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Featured Class
Wii Sports 101
Date: April 11, 2017
Time: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Length: 8 weeks
Cost: $5 members
$10 non-members
Instructor: Mike Sylva
Location: Parlor
Description: Think your athletic prowess is a fading memory....is the only sporting event in your life tennis elbow....would you like to be a real athlete instead of an athletic supporter ? In our newest class, Wii Sports 101, you will learn how to play Tennis, Baseball, Golf, Bowling and Boxing in the comfort of our own living room. If you think playing a video game won’t get your heart racing, you will be surprised. This is an interactive experience meaning that you use the Wii Remote controller to swing the bat or racket, throw a pitch, bowl, or serve. Class size is extremely limited.
Featured Activity
Hand and Foot
Time: Mondays 12:30 pm
Cost: Free members
Free non-members
Location: Game Room
Description: It might not sound like a card game, but Hand and Foot is just that. Related to Canasta, it is a North American game variation where each player is dealt two sets of cards using one as the “hand” and one as the “foot. There are numerous variations of the game and no “standard” rules. You can either play as individuals or as teams. The most common version of the game is played with four players in partnerships; it can also be played by six people in two teams of three or by any number of individuals. The following rules are for our “favorite” way to play with four people, two teams of two. To play you’ll need four to six full decks of 52 cards, including the jokers – Rules vary from one to two decks per player, or one more than the number of players). The aim is to get rid of cards from your hand (11 cards), and then from your foot (11 cards), by melding them. A meld is a set of three to seven cards of equal rank placed face up on the table. The play ends when one of the partners “goes out”. In order to go out, your partnership must: Have at completed at least two Red Piles and two Black Piles. Your partner must have picked up their foot and played at least part of a turn from it. You must ask your partners permission to go out. If your partner agrees you must meld all of your remaining cards, or meld all but one of your remaining cards and discard your last card. If your partner says “no” you cannot go out. You do not have to discard to go out, all possible cards can be melded to complete the game. If you like Hand and Foot, Canasta, or card games in general and you think you might be interested in play, the group was meeting on Mondays starting at 12:30 pm in the Game Room.
Casino Night 2013
By: Mike Sylva
It wasn’t the day before the beginning of Lent. It wasn’t even a Tuesday. However that didn’t stop us from having a great Mardi Gras in June! That’s when the Highland Senior Center and the Highland Area Chamber of Commerce held their annual Casino Night and Taste of the Town Showcase. This year’s theme was Mardi Gras and was held at the new Highland Event Center at the San Manuel Village.
The playing area was decked out in purple, gold, and green, colors representing justice, power, and faith respectively. These colors were suggested by the visiting Grand Duke Alexis Alexis Alexandrovich Romanoff back in 1872.
Meanwhile, back in 2013, most people were interested in the green of the money, or the gold for the well...gold. Some off our partiers and players arrived dressed ready for Mardi Gras, complete with masks. Some for the fun, but most for the extra $100 in play money they received. Still everyone had a fun time playing because it was not only for fun, but to help out the Highland Senior Center and Chamber of Commerce.
The other part of casino night was the “Taste of the Town.” As part of the admission, even if you weren’t lucky at the gambling tables, you could definitely be a winner at the food tables. A J Barile’s Chicago Pizza took home the honors for the “Taste of the Town” winner as picked by the judges, while Jose’s Mexican Restaurant was proclaimed the “People’s Choice Winner,” by all who attended.
The center and chamber would like to give thanks to all our sponsors, without whom this event would not have been possible: San Manuel Tribe of Mission Indians, Urgent Care Center of St. Bernardine, Cal Disposal, Robertson’s, and Mrs. Pat Fischer, Beaver Medical, The Gas Company, Windermere Real Estate, VNA Hospice & Palliative Care, and Burrtec Waste Industries, as well as our other money, raffle, and food sponsors. Most of all we’d like to thank all those who came out to support the Casino Night and the Center and Chamber for this great fundraiser.
