta,
Texas Hold'em, and pool
or snooker.
Game champions
announced for the past
week were: for social
bridge; Lynn Fent, I st,
and Cloyann Fent, 2 "d.
Duplicate bridge winners:
Lionel Raft and AI Perry,
lt; and Murna Raft and
Sehan El Sherif, 2 °".
friends, this is our story as well. Like that woman at
the well, we have burdens to carry, sometimes they
are heavy, often they are the result of our own actions.
Jesus meets us in the ordinary drudgery of life and
changes it for us. He does not change things physi-
cally as much as he does spiritually. With a spiritual
change, the drudgery of physical life becomes less,
not because the physical circumstances change but
because we have something better that outweighs
them, a new relationship with God. Having received
that relationship, we must eagerly share it with others.
If you have faith, then you must pass it on. You
don't need to do the extraordinary; you simply need
to do the ordinary with great love. That will bring
others to what you have. You are that woman at the
well, will you let Christ change your life and then
help change others?
The Value of a Good Wife
As our children and grandchildren grow up, we begin to
think more about what they will do in life and who they
will marry. As we grow older, we know how important
those decisions will be. Many years ago Earl Night-
engale, one of my favorite writers, wrote about what
wives back then were worth monetarily. He reported
that, after consulting economists, accountants, and other
thinking machines, the Chase Manhattan Bank of New
York announced that, if husbands paid their wives the
going rate for 12 of their main duties as housewives, their
salaries would be $250 billion a year. In today's market
that would equate to just about $188,500,000,000,000.
Here are the 12 main jobs for housewives back then,
the number of hours they spent on each job every week,
and the weekly market value for each of those duties. If
husbands paid their wives what they would have had to
pay others to do all of this back then, their wives would
each be getting $159 per week.
Let's break that down at today's market value. Here
are the 12 main duties of most wives back then and the
number of hours they spent on each: 1. Nursemaid - 44.5,
Dietitian - 1.2, Food buyer- 3.3, Cook - 3.1, Dishwasher
- 6.2, Housekeeper - 17.5, Laundress - 5.9, Seamstress
- 1.3, Practical Nurse -.6, Maintenance "Man" - 1.7, Gar-
dener - 2. That totals 95.4 or so hours per week, so she
was doing about $160 worth of work per week as a good
housewife. At minimum pay of $7.25 today, that tallies
out to somewhere in the neighborhood of $700 per week
or $36,000 per year.
Here's why we never see an advertisement for a wife
in the help wanted section of a local paper. It might have
to read: "Requirements - intelligence, energy, and skill
at 12 different occupations. Hours - around 95 hours per
week. Salary none."
So fellows, if you really want to be fair, before you slip
that ring on some young lady's finger, you might think
about giving her $700 a week after you're married to
spend as she pleases. Oh, you might deduct something
for supplying her with food and shelter. But then, she
will be able to spend any money you earn anyhow, so she
should accord you the same privilege. And, if you start
divvying up the jobs and paying each-other for them ....
well maybe it would be better to just leave things the
way they are.
Well ... here's my advise. Young fellows, remember
how important that decision is and how important that
young lady is to you, and when you tie that knot, make it
a permanent one. Young ladies, be sure this is the fellow
that you want to live with and work with for the rest of
your life. And most of all, both of you remember that God
should be the ultimate boss in your family.
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By Charlavan
Did you know what you were saying when you
chose to wear that color today? That red shirt says
"exciting" (or hungry) (or a sex crazed maniac)
Go to your artist's palette or box of crayons and
chose your favorite. This is just between you and
that box. No one else needs to know other than your
psychiatrist.
If you chose yellow, it could be because you are
hopeful, optimistic and you see yourself as a ray of
sunshine. It might also
reflect the deity of the
cross. (Really?) How
about the gold of the
crown?
What if you chose blue?
You might reflect peace
and quiet, even solitude.
("Or don't it make your
brown eyes blue.")
How about green? It is
all about you, baby. It is
'self'. It is also about money. Hence the color.
And orange? It tells us you are energetic and happy.
Since it is half red and half yellow, the meanings are
a large portion of each.
And purple? That means royalty. It is a blend of
red and blue but it comes out as regal; even make
believe. I couldn't make this stuff up. Well, I could
but it would be a really hard sell.
We just ran thru the primary and secondary colors.
Now how about the non colors? That gets a little
murky. For advertising we stick usually to the prima-
ries and sometimes the secondary. For wearable we
lean to the neutrals. Black, white, gray, brown, etc.
Brown, for whatever reason speaks to wellness
issues. It is made of blue mixed with orange, usu-
ally.
Gray says almost nothing until we put a 'color' with
it. It is a blend of black and white.
White symbolizes purity.
Black is negative.
BUT if we are talking abou t palette color, blt.l l
the presence of all colors; white is the absence.
AND if we are talking about refracted light as in
rainbows or television, it is the opposite. Black is the
absence of all and white is the presence of all color.
I droned on too long, didn't I ?
That happens when no one stops me. Hope you have
a colorful day.
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