A newsletter of activities,

travel and tours, events,

and valuable information

for Peninsula Seniors

ConnectionsPENINSUL A SENIORS

make life fun!

October 2020

You Are Critical to Our SuccessPeninsula Seniors was formed out of a need to provide more resources to seniors. Now, almost 40 years later, the Peninsula Seniors family has grown to more than 1,000 vibrant members.

This growth would not have been possible without your membership and generosity and the support of our community. And now we have the Scriba Family Center, our beautiful new home for in-person gatherings.

Because you gave your time, personal connections and friendships were formed. While we miss seeing you at our

weekly Mahjong games and summertime Hollywood Bowl excursions, we continue to

connect through Zoom with cultural and educational lectures, fitness programs, and movie dates.

We value your continuing support and volunteerism as YOU remain critical to our success. We are here to help you stay connected and look forward to the time when we can all be together again!

Staying engaged . . . gives you a sense of purpose increases your sense of

community shares your expertise gives you new perspectives helps you feel good

Get involved Volunteer to: telephone members share your talents via Zoom

Give by: renewing (upgrading if you can!) your Peninsula Seniors membership making a bequest to ensure the organization will continue benefitting seniors today and into the future

“Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.” —Elizabeth Andrew

photo by Meredith Whitney

PENINSULA SENIORS MISSION AND VISIONOur mission is to offer activities and services that enhance and enrich the lives of senior adults on the Palos Verdes Peninsula and in the surrounding community.

Our vision is to provide opportunities for Peninsula Seniors to be the most active, educated, and healthy in California.

BOARD OF DIRECTORSOfficersPresident: Linda Ralls Vice President: Vidya Kaushik Secretary: Cindy MillerTreasurer: Hartmut SchneiderMembersLinda Cavette Marion Ruth Juanita Davis Ann Shaw Guido Frassinelli Pinfun Tsai

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORMargie Beierschmitt

CONNECTIONS NEWSLETTERPublished monthly by Peninsula Seniors, a 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt, Non-Profit Corporation. Tax ID: 95-3723540

602 Deep Valley Drive, Suite 310 Rolling Hills Estates CA 90274 P: (310) 377-3003 W: pvseniors.org E: seniors@pvseniors.org

NEWSLETTER STAFF Editor: Christine Barnicki Travel: Jo Anne Weber Webmaster: Tim Farmer Monthly circulation: 1,400

STAY CONNECTED

DISCLAIMERThe “Peninsula Seniors Corporation” does not assume responsibility for errors, omissions, or misinformation nor do we recommend, endorse, or guarantee products, professional services, or personal opinions expressed. Activities and services may be added, deleted, or rescheduled.

A Minute With MargieGiving back / Paying it forward

At our heart, we are a volunteer-based organization. Earlier this year, Peninsula Seniors had almost 100 volunteers. The office runs with a skeletal crew of three, and we continue to need your help. Everyone has different gifts, and we thank you for sharing yours with us.

Starting with the May 2020 issue of Connections, we have discontinued advertisements in our monthly newsletter. Doing this pared our 16-page newsletter down to eight pages. Thank you to our advertisers who have supported Peninsula Seniors in this way over the years. We very much appreciate your support.

Your membership continues to be more important now than ever. We hope you will consider an upgrade to your membership at renewal time. Also, as you may know, we have Gift Memberships available.

We are called Peninsula Seniors, but you do not have to live on the Peninsula, and you do not have to be a senior. Thank you for your membership!

Now and into the future, we will remain a resource for the community, where people can learn, stay active, and make life fun!

Margie Beierschmitt, Executive Director

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News Bites for Peninsula Seniors

U.S. Post Office Delays Impact Delivery of MedicationsBased on a Los Angeles Times survey of 350 people, 87% of respondents said they noticed a slowdown in mail delivery recently. This affects many adults who receive their prescription medication through the mail.

What to do if you experience delays:Investigate whether there is option to pick up from a local pharmacy. Order your refills as early as possible.Write down the tracking number and estimated delivery date and

continue to track it.Ask the mail order company if they can send it via FedEx or UPS.

You Can Make a Difference . . . when you make a gift to Peninsula Seniors’ Endowment FundWhen making a donation or bequest to Peninsula Seniors’ Endowment Fund, you make a gift to future generations of seniors to be able to remain active, healthy and educated.

SAMPLE LANGUAGE

I give/bequeath the sum of ($ ) to Peninsula Seniors, 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt, Non-Profit Corp. Tax ID: 95-3723540, residing at 602 Deep Valley Drive, Suite 310 Rolling Hills Estates California 90274 for its general use and purposes.

For MORE INFORMATION CALL:Margie BeierschmittExecutive Director(310) 377-3003

Peninsula Seniors Leave a Lasting Legacy

Membership Honor RollThanks to these Peninsula Seniors for upgrading their membership.

PlatinumVirginia Whittier

GoldJoe & Maureen Linkogle

Silver Jeannine EdondsonTom HiattArnold & Irene SilverVidya Sircar

Above & BeyondThanks for gifts of $100 or more to Peninsula Seniors operations.

Cliff & Jan d’Autremont Arlo Sorensen

October 2020

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Lectures, lunches, movies, games,

music and exercise classes make life fun!

Open to Peninsula Seniors members and non-members alike with no fee:

• Bohannon Lecture Series • PenVets monthly meeting

All other activities require Zoom participants to be members of Peninsula Seniors and identifiable on Zoom with their name and picture.

Member activities with no additional fees:

• Writers’ Group • Monthly movie • Music appreciation classes

Member activities with fees from Sept 1 to year end:

• Zumba ($160, $40/mo) • Muscle ($100, $25/mo)

Zoom-Activity Participation Guidelines

AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AT NO COST

BOHANNON LECTURE SERIES / Weds, 10:30 am October 7. TBA

October 14. TBA

October 21. TBA

October 28. Lee Strong presents “Halloween Music”

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83759485830?pwd=cjkxUE40ejZ0RFpZWlltVm92T2Zydz09 Meeting ID: 837 5948 5830 / Passcode: 031033

PEN VETS LUNCH

Wed. October 7 at noon / Zoom room opens at 11:30 am Program from Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA). Ms. Stephanie Sampson will speak on a major update to the airport, the “Landside People Mover.” The People Mover is designed to reduce vehicular traffic at LAX by centralizing passenger drop-off and pick-up.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83894484402?pwd=M2xoSENadlBjSDZGdTJNOUhZdVZVdz09 Meeting ID: 838 9448 4402 / Passcode: 877512

Wed. November 4 at noon / Zoom room opens at 11:30 am Program by Glenn Acosta, senior engineer for Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, who will speak on the “Clearwater Project,” a massive, multi-year, tunnel-boring project to move treated waste water seven miles from the Carson treatment plant to Royal Palms, where it enters the Pacific.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87066014936?pwd=QWh3aUdoUXR6eGhxR0xrdklNVWxNdz09Meeting ID: 870 6601 4936 / Passcode: 234566

Activities for Peninsula Seniors

pvseniors.org

Join us remotely to enjoy these live presentations. Click on the red ZOOM links associated with each activity or event. If asked after the Zoom application launches, type in

the meeting ID and passcode.

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New This Month!

The History of JazzMeets on Zoom Wednesdays 3–4 pm beginning October 7.

Peninsula Seniors continues its Music Appreciation program with a new series,

“The History of Jazz: The Quintessential American Art Form.”

This class series explores the origins and development of jazz from ragtime, blues, and dixieland in the early 20th century through big band music in the ’20s and ’30s. The series continues with bebop (“modern jazz”) and cool jazz in the ’40s and ’50s.

The course will sample music from prominent artists of the genre, including Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, and many others.

You’ll find the Zoom link on the left. See you there!

FOR MEMBERS WITH NO ADDITIONAL FEES

WRITERS’ GROUP / Tue, 1:30–3 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86897892013?pwd=cU1qck9yYThmN0gwODcwWCtqTVhBdz09 Meeting ID: 868 9789 2013 / Passcode: 030634

MUSIC APPRECIATION: The History of Jazz / Wed, 3–4 pm See information in the sidebar on the right.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88685741344?pwd=ZDZiS3U5STZFRGUwSGhmNTlBREk1UT09 Meeting ID: 886 8574 1344 / Passcde: 827607

MONTHLY MOVIE: “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” Show time: 1:30 pm Friday, October 16 After a jaded magazine writer, Tom Junod, is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about kindness, love, and forgiveness from America’s most beloved neighbor. Tom Hanks and Matthew Rhys Star in this drama based on real life.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3426744050?pwd=bU94dkkwZXZGbE9qUGRzZUtZVHBtUT09Meeting ID: 342 674 4050 / Passcode: 717592

FOR MEMBERS WITH ADDITIONAL FEES

ZUMBA GOLD® FITNESS ($160 THROUGH 2020) Tue and Thurs at 10 amhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82814151190?pwd=cFZXZkF1eEpHTk5uOUEwNmRCamlvQT09Meeting ID: 828 1415 1190 / Passcode: 232797

MUSCLE STRENGTHENING ($100 THROUGH 2020) Tue and Thurs at 11 amhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84907635699?pwd=a0xNQkNNNC85ZkVsR3Jla2VFNzFoUT09Meeting ID: 849 0763 5699 / Passcode: 017496

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This crossword can only be completed after attending Ann and Lee Strong’s special Halloween-themed lecture series presentation designed to explore the depiction of evil, the devil, witches, warlocks, and death in music. Tune into via Zoom on Wednesday, October 28 at 10:30 am. For the Zoom link information, see page 4 in this issue.

Halloween Crossword

Halloween

ACROSS 2 He gives the dead folks a ride across the river 6 The devil himself 8 He's waiting for Orpheus on the other side of the

river 9 They're usually depicted by a xylophone 11 He wrote the poem Tam o'Shanter 12 The devil himself 15 The French composer of Orpheus in the

Underworld 19 He went to the underworld to rescue his dead

bride 20 He composed Night on Bald Mountain 21 The witch with the �ying hut 22 A girl's skimpy undergarment

DOWN 1 Camille Saint-Saens composed Danse ________ 3 They're all old and ugly… except one 4 The French composer of Carnival of the

Animals 5 He composed Symphonie Fantastique 7 Bad river to cross 10 The devil himself 13 The drunk Scotsman that angered the witches 14 She's an unlucky bride 16 The devil himself 17 The devil always plays this instrument 18 The time that Saint-Saens' Danse begins 20 Tam's horse

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ACROSS 2 He gives the dead folks a ride across the river

6 The devil himself

8 He’s waiting for Orpheus on the other side

of the river

9 They’re usually depicted by a xylophone

11 He wrote the poem “Tam o’Shanter”

12 The devil himself

15 The French composer of “Orpheus in the Underworld”

19 He went to the underworld to rescue his dead bride

20 He composed “Night on Bald Mountain”

21 The witch with the flying hut

22 A girl’s skimpy undergarment

DOWN 1 Camille Saint-Saens composed “Danse ”

3 They’re all old and ugly . . . except one

4 The French composer of “Carnival of the Animals”

5 He composed “Symphonie Fantastique”

7 Bad river to cross

10 The devil himself

13 The drunk Scotsman who angered the witches

14 She’s an unlucky bride

16 The devil himself

17 The devil always plays this instrument

18 The time that Saint-Saens’ “Danse” begins

20 Tam’s horse

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OCTOBER 2020 NEWSLETTER

The gift of giving and unselfishness is an altruistic personality trait closely aligned with people who live longer.

Longtime member and volunteer Betty Clarke gave freely to Peninsula Seniors because she wholeheartedly believed in our mission and vision. She also gave generously in every possible way to Peninsula Seniors. Betty told us often that she felt a sense of community, belonging, and fulfillment from her involvement with Peninsula Seniors.

Betty wasn’t just a member of Peninsula Seniors. She volunteered her time as an accountant for 16 years until she moved to Utah in 2010 to be closer to her son Keith.

Although Betty lived hundreds of miles away, she stayed connected to Peninsula Seniors and spoke with staff and board members often.

She said that her years of volunteering were the best years

of her life. “She dearly loved Peninsula Seniors,” Keith told us.

In addition to volunteering, Betty supported our Capital Campaign, Endowment Fund, and gave regularly to operations.

Betty truly helped to make a difference at Peninsula Seniors!

Our heartfelt gratitude goes to Betty Clarke and others like her. We are honored that Betty chose Peninsula Seniors to share her skills, time, money, and friendship.

A newsletter

of activities,

travel and

tours, events,

and valuable

information

for Peninsula

Seniors

ConnectionsPENINSUL A SENIORS

make life fun!

October 2020

You Are Critical to Our Success

Peninsula Seniors was

formed out of a need to provide

more resources to seniors.

Now, almost 40 years later, the

Peninsula Seniors family has

grown to more than 1,000 vibrant

members.

This growth would not have

been possible without your

membership and generosity and

the support of our community.

And now we have the Scriba

Family Center, our beautiful new

home for in-person gatherings.

Because you gave your time,

personal connections and

friendships were formed. While

we miss seeing you at our

weekly Mahjong games and

summertime Hollywood Bowl

excursions, we continue to

connect through Zoom with

cultural and educational lectures,

fitness programs, and movie

dates.

We value your continuing

support and volunteerism

as YOU remain critical to our

success. We are here to help

you stay connected and look

forward to the time when we can

all be together again!

Staying engaged . . .

gives you a sense of purpose

increaes your sense of

community

shares your expertise

gives you new perspectives

helps you feel good

Get involved

Volunteer to:

telephone members

share your talents via Zoom

Give by:

renewing (upgrading if you

can!) your Peninsula Seniors

membership

making a bequest to ensure

the organization will continue

benefitting seniors today and

into the future

“Volunteers do not necessarily

have the time; they just have

the heart.” —Elizabeth Andrew

October

brings

us re

asons

to fall in love with autumn.

A Tribute to a Generous Friend Betty Clarke: 1921–2020

Betty Clarke

“She dearly loved Peninsula Seniors.” —Keith Clarke, son

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