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Featured Class

Conversational French
Date: August 22, 2017
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Length: 8 weeks
Cost: $8 members
      $10 non-members
Instructor: CiCi Tenney
Location: Game Room
Description: Parlez-vous francais? Would you like to ? We're not talking about speaking with a Charles Boyer 'Come with me to the Casbah' accent. We're talking true French. If so you're in luck, our Conversational French class will enable you to chat like a Parisian. Your instructeur, Cynthia 'CiCi' Tenny will help you to learn to understand, speak, and read French in an enjoyable way usable in 'everyday' situations. The class is a mixture of beginners and intermediate students alike. For those who already have learned a little French, this will be a fun refresher experience.

Featured Activity

Ukelele
Time: Wednesdays 10:00
Cost: $5.00 per class members
      $5.00 per class non-members
Location: Game Room
Description: This month we'd like to re-shine the light on an activity that has had some changes. The Ukulele is undergoing a change with the departure of instructor Keoki Ariola. Keioki has left to go back to the islands, but not without leaving the class in some capable hands. The group will now be led by Joyce 'Corky' Gebhardt, and Leti Hardt. Former students of Keioki, they will now head the group, but the teaching will be a group effort. They will be utilizing Keioki's songbook and handouts. While more for continuing students, the class welcomes newcomers. They will show them the basic cords. Most songs will have 5 or 6 chords, but there are hundreds of songs you can play with only three chords. You can even play songs using only two chords! The group will still meet every Wednesday at 10:00 am in the Game Room, and classes are now free. All you need to bring is a ukulele and they will do the rest.
2010 Health Fair
By: Mike Sylva
Even though there was no worries about a swine flu epidemic, or a shortage of vaccines, there were still plenty of people who came to the Highland Senior Center’s Annual Health Fair

to get their shots. And while the lines didn’t stretch out for a hundred or so yards as in the past, like when we had the first shots available in the area, the line was still long. Maybe its because the shots only cost $10 here vs. $25 elsewhere, or maybe it’s because of all the other services and information we had on hand to help pass the time while over 300 people waited for their shots.

The weather was certainly on our side, as previous days had extreme heat, wind, and thunderstorms. On the day of the fair it was a sunny day, but not too hot with a nice breeze every once in a while to make it comfortable. Meanwhile, we tried to have most of the services inside so that while you did wait in line, most of it was spent inside with the air conditioning. That way, when fair goers got their blood pressure checked, it was more reasonable. However, nothing we could do could help with the body mass index. Members were on their own for that one. Nothing we could’ve done to help them with that...sorry.

Thanks to the volunteers who came to set up and work the fair, all of our wonderful vendors who came out to make this a success. Additional thanks go our to the Highland Police Department’s Citizen’s Patrol for their excellent traffic control. Mostly we would like to thank our event sponsors, the Physicians of Beaver Medical Group and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.